"Blast this high-tech gear. I really must look into it more."
Book it- return fire as safe.
((I meant more that I overshot on Con and cut down my own troops, allowing the Altered to charge in... twice.))
(Such is the danger of wielding high power lasers near low armor stooges)
You start backing up, swinging your laser about as you do.
[con:2+1]
You manage to maim a few of your enemies with your wildly swinging blasts, but the horde continues, unabated. They swarm around your legs and begin to crawl up the suit.
"Better. Once more, now."
Reload simulation with a level 4 opponent armed with a cutlass. Use the monoatomic razor, and cut him in half.
[dex:4]
[dum dex:1]
[uncon:1+1]
You get an almost perfect shot in on the dummy but accidentally hit it with the frame of the razor and do no damage.
"Personality changes huh. I can deal with that. Now, onto the cost. What do you want for the treatment?"
"Nothing. But it will mean being indisposed for a while."
Good Steve almighty, do I look cool or do I look cool?
Put on my spacesuit. See if the white fire actually heats anything. See if I can still make a connection with the Knife of Blood and Unholy Terror while inside it. Swing the knife around regardless of the connection and scream in as terrifying a manner as I can manage. Determine if my voice sounds any different.
((That spacesuit might not be coming off. Ever.))
You head out to the lockers to get your suit when you see someone else walking the hall. They're the same as you, just a skinless lump of flesh and organs, but without the halo of fire. They continue down the hall as though nothing is strange about you or them. hmm.
((Piecewise, why you be trollin' me? Did I do something to occur your wrath? ))
Bishop looks back at the Armory Master with a deadpan look.
"Funny. I'm not asking you to tell me how to use it, I just want to know what features there are so I can figure them out myself. It's not your problem if I blow myself up after all, so I don't really understand why you want to be difficult."
"It can hover, it can fly, it can use the rockets to enhance it's strength. It's pretty much all got to do with the rockets."
Begin battle!
How much detail you want for this? Because if you're just kinda running them against each other then there's not gonna be any real tactics beyond "They shoot at each other till one side is dead".
Instruct the drones to follow and head upstairs as quickly as possible.
[aux:3+1,2+1,4+1,1+1,5+1]
Three of the drones follow you closely, the fourth lags behind and the 5th doesn't move at all. You head up through the cramped corridors until you come across a ragged hole in the bunker wall. Men pour in and blood and smoke pours out, the endless chitter and screech of the altered mingles with screams and gunfire.
Roger tries to keep his distance and defend, kicking when he sees an opening.
Check his power level and come back swinging.
[Roger dex:3]
[havel dex:4]
[havel str:5]
[roger end:1]
Havel swings like a drunk on a merry go round, pummeling Roger with a dozen unaimed blows. Though most of them are superficial, one catches Roger dead on the chin and he crumples to the ground, unconscious.