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Voting closed: April 07, 2013, 10:34:35 am

[syvarris]

Dynamic AUX bonus: +/-2

((Ahh, how does "Go to briefing room, talk to whoever" get turned into "Go to infirmary, talk to Simus"?  Can we retcon it so that I went to the briefing room, like my action said to do?))

If so: Saint notices Jim, and walks up to him smiling.  "Ah, Steve, I see you got your body repaired!  Interesting choice with the extra arms.  Do you mind if I ask why you prefer to have a physical form present for these things?  I would think a few simple cameras and speakers would suffice."

((Yes, Serious, Saint's mistaking Jim for Steve IC.  Steve's the only synthflesh person Saint's seen, and he jumped to conclusions.))

Talk to Jim.  While doing so, use my AUX charge to write a program that passively records all movements made by the exoskeleton and preps them for future examination and copying.  I.E. if I run, I'll get the commands to make the exoskeleton run.

[Harry Baldman]

Hm... maybe information and education is overrated. There's no explosions! Fortunately, we can fix that.

Instead, activate that Wayback Machine. Pick a random HMRC mission that I haven't been on. My equipment shall be what I currently have, plus a Single Seat Rocket Bike.

[Toaster]

The video panels display the phrase "DISARM!"

((Clearly you should burn his arm off.))

[SeriousConcentrate]

(That's fine, Syv. )

Jim turned to look at the newcomer. "Me, Steve? No... I don't believe we've been introduced. My name is James Kelly. I'm one of the three generals under Steve's direct command; my job, besides shock and awe tactics on enemy forces, is mainly keeping everyone in line and playing nice... and figuring out what to do with them when they don't." He extended his lower right hand to Saint on the grounds it would be the easiest to shake. "And having four arms is pretty advantageous when it comes to close combat, believe me."

[Knight Otu]

Heat up the knife.

Spoiler: Gorat 'Chin' Ivanos (click to show/hide)

Str 3; Dex 3; End 3; Cha 7; Int 4; Wil 15//Spe 0; Int 1; Han 0 (-1); Con 1; Unc 0; Exo 9; Aux 3 (+1); Med 0
Mk II Suit; Microwave PK Amp; laser rifle; 3 tokens: normal cigarettes; blue smokes; datapad (with platformer shooter); nanoghosts; shock trigger (with me)
Appearance: 5'11'', 170 pounds in a rather unmuscular frame, shoulder-long brown hair, short goatee, brown eyes, a rather long chin that earned him his nickname. Age 32
Half a robot foot. Robot right arm. Wears basic clothes when not in the Mk II.

The video panels display the phrase "DISARM!"

((Clearly you should burn his arm off.))

((That's plan B. Or maybe plan C, with plan B being DISHAND!))

[Sean Mirrsen]

(That's fine, Syv. )

Jim turned to look at the newcomer. "Me, Steve? No... I don't believe we've been introduced. My name is James Kelly. I'm one of the three generals under Steve's direct command; my job, besides shock and awe tactics on enemy forces, is mainly keeping everyone in line and playing nice... and figuring out what to do with them when they don't." He extended his lower right hand to Saint on the grounds it would be the easiest to shake. "And having four arms is pretty advantageous when it comes to close combat, believe me."

((I can't believe you passed up an opportunity to say how handy it is to have four arms. Seriously.))

[syvarris]

Saint shakes the proffered hand, then continues talking.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I assumed you were Steve because of the face... I guess that's just the default.  Well then, I'm Steve Saint, although I've been going by 'Saint' for obvious reasons.  I'm...  I used to be a doctor.  Good to meet you, Jim."

Saint pauses for a moment before continuing.

"I've already met Miyamoto, in a way.  I assume he's one of the generals?  Who's the third?

[SeriousConcentrate]

Jim nodded with a shrug. "The same. As for the face... It's something to do with how synthflesh is made. We can't really change how we look. And yes, Miyamoto is one. He's basically in charge of all the planning. The third one is Milno. You can recognize him by his mechanical claw and prosthetic leg." He smiled to himself as he realized that all three of the generals had really obvious traits about them; Miyamoto was the only Avatar of War, he had four arms, and Milno had his Honey Badger prosthetics and armor decorations.

"So... welcome to the former HMRC, now A.R.M., Saint." Jim smiled again. "...With a name like 'Steve Saint,' you might get some attention from Brother Lars. He worships Steve." That would probably be the only explanation Saint needed.

[syvarris]

Saint nods as he listens, although his face twitches a bit when Jim mentions the HMRC.  He quickly regains composure and raises an eyebrow.

"He... worships Steve?  That's... odd.  Do you mean bad attention, or good?   Also, I think I saw Milno talking to the Armory Master.  Seems like they have a bit of a relationship.  What's his area of expertise?"

[smurfingtonthethird]

Look up the specs for armoured tanks and rolling bunkers. List from easiest and cheapest to construct, to hard and expensive.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"He considers himself the head priest of a pantheon, with Steve as Zeus if you're familiar with old Earth mythology. Anyway, I would say good attention. Lars is harmless... to teammates. He's a surprisingly good soldier. I guess none of us are completely sane, so I count it lucky that his variety is harmless. Just ask Saint Milno." Jim chuckled to himself. Saint asked about Milno and the AM, and he thought about it. "I don't know what the deal between the two of them is. I guess Milno is one of the few people she respects enough to not kill when they ask her questions." He shrugged.

"Milno? Mainly rifles as far as I'm aware. His job is whatever needs to be done. The high risk guy. He's pretty good at surviving, too. He's made it through eight missions and has very few injuries."

[syvarris]

Saint cocks his head to the side.  "That sounds more like a soldier than a commander.  An elite one, but still, why is he a general?"

[Sean Mirrsen]

((It is probably worth a mention that if Jim and Saint are attending Simus' meeting, they should probably talk in the Survey Team thread - which can probably be renamed to better reflect its current status.))

[SeriousConcentrate]

Jim shrugged. "You'd have to ask Steve that. My guess is that Steve trusts him to get things done no matter what it takes and get out alive. That's more than can be said for some of us. Milno and I went on our first mission together; he made it through losing his right arm, while I'm given to understand that I was just a pair of arms and a head by the end of it. I wouldn't know. I died early on due to heavy laser fire. Cut me in half right here; even if that wasn't a mortal wound, the depressurization would have got me seconds later." He indicated his navel - or where one would be, were he not synthflesh - when he said 'cut in half'.

"Feyri was also with us, along with Faith and Ivan. I haven't seen Faith in a while but I know she ended up in a synthflesh body, and Ivan ended up being mutated and killed before he could rampage aboard the ship." Jim indicated Feyri when he said her name. "Or to put it another way, of the five of us who were on that mission, Mino is the only one still possessing at least 80% of his original body, so I'd say he knows a little about getting missions accomplished."

[Radio Controlled]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

im not trying to lawyer my way out of this but id just like to make a few things clear.

Firstly, if you think that parts are needed then fine take the parts, but please do not simply destroy the entire tank just because you need some hull plating. i am not the only one who worked on building it and the others have done nothing to deserve their works destruction.

The robot was never intended for reproduction, it was intended to be used by one or two of our technicians so that they might contribute in the defence of haphaestus instead of being forced to twiddle their thumbs.
As for being invulnerable to AP rounds i never said that, i merely implied that if it can survive being hit by a high velocity chunk of metal the size of a car its going to be pretty resistant against infantry weapons, i fully expect a vehicle mounted gauss cannon to damage it to some extent.

Now onto your conditions, i accept.
i would like you to revise them somewhat, but i agree to them nonetheless.

I hereby request permission to begin replacing the cannon and repairing any damage done to the body as soon as i am able to leave the infirmary.

If only a few bolts are needed then of course I won't take it apart just for that, that would be ridiculous.

And I do think gauss cannons count as infantry weapons, though one could probably argue otherwise.
Makes you realize what a lethal time we live in, where infantry employs weapons more destructive than the vehicle weapons from before.

Hmm, before you touch that robot, I'll need you to find a pilot. No use in spending time on that thing if you can't find a pilot anyways. And you not piloting it still stands, if only so Simus won't completely hate my guts. I'll still have to work with that gal even after we leave here, so yeah, can't have her loathing me. But while you find a pilot you can start researching what weapon that thing will get, so it can be added as soon as I give you permission.

Once you find a pilot, report back to me and make sure that person sends me a message also. Then we'll continue.
 

Then Miyamoto sends a transcript of the conversation with Auron to Jim, to inform him of his decision:

[messages with Auron]

So yeah, that's what I decided upon. I'm trying to be practical here, and if that robot exist might as well make us of it. Even though it'll probably only soak up some cannon shells before exploding, but eh, we'll see.

You ok with all of this, by the way?