((Best Halloween costume ever.))
Go find the Doc and ask him to please explain what this mask and shroud did, does, or is doing to me. Then go to my assigned shuttle.
He shrugs. "Maybe be careful what you pick up while wearing it though."
AND OFF YOU GO
((gib me prototaipes :I))
gib me prototaipes plox :I
Gib eh? I'm good for some gibbing.
Jack sighs then goes to the Armoury
Go ask AM how much it would cost of repairing the APC.
"ahhh, maybe 3 tokens?"
((I think I know how to use my mask, guys. Or not. If not, I'm gonna probably die now.))
let's see...
Form a smiley face out of the putty side of the mask. Put the mask on halfway (bend the plastic-y part that way). If then I'm conscious and can control my body (and talk, possibly), put mask on fully and then find someone nearby and watch their reaction when they look at me.
You try to form the putty side into something but it just keeps sloughing back into its formless neutral state. Maybe you have to put it on first?
Well, at least I didn't paint it full of racial slurs or insults to their religion or whatever. Let's see, should I try for another roll?
Internet's response: Unanimous yes.
Okay then. Let's try it again.
Paint Gilgamesh something more intimidating. I'll leave it up to a roll.
If piecewise is too busy to process the roll, then just go for a simple Blood Raven black and dark red with the ARM insignia painted somewhere.
If that turns out equally underwhelming as the previous attempt or worse, just scrub the paint off and go to the hangar so that they can attach Gilgamesh to the shuttle.
Actually, go to the hangar even if the action succeeds. Not much else to do here.
You paint Gilgamesh with...its hard to say. At first glance they appear to be nothing more then complex geometric shapes, almost mandala like, made of interlocking line segments that, they themselves are made of extremely small, honeycombed structures; like beams made of a fine lattice of black thread. The mandala shapes are oddly colored with strange, unfamiliar shades, and the entire thing has the appearance, at a glance, of some kind of mad kaleidoscope of off yellows, queezy greens and painfully bright reds.
But there's something more to it. Quick glances are fine, but as soon as you start to focus on it, to actually look at the patterns, a feeling of distinct, powerful unease comes over you. The feeling rises into one of revulsion and fear almost just as fast and ends in a feeling of terror mixed with vertigo and physical illness. Looking at Gilgamesh even for short periods is physically and mentally painful.
To the hanger you go.
Heard of free weapons in armory if report is made afterward. Am I allowed to have one?
"Which one do you want? And do you agree to all of the conditions? And are you sure you can even use them? Some are a bit heavy."
((Both the small weapons have a str requirement, one 4 and the other 5. So you can't use them as you are. But you can probably shift a point since you haven't gone on a mission yet.))
Ask Steve what kind of man that king we are going to meet is, if he knows anything about him or his history.
Then ask him about what things we can use as leverage during the negotiations. Can we offer economic help? Military protection? To what extent would we allow them to push the boundaries of science?
Secondly, what things can we talk about, and what is off-limits? Can we reveal we have captured a factory planet? Can we talk about Steve's existence at all, or say something like 'we have a big ol' computer to help us'?? Do they even know about him in any way? And if they ask us why we would be better than the UWM, or what would prevent us from becoming just as totalitarian, what reassurances can we give? Hell, if they ask us directly who it is that's leading this movement, what can we tell?
gib me prototaipes plox :I
"I... What? I don't think I feel good about giving experimental weaponry to people of questionable mental capacities."
>I know little about him, at least beyond what the public does. The king has monarchal power, he isn't just a figure head, but a lot of the actual decision making is handled by his advisory and various other people in his court. He's relatively young, late 20's early 30's, well educated but rather detached from the people he rules over. We know plenty about his actions, but we don't know about his personality; we could try to infer things based on his previous actions, but we can't be sure how many and which of those were actually HIS personal actions and not just actions he undertook based upon advisement from his court officials.
In the end I think I might be best for you to just go in with a blank slate and try to read him, as opposed to go in with bad intel and have that sabotage you.
Military aid and the ability to pursue their scientific ambitions. The degree to which we allow them is irrelevant for now. Without...certain materials they are limited in the damage they can do.
Leave me out of this, but in general you can reveal that we have control of a factory planet, that we have an armada on our side, that we have a wide variety of alien technology-they'll be interested in that-and a great deal of information from previously unexplored places. As per why we're better, I'm sure you can think of reasons why a people's rebellion is better then the military superpower they have crushing down on them now. And as per how we won't become totalitarian, theres no good answer to that is there? But I think we can kill two birds with one stone by telling them that this rebellion is run by a council of elected men across all these ships in the armada. People like things like that. Somehow they believe elected councils are more likely to be fair.
That, or tell them Adam Selene.
Thats a joke, Miya. If your negotiations fail, just withdraw peacefully. If we're going to get control via less nice means, that will be a mission in and of itself. Probably with people more designed for it as opposed to a group of kitted out newbies and hard core murders.
((Oh come on! That sounds exactly like a mission those would be geared for, proven well by Ice-9 diplomacy mission!
And wait. 'kitted out newbies' and 'hardcore murderers'? But what about Flint, Lyra, Lars, Maurice, Miyamoto, Jim, Renen, Mesk...
...okay, I get your point. ))
Download a couple of dictionaries and translating tools (of the local language) to my datapad.
Write a program to receive teammate Mk II+ medical systems data (sensors, irises status, current medical injections, etc.) and turn it into visual feed for the faceplate display.
General Miyamoto, I would like to claim a 'Spektr' prototype Variable Laser Weapon, if that was possible. I know I am not the best shot around here (well, one of the worst, I believe), but with a little of careful aim and using it with largest diffusion setting allowed, I might do fine. At the very least I should have the strength for it.
I cannot guarantee it actually being tested, but I can assure you of following your prototype testing rules otherwise.
All in all, if there is one left after the prototypes have been claimed, I would like to try my hand at it.
Stake a claim at a 'Spektr' prototype.
((Woohoo, -2 Con, baby!Edit:Nah, not worth it.))
What was the price for the aim-assisting software the scientists came up with aeons ago, once again?
Dictionaries, translation, tools with which you think you can unfuck yourself, sure.
Alright, but you're gonna have to get permission from each person to connect to their suit and have them give you access.
Requisition a digital thermometer and a reel of thin line from AM ( all hail!)
One thermometer and one spindle if metal fishing line cord acquired.
Go and get a data-pad loaded with relavent Wayfarer texts and documents. Read through them when I have free time on the shuttle. Grab extra battle-stims, say, 2 of each. Put in the suitcase/carry-on bag and go to the hanger.
Yeah, for the first part. Second part, if you mean taking 2 of each from the pot of 5 of each sure, but if you mean just getting 2 more of each for free, then nah.
You board your flight.
WE LEAVE ON SATURDAY STEVE GROUP. IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE SHUTTLE, I'M LEAVING YOU BEHIND! (make sure to actually post in the thread, thats how I'm counting.)
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