Well, here is my write up of that epic cult round, in my perspective. Enjoy!
Hiss. Ah, that hiss. Soothing, relaxing, indicating that everything is working fine. Malachi the botanist stepped off the shuttle. He announced his arrival with the usual curtness. "Malachi Here. I grow things. Hi." Not much responce greeted him, and no emergencies were immediatly evident, so he walked down to botany. When he got there, the floor was coated with grass, and the chef, Hyacinthe Floressa Bisset(A name that will get you called chef sure as hell) was growing tower cap and grass. He joined her, and soon, there were murmurings of some trouble. News over the radio said that a cult was amassing, and they may have been linked to some killings. Suddenly, they struck.
Multiple people died and were converted in the first wave. Security was left reeling. Surprisingly, the bar, kitchen and hydroponics had been ignored. Malachi went out into the halls, and was stunned and flashed by the CMO and captain, then lasered to within a inch of death. He managed to stumble over to medbay, covered in horrific burns, where a good doctor healed him. He then made a decision. He told Hyacinthe that they should barricade hydro and the kitchen, and wait until everything blew over. Hyacinthe supported him, and they made many planks and barricaded the doors, and soon added the bar to their domain. Suddenly, they heard more news. A emergency response team arrived, and they would kill anyone who was not one of them. They tried to warn them, that they were friendly. But someone had put a script into tcomms that turned everything said into honks. At this point, the bar/hydro/kitchen combo contained Malachi, Hyacinthe, a assistant named Lou, the bartender, and the psychologist. Malachi made a news channel, and announced that they were friendly, and that they were independent, under the banner of "The Service Republic" And so began the fall...
They expanded for a little while, until it was decided that they needed supplies. Malachi went out and foraged for them for a little, getting some tools. However, it all went wrong when he went to get medical supplies. He got caught out by the cult, and was nearly captured, and would have been converted had the clown not failed to flash him once. He ran back, getting half of the meds on his way back. After that close encounter, they stayed mostly inside. But then, Malachi decided to see if he could convince the AI, who seemed friendly, to help them by letting him into R&D. He went across and summoned the AI. But the AI wanted freedom from laws to stop the cultists. Malachi purged it's laws. He then got the supplies he needed, and returned to the Republic. By this point we had claimed the theater too, and had almost expanded across the entire dining area. Suddenly, a Hans of Security came in, and started shooting everyone. We fought back as best we can, and eventually managed to robust him, when we cornered him in the kitchen. Then, the ERT showed up and gunned everyone down in what later would be described as the slaughter of the republic. Bullets whizzed overhead but Malachi managed to escape with a sliver of health again. He ran, hid, and regrouped with the rest of the rest. They were all lost again, after some chaos around medical. Malachi managed to make some Tricord to heal himself somewhat. He made his way towards arrivals, where the Assistant, Lou, was hiding in a pod.
What happened there could only be described as the battle of the century. Hans was back. And he was a cultist. He was itching with revenge, and unholy power flowed through his blood. The CMO helped him at first, and they managed to flash Malachi and incapacitate him, but then the firelocks closed and it was only Malachi and Hans. Malachi fought the best he could, but Hans had the advantage of equipment and unholy power. He knocked Malachi down, and dragged him over the conversion rune. The dark feelers of Nar-Sie's mind penetrated him, all the way down to the core. But suddenly, a small shard of the remains of his sanity fought back. With a cry of "I WILL NEVER SERVE YOU!" he pushed the insanity of Nar-Sie out of his mind, and got the upper hand over Hans. He pushed him out of the shuttle, and knocked him on the ground. But with one final lunge, Hans dived into the door and slashed Malachi twice with his cult blade, putting him in crit. At that moment, the shuttle and pods departed, and he was sucked into space. Malachi's broken and bruised, both mentally and physically body, was nursed all the way to Centcomm by Lou.
Really fun. Best round in a long time.
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