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[Parisbre56]

I was joking when I said I blame Miyamoto, just in case it wasn't clear.

I think between thad's amp use and my pipebomb we'll get the first wave of gunnerbots, but we really need to kill that signal otherwise we'll be tracked no matter where we go.

The box is back in the bank. So they are not tracking that. There is something else they could be tracking though. Or several things, depending on how smart/prepared they are.

But hey, since the box wasn't trapped, they may want to keep your brains intact for interrogation.

[syvarris]

Is anyone else surprised that the troubleshooter isn't shooting the trouble?

[Pancaek]

as the Namite goes off. It's not so much an explosion as the sound of a rocket engine starting up; a roar accompanied by a blinding white light, like burning magnesium, through the windows of the bank.

this makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm glad this stuff is being put to good use

[tryrar]

as the Namite goes off. It's not so much an explosion as the sound of a rocket engine starting up; a roar accompanied by a blinding white light, like burning magnesium, through the windows of the bank.

this makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm glad this stuff is being put to good use

Hey, it's a very practical incendiary compound for all your burninating needs(unlike CFl³, which is pretty dangerous to handle, though much more deadly with the burning toxic clouds of acid), you should be proud

[Pancaek]

Hey, it's a very practical incendiary compound for all your burninating needs(unlike CFl³, which is pretty dangerous to handle, though much more deadly with the burning toxic clouds of acid), you should be proud

Me and Radio. I wanted things to burn real good, he helped a lot with the sciency stuff.

[Parisbre56]

Is anyone else surprised that the troubleshooter isn't shooting the trouble?

So that the a pack of gunnerdogs will have a nice stationary target with a nice possibly-unstable machine-god inside?

Without his Milnoplate and MK3, he's still only human. A very competent human, but still human. So a direct attack would never(EDIT: Now that I think about it, this works on D6, so it might actually work if they get really lucky) work, it would be a move of desperation. He can just use his experience to direct people. He can wait for the right time to act. Or he could attempt to attack indirectly. Right now though, a direct attack would not be very wise.

Oh, and by the way, these are upgraded gunnerbots. Synthflesh ones. Faster, stronger, more stable, more precise. Since this planet is known for its synthflesh production, we might want to investigate that once we take over. Because whoever got those bots probably got them from a facility in this world.

Also, that probably means can use their cameyes to hunt the vehicle. Even if they manage to mask the heat signature with an explosion, they can still switch to radiowaves and track the giant strobe that is the null program.

[Toaster]

I had to look up what the Instrument was.  What's it done beside gut Stacy?

[Nikitian]

Gut Mason ((literally )), and... uh... free that guy from the Heph fleshmonster innards? Or was it the cursed knife that was successfully used then? I don't remember, I'm afraid.

[syvarris]

So that the a pack of gunnerdogs will have a nice stationary target with a nice possibly-unstable machine-god inside?

Without his Milnoplate and MK3, he's still only human. A very competent human, but still human. So a direct attack would never(EDIT: Now that I think about it, this works on D6, so it might actually work if they get really lucky) work, it would be a move of desperation. He can just use his experience to direct people. He can wait for the right time to act. Or he could attempt to attack indirectly. Right now though, a direct attack would not be very wise.

Oh, and by the way, these are upgraded gunnerbots. Synthflesh ones. Faster, stronger, more stable, more precise. Since this planet is known for its synthflesh production, we might want to investigate that once we take over. Because whoever got those bots probably got them from a facility in this world.

Also, that probably means can use their cameyes to hunt the vehicle. Even if they manage to mask the heat signature with an explosion, they can still switch to radiowaves and track the giant strobe that is the null program.

I don't think he'd be able to kill all the gunnerbots, but he'd certainly be able to take out one and then duck behind cover.  He does have cameyes to continue observing, right?

It shouldn't even be that dangerous for him.  Gunnerbots, even upgraded synthflesh gunnerbots, roll for their shots, whereas sods automatically get fives.  We've already seen sods fail to shoot people ducking in and out of cover, so a guy that only fires once before ducking should be fine.  Plus, they seem to be taking awhile to zero in on the van, so they probably won't just instantly snapshot at him without aiming.

Lastly, although Cael would probably disagree on this point, the stuff in the Van is integral to the mission, while the people in the hotel aren't.  If he gets shot, but saves the van in the process, the mission succeeds.  The opposite isn't true.

[AoshimaMichio]

Oh, and by the way, these are upgraded gunnerbots. Synthflesh ones. Faster, stronger, more stable, more precise. Since this planet is known for its synthflesh production, we might want to investigate that once we take over. Because whoever got those bots probably got them from a facility in this world.

Synthflesh? Oh damn, somehow I missed that part. We are so dead.

[Xantalos]

I really should've come onto that mission.

[renegadelobster]

Where does it say that they have synthflesh? That's really not good if the are.

[tryrar]

I think it's due to the description of "albino greyhounds", which makes me wonder why we never thought of sythflesh gunnerbots ourselves, since they'd be a lot more durable

[Nikitian]

makes me wonder why we never thought of sythflesh gunnerbots ourselves, since they'd be a lot more durable

Because... Stupidly expensive for not a lot of use (because dog-brain AI)? The smaller the bot, the less synth-flesh bonus effects? Real durability begins with battleplate (which is still cheaper than synth-flesh, cm³ for cm³)?

Really, for the synth-flesh efficiency to fully kick in, synth-flesh 'bots should probably bear better AI (human-brain, possibly a few people's worth - or Arbiter-like), be no smaller than standard synth-body (which is, I presume, still bigger than a basic gunnerbot - about like a human is larger than a dog), bear advanced weaponry (precise and powerful), and maybe even sport a layer of new advanced armor.
Which, taken all together, makes for a far-too-common "overly expensive, too-niche, shines but in very specific conditions" type of a tinker project, I think.

Honestly, if those are really synth-flesh gunnerbots, UWM could probably do a better (and possibly cheaper) job by putting there just five times that many standard-issue gunnerbots. Good thing they didn't, right?

[Xantalos]

They probably didn't have enough room to fit that much in.