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[Ama]

"Could I have a second to talk with you Mr. Tree, alone please.

Float away from the manager and check to make sure no one is listening.

"The Guild might be willing to set up a deal with you to get you a nice forest planet to live on. Although I`m not sure what they might want in exchange...Do you have any skills or knowledge they might find useful?"

[Happy Demon]

Still on radio.
"Ah, well I'll be careful with computer lady then, or is it lady computer? Does she have a name?"

Aliens tend to be frightened by corpses, I might need to do something about that then.

Move the crewmen corpses into the flooded room, and try to wipe off any blood or fluids that's splattered on the walls or computer cubes of the lady computer room.

[_DivideByZero_]

Port Anchorage, Northern Ridge, Askarian | 233d/3008AD | Von Hapsburg System

Askarian Shores
Snow (Low visibility. Actions toward distant objects incur a small penalty based on distance)
Freezing Wind (-1 to all actions when exposed)

Take careful aim and wait for the asshat to look out of his cover, then pump him with lead.

[6/3] You train your shotgun on the hydrogen tank. Inevitably, the guy will have to leave it, so you keep waiting... and waiting... and waiting. You get the idea that he left the hydrogen tank's safety a while ago, and that he could be creeping up behind you right now.

--and then you hear footsteps on the platform above you. You peek out over the edge, but a few bullets convince you to stay put. You hear a puncturing sound, followed by Orion screaming incoherently, followed by a thud. The assassin reels in something that sounds like a fishing pole, and starts to drag Orion across the dock, away from your direction.

...

Habitat Ship Gamma, Askarian Orbit | 233d/3008AD | Von Hapsburg System

Urban Station
City Manners (-1 to first impressions)

"Could I have a second to talk with you Mr. Tree, alone please.

Float away from the manager and check to make sure no one is listening.

"The Guild might be willing to set up a deal with you to get you a nice forest planet to live on. Although I`m not sure what they might want in exchange...Do you have any skills or knowledge they might find useful?"

"Did the insect not just recite the protocol of your guild? Do you mean that you have some level of authority here? Why were you so quick to bring the issue to a superior?"
The tree, now emitting plumes of golden dust, begins to sprout new shoots from its trunk, each of which quickly flower into leafy branches. He turns to the mantid,
"It seems that you will not be of much use to me, then. I shall go off to find an individual more sensitive to the needs of others."
The tree then rotates its massive body and begins to walk down the road, toward the outer edge of the city-ship where ships are docked.

The mantid, watching the tree trudge away across the road, appears clueless as to what to do.
"Do you know what this thing is capable of? If it's a threat then we should probably neutralize it. I hope we're not messing with some kind of reproducing Tree AI here, that would be terrifying."

...

The Jolly Roger, Franz| 238d/3008AD | Von Hapsburg System

Zero Gravity
All items have no weight penalty.

Zero-G Flood
Laser weapons suffer a -2 penalty
All weapons have -1 accuracy

Still on radio.
"Ah, well I'll be careful with computer lady then, or is it lady computer? Does she have a name?"

Aliens tend to be frightened by corpses, I might need to do something about that then.

Move the crewmen corpses into the flooded room, and try to wipe off any blood or fluids that's splattered on the walls or computer cubes of the lady computer room.

Steve: She is a machine intelligence. Human sexes do not bear any particular significance, but the female sex is far more applicable to this being. She controls all of the manufacturing capabilities of the ship.
Charles: Don't true AI's generally require lots of micro-engineering and exotic materials to build?
Steve: I never said she could produce new intelligences on demand.

You take the time to haul the corpses into the room with the burst pipe. The door closes in front of you just as you toss in the last one. You look around reflexively, but see nothing else entering the server room.

Some of the computer cubes seem to be sucking up what's left of the water that spilled over into the server farm. Said cubes don't seem to be active anymore and lack the flashing lights that most of the active cubes are running. There are still water droplets about, and some of them are on trajectories that will send them into the air intakes of some of the computers rather than the circulation vents on the walls, ceiling, and floor.

The computer room leads into another hall with lockers on the sides. These lockers are much harder to open, but you manage to pry one open and find a security drone inside. Shaped like a humanoid but made entirely of metal, and lacking a head, its entire outer layer is covered in cameras that give it full coverage of its surroundings.

The hall leads into a long shaft with moving cargo rails that constantly lug boxes across at walking speed. The center of the shaft is clearly not meant to be floated through, as cargo constantly sweeps through and there are ladders that let you move down the shaft while staying close to the walls.

There are labels on the walls here, scrawled out in spray paint. You just came out of "CBank 1E," and the rest of the "CBanks"  are nearby. In a direction you call up is "Reactor Control 1" while downward is the "Armory 1." Going across will bring you to the "Magazines 1," whatever that means.

[Happy Demon]

"Ah, so she's a machine mother, now the female gender makes sense. Though I think I may have done partial water damage to Computer bank 1E."

Get the droplets away from the computers, minimize damage.

Magazines... that's either a comic store or something cannon related, maybe the loading mechanism for a gun, or maybe the railgun.

Check the door to the magazines, if unlocked go through, if locked, go to the armory (low on explosive charges).

[SaberToothTiger]

"What the fuck do you want!?"

Get to the shore and try to shoot the guy.

[Happy Demon]

((If Vax gets done with the pirate battle, and come back, wouldn't she be heavily de-synchronized with the others?))

((Basically, can I abandon a character for a while until they're synchronized, and use another in that time.
I'm just curious, the question has popped into my mind quite often.))

[_DivideByZero_]

((You're right...

But the others will have to travel to a new location as well for the new mission, so they'll be re-synchronized. You are actually in-sync with the mission people, roughly.

As for swapping out characters... well... considering that people are allowed to create new characters if they die, I suppose you could do that. I wouldn't allow you to play them both at once though.))

[Happy Demon]

((Of course not, that would allow (and encourage) me to meta-game with the characters, and take up several spots in the posting queue. Which could chase away new players.
Having someone be mentally linked has it make sense for them to know what others are thinking. 2 people without this shouldn't be able to do this.
Not to mention the nightmare of separating the 2 actions, all the time.))

((Besides, most games have people only controlling one character at a time, and they're running well. If it aint broke, don't fix it.))

Edit: ((Eh, might as well do some fluff here.))

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Computers

Bob has been behind in terms of technology due to it's isolation. And even with gaining contact with the rest of the galaxy, their development in certain fields are lacking.
One of these fields is computing, where optical circuits are restricted to only the most expensive equipment. Their computers are noisy, requiring constant air cooling for their electrical circuits.
Also, due to the hostile environment of Bob, reliability is key, so Bobites are skeptical to untested products, making it hard to introduce new products or improved hardware.
It's not uncommon for a Bobite to disable software updating when possible. With corporations' software downgrading patches, this behavior is wise, as each update worsens performance.
They're also skeptical towards touch- and smart-devices, preferring a trusty buttons instead, not to mention they tend to be less fragile.

Instead of tablets, they use PDAs, which have keypads and a really solid structure. Though it weighs a lot for it's size, it doubles as a thrown projectile, people have died from being hit by them.
The PDAs are quite slow in comparison to modern tablets, but their battery life makes up for it, since it WILL outlast you.
They're also quite durable, being beyond bulletproof. It can take howitzer shots, and the PDA will still be operational (though it will certainly have some minor damage).
Few know what the PDAs are made of.

On the more powerful computers, there's the Techbox, a boxy computer that is commonplace on Bob. It's based on archaic technology from the colonization, and lacks any wireless technology.
It's easy to operate, and can deal with everything a normal Bobite would need in a lifetime. Most use it for calculations, information searching, and simulations.
Entertainment systems never caught on among the Bobites, they see computers as tools. This means that Bobites are alienated by the software, though hardware is much easier.
The most common kind of hacking comes in the form of jury-rigging a bypass in the hardware. Most devices lack wireless technology, so a software hacker wouldn't do well on Bob.

[_DivideByZero_]

"Ah, so she's a machine mother, now the female gender makes sense. Though I think I may have done partial water damage to Computer bank 1E."

Get the droplets away from the computers, minimize damage.

Magazines... that's either a comic store or something cannon related, maybe the loading mechanism for a gun, or maybe the railgun.

Check the door to the magazines, if unlocked go through, if locked, go to the armory (low on explosive charges).

[4] Your jets can make a nice air current, so you fix yourself against a wall and push the air away from the fan intakes. Instead of inhaling water, the machine-mother is now inhaling smoke. Which is probably less harmful. Who knows.

[5] Most of the doors in this section of the ship are indeed locked down--by bulkheads each with a small window allowing you to see through. A lot of crewmen seem to have locked themselves inside closets, perhaps, because you see only darkness through most of the bulkheads. The rest consist of hallways blocked off, and you'll need explosives to get through. There are five hallways of interest you can count that are blocked off:
-A hall labelled "Armory"
-"PD emp. 1"
-"IronGate array"
-"Cafeteria"
-"Manufacturing"

There is also a hall leading to an infirmary, but that bulkhead opens automatically when you

More importantly, though, the magazines are completely unblocked. That is, they were unblocked at some point. You follow the halls all the way to your destination: A long room consisting of a catwalk over a mess of cables, shutters, capacitor banks, and a single rail up above the fixture itself (though up is relative) with a crane that lowers packages brought in by the rail into the giant machine.

As you pass the threshold of the chamber door, your suit registers two possible targets to either side of you. Before you are blown apart, you hold your arms forward and jet back, then example the sensor feeds: two giant men (or women) in power armor, with their weapons trained in the direction of the door. Your suit detects air vibrations from bullets whizzing through the air and paints their paths as lines on your heads-up-display. They were fired a split-second after you fled. The suited men start jetting toward the door, however, and it may be in your best interest to run, or at least take up cover. Inside the passage you are in there is another passage to the right,  a small locker to the left probably containing some tools, and a few large cylinders sticking out of the wall--which would make bad cover, but could help steady your weapon and mitigate inaccurate fire. You're not sure what types of weapons the soldiers were using, though.

"What the fuck do you want!?"

Get to the shore and try to shoot the guy.

The guy tosses Orion's limp body in an open-top speedboat parked in one of the crevices of the floating platform network. He starts climbing aboard when you pop out and take a few potshots, then retreat back to cover.

[5] As you retreat to water-level, you see something very important fall into the water from the opposite side of the pier--the assassin's gun.

[Happy Demon]

I could take cover, but they'd expect that.

Stay behind the door, ready the heavy rifle in my hands, and have the spear on my back. When they get a clear line of sight, try to jet into one of them with the spear, so I can fire the rifle at the other.

[Ama]

((Whoops...That's what I get for posting while tired. I had completely forgot that the Mantas guy worked for the Guild.))

"It seems to be very powerful. I`m not sure confronting it would be the best idea. Maybe we should just follow it first and see what it plans on doing."

Whether or not the Mantoid follows, begin floating after the tree.

[Happy Demon]

((Eh, fluff time.))

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Workings of the Lightning Dragon

The Lighting Dragon, a subtype of the Dragon, it's flammable breath is now a conductive gas. The Lightning Dragons have energy cells in their backs, which store a lot of power.
The Lightning Dragons can prepare and shoot a jet of conductive gas, it takes a couple seconds to prepare, but the shot of gas can at times go supersonic.
Having the gas move so fast makes it seem instantaneous, so you only see the lightning coursing through, making it seem as if they're shooting lightning bolts.
It only works on grounded opponents, as all electricity must move in a circuit, and the end of a Lightning Dragon's tail can act as a conductor as well, to oppositely charge the ground.
A Lighting Dragon has negative charge in their mouth, and positive charge in their tail, though some have it reversed.

Electricity 101: Electrons (negative) move, protons (positive) attract. Electrons moving is called current, and can cause various effects (heat, electromagnetism, etc.).

Edit: ((More fluff.))

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Thunderdragon augmentations

The Thunderdragons aren't very good on their own, their charge is small, and their recharging is limited. This is things which can easily be solved with SCIENCE.
The organic batteries in a Thunderdragon's back spikes are good, for something naturally created, but compared to high tech capacitors, it's worthless.
These capacitors can hold a better charge, doesn't passively discharge, and can unleash a stronger charge.
As for recharging, nothing beats specialized power plugs, for maximum recharge efficiency.

Even without these augmentations, their organic batteries are enough to power some augmentations. If upgraded, they can power pretty much everything imaginable.
They tend to put in lasers a lot, either in their eyes, or their mouth (I'm a' firin' mah lazer!).
Thunder Dragon bodies are better templates than those of other Bobite mutants, allowing easier integration of augmentations.

[SaberToothTiger]

Grab his gun and chase him.

[Happy Demon]

((Eh, time to fluff.))

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Plushies

For an average people on Bob, there's the fear of death constantly, whether from the wildlife or their fellow men. Speartails have the highest death ratio.
This is a bit stressful for most, especially the Speartails, most who have to deal with psychological problems on top of that, and make themselves even more miserable.
But in the bed, there's no such horror, just the plushie by their side, to comfort them in their sleep. It also serves to make them drop their guard, so people can kill them.
Many Bobites, especially Speartails, have taken a special liking to their soft comrades, keeping them through their life, and speaking to it as if it's a person.
Though this does serve as a double edged sword, as a plushie makes an excellent silencer. Many assassins just sneak in while they sleep, and use said plushie to silence the gunshots.

Most plushies are fluffy, soft, and made to look adorable. This makes an excellent distraction, away from reality, and the gun at their head.
Assassins are often given extra payment to shoot people through their own plushies, it's a sadistic pleasure. Assassins also like to record their kills and upload them to the internet.
It's quite rare for a Bobite to see said video, so most are outsiders. Who are confused by all the videos of killing violent mutants, having plushies in them.
Plushies are considered appropriate at all ages, and anyone who thinks otherwise are weird.
Plushies are commonly found shaped as: Spiders, mutants, crabs, the Mantis Lord, cats, mythological creatures, or big versions of previous mentions.

Edit: ((Fluff fluff.))

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Lord Jack "Crimelord" Capelli Rhomlerkowr

A Blackmark Speartail, Crimelord Jack is the only criminal Lord on Bob, but he's untouchable now, thanks to the Hat.
Being a criminal should exempt people from becoming Lords, but Crimelord Jack is just so good he became the exception to that rule.
Crimelord Jack began life as a nobody, a boy at the mercy of others, like any other Speartail. Then he joined a gang, the Lotus Gang, lead by Gunn Lotus, who ruled with an iron fist.
Jack began to thrive, but he wanted to become someone, he wanted to become a Lord. He started making extra errands, climbing the ranks, but also gaining resources.
When he was 11, he had enough, and decided to overthrow Gunn, having spies all over the gang, he knew more about it than Gunn herself.

But when he was at the doors of Gunn's room, followed by a handful of loyal bodyguards, the door opened from the other side. Gunn had found out in the nick of time, and surrendered.
Realizing the skill and luck of Jack, she gave him the command, seeing as he'd run the gang better than her.
The gang was changed into a criminal organization, no more unchecked abuse or lacking discipline, all recruits are put through a rigorous test, only the best get in.
And so, the GunnJack Order was born, with Gunn and Jack being it's leaders. One is manipulative, while the other is strong, a perfect combination, and the Order grew larger and larger.
By the time Jack was 23, the Order had spread it's grips around pretty much all of Bob, and beyond. They owned industrial infrastructure, and even off-world assets.

The Lords had often tried to have Jack exiled, but when they finally captured him, some of the Lords admired him. They reckoned that he would do great as a Lord, and the vote for exile failed.
There was much argument, but at last they recognized Jack's achievements, and made him join as a Lord. Most just called him Crimelord Jack, as nobody else will ever reach Lordship through crime.
Jack was pleased, and now, he did exactly the same he did before. But due to him being a Lord, it was now legal, and nobody could do anything, he also gained a special Hat.
Any shot fired at him would be deflected by the Hat, which used a force field. Not to mention it's hard to even try, with the amount of bodyguards he has.
Gunn continues to be Jack's partner, though she's not a Lord, so she instead married him. Jack runs the House of Rhomlerkowr.

Edit 2: ((Fluff fluff fluff.))

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Tentacle Monsters, Fluffy Tentacle Monsters, and Tentacles United

Many tentacled creatures, they've been engineered to instinctively search for Humans or Bobites to have their way with.
Tentacle Monsters were created by some scientist who decided that Bob's fauna simply didn't give enough of a f***, so they made Tentacle Monsters to fix that.
Tentacle Monsters are vampiric, draining blood from their victims, but not enough to kill them, as they have long term planning capability (they're also quite intelligent).
It's common for Tentacle Monsters to group up, and they're quite intelligent. The Bobites never bother to eradicate them, as they consider it relatively harmless.
Tentacle Monsters come in many shapes and sizes, but they're not very dangerous, so it's rare for Bobites to be defeated in combat (they're armed).

Then there's the Fluffy Tentacle Monsters, who are fluffy in addition to having tentacles. They mostly exist in the Arctic North, preying on the Werecats.
The Fluffy Tentacle Monsters are far more dangerous, as they're really strong, capable of going through tank armor to get their prey.
Fluffy Tentacle Monsters are really gentle when handling their prey, they have to, so they don't end up with broken Werecats, because of their strength.
Their tentacles are sturdier, capable of hardening to steel hardness, quite useful when dealing with armor, or buildings.
Fluffy Tentacle Monsters make up the majority in the Tentacles United, an organization for f***ing plans and f***ing equipment, some of them really f***ing like puns.

Tentacles United consists of Tentacle Monsters, and they communicate across the world with stolen technology, they're also a corporation.
Tentacles United offer services to Bobites, along with a f***-ton of wares (mostly f***ing related). People are ok with them being around, since sometimes you just gotta have some 'alone time'.
Despite the Tentacle Monsters obviously being sapient, they're not considered sapient by the Steel Dragon Empire, though they can't complain, considering what they do with sapient creatures.
Some Bobites do offer themselves as food sources to the Tentacle Monsters, Lovemarked ones are preferred and paid more, as there's gotta be compensation for the dizziness that follows.
There are very few cities with Tentacles United buildings in them, as some Bobites hate Tentacle Monsters, and want them eradicated.

[_DivideByZero_]

Port Anchorage, Northern Ridge, Askarian | 233d/3008AD | Von Hapsburg System

Askarian Shores
Snow (Low visibility. Actions toward distant objects incur a small penalty based on distance)
Freezing Wind (-1 to all actions when exposed)

Grab his gun and chase him.

You swim over to the weapon. The assassin does not seem to be reaching for the gun, but instead tries to start the boat. You take the time to examine the weapon.

It's a fine gun, a model you've never used yourself but recognize by its grip and feel. It's known for its low recoil, custom high caliber with support for fragmentation bullets, and advanced aim assistance mechanisms. You decide to give it a testy shot into the water, [2] activating the security mechanism and causing the dreamlike weapon to explode in your hand.

...

Habitat Ship Gamma, Askarian Orbit | 233d/3008AD | Von Hapsburg System

Urban Station
City Manners (-1 to first impressions)

((Whoops...That's what I get for posting while tired. I had completely forgot that the Mantas guy worked for the Guild.))

"It seems to be very powerful. I`m not sure confronting it would be the best idea. Maybe we should just follow it first and see what it plans on doing."

Whether or not the Mantoid follows, begin floating after the tree.

[4] The tree walks off into the park, where it sets its roots near a large hole in the ground where the dirt has been overturned. Its crown descends, turning into a human-sized treant with a long, wooden beard and a spindly frame. The wooden carving (it's "head") appears to be located in the treat's torso.

The tree ("treebeard," as you call him) sits down and becomes to take twigs and branches from the former living tree body. He starts to form it into shapes--instruments, mainly. Ocarinas, small flutes, and even a small ukulele with a small fiber string.

...

The Jolly Roger, Franz| 238d/3008AD | Von Hapsburg System

Zero Gravity
All items have no weight penalty.

I could take cover, but they'd expect that.

Stay behind the door, ready the heavy rifle in my hands, and have the spear on my back. When they get a clear line of sight, try to jet into one of them with the spear, so I can fire the rifle at the other.

Initiative:
[3+3] Vax
[2+1] Space Marine 1
[1+1] Space Marine 2

[3] vs (6+1) The first marine, the one you target in your daring attempt, responds with almost-robotic precision. He is unable to bring his gun to bear in time, but manages to grab you by the torso and fling you into the long room like a frisbee, causing you to spin around until you get hit by a cargo crate sliding along the rail. Ouch.

(2) vs [5+2] The crate provides excellent protection from fire, however, and you maneuver behind it so that you can avoid incoming machine gun fire from the two space marines.

(4) vs [1+2] Then, the crate shatters, and its contents start to leak. Styrofoam pours out like liquid, behind you, and eventually the back plate falls out, releasing a what appears to be a large capacitor.