Here's the intermission.
25, Jan 2601The crew landed back home beaten and defeated. Only five gals made it back alive from the pogrom and failed to prevent the pureblood from having their way with the defenceless hybrids. The survivor and wounded, barely conscious and Eve Jobs welcomed them back in the hangar with a face that would inspire fear to the meanest mutant.
The night was short and violent, the big boss punishing the nearly dead pirates before they even could go to the sick bay. She sent three of the wounded gals off to the bitter coast with only a knife and a ration. Piracy is no job for the weak and an example had to be made.
26, Jan 2601The brainers figured that if you could not destroy a machine by firing bullets at it, perhaps it could melt. The hideout was leaking with chemicals already and adding few good quality samples bought at the coast they could create powerful melting juice to throw at the enemy. Eve Jobs suggested to put some on a blade to better shove it in those backyard dogs faces, which turned to be, in fact, not a bad idea.
It was also suggested that the market was full of explosives. So after Eve Jobs invited a black market representative to order a few of these beauties.
She had to lay her X Grog money for it but if the humans were going to line up the arms, she had to line up twice as much!
28, Jan 2601Fresh fodder came to the hideout, looking for action. The runts also prepared a few flasks of acids for the new hands to try, so in case of accident they would not lose anyone important.
31, Jan 2601And so January ends with a mitigated result. Eve Jobs-sama did a decent job in paralyzing the trade route between the northern federation and the outposts in the south, but mutant settlement in the old continent saw her as a powerless brigand and nothing more. Also cash was not as plentiful as the Big Boss hoped, the protection money barely kept her business going.
3, Feb 2601The search for better protection was a success with rather unsavory results. The idea of covering her hands with such unnecessary amount of clothing did not please the Big Boss. She ordered a few copies of the new armor to be built right away but that is under the condition that better and sexier suits would leave the runts workshops soon.
10, Feb 2601There is now more living space in the hideout. Instead of giving better and larger living quarters for everyone, the Big Boss asked her scouts to prowl the coast and hire a few female mutants without burdens such as a sense of survival or the will to live old. She wants the Bonaventura to be full to the brim of drunken sailors, even if their arms had to stick out.
Ideally Eve Jobs would be able to use more brains to give her better toys to play with, but intelligent people are so rare in this world that it would cost her all her organs to hire only one. So instead she also asked for more gals with enough arm strength to handle a wrench, to make more alcohol, and so more money.
The day also saw the return Darkening Kaos and Amperzand into the main deck, all fresh and full of energy, comparing their scars. It was an uplifting sight for Eve Jobs-sama who invited them to a drinking night. In a typical mutant fashion, the two gals muscle mass grew at a rapid rate to answer the stress of their last fight and those two are more intimidating now.
That is quite a strength increase there.
The brains also studied the pureblood armor remains and could tell it’s properties. And, good news, their armor is very prone to melting! The one who suggested the acidic weapon was right, whoever she was.
With this, they can also make tac vests. Those were on the market but their price did not make them desirable. Even worse is that it only protect from the front. It is however lighter than the warrior armor and is more pleasing to the eye… Their wearer must remember to not moon the enemy to avoid embarrassing moment.
17, Feb 2601Since the sniper rifle was out of rounds, the brains took the occasion to disassemble it and see what’s inside. It was indeed snipey and rifley.
24th, Feb 2601As the runts and brains were discussing how to better pile tools in the workshops, Eve Jobs barged in with an idea. The crew had a hard time fighting in the smoke as, much to her surprise, there is little air left after a canister explosion. If instead the gals had little bags of air on their face, perhaps they could move with the smoke and jump at the enemy! The Big Boss sat with a proud smile on her face while the brains rolled their eyes. Orders are orders and they’ll find something.
The runts still rearranged their workshop so they can at least make ammo to the current guns.
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Warning, somewhat NSFW. Again.)
26th, Feb 2601The purebloods are at it, again. Rince Wind and others were back on feet this time for round two.
This time the gals have more explosives, more protections and more gals at all. Let’s hope that it will be enough this time.