Let's see, it's been... 11 days? And 4 since I said I'd do it soon? Uh, it- it could be worse. Hopefully I don't scare everyone off by being too slow.
Be possessed by my spirit animal.
Spirit animal action: Use Sameshifting to link the village-bound missile's velocity with that of a nearby (but not TOO nearby) tree, which should hopefully stop it or cause it to fall short of the village. Then try to wake up Malabus.
No. You died. That means your spirit animal is exactly as dead.
Also you can't
sameshift two things that are very different, like a tree and a missile, but that's pretty secondary to dead people not getting actions.
((Well, that's a pity. I wanted to play mech casanova! Guess I'll just go with my most effective test character instead...))
Waitlist, I guess? Unless command wants to drop him as reinforcement. He'd certainly be happy to take over!
Name: Narcissus
Class: Hardsuit
Appearance: A very red anime dude with slicked back hair. Wears a red hooded cape, with a red vest and TACTICAL KILT.
Mech Appearance: Solid black, skull painted on the front of the head. Bits of short, tattered black cloth hang off the limbs and body.
Arcane: 100/100
Attributes: Deadly, Overconfident, Acrobatic.
Inventory: Large full-auto scythegun (4A, both as melee and gun)
A miniature folding scythegun is inside the cockpit. He doesn't have the usual backup kit, since his gun takes up all the room.
Upgrades: None.
I think you'll have to wait, unless I have a really good reason to send reinforcements. The other side doesn't really get reinforcements in this position, so I don't want to make it impossible for them to win by sending in a potentially infinite number of syvs.
Continue observing, do make note of the positions of the various soldiers in case fighting breaks out. They will be my priority since my weapon is far more effective against targets without heavy armor.
[Spotting:
2 1 5]
...got 'em. One officer, two sharpshooters, one medic, six grunts. Two heavy machines, one drone thingy, and yes, one smaller machine lurking farther behind. You mentally note each position. Could probably take down any of the soldiers or the drone in the first shot. If you stay cloaked, they won't really be able to take cover from you, so... probably a few more easy kills.
Am I close enough that I could lob a smoke nade to create cover in case things go tits up? If not, try to postion myself a little closer, but try to stay in cover/concealment as much as possible.
((Just out of curiosity, would one of the riflemen be able to get inside that now vacant mech suit and use it, or does using it require special training/mods that we don't have?))
Let's just say you are so I don't have to think too hard about location, k?
Malcolm's suit has locked itself and powered down, as per standard procedure. If you try to climb into it it'll self-destruct and try its very hardest to destruct you as well. Assuming you get past that, you'd be able to fully use the suit as someone who has no clue what he's doing, and probably will rocket-faceplant into the dirt. Other than that, nah, no problems~
"uh, I think he is braindead, both literally and metaphorically. Why do half of our shifters try things like this... "
check for any sort of response that would indicate they are still mentally active. Eye movement, is the best bet. If he isn't responsive, best thing to do is put him out of his misery with a quick blow to the temple with my staff.
Hmm. Nope. Not responding in any way.
You kill him with a single motion of your staff. Minimum of force, instant death. Yes, as a weaponmaster you can just kill someone who's not resisting basically instantly.
After checking him you rush back to the forest because Alexandrus appears to no longer exist and I don't want to make Thomas fight the entire enemy force on his own.
Wait. There's nothing to be done, yet.
Oh, there's gonna be something to do very soon.
Rawr loudly. If they will not negotiate lovingly then let them fear!
"Roarrrrr!!!!"
You do nothing.
Florence's submachine guns starts to spray down the enemies closest to her, as Ferrus launches Nightingale(drone two) telling it to start scouting to see if she can locate where everyone in the village went. He'll also launch his missile launcher straight up and arc it down towards anyone he can hit in the village Assuming of course the blast wouldn't take anyone on his side out.
Damnit kid, you had potential, it's always the ones with potential. Looks like diplomacy's over the way it's always over.
[Shooting - Merciful:
4 4]
You stare your enemy in the eyes. You line up a shot right on her head. Then your hands get all shaky for some reason and you have to settle for landing the first shot on her torso.
A moment of thunder later, there are numerous lead bullets littering the ground by the chief, along with dagger, sticking point-first in the soil. She only let the very first bullet through, and is still standing despite her gaping chest wound.
[Dagger dance: 4]
The chief takes initiative and sticks three knives into Florence, which falls to the ground, now inert.
Mechs detect a battle situation and go from low-power mode to combat mode.Additional displays come to life showing weapon systems, Infra-Red, the location of allies, and other data-y stuff. From outside, these machines audibly rev up as they start metabolizing the Arcane stored in the reservoir.
Name: X4-18
Class: Titan
Appearance: A gruff and muscular man, he constantly wears combat armor and a full face helmet with gasmask except when alone.
Mech Appearance: Gunmetal grey and mechanical. An older design which can't move as fast, but is quite flexible, able to swivel the whole torso 360 degrees.
Arcane: 95/100
Attributes:
Unrelenting
Engineer
Overconfident
Inventory:
Twin Miniguns (4A each)
Missile battery (7A)
Infantry Rifle
Gas Mask
Personal Armor
Upgrades:
Name: Ferrus Veteris
Class: Tech gear
Appearance: A grizzled man with a scar over one eye and and hair that's just beginning to go gray. A veteran of a number of battles of the mech wars, he is noted for his skill as a mechanic frequently working on his own battle gear after the battle. Recently he has also taken up working accounts of skill both his own and those of his fallen comrades into the practical camouflage of his mech. Don't taunt him about it, he doesn't take it well. While he used to have a reputation for always wanting to be on the front lines and directly covering mechs as he made rapid repairs now a days he mostly is known to hang back and use his drones to repair them.
Mech Appearance: A battle gear that bears the marks of many battles, each of which has been repaired with varying degrees of competency and care, the welding at times elegant and paint job of mottled green with subtle designs of hypogryths and manticores worked into bearing either skilled artistry or the basest of apprenticeships. It's drones are similarly marked up, kept in excellent repair but clearly bear the marks of beasts and bullets.
Arcane: 94/100
Attributes:
Engineer
Wise
Merciful
Inventory:
"Contingent" Heavy Missile System (6A)
2x SMG Repair Drones (3A activation. Remain active for 3 turns before needing to recharge. If a drone does not dock before running out of energy, it will be lost.)
Long-Range Comms
Repair Tools
Infantry SMG
Upgrades:
Name: Aigresaur
Class: Titan
Appearance: A cute nubile youth in a green dinosaur onesie. His eyes are a striking blue and his beard an impressive brown, possibly due to not being washed regularly. He seems functional as a pilot, but he believes that he is a dinosaur and doesn't talk in complete sentences.
Mech Appearance: A standard mech painted with a feather pattern reminiscent of a dinosaur. There is a rather massive cannon mounted on the back.
Arcane: 95/100
Attributes:
Unrelenting
Resistant
Blood-lusty
Inventory:
Spinal Plasma Cannon (15A)
Point Defence Cannons (4A)
Big Chompy Dinosaur Maw (4A)
Crate of Beef Jerky
Jerry can of ultra-caffeinated caramel soda
Infantry Rifle
Personal Armor
Upgrades:
Name: Rico Vasquez
Class: Rifleman
Appearance: A young man of medium height, with a slightly dark complexion and facial features best described as southern European or South American. Skinny, with small but surprisingly resilient limbs. He has no discerning facial hair, though tends to have a 5 o’clock shadow most of the time. Comes from a proud family line of men not quite suited for piloting mechs, but just perfect for footslogging and eating dirt.
Stamina: Fine
Attributes:
Expendable
Inventory:
Infantry rifle
Combat armor
3 grenades (smoke, flash, teargas)
Training:
Basic
Name: Donnel Adderson
Class: Weaponmaster (Razor Buckler)
Appearance: Pale skinned with brown eyes tinged with sea green, and messy brown hair with a goatee. He is average sized but on the thin side muscle-wise. He typically wears a gray and tunic and trouser pair with his spirit animal, an octopus, embroidered in green on the back.
Mana: 3/3
Push: 0/0
Attributes:
Quick witted
Medic
Merciful
Inventory:
Soulbound steel buckler shield with razor sharp edges
Steel chainmail hauberk
Steel-capped quarterstaff
Medical supplies
Advancements:
Name: Tanya Xelcarostia
Class: Shifter (Selfshifter / Lightshifter)
Appearance: Brown eyes, tan skin, brown hair bound in a ponytail, with moderately angular facial features. Short ad thinly built, with splotchy brown leather clothing. Spirit animal - swift fox.
Mana: 1/3
Push: 0/0
Attributes:
Aware
Spiritual
Frail
Inventory:
Silent Marksman's Rifle
First aid kit
Travel pack with food/water/survival gear
3 harmless smoke grenades
1 white phosphorus incendiary smoke grenade
Advancements: None
Name: Thomas Blackshroud
Class: Weaponmaster (Daggermacewhip)
Appearance: Thomas Blackshroud looks every bit the weaponmaster, pitch black hair, pitch black eyes(he wears contacts, they do stop him from seeing, but that's irrelevant...), black leather armor, black boots, black gloves... His Spirit Animal is the Bat
Mana: 3/3
Push: 0/0
Attributes:
Aware
Unrelenting
Blind
Inventory:
Black Getup
Soulbound Daggermacewhip
3 Smoke Bombs
Advancements:
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