”I vote we access the hard drive first, and see where it leads us. I’d rather not throw myself into a war zone when there’s a potential more productive route to take.”
Name: Ji Fuchikoma
Rank: Senior Security Expert
Physical Description:
A Short, Athletic, and Absolutely Stacked Girl, who has an uncanny resemblance to an anime character. She has pale freckled skin and, fiery red hair, and large emerald green eyes. She as a pair of fox ears and a fox tail.
She is a Waifu-Bot based on a player avatar from the Waifu Assassins Guild series.
Background:
Once known as Woldo, a gamer who replaced his physical body with an android based on his famous video game avatar.
Life: d10 Robobody
Attack: d6 rifle x3mags
d6 Generic Security Rifle
Anti-bio razor (2d6 against living/ 1d6 vs others)
2d6 Piledriver Carbine
d6+d8 Amplified Wand
Ammo:
Rifle (use d6)(3 magazines)
Piledriver Carbine (use d4)(6 magazines)
2 pistol mags (use d4)
Stats:
Strength: d10
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Endurance: d12
Will: d6
Knowledge: d6
Fate: d6
Skills:
Melee: d12
Guns: d12
Explosives: d4
Implants: d10
Mechanics: d4
Technology: d4
Medical: d4
Occult: d4
Speech: d4
Inventory:
Amplified Wand (Bat)
Piledriver Carbine
OMNITECH electrical behavior modification implant
OMNITECH Omni-light
Anti-Bio Razor
OMNITECH Generic Security Baton (in LaF box with the claw)
Brain Backup
Experimental Gun
Lizard Claw (in LaF box with the baton)
Box of antique electronics
Box of antique mechanic bits
Box of airplane pins
Turret auto-cannon
Money:
502
"So I uh, grabbed what's left of Yag and this hard drive thingie. So do any techies wanna take a look or should I crack it open with a rock or something?"
SAM awaits any response, if none is given, it's time to crack the hard drive open and see what lies in it's organs
Name: Samantha "SAM" Endashale
Description: Sam used to be a research scientist at a prestigious biotech company until her distressing vigor for human experimentation got her fired. That, or perhaps the 3 graduate students that went missing under her tutelage. Regardless of the reason, she ended up finding work at OMNITECH. She chose a field position herself, and seems to be eagerly awaiting the chance to try....something....
She currently looks like a swiss guy's greatest wetmare.
Senior Medical Officer (+100 Omni)
Flesh: 4 (10 MAX)
Attack: d8 bite
Stats
Strength: d8
Dexterity: d4
Speed: d8
Endurance: d4
Will: d4
Knowledge: d4
Fate: d4
Skills
Melee: d4
Implants: d8
Medical: d12
Shift: 1
Shape: d4
Manipulate: d4
Survive: d4
Status: All good
Sight: Pepeers
Smell: I smell yee
Hearing: I hear yee
Taste: poggers
Touch: Salad Fingers
OMNITECH Medical Kit (4 charges. Expend one to gain advantage on a Medical roll)
OMNITECH Organosculpting system
Hover Dolly
Cognition copier
One of each nootropic type Anya had
Wil's Autonomous corporate observation drone (rolls on d6 to interpret confusing orders)
Credits 20 (-200 debt)
Things done:
-Returned to primordial goo
-Ate fish flakes
-Threw up a fishball
-Sneaked into the sewers
-Pounced onto a mook
-Scared the information about cables out of a goon
-Connected the drone to the cable
-Ate someone's head
-Found some nerds
-Partially vored a dude
-Vored a dude
-Ate the head of some RPG maniac in self-defence
-Carjacked a car and ate the crew. In self-defence
-Grabbed what was left of the Yagiditor and a hard drive
Wilfred sits up atop the APC, looking out at the military's losing battle. "Aww, fuck Derp... my accidental boner is destroying the military too?" Wilfred heaves a heavy sigh. "I should've expected this..."
Access Sam's flash drive, see what useful data is on it, if anything. See if Wilfred can't contact whatever command infrastructure we have, too.
"Alright, friends and expendables whose names I can't recall, now that Yagyu is dead, we need a plan. Raiding the Bizarre is great, I've got some spare guns to give to anyone who needs one. After that, I wager we should head north to the scientist sighted up in the wilderness. See what he knows, and after we kill and interrogate him, we head into the red zone to figure shit out. That is, unless command lets us just give up and leave before we all die. Any thoughts?"
"...Also, does anyone know where that fucking repair alligator went? I need a mechanic to fix my leg."
Name: Wilfred Seven
Physical Description: An exaggerated eight-foot tall linebacker-shaped machine constructed out of slabs of white metallo-ceramic armor, laid atop a barely visible metallic undercarriage. Its legs are stumpy compared to its arms, with a bulbous body due to the double rocket jump pack embedded between its shoulders.
--The hardsuit's right arm has been torn off, and its right leg has been badly crushed.
Inside, he's a plain robotic body.
Background: He was batch manufactured along with nine other Wil Wheaton clones, for use in some film that he's never heard of and was never involved with; only the three "best" clones were actually selected for use in the film, while the other seven--really, the other six, Wil Three survived less than a week--were sold to OMNITECH as cheap labor. Somehow, OMNITECH decided to hire Seven, rather than just enslave him, although he's not really sure what the difference is. Notably, Wilfred's flaw that disqualified him from being selected is that his mind is nothing like the famous actor, and he actually hates being compared to the man.
Class: Senior Xeno-Ambassador (+150 omni per mission)
Life: 2d8 (Hardsuit)
Attack: 4d4 Acidthrower
Stats:
Str d10 (Hardsuit buff from d4)
Dex d4
Spd d4
End d4
Wil d4
Kno d4
Fte d4
Skills:
Mel d4
Gun d8
Exp d4
Imp d4
Mec d4
Tec d12
Med d4
Occ d12
Spc d4
Status: Pristine Robot Body inside a Hardsuit
Inventory:
Cat-sized woodlouse named "Rolly-Polly" (Left at home)
OMNITECH Neuron reconfiguration helmet (Allows the level of two skills to be switched. Overuse causes reduction of levels.)
---Used three times
OMNITECH Hardsuit (2d8 life, [sub=d8 max]d6[/sub] jumpjets)
---Can skim on smaller rockets
---Built in binocular view
Anomaly detection watch
OMNITECH Cognition Copier (equipped)
OMNITECH Generic Personal Sidearm (d4 ranged attack) (Three d4 magazines)
"Cold Comfort" - OMNITECH Generic Security Rifle (d6 ranged attack) (Two d8 magazines, one empty magazine)
Advanced Cleaning Apparatus (4d4 ranged attack) and 3 magazines (d6,d6,d6)
2x Smiles Rifles (d6 ranged attack) and 5 magazines (all d6)
3x Smiles Grenades (d12 explosive)
1x Rocket Launcher (d12+3 ranged explosive)
1x Hardsuit right arm (damaged)
Money: -853. Owed to loan shark.
--Scouted Smiles territory from the air
--Summoned a ghost rat which led him to an entrance into the tunnels under Smiles territory.
--Accidentally knocked out the Smiles' hospital intranet without getting any useful information... but, like, technically the Smiles are our enemy, so...
--...Accidentally knocked out the Smiles' entire hospital base with a ghost nuke. Accidentally. But, like, again. Technically our enemy.
--......Aaaaaand then accidentally melted the guards guarding the scientist target, the other scientists, and the scientist we wanted to kidnap. VERY TECHNICALLY THESE WERE ALL OUR ENEMIES.
--At least Wil grabbed the scientist's soul right after killing him?
--Accidentally summoned a fifteen-story skeleton kaiju in the middle of the Smiles base, probably fucking over everyone there who wasn't already fucked over. Which... honestly, at this point, Wil should try to negotiate contracts with the corporations recording all this.
----Said skeleton kaiju then left to attack the military perimeter around Detroit. Who weren't our enemy, but I guess they are now.
--Interrogated the ghost of the former institute scientist, gaining presumably valuable intel.
--Destroyed an evacuating Smiles van.
--Accidentally destroyed all the computers in an institute building we wanted to investigate. Technically some of these were hostile computers controlling turrets, so it wasn't counterproductive in the end. No, not counterproductive at all...
"It seems we've made things even worse here somehow, and this probably makes me a bad person but I don't feel myself caring that much."
"Guys! Do you know what this means? The bizarre is probably unguarded! We could loot a bunch of artifacts and become filthy rich!"
"Yes let us go and rob the place, it'll make all the chaos we've caused worth it."
Get on board the loot the bizarre train! Also look at Wilfred's leg and see what it'll take it fix it.
Name: Burt Burt
Physical Description: An animatronic Dandy Fox with an old money southern drawl.
Background: Needed a job and got one.
Class: Combat Engineer
Life: d4
Attack: d4 Personal Sidearm / d8 Close Sawn off Shotgun (d4 use die) with bayonet d4
Sight:
Smell: Nope can't do that.
Hearing:
Taste: Doesn't have one.
Touch: Probably doesn't really have that ether.
Stats:
Strength: d4
Dexterity: d4
Speed: d4
Endurance: d8
Will: d4
Knowledge: d4
Fate: d4
Skills:
Melee: d4
Guns: d8
Explosives: d4
Implants: d4
Mechanics: d8
Technology: d6
Medical: d4
Occult: d4
Speech: d4
Status: No longer dead.
Inventory:
OMNITECH Red Jumpsuit
OMNITECH Generic Personal Sidearm (d4 ranged attack) x5 Magazines (d4 use die)
OMNITECH Tool kit (0 / 3)
High visibility flares x4
Mysterious remote control
Box of protein bars
First Aid kit (1)
2 Fire extinguishers (d6 use each)
Harpoon
OMNITECH Generic Personal Sidearm (d4 ranged attack)
Sawn off Shotgun (d8 Close)(d4 use die) Box of shells (d6 use die) with Bayonet d4
Cold Steel "Battle Ready" katana (d6 use die)
2 Pack of gum
OMNITECH Passive Personal Shield Generator (d12 life, d4 use die)
Glow sticks (D6 use die)
Hand held video camera. with up link to OMNITECH server.
laptop
flashlight
phone
cable
A gun effectively identical to the containment turrets, d8 ammo and not reloadable
Money:
245 Omni
12,300 Megabucks
"Guys! Do you know what this means? The bizarre is probably unguarded! We could loot a bunch of artifacts and become filthy rich!"
Several on the party bus voice their desire to rob the locals. Wilfred, the de facto leader by virtue of having the largest and most metallic ass, decides that this is a tremendous plan. Really, a great plan. One of the best. He commands the EdPC onward and keeps himself busy by attempting to crack open the hard drive and see what lives within.
[9]
The hard drive proves surprisingly easy to get into. At least for Wilfred. It contains 3 things: First, a huge schematic for some sort of machine. And when I say huge I mean huge. Size of a building huge. Sorting through it will take a bit. Second: a folder containing tens of thousands of images. They appear to be scientific in nature, showing lab rooms, items with scale rules next to them, people being affixed to some sort of chair, etc. If someone went through them, they might be able to find a pattern or discern what's going on. Finally, another folder filled with audio files. They were clearly pumped out and designed to be accessed by some sort of program as they have names that are just 64 character alphanumeric strings with no real coherent order. There are several hundred of these.
As per this raid on the Bizarre, how we handling it? You wanna drive straight up to the gate? Wanna drive straight THROUGH the gate? Park a while off and move in on foot? Whats the plan, guys.
Name: akanorth requtist
Physical Description: he is tall and wiry with light brown hair and eyes.
Background: amnesia patient. Works as a cultist because when he woke up in the hospital they told him he worked at omnitech.
Class: cultist
Life: d4
Attack: d2 punches, OMINITECH Generic Personal Sidearm d4 ranged attack
Stats: d8 fate, d6 dexterity, d6 speed, d4 strength, d4 endurance, d4 will, d4 knowledge
Skills: d6 occult, d6 melee, d6 guns, d4 explosives, d4 implants, d4 mechanics, d4 technology, d4 medical, d4 speech
Status: deaf
Inventory: OMNITECH Black Jumpsuit, OMNITECH Generic Personal Sidearm (d4 ranged attack) x3 Magazines (d4 use die), OMNITECH Universal Containment Pod x5, OMNITECH Null-Rod
Money: 0
akanorth tries to think up an easy way to get arcane power.
[5] Occult power is generally not something that resides in people or something which they can gather on their own. Occult power is sort of like magnetism; its a property that exists in some places, in some objects, and due to some actions. For humans to attain it would generally mean either just using arcane items to do their will or somehow transferring the Occult energy from the objects into themselves. This is possible, usually by making the item somehow part of them, but often has unpleasant side effects.
Name:Tara
Physical Description: A 4 foot 6 in tall female human with pale skin, brunette hair, and blue eyes who weighs 110 pounds. She is 15 years old.
Background: She was Lucy's younger sister. She would watch Lyra perform her experiments until she went to OMNITECH. When she learned of the deaths of her sisters, she joined here hoping to make the place safer
Life: d4
Attack: OMNITECH Foam Gun d3 doesn't do damage. When successful it immobilizes the target.multiple guns stack. Foam tank: d8
OMNITECH “Porcelain” Ceramic knife(d6, breaks on 1) Hammer (Lended, return to owner after door melt attempt)
Stats:
Strength: d6
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d6
Endurance: d6
Will: d8
Knowledge: d10
Fate: d6
Skills:
Melee: d6
Guns: d6
Explosives: d6
Implants: d4
Mechanics: d6
Technology: d6
Medical: d6
Occult: d6
Speech: d8
Status: Consious, grazed by bullet shot by EXC1
Inventory: OMNITECH isolation suit (has bullet hole in it), OMNITECH Foam Gun, OMNITECH sealing kit, OMNITECH environmental hazard detector, OMNITECH “Porcelain” Ceramic knife(d6, breaks on 1), Earplugs, Cognition Copier, Tranquilizer syringe, Sensory Deprivation Suit, Weaponized Plasma Cutter(d4 use die, rolls dex for damage), hypodermic spear(1d6 damage+injection effect), Negotiation Enhancer, Smiles Rifle (d6 ranged attack) and 3 magazines (d6,d6,d6)
Money: 47 OMNI
“Hi. We mean you no harm. Who are you after? We came here to try to find out how to reverse something occult in nature, do any of you have any occult knowledge to assist in this endeavor?”
Explain to the people that we aren’t a threat. Ask about who or what they are prepared to fight, ask about whether any of them know any occult related things. Use the Negotiation Enhancer to determine if or when they lie. If a lie is found, ask for the truth. Gather as much info as possible.
“Bob, I need you to not attack them, they are not hostile right now, we came for info not bloodshed”
[6]
You talk to the people there for a while, at first shouting from the car and then eventually being directed closer and talking across the fence. The long and sort of it is this.
1. They're former employees of the institute at the heart of all this weirdness.
2. They had been living on the outskirts of the containment zone after escaping the city for quite a while. They had advanced weaponry and tech from the institute which they used to survive.
3. One of their members thought up a plan to escape the quarantine zone based on past research done at the institute.
4. They returned to the city, as closer to the red zone as they dared, and "gathered" humans who came to attack them.
5. They built this gate in order to escape to a near reality, one without the disaster, where they could live.
6. This reality is that place, unfortunately it seems like in this reality there is no humanity. At least none that they've seen.
7. The warm welcome is because they were worried you were just random raiders having come through the gate.
8. It is possible to get back, but difficult. Requires correct timing and help from others.