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[Rince Wind]

Once we have a craft that can into space we can at least shut up the transmission, even if we don't get loot that way.

I left the points research on purpose because I figured I had enough.

[Iduno]

I left the points research on purpose because I figured I had enough.

Out of character, sure, go with whatever the research priority is.

In character? Anger about enough not being a real thing, and money and whatever.

[Rince Wind]

We are in such a bad shape that a bit of metagaming is ok, I think.

[Robsoie]

Are the slayers bullets good or a waste of manufacturing time at that point of the game ?

Even on my personal save i have not dedicaced any runts into this kind of thing, so i have no idea at all.

[Iduno]

I don't remember the last time I made or purchased weapons. You get enough from Spinning the Wheel and lootin' (unless you recklessly use explosives) that you don't really need to. Special bullets are good if they get the damage over 60, so you can damage armor. Otherwise, you'd have to spend a bunch of time analyzing resistances and armor and whatnot to figure out if they're worth anything or not. I usually use runts to make armor, booze/food for selling, or processing hostages.

Also, melee uses no ammo and prevents the opponent from shooting you even if they stay up. Shooting is just what you do as a reaction if they're shooting at you first, or as a solution to an enemy being too resistant/armored to take down other ways.

Oh, and I've got a Bandit Town mission up. Suggestions? Only 2 chainmails, everyone else has savage or tac vests (enough tac vests to go around, though). The one I tried I was hopelessly outnumbered.

[EuchreJack]

I'm glad to finally see the chainmails seeing some use.

Tac Vests are good as long as you are facing the foe.

Maybe blow up portions of the Bandit Town to even out the odds?  You've got lots of explosive weapons.  And automatic ones.

I had an Underwater Mission, but it was just against Crabs.  I suspect it was scripted to be the training mission to get the player used to Underwater combat.
Underwater missions are a source of Aqua Plastics (I think) later on, and they are needed for better armor.

[Rolan7]

I'm pretty sure most of those basic underwater adventures are against crabs or fish, at least that's my experience.  Sometimes sharkmen which tend to gank a gal or two (but go down easily enough themselves).  I hear that hallucinoids are also an option, and they're a mixed bag in my experience.  Big squishy targets though, and cutting seems to work great (I haven't checked the examination, I just carry cutlasses for most underwater missions).

They're usually easy missions, little tedious but the aqua plastics are worth it.  And I think those crashed subs occasionally grant other salvage.

[Iduno]

I'm glad to finally see the chainmails seeing some use.

Tac Vests are good as long as you are facing the foe.

Maybe blow up portions of the Bandit Town to even out the odds?  You've got lots of explosive weapons.  And automatic ones.

I had an Underwater Mission, but it was just against Crabs.  I suspect it was scripted to be the training mission to get the player used to Underwater combat.
Underwater missions are a source of Aqua Plastics (I think) later on, and they are needed for better armor.

Possible, but also there supposed to be a lot of hoes to capture. We need the money, so starting a small courtesan operation would be useful. I'm not sure if I've quite saved up enough to finally get that third prison built yet, though. And I have added about 10 more slaves to our vaults (we've completely/nearly finished interrogating several enemy types this month, I just haven't been showing it because other than one more activities entry and the special gal 001, we haven't gotten to the good stuff yet).

Can't you just buy aqua plastics? I don't remember where, but in my personal game I've gotten about 100 without going underwater.

Chainmails are starting to see some use, but going through the junk pile to get wire to make into chainmail takes a bit of time, and making the chainmail takes a lot. I've got ~20 runts going full time on that.

[Iduno]

Back to the Warehouse. I lost my notes, so I can't remember the names of who did what. Also, the write up will be a bit short.

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Sending 2 gals to do a sweep worked out well.



Sadly, we were too far from the entrance to repeat the performance on that side. We all got to try, but security is armored.


Look at these dorks who think they can just shoot at us. Sorry, we've been training melee and reactions. Also, I knew enough to stand someone with energy left by the door, because that's how doors work.




We took up positions inside the guard booth. No damage to us, but we reaction-shot the best hostage, and didn't get there in time to save her. Base cleanup takes very little time.


It takes some time, but we eventually find where the last 2 stragglers.

Update on research, and someone thinks they can just send runabouts so close to our base that our terrible radar can see them.

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Mission time!

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Can't see anything from our starting position.


The joys you see while you're trying to find cover.


We can't get to them, so a molotov is employed. We don't even hit the gal who ran behind Mr. Osiron, but the next turn the fire has spread. We get through with minor fire damage and no losses.


This researcher isn't in a good position, and the open door allows another security guard (you can see his legs at the top of the screen) to shoot someone through the same window. They get patched up, and we take these last 2 down.


Our training is slowing down as well.

One of the random researches from a hostage let us know about this.

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No way our turtle can get to that bandit town before dawn, so we mess around until almost sunset. While we're waiting, the try to shoot down another ship. We don't quite get it, but it lands and I'm curious if our 2 Lok'Naars and one gal can handle this.

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Ok, we have no one-handed non-lethal weapons here, so we'll be punching a lot. The Loks have cattle prods.

"Hey, I'll wait righ by the exit from the ship because I'm a very smart researcher."


We probably shouldn't have landed during the day, but at least this guard can't shoot effectively this turn (and we've only seen single enemies).


I didn't knock this one out. That was a shot from a harpoon gun. The gal kneels, sees another harpoon fly by, and hopes the shooter walks in front of her.


The shooter got punched out, and this Security guard is going to 1) not shoot well and 2) get a cattle prod to the face next turn.


There was an engineer (!) with a laser hiding in the same room as the guard. Everyone else was having a party by the exit to the ship, and we took some fire. 3 on 5 isn't my sort of odds, so they took fire in the shape of a couple incendiary grenades.

I love landed ships. We should have upgraded the radar by now.

It was a short night, because I got busy with grocery shopping. I'll probably go to the Bandit Town tonight.

[Rince Wind]

Maybe build that extra prison in the 2nd base? We'll need the space later on anyway.

[E. Albright]

Can't you just buy aqua plastics? I don't remember where, but in my personal game I've gotten about 100 without going underwater.

You get a steady trickle from robbery/enslavement, and some ships have them too.

[Rince Wind]

But a sunken USO, preferably defended by crabs or fish, is the best early source, as you get 300 to 400 at once.

[Iduno]

Maybe build that extra prison in the 2nd base? We'll need the space later on anyway.

Also there. I just captured back 30 33 prisoners, including 9 hoes.

Another spoiler for the bandit town: 0 deaths...8 injured. Out of 8.

Are we down to one month at a time, or still 2?


The game:

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We start by lining up, as always to avoid reaction shots. Our first actual move finds the raider boss next to our ship. Almost wicked witched him. Even if we need to leave early, we got a good hostage. It takes 2 of us (stupid armor), but MCreeper takes him down. Then we take down a hoe in the adjacent building.



Other than that, we spread out and try to find enemies (should be a lot of them, so...). We do see a sawed-off sniper, and chuck a black powder bomb at him. It missed, but maybe the smoke will help? The enemies don't accomplish much on their first turn with us out of the turtle, either. We do learn that 1) we can't get to the sawed-off jerk and 2) he's got a large friend. Also, some other jerk shoots a gal in the back to no effect.




An RPG shot finds us a few friends. Looking around finds us a few more possibilities.




We can't get up to the humungous or his little friend, but a black powder bomb removes the floor below him. Stun batons do the rest. The rest of the enemies we know about are all in one area.



We take down another hoe and highwayman, then find 2 more in this building.


The grouped-up enemies out in the open are mostly too far. We try to hit the nearest with a black powder bomb, but overshoot and hit 2 instead of 1. The brigand proceeds to pass out on his turn.



The rest is "just" cleanup. We accidentally found this tough guy while using the back entrance.


Another tough guy and a blood hound, with another upstairs. We tried to use a molotov to keep them away, but apparently blood hounds doesn't afraid of anything. We also tried the same (with the same result) in the next building over.




The rest of the enemies were hiding on the second floor here. 3 of them. MCreeper was injured (so was everyone else at one point, so...) confirming that, but we took them down 2 rounds later.

We did more research (so much more).

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Then we lucked out: another traitor bounty mission. This time we'll actually bring them back alive. I know the mutants want them dead, but the brainers can take care of that after they tell their secrets.

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So that's how that started.



Salad Dog got a heal, and we spread out to find the rest.



We were doing well avoiding further injuries until this jerk came down the stairs far away from us.


Our Swabbie did manage 2 consecutive turns of knockouts.


2 smoothies, 2 bugeyes, and 2 highwaymen joined us for the trip back.

It looks like our final mission for the month is ninjas attacking Lok'Naars.

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Being ninjas, they hide well, and we only figure out where they are when the shoot. We find 2 the first round, with an idea of one other. Then we confirm a 4th when they shoot through the window to KO a gal.


We follow the one who got stun baton-ed through a window once, and find her friends. Then, while attacking we find more friends.



One gal had healing duty so far. And several had "stop the ninjas" duty. The ninjas responded by slightly injuring a gal and taking down 2 of their own. More healing duty.



We found one more hiding in a cornfield, and finished the mission faster (and with more wounds) than I expected.

Our sectoweed farm was finally ready for harvest on the 27th of February (which is why we plant on the first). The plantation will be back to normal to get us our -120k "maintenance" at the end of the 28th. We make some cash, and have enough sectoweed left to re-plant. Bonus!

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The extractor at Chin Shih base finished, so we can build a still then a mess hall. We should probably put a barracks south of the vaults for base defense, though. Maybe the prison south of the dojo?

[Rolan7]

As the player up next, I'm fine with you taking two months!  I got burned out in a little less than a month, but by all means keep going if you're up for it (:

Take that, Sky Ninjas!  Stupid meanies, bullying the poor Lokk'nar for those mysterious celestial Narlokks...  They probably think they're "good" or something.  Don't they know We're All Mutants?

(Last I checked sectoweed farming seemed about equal to basic plantations in pure profit, but a supply of sectoweed is good for some stuff.)

[Robsoie]

Great job at the bandit town, so many capture !