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[dragnar]

this

...what did I just watch? Was an eldritch engineer just destroyed by the power of cheeseburgers?

[Schilcote]

this

...what did I just watch? Was an eldritch engineer just destroyed by the power of cheeseburgers?

Yes.

[tehstefan]

Well, I guess its time to get dangerous. Try and help the scientists with the jefferson.

[Schilcote]

Spoiler: actions (click to show/hide)

Frelock: Read up on "laser nukes" and see what their weaknesses are.
Dragnar: Take the hard drive to the TOAST engineers, see what they can get out of it.
Inteuniso: Recover. Also, use my engineering computer to upgrade the defenses.
Qwertyuiopas: Now it's time for the computer jammer. And if that doesn't work, gravity*MAX_INT!
Tehstefan: Well, I guess its time to get dangerous. Try and help the scientists with the jefferson.

Frelock: 2

You consult the flying base's database to get more information about the "laser nuke". There isn't really that much that can help you. It's a particle beam that causes a ten-megaton nuclear detonation at the point it hits. It has a decent range and is immune to Ageis point defense by virtue of being a beam weapon.
It takes one minute to charge up before it can be fired, which is useful. If you can somehow evade the first shot, you might have a chance at destroying the weapon before it can fire again.

Dragnar: 5

The TI engineers are currently fixing up the Jefferson. You overhear a conversation between a computer technician and a mechanic.

Tech: "Good lord, 95%?!?"
Mechanic: "What?"
Tech: "Their on-board computer. 95% dilution Duality AI! They barely even filed the serial numbers off!"
Mechanic: "'that dangerous?"
Tech: "You bet your ass it is... They make these things by taking core dumps of insane AIs and fiddling with them until they work again. Normally, you'd only have about fifty percent of the original core in place at most for this type of thing. Almost perfectly safe unless you're trying to make it kill you, but this thing is just the original code with different identity strings and a slightly more docile personality... I think you need the Emperor's signature to install one of these things."
Mechanic: "Bloody 'ell... Should we be working on it then?"
Tech: "Of course. They've got patch behavior daemons and stuff like that running, it's a hell of a lot safer if it's fully functional. Anyway, like I said, if a 95 dilution AI exists it has a damn good reason for doing so. Didn't know they'd be locking me up with one of these things when I got transferred here though."

Feeling that you've heard enough plot for now, you go in and offer the technician the hard drive.

Tech: "Eh, keep it. We can't ever get anything useful off of them. You can use it to store your documents on or something."

Inteuniso: 4

After a little bit more time in a medibooth, you get up, fully healed. Awesome.

There really isn't anything you can do for the base's defense infrastructure. From what you understand, the pepole attacking have a weapon that can't be deflected by their technology.

Qwertyuiopas: 4

You keep a watchful eye out for the enemy. Jameson informs you that they are, in fact, flying towards the airship and will arive quite soon to blow it out of the sky.

Tehstefan: 5

There isn't very much you can do, you're not a mechanic. They look as if they ought to be done with the Jefferson in a few more turns...

Remembering something you read a long time ago, you give the Amulet of Yendor to NUKM. The base's emergency escape systems work via teleportation, and you don't want the amulet screwing things up if you have to abscond suddenly...

Spoiler: Statuses (click to show/hide)

Frelock: Wristwatch, computer terminal, glasses, civilian clothes, pamphlet, a jewel-encrusted egg, a bag which contains a lunch and a clove of garlic, and a bottle of water. On the ship.

Proficient in modifying, and synthesizing with hacking tools. (+2 to modification and +1 to synthesis at short range)
Advanced in healing (+2, can use on two targets in one turn)
Implants:
REMOTE VIEWING 3
SENSOR 3
HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
TACTICAL SCANNER 2
ADV. DATA INT. 2


Inteuniso: Tau armor, elfin sword, quantum storage full of scrap, engineering computer (will give bonus to engineering tasks once you work with it a little bit), Lance, carrots and apples, longsword. On the ship.
Dabbling swordsmanship.
Dabbling dancing.
Dabbling horsemanship.
Novice Hauler (+1 to carrying stuff around)
Novice Mechanic (+2 to working with vehicles)
Cheif Engineer of the Starship Jefferson (+1 to working with the Ultravan)
+1 to using engineering computer.
Implants:
AIM 5
REMOTE VIEWING 3
TI STD MIL. IMPLANT 5
TI TACTICAL+ 5


Tehstefan: .44 Magnum, Fedora, bullwhip, touchstone, tinning kit. Location: On the ship.
Agile (+1 to running and jumping).
Novice driver(+1 to operating vehicles)
Novice telekeinesis-user (+2 to using telekinesis implant)
Novice Mechanic (+1 to working with vehicles)
Captain of the Starship Jefferson (+1 to doing anything with the Jefferson, additional +1 to navigating in particular)
Implants:
TI AIM 5
TI TACTICAL+ 5
TI SENSOR 3
TI FLIGHT 4
TI TELEKINESIS 5
TI REFLEX 3
Intrinsics:
Warning


Sensei: Knife, suitcase O' spectacles, electric brass lantern, two lengths of rope, uranium battleaxe (+1 enemy dodge, +1 damage), basic construction equipment, Nano-EAGLE, big missile launcher, 1000 gold pieces, a tin opener, a credit card, an expensive camera, Hawaiian shirt. On ship.

Implants:
SENSOR 3
FLIGHT 4
HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
REMOTE VIEWING 3
AIM 3
REFLEX 3
Novice builder: +1 to building stuff
Practiced aim(+1 to aiming)
Glowing(-1 to being sneaky while on).

Qwertyuiopas: Computer-goggles, scriptgun(loaded with gravity modifier), gloves, 6 fortune cookies. On ship.

Implants:
REMOTE VIEWING 3
HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
Chief Science Officer (+2 to using the Ultravan's sensors and computer systems, as well as generally scienceing)

Understanding(?)

Available Scripts:
Colorer
Gravity Modifier
Computer Stopper
Projectile Shield
Macguffin Detector
Status Monitor
EIB Remote Access


Dragnar: Built-in laser pistol, mining tools(+1 enhancement for mining, negates 1 armor when used as weapon), quantum storage full of scrap, portable bunker(hold it for a +2 to avoid damage, or plant it in the ground and create an impenetrable barrier to all projectiles coming from that direction.), coasters, cattle prod, unidentified floppies, cooked beef. Location: On ship.
Implants:
TI FLIGHT 4
TI HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
TI CLOAK 4
TI ADV. DATA INT. 2
TI ITEM MAGNET 3
TI STASIS 3
Novice flier: +1 to flight with flight implant
Enhanced Speed (+1 to reflexes and high-speed actions)
Encumbering Repair Devices (Heals 50% of incurred damage every turn, -1 to dexterous actions)
Can Fly, rockets in feet.
Pylon-link (+1 to item magnet usage when in range of pylon)


Typoman: hammer pants and polo, with a funky pen in the breast pocket. a shield made of pure, solid rage, a robe, an small shield, a mace, and a clove of garlic, and an SDW-120.
The Enclosed Instruction Book
TI FLIGHT 4
TI SENSOR 3
TI AUTOMEDICAL 2
TI TACTICAL SCANNER
TI CLOAK 4
TI REMOTE VIEWING
Involuntarily absorbs organic matter and reprocesses it.
Abilities:
Exploding Van: ?
Kill It With Fire: Expel flames from the mouth.
Stains Stare: Dispel all thoughts from the target, replacing them with an intense desire for cupcakes. Effectively paralyzes the target.
Lv. 1 Summon Memetic: Call one low-level memetic being to your aid.
Permanent energy conduit leading out right hand.
Summoned entities:
None.

Starship Jefferson:
A TOAST Industries Ultravan with:
Flight package (+VTOL enhancement),4 "KICKASS" kinetic weapons, 2 "nano-EAGLEs" on turrets, one pulse rifle on a turret, two "Phasers", two "laser machine guns", one tractor beam, two "Ageis V3s", an "energy deflector shield", three VSP-grade hyperdrives (only one can function at a time), a "TI Standard Rangercam+scanner" with a "VSP Rangercam Upgrade", a "TI Advanced Navigation/targeting system", an inertial compensator, an "all in one life-support system", a "super communicator module", a remote environmental probe (with two nano-EAGLE turrets), a void entry device, an implant installation upgrade, a TOAST construction computer, a healing turret, a TOAST weapons dispenser, a transporter, an Advanced Auto-Repair Unit, 2 Large Wall-Mount Quantum Storage Devices, a special 360 degree super-voidscanner designed by Qwertyuiopas, more comfortable seats, advanced robotic storage system, drone controller, standard automatic turret controller, fire suppression system, EVA pod, advanced maneuvering system.
Transforming mecha fighter attached to bottom of ship. Can now detach in the void, but has no voidscanner.
Contains:
12 Portable Temporary Auto-Repair Devices
95% Duality AI called Slick. Dead? (not likely.)
Maintenance+Medical droid. Helping with the Jefferson's repair.
NUKM drone. Watching the LRS.
Much miscellaneous scrap.
Heavily modified "NDY Machine". Prevents death.

Broken into pieces.

[dragnar]

I activate my cloak and try to sneak up on the mercs.

[Schilcote]

I activate my cloak and try to sneak up on the mercs.

Too far away, and you'd get blasted as soon as you decloak. Assuming they can't see through cloaking.

[dragnar]

I activate my cloak and try to sneak up on the mercs.

Too far away, and you'd get blasted as soon as you decloak. Assuming they can't see through cloaking.

Bah. I was gonna try and EMP the laser nuke...

I search for some sort of artillery. Heck, a catapult will do.

[Frelock]

Use some scrap material lying around to synthesize a missile; preferably one that can create duplicates of itself on normal scanners.

[Schilcote]

...

[Frelock]

The best defense is a good offense?

[Schilcote]

The best defense is a good offense?

Your missile is fine (though you do mean RADAR duplicates, right? Not Sylandro Probe-style missiles?). I was just bumping the topic.

Though you've still not dealt with that hint I gave you.

EDIT:

Though actually, the intention of the "hacking" ability was more for small, delicate work. You're kind of using a scalpel to cut up a tree.

[Frelock]

Eh, just need to swing the scalpel hard enough.  Radar duplicates are decent, thermal flare decoys better, a missile which breaks into a Macross Missile Massacre is best.

[qwertyuiopas]

This is a puzzle boss sort of thing. I think Jameson mentioned something that might be relevant last turn...

Jameson: "These elevators always get stuck on the way up..."
...
The elevator arrives. The party steps onto a plastic platform, the walls decorated with exposed circuitry and logic gates that make the elevator work.

The mercenaries are using inferior technology (this is a top-of-the line airship manufactured by a megacorporation, they're just well-equipped soldiers of fortune), they probably don't even have scanners. They can't aim at what they can't see.

Hopefully I am looking at the right quote, but what would happen if I snuck in, invisibly, and jammed the computer for whatever elevator they use?


>Colour script>100% transparent>Self+small craft>Assault their elevators!

[Schilcote]

This is a puzzle boss sort of thing. I think Jameson mentioned something that might be relevant last turn...

Jameson: "These elevators always get stuck on the way up..."
...
The elevator arrives. The party steps onto a plastic platform, the walls decorated with exposed circuitry and logic gates that make the elevator work.

The mercenaries are using inferior technology (this is a top-of-the line airship manufactured by a megacorporation, they're just well-equipped soldiers of fortune), they probably don't even have scanners. They can't aim at what they can't see.

Hopefully I am looking at the right quote, but what would happen if I snuck in, invisibly, and jammed the computer for whatever elevator they use?


>Colour script>100% transparent>Self+small craft>Assault their elevators!

That would work great... except the only ones using the elevator are on your side. The mercenaries are just flying on flying segways or something.

EDIT:

You're close though. As in proximity. Think nouns. Proper nouns.

EDIT:

Also, listen to this

EDIT:

And then add to this

[Schilcote]

Hey Wolfchild, are you still interested in joining the game? I'm adding your character now, and I've got some fancy special write-y stuff all planned for him. I don't want to waste all that effort finding out you've suddenly decided to disappear.

You chose to be a TF1 engineer, right?

EDIT:

In fact, the special write-y stuff is so special that this turn is going to take me an abnormally long time to write.

EDIT:

Actually, no I'm not. But still, you're in next turn. So... show up.