Scavenger Bot, dude... Those things freak me out... Go smash 'em with that piledriver mmkay?
Meanwhile, I look around for anything interesting in the vicinity that looks like it could restock my supply of parts.
[5+2=6] You order the scavenger bot inside to smash the beasts' skulls in, and it's happy to do so. [2] It hovers towards the second one. [Dodge:3][BP:2][Damage:6+1+1-1=6] The bot suddenly accelerates and catches up with the beast, holding the pile driver up high. With a free arm, it holds the beast in place. With the one holding the pile driver, it slams the machine down onto the beast's back. It dies instantly, spine reduced to white powder. [4] You find wreckage from the exploded Watch car and gather some of it.
Some Scrap Metal added to Inventory!A Few Mechanical Parts added to Inventory! I name my AI... whatever it wants. If it wants me to give it a name, I'll go with Tux. I then look around for a way out of this building.
[3] You tell the AI it may name itself whatever it wants, but if it can't come up with anything, you have Tux to offer. It takes it's time before answering, in a perfect human voice - female, most likely chosen based on your gender. ' Until an acceptable alternative has been determined, Tux is acceptable.'
It returns to the AI Library with that, but after a while, continues. ' Current shell inefficient and wasteful. Must be replaced. This vessel also lacks connection to any wide-spread network, preventing full use of my abilities. I require both things as soon as possible.'
[2] You fail to spot the giant two metal doors everybody else is heading for somehow.
I set my grenade to airburst, and fire it in such a way that hit hits as many of the remaining boxes as possible.
[5] You head outside, spotting the other boxes. [3] You manage to load the grenade launcher after some struggling. [3] Unfortunately, you don't think you'll be able to hit more than one of the boxes. Still, you take the shot. [BP:1][Damage:3+1=4] The grenade arcs nicely straight below the box and detonates. The box is torn apart and the beast's head shredded. [4] The explosion also guides the parachute's remains, and the beast with it, away from the platform and to the bottom of the Descent.
High Explosive Grenade removed from Inventory! Set my PRB to regenerate my wounds.
[Survival: 4+2=6] Your condition continues to improve, but you're not doing anything just yet.
Head towards maintenance,,,, and hope there's fuel and energy there... or else poor spider-bots gonna have to get left behind.
[5] You take the corridor saying Maintenance, and continue along it until you reach the actual room. A single worker is there, sleeping against the wall. [3] You find a single oil canister in the corner and take it. [5] The man doesn't wake up.
1 Canister of Cheap Oil [20/20] added to Inventory! Board skarmee and have her fly quickly over Derek, snatching him and his inventions up onto skarmee. Use Derek's reality bender to turn the friction on the hostile beasts to max. Give skarmee a bit of food and have her cool her heels overhead.
[2+1=3] You, with some help by Skarmee, board it and fly to Derek. [3] You begin cutting a piece of his arm off so you can get the PRB, but it seems to be stuck somehow. Nevertheless, if you continue cutting you'll get it soon enough. [5] You also feed Skarmee a bit.
2 Bags of Food [40/40] reduced to 2 Bags of Food [30/40]! Statuses SHADOWdump
Health: Torso: Slightly Wounded
Inventory: Simple Tools, 5 Canisters of Cheap Oil (100/100), Radical Rocketboard, Mechanical Replacement Head, Communicator, Autopistol (Ammunition Left: 6/6), 2 Pistol Clips [12/12], Robot Communicator, Some Scrap Metal, A Few Mechanical Parts
Creations: Radical Rocketboard (Power [4], Size [3], Functionality [3], Fuel [4]
Fuel Left: 82/100
Ultimate Nacho Dispenser (Power [2], Size [1], Functionality [2], Fuel [3]
Fuel Left: 90%
Hologram Bot - In Use (Power [5], Size [5], Functionality [2], Fuel [6], Intelligence [3])
Main Body: Slightly Damaged
Charge Left: ∞
Mechanical Replacement Head In Use (Power [5], Size [1], Functionality [4], Fuel [5])
Charge Left: 70%
Robot Communicator(Power [5], Size [6], Functionality [6], Fuel [1])
Charge Left: 100%
Scavenger Bot (Power [4], Size [5], Functionality [3], Fuel [5], Intelligence [5])
Fuel Left: 96/100
Pile Driver (Power [2], Size [5], Functionality [4], Fuel [4])
Fuel Left: 100/100
Khan
Health: Head: Slightly Wounded
Torso: Slightly Wounded
Inventory: Simple Tools, 1 Canister of Cheap Oil [20/20]
Creations: Robotic Left Arm (Power [4], Size [4], Functionality [3], Fuel [3])
Moderately Damaged
Charge Left: 50%
Spider Bot(Power [3(4)], Size [6], Functionality [3], Fuel [3], Intelligence [5])
Head: Minor Damage
Left Arm: Slightly Damaged
3rd Right Leg: Heavily Damaged
4th Right Leg: Heavily Damaged
1st Left Leg: Moderately Damaged
2nd Left Leg: Moderately Damaged
3rd Left Leg: Slightly Damaged
4th Left Leg: Slightly Damaged
Fuel Left: 10/100
Converter (Power [3], Size [6], Functionality [1], Fuel [2])
Charge Left: 100%
Professor Nirur
Health: Torso: Slightly Wounded
Inventory: Simple Tools, Box of Immortality Pills, Muscle Tissue, Fresh Brain, Grenade Launcher
Creations: Immortality Pills (Power [5], Size [2], Functionality [4], Fuel [3])
Derek
Health: Head: Critically Wounded
Right Leg: Slightly Wounded
Inventory: Simple Tools, Prototype Reality Bender
Creations: Prototype Reality Bender (Power [4], Size [3], Functionality [2], Fuel [5])
Charge Left: 90%
Power Cord (Power [4], Size [4], Functionality [6], Fuel [3])
Charge Left: 100%
Dragnar
Health: Fine
Inventory: Simple Tools, 2 Canisters of Cheap Oil [40/40], Nanite Factory, Some Mechanical Parts, A Lot of Computer Parts, Scrap Metal, Stasis Disk, Active AI Library
Creations: Nanite Factory (Power [4], Size [4], Functionality [3], Fuel [3])
Moderately Damaged
Fuel Left: 90/100
Stasis Disk (Power [1], Size [4], Functionality [2], Fuel [6])
Charge Left: ∞
Tux (Power [6], Size [4], Functionality [6], Fuel [2], Intelligence [6])
Charge Left: 80%
Littleweed Petalbug
Health: Fine
Inventory: Simple Tools, 2 Bags of Food [30/40]
Creations: Skarmory (Power [3], Size [2], Fuel [3], Functionality [3], Intelligence [4])
Food Left: 80/100
Background Roll [5]: ---
NPC'sHunt.
[5+1=6] The first beast continues hunting despite the other's death. [6] It goes for a soldier this time, [Dodge:2][BP:3][Damage:2+2=4] cutting apart his right arm and sending him flying, still screaming. The rest of his squad prepare to fire back.
Land.
[5] Only one of the four remaining boxes manages to land, fortunately. A third beast emerges.
Hunt.
[3+1=4] It roars and charges [7] inside, heading for another soldier. [5] The squad it attacks scatters and runs as it comes, avoiding it's wrath.
Bring them down!
[1] Apparently, the squad the first beast attacked wasn't so ready to fire back, after all. Only one manages to do so. [5][Dodge:2][BP:6][Damage:1] Incredibly, the shot simple bounces off the beast's armor and hits the wall instead.
[3] Three manage to shoot at the third beast. [4][5][6][Dodge:4][Dodge:2] Two hit it. [BP:1][BP:3][Damage:6][Damage:5] The men prove to be incredible marksmen, both scoring hits at the weakest possible points of it's armour. Their shots drive deep inside it's body, underneath the metal. While it's still screaming in agony, the men walk over and bash it to death with the butts of their rifles.