I fire at the remaining hovercar.
[5] You and the soldier move to another viewport and fire upon the last hovercar. [Dodge:4] The driver drives the car down hard, and your shot misses, probably due to meet the bottom of the yard soon-ish. Oh well.
I give my Nanite factory to the guy I followed here. Maybe he can use it to help with repairs/learn SCIENCE. I then get to work building a stasis trap: A small flat device that can be activated to hold anything above it perfectly still.
[3] You push the Nanite Factory in the hands of the mechanic, who gets the air knocked out of him, and stumbles backwards in surprise. He doesn't damage it any further, though. [2 ]You try to explain how the Nanite Factory works to the man, but you just confuse him more and more until you finally give up. [-1 to his Use Rolls]
[4] Having more than enough parts to work with, you begin constructing a stasis trap on the floor of the command bridge. [Power:1] Uhh... is this thing supposed to actually affect something bigger than a rat? [Size:4] It is shaped like a relatively small disc. [Functionality:2] It doesn't work too well very often, either. [Fuel:6] The thing, amazingly, will never run out of power and is constantly recharging itself.
Scrap Metal reduced to Some Scrap Metal in Inventory!Mechanical Parts reduced to Some Mechanical Parts in Inventory! "Jesus... God damn it." Pray the RNG doctor got that tip I sent in the mail.
[5] Your subconscious mind begins praying to beings beyond your comprehension. [3] You get the impression they're not very interested in you, though.
[Survival: 6-1=5] You manage to stay alive for a bit longer, to the surprise of the crewmen accompanying you.
Head back to the deck, Use my PRB to violently blow out all electronics in a two mile Half-Sphere (starting right behind the transport and heading toward the way we are fleeing from, aiming for watchcars and hopefully those battlecruisers above.) around the ship.
[2] You run into the flames on the top deck and proceed to ignore them entirely. However, you can't seem to figure out how to get the PRB to do what you want here. Oh well. [6] The flames seem to be afraid of you, for some reason, leaving you alone while ravaging the rest of the top deck.
Call up to spider bot to find a way to help repair the ship and put out the fires, while I try and find a way to power up my arm.
[2+2=4] You head back up and attempt to shout orders to the spider-bot, but can't seem to hear you. Good thing you designed it to be so smart, then - it figures out what you want from your hand gestures and leaps down from the envelope, [4] causing no real damage to itself or the deck, fortunately. [6] It and the crew members already on the job manage to completely put out the fires. The bot even repairs some of the damage caused to the top deck.
[3] You then head back downstairs and search for something to recharge your arm with. After a few minutes of searching, you plug your arm in and begin recharging.
Fully recharging it will take some time, though.
"I don't think so... I think some of those guys were the ones that knocked my rocketboard out of control resulting in me landing here...
I apologize for raiding your apartment, I felt it was an emergency."
*Grabs hold of his things*
"You seem familiar, mind if I ask who you are?"
[5] Your explanation seems to satisfy her, and she lets you out. You grab your things. ' You seem familiar. Mind if I ask who you are?' you say before getting out of there. [6]
' You live here in the City? You've most likely seen me in the news; the Governor himself appointed me to work on a project of his.' her voice fills with pride. ' Very secret, of course. For the defense of the City. Now, off you go before I let slip anything important.'
You walk up the stairs and into the garden, finally free. The black airships have already disappeared, though, but they can't have gotten far.
StatusesDoctor Cognate
Health: Left Leg: Slightly Wounded
Right Leg: Critically Wounded
Head: Moderately Wounded
Torso: Minor Wound
Inventory: Simple Tools, The Monocle, Moderate Amount of Copper, Copper Thing
Creations: The Monocle (Power [5], Size [3], Functionality [3], Fuel [3])
Charge Left: 60%
SHADOWdump
Health: Torso: Slightly Wounded
Inventory: Simple Tools, 5 Canisters of Cheap Oil (100/100), Radical Rocketboard, Some Computer Parts, Mechanical Parts, Scrap Metal, Mechanical Replacement Head, Communicator, Autopistol (Ammunition Left: 6/6), 2 Pistol Clips [12/12], Robot Communicator
Creations: Radical Rocketboard (Power [4], Size [3], Functionality [3], Fuel [4]
Fuel Left: 90/100
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: 82%
Robot Communicator (Plugged In)(Power [5], Size [6], Functionality [6], Fuel [1])
Charge Left: 100%
Khan
Health: Fine
Inventory: Simple Tools
Creations: Robotic Left Arm (Power [4], Size [4], Functionality [3], Fuel [3]
Charge Left: 60%
Spider Bot In Use (Power [3(4)], Size [6], Functionality [3], Fuel [3], Intelligence [5])
Fuel Left: 50/100
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, Some Internal Organs
Creations: Immortality Pills (Power [5], Size [2], Functionality [4], Fuel [3])
Derek
Health: Head: Slightly Wounded
Right Leg: Slightly Wounded
Inventory: Simple Tools, Prototype Reality Bender, High-Explosive Grenade
Creations: Prototype Reality Bender (Power [4], Size [3], Functionality [2], Fuel [5])
Charge Left: 92%
Power Cord (Power [4], Size [4], Functionality [6], Fuel [3])
Charge Left: 100%
Dragnar
Health: Fine
Inventory: Simple Tools, Nanite Factory, Some Mechanical Parts, Computer Parts, Some Scrap Metal, Stasis Disk
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])
NPC'sRight, deal with that car, and keep an eye out for the signal.
[3] The transport moves into the West Descent and slows down, looking for something. [3] The guns on the last car's side target it. [2][4][4][Dodge:5][Dodge:5+1=6] This last driver seems to be some kind of professional extreme racer, and pulls two incredible stunts, avoiding getting hit by either gun. The final roll takes it straight over the airship, though, to the view of the other three guns. [1] They are too surprised by this to fire, though.
Doing good, now.
[5] The driver works the car beautifully into a good position, and the gunner [6] fires. [Dodge:3][BP:1][Damage:5-1=4] The top deck is hit again. Even with the repairs done by the spider-bot, the top deck can't take the hit, too weakened. An explosive chain-reaction races up and down the airship, engulfing everything in white-hot flames.
[Nirur Dodge:6][Dragnar Dodge:5][Khan Dodge:5][Derek Dodge:2][Military Captain:6+1=6][Chief Scientist:3][Actual Captain:1][Spider Bot Dodge:4][General Crew & Buddies:6]
The inferno rages through the ship, but amazingly, most of it's inhabitants are completely unharmed. Derek, however, [BP:6][Damage:3] gets a few nasty flames dancing down his legs, but he quickly puts them out, surviving with only a few burn wounds. [BP:1][Damage:6-1=5] The chief scientist is not so lucky, his face being flayed clean by a seemingly endless barrage of wooden shards and wreckage. She collapses, screaming. [BP:2][Damage:6+1=6] The captain... takes a shrieking piece of molten metal through his chest. He doesn't look too well. [BP:2][Damage:1+1=2] Poor Doc Cog gets a chest wound to accompany his earlier wounds.
[Captain Survival:1]
(Ffffffffffffff-)[Ship Survival:1]
(Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-) In the span of one minute; the engine of the ship detonates magnificently, the multilasers all overheat simultaneously, killing their gunners and setting the entire floor on fire. The few bots in the hold snap while still on fire, proceeding to go extremely short rampages before dying away. The captain floods the quickly-collapsing command bridge in his own blood. The envelope ignites and goes off in a vast ball of fire. Finally, the dying airship crashes against the side of the descent, [4] quickly falling to a platform sticking out of the giant walls. If you want out, now's a good time.
Derek: Right Leg: Slightly WoundedDoctor Cognate: Torso: Minor WoundTransport Destroyed ---
So. Err. Bad luck much? I mean... woah.
Unless Nuker wakes up right now, he's as good as dead. The rest of you, do try to get good rolls while you're escaping.
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