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[Tarran]

wait
Hahaha I'm going to die

I wonder if Ahra jumped out of his seat at seeing these words.

[Draignean]

*Sigh*

Fine. It has been a while, so I'll recap.

You were being tortured at the time by a technocracy acolyte subservient to Niska Shiren. Shit started to get crazy in uncontrolled ways only after the acolyte left, and the acolyte indicated that he'd been torturing James for quite some time.

Now, because I'm a nice guy I'm going to set up the rest of it.

The fungus supposedly had quite a bit of time left on the clock before it became a problem. Then Dom hit James with a massive Empathetics pulse, creating a third splinter in Jame's already partitioned mind.

After this happened James got punted down into his own skull, yadda, yadda, and has first encounter with the black tendrils. Said black tendrils have appeared when James tries to move between locations and when there has been usage of empathetics.  The tendrils grew wildly when subject to an unfocused empathetic attack, their growth caused massive and immediate pain to both James and Blight.


So.
1. Controlled Torture was administered by a technocracy psionic
2. The fungus's speed of infestation was greatly increased by an empathetic surge
3. The fungus is attracted to empathetics
4. The fungus reacts to having raw energy thrown at it like it was miracle grow.

So, questions you should think about.
What would this fungus be used for?
Why was there a psychic administering the torture?

[wolfchild]

Because Psychic powers control it obviously, and I think It's James's Girl self that knows what to do in that regard

[Tarran]

What would this fungus be used for?

A random guess from me that will likely be wrong:

To kill James if he ever learned empathetics?

Another random guess that will likely be wrong:

To learn something from James by directly attacking the brain.

Yet another random guess that will likely be wrong:

To take over James' mind and turn him into a mindless fungus zombie. Braaaaiinnnsss...

[SeriousConcentrate]

I'm guessing a bio-weapon to be used on psychics that are against the technocracy.

[Zako]

I'm thinking psychic interorgation tool. Not sure how it would work, but you never know.

[Ahra]

wait
Hahaha I'm going to die

I wonder if Ahra jumped out of his seat at seeing these words.

nope, test work or whatchamacallit on an car scrap/reserve parts maker ruined my nerves,and the orchester group, my cat can claw me in the night and all i say is "Knock it off"
Also, i doubt your death is imminent, call it a hunch, otherwise try to pass on the mental problems 

[Draignean]

I'm guessing a bio-weapon to be used on psychics that are against the technocracy.

Because Psychic powers control it obviously, and I think It's James's Girl self that knows what to do in that regard

We have one winner and a three-quarters partial! Well done people, my faith in my ability to make a single point of interest clear after spending a couple posts working it out with you is slightly restored.    This is why I'm never going to be a writer. I can never tell what's clear and what isn't.

... Perhaps I should have given James a more linear introduction. The branches of opportunity seem only to serve as objects to hit your face on as you fall from the sub-plot tree.



 

[Moose]

It really is clear to see if read all in one go. Which I just did, and it is awesome.
I'll just sidle over to the end of the waiting list with my character sheet here:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Peter Harber
Appearance: A man of entirely unremarkable stature, meaning average height, mass and build, black hair, blue eyes.
         He has prominent canine teeth which give his smile something of a predatory feel, a smile he uses altogether too often.
Gender: Male
Profession: "Sympathetic" Scanner
Skills : 2 Talking, 1 Lying, 2 Intuition
Character Bio: Peter never had a very good opinion of humanity in general and always assuming that the people he deals with intend nothing but their own greatest advantage worked wonders in building his ability to see right through people, which got him his job with the Technocracy. He does that well, but is not really the most loyal of the bunch because he is noticing for quite some time now that the scales are slowly tipping in favor of a rebellion against the Technocracy. Therefore Peter, always the opportunist, is currently working to ingratiate himself with the Unchained - they might not be better in the end, but the Technocracy would definitely not keep for much longer.
Stats,
Strength (Str):  1
Dexterity (Dex):  2
Endurance (End):  2
Charisma (Char):  2
Intelligence (Int):  10
Willpower: (Will):  8

and wait the year or so until that spot in the list will actually come up 

[Powder Miner]

Because I'm not willing to metagame that much, Iiii'm screwed hahaha.

[Draignean]

Because I'm not willing to metagame that much, Iiii'm screwed hahaha.

You could have figured it out logically... But fine, we can let things spool from here.

Running the rest of the turn now.

[Ahra]

Because I'm not willing to metagame that much, Iiii'm screwed hahaha.

...

Spoiler: Come reaper, harvest his soul (click to show/hide)

3-4 months, are they paying off?

[Draignean]

Spoiler: Initiative (click to show/hide)

Tarran Smith: 64+19-3= 80
Ashley Fey: 14+7-6 = 15

Harry Nakamuno: 65+3-6 = 62 (Locked to Ashley)
Jordan Grey: 56+6-3 = 59 (Locket to Ashley)

Immortal Sniper 1: 79+10-2 = 87
Immortal Sniper 2: 100+10-2 = 108 (Double Action)
Immortal Sniper 3: 16+10-2 = 24
Immortal Skirmisher 1: 38+7-4 = 41 (Action constrained to the slowest skirmisher)
Immortal Skirmisher 2: 32+7-4 = 35 
Immortal Skirmisher 3: 35+7-4 = 38 (Action constrained to the slowest skirmisher)

Immortal Sniper 2

   With the red blood of its host mingling freely with the less colorful blood of its own crippled carapace, the immortal struggles to stand up again, impelled more by instinctual programming than any personal defiance of death. [Will 3-1] Its body twitches feebly as the connection to its dying host goes in and out of sync, smearing the odd mix of ichor and blood across the floor but achieving little else.

(Sniper 2 is no longer stunned)

---

Immortal Sniper 1

   Senses overwhelmed by the blast, the Immortal who saved himself by throwing himself flat clambers awkwardly upright, staggering slightly as it struggles to find a center. Balance flickering like a leaf in fall it manages to get its weapon up into firing position, but its disorientation is still far too great for it to isolate a target from the blurry hallway.

(Sniper 1 is no longer stunned)

---

Tarran Smith

Aim my Ichneumon at the Immortals. Pop the first one who regains it's senses.

   With the grenade blast still ringing in your ears you step out from behind cover, leaning into the corner of the wall for stability and settling the Ichneumon comfortably into your shoulder. One shot, one kill. Your aim jumps to the one that jerks a little in its attempts to rise, but settles instead upon the Immortal that managed to regain its standing position.
   You breathe slowly and deeply, calming your heartbeat down to a more manageable level as you center the scope's crosshair on the Immortal's chest.

(You are now aimed in on immortal 1)

---

Immortal Skirmishers

   Pushing forwards the last few yards to their goal, [Dex 2+1, 5+1, 2] the group manages to awkwardly carry their burden the rest of the way to the elevator. With unhurried precision the lead skirmisher takes a small grey box from the organic compartment of his carapace, waiting only a moment before depressing the single button on the jury rigged transmitter.

[Lockdown override 3]
(Three rounds before the elevator doors open)

---

Immortal Sniper 3

The last immortal to rise does so with uneasy speed. It had more time to let its balance acclimate to the blast, but is by no means well recovered. Unfocused senses sweep the area, not quite comprehending the reason for the light being so much closer than it was. The host is bruised but functional, though that might not last for much longer if it can't stabilize its vision.

(Sniper 3 is no longer stunned)

---

Ashley Fey, Harry Nakamuno, Jordan Grey

"They are for it now!" Ashley Signals Harry to be ready to Charge "Jordan, fire at them With Tarran" After both have fired, Ash and Harry will charge at the snipers, with their relative defensive implants active, Ashley will fire the Javelin implant on the way, and both will finish the charge with duellist implants

    As you silently power on your own Stormcrow implants, you tell Harry to do the same, then order Jordan to sync his fire with Tarran. You're going to have to trust both of them to not shoot you or Harry in the back once you're charging, no time to waste on letting them fire. Taking a single lungful of air to start yourself off you nod to Harry, waiting long enough for him to indicate his readiness with a similar nod before you charge.
   [Ashley Dex 4] You get a good run off to start, letting yourself stretch out and get a good rhythm up before you extend your arm and fire your javelin implants. [Quickshot 3+1-1] The thin beams struggle to find a focal point while you're running, but you manage to pulse a searing mark into [1-3, 2] the still prone Immortal's chest. (Immortal Sniper 2 Armor -13, Hp -2)  The immortal jerks violently as the flash boiled carapace pops and cracks, dealing the final blow in severing its connection to the already critical host.
  [Harry Dex 3-1] Harry's run is slowed both by virtue of his bulk and by the weight of his body armor. He falls rapidly behind as you charge, gaining momentum as he goes, but still advancing slowly.

Immortal Sniper 2 has been killed.
(Harry is roughly 1/3 of the way to the immortals, medium range)
(Ashley is roughly 2/3 of the way to the immortals, short range)

---

Dominique Wakeman

Dom searched for anything that might be a weapon before moving a shelf aside and searching the bedroom... keeping her Abassy out, just in case.

   You move slowly across the room, checking each case carefully for anything useful. [Observation 2] Some of the objects are quite intricate, made of differing layers of materials that are partially permeable to your sight, though you're sure that the objects themselves were not explicitly designed to appear so. You find yourself reminiscing about happier times as you survey the private collection.
   It's been a long time since happier times.
   After a few moments lost in revery you shake yourself out of it, you're not here to admire art, and none of this stuff is useful to you. Shaking your head at your own bout of absentmindedness you turn your focus to the bedroom door, attempting first to move the display case that partially blocks it out of they way.
   To your surprise the case appears to be bolted to the wall. Probably not a case of someone making a lost ditch effort to fortify their room, more likely the shelves didn't exactly fit and they just didn't care to have them cut down to size. You can't tell whether you find the effect sloppy or defiant.
    Slipping sideways you slide the door away and enter the bedroom, finding it a sharp counterpoint to the order of the museum-like room. Clothes are strewn idly about, sheets and sheets of some kind of report are taped onto one wall, while the bed itself (usually the main point of a bedroom) is rather rakishly askew, hinting that the owner had decided that he needed more floorspace for... something.
    In short, the room is a mess.

---

Taric Sizier

Open all weapons project files (CAINE, Pandora and Hel)

   You pull all three weapon project files simultaneously, paneling them around you and pushing your already pulled screens out of the way. It's interesting, not detailed on the surface, but certainly interesting.

Spoiler: Project File CAINE (click to show/hide)

Name: C.A.I.N.E (Carapace Armored Independent Neural-linked Exosuit)
Division: Weapons Research
Sub-Division: Armored Support
Location: Growth lab Xi, Testing field Storage 74D.
Project Purpose Overview: Determine viability of biological heavy support weapon. If prototype deemed viable, test against conventional powered armor and infantry.

Project Testing Lead: Damian Reinhardt
Project Sub: Natasha Ali
Project Team leaders: George Blanche, Sarah Riah, Kavi Elia
Project Junior Team leader: Annapole Whately
Project Testing Lead: LTC. Joshua Adams
Testing Pilots: Bertha Steinman (A.B.L.E), Dannielle LeChance (C.A.I.N.E)
Testing Squad Leaders: Mark Friday, Holly Lewit, Thomas Ryan

Project Objectives,
Grow Prototype Heavy Suit: Complete -Linked Notes-
Basic viability test: Complete -Linked Notes-
Holographic Attack Sim test: Complete -Linked Notes-
Dry Run Infantry Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Live Fire Infantry Test: Complete -Linked Notes-
Examination and repair stage: Complete -Linked Notes-
Dry Run Powered Armor Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Live Fire Powered Armor Testing: Pending Overdue
Examination of remains/Repair stage: Pending Overdue
Final results: Pending Overdue

Overall Project Viability Grade: Outlook Positive
Test Data
Complete Project Personnel List
CAINE Physical Specifications

Spoiler: Project File Hel (click to show/hide)

Name: Hel
Division: Weapons Research
Sub-Division: Biological Augmentation
Location: Growth Hotlab 2, Lab Storage 14-26SH.
Project Purpose Overview: Test use of self replicating Host-Body dependent ORS bacterium. Determine viability using volunteer subjects and para-military consultation.

Project Lead: Mary Lewis
Project Sub: Kevin Jakobi
Project Team leaders: Tory Finnigan, Cale Matti, Samantha Rhole
Project Junior Team leader: Simon Talia
Para-Military Consult: Arbiter Garett Winston
Volunteer Subjects: Fen Rook, Moabar Jaga, Henry Clay, Jhaneen Kio, Bartleby Angel, Danesha Hawkin, Matthew Allen, Gavin Johanson.

Project Objectives,
Mutate separate self-replicating symbiotic strain of ORS: Complete -Linked Notes-
Lab based Growth and Viability test: Complete -Linked Notes-
Animal Trials: Complete -Linked Notes-
Volunteer Testing: CANCELED DUE TO STRAIN VOLATILITY -Linked Notes-
Strain Modification: Complete -Linked Notes-
Second round Animal Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Second round Volunteer Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Tertiary Strain Modification: Complete -Linked Notes-
Tertiary Animal Testing: Pending Overdue
Tertiary Volunteer Testing: Pending Overdue
Preliminary results: Pending

Overall Project Viability Grade: Outlook Negative
Complete Project Personnel List
Test Data
Consultant Notes

Spoiler: Project File Pandora (click to show/hide)

Name: Pandora
Division: Weapons Research
Sub-Division: Viral Countermeasure
Location: Growth Hotlab 1, Testing field Storage 1-13SH.
Project Purpose Overview: Develop countermeasure to possible hostile deployment of biosuits. Test in both lab and field.

Project Testing Lead: Mary Lewis
Project Sub: Samantha Rhole
Project Team leaders: Martigen Gale, Jeremiah Bufos, Martin McFir
Project Junior Team leader: Liam Garr
Project Testing Lead: Platoon Sergeant Murdock O'Hara 
Testing Squad Leaders: Gable Moore, Sandra Friday, Ambrose Opek

Project Objectives,
Exrapolate Common Markers From Clone Mother Research: Complete -Linked Notes-
Attempt Synthesis of Targeted Retrovirus: Complete -Linked Notes-
Laboratory Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Empty Suit Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Piloted Suit Testing: Complete -Linked Notes-
Live Fire trial Run: Complete -Linked Notes-
Viral Redesign: HELD -Linked Notes-
Secondary Laboratory Testing: HELD
Secondary Empty Suit Testing: HELD
Secondary Piloted suit Testing: HELD
Secondary Live Fire Trial Run: HELD
Preliminary results: HELD

Overall Project Viability Grade: Project on Hold. Internal Debate.
Test Data
Complete Project Personnel List

---

James Evan

James changed the are of his mind extremely quickly. It had worked last time crap happened to his brain, so...

   Largely at a loss for actions you root back to the last thing that helped when you were trapped in your mind and couldn't get out. Not exactly the same situation, but all you can do is play the cards you've got. You only wish it didn't feel like someone had stolen half your deck.
  You attempt to shift the area around you, it doesn't matter to what, you just will it to change. [Will 1 (Bonus negated)] You feel slightly sick, but nothing else happens. Blurry grey people shapes move through the shaft, and one face sharpens momentarily as it grunts at you in a way that could either be a threat or a greeting before it blurs back out and walks on by. Seeing as you've never been here -Hell, you've never really been in a maintenance section except for the occasional shortcut- you would guess this is one of Dom's memories, Which makes this whole situation even peachier. You're in a part of your mind that you know nothing about, and it doesn't want you to leave.

   "Soo..." Your ally of the moment asks, "are you trying to do something or are you trying to take a crap, because I really can't tell right now."
   You breathe deeply and mutter a mostly mental (Though what here isn't?) prayer before answering. "I," you say between clenched teeth, "am trying to do something to help us. Why, what are you doing?"
   "Not kicking your ass," she says with a shrug. "I'd say that's helping, [Blight int 3] but what you're doing doesn't look like what the other one was doing."

---

Turn Recap
Taric is Finding
James is being snarked at.
Tarran is aiming
Dominique is in the bedroom
Ash is lasering shit up

Jordan is Aiming
Harry is Charging

The snipers are Taking losses
The skirmishers are Waiting For an Elevator

Other Events
Lockdown Override for elevator in 3 turns.


Relevant Items
Memory Stick (Dom)
Broken Pad (Taric)
Ident Badge -Pyotr Ivanov- (Taric)
Ident Badge -Kira Masse- (Tarran)
Unpowered Pad (Tarran)

Spoiler: Enemies (Ashley and Co., Tarran (click to show/hide)

Immortal Sniper 1
Class: Long Range Bio-Suit Soldier
Health 50/50
Wearing: Carapace Armor (91/150)
Weapon: Artemis Railgun (E 3/3, A 3/3)
Secondary:
Status: Fine
Range: Short Ashley, Mid to Harry, Long to Others

Immortal Sniper 2 -HOST KILLED-
Class: Long Range Bio-Suit Soldier
Health 0/50
Wearing: Carapace Armor (54/150)
Weapon: Artemis Railgun (E 3/3, A 3/3)
Secondary:
Status: Total Paralysis
Range: Long To All

Immortal Sniper 3
Class: Long Range Bio-Suit Soldier
Health 43/50
Wearing: Carapace Armor (71/150)
Weapon: Artemis Railgun (E 3/3, A 3/3)
Secondary:
Status: Fine
Range:  Short Ashley, Mid to Harry, Long to Others

Spoiler: NPC (James) (click to show/hide)

Blight
Health: 177/200
Armor: None
Primary Weapon: Dreamspace Knife
Secondary Weapon: None

Spoiler: Ashley Fey (click to show/hide)

Health: 81/100
Charge: 110/150
Carried Weight: 101/200 (-25%)
Attire: Plain gray under-armor padding. [10lbs] Heavy Combat Armor, 74/150. [45lbs]
Inv:
Ashley's Leanashe Assault Rifle [10/30 18lbs]
4.73 mm Caseless box mags x1
Cirri Light pistol [20/20 4lbs]
Energy cell x5
basic medical supplies [1/5] (5lbs)
Manticore Pistol [9/10 6lbs]
Mechanical Bypass kit 3/5 [3lbs]

Arc implants, Planerian Implants
 Stormcrow implants
 Javelin Implants (Off for a round) , Duelist Implants

Status: Primary Staff quarters.

Spoiler: Companions (Ashley) (click to show/hide)

 

Harry Nakamuno
Health: Slightly Damaged
Charge: Three quarters charge
Description: 6'3", weighing three-hundred and fifty pounds Harry is the frontline muscle. Generally calm but a man who dislikes doing nothing, slow to anger he's been friends with Jordan since the Conclave gained their freedom.
Personality Complication: Just cause. Harry Believes in the work he does, and he believes hard. He won't hesitate to put a hole through anything in the way of his duty.
Skills: Melee 2, Soak 2, Brawling 2, Marksman 1
Attributes,
Strength (Str): 6
Dexterity (Dex): 3
Endurance (End): 6
Charisma (Char): 3
Intelligence (Int): 3
Willpower: (Will): 3
 Staggershock implants,
 Aegis implants, Lazarus implants
 Samson Implants, Duelist Implants 
Equipment: Heavy Combat Armor 52/150, Wolfkin SMG 9/18, Disruptor Pistol (4/4 4lbs), .50 cal drum clips x3,Advanced medical kit [1/5], Thermal Paste (1), energy cell x3


Jordan Grey
Health: Slightly Damaged
Charge: Almost Full
Description: 5'9'' Jordan is a slender blond man with the red scraggle of beard perpetually encroaching on his chin. Part of his memories were lost during translation, and all hope of recovering them lost in the second battle. His name is a combination of earth history and the book Grey's anatomy. His medical expertise remains intact along with his sarcasm and combat skills, but most of the rest of his life is hazy.
Personality complication: Hatred, he might not show it much of the time but Jordan holds a grudge against the... thing that robbed of the chance to ever recover his memories. He is determined to kill it, if it's the last thing he ever does.
Skills: Mechanics 2, Marksman 2, Dodging 3,
Attributes,
Strength (Str): 1
Dexterity (Dex): 6
Endurance (End): 1
Charisma (Char): 3
Intelligence (Int): 6
Willpower: (Will): 6
Javelin implants,
 Spider implants, MD. Ande Suite
 Toxicology and hazard recog, Arc implants
Equipment: Combat Armor 76/100, Laelaps Laser rifle 5/12 (15lbs), Disruptor Pistol (4/4 4lbs), energy cell x4, ORS pack 3/3, HE grenades (1).

Spoiler: Dominique Wakeman (click to show/hide)

Health: 91/115
Stamina: 78/115
Carried Weight: 160/200 (-25%)
Attire: Arbiter dress Uniform, pristine [10lbs] Standard Body Armor, 47/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Dominique's Abassy Heavy pistol -laser sight- [7, 8lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Stun club (50/50 11lbs) x4
Fuath Riot suppression carbine [6, 13lbs, Caustic load]
.50 caliber pistol clips x7 (7, 2lbs)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A30, E65, 16lbs,)
LR Jormungandr Battle Rifle (13/35 A, 8/15 E, Damaged, 17lbs)
.220 gauss slugs x2 (35)
Smoke Grenades x1 (neg)
Field rations x1
Unusual Pistol [?, 9lbs]
Basic medical kit (1/5) (5lbs)
Data storage drive [Romance novels]   
Status: Personal Rooms.

Spoiler: Taric Sizier (click to show/hide)

Health: 47/70
Stamina: 41/70
Carried Weight: 138/170 (-25%)
Attire: Technocrat Commander Dress uniform [11lbs] Standard Body armor, 66/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Energy Cell x7 (3 lbs)
Taric's Frankenstein Versatility Rifle (A4, E70, 31lbs, in hand,)
.220 gauss clip x4
Basilisk pulse rifle 4/5 (13 lbs)
Piru Gauss Rifle (4/5 4/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slugs x2 (5)
Disruptor Pistol (4/4 4lbs)
Saun's Helmet (Quarter full of ants, enclosed.)  (3lbs)
Box of terrible scrap components (20lbs)
Short Range Radio, (Off)
Memory Foam centerfold
colonist rations x5 (5lbs)
Tripwire emitter
Status: Private room

Spoiler: Tarran Smith (click to show/hide)

 
Health: 24/75
Stamina: 75/75
Carried Weight: 133/150 (-25%)
Attire: High-prelate Uniform [8lbs] Standard Body Armor 48/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Tarran's Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle -Scope- (1, 20lbs, 1 rounds in speed loader)
1' sabot packs x2 (2)
Chimera pistol (0, 5lbs)
Combat Knife (1lb)
Sleipnir SMG (A0, E25 9lbs,)
Sleipnir SMG (A0, E25 9lbs,)
3 energy cells
8 .220 gauss clips (35)
Basic First Aid Kit 3/5 (5lbs)
1 .220 gauss clip (25)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A30, E65), 16lbs
Status:  Primary Staff quarters, Hall.

Spoiler:  James Evan (click to show/hide)

Health: 28/75 (Dreamspace HP 90/200)
Stamina: 44/75
Carried weight: 105/200 (-25%)
Attire: Exarch Dress uniform [8lbs] James' Light Body armor 42/50 (38/50) [25lbs]
Inv:
Renfield SMG (10, 10lbs, in hand)
Riot shield (10lbs 30/30)
Piru Gauss Rifle (E5/5 A5/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slug clip (5)
Simone's Song (6lbs 4/7 -Frangible Rounds-)
.50 caliber Frangible pistol clips (7) x1
Dybbuk Flechette Canister Rifle (1/2 35 lbs)
20 mm flechette canisters (x2, 1 lb)
Status:Primary Staff quarters, Hall. Incredibly Smelly.

 
 

[Taricus]

"Dom! I think there's some files you'll want to see. Would help us against those Immortals. I'm going to keep delving through here for more information." Taric marked down the lab locations and designations, then surfaces to get at the facility's inventory lists.

[Draignean]

*Cough* Just an aside of things that your character would know how to do, that broken pad you're carrying around would be more than capable of holding a couple quick jots. (Plus you don't have anything, other than blood and medical guaze, to write on)

Also, your action, You're trying to find the inventory lists for the facility right?