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[Comp112]

Wow. That is a lot of responses to the last post. I would be grateful if somebody could tally all the votes in one post for me.

I think it's mostly a normal mechanical arm. And if they don't have a normal one, get a biological arm. I'm ignoring Stabby cause of his poor English and lack of a clear point.

Can I take this as agreeing with the 'Normal mechanical arm with some bells and whistles (stronger as an example) or just a biological arm' thing?

Glad to know I wasn't the only one thinking all the suggestions were getting a bit over the top...

[The Scout]

Wow. That is a lot of responses to the last post. I would be grateful if somebody could tally all the votes in one post for me.

I think it's mostly a normal mechanical arm. And if they don't have a normal one, get a biological arm. I'm ignoring Stabby cause of his poor English and lack of a clear point.

Can I take this as agreeing with the 'Normal mechanical arm with some bells and whistles (stronger as an example) or just a biological arm' thing?

Glad to know I wasn't the only one thinking all the suggestions were getting a bit over the top...

Yeah, the tendrils would be bad. It's basically harder to dismember and is stronger.

[BunnyBob77]

So can we agree on normal mechanical arm but improved than normal (more dexterous, stronger, etc) and still normal arm shape?

[The Scout]

So can we agree on normal mechanical arm but improved than normal (more dexterous, stronger, etc) and still normal arm shape?

We should be able to one hand a rifle with it. So we can have a rifle in one hand and a pistol in the other, or a pistol and a sword. Also, buy guns and armor for crew and self.

[Comp112]

So can we agree on normal mechanical arm but improved than normal (more dexterous, stronger, etc) and still normal arm shape?

We should be able to one hand a rifle with it. So we can have a rifle in one hand and a pistol in the other, or a pistol and a sword. Also, buy guns and armor for crew and self.

I just pictured us running around in suits of steel plate armor...

Anyway, before we go buying this armor look around and see what is offered. I feel the highest priority is fixing up the Tettix.

[PyroDesu]

I say we get a modular cybernetic arm. That way we can get modules for it so it suits our purpose at the time.

Potential Benefits:
1: Usable as a weapon with a weapon module.
2: Usable as a computer spike, again, with the right module.
3: Usable as a pilot arm, yet again, with a module.
4: Strength, dexterity, etc. with modules!
And so much more!

Downsides:
1: It's a cybernetic limb, potential it could be hacked.

In other words, why not? We have 3 MILLION credits!

[Weirdsound]

You are torn between replacing your biological arm or getting something new. After some thought you decide to head to Augmentation++ and look at the cybernetic options. The scientists inside the facility point you to their latest prototype model, the Modular Arm version .007. The MA007 is crafted from flesh colored plastic and extends from your stub to halfway between the elbow and where the hand should be. The lower arm and hand consists of several interchangeable modules. The modules packaged with the arm include one with a screen and some cables for computer access, one made to look like a regular human hand for discretion, and one capable of fireing up to 130 yards hookshot style for mobility. You are informed that the arm is compatible with several other modules for sale at Fallout Explosives and New Fauna Bioresearch Center.

After the sales pitch and demonstration you are thoroughly sold. You step outside and place a call to The Tettix informing the crew that you will be out several hours while they properly attach the new arm. You instruct Spritz to fly a patrol over the lab in the stealth craft so that you can be rescued if they intend to hand you over for a bounty. "That is unlikely to happen though." you assure the frightened rookie. "I redid my hair several times while on the lamb, and the discription of wanted fugitive Charlet Mannam includes two arms."

You head inside and pay the clerk. The sale and installation of the arm sets you back 1.5 million, and the lab tacks on a half million walk in fee for not having an appointment. They lead you to the back and instruct you to lay down on a surgical table...

...You wake up to your own arm flailing wildly in front of your face. "It is establishing connections to your nervous system." A nurse hurriedly explains. "Once it is finished you will have complete control. That said we are offering beta participants in our MA prototype beta program a free motor enhancement chip. It is just a little thing we stick into your brain that will make you more comfortable with your new arm than you were with the original. We will have to put you out for another 12 hours or so though..."

You consider the nurses offer. What do you say, and what do you do once you leave?

Local Attractions:

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Bleak Future Germ Warfare Lab: A bioweapons lab with ties to the Sons of Zeus.
Center for the Research of the Black Arts: Foul magic is taught and toyed with here.
The Solar Center for Medical Research: An experimental hospital that offers limb regrowth therapy.
State of Mastro Military Research Center: Full of heavily armed soldiers and experimental weaponry that is not for sale.
Augmentation++ Mastro Center: You can get all sorts of modifactions to your body here, including mechanical arms.
Fallout Explosives: A facility that specializes in new ways to blow things up.
New Fauna Bioresearch Center: A biology lab and old client of yours. You know they partake in illegal gene splicing research.

News, Events, Transmissions, and Quests:

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The top three most wanted criminals in the State of Mastro are as follows:
-The white kobold general Wiskayou. This bounty is worth 1000000 credits
-Fios, leader of the Orbital Bastards. This bounty is worth 500000 credits
-Charlet Mannam, white collar criminal. This bounty is worth 250000 credits

Inventory

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Carried On Person:
Credits: x1001300
Discretion Arm Module: x1 - Equiped
Hookshot Arm Module: x1
Comp Jack Arm Module: x1
White Out medical bay jumpsuit: x1
Platinum Society membership card: x1
White Out standard 'Clicker' pistol: x1 -unlimited ammo
State of Mastro standard plasma rifle: x1 -charge pack full, currently inoperable
Plasma Sword: x1 -charge pack full, best used with two hands
Charlet's Class-A starter chip: x1

Carried by Donnobaba Cheesewisker:
White Kobold Starnavy military uniform: x1
Dogtags: x1
White Out standard 'Clicker' pistol: x1 -unlimited ammo
White Kobold Starnavy standard issue shock-dagger: x1
Tablet PC: x1

Carried by Spritz Yudrlefly:
Visectoid street clothes: x1
Visectoid chastity enforcer: x1
Can of 'Soaked' brand cockpit humidor spray: x1
Small Pistol: x4 -100 rounds, Spritz has 4 arm slots (6 while flying with his wings)

Carried by Amethyst:
Mage's assistant PC: x1
Small collaspable cauldron: x1
Mechanics tool box: x1
Disc of mechanical texts and reference charts: x1
Disc labled 'Encyclopedia of Novice Level Spells': x1

Stored aboard your flagship:
Daily Rations: x27
Forensics lab conversion kit: x1
Surveilence lab conversion kit: x1 -in use
Prototype surveillance craft starter chip: x2
Spare prototype surveillance craft parts: x25
Ammo production machine: x1
Large steel cubes: x3
White Out standard 'Clicker' pistol: x6 -unlimited ammo
State of Mastro standard plasma rifle: x7 -charge pack full
Plasma Sword: x7 -charge pack full

Current System Map:

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Known Objects:
The Sun: As it is in many human controlled systems, the residents refer to their star by this name
Nhil: This otherwise lifeless rock is home to the headquarters of White Out and varous other top secret locations run by the state
Spew: The industrial heartland of the State of Mastro
Sparta: The military headquarters of the State of Mastro
Kumonori: The agricultural heartland of the state of Mastro. Capable of supporting life naturally
Resident: The moons around this small gas giant are home to the State of Mastro's middle class population
Slick: An icy planet that constantly spawns space amoebas which the locals love to hunt. Sister planet of Splick
Splick: An icy planet that constantly spawns space amoebas which the locals love to hunt. Sister planet of Slick
Mastro: The moons around this Gas Giant are considered the capitol of the State of Mastro
Queen-Anne: The moons around this Gas Giant are home to the piracy, smuggling, and vice industries
Skids: The moons around this Gas Giant are home to the poor and non-human population of the State of Mastro
Outpost: Many scientific and several magical labs dot this remote rock
Garbhoulla: A remote iceball that spawns fearsome and massive space amoebas and other monstrous things
Fritz: A remote iceball where the invading White Kobold Starnavy has set up shop

You can fly to any location in this system in under a day.

Factions & Organizations:

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Mannam Financial Solutions: A company that dose accounting and money laundering. They are on excellent terms with you. You can access their private frequencies.
The Platinum Society: A pan-galactic society of the rich and powerful. You are a member of this group and are generally on good terms with it. You have some enemies within this group. You can access their private frequencies.
The State of Mastro: The local system wide government. You are wanted by this group. You can contact them on public frequencies.
The White Kobold Starnavy: An invading faction of small rodent people. You are on good terms with this group and have a party member who is a member of this group. You can contact them on public frequencies.
The Son's of Zeus: A prominent local gang of thugs and petty criminals. You are on good terms with this group. You can access their private frequencies.
Orbital Bastards: A prominent local gang of thugs and petty criminals. This group wants you dead! You cannot contact this group.
Royal Shipping and Acquisition: A group of smugglers and pirates who work in several nearby systems. You are on fair terms with this group. You can contact them on public frequencies.

Owned Vessels:

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Flagship: The Tettix
Assets - Living Quarters (4/8), Brig (0/2), Surveillance Lab, Bridge, Docking Bay (4/6), Medical Bay (0/3), Surgical Tractor Beam, Towing Tractor Beam, Front Mounted Cannon, Class 3 Stealth Generator
Hull Integrity: 100%
Current Issue 1 - Comp protection box has been destroyed. The Tettix is vulnerable to cyber attack (But protected by Donnobaba)

x1 Prototype surveillance craft: Stolen from White Out. Military grade maneuverability, high acceleration, military grade top speed, high armor, unarmed, equipped with cameras and spy drones. Hull integrity: 100%. Has strange research data on it's mainframe.
x1 Butchered surveillance craft: Stolen from White Out. Military grade maneuverability, high acceleration, military grade top speed, high armor, unarmed, equiped with cameras and spy drones. Hull integrity: 97%. Is missing it's stealth generator.
x1 Tiger Shark: A heavy fighter. Low maneuverability, low acceleration, high top speed, military grade armor, equipped with short ranged laser effective against most targets. Hull integrity: 82%
x1 Class-A: Converted luxury sportscraft. High maneuverability, very high acceleration, high top speed, low armor, weapons most effective against larger ships. Hull integrity: 100%. Claimed by Charlet.

Crew:

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Charlet Mannam: The current player character. You are a human space pirate, accountant, and ex corporate officer. You are skilled at flying small crafts. You are missing an arm.
Donnobaba Cheesewisker: A small humanoid creature covered in fluffy white fur with ears, tail, and snout resembling that of a lab mouse. Donnobaba is a Hacker currently enlisted in the White Kobold Starnavy. She is skilled at hacking, sneaking, and mechanical sabotage. She is healthy. You are not quite sure how loyal she is...
Spritz Yudrlefly: A flying insect-like humanoid with wings, 6 limbs, coumpound eyes, and an exoskeleton. Spritz has spent his entire life so far with his controling mother, and has little in the way of self confidence. He dabbles in flying small craft, cooking, and preparing drinks. You doubt he has the balls to rebel against you.
Amethyst: A sentient purple slime with the natural shape of a humanoid female. You know little about her except that she spends whatever free time she has reading non-fiction skill books. She dabbles in mechanics, necromancy, fire magic, and ice magic. You don't know her well enough to gauge her loyalty.

Athena: A disembodied AI who is currently running your flagship. Her main directives are to create profit for Charlet and to successfully launder dirty money. She has software installed to aid her in battle assistance, financial work, and large ship operation.

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[adwarf]

Nope to much at risk with you staying in one spot for so long, so just get the arm fixed the rest of the way, and get out of their for the rest of our shopping.

[Armok]

... Come on, we didn't even get the tree arm as a modular extension?  lame.

Anyway, we should test what we can do with the current one. Try taking a test flight doing all the controls through the computer jacks.

I vote for taking the chip. Especially since it probably allows limited wireless compute access even if we can't plug the arm in.

Also, stop ignoring my question about the slime girls.

[BunnyBob77]

Take the chip, and see what different modules we can get at fallout explosives and the bioreasearch center.  Might as well see what pets they have at the bioreasearch center while we're at it.  Don't forget to see if we can learn dark magic!
  We are quickly becoming the best space pirate ever.  We have a robotic arm that we can attach a gun to if needed, we have a crew full of strange aliens, and we have a hacker sidekick who is smarter than us but not as cool, and we might also become a space wizard pirate.  Yup, we're cliched but awesome (except for the wizard part, that's not cliched).

[Armok]

You mean cyborg space wizard pirate CEO?

[PyroDesu]

Chip. If we can enhance ourselves for free, then go for it! And yes, look at the modules for sale at Fallout, as well as any weapons we can stick on the Tettix. Also, Let's go after Fios ASAP. The bounty is OK, and the Orbital Bastards hate us anyways.

[BunnyBob77]

Chip. If we can enhance ourselves for free, then go for it! And yes, look at the modules for sale at Fallout, as well as any weapons we can stick on the Tettix. Also, Let's go after Fios ASAP. The bounty is OK, and the Orbital Bastards hate us anyways.

Agreed, but we should try to get some mercenaries before we go after Fios.  He has a whole gang behind him and we have a few crewmembers.  Fios is the leader of the orbital bastards right?

[Comp112]

Chip. If we can enhance ourselves for free, then go for it! And yes, look at the modules for sale at Fallout, as well as any weapons we can stick on the Tettix. Also, Let's go after Fios ASAP. The bounty is OK, and the Orbital Bastards hate us anyways.

I agree with this fully. But I feel we need some more crew first, find some crew, get some weaponry for them. Also, find a hook attachment for our arm, arrrrrr.

[The Scout]

Chip. If we can enhance ourselves for free, then go for it! And yes, look at the modules for sale at Fallout, as well as any weapons we can stick on the Tettix. Also, Let's go after Fios ASAP. The bounty is OK, and the Orbital Bastards hate us anyways.

I agree with this fully. But I feel we need some more crew first, find some crew, get some weaponry for them. Also, find a hook attachment for our arm, arrrrrr.

We have one. But yeah, more guns, a crew uniform.