Roll 33
Locations:-Central Stairwell
-Exam Arena
-Military hall
-Training Rooms
-Firing Range
-Industrial Wing
--Laboratory
--Mechanics Workshop
--Ironworks
-Market Wing
-Library
-Unknown Engine Room
--Bottomless Pit
-Hallway
-Rally Point
Ross Navy Ensign (4/120) (Concussion!)
Ross Navy Ensign (34/120)
Ross Navy Elite (128/240)
Ross Navy Elite (158/240)
went ahead and followed the guard to the upper floor of the main hub. On the sides of the large octagonal room that was the upper floor, there were elevators and doorways to all sorts of facilities.
"The main computer is in the command bloc. We'll have to pass a checkpoint to get into the elevator. I have my card though."
Perfect.Jaffar and Varron followed the officer... apparently "Chance Lutzen," into the elevator. Two others also boarded the lift before it closed. The large elevator immediately sprang upward. Through the windows on the walls, Jaffar saw the rest of the Ross fleet, guns brought to bear against the Centauri. He looked at the Centauri fleet, noticing something very peculiar--the fleet was heading at full speed toward the Ross. Jaffar could see the ships of the Centauri fleet as silhouettes against the flares of their engines.
Jaffar was then cut off by the ships hull as the elevator entered the command bloc. He saw the ship's superstructure through the windows, holding up a vast array of offices and other rooms, as well as the ring-shaped bridge room which lined the inside of the command bloc.
The elevator stopped, opening into a hallway. Chase led Jaffar and Varron to a locked door labelled "No Entry Without Authorization." He scanned his card and... shazam. It opened.
Jaffar entered a dark room--lit by various teal-colored gagues from the computer--followed by Chase, and then Varron. Jaffar brought up his tablet and held it up as if he were browsing some kind of computer network. That was just his live wallpaper, though. In reality he texted Varron:
Hey man, can you take the guy out for me? Quietly!
Jaffar looked back to see Varron nodding.
Varron casually cracked his knuckles, and got to work. He grabbed ahold of Chase with his powers, lifted and slammed him into the ceiling, and then set smoothly let him down onto the ground.
"Nice job... if you call that silent. Better close the door.""On it."Varron shut the door with gravity, and then followed Jaffar to the computer's main console. He found a slot, plugged in the frenchman chip, and began the attack.
[5] First, he cracked the password to the computer with his software. Once again, it was "swordfish". He logged on and looked for the place where the ship's AI was stored using the file explorer.
After finding it, he attempted to overwrite one of the files with the same file, but from the frenchman chip. The screen brought up an error, saying "Read-Only File System."
Jaffar realized that the AI was stored on a ROM chip, similar to his Frenchman chip. If the governments had done their thing and standardized all external hardware sockets, he should be able to yank the AI out of the port and insert the French one.
While he lifted wires out of the way to look for a container with the AI chip, he heard a voice... an artificial female one at that.
"I'm right here..."Surprised, he called out. Varron, on the other hand, stood silent, taking his pistol from its holster.
"Who are you? Where are you?""SIlly human. I'm the AI. You're looking for me? Look to your left."[4] Strange. The AI thought he was doing maintenance. Perfect! Jaffar did in fact look to his left, where he found a Plexiglas-covered port with a single ROM chip in the middle. He tried to open it.
"So, um...""Amelia""Amelia... how do I open this case?""You're supposed to know... "The AI paused. [3] Varron, realizing the situation, jumped over to Jaffar and shot the case with his PPC.
The AI's voice immediately turned into a series of unregulated screeches, before degrading into static.
Luckily, the cover was melted, along with the ROM chip. Jaffar smelled the odor of burnt fish.
"Thanks for that, I guess."Jaffar brushed the molten steel and plastic away from the case, blowing on it a few times to keep it from damaging the chip. He then inserted the Frenchman chip, and checked the console, which now displayed a window: "New AI files detected. Execute?"
He clicked yes.
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Admiral Burton stood at the front of the bridge. His ship was gearing fire the new weapon. As a result, the other weapons were offline. So were the shields.
He told the gunner to take aim. He did so.
"Alright, on my mark... open fire!"
"Roger!"
"Okay, steady... wait what's going on?!"
The admiral was referring to the ship in the center of the Ross formation. On the display's zoomed in feed, he noticed the Ross flagship beginning to turn sideways abruptly.
"Hold on. I think the strike team did something to the ship."
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Caplus grabbed the armor's gloves, and tried those on first. They shrunk down to perfectly fit his arm, before starting to produce a humming sound. He attempted to grab the next piece of armor, but he noticed that the armor repelled away. Actually, it was more like a bubble of force engulfed his arms.
He noticed a dial on the armor. It displayed two options, one was depicted as a bubble around a triangle, the other depicted only a triangle.
Turning the dial, he found that both gloves no longer pushed the armor away. He slipped on the rest of the gear and also read a slip of paper he found on the table:
To whom it may concern:
You are looking at the newest generation of Nighthawk shock armor. All information about this series is highly classified, and those who publically release this information may be detained or terminated.
The armor possesses, unlike other models, a shield. This shield is not just any shield, however. It is a high-resistance magnetic shield. Unlike normal shields, magnetic shields do not obscure light and do not require extensive repairs and refills. They do not require a heavy load of shield medium nor do they require excessive coolant lines for dealing with heat.
Furthermore, because magnetic shields use a new form of polarized magnetism emission system, it can block non-ferrous and non-magnetic materials. It does so by only repelling molecules aligned towards the suit.
The main thing that prevents the use of magnetic shielding, especially on a small scale, is power. However, our team has located a CCES (Compact Convenient Energy Source) from the ship's warp drive waste tubes right after the engine was blown during Assault 220. We've jury-rigged a device to harness this power and requested a soldier to test this armor with.
You may find more of these CCES's in the tertiary experiment hall. It is accessed through a door at the end of the bio-research hall.
Bio-research, eh. And compact convenient energy sources. Those sound fun--maybe Herros could do something with them.
He decided to make his way down the bio-research hall, when suddenly, he heard pounding behind him. He turned around, to see nothing, and hear nothing. He looked at one of the stoorage cells. Each was a 4x4 meter room sealed with what appeared to be a teal-glowing ionized radiation shield. The only lights in the hall came from the cell doors, which were apparently always engaged, considering that some of them were empty.
He returned to walking down the hall when suddenly, he heard pounding again. This time he remembered which door it sounded like it came from. Inside one of the cells was a human male, about 1.7 meters tall. He didn't appear to belong to any of the five major human races.
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[2]
Zakroff picked up the gun Willem left behind. Using his powers, he managed to create a simpler minigun, but this one was shaped to perfectly fit his spider turret. The main issue, now, was how he would remove the spider turret's current weapon without lobotomizing it.
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Amatin finished his interrogation with one last, important line:
"Alright, now, so we're going to continue to the bridge and try to stop this operation. Also, we're going to take you guys hostage so we don't get shot at. Are you alright with that?"[6] "Bah, we'll lead you there."
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The three able Ross troops carried the stunned one behind as Amatin led the other three into the hub.
The two Ross soldiers at the bar both saw the party on the 3rd floor and lifted their rifles. The bartender drew two heavy pistols.
The bartender called out to the third floor, "What is this? Who are you?!"
Amatin responded,
"Good question. You had better set your weapons down though. We have the higher ground.""This... this isn't supposed to happen! Come on!"
Gogogo conversation!
Bartender: "Why should we let you just pass by? We'll alert the bridge! You'll have armed guards all over you!"Persuation Level: -5Chances: 1
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