[x] Ari, that not appropriate work wear.
Good to see your keeping your streak for now.

>>18647845
Ariana (Middle Name) Raston, put on a proper uniform this instant, and don't show up without pants again young lady.

[x] YOUNG LADY, WHAT.
We are big brother. 100% pure overprotective and smothering.

>>18647866

>I was going to say to expect the quest to be slow, but is was never exactly RACING DOWN THE TRACKS.

rolled 68 = 68

[x] Not appropriate wear.

"You want to wear a uniform, you should wear the same kinda thing as Elsie, Ari. Not...that."

Ask her to put on a spare jumpsuit from us or Elsie if she won't go change.

>>18647866
this

>>18647845
>[x] Fuck it, I'm finishing my coffee before I deal with any of this

[x] Fuck it, I'm finishing my coffee before I have to deal with this.

>>18647894

>Oops, left the dice on from MSQ.

[x] YOUNG LADY, WHAT.
When we find out which one of our chucklefuck squadmates put her up to this, they're getting an earful.

>>18647886
To quote Landing Gear:
>MULTI TAB DRIFTING!

>>18647845
[X ] Ari, that not appropriate work wear

We really need to disabuse our sister of any preconceptions she has about military life...Maybe ask Elsie to help? She is a woman after all

>>18647845
[x] YOUNG LADY, WHAT.

>Three votes to Yell, three votes to be nice about it.

>CAN I GET A TIE BREAKER UP IN THIS!?

>>18648017
>>18648012

>And now four each.

>Dammit guys.

>>18648020
YELL MOTHERFUCKER

Also whats going on in this thread?

Don't fucking yell, she's our sister and we already hurt her feelings last night.

>>18648029
Armored Core Quest.
It is awesome.
Read the old threads.
The archives are linked in OP's first post.

>>18648020
[X]Fuck it

Because I like messing with you.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18648025
1-be nice
2-YELL

>>18648029

>Not sure if I should take the vote if you have no idea what's what.

>Quest based on Armored Core, archives linked in the OP.

>>18648044

>AND WE'RE BACK TO A TIE.

>>18648029
We are Alex Raston, B-rank Core pilot, our home colony just got blowed up, after we took our relationship with our long time female friend to a new level. Now we're in Vegas with the survivors of the colony, and our little sister has cajoled us into letting her help with the unit.

>>18648053

>I'll take the dice gods on this one. Gimme a second to type this up.

>>18648044
But we should yell.
BECAUSE she's our little sister, and is dressed like a stripper. As I said last time, we are NOT the Gekkostate. You do NOT get to dress like pic related.

>>18648062
Then we must glare daggers at Dave/Mooch while being nice to our sister.

[x ] Ari, that not appropriate work wear.

Because cheesy big bros are too mainstream.

>>18648054
Be nice.

>>18648084
If Dave/Mooch/Laurie touch our sister I say we eviscerate them and use their entrails to perform and augury and divine Dave's last name.

"Ari, that's not even remotely appropriate wor work."

"What? It's a military uniform. That's what the guy at the shop said."

"Yes. But you're missing several key points: Firstly, it looks nothing like OUR uniform. Secondly, it's more of a DRESS uniform style, which is the sort of thing you wear to look pretty, not for working in. Thirdly, that isn't a military uniform, but a stripper outfit designed to LOOK like a military uniform."

"What? Bullshit, prove it."

Dave walks over to her, grabs the back of her collar and gives it a yank. The jacket comes right off, leaving only the blouse and skirt.

"You see this little magnets hidden in the seams? These are called 'Drama clasps'. They're designed to have enough pull to stay on during normal wear and use, but come right off with a sharp tug. They're mostly seen in old-school pilot jumpsuits in case they were to catch fire, and stripper outfits. Guess which you AREN'T wearing."

Ari starts to blush "So wait, that guy lied to me?"

"Not really. I think he just assumed you were a different kind of 'working lady'. To be fair, You've got the curves for it."

Your sister is now completely mortified. Dave continues "Go talk to Elsie, she probably has a spare set of fatigues for you to borrow. They might be a bit tight, but they'll give you a better idea of what's smart to wear, since you're one snag sleeve away from 'naked' in those."

She runs off to talk to Elsie.

Dave looks at you and sees you're indignant look. "Man law says I can't touch her without your express permission anyway, so I'd rather not have the temptation to snag her skirt on something. Now I'm going to see how mush sound insulating foam costs." He drains his coffee and exits the room.

>>18648247
Dave is the broest

>>18648247

Good to see Dave understands Man Law.

>>18648247
Hmm, Dave DID concisely and accurately lay down what was wrong with what Ari was wearing in a professional manner that would not insult her.

Alright. He's okay.

>>18648302

...For now.


>childho and

Childho is right, Captcha, that's what Ari was dressed as.

>>18648277
That may well be the only law he understands.

>>18648247
He's alright, we don't have to kill him.

>>18648247

Pretty soon Ari comes back wearing something moderately appropriate.

Dave wasn't joking when he said it was going to be tight, it leaves very little to the imagination on her, while Elsie prefers her cloths slightly baggy.

And now they'll probably be a little baggier.

You send Ari to talk to Mooch for learning the basics of what's going on, while Elsie joins you.

"Damn, that must be fun to deal with."

"What?"

"Your sister rapidly developing the body of a Porn Star and being that naive."

"Oh yes, great fun. At least I know Dave's not going to make a move on her."

"What?"

"Man Law."

"What."

"Come on, let's go to work."

The two of you move down to tune up your cores and look over job postings.

>>18648414

Acquire jobs. Make bank.

>>18648414
Let's see what we got available.
We're looking for low-risk jobs that we can use to stabilize our financial situation, get a rep for reliability, and make sure that even if a mission goes bad we have enough money banked that we can repair our Cores and not worry about the colony.

You are DAVE.

Today Alex's little sister walked in literally wearing a stripper outfit.

You helped Alex point out her mistakes like a friend should, and even reassured him that you wouldn't touch unless he said it was cool.

Watching her bend over to adjust a power disributer for Mooch you swiftly come to a conclusion: You will either need to get his approval, or suck off a shotgun because Goddamn.

GODDAMN.

Oh god, now she's wiggling it.... look at something else.

Focus on anything other than DAT ASS.

Never before has a box of Donuts captivated a man, body and spirit.

>>18648475
We are going to have to approach Alex very tactfully about the possibility of maybe one day taking his sister to the park and going out for coffee. He is perfectly willing to kill us over this.

>>18648475
Devour those donuts, and try not to think about dat ass.

>>18648475

Dave's going to go to a 'special hell'.

You are MOOCH.

Today, you and Dave have an extra worker helping you in the form of Alex's little sister. You like working with girls, their small delicate hands can reach into the little places you have problems with.

You look over your shoulder, and see that Ari's having some trouble getting the ratios just right.

You also see that Dave's staring at a box of donuts with horrifying dedication.

You yell at Dave to hop over and help Ari twist her knobs to get her off that task.

You aren't sure why he runs out of the room screaming.

>>18648535
Only if he's not careful. I'm nto sure he can be careful enough, though.

>>18648539

Wait, how old is Ari again?

>>18648555
The SPECIAL hell.

>>18648539

Well played.

>>18648539
MY SIDES
>Tempted to get Ari to find out Daves last name for us.

>>18648586
16. As stated in... In... some post. Not sure if it was in this thread, now, as I'm not seeing it.

>>18648586

16.

>>18648586
She's sixteen.

>>18648605
Previous thread.

>>18648605
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18632716/#18636431 This post.

>>18648611
As you can see, I was just looking at that one.

Dave best watch his shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVxLz6O6MaI

You are Alex. And you, Laurie, and Elsie are wondering what's caused Dave to have a little 'moment' this time.

"...ANYWAY" you say, trying to bring their attention back to the task at hand. "We've narrowed it down to these three jobs: Take out this bandit guy calling himself 'Lord Killington', Opt into the next available slot for the Arena, or go on this escort mission for G.A. America transporting a prototype."

"Escort Sounds dicey. I mean, it's the fast and direct route to Utah, but it goes RIGHT THROUGH Black Rock territory, and Prototype tech is pretty much THE thing to steal and sell to another corp."

Elsie adds her two cents to Laurie's "This Killington guy's got the lowest reward, but anybody who actually calls himself that is a fucking retard. Easy money if I've every seen it, and we could use a sure thing."

"Arena... we have no idea WHAT we might see there. Apparently they have something like 50 different designated combat zones in the greater metropolitan area, each with multiple potential 'special rules' that alter the stage, such as not touching the water or only using certain types of weapon."

"So how do you think we should swing this?"

[ ] Bounty.
[ ] Escort.
[ ] Arena.

>>18648682
[x]Killington

>>18648682

Bounty. We need something easy to get us acquainted with our new Core design.

>To answer the question, Ari's about a week and a half out from her seventeenth birthday.

>And to be fair to Dave, she's got the kind of ass you could bounce a quarter off of and get back two dimes and a nickel.

>>18648682
>[x] Arena.

>>18648682
I think it might be best to go for the bounty, giong into the arena directly after nineball might have ID us sounds like a bad bad plan.

>>18648699
Good point changing vote from >>18648711
to the Bounty.

Bounty, best get our legs back with some "easy". And who knows, it could turn into a complete shit-fest with the way the dice roller likes to treat us.

On that same train of thought, we might also want to look into an arena fight, since you know, it being so much "safer" and all.

>>18648733
meant to quote >>18648701

>>18648682

I want more details on the escort, it may be easier than it seems.

That said, the bounty sounds fun.

>>18648682
While doing the Bounty would be the smart thing to do, if we manage to pull off the escort, that would put us in the good graces of G.A. America and maybe they'll give us some good deals.

fuck it, votin' Bounty

>>18648682
Bounty, something easy, guaranteed money to tide us over. The Escort is waaay to risky and I want to avoid the Arena until we're used to our new mech.

rolled 49 = 49

I'm for the bounty or escort, preferably the escort, meeting new people to call in favors for as well as spreading our influence among some of the corporations would be nice, besides, I'd like to kill the fuck out of some black rock.

>One is fun, one is CRAZY, one is PLOT.

>And not necessarily in that order.

rolled 99 = 99

actually hell, throw me in for hte escort

>>18648682
[x] Bounty

>>18648783
The dice have spoken.

>>18648783
No more rolling for you untill we need some damage rolls. We no longer have flashback protection.

>>18648682
[x] Bounty.
Our Core is some junker we got out of a scrapyard.
Let's put it through an easy mission before we put it through a real test.

Fuck it.
>[x] Escort.
It's risky, but it sounds like fun, and IC, it's a chance to take down some Black Rocks and get sweet revenge.
Are you familiar with the Fremen proverb that tells us "Revenge is a dish best served dry."? It is very dry... in Utah.

rolled 92 = 92

>>18648817
>>18648816
Are you guys from CQ quest or old DQ?
You know I always have my roller on, that way I can justify the fact I'm lazy so I use noko

>>18648682
[X] Bounty why the fuck not.

>>18648816
High rolls are bad in this quest though, and that was a critical failure.

>>18648836
Sorry been a while since CQ, which is DQ though?

>Bounty it is then.

>One sec...

>>18648861
Unless it's event or damage dice. But those aren't rolled on a d100, either.

>>18648878
Isn't there four dice? damage is d12 events are d20, the d100 for actions and I thought there was another, though I might just be misremembering.

>>18648900
Damage depends on the weapon, which looking at the charts from when we were picking parts, there's 6, 10, 12 and 20.

>>18648929
Right thanks Udz.

"Bounty, should make for a good shakedown run for the core, I'll have you guys to back me if things go south as well. Plus it'd be nice to get some easy money going."

"Alright."

"Sounds good."

>Meanwhile, back at the Raven's Nest....

"Hey Duke, looks like those new guys from yesterday have called dibs on that Killington guy."

"Damn. They've got balls going after him."

"What'ya mean boss? He's only a C class threat."

"C class, what're you talking about? They didn't update the board?"

"Update?"

"Yeah, hey got his hands on some experimental tech about a month ago. He's solid SA territory now. SHIT, those lazy fucks never updated the intel? Can we call them?"

"We're getting spotty reception, big sandstorm's starting to blow in."

"Damn... good luck kids, you're gonna need it out there."

>Back to our heroes.

"SO," Mooch begins as your carrier moves deeper into the storm. "I've got a compass, and we know this guy's hiding out is a small canyon thing up here. So as long as I don't drive into this gorge, I should be able to help you guys out like usual."

Your sister leans over to you "He's joking about the cliff thing right?"

"Probably." You reply.

>>18649026
I assume this is the CRAZY option, then?

Anywho, I'm out. G'night, and good luck, gents.

>>18649026
looks like we picked CRAZY

at least the pay should be higher

if we don't die

>>18649026
ABORT ABORT

Oh look, it's past my bedtime...

>>18649026

You bastard. At least we might have dibs on his tech if we beat the melodramatic punk.

>>18649026

...

W-we can still salvage tech...right?

>>18649026
Ahahahaha...

we are so boned.

>>18649026
well who knows, maybe the sandstorm will work to our advantage.

>>18649080
boned probably doesn't even begin to describe it.

Well...
pic related.

Actually it may not be a bad thing. A c-ranker can't possibly bring out the true abilities of an sa-rank mech. Hell, his victims are all only unaware of the threat until recently.

3-b rankers can take him out if we play smart.

>>18649026

Mooch continues laying out his scheme "No, Elsie's got thermals, so I'm gonna put her on one end and tell her to shoot anybody that isn't you coming out of that hole. Laurie, I want you planting beacons down there. i want you o turn that whole place into a spider-web we can track him on. Dave and Alex, you're our strike team. You stay up top until we've got a fix on him, or Laurie needs help. Then you come down like the wrath of god on this guy."

He then brings the carrier to a stop. "Ari, you wanted to learn, so you're helping me run over-watch."

She gives him a sharp nod in return.

"Alright" You say, "Let's mount up."

>Give me a d20 for what kind of tech he has.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18649157
Rolling for the non-lethal kind.

rolled 4 = 4

>>18649157
rolling for high powered mag cannons

rolled 59 = 59

>>18649143
Not to mention, I'd assume the synch ratio would be required to be much higher, or simulated to be higher, so if that's the case, he may not be used to such a high ratio and hopefully black out when something hits him

rolled 39 = 39

>>18649263 was me by the way, so that was a d100, didn't change it on account of there already being rolls

rolled 15 = 15

>>18649157

I hate typing on an iPad. Rolling for active camouflage technology. (work this time dammit.)

rolled 38, 76 = 114

About five minutes later, your core is up and running outside the trench.

You check your synch gauge. You're only at 50%.

Lower than normal, but then this is technically a new core.

Dave opens a com down to Laurie. "Ho's it going hound?"

"Nothing yet. How's the layout looking command?

"Images are coming in clear, but it's damned maze down there. "

Then, you hear something....

>>18649298
I shit my pants as a standard action.

>>18649298
Oh boy we are getting shot at.

>You guys were rolling on a chart. You don't have to call rolls unless i say otherwise.

rolled 5 = 5

>>18649157
Something slow but beefy.

>>18649321
I figured but I like to plead with the dicegods anyway.

rolled 19 = 19

>>18649298
OOOO OOO, lemme guess, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ITx4-w0WxQ

>>18649336

>I like how they kept hiding the rolls of the guy rolling for stealth technology.

>>18649362

>Shit, I have to go for a little bit. I'll be back in like half an hour.

>>18649384
No worries.

rolled 13 = 13

>>18649384
dayum shame

>>18649384

I await your return with bated breath.

>I'm baaack~

A muffled explosion echos out of the canyon.

"That was one of my trip mines. Sense that went offline indicates that it's right to your south."

"On it." You reply, and you vault over Dave and skid down the wall to the floor of the canyon. Looking around, it's only wide enough that about three cores your size can move around, and couldn't be more than 70 feet deep. So it's a nice corridor of fire to work with, and just enough room to dance away from a melee opponent.

Perfect.

You move towards the section indicated, and see some charred rock, as well as some broke stone and electronics.

Then you spot the skid-marks and socrch from somebody boosting away.

Without even stopping you consider the implications, you feel your body spin around and start to shift to the left, catch sight of your target swinging down with a... what the FUCK?!

>d100 to dodge. Gotta beat a 60.

>>18649822
Here goes nothing...

rolled 65 = 65

>>18649822
Dodge!

rolled 47 = 47

>>18649824

I missed the email field. Let's hope he misses us...

rolled 13 = 13

>>18649822

rolled 62 = 62

>>18649822


Gotta toll high

>>18649834
Gotta roll high*

rolled 12 = 12

>>18649834

>Actually, this is roll UNDER.

>>18649825

>SPEAKING OF WHICH.

It clips your right arm on the way down....

>>18649861
goodbye arm

>>18649869
Agreed, maybe we should invest in a third one?

>>18649904

4 arms sounds pretty cool

>>18649861
Goddammit we just had this fucking thing fixed!

>>18649904

We're switching to twin Gatling arms the next time we're in town.

rolled 3 = 3

>>18649861

.... And the shock of pain makes you actually gasp for air, as he wheels it back in. Then you see it, some sort of a flail attached to a gun.

As it retracts you begin to understand his core design. Your computer's struggling to get a lock, so he's got jammers. His flail gun is designed to use some sort of a spring to give it momentum, and then he uses that bizarre booster array to use his own body as a counter-weight. In the narrow confines of this canyon, he can't quite bring it's full devastating potential to bear, but literally everywhere is a box for him the swing in, and he's got some sort of an canon on his left arm for causing a big bang if you get to far from him.

On the other hand, he doesn't have a lot of room to dodge himself, and you've clearly got more armor if it comes to a slugging match.

You think about how to play this....

[ ] Start shooting now, force him off and get out of the trench.
[ ] His hammer's not 'reloaded', rush him with an over-boost kick.
[ ] Wall of missiles, they aren't seeking and he doesn't have visible point defense.

>>18649943

>Whoops, ignore that die, forgot to turn it off.

>>18649943
>[X] WALL OF MISSILES

This situation is exactly what scatter missiles are for.

>>18649943
[X] Start shooting now, force him off and get out of the trench. He seems melee focused so when he follows us he'll walk right into Elsie's line of fire and we can drop the rest of our team on him from above.

>[x] Wall of missiles, they aren't seeking and he doesn't have visible point defense.
ITANO CIRCUS!

>>18649943
Wall o' Missiles

Then get the fuck outta this killzone.

>>18649943

That old spice video just became relevant. He's never going to expect BUILDING KICK!

Follow up with EXPLOSION with missile spam at close range to create thicker smoke screen.

.[ ] Wall of missiles, they aren't seeking and he doesn't have visible point defense.

Missiles are always good...right?

[X] Wall of missiles, they aren't seeking and he doesn't have visible point defense.

It's narrow, and who doesnt spam missiles?

>>18649943
ALL THE MISSILES!

>>18649943
[x] Wall of missiles, they aren't seeking and he doesn't have visible point defense.

Missile walls are a great distraction.

>>18649943
[x] His hammer's not 'reloaded', rush him with an over-boost kick.
Get him while he's not expecting it. He's not an expert with that flail, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed himself to get into this kind of fight.

Wouldn't a hail of gunfire make more sense?

I mean if these are our only missiles what do we do when they run out

rolled 41 = 41

You don't even hesitate.

You jam the auxiliary weapon trigger, and don't even pretend to aim.

>You must beat my d100 roll by 10.

>>18649999
Something else.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

rolled 75 = 75

>>18650008

Let's rock.

rolled 60 = 60

>>18650008
Rollan

rolled 57 = 57

>>18650008
Missing.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18650008
Dice don't fail me now

rolled 63 = 63

>>18650010

>>18650008

High or low?

rolled 37 = 37

>>18650016
>>18650018
>>18650019
balls.

>>18650024
Low.

So
>>18650016
fucked up.

rolled 44 = 44

>>18650021
Remember OP, you can't trust noko rolls in a roll under system.

Dice HATE us.

rolled 38 = 38

>>18650024
AC Quest uses roll-under.

>>18650034
Damn, I did forget about that.

rolled 79, 76 = 155

>>18650024

>It's roll under for checks like this.

>>18650016

>SPEAKING OF WHICH.

Half of the missiles go into the wall to his right. You hit it a split second too soon it seems. He gives a quick hop and boost backwards to clear the rest of it....

>>18650034
Crap, forgot that noko hides what I rolled.
Ignore my roll, AC-Guy. It was 1d100, but I know you can't trust that and I don't expect you to.
Dammit 4chan, I just want a way to not have to navigate back to my page but still show what dice I rolled! Is that so wrong?

rolled 25 = 25

>>18650016 here:

Sorry. I thought it was a pretty good roll, personally.

>>18650061
http://mayhemydg.github.com/4chan-x/

>>18650060
Let's lure the fucker into Elsie's sights and give the rest of our team a chance to hit him with some crossfire from above, Dave can Death from Above the fucker.

>>18650063

And there goes my one decent roll for the night.
Maybe we should let Dave or Elsie take care of this guy.
We're obviously not on top of our game.

>>18650076
But if we open up the distance, then it'll give Killington a clear shot at us with that big cannon of his.

>>18650087
>disregard combat capabilities, acquire leadership

This is clearly the only option from this point.

>>18650075
Thank you kind sir.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18650060

Elsie's shot goes wide. He pauses when he lands. He knows you've got at least two others here, so he's clearly taking a moment to reconsider his odds.

And then decides the only way out is through.

He charges you and launches his hammer.

>Beat my roll.

All Y'all are bitches.
We need to get our blade revving and TAKE HIS GODDAMNED FACE

rolled 21 = 21

>>18650112
Fuck, fuck fuck fuck.

rolled 55 = 55

>>18650112
ha ha no.

>>18650117
Only a minor failure! We probably survive!

rolled 20 = 20

>>18650112
overboost kick this bitch

rolled 1 = 1

>>18650117

You duck it, and then see it out of the corner of your eye.

There are ROCKETS on the fucking ball as well?

WHAT?!?

It quickly wraps around your torso and he does a quick boost back, ripping your suit forwards, the boosting straight at you foot extended. Which is when you see the Katana class EN blade built into it ignite.

>WAT DO, beat my roll.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18650112
>MSQ: need high rolls, only get low rolls
>ACQ: need low rolls, only get high rolls
Fucking diceroller, man. It just loves the tears of players.

rolled 10 = 10

>>18650143
... Thanks AC Guy, thanks. There goes another Mech, how in hell did we get B rank again?

rolled 45 = 45

>>18650143
>beat my roll
>1
....There is no fucking way we can beat that roll.
Boost and slide underneath him.

...We could not possibly be more screwed.

>>18650143

This quest in a nutshell.

rolled 76 = 76

>>18650143

>Oh what the fuck dice.

>I don't want to end the quest TONIGHT.

>You know what, I'm giving you another roll, because this is dumb.

>>18650151

You're supposed to be a good pilot! normally you'd be going against a 40-50 instead of a 70 for your base roll.

rolled 11 = 11

>>18650143
fuck you dice gods

>If we arn't immediately impaled then boost sidewas and try and use physics to fling him into a wall?

>>18650143

NopeNopeNopeNope

>>18650143
Oh for fuck's sake.

rolled 85 = 85

>>18650166
Your kindness knows no bounds.

rolled 25 = 25

>>18650166
Alright, trying a second time. And boosting under his incoming kick and swinging his entire Core into the canyon wall.

>>18650166
>>18650168
NOW IS THE TIME. APPEASE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER APPEASED BEFORE

>>18650144
Well, at least there's Shadowrun Storytime today.

>>18650168
>>18650179
We are using the first one.


THE FIRST ONE

PLEASE

rolled 12, 92 = 104

>>18650179

>First actual response.
>Still lose on a 76.

>Holy shit, /tg/ dice.

>>18650168

>Your slow complaint just SAVED YOUR ASS.

As you do towards him, you realize that you're a lot heavier than him. You boost UP and the then to the side while he's still coming your way. It yanks him hard, and out into the plains above the canyon.

he jets the hammer to try and gain distance... and flies right into Dave's waiting fist.

>Dave really doesn't need a +20 circumstance bonus on this hit.

>He really doesn't.

>>18650225
thank god for Dave

he keeps this up and we'll end up throwing our sister at him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUVhsNbsss

Let's do this

>>18650237
Hell, we should just throw ourselves at him.

>>18650225

>Dave gets an effective -8 on a roll under against a 92.

>Alright... I'm just... I don't even know what to say to this.

>I think I need a second before I actually roll the dice. Both to mentally prepare myself and figure out exactly how many d12 I'm supposed to roll here.

>>18650250
DAAAAAAAAAVUUU

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCH

and then killington literally didn't ever exist in the first place he got exploded so hard

>>18650250
Dave is one hardcore motherfucker. I mean damn, is there going to be anything left to loot?

>>18650265

Hey parts are parts right?

>>18650280

Mooch had duct tape. He can fix anything.

>>18650280
And scrap metal is scrap metal.

At the very LEAST we can glue his shit onto our wounded bits or something.

Cause I know how Armored Core works, guys.

>>18650250
DAVE'S FIST IS THE FIST THAT PIERCES THE HEAVENS

After THAT I'm kinda inclined to agree with the essence of >>18650242.

New tactic, we are the bait. We let elsie and dave actutally do the damage, because we sure as hell can't.

rolled 10, 5, 3, 3, 5, 1, 6, 10, 12, 4, 2, 11, 7, 11, 12, 2, 3, 1, 7, 4, 8, 7, 2, 11 = 147

>Well, I've done the math.

>Dave gets either degrees of success, so NORMALLY, that would be 8d12.

>Since he has a fucking HEAT ROD, this is automatically doubled. So it's actually 16d12.

>Unless you have a special melee expertise like Dave does, allowing you to either boost the damage by HALF AGAIN.

>So this guy is getting 24d12 straight to the cock-pit.

>It should be noted that his ultra-light build only has like 20 armor in the chest.

>Say it with me class, HOLY SHIT DAVE.

>>18650315

HOLY SHIT DAVE

>>18650315
The hell is Lister doing in AC quest?

rolled 34 = 34

>>18650315

>Oh look, he maxed out a couple. LET'S SEE IF WE SCORE A CRIT FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES.

>Dave's synch score is currently a 42.

>>18650315
They aren't gonna believe us when we say "well, we killed him so good he isn't there any more."

>>18650315


HOLY SHIT DAVE

>>18650315

>>18650330
That's a confirmed crit isn't it.

rolled 5, 6 = 11

>>18650330

>Oh look, he did.

>Let's see how far the madness goes.

>since he got TWO twelves, we're now rolling an additional 2d12.

>>18650330
HOLY SHIT DAVE

>>18650327
Killing little bitches called Killington and hitting on our little sister.
After this, I think he's proved he's good enough for Ari.

>>18650352
You know, the traditional cleaning the guns in front of the new boyfriend is a lot more intimidating when you've got a giant mech.

>>18650343
HOLY FUCKMOTHERING SHIT DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>18650343
DAVEEEEEEE

>>18650343
Christ, the punch is either going to completely obliterate everything within a 50 mile radius or be so incredibly strong it just makes a perfect fist sized hole in the core, leaving all those limbs for looting.

>>18650343
Daaaaave.

>>18650343

>Final score: 158 damage.

>Total needed: 20.

>Dave's just a hair short of killing this mother-fucker eight times over again.

>With a melee weapon, in a gun filled realistic (lol) mech fight.

>Am I the only one who's starting to wonder if he's secretly Zolomon Ringo in disguise?

I mean I would post the falcon punch video and all

but is THAT even enough?

>>18650377

Nah he's Mooch in disguise

>>18650315
I've only seen someone oneshot an enemy core once before AC V. It was a special setup in 4, not 4A,, that was tweaked to simultaneously punch two 07-Moonlights into a lightweight quadruped with the maximum attainable amount of Blade and EN Skill possible. In the Japanese version.

Dave just did that, with just one arm.

>>18650377
GIVE DAVE YOUR FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

I just want to see how AC-Guy is gonna narrate this.

>>18650380

>I think that, from a purely scientific perspective, Dave just punched out his Soul and ate it.

>>18650392
Dave's got the touch
Dave's got the powaaaaaaah
YEAH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSh73d3TZcA

>>18650405
I'm more partial to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhTL3sOINKY

>>18650430
Yes, but the post I was replying to demanded he give Dave his face.
That's a Transformers derived meme.
The Touch is THE kick ass and take names music for Transformers.

>>18650430
We're pretty much going to have to call him "The God Hand" now.

>>18650439
Oh, didn't know it was a meme thing. Yeah though definitely an awesome song

Dammit.

Dave.

What did I say about punching enemy's into non-existence.

If we ever DO sanctify Dave and Ari, let's just hope she isn't into fisting.

>>18650445
Fucking Dave, we can't loot bits of dust, scrap metal found in the next state and the sweet smell of victory.

>>18650444
Yep.
In the third Michael Bay film, Optimus brutally kills the BBEG right after saying "give me your face".
Everything about those movies that isn't "Giant alien robots that turn into cars kicking the shit out of each other" is shit, but the stuff that IS "Giant alien robots that turn into cars kicking the shit out of each other" is awesome. Also, Peter Cullen is a god.

You sling the AC right into Dave's waiting arms.

He taps his boosters for some extra momentum, and launches himself forward a step and swings him fist in a perfect arc.

That's when you see it. The guy clearly hasn't spotted Dave behind him. That can be the only explanation for what happens next.

He boosts backwards, right into the arc of his attack. If it weren't for that, Dave might have missed entirely. As it was, he politely wrapped pretty little bow around his head, and then lay on the curb at Dave's feet for optimal stomping angle.

You watch entranced, as the fist begins to connect and shove the rod forward, perfectly center-punching the cockpit. It also hits the reactor, and arks out something inside, as the 30 foot tall mech begins the writhe around the rod as it's launched through the body, so violently that it's actually dissembling itself.

You watch in silent awe as you realize two things: Mooch will probably record this, and set it to dramatic music while providing a step-by-step for how this symphony of violence came to be.

The other is much more simple. You've never, before today, met somebody stupid enough to LEAN INTO A PUNCH.

>>18650405
>>18650439
>>18650470
>it's 1:44AM
>I've been convinced to pop that VHS in and watch that shit right goddamn now

>I regret nothing

>>18650476

OH I KNOW I WILL.
>Actually already starting to find the music for it.

>>18650487
I have a friend who watches it about every three months, on average.

>>18650495
Title it "Dave: More than Meets the Eye"

>>18650476

You retrieve the Flail-gun, as the mech detonates into the gorge after Dave kicked it in.

You get in, Lawrence offering to drive since Mooch is too bust freaking out to do it himself.

He immediately plugs all four of your cores in to try and get multiple angles, not just to edit the OPTIMAL VIDEO, but also, he claims, to make a sculpture of the event, to immortalize it forever.

THAT might be going a step too far.

Shortly after starting the download, he calms down and notes that he never downloaded the data from the fights at hope. On Dave's he sees the two kills in rapid succession, getting another squee of delight. On your he sees the fight against Nine-Ball. The room falls silent as you watch the blows fly back and forth, launching him back in the initial assault, blowing him back with some masterful gun-use.

Then the charge, and you can almost feel the pain of losing your arm withe group watching. Then you force him back, lose the gun. A chill goes down your spine when you hear him ask what he had to do to make you surrender in that too calm voice.

You didn't realize the data was also recording the audio from the coms.

You also totally forgot the bit immediately afterwards.

"GIVE ME YOUR FACE!"

>>18650549

Aww ye can't wait to get proficient with the flail gun

And since when has Optimus been this evil

>>18650549

Dave turns to you. "You know, I was going to make some snide comment about you never topping what I just pulled off. But honestly?" He gestures at the screen "I think you just did."

Ari seemed shocked by how incredibly bad-ass her brother and his friends actually are.

Mooch's brain has clearly taken a temporary holiday while it tries to process what it just witnessed.

Elsie seems to be the only one who noticed the edge of pain and hate in your voice, and your obvious discomfort at re-living that fight.

You excuse yourself to go inspect the damage to your core.

Elsie follows you down.

"Hey." She says. "You alright?"

[ ] Yeah....
[ ] Maybe.
[ ] ....No, not really.
[ ] I don't know how to describe how that fight made me feel.

>>18650583
[X] I don't know how to describe how that fight made me feel.

It's a strange mix of exhilaration at ripping off the face, fear of the red AC, shame at failing, phantom pain at remembering getting my arm chopped off and real pain for knowing what came next.

>[x] I don't know how to describe how that fight made me feel.
Let's be honest with her. No point in lying.

>>18650594
Seconding. Pretty much this.

>>18650583
[x] ...no, not really.

We've been mostly up-front about our feelings thus far.

>>18650594

That sounds good

>>18650583
[X] I don't know how to describe how that fight made me feel.
Clearly our mind is full of conflicting emotions.

>>18650583

[ x ] ....No, not really.

>>18650608
Wait

>>18650594
This describes what I was trying to get at so much better than I imagined it. Changing vote to this.

"I don't know how to describe how that fight made me feel. I went and attacked him because he was a bad-guy. It felt good in a way. You saw it, I hit him about as I could hit, set it up perfectly, and then he turned around and damn near disemboweled me. With one hit."

You turn to face her. "What Dave just did to that guy out there, that was almost me. I could feel it right there, I just shifted without even thinking about it, and he took my arm instead of my heart. I then, against all odds, managed to beat him, or so I thought. I got very lucky, and took his head off."

She slowly wraps her arms around you. "That guy was good. You can't blame yourself for him fooling you. You can't blame yourself for losing. He was so far out of your weight-class it's a miracle you survived at all."

"I could have finished it right there. I could have put my sword through his cock-pit and killed him, right there. Instead I got cocky. I thought about it, but I didn't. Do you know what would have happened if I stabbed him?"

"Yes. He would have revealed his trick sooner, and used his considerably less damaged core to go through you instead of around you. You told me yourself that we can't hang up on maybes and what-ifs. What happened yesterday happened yesterday. All we can do is live with today and hope tomorrow's a better day. Right now we've got enough problems without moping about what might have been."

She gently turns you around and gives you a kiss. "Right now, let's focus on the positive. We took out a bandit, and thus made a world slightly but measurably better. Damage was light, and we got a little paycheck waiting back home. Your discount junker worked like a charm, and we can all go to sleep happy tonight.

>>18650731
After a fight like that there wont be any sleep for you and I baby, yeah, let's swing the night away...

>>18650731
Paycheck sex?

Paycheck sex!

>>18650731
We are going to want to invest in condoms.

Or something anyways, at this rate.

>>18650731
"Well, mostly happy. I've still got a mind to find the guy that sold that outfit to Ari and tell him the dangers of selling stripper outfits to little sisters."

>>18650774
This. And we should really do it.

>>18650774
>Mooch should show him the "Dave, More then meets the eye" video first. Spark a little fear.

>>18650731

As you roll back into town, Mooch gets into contact with the Raven's nest.

He then walks back out of his coms room and looks down at the team.

"Guys. That guy got reclassified as an SA threat after we set out. The reason he almost got Alex down in the trench was because he had some crazy experimental tech on him."

"So, what does that mean for us?"

"It means we busted that mission like we were S rank, against an SA threat. We're getting more than TRIPLE the pay we thought we were going to get. That 70k we had banked? Just clumb all the way to 770."

"Not bad for One day's work gents."

"Now here's the real question: Ho much do we keep?"

"What?"

"We can use that to upgrade some of our gear, but that'll eat most of it up. We can also do repairs for our cores and set enough aside to pay for OUR food and stuff in the hanger for under 70k this time, and give the rest to Zack to help the people get fixed up."

[ ] Keep it, upgrade everyone a bit.
[ ] Keep a little bit, and use it to upgrade one core.
[ ] Give it to Zack, we have enough for now.

>Also, something the pessimists for 'How we B rank' should note, we've had two combats thus far. Both of them more or less solo, against somebody who was three ranks above you MINIMUM.

>>18650828
>[x] Keep a little bit, and use it to upgrade one core.

>>18650828
In realistic terms, how much of a living standards increase would there be for Zack and the refugees, versus how much potential increase in combat power for us?

>>18650849
And my vote goes towards keeping a bit and upgrading one core.

>>18650828
[X] Keep a little bit, and use it to upgrade one core.

I'm not sure which one as we don't know which one isn't really up to snuff currently, a bit of information on what the rest of our team has would help.

>>18650828
[ x ] Keep a little bit, and use it to upgrade one core

rolled 86 = 86

>>18650828
were we able to salvage anything from the wreck, or did it all go kaplooie?

>[ ] Keep a little bit, and use it to upgrade one core.

We did this for the colony and they need it but we also need to be prepared

>>18650828
[x] Keep a little bit, and use it to upgrade one core.
I assume this option is the 70k for us, 700k for Zack option, right?

>We keep a little bit and buy a core for Mooch.
>Gotta train Ari to be over-watch

>>18650877
I'm thinking it's closer to 500k to Zack, 270k for repairs, hanger maintenance, upgrading a core and maybe getting a couple weapons to add to a shared armory.

>>18650849

>You could, with the 'keep a little' budget fix your core to be LIKE new, meaning some very slight stat boosts, and I stop secretly rolling on the malfunction chart.

>Keep it all would be that PLUS getting everybody slightly better gear than they have now.

>Give it all would take a serious chunk off the debt (of four million) and pretty much get everybody's houses fixed up a bit and furnished properly. You'd also get to keep the 70k and repair the light damage to your core and get it to the same condition it was in prior to this mission. It's also enough to take care of your personal needs like food and such for the foreseeable future.

>>18650894

>A new core would cost about a Million AU.

>>18650901
I think ill stick with keep a little bit. how are we supposed to make money with unreliable equipment?

>>18650906

Yeah I know...I was just being me.

I say we give some of it still.

>>18650901
Yup, upgrading one core.

>It's out of character, but
>malfunction table
Oh dear

>>18650924
well we did get our stuff from a junkyard...

>>18650901
Let's just keep a little bit, and then go and find more work.
As much as I'd like to put more of that money towards the colony, we're the main earners and we can't be fighting in unreliable Cores.

"Let's keep enough to make sure my Core isn't going to fall apart. It was responding a little sluggishly out there, and that nearly cost me my arm. The rest of it Zack could put to better use than us right now."

Mooch nods. "Got it. I'll take about 200 off the top, that should do it, no problem. Might also get us enough to get some sims in here, make sure we keep our skills up."

"Sounds good."

"I'll start doing diagnostics right away."

Dave grabs a box of something labeled 'Banshee Break'. "I got a little something I need to work on in the meantime."

Ari volenteers to help.

Dave seems slightly uncomfortable about this, but they start to go upstairs. He turns around about half-way up. "Hey Alex, now would be a good opportunity to go out for a night on the town, if you were so inclined."

You take the hint nd remind Elsie that you did promise her a proper date. The two of you get ready to go, you throw on a Decent dress-shirt, some slacks and a blazer you grabbed in town the other day. When you step into the Hall, you see what Elsie's chosen to wear for the evening, and for a moment, you forget to breath.

>To be continued next time.

>Also bonus content.

"So what are we going to do in my brother's room exactly", Ari says as she falls on the bed with a little 'pomf'.

"Well you see, Elsie gets a little loud hen she gets into it. So we're going to sound-proof the room so they don't keep me up at night."

"Wait, into what?"

Dave shoots her a level look.

"Oh god, they... in this bed?!?" She manages to De-pants herself trying to get out of the bed as quickly as possible, and Dave have to bite his knuckle hard enough to draw blood.

>>18651036
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkWWx0YSyM0

>Real talk, now that the thread's over: I might not be able to run this tomorrow, we'll have to see.

>Also, I'm officially adding 'Holy shit Dave' to the tags list whenever Dave does something utterly recockulous like today.

>>18651036
DAMNIT ARI.
YOUR HORRIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING YOUR PANTS ON!

Your almost as bad as Dave!

>>18651050

Oh god

>>18651058

;-;

>>18651058

>hopefully Mooch does something amazing.
>Dave is still just as awesome as he normally is.
>However its hard to do amazing things when your on overwatch.
>Horrah AC.

>Oh and by the way, Im still up for helping you with the AC tabletop.
Seriously, I will freaking sit here and work on that for hours.
Its not like I got anything better to do.

>>18651070

>All I'm saying is that if you don't see it by midnight Board time, don't expect it.

>I'll run if I can, but no promises.

>>18651036
Poor Dave, I feel honest pity for him. We're going to have to eventually relent and let him woo our sister as a complete gentleman, obviously with a headsman axe hovering over his neck the entire time.

>>18651058
Could you give me a general idea of where Synch scores tend to correlate with ability? Is 50 high for a B rank pilot? Does anyone ever get to 80-90?

What are the Synch scores of the rest of our team?

What is the normal pricing on B-A rank weaponry and standard parts, how much of a discount can you get from going black market rather than legitimate suppliers, or does black market just let us get parts we normally aren't allowed to buy?

>>18651109

>First off, don't feel too sorry for Dave. You haven't seen it yet, but he's really only nice to you guys.

>As for synch scores, they help, but they're a double-edged sword. Skill is more important. In fact the Arena's current Number three is a technical S rank, and he has twin Canon arms and a Synch barely above 30.

>Do synch scores make you a better pilot? Yes. Are they be-all end-all? Not by a long shot.

>>18651109

>Also, pricing is something I'm working on the finer points of, And the black market option is generally the most expensive route of the three.

This quest has inspired me to run an armored core game in Mekton Zeta for my friend.
Now if only there was an editable mecha sheet.

I'm seriously late, but it must be said: HOLY SHIT DAVE