The static rebounds across the room, echoing in the cavernous expanse. You turn around, footfalls leaden clunks in the ocean of static. You thought you heard something through the incessant buzzing. You thought you heard a skittering hidden in the noise.

You look around, eyes unable to penetrate the blackness. Your eyes cross slightly. You can’t even see your nose. The static echoes, muffled by the hot, sticky air. You can’t even see your nose. You press your hand against your ear. “Clayton? Tran? Marlena? I’ve got a possible contact. Requesting support or confirmation.”

The buzzing only grows louder and longer, consuming your voice. “Clayton? Tran? Anyone? Does anyone co-”

A skittering sound. Yes. Yes, you heard it for sure this time, louder this time. You can’t figure out where. The clattering of something hard yet organic against the floor is distorted by the constant buzzing hum. Which direction? You look around, desperate for something, some sort of light, anything in this oppressive dark.

Skittering again. Louder still. Where is it coming from? It’s getting closer. Closer. But where? Where? Where?

You take a stabilizing breath, inhaling hot, humid air through your nostrils. The stench of rot. But different. Not decay. The smell of biology accelerated. You spin around and sniff the air. The stench is stronger this way.

Footfalls. Not your own.

>Run
>Shoot. Roll 3d10.

>>31809885
Run.
TOWARDS THE FOOTFALLS.
They'll never see it coming.

Rolled 7, 9, 5 = 21

>>31809885
>>Shoot. Roll 3d10.

>>31809885
>Run

Right, a side thing I was working on. This is a google doc that deals with governance in the DAQ-verse.

It's still a WIP, mostly because I feel like it isn't as clear as it could be. But anyway, here's something to look at for you folks who are less enthralled by Dream Sequences.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rck0ybwH01F9C-QBNhZZfjUS5kWbyKunt0buhY8wK4g/edit?usp=sharing

>>31809885
>Run
Bring out our SMG and book it.

>>31809885
>Shoot. Roll 3d10.

BIG IRON ON HIS HIIIIIIP

Rolled 8, 1, 7 = 16

>>31810050
maybe I'll actually roll this time too

>>31810004
Ah, sorry if it's too early for question time, but I forgot to ask this last thread due to unconsciousness. Would there ever be a chance that the HR rookies would have a one-off merc switch day? I kind of want to see some examples of why HR is disliked or feared.

>>31810087
Also

>>31809885
>Run

Rolled 9, 6, 6 = 21

>>31809885
>>Shoot. Roll 3d10.

>>31810087
I hadn't planned that, but that's only because I hadn't considered it as a possibility before. That's an interesting idea anon. I'll see if I can do something with that in the future.

Rolled 7, 8, 3 = 18

>>31809885
[X] Shoot it!

>>31809885
>Run

Rolled 5, 8, 8 = 21

>>31810115
Um...boss? Did we ever get that major augment we'd been saving up for before this mission?

>>31810115
How about if Svenja calls out of work, claiming she's sick, but it's really because of walking funny thanks to a hot night out with Ivan.

Rolled 3, 1, 6 = 10

>>31810212
I am pretty sure her that her pelvic area is very sore. Her ass too.

>>31810248
Hmm, if we keep hooking up with her we might need to spilt the cost of her augmenting her durability...

Rolled 9, 7, 2 = 18

>>31810314
Neversore stretchflesh augment!

>>31809885
>Run

>>31810314
Is this the time to bring back the idea of rectal nanobots?

Because I'm down for that.

>>31810115
I know I'd love seeing Svenja attempt to interact with either Elda or Cy, for entirely different reasons.

Rolled 9, 7, 7 = 23

>>31810455
Sensually ?

>>31810501
With Elda?

Sensually

Your hand leaps down to your thigh, your arm jerking as you reach for your Model 223. Your fingers bounce against the grip before seizing upon it convulsively. Yanking the revolver out of it’s holster with a spastic motion, you squeeze the trigger.

The revolver bucks against your hand, and the crack of gunfire dispels the miasma of static. The muzzle flashes, flooding the room with light. You get a glimpse of the creature approaching you. Long stringy hair, gaping maw, emaciated figure, and grey skin. The flash does not fade as the creature bounces across the ground, it lingers in the air, a strange cloud of light suspended in the air. You swallow, not questioning why the burst of light refuses to fade, just happy it’s still there for you.

You take a few steps forward to get a better look at your kill. The face is still obscured. Crouching next to the small body, you flip the corpse over with the barrel of your gun.

A small girl looks up at you. Her face familiar. Skin no longer grey, but rather olive toned. Hair no longer stringy and sparse but full and long. Eyes no longer blind white platters but small. Still wide. Wide with shock and confusion.

Where have you seen that face before?

Something lands in front of you. It is a small something, too small for the echoing thud upon it’s landing. You reach out with trembling hands. You know what this is.

Tran and his daughter are still in the center fold, laughing and frolicking. The picture grows bigger and bigger, until your entire vision is a father carrying his daughter on his shoulders. And then the picture looks back at you.

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You awaken, breathing hard. You lie back on your bed, once more wet with sweat, and rub your eyes for a few minutes, unwilling to rouse yourself. Eventually your alarm goes off, forcing you into action. You get up, and walk into the shower. You complete your morning ritual, and by the time you finish brushing your teeth, you’re calm enough to deal with the business of the day.

Sour Oracle is today. You need to choose your kit.

>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range
>Rifleman. You take your Tomahawk, Model 223, AK-94 Assault Rifle, and Pirate Gun
>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range
>Dual Wield. You take your Tomahawk, Sword, Pirate Gun, OMP, and Model 223
>>You are taking along your hand grenades

>>31810455
Have thundertits or one of the other Idol mercs assigned to her. Asks for advice about her massive crush on a certain mercenary.

>>31810684
>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

Rolled 10, 5, 4 = 19

>>31810684
>>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range

>>31810684
>Sword and Board.

How possible would it be for us to take the swords also since we can fold the shield away (mostly)?

>>31810684
>Rifleman. You take your Tomahawk, Model 223, AK-94 Assault Rifle, and Pirate Gun
>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range
both, we've carried all that before with no problem

>>31810684
>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

>>31810684
>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

>>31810687
>Miyuki & Svenja
Too much moe for me

>>31810684
>>Rifleman. You take your Tomahawk, Model 223, AK-94 Assault Rifle, and Pirate Gun

>>31810684
>>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range

being able to provide supressive fire AND chop them fucks

Rolled 2, 2, 1 = 5

>>31810684
>>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

>>31810684
>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range

>>31810684
>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

>>31810684
Uhh why are we choosing when we've always carried all of that before and its never been a problem?

>>31810842
Certainly because we'll be doing some heavy looting.

>>31810842
>>31810748
Simple enough reason. I've been looking back on missions and I've realized that when you think about how much stuff Ivan is running around with, things were getting a little ridiculous. It was a bad call on my part, so I'm trying to bring things under control in that regard.

I hope at some point to at least make some sort of encumbrance system, either for my own use or everyone's, to help formalize equipment limits.

>>31810684
>>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

>>31810684
>>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range

>>31810894
In terms of looting, how many extra guns can we snag before it becomes dead weight?

>>31810894
Limit the amount of room we have to pack gear into our drop pod. That should solve the load out problem without putting too much of a damper on looting.

>>31810684
>Bastion. You take your Tomahawk, Bulwark Shield, Pirate Gun, and OMP Long Range

>>31810894
well there goes our tactical versatility...

>>31810684
>Sword and Board. Or rather Tomahawk and Ceramic. But that doesn’t roll off the tongue well at all. You take your Bulwark Shield, Tomahawk, Model 223, and OMP Long Range

>>31810980
We could always sell the pirate gun and buy an underbarrel grenade launcher for our AK-94.

>>31811041
As long as we can still attach the chain bayonet I support this plan.

>>31811041
Or we could look into combining the Pirate gun with a high tech gauntlet or something.

>>31810960
I think we should be worried about leaving anything behind in the drop pod, as we would need to get it back before we EVAC.

>>31810894
It allowed us room to grow our plans and adaptability for various situations.

Now? We're stuck with one loadout for one specific purpose and we're fucked if we come across something that requires different thinking or gear.

This is a HUGE step backwards and a massive nerf right when Ivan is meant to be stronger than ever.

It makes no sense.

>>31811041
I'd support that. Having that on our rig can save us more room. Two guns in one package.

>>31810957
>>31810960
Looting is different, since it will be done after the action is done and Ivan can focus more on carrying a lot of shit, and less on being sleek and svelte while on the mission. The current load out allows for two guns (no ammo outside of what is already loaded) before things become a substantial problem.

>>31810980
Ach! No need to be quite so grim. When you look back on missions, I never really presented enough opportunities for Ivan to put his arsenal to full use anyway. If anything, this will help me craft the missions and work out scenarios and combat encounters.

Alright, So I think Sword and Board won. Writing.

>>31811069
We didn't get the muscle aug, anon. I bet when we get the next level of muscle aug, we might be able to snag another gun.

>>31811069
While I'm not sure that that's entirely true, I do think we should be able to coordinate our load out with our other squadies before drops now.

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>>31811068
Can't we just drop in the BART? We could probably mod it.

>>31811119
That's a good idea, anon. Should we message our teammates and ask what party favors they're taking along?

>>31811108
That or we can fine tune our armor to have more carrying pouch, or something to lessen the strain of being overburddened if we go full jewhoarder mode.

>>31811091
Do we have enough time to pick up that bone/mitochondrial Aug before we head out?

>>31811119
>>31811160
yeah, I'm not comfortable picking anything until I know what our dropmates are bringing and what we're going to be facing and the environment we're going to be working in.

>>31811068
>Or we could look into combining the Pirate gun with a high tech gauntlet or something.

Could we learn how to wield the BART's Grenade Launcher/ShotBazooka OUTSIDE of the BART?

>>31810684
Sword and Board

>>31811194
OH YEAH! Did we get it, FG?

>>31811217
I think it would require heavy genemode/cybernetics in order to weild and shoot properly.

Rolled 7, 3, 2 = 12

>>31811205
This sadly not very lewd anon brings up a good point.

We should see who is dropping with us and what they are bringing first.

>>31810684
>Dual Wield. You take your Tomahawk, Sword, Pirate Gun, OMP, and Model 223

>>31810684
can we finally buy the tranquilizing/camera placing dart glove that only cost 8k?

that way we don't need to worry about changing the ammo from the revolver to no-lethal for capturing the required scintists alive

>>31811367
WAIT, THE THUNDER THUMP 9K! Let's bring it!

>>31811108
We could probably fit more weapons in if we fix up that power armor as well.

>>31811407
>THUNDER THUMP 9K
What was that again? Its not listed in Ivan's charsheet.

>>31811407

that only works on melee and can't place motherfucking cameras

just give me that /tg/ and I promisse I never ask anything from you again
let's get that fucking glove

>>31811459
Heck, we should. Tranqs will be very useful.

Alright, seems the loadout idea wasn't the best. Obviously there needs to be some refinements to be made.

The idea was to eliminate the fact that Ivan's been running into battle with a lot of "redundant" weapons, or ones that fulfill very similar roles within his arsenal. For example, due to his skill with handguns, the OMP Long Range is functionally equivalent to the AK-94. The AK-94 has better ranged potential once Ivan improves with ARs, but right now, they're very close to one another.

Obviously, this has opened up a whole new can of worms, one I had not initially predicted when presenting the option. So here, sticking with the loadout idea for now, but here's who is dropping with you, and what they are bringing.

>Marlena Redskies
Shotgun and grenade launcher. Has a pistol and combat knife too, but you probably won't see those getting much or any use.

>Maxim Bodrov
Rhino LMG, also has some airbursts and a whole lot of grenades. Wears extremely heavy armor. Not quite at the level of your Shield, but nearing that amount of protection

>Clayton Burnside
Rifleman with comm suite. Will be leader.

>>31811482
Yeah, sword&board is definitely a good option.

>>31811452
We snagged that in Capital Shock as loot. Here's the stats for it.

>Thunder Thump 9000: A retractable plate of piezoelectric ceramic transforms the kinetic energy from a punch into an electric shock, capable of disabling human combatants to electronic systems without EM protection depending on the force used.
>Unlimited Charges
>-2 Processing Power
>6,000 Credits
>Seismic Upgrade: Adds a battery pack to the system, allowing you to store electric energy. This enables the Knuckles to deliver concussive force. Can recharge by punching things while in electric mode and rerouting power back to the battery instead of outward.
>Charges: 10
>-3 Processing Power (in addition to the -2 of the base Thunder Thump 9000)
>Heavy Blow: Allows you stun BART operators, repeated blows can lead to concussions and internal damage to operators- 3 Charges
>Medium Blow: Can deliver instantly fatal blows through infantry body armor- 2 Charges
>Light Blow: Can deliver instantly fatal blows to unprotected humans- 1 Charge

>>31811482
Let's bring the thunder thump and buy the dart gauntlet if we can afford it in addition to sword and board

Rolled 4, 10, 2 = 16

>>31811482

Sword and board seem like the best option then.

>>31811482

I say sword and board but we I think we need to buy the dart gun for camera tactics and tranquilizing scientists

>>31811482
I'll stick to Sword and Board. Pirate Gun on a Capture mission? Too many pieces for interrogating...

>>31811527
>>31811550
yeah, our selected loadout seems good for what our dropmates are bringing, but we want to get that dart gauntlet

>>31811459
I keep suggesting shotguns.

Nobody listens.

>>31811482
Yeah, sticking with Sword and Board, thanks for the additional info OP.

>>31811589
relax anon, we finally got one in the form of the BART grenade launcher/shot cannon, we just need some more augs to use it outside of the suit

>>31811589
Sorry man. *sarcasm*Should've gone to range instead of dating Svenja...

Alright, Tranq gun seems to be getting a lot of mentions right now. Here's a really basic stat line for it.

>Navarro Something or other
>Low Power Gauss Gun: This Gauss gun is not meant for firing projectiles at lethal speed. Rather, it can fire a variety of darts. These range from tranquilizers to lethal toxins, to listening devices to anything else I or you the players can think of.
>Limited Ammo: 25 darts of any variety [SILENT]
>Unlimited Charges
>8,000 Credits

Tranq darts are 20 credits each
Spy darts are 150 each and are reusable
toxin darts are 15 credits each

No, there is not enough time to get an augment. You can do that after the mission. My apologies to anons, I simply ran out of time during my other sessions.

Get the Navarro GGDS?

Rolled 8, 4, 5 = 17

>>31811620
>Get the Navarro GGDS?
That would be useful for a capture mission.

>>31811620

Navarro GGDS YES

15 tranq
5 spy
5 toxin

the spys are cameras with listening devices or that is more expensive....no metter what, get those cameras

>>31811620
Yes

>>31811620
yes and get for it:

- 3x spy darts
- 15x toxin darts
- 10x tranq dats

>>31811667
woops, got my math wrong, derp

should be

- 3x spy darts
- 12x toxin darts
- 10x tranq darts

>>31811620
I guess so. Buy 50 tranq darts and transfer 10K from our checking account to pay off our loan before we drop.

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>>31811620
Sure. We already paid for the Nano-Carbon Skeleton 25%, right FG?

FG?

RIGHT?

>>31811701
We didn't. So there's no point getting hit with extra interest after the drop.

>>31811701
Good point. We did get that augment, right?

>>31811701
It was one of the few things nearly everybody was in agreement in getting, it would be stupid NOT to have it.

>>31811721
yeah, if we don't have time to get the aug before the mission, which we don't, then theres no point buying it now and getting hit with the interest after doing this mission without even having the aug

get it after the mission, use it for the next and avoid the interest from a hasty decision

>>31811724
No, we didn't get any augments.

>>31811740
>>31811754
If we didn't, we can just say Svenja was too busy prepping for the date to remember. We all were looking forward to that so much that we likely forgot ourselves!

>>31811701
we planned to after getting our paycheck from Capital Shock, but never did

So first we have to deal with limited load-outs, which I'm okay with, but then we didn't even get the mod we wanted? Shit dude, what the hell? What the fuck was Ivan doing between leaving Svenjas place and now?

>>31811838
Ivan had a brain fart. It happens, don't dwell on it.

>>31811838

man, augs don't get installed instantly, specially nanocarb bone. I bet no doctor could do it in 3 days

>>31811864
Hell, I forgot about it myself. I guess I was too hyped up for lewd to notice.

>>31811838

Thinking about lewd like the rest of us.

>>31811878
Actually it's just a quick Nanite injection. The nano bots then build the augment into your system over time, but my guess is that they'd get screwed up by stasis.

>>31811620
Yes to the dart gun also this
>>31811701
Everyone wanted to do this. Its the reason we paid the amount on debt to have enough for it.

>>31811878
Definitely sounds like some recovery intensive surgery. Five days to a week at least.

>>31811931
FG, can you just say we got this done earlier?

Also, if Ivan ends up breaking and you make a smart ass remark about how much that bone mod would have helped prevent that, you're a cunt.

>>31811620
OP, not to sound like an ass but are you doing ok over there? You seem really distracted tonight.

You decide to go with your not-so-sword and not-so-board loadout. You figure that the CQC/defense focus will serve you well considering who you’re dropping with. BiodYne hasn’t been able to figure out too much about the group in question that Nirav Singh fucked off to after escaping from that lovely little horror show he created. They seem to be some sort of violent anti-genomics terrorist group, which strikes you as a bit odd. One, that they’d harbor a known geneticist even if he was on their side, and two, that they’d use genetic alterations to destroy a clinic. These people tend to be rather puritan in their outlook.

As you walk out of your room with your duffle bag full of gear, you go over what information BiodYne was able to dig up on the terrorist group harboring Singh. The name of the organization is The Black Lilly, and surprise surprise, they’re believed to have Martian backing. As with all things backed by Mars, the Black Lilly isn’t on a civilized world. Rather, they’re on one of those Anarcho-Corporatocracies. A planet called Keldor 5, where corporations are too busy undermining one another and engaging in all sorts of illegal nastiness to bother keeping martian undesirables and extremists out.

>>31811996
>Also, if Ivan ends up breaking and you make a smart ass remark about how much that bone mod would have helped prevent that, you're a cunt.
Lel, that paranoid preemptive admonishment.

>>31811996

man of little faith!
if he says we can't get it we will not necessarily need it, every good DM know not to make a rquirement of something the PCs cant get

Shit. Martian backed. Mars is basically a synonym for crazy. Singh might be willing to surrender, but the Lillies? Never. Not unless you somehow managed to subdue and restrain them first. you decide to make a brief detour to the Armory, where you pick up a Navarro GDDS-2, a dart thrower that attaches to your gauntlet. After paying for the cantrip and a bunch of darts, fifteen tranquilizers, five toxin, and five spy, for a grand total of 8212 credits, you hurry over to the cruiser.

You find Marlena and Maxim already there. The two are relatively quiet, especially when you remember that they’re supposed to be pretty good friends. Or at least that was the impression you had of them when you went to the bar with them. You walk up to the two mercs, your footsteps echoing conspicuously. Maxim glances down at you and nods, his head moving at a glacial pace. Marlena also bobs her head in your direction. After a few seconds hesitation, she walks up to you.

“Couldn’t let it go, yeah?”

>What say you?
>Either write something in
>Or, generic brush off and get straight to cryo and mission briefing.

>>31812044
>generic brush off and get straight to cryo and mission briefing.

>>31812044
"Fuckers deserve whats coming for them, felt right that it would be coming from us."

>>31812030
>>31812035

He did it with the fucking dart gun camera, so what would stop him from doing it again?

>>31812044
"I only let things go when my arms been blown off."

>>31812087
"And apparently, even that sometimes isn't enough to prevent me from grabbing back on."
Shit these are low quality.

>>31812085

he didn't
the players (rather stupidly) decided to not buy it

>>31812087
This.

>>31812044
>"Yeah. Dreamt about Tran's daughter getting greyed and having to put her down before I recognized her last night...shit was fucked."

>>31812044
"Yeah. I figure this'll put an end to it one way or another."

>>31812044
Something that doesn't make us sound like some try hard.

>>31812109
we never decided to not buy it, in fact we decided to and said we were going to buy it to Svenja, we even paid a specific amount of our debt off so we'd have enough money for it

it just never happened after that

>>31812117
This, then:
>get straight to cryo and mission briefing.

>>31812076
this, plus:

"Oh by the way; don't sweat the whole arm thing. Shit happens."

"Oh, wanna see my sweet ink!?"

>>31812044
Can we at least pay off the Uplink and ByOS debt before we go? It's just sending authorization to Svenja to do it or logging into our bank account...

>>31812044
Write in: No. I couldn't. The Tran clan's bank account could use the creds too.

>>31812087
that is just terribly poor taste, lets not do this

seconding >>31812076 & >>31812117

>>31812139
and use the money we set aside for the aug we planned and decided on buying but never did?

>>31812142
We still need to visit Tran's daughter, or something. Need some closure in that department. Also, if we could see the martian girl we saved, that would be pretty baller as well.

>>31812117
>>31812136
Seconding

>>31812136
No. Do not do this.

Alright. Writing.

>>31812133

I was talking about the darts, Are you talking about it too?

>>31812170
We have about 11k in our account. Our mission fee is (with rank bonus) 12.5k before performance bonuses, at least I'm pretty sure it is. The aug costs what, 18k? I'm propossing we spend 2.5k now and get back from the OP with 20k+ in our account.

I think we'll be fine.

>>31812192
Yo anons, about the aug, maybe Fall guy wants to make it up to us with a free sweet aug after a successful mission? Since we are taking out this high profile defector/Gene terrorist from the Genetek company or w.e

>>31812238
well seeing as we've made other purchases with the money we set aside specifically for the aug I've no fucking idea what state our finances are in or what we can and can't pay for or plan to get

>>31812238
>I think we'll be fine.
Whatcouldpossiblygowrong.jpg
Famous last word.

Rolled 10, 1, 6 = 17

>>31812044
>>What say you?
You get me.

>>31812268
According to our character sheet we had 21379 creds in our checking account at the start of the session (more than I'd thought). We just spent 8212 on equipment, so we have 13167 left. Pretty sure we could kick 5k towards our debt and still make the interest payment as well as buy the aug, but I'm limiting my suggestion to 2.5k.

>>31812290
>what could go wrong
We could die or be so horribly wounded that our medical expenses would prevent us from buying it anyway?

>>31812371
How much ya wanna bet space zombieism is communicable now?

“Yeah. Fuckers deserve what’s coming to them. ‘Bout right that we’re the ones bringing it.”

Marlena nods and begins to walk alongside you. “I’m just looking forward to giving these hypocritical asswads a bit of karmic justice. Especially since we’re going to a C-A world.”

“Mmm,” you grunt, cocking your head and glancing over at Marlena.

Marlena winks. It is not a friendly or flirtatious wink. “No governing corp to enforce prissy humanitarian combat protocols. You ever seen a flare go off in someone’s ass before?”

“No,” you mutter, slightly… something at the thought.

“Well it’s a sight.”

“Alright,” you mutter, as you hurry up ahead. Talking to Marlena is a somewhat unsettling experience, and not because you disagree with her little revenge fantasies. The three of you enter the cryo bay in silence, the usual banter prior to a mission replaced with a leaden silence. You know what Marlena is thinking about, based on the vindictive smirk on her face. Maxim is unreadable. You lower yourself into the cryoberth, and watch as the lid slides shut.

You awake once more, your usual nausea upon reviving form cryo almost entirely non-existent. Your stomach isn’t trying to rebel against your esophagus in it’s quest to invert itself. Rather, it has settled in a pit in your abdomen, a heavy ball of anticipation and fury. Not your usual fury either. A sort of cold, vindictive fury. You clamber out of your cryoberth and immediately get to work sliding on your armor plates and preparing your weapons. You glance up and notice that Clayton has joine the three of you in the cryobay. You give him a short nod. Clayton nods back at you, his usual camaraderie replaced with a steely look, his jaw bunched up like cables.

The four of you prepare in silence before eventually heading out to the briefing room. The four of you keep to yourselves on the walk to the briefing room. It’s rather creepy, just walking through a spaceship corridor with naught but the echoes of other’s footsteps for company.

Eventually the four of you arrive at the briefing room. There are donuts and coffee laid out on the table. Despite your grim mood, you can’t help but note that Svenja would probably like to be here. The thought of your advisor scarfing down donuts while mercs plotted a vengeance mission clears some of the clouds away from your mind. Rather suddenly, the door opens and the woman who briefed you on Bitter Prophet steps into the room. Her expression is different from the one she bore last time she spoke with you. No longer anxious or worried, just tense yet somehow also dull. The woman glances around the room, her eyes only briefly sparking with interest as she recognizes some of the mercs from last time. “I see I’m not the only person who came back for this.”

You, Clayton, and Marlena all make affirmative noises. Maxim merely grunts.

“Well then, I think your mission dossiers were quite clear. I made sure that you lot were going into the mission knowing as much as you possibly could. That said, I think it might be faster if you asked me any questions you had. I will attempt to answer them to the best of my ability.”

>Questions

>>31812593
Something for later, but still valid.

"I have to know. Did Valla Greentree make it?"

>>31812593
>"Is there any possibility that there will be Gene-mutants down there? If so, do we have any information as to what sort of shit has been done to them?"

>>31812593
Anything new since we entered Cryosleep?

Rolled 2, 2, 2 = 6

>>31812593

>Questions

How is our opposition in terms of equipment, training and numbers?

What can we expect down there?

>>31812593
What did Biodyne find after we left?

>>31812593
How much coercive force is considered acceptable in bringing in these terrorists?

>>31812641
Oh yeah, we never did hear what happened to her...

>>31812593
whats the terrain like, how many people down there, how many hostiles, how they are likely to react to us and what they are equipped with, location of specific objectives or as close to a concrete location we can get on Singh

>>31812593

one meta question before we continue.

dows Ivan know that that gut was behind everything?

>>31812593
Will we have to deal with Civies with guns since it is an A-C world? Any reward for taking captain dick ass hostage and bringing him in alive?

>>31812593
Estimates on number of hostiles and the firepower they could have.

External factors. The corps down there are duking it out down there; estimates on their numbers, training, and firepower in the AO.

Civilians in the AO? Should we limit collateral?

Lay out of the AO, see if we can't get some maps.

>>31812716
>Any reward for taking captain dick ass hostage and bringing him in alive?
uhh thats the primary objective anon...

>>31812641
Seconding this. I really want to know what happened to our first attempted morality pet.

>>31812726

we will limit collateral regardless. we are just thatbkind of guy

>>31812593
What is the going rate for each Black Lilly brought in for questioning?

>>31812641
...shit feels like bad news, but I gotta know...

>>31812756
Limit it more than Ivan usually does. Was wondering if we should refrain from Dynamic Entries through walls and such.

>>31812593
We know that Black Lilly is anti-genemods, but how do they feel about cybernetics? We need to know how likely we are to run into augmented nasties of a metal sort.

here is the mission brief for those with the memory of a goldfish

>Operation Sour Oracle (1)
>Contractor: BiodYne Services
>Target: Unknown Organization
>BiodYne's internal affairs department have uncovered some disturbing new information about the HoriZone Clinic lost as a result of genetic tampering. They believe that they have successfully tracked down the executive responsible for the.. incident. StrikeOut have proven themselves bloody, yet effective. They need that skill set now.
>Secondary Objectives:
>>Take Dr. Nirav Singh alive
>>Take members of the unknown organization alive for interrogation
>>Any information on the organization's backers will be compensated
>Registered Mercs:
>Unknown as of now.

>>31812830
fuck that noise, these bitches fully deserve whats coming

>>31812846
>Secondary Objectives:
so thats the primary objective?

>>31812867
Those bitches constitute a bonus that I intend to get.

Mind you, I'm still agreeing that, HOLY FUCK, these guys deserve it. I just want to get more pay out of the mission.

>>31812867
We get paid extra for each member with useful information that we take alive. Also, there will inevitably be kids, civies and hostages being held by these fucks to deal with. And they'll probably use footage of our raid as a recruiting tool going forward...

Not saying we shouldn't put rabid dogs down, just that we probably should keep focused on the mission and limit the atrocities getting committed to a minimum.

>>31812726
These are good questions.

>>31812887
yeah thats odd, no listed primary

>>31813022
The primary is to fuck their shit up.

>I missed the Svenja thread

God dammit.

I had a line and everything. "My eyes are the only thing I don't want to take off of you."

When is the next time I'll have a chance to feed Ivan cheesy lines?

>>31813153
After or during this mission

>>31813153
When Svenja debriefs us probably. Bring her a small box of donuts and make sure her supervisor isn't in her office before we drop than line on her.

>>31813181
>during
Just who do you think we're going to fuck, anon? Our crazy teammate, or the crazy terrorists?

“What sort of opposition can we expect to encounter,” you ask, “how many hostiles, how will they be armed, what level of training, that sort of thing.”

Martha Sirra nods and pushes her e-glasses up. “Yes. We’re not sure of the exact number of Black Lilly combatants to expect in the facility, but we believe it to be more than twenty. The members of Black Lilly are receiving material support and training from an outside entity. Considering their political bent and group history, we suspect a Martian connection. We have been monitoring their activities closely, and we believe that their weaponry is primarily still conventional firearms, based on surveillance images that suggest that large crates of ammunition have entered the facility.”

Clayton nods, and looks like he is about to speak when Martha raises a finger. “There is one potential complicating factor. A group of mercenaries, no known name, arrived on Keldor 5 a few months ago. We have no evidence of their group engaging in any activity with the planetary corporations. All things considered, we have reason to believe that they might have provided and may still be providing training and support to the Black Lilly.”

Clayton crosses his arms and frowns. “I was going to ask about civilians in the AO, but these mercenaries might be a more pressing concern. Anything we know about them?”

“Well, there shouldn’t be any civilians in the AO,” replies Martha, “The Black Lilly has holed themselves up in a storage facility. The area has been abandoned after the Corp that owned it went under. There is always a risk that squatters might get in the way, but we have reason to believe that the Black Lilly probably drove them off. As for the mercenaries, we have positively identified one of them as Frank Dallas.”

>>31813216
Clay?

Both Maxim and Clayton make noises of irritation mixed with dismay. You and Marlena glance over at the pair of them. Clayton takes it upon himself to explain. “Listen, Frank Dallas is a known actor in our line of work. The man is a force multiplier. More often than not he helps train insurrectionists to cause domestic problems for a Corp. Freelancer, not a part of any single organization. Does tend to travel around with the same few mercs though.”

Martha nods. “That is about as much as we were able to ascertain from our own investigations.”

Marlena speaks up now. “Alright then. I could throw this Dallas guy to the rust storms. What I want to know is where that Singh bastard is holed up.”

Martha nods once more, her eyes narrowing. “We aren’t entirely sure. We are certain he is within the converted warehouse, but his exact location is a mystery. Although, since external surveillance didn’t reveal his position to us, we assume he’s in the interior. The building itself seems to have shielding from our sensors. We were unable to acquire a map of the interior for you.”

Maxim makes a sort of “tching” sound. “Are these not buildings with standardized layouts?”

“Yes,” replies Martha slowly, “But we are positive Black Lilly has altered the interior layout since taking it over. Most likely with shipping containers.”

“Very well,” replies Clayton. “Since we can’t be assured of Singh’s location and hidden exits, we need to hit hard and fast. Quickly sweep the building, preferably from opposite sides. If at all possible, I want to be paired up with Ivan, Maxim and Marlena, you two should work together. I think we can afford to split up, since these terrorists won’t be anywhere near our level of competence. The important thing is, we keep Singh and his little friends from escaping. Frank Dallas and his mates are strictly secondary to this objective.”

>Any comments?
>Or just go to drop?

>>31813262
Still kinda want to know what happened to the kid...

>>31813286
While I too want to know, that's more of an after the briefing scene. Be patient.

>>31813262
Anything about this Dallas guy we should know about incase if we run into him?

>>31813308
this

Rolled 9, 10, 5 = 24

>>31813262
>>Any comments?
What happened to the kid?

>>31813308

Definitely this. What can we expect if we run into him (which we likely will)?

>>31813262
Can we count on any off-site assets? Air or orbital support?

Speaking of which, is air support not really a thing in merc DAQ-verse?

>>31813262
How'd Valla Greentree fare, ma'am?

>>31813308
I second this. Also what about those other Mercs with him?

>>31813352
Air/orbital support isn't really a thing for the sort of missions that you do right now. It's just too overt.

>>31813286
>>31813334
>>31813360
Supporting these.

>>31813262
seconding >>31813308

other then that I think thats it, time to drop

“Is there anything more you can tell me about this Frank Dallas guy,” you ask the room at large.

Clayton cracks his knuckles. “Well Dallas is a skilled combatant, but he’s no Dreads. What he excels at is training civilians up to the point where they will be a major pain in the ass for corporations. He’s also a damned good escape artist. But he’s more of a soft-power sort of individual. I’d say he’s roughly as skilled as an omicron rank in the field.”

“Alright then,” you say, pleased to hear you won’t be going up against some sort of legendary opponent here.

“Well, if that’s everything,” says Martha, “I wish you all well on your drop.”

The four of you file out of the briefing room, with you taking the rear. When you’re sure everyone is out, you double back and walk up to Martha. “Hey,” you say, scuffing your boot against the ground, “Would you happen to know anything about what happened with Valla Greentree?”

Martha Sirra stares at you for a few seconds. “Yes. She’s alive. She has been out of therapy for two weeks now. We’re currently giving her psychological counseling.”

“Oh. Okay. That’s better than I expected.”

Martha nods. “Yes,” suddenly her eyes narrow. “You. You were the one I asked to find Barry.”

You wince, “I’m sorry abou-”

“No need,” Martha replies, coldly waving your apology away. “It didn’t matter. They found him anyway. Just… the contract says to bring Singh in alive. It never said intact.”

Before you can reply, Martha busies herself with some papers once more. She glances up at you, expression dull once more. “Your squadmates are preparing to drop you know. You should hurry.”

You quickly leave the briefing room and join your squadmates in the drop zone. Clayton goes over his plan once more. “Me and Ivan, Marlena and Maxim. We sweep from opposite sides. Take Singh alive. Any Black Lilly operative we capture, we get compensated. Frank Dallas is not our primary objective. In the likely event that he and his soldiers retreat from combat, do not pursue. Any questions?”

You all respond in the negative and clamber into your pods.

After a few minutes of uncomfortable waiting, the pods fire, and you begin your high speed descent.

The drop to the Black Lilly base is completely uneventful compared to your last drop to Reyumbi. Once more, you realize how fortunate it is that most of your targets don’t have missile and drop pod interception capabilities. Aside from a mass of warm air and the usual shakes, the ride is about as pleasant as one can expect.

Could use more mimosa though. And less topological neurotoxin.

Eventually your drop pod touches down, from the fact that you disappeared off of your already sparse mini map, you assume that you’ve landed inside the building. Clayton immediately opens up a comm-link to you. “Alright Kostov. My pod cameras are picking up a few individuals immediately outside of our two pods. there are two about four meters directly ahead of you, and another closer to my pod. Unless Frank does acting lessons too now, I think they’re a bit overwhelmed by our appearance. We deploy in five…”

>Quick! Decide what you’re going to do with these Black Lilly motherfuckers.

>>31813866
Bring up shield, mag dump with sidearm.

>>31813866
AXE. SO MUCH AXE.

Tactically, let's close quickly. Sword and Board this one, but aim for limbs, not center mass or heads.

>>31813866
blow the door and come out with our shield up and our OMP blazing

Rolled 7, 3, 10 = 20

>>31813866
>>Quick! Decide what you’re going to do with these Black Lilly motherfuckers.
Axe one and tackle the other with our shield.

>>31813866
Axe the nearest one in the shoulder. Hit his friend with the blunt end of the axe in his head.

Rolled 10, 4, 6 = 20

>>31813866
Axe them some questions.
lots of questions.

>>31813866
Well, everything seems to look like a tree, guess that means it's time to start chopping.

>>31813866
Hey, I want to see just how toxic that impact gel is. Anybody want to chuck a mook into the goo?

Cause I do.

Uhh guys, we might want to take one alive for our objectives...

>>31813866
lets tranq dart one of them first off, then we can get axing

>>31814249
INTO THE GOO, INTO THE GOO

>>31814249
Seconding this. Axe everyone but the last guy, then throw the survivor into the goo

>>31814273
FEED HIM TO GOO! THE GOO DEMANDS SACRIFICE FOR ITS CONTINUED PROTECTION!

>>31814249
I have wondered about that. I suppose now would be a good time to see...

Well, I think we all enjoy combining fun and profit. So here's a quick action chain to roll on.

>Tranq a bitch
>Grab another bitch
>Throw said second bitch into the goo

This'll only take 4 rolls of 3d10.

Rolled 7, 1, 8 = 16

>>31814308
ere we go!

Rolled 3, 7, 4 = 14

>>31814308

Rolled 8, 1, 3 = 12

>>31814308

>>31814295
Second to last one. Let's keep one around to watch.

You're really trying to make Frank Dallas live this encounter.

Rolled 10, 1, 6 = 17

>>31814308

Rolled 5, 8, 4 = 17

>>31814308

Rolled 8, 6, 2 = 16

>>31814308

Rolled 7, 4, 9 = 20

>>31814308
these rolls are shit

>>31814318
>>31814322
>>31814324
>>31814349
Oh boy...

Rolled 8, 6, 7 = 21

>>31814377

Best merc ever.

How good is the goo as lube?

Rolled 2, 3, 9 = 14

>>31814308
Welp good thing these bad roll came before my worse one

>>31814358
>>31814386
AND NOW WE GET TWENTIES

>>31814410
killer

Rolled 5, 4, 4 = 13

>>31814308
Since they seems to be hesitant, the dc check shouldn't be THAT hard to pass, hopefully.

Rolled 1, 7, 1 = 9

>>31814308
Rolling for giggles.

>>31814377
Our fault for not learning our lesson last time and going nonlethal again...

You active the release of your drop pod door with relish, a delightfully devious plan taking shape. You step into the cloud of steam and gas, Navarro at the ready, tranq loaded. After quickly scanning the area, you find the two combatants that Clayton saw outside of your pod. Both are lying on the ground, apparently very badly shell shocked at the arrival of a ten foot tall metal casket full of toxic goo and vengeful mercenary. Your first shot with the Navarro hits the insurrectionist in the thigh, not quite the nut shot you were hoping for. Somewhat disappointed by the near miss, you decide to indulge your more rampage-y instincts with the other Black Lilly member. You easily hoist the terrorist into the air, a simple feat for one as strong as you.

Unfortunately however, aiming the damn bastard is still a feat slightly beyond you. You fling the terrorist pod-wards with a roar of “Into the Goo, into the Goo!”

Rather than land in the puddle of goo or the large swamp of the stuff in the passenger compartment however, the terrorist bounces off of the struts around the opening, completely clearing the pool of goo and landing a few meters away from the opening. Cursing to yourself, you stomp up to the terrorist and give him a few helpful kicks into the puddle of the orange stuff.

Somehow you imagined that his violent convulsions would be more amusing and satisfying, and less disturbing and unsettling. Still, you stand over the extremist has he spends his last few seconds of life making a pretty true attempt at mimicking Markos on the dance floor.

You turn away from the body just as it begins to lie still. And into the helmeted head of one Clayton Burnside.

“You mind telling me what the fuck that was, mate?”

Oh he is pisssssssssed.

>Well, what the fuck was that, mate?

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Guess we are doing this manually.

Sleep is kill.

DAQ is now.

>>31814599

Except these guys are actually people and not horrible monsters, so nonlethal will work if we don't roll like shit.

>>31814648
"Swing and a miss?"

>>31814648
"Just getting the anger out now so I can focus on the mission"

>>31814648
Wanted to see if the goo is as bad as they say it is. Also still kind of angry.

I suppose we should be trying to take them alive though.

>>31814648
Catharsis.

I'm honestly done now.

Let's find the rest of them.

>>31814648

So they're watching our cams and are grading us on all this, right? We're soooo going into therapy.

>>31814648

"I was angry. Won't happen again."

Seriously, guys.

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>>31814648
Best entrance ever.

>“Into the Goo, into the Goo!”

Response:

> Just working out the jitters, Clay. Nothing to worry about. You people don't believe in curses right?"

>>31814648
Well, judging by the fact that we weren't shot while pulling that failed stunt and there was no mention of Clay taking out the three terror suspects we missed, I'd venture that we found the elusive noncombatants in this mission and just murdered one of them? It's not like that guy's going to survive being hurled into a metal pole that then kicked around by an Ares upgraded merc.

>>31814648
God I'm hoping we just kicked Singh into the goo...

>>31814648
>Into the Goo!

FG pls, I'm in tears

>>31814648
Residual anger. We're ok now. Really. We are. t.t

>>31814648
No idea on how to answer the aussie, just quote Crocodile Dundee at him or something.

Don't forget to zip cuff the bastard we tranqed.

Rolled 7, 9, 4 = 20

>>31814648
Jesus fucking christ.

I leave you alone for an hour to shit, shower, and shave and you toss a man into the pod goo?

What the fuck is wrong with you people.

>Apologize to Clay, you have no idea what came over you.

>>31814648
"You say what they did to those kids. This is the fate they fucking chose."

"That said, I'll be cool." Mutter to self: "Can't burn off too much steam before we reach Singh."

>>31814828
Do not mutter to self

Never mutter to self

>>31814782
The Goo is to good for him. Also shittiest end to a mission ever.

>>31814828
Unless you want to get placed on the back bench, don't mutter that.

That being said, I'd rather Ivan get cut from the command fast track anyway so if you want to be overly insubordinate and project an air of instability to our squad leader, go ahead.

Rolled 3, 8, 1 = 12

>>31814648
>"Sorry, Sir. I'm just... still a little pissed, you know? After what they did to those kids... It won't happen again."

Wait for him to turn away, and then mutter,

>"He knows. He knows. He'll try to keep me from the Goo, from feeding you. Don't worry, Goo. Don't worry. I'll make you big and strong, yessss..."

>>31814865
>shittiest end to a mission ever.
Dude, one post and we get paid. That would be awesome, which is why it will never happen.

So I'm seeing two major trends here, and I think we should have a quick runoff.

Ivan can either apologize for his actions, or attempt to justify his actions, following up with a reassurance that it won't happen again.

Reply to this post with which one your prefer:
>Apology
>Justify then reassure

>>31814828
>>31814903
no muttering anons, we're not insane and your not going to get us benched with your shit

>>31814911
>Do not reassure.

>>31814911
>>Apology

>>31814911
>>Apology
>>Justify then reassure
Apologize, then justify and reassure, we know it was retarded, but he deserved it and we got it out of our system

fuck me you anons are retarded

Rolled 3, 7, 6 = 16

>>31814924
I know no one will take the suggestion seriously, that is why I am confident in making it.

>>31814911
>Apology

>>31814911
>Be defensive, then justify.

>>31814648
"I thought it would make me feel better, sir."

"Honestly, it didn't."

>>31814911
>Apology

>>31814911
>Apologize

Tell him we wanted to know exactly how toxic the goo was.

We found our answer.

>>31814934
>>31814962
you guys are fucking retarded aren't you?

>>31814911
>Apology
"Honestly, I thought it would make me feel better."

"It didn't."

>>31814952
Actually, your insane write in won me over when I realized it was the fastest way to accomplish one of my secondary objectives for Ivan.

>>31814911
>Apology

Yeah that was fucked up

>>31814965
Way too whiny. Take the word "Honestly" out, add a pause and state that Ivan uses a tone of bitter frustration for "it didn't" and we're getting flower to something worth working with.

>>31814911
>Justify then reassure

Rolled 8, 2, 9 = 19

>>31814987
Getting us off the command track?

I kinda disagree, because I think it would be cool to lead a squad, but I won't fault you for your opinion.

With the way this is going, we're going to get a bad behavior review anyway after was fuck up the target unnecessarily. No need to go into psyc-eval due to The Goo Religion, too.

>>31815024
I did, I also posted >>31814986 after I realized FG put up a tiebreaker.

>>31814911
>Apology

"I feel a lot dumber than you can imagine right now. So yeah, my bad."

>>31814986
Seconding this.

>>31815048
Whoops, didn't see that before I posted. Sorry for getting on your case there.

>>31815049
Soooooooooo Beta.

I loves it!

>>31814986
This. Hopefully, Clay might have some idea what's going through our head.

Don't exactly want to lose any chances at command, myself.

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>>31815101

Ivan and Clayton are about to go into the next room. Use the Navarro to shoot a spy dart?

Include a roll of 3d10 if you vote yes.

Rolled 8, 9, 5 = 22

>>31815215
Yes

Rolled 8, 5, 5 = 18

>>31815215

Yea

Rolled 7, 9, 5 = 21

>>31815215
Yep

Rolled 1, 1, 6 = 8

>>31815215
Sure.

Rolled 3, 10, 2 = 15

>>31815215
Yes

Rolled 6, 3, 3 = 12

>>31815215
Sure

>>31815231
>>31815238
>>31815243
That's more like it!

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>>31815231
>>31815238
>>31815243

Best spy reporting in.

Rolled 1, 5, 3 = 9

>>31815215
Yes

Rolled 9, 9, 8 = 26

>>31815215

>>31815381

WELP.

>>31815381
You're a little late, anon.

Can't blame you for trying, though!

Rolled 6, 10, 10 = 26

>>31815425
yeah... first good roll too for this thread.

>>31815381
Thank god you didn't roll for grit. That would have confirmed Clay's suspicions about our cracked mental state.

>>31815439

And there's the second.

>>31815439
stop mocking me dice!

>>31815439
>rolled two 26's after each other

...you can stop now, anon. There's nothing to prove with us.

Rolled 6, 1, 3 = 10

>>31815484
Now we just need him to roll triple 1s when it matters...

“Fuck, I dunno. I thought it would make me feel a bit better about what those fuckers did to the kids.”

Clayton stares at you. You continue speaking, your voice bitter. “It didn’t. Apologies sir, it won’t happen again.”

Clayton stares at you for a few seconds longer and sighs, shaking his head. “Listen Kostov. I can understand where you’re coming from. But we don’t know how deep these Black Lilly flunkies were in the clinic. If you want to throw anyone in the goo, throw Singh. Except don’t, because that’ll probably cost us quite a few credits.

“Singh’s a monster Kostov. But these people, they could very easily be deluded. I was rather hoping you would show more restraint. I already know I’ll have quite a full report from Marlena’s antics. Don’t you make things worse.”

“Sir, my apologies sir,” you reply, your vindictive fury not gone, but certainly deflated. “I’ll keep my shit in order.”

“See that you do,” Clayton responds, gesturing you forward. “Now c’mon. We’ve got a building to clear and we can only spend so much time whinging over how we offed some bastard.”

You and Clayton run up to a door built into a wall made of shipping crates. The warehouse rather reminds you of that one in Capital Shock, albeit less open. You glance through the impromptu door before sticking your forearm out.

Rolled 5, 2, 2 = 9

>>31815484
But he's on a roll

“What’re you doing mate,” asks Clayton exasperatedly.

“Gathering intel,” you mutter in response, “Gimme a moment.”

You fire the Navarro, the dart flying through the air and landing in the center of the room utterly silently. You access the camera and look around. The angle is a bit odd, a super low one, but you can see a group of five Black Lilly members assembled behind various crates and other forms of cover. They’re all facing the entrance you and Clayton are standing behind, various guns and improvised explosives on hand. You share the video feed with Clayton.

“Aw shit. They’ve got White Light.”

“White Light?”

“One of Dallas’ signature homemade grenades. Magnesium and a gelling agent, burns through all tier one armors and blinds sensors too. That is about as lethal as it gets.”

“So what do we do?”

“Well, outside of the White Light, they don’t have anything that can get past your shield. I think if we lead with a flashbang, you can close the distance and draw fire. I’ll provide overwatch and ensure White Light doesn’t leave their hands. We need to take advantage of the element of surprise as much as possible. So long as the White Light is dealt with, they shouldn’t provide too much of a threat.”

>Any problems or alterations?

>>31815591
Chuck a flash bang first?

>>31815591

Clayton's plan is solid. Let's roll with that.

>>31815591
I like Claytons plan, what is the cover set up for them like and how are the black lilies set up from each other?

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>>31815586
DOH-HOHOHOHO!

Rolled 10, 6, 9 = 25

>>31815591
Ask for a back-up plan for when we roll poorly.

>>31815628
Black Lillies are split into three groups. Two groups of two that are behind crates that are directly ahead of the entrance. There is two crate in between them to prevent a single frag grenade from taking all four of them out.

The fifth is much further to the left, behind another crate. He's probably guarding the door to the next room.

>>31815656

Except when we don't...

>>31815591
Sounds like a plan to me.