If ALICE continues building its countermeasures against the satellite network Voight hijacked, the chances of the AI uncovering info regarding the Box may be a possibility I now realize. ALICE may accidently stumble across Syam Vist's bolthole. Furthermore, ALICE may not be the only AI out there. Developing proper AI warfare countermeasures with our personal pop-idol murderbot is going to be essential.

In addition, Newtype training for Audrey. Assist her in expanding her senses and powers so she doesn't awaken early and ruin her potential. Mental exercises with the psychommu and further bonding with Dominic. We bring out the potential in fellow Newtypes we give the D too. I'm still running off the theory we're a tuning fork and a psychic amplifier for other Newtypes we Social Link with.

>>35731444
Goddammit she's adorable.

>>35731444
“You were supposed to tell him I wanted to see him,” you hear Karen's strong, almost husky voice explain. Rolling over, you see your red-haired Captain standing in your doorway.

Mineva smacks her head lightly. “Sorry, Captain! I forgot!”

“That's okay. Dominic, we got back the spectroscopic results from Audrey's heat wires.”

Audrey sits up, pulling the sheets up with her to provide a little modesty. “The sample I took? What'd we learn that's so important you'd come here yourself?”

“Why're you naked?” Mineva asks, confused.

Karen raises her eyebrow and motions for Mineva to come over to her. The Zabi princess obeys, and Karen lifts her into her arms. “It's Gundarium gamma,” your Captain informs you. “Now we've got even more reason to visit Anaheim.”

Well, someone's going to have to deal with that somehow, and it's probably gonna end up being you.
>Try and tease out what the crew of La Vie en Rose knows first.
>You have absolute proof of Anaheim's involvement: confront Clehna and Lucette openly but quietly.
>Other

>>35731493
>Try and tease out what the crew of La Vie en Rose knows first.

>>35731493
You know what? Screw it. Quite literally. Send a laser comm to Nina and ask her to look into it for us. We can delegate command out just as well. Then go back to cuddling with Audrey. Give Karen the 'you're next' look while we're at it.

>>35731493
>>35731579
seconded.

Delicious Karen

>>35731493
>Try and tease out what the crew of La Vie en Rose knows first.
Is Nina there too? If she isn't, maybe call her as well.

>>35731493
>Try and tease out what the crew of La Vie en Rose knows first
Anaheim isent going anywere.

>>35731493
>Try and tease out what the crew of La Vie en Rose knows first.

>>35731493
>>Try and tease out what the crew of La Vie en Rose knows first.

>>35731597
Nina is not there. She's only loosely affiliated with Anaheim proper anymore since moving out to the Woomera range, and certainly not enough to be in on their business dealings.

>>35731671
>Nina is not there
>Loosely affiliated with Anaheim proper

I'm surprised Titans have not gifted themselves another brilliant engineer at gunpoint. Nicely, of course.

>>35731719
They basically have. She's flat out told you there are probably Titans plants on base, which was why there was some concern at upgrading your machines there.

>>35731461
>ALICE may not be the only AI out there
Well, Zeon is under new management now, so they'll probably get even more unorthodox with their tech. So it's possible.

And AE/Vist might be involved in it too, meaning they could get the Zeeks to field-test some of their weirder technology.
Like a giant artificial brain piloting a mobile armor based on Amuro, I dunno.

>>35731748
Why have we not funded a Bladewood freighter or looked into building her a secret base to lord over?

Evil Genius here we come. We can even hire her disposable mooks and build the first ground-to-space particle cannon in her extinct volcano.

>>35731792
Amuro in a mobile armor isn't that threatening. He works his magic best in mobile suits that have good maneuvering and flexibility.

>>35731792
>giant artificial brain

We're going to Mars? Load the Avenger. We've aliens to exterminate. I knew there was a reason Mussolini set up shop on the Red Planet.

>>35731493
“So I'm thinking we find out what they really know,” you tell Karen. “We know it's Anaheim, but their whole company is designed to cover things like this up. If we can find out what branch did it, our position's stronger.”

Audrey nods thoughtfully. “He's got a point, Captain. If we jump the gun on the La Vie en Rose, it could tip off the CEO.”

“Okay,” Karen agrees, seemingly exasperated at having to take the issue slowly. “I'll have ALICE do some peeking at their records while we're docked. You want to do any interviews?”

“Interviews?” Audrey asks. “You mean interrogations? But we don't need any new crewmembers right now, and that's how interrogating people seems to end.”

Karen shakes her head at the joke. “Seriously, we could pull aside a few people and ask them quietly. Maybe Miss Audevie, or someone.”
>Have Reiko and Catharine pull personnel records and give me a target.
>Defrah and Lucette used to be good friends. We'll get her to talk.
>Audrey's got a point: interrogation never goes the way we plan.
>Other

>>35731802

Are you suggesting an Planet Based Jormungand?

>>35731861
Hush, anon. This isn't the time for that SOON

>>35731886
>Have Reiko and Catharine pull personnel records and give me a target.
This first. If we can, ask Defrah, but that's probably not going to work well.

>>35731886
>Defrah and Lucette used to be good friends. We'll get her to talk.

>>35731886
>Defrah and Lucette used to be good friends. We'll get her to talk.
>Audrey's got a point: interrogation never goes the way we plan.
>Other

"We can question Lucette subtly under the guise of a friendly catchup between her and Defrah."
"Audrey, your concern is noted, But we Could do with a Base or Station of our own... and we'd need to have staff and technicians who know what they're doing and we trust...."

I assume that recruiting the entire La Vie en Rose is out of the question...

>>35731904
Pretty soon ground-to-space particle beam cannons will be functional. PLASMA. Not lasers. So yes, essentially. A bigger, scarier Jormungandr that has the atmosphere and a properly sized Indian Ocean heatsink.

>>35731910
>SOON

Of course. We don't have blaster bombs researched nor psionic amps. SOON THOUGH.

>>35731886
>someone
"Why not ask the CEO directly? That's bound to go over well. I mean, if the CEO is a woman, even better for us, right?"

"But seriously though. Getting ahold of Defrah seems like a solid plan. The secretaries could work double with ALICE getting us info while I work my magic. So to speak."

"Karen? Do you have any contacts?"

>>35731886
>>Have Reiko and Catharine pull personnel records and give me a target.

>>35731910
I'm hoping for a battle larger than Loum personally. Lets see if we can manage a 500 ship melee this timeline

>>35731886
>>35732040
OH OH OH. ASK THE DOKTOR. If he has any contacts we could use.

Some more Espionage in the Moonlight seems right up his alley even if the first time went hilariously pear-shaped.

>>35731886
>Have Reiko and Catharine pull personnel records and give me a target.

>>35731904
I think there's a mass diver on the Moon right now that's being used to transport giant amounts of resources?

It could serve as a giant rail cannon, if the need arises.

>>35732115
Seconding on talking to the DOKTOR bout stuff. Mad science bases, covert organization, founding our own spy network, anything really, I love that guy.

>>35732173
didnt gihren do just that in the OYW

>>35732040
>Of course. We don't have blaster bombs researched nor psionic amps. SOON THOUGH.
We have blaster bombs. That's basically what the psychomines are. As for psionic amps...well, we have primitive ones. Audrey's working on a better version. I can't wait until we have a biosensor. Though I'm not sure if it's good or bad that we don't have any ghosts to fuel it. I mean, on the one hand it's nice that no one we love has died. On the other hand, how are we going to waverider crash? I guess we could use Gato, maybe, but that's just one guy we don't particularly care about.

>>35732207
He used a colony laser, not a rail cannon.

Personally im waiting for the newtype event horizon.

We know that new types induce other new types, so if we keep accumulating them there is going to be a point were dormant people are woken up by coming into contact with us.

>>35732236
Yeah, but the blaster bombs are controlled by a gigantic, dragon-dildo psychic booster. Until everyone can wield omnidirectional football launchers, we can't exterminate the brain-in-a-jar on turn 1.

Plus, we have Dominic as our psionic amp. Although, if he bites it, then that means everyone enters eternal suffering.

>>35732354
So we don't bite it. Or when we do we make sure it's out of love. That way our echo is a sort of bitter sweet.

>>35732301
Oh god, we were around both Kamille and Banagher. What is that going to do to their Newtype awakening?

>>35731886
"Defrah was close with Lucette," you point out.

Karen frowns, a trace of sadness obvious in her eyes. "You really think she'd turn on her friend?"

"If her friend is involved in something like what we think is happening," Audrey counters, "she should be worried about her. I know I would be."

"We can have Reiko and Catharine pull some records and find me a target," you conclude, "in case Defrah objects."

"Sounds fine," Karen agrees. "I'll give the orders."

With that, she turns and leaves while a confused Mineva waves awkwardly at you over her shoulder. The Zeon princess probably didn't quite catch all of what was going on, but you know Defrah's not going to like what you have to say.

After dressing and telling Audrey you'll see her later, you head up to the bridge to find Defrah Kar. Your helm officer is sitting at her post, looking rather bored and fiddling with the prosthetic leg poking out from under her skirt. She's wearing pantyhose, but the contours of the false limb make it obvious what she's trying to hide.

"Ah, Commander!" Defrah greets you. "What's up, man? Why do you look so somber? Oh, I get it, you're gonna ask me out on a date! Such a serious face for a serious occasion!"

You can tell she's teasing you, which makes it even harder to break it to her that one of her best friends may be guilty of aiding and facilitating terrorists.

"I need to talk to you, Defrah. In private."
>Write-in (d100)

>>35732236
We have all the friends who died in the OYW

>>35732354
It's simple.

We get the GP02 designs, and make psycommu nukes for it.

>>35732241
There was a project mentioned a while back called "six shooter". It makes sense that that would be a physical projectile rather than an energy cannon of some kind.

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>35732389

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>35732389
Christ it's too late here for me to write anything.

Once we get her aside we explain the Guamanian on the units. That the only reasonable place where they got it was... then ask if we can check in with her friend to ask a few questions. She may be in danger..

>>3573243

Dear Christ I shouldn't roll either. Alright I'm off to bed gents, for fear of killing us in combat with an awful role.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>35732389

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>35732389

>>35732456
If you hadn't quoted that post, I wouldn't have known there was a third roll already. Thanks for that, anon.

Taking >>35732426

>>35732493
Well it's sad because that's not mine I missed my own damn post. I meant to link >>35732436
I'm too damn sleepy.

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>35732389
>>"I need to talk to you, Defrah. In private."
>>Write-in (d100)
>"Did Anaheim frequently experience having their shipments intercepted by space pirates?"

Ease into it first.

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>35732389
"Defrah. I don't know how much you know, but the enemy suits we fought had Luna Titanium Gamma - the same as our suits."

Let that sink in for a moment.

"Either the Zekes are going after the Federation convoys for the Titanium - or someone within Anaheim is supplying them."

"You've been friends with Lucette for years, have you not? She may be unknowingly helping someone in Anaheim supply the Zeon forces with Gamma Titanium. Can you put in a word with her that I'd like to have a chat?"

"You never know, she may be in danger."

>>35732493
Ah. I noticed the missing 6 at the end of the link. I've done that shit too with my Twitter links.

So the 82 it is.

>>35732418
>"There's 'Red Snake', being handled by the Augusta Newtype Labs, 'Ramiel', which is run out of Oakland and Leipzig, and 'Six Shooter', which I couldn't even get that much information on. Apparently the latter is privately funded by something called the "Vist Foundation"."
It's probably the beam magnum the Unicorn uses.

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>35732389
"Defrah, I need your help with something. Remember how those upgraded Zeon suits had a lot tougher armor than normal? Well, we got the spectrographic results back. It's not just similar to Gundarium Gamma, it IS Gundarium Gamma. Someone in Anaheim's either smuggled the remnants a supply of it or the details on the manufacturing process. Either way, we need to get this leak plugged. I'd like to use your contacts in Anaheim to assist the investigation. You are friends with one of their design chiefs, after all, and that's a valuable source of information. I'll understand if you don't want to take advantage of your friendship with Lucette like this, I wouldn't hold that against you. But it would help us a lot to set up a meeting with her. You don't have to give me an answer now, but please get back to me before the end of the day."

>>35732241
i think in gihrens greed its mentioned they used mass drivers against the earth in preparation for their invasion

>>35732301
Someone on another forum I frequent had a theory that it wasn't just living in space that caused new types to appear. They suggested that Minovsky particles were part of the reasons new types were a thing.

>>35732418
>There was a project mentioned a while back called "six shooter". It makes sense that that would be a physical projectile rather than an energy cannon of some kind.

I'm pretty sure that the six shooter is the beam magnum. We had an chance to pick it up way back when we selected the twin hyper rifles. It would have been loaded by a stripper clip

>>35732301
Dominic seems to have an extraordinarily high influence on Newtypes though. I mean, he's a Pornomancer first, a psychic force multiplier second. I mean, hell, everyone under our influence seems to fight and work better.

How has Anaheim avoided liquidation when everyone knows they're playing every side in every war in the Universal Century?

...or is the canonical UC actually the result of Anaheim secretly controlling everything in the background?

>>35732781
Well, sometimes they work under us. Other times it's on top. Or to the front. Probably not the back, although you never know. And that's not getting into the configurations achievable in microgravity.

>>35732828
Mainly blackmailing the primary government.

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>>35732828
They have their hands in everything precisely how Space OPEC controls the supply of delicious helium.

Basically, they have the capacity to out Jew their competitors and throw more money at a problem to make it disappear than anyone else.

>>35732781

Their controlled by the Vist Foundation if I remember right. So probably because of the box.

I have a question for you hardcore gundam fans. Would it be possible to see if the good Doctor could invent the Minovsky Drive System? His specialty is Minovsky physics after all.

>>35732389
You carefully lead Defrah aside, and scratch your head thoughtfully. “Defrah, how often did Anaheim's shipments get raided by pirates?”

The brown pilot shrugs at you noncommittally. “Never. If they had I'd have been sent after them, but AE gets the best escort service from the EFSF.” Ah, that makes sense. They've got a close relationship with the Federation forces, after all, so improved shipment security probably comes with the deal.

“The mobile suits we were fighting yesterday... we tested a chunk of armor we pulled off of the heat wires. It was Gundarium gamma. The only people who make it work for Anaheim.”

Defrah stares at you in the dawning realization of what you mean, and why you're telling her this out of all your crew. “You think Lucette was involved? No way. There's just no WAY!”

Her voice is getting loud enough that it's attracted the attention of Noel and Miyu at their stations, and you struggle to get her to keep her voice down. “Lucette'd never do something like that!”

“You know how Anaheim works, Defrah,” you remind her quietly. “Lucette may not have had a choice. We still have no idea who may have been involved, but Lucette's the first person we could ask. She may know something, and may be able to help us put a stop to this.”

Defrah shakes her head. “I can't do it, Dom. She fought hard to get me hired there! For nearly three whole years she was my ONLY friend! She's a good woman! I KNOW her!"
(1/2)

>>35732884
Sorry. I meant to link 35732828

>>35732939
Maybe? Depends on what type you want. Do you want a miniaturized Minovsky Craft system to give mobile suits atmospheric flight? Because that's doable, Audrey managed to make one in canon, after all. It's still pretty huge, and makes the mobile suit in question look silly as hell, but the Daedalus unit will be available soon. If you mean the Minovsky thruster system like the Mother Vangurad or Victory 2 use, than probably not. We could make them, probably, but current reactors don't have nearly the power output to use them.

>>35732828
Canon UC is the slow erosion of the earth sphere under a flurry of colony drops and nukes. Take a look at the fleet jumbers During the OYW, Gryps, ZZ and CCA. The EFF threw nearly 400 ships into the meatgrinder to stop Zeon in the one week battle. They couldn't manage 10 to stop char

>>35732883
Microgravity is a hell of a thing. Cleanup is a bitch though. I bet the cleaning crews are still trying to get the residual fluids and manspunk out of the light fixtures on the Kyongju.

>>35732972
You feel your shoulders droop a little at the prospect, but you know you need to press your friend on this. So you look Defrah right in her brown eyes, and tell her the truth. “And that's why I'm asking you for this. Because on the off chance she IS involved, she'd need our help, Defrah. And if that's the case, you're the one who can convince her.”

With a sigh, Defrah shuts her eyes, her mind racing to figure out how to handle the situation. Finally, after several long seconds, she gives you her response, choking out her words. “You have to promise me: even if she cooperated, don't give her over to Titans. Protect her, I don't care how.”

“You HAVE to promise me if I'm gonna help.”

>Of course. You have my word.
>I can't promise you anything, that's not how this works.
>It depends on what we find out, but I'll be lenient.
>Other

>>35733039
>Of course. You have my word.

>>35733039
>>Of course. You have my word.

>>35733039
"I have enough Zeon princesses i could stage a space ball on this ship. No Titan will be taking her anywhere"

>>35733039
>>Of course. You have my word.

>>35733039
>>Of course. You have my word.

>>35733039
"I don't know, Defrah. Bringing another woman onto the ship seems kind of dangerous. Especially if she's your friend. I can't handle TWO of you at the same time teasing me."

>>35733039
>>Of course. You have my word.
"She'd have to do a lot worse for me to even consider letting the Titans near her."

>>35733065
mind, if not common knowledge, scratch that.

>>35733039
> Of course. You have my word.
> If she is involved, we might want to have her defect to Riah or non-shitbag Zeon so that she's beyond Titans jurisdiction, though.

>>35733039
>Of course. You have my word.

>>35733020
I am talking about the one Mother Vanguard. So it would be possible to make them but the reactors just aren't strong enough. I wonder if it would be worth it to try and design a strong enough reactor so we could power one of those.

The sheer mobility would probably make it worth it.

>>35733039
>Of course. You have my word.
>Other
"You really think you have to ask that? Of course I wouldn't hand her over. I'm honestly a little hurt that you even considered the possibility I would."

>>35733039
>I'll be lenient

Ask Defrah if she wants to help you in "punishing" Lucette if she's found to be actively involved in the transfer of Gundarium.

>>35733039
>>It depends on what we find out, but I'll be lenient.

>>35733065
Space balls?

Oh shit, there goes the planet.

>>35733171
With spankings?

And then the oral sex?

>>35733248
Spanking is Haman's schtick.

I bet Lucette and Defrah are into hand holding.

>>35733271
>>/d/
Hey, could you keep nasty shit like that in your own fucked up magical realm and not in our fucking quest?

>>35733039
“Well, I mean we're Titans,” you point out. Defrah closes in on you, her prosthetic giving a little as she pushes off the deck, forcing you to catch her to prevent her drifting into a bulkhead.

“Please,” she insists, almost meekly. You've... never heard her this desperate.

It feels horrible.

You nod. “You have my word, Defrah. If it comes down to it, I'll make certain she's safe. After all, look at our crew and passengers: what difference is one more secret from Titans gonna make?”

Defrah seems overjoyed at your promise, throwing her arms around you in a bone-shattering bear hug. “Thanks, Dominic! Really, thank you! It's good to know I can still count on you.”

You shrug, casually returning the hug. “Count on me to not be an asshole, yeah. Big deal.”

She doesn't release you.

“... okay, fine. You can count on me, and I can count on you.” That gets her to let go.

“Just let me know after we get there, and we'll talk to her.”
(1/2)

>>35733434
Oh god not another one. Hopefully Haman ensured the captain's quarters has room for two king-size beds on her Nice Boat.

>>35733493
Captain's quarters are in micrograv.

The only surfaces in the sleeping area that aren't bed are the door and the windows.

>>35733434
June 19th, UC 0084. After several busy days on the La Vie en Rose, Anaheim is making good progress on the repairs to your mobile suits. The damaged beam coating has been stripped and new coats of paint are going on, and the shoulders of both machines are being replaced. The new parts jut anteriorly and posteriorly rather than laterally , with large housings for new equipment. Audrey and Emary are overseeing the modifications, and now that Lucette has finished with Emma's team's machines you find an opportunity.

You and Defrah corner Lucette one evening after dinner.

Defrah looks nervously at you, wondering how you'll lead this off.
>Give her the third degree. She'll crack, then Defrah plays the "good cop".
>Let Defrah lead into it with conversation first.
>Get her drunk.
>Other?

>>35733532
Actually, since the gravity on the Nice Boat is going to be based on paramagnetic fields rather than centripetal acceleration, we could orient the gravity in the room however we want. So we could cover the walls in beds and still be able to have gravity.

Have we spent any time with or talking to Emma beyond missions at all?

Can we make a new type of bit? I want a tracer bit. Its small, and designed to be able to be sensed by the newtype from halfway across the earth sphere. We put it in the next Anaheim shipment to the garden of thorns.

>>35733575
>Let Defrah lead into it with conversation first.
Dominic can be pretty scary, Lucette hasn't done enough to warrant that level of intimidation. And getting her drunk risks making her too incoherent to respond.

>>35733575
>>Let Defrah lead into it with conversation first.

>>35733575
>Let Defrah lead into it with conversation first.

>>35733597
A little. Not much, though. At least, not on-screen. I like to think we hang out with her during downtime, just like we do with Roberto and Apolly.

>>35733575
>Let Defrah lead into it with conversation first.
>Get her drunk.

>>35733575
>Other?
Start with general pleasantries. We can then lead into our investigation.
Start Civil then go from there.

>>35733575
>Get her drunk

Alcohol is the original truth seeum.

>>35733575
> Get her tipsy, then start discussing her work with her. Segue into it naturally. Maybe ask about getting Defrah a gundarium gamma prosthetic for when she needs to dropkick something.

>>35733575
"We need to talk and you're not going to like it. Pour yourself more wine as this is going to be a doozy."

Then go into detail about how the Zeon suits had Gundarium Gamma.

"What do you think? Could the Zekes have developed it on their own or did someone leak it internally? You're our best lead right now, Lucette."

>>35733584
Diamagnetic. The magnetized sections of the ship will need to be unidirectional, likely in line with how the ship would be oriented in atmo, and heavily shielded from any sensitive areas using something like Permalloy or Mu Metal. And you'd have to have regulations about the metal allowed into those sections.

>>35733606
Then we pay them a visit?

>>35733575
Liquid panties remover. Get them both drunk.

>>35733597
Probably. We just haven't had a reason to do so on-screen.

Suppose we players should check on her, Apolly and Roberto at some point, though.

>>35733673

Let's just stick the captain's quarters in micro gravity or if we have in a section with gravity have a big enough bed so that everyone that Dom is with can sleep with him. Back when it was just three they all ended up in the same bed at one time at least once.

>>35733717
Noel and Miyu too.

>>35733575
>Get her drunk.

>>35733575
You know we could kidnap her right now, fake her own death, and have her attend her own funeral as a guy named Phil Shifley. Fake mustache in Gundam always helps.

>>35733673
I could have sworn it was paramagnetic, but I'm looking it up and that sort of magnetic manipulation of living organisms is indeed diamagnetic. I guess I got confused. What's paramagnetic levitation used for, then? Liquified gasses, I think?

>>35733706
>Liquid panties remover

...Schweizer's Reagent?

God. I just realized how weird of a view Mineva is going to have on relationships when he grows up. Any kids Dom has as well.

>>35733778
>Phil Shifley
I don't get it. I'm saying it out loud and it doesn't sound like any sort of sexual innuendo. Am I missing something?

>>35733796
I don't think Dom is a chemist. He never finished high school.

Besides, he doesn't need alcohol for women to drop their panties. Only the offer to buy swimming suits and a day at the pool.

>>35733851
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEa_zFTyN8E

>>35733848
Meant to say she.

>>35733848
>"Banagher, I like you, but I also like Ridhe. And Marida."
>"I'd open her box, if you know what I mean."

>>35733848
Yeah, I'm feeling a bit sorry for Banana. We've indirectly made his teenage years very confusing. And we're likely to make them even worse, given the chances that we'll run Cardeas Vist at some point.

>>35733778
I'd rather play the Colonel Mustang to her Maria Ross.

>>35733897
Don’t worry, I'm sure he'll be understanding.

>>35733897
I can just imagine Mineva ether looking at Dom as an uncle or a father figure and introducing him as such to Banagher and Ridhe. Along with all of the girls Dom is with as ether her aunts or mommies.

>>35733897
has bananas mother lef the vist household by this point or is banagher currently undergoing newtype training

>>35733957
They were both on Industrial 7 when we visited, so you tell me.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>35733575
"We haven't had much time to talk yet," you begin, trying to prompt Defrah into talking as you escort the two ladies out of the hall and into a small meeting room for privacy.

Defrah forces an awkward laugh. "Yeah, I've been gone so long I'm surprised you recognized me!"

"Of course I recognized you," Lucette insists, somehow missing the tone of the situation entirely. "You're still the best friend I ever had on this station, so I miss the hell out of you. All that time we worked together on projects we'll never be allowed to tell our kids about..."

Defrah shoots you a pained expression, but you merely nod back in Lucette's direction.

"Actually," Defrah laughs, "I was thinking of asking you a favor. Could you maybe whip me up a Gundarium leg for the next time I've gotta kick some butt? I feel practically naked without some of that good stuff between me and the other guy!"

Lucette smiles at her old friend. "Now Defrah, you know it'd be a misuse of my authority. One that I'd be totally fine with if we could get our hands on some Gundarium gamma. Can't manage to get enough of the stuff in stock to be useful."

You raise an eyebrow at her. "The Zeeks found a way."

There's a long silence as the smile on Lucette's face slowly fades. She takes a moment to realize what she's just heard: it was the sound of the jig officially being up.

"I... I don't know what you're talking about, Mister O'Hara..."

You can tell she's lying... the real question is, why?

>What say? (d100)

>>35733945
You know, Sayla sees us as a sibling figure or the childhood friend.

We should get her to call us Onii-chan.

>>35733957
Well, we ran into them on Industrial 7, so presumably she's taken him away by now. He had to have left pretty young, seeing as he has no conscious memories of his father.

>>35733945
we are totally her father figure or at least we are quicly becoming it, since she has no other male rolemodel aside from char who is more of a creepy uncle. besides we have already unoficialy adopted her

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>35734000

>>35734003
I would like to think that Sayla sees Dom as a friend because I would prefer if they hooked up eventually.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>35734000

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>35734000
"Lucette, hypothetically speaking if you were being pressured by someone higher-up to supply the Zeon forces with Luna Titanium, would you be adverse to jumping ship and joining your best friend on her ride?'

"Hypothetically of course."

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>35734063
This.

>inb4 "her ride is Dominic"

>>35734032
True, we'll need one Newtype for every day of the week. Then seven more so those can share and create a complex calendar schedule that only women could understand.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>35734000
"Some Zeon Remnants mobile suits we fought the other day had Gundarium Gamma armor. Analysis of fragments we ripped off them proved it. I guess the internal review after the GP02 incident wasn't as effective as we thought, because clearly there's still some Zeon sympathizers. You have any idea who it might be?"

>>35734099
I imagine she refers to the Valkyrie as Dom's Wild Ride in private to a blushing Lucette.

So if Hearts ever sends Dom and friends on a crossover adventure to another gundam series which ones would you want it to be? I would like to see Seed. Especially after we get the psychoframes.

>>35734216
Build Fighters or Build Fighters Try.

>>35734216
Seed would be fun to dick around in and make fun of emotional teens, but I'd prefer G Gundam just for all that extra punchy goodness. Maybe learn some Anti mecha kung fu.

>>35734216
Regild. Toilet humor in the cockpit.

inb4 NORG

>>35734242
Why that gundam series? I would like to go to seed just so we could troll everyone there with the fact that Dom and friends could keep up with coordinators.

>>35734216
I'd rather not.

It'll end in more harem shenanigans and get closer to NORG's drivel.

>>35734282
>>35734289
And we have a WINNER.

>>35734216
I just want to go to canon Universal Century. Haman's confrontation with her canon self would be hilariously awkward. Failing that, Seed would probably be the next best option. Because I want to see if Dominic's abilities would allow him to turn Lacus around into someone that isn't insufferable. He romanced one pink-haired dictator in the making into being a good person, let's see if he can do it again.

>>35734216
Wing. Because the Leo kicks ass with the protagonist piloting. We'd single handily beat all of the Gundams.

Or 00 for the Poverty Princess and to troll Jihad-kun.

>>35734289
Don't know who that is. Besides even if Hearts did do that I would prefer for it to be a side story that didn't really happen as far as the quest is concerned.

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>>35734216
having natarle get a taste of the Dom

>>35734324
Or possible a sequel. It would be kind of fun to come out of nowhere and ruin every ones plans ins Canon Universal Century or Seed.

>>35734216
I'm not even going to comment.
>writing

What in the hell is NORG?

>>35734324
Heero Yuy becomes Ghingham and Yazan's lovechild, murders the multiverse while getting bitches.

So terrible.

>>35734442
an abomination

>>35734445
Oh that quest. Yeah. And suddenly I have completely lost any interest in that.

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>>35734464
I thought I had scrubbed it from my mind, but you had to remind me.

Fuck you.

>>35734323
>Or 00

Let's see...
>VedALICE
>Memento Solar Ray
>Val Vatore/Val Varon
>Puruvators
>AmuRibbons

Now all we need is to get an asteroid base and make it invisible, and we're there.

>>35734500
>Val Vatore/Val Varon
Okay, now we MUST paint the Val Varo in Hyaku Shiki gold.

>>35734000
Lucette's heart begins to beat faster, and you notice her starting to sweat a little. Her skin flushes as she panics, her mind a whirl as she oscillates between breaking into a run and breaking down in tears.

"It's okay, Lucette," Defrah tries to tell her, only to be interrupted.

"It's NOT OKAY!" Lucette shouts, taking you both by surprise. "We couldn't say no, and we can't tell Titans! They'd kill us all, they're already doing no-knocks all over the Sides and kidnapping people and you never hear back... oh God no, you didn't tell them already did you? WE CAN'T STAY HERE!"

Defrah rises to her feet to stop Lucette from running out the door. The blonde struggles with her for a moment before crashing to the floor, hyperventilating and shaking with a palpable panic that hurts your head.

Oh great. She's having a full-blown panic attack.

"Shhh," Defrah tries to reassure her friend as you rest a firm hand on Lucette's shoulder. "We haven't told anyone. You're okay, you can trust us. I'm your best friend, remember? I just want to help you."

The calm words from her friend seem to have an immediate effect on Lucette, as her breathing begins to smooth out. You rub the technician's back, having no real idea what else to do, which seems to sooth her a little further.

"I already promised Defrah I'd keep you safe, Lucette," you tell her. "I swore it, and you've seen me work. Do you really thing I'd break an oath to my friend?"

Lucette shakes her head silently.

"Good," you add. "Now, we need you to calm down, Lucette. Can you do that for us?"

She nods after a moment. You can feel her trying to keep her emotions in check, but it takes a minute or two longer for you to sense that she's in any position to answer questions.

>What do you want to ask her? Keep in mind, she may not have all the answers.

>>35734633
"Just take it from the top at your own pace. You want some brandy for this?"

>>35734685
This.

>>35734633
>How did they approach Anaheim?
>What materiel did they demand?
>What are they threatening them with?
These seem like the most important questions to ask, and ones Lucette would probably know the answers to.

>>35734633
>Why couldn't you say no?
>Wait, the other Titans are doing what?

These seem like the things we most need to know.

>>35734633
ask her to explain from the beggining, calmly ask her- wait. What was that about kidnapping people?

>>35734633
"Yeah, I should have known breaking this would have been easier with more alcohol in all of us. Defrah, could you get us some more? We're all gonna need it."

"Alright, Lucette. What do you know and what can you tell us? And if this has a chance to bite you on the ass, there's always more bunks for stowaways on the Valkyrie."

Well with the whole kidnapping thing happening I think that Dom might just desert soon.

>>35734714
This.

>>35734633

First, we get her onto our ship, possibly under the guise of discussing new suit modifications, then we set her up in a room and get her to lay out what she knows.
This is probably not the best place to ask questions...

though a list of things we should ask include;
Why couldn't they refuse.
What kind of things were being sent.
How often did things get sent.
Who was the contact/where was the drop off.

and others I can't think of now...

>>35734774
Not before insuring everyone's family is safely secured on the Valkyrie first. Remember, the Titans can and will use any means to blackmail someone. Especially if that someone is a Newtype.

>>35734774
Maybe we can get Char to get off his ass and get his contacts in the new Republic to save those people somehow?

Stop. Time out. Abort. Do Titans or Zekes have eyes on the room? If Anaheim is compromised then I know I'd plant some bugs to keep an eye on things. Let's make sure we're having this conversation abord the Valkyrie. Use the sauna/hot tub as an excuse.

>>35734816
>>35734774
we are probably gonna be introduced to Blex and the AEUG soon, possibly trough Char

>>35734847
That'd actually be a great excuse to use to get her onboard temporarily.

"Hey, have you SEEN our hot spring?"

>>35734888
It plays to Dom's reputation as well. "Of course he's taking a woman on board his ship to look at his hotspring. He's got a fully stocked bar in there and his bedroom is in the next hallway." It's a more comfortable than "Why is that shifty Newtype getting that researcher to come aboard his ship that we haven't been able to get a single bug on?!"

>>35734888
>>35734847
the poor sods watching/listening to us just shake their heads like:
another one, how does he do it?

In case we can't get Lucette to board the Valkyrie, could we get her to be transferred to Nina's team? They're relatively Titan-free.

>>35734967
We are going to be the best father to the worst kids.

>>35734946
I suspect they do still have a bug or two, because that’s less suspicious.

It’s just that Alice subverted the bugs so that all they ever hear are ordinary conversation and occasional grumbling about the issues Riddick and company already know we have with them.

>>35734633
"Is this room safe?" you ask first. Lucette nods.

"We check for bugs every few days. Company policy." That's... actually kind of a fucked up company policy to have, but you suppose it makes sense for a company as twisted as Anaheim.

"Okay then. When you're ready, start at the top."

After several long minutes of nothing but the sound of Lucette's slowly normalizing breathing, she finally starts. "Well, you already know Anaheim's business model. We're compartmentalized."

Defrah nods in agreement. "Yeah, we know. We never knew what the other parts of the company were doing."

"Well, I think it's that way because our CEO really did intend for there to be profiteering," Lucette replies. "And for the first time, it was our cell that did it."

You frown. "Do you know who called that shot? IF we knew who it was we might be able to guess at their reasoning."

"It has to be someone higher than Miss Clehna," Lucette explains. "She didn't seem to like it, but she told me she had no choice: that someone would force the issue with us if we tried to resist. I don't now who the enforcer would have been, either."

As Defrah gives her friend a hug, you get the feeling this has about run its course. Lucette just knows what she's been told, but what she's shared with you confirmed your suspicions.

>Have Lucette set up a meeting, confront Clehna
>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety
>Report to Titans, keep Lucette's presence and role a secret
>Other

>>35735198
>>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety

>>35735198
"How many of your team would willingly jump station if they had the opportunity? We're always looking for more engineers."

"Also, you're going to love the hotspring on our ship."

>>35735198
>>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety

>>35735198
>>Have Lucette set up a meeting, confront Clehna

the boss dint seem to like it.

lets see how deep this goes. we need someone to fuck up and just reporting would lead to the poor boss being executed as a scrapgoat.

>>35735259
Spies.

>>35735198
>Keep it under wraps for now
>Other
"So what's this about Titans disappearing people?"

>>35735198
>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety
>Other
"Alright with that we can at least start moving in the right direction... Now please elaborate on Titan's forcibly expatriating Side citizens."

>>35735198
>>35735198
Ask Lucette for Clehna's comm number and we can approach her on our own time.

>>35735198
>>Have Lucette set up a meeting, confront Clehna
>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety

>>35735303
This, we need elaboration on that.

>>35735302
We only need to ship them out of the titans normal reach. Does not have to be a long term thing.

>>35735198
>Have Lucette set up a meeting, confront Clehna
>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety
We need to follow through on this, but be prepared to move Lucette if needed.

>>35735198
>Keep it under wraps for now, move Lucette to safety
>Other
Can we inform Kowen? Or someone else in the Federation who might investigate shit that doesn't work for the Titans?

Like Kai?

>>35735487
"Kai, Anaheim is double-dealing!"

"Oh, is it a day ending in 'y' again? Call me if they aren't betraying anybody, that might actually be worth investigating."

>>35735198
"We need to move Lucette. Our ship'd be the best place," you tell nobody in particular.

"And how are we gonna explain that to Clehna?" Defrah asks.

That's... actually a fair point.

"We could make it look like an accident," you suggest.

"Or we could just tell Clehna she's coming with us," Defrah observes. "We're Titans. We disappear people, apparently."

"Speaking of which," she adds to her friend, "we're gonna have to ask you what you heard about that later, cuz it sounds like something we need to put a stop to."

>Tell Clehna you're taking Lucette
>Try to arrange an 'accident' (how?)
>Or, just don't tell anyone.

>>35735198
If they are supplying material to the Garden of thorns, then stuff from here must eventually make its way to the garden of thorns, however circuitous the route. Ergo, this is our best chance to locate that base. Can we wipe up some sort of beacon that we can hide in the next shipment? I think it would have to by phsycocummo based to slip by detection and be able to transmit out of the Zone.

>>35735658
This seems like a fine idea.
>>35735644
is this >>35735644 feasible.

>>35735644
Just take her to visit the hotspring onboard and don't return her. Finders keepers.

Get Clehna's comm number and setup a meet between the two of us.

>>35735644
What is Lucette's job, specifically? If we want to take her with us, we can file an official request through our Titan channels.

Say how our team requires someone to do her job, and get her aboard officially.

>>35735732
If worst comes to worst we can get our office commandos on it. I'd be surprised if there was a person they couldn't falsify papers for.

>>35735644
>Other
"We're requisitioning her to work on some ongoing projects our staff have come up with. We’ll pay you a consulting fee to keep her job open for her should she want to come back to it when our projects finish up."

>>35735644
>>Tell Clehna you're taking Lucette

i want to see how she reacts.

depending on her reaction she may just be another victim

>>35735644
"You know, if your boss was adverse to Anaheim's dickery, what're the chances she'd fold and reveal more?"

>>35735644
>>Tell Clehna you're taking Lucette

>>35735783
"Or better yet help us reach the head of the snake?"

>>35735732
She's a chief designer and technician.

She'd probably be missed immediately.

>>35735821
Well, I don't think Anaheim would miss the rest of the engineering team either. Take them all!

>>35735821

i wanted to ask. whats haman and ross' reaction to audrey

>>35735644
Okay, should've just done this from the start. Five minutes, link here, and a number. No other text.

1 is for >>35735776
2 is for talking to Clehna

Guys. Guys. I just had a brilliant idea.

What if we kidnapped Anaheim's CEO?

>>35735821
Would they accept if we said we need her expertise in the field?

She could send back her research and engineering she does in team with Audrey and the Doc. Or something.

If we seduce anymore women, we're out of limbs for them to latch onto while sleeping. This could be a problem unless one sleeps on top of us.

>>35735892
2

>>35735892
2

>>35735892
1

>>35735892
1

>>35735892
2

>>35735908
they can latch on to our dick

>>35735892
2

>>35735908
they can sleep on each other as well

>>35735892
2

>>35735892
2

>>35733032
Thankfully sperm only lives for 72 hours.

>>35735892
1

Talking to Clehna clearly wins.

Next big question: Karen seems like she's itching to join in. Do you want to let her?

Yes or no?

>>35736064
Yes

>>35736064
yes

>>35736064
Yes

>>35736064
Yes

>>35736064
hell to the yes

>>35736064
If she's ready to. The reason we didn't pursue things further was because she still had abandonment issues to work through. if she's resolved those enough to consider a relationship, then power to her. But if she hasn't...well, it could end badly.

>>35736064
Yes.

Could we tell Clehna that we are arresting Lucette for charges of Supplying Zeon Remnant forces with Advanced Arms and Equipment and that we expect Anaheim to suitably increase it's internal security and screening immediately...

That way, we let them know that we know something is going down, but lul them into a sense of security by 'falsely accusing' Lucette of it all... That should slow down their operation a bit while covering our investigation...

>>35736064
Sure. What's the worst that could happen?
DrPepper.jpg

>>35736064
No.

>>35736119
it say let her meaning she wants to

Scary thought. What if the more women we bone the stronger of a Newtype we become? Our strength as a Newtype is determined by the number of women we've had coitus with. It seems the more Newtypes we collect, the faster our harem, crew, and pilot collection snowballs.

>>35736140
We could, but we shouldn’t, because it would be stupid on multiple levels.

>>35736156
WHAT ARE YOU GAY? Was it Dom's nipples?

>>35736140
Or we could thank her for helping us run a complex sting operation designed to locate the Garden Of Thorns.

>>35736064
After making arrangements with Lucette, you let her go for the time being. Defrah goes with you after thanking you profusely, and the two women disappear.

June 20th, UC0084. La Vie en Rose, the colossal, spindly-armed repair facility owned by Anaheim Electronics, actually does remind you a little of its namesake. While the large ring of independently movable solar panels resemble the petals of a golden “flower” in space with docking arms and servos at the center, the proverbial stink of this place has started to register with you.

In one of the booths of the station's galley you find the local manager, Clehna Hacswell, sitting with Lucette. As you and Karen sit at the ends of their booth to block them in, you note that they're not wearing the bright coveralls most of the crew of the La Vie en Rose favor, but rather the sky-blue skirtsuits female Anaheim employees are expected to wear in more official circumstances. You can see a flicker of guilt in Lucette's eyes across the table from you.

“Care to tell me how Gundarium gamma produced by your company ended up on the wrong end of Lieutenant April's heat wires?” Karen growls, her green eyes glaring hard at Clehna. The Titans uniform looks like an ill fit for her: it probably wasn't cut with a muscular, large-busted woman in mind, but presents a stern enough image to intimidate most onlookers. And in this case, it's clearly working.
(1/2)

>>35734216
>So if Hearts ever sends Dom and friends on a crossover adventure to another gundam series which ones would you want it to be? I would like to see Seed. Especially after we get the psychoframes.

No, fuck you and all crossover attempts. Wasn't Gundam Age quest bad enough? Go back to your Jumpchain CYOA instead, or make a story out of your Jumpchain instead of shitstaining this quest.

>>35736192
> Doms shiny Newtype nips

PING PING CIRCULATE PING PING CIRCULATE

>>35736222
Now now, anon. No need for incivility.

>>35736221
>Clehna Hacswell

Huh. Seems like a decent person.

>>35736221
“How can you be so sure it was our product?” Ms Hacswell replies, feigning an air of casualness. The older woman's voice shakes slightly however, her resolve wavering.

You produce a small file with the spectroscopic results. “A small sample of debris stuck to the magnetic head of the wire perfectly matches a bit of the material we 'sampled' while you were replacing the Lilium's shoulder armor,” you explain, causing the already pale woman next to you to go even paler. “A one-hundred percent match.”

“We tested the Lilium's armor too. You added trace amounts of cobalt and zinc after the first batch you sent us,” she hisses. “Then you sent the second batch to the Garden of Thorns, you traitorous BITCH!”

“Easy, Karen,” you warn as your Captain's voice rises.

The redhead backs off ever so slightly, but continues her tirade in a low voice. “How many Federation soldiers are going to DIE because of what you've done?”

“They have their orders,” Clehna replies in a hate-filled growl, “and we have ours.”

That seems to independently confirm what Lucette was telling you yesterday.

>What do you mean? Orders from who?
>I wonder what Titans will think of that argument? Let's ask them (bluff)
>You'll take your 'orders' from us now. Consider it a hostile takeover.
>Other

>>35736236
NEWTYPE BEACH

>>35736261
Actually there is, unfortunately any crossovers are BAD and we KNOW how bad they can be thanks to NORG.

He's just trying to prevent any pro-NORG (aka shit) ideas.

>>35735896
Martha Vist Carbine smiles most unpleasantly.

>>35736302
>>What do you mean? Orders from who?

>>35736302
>>What do you mean? Orders from who?

>>35736302
"And those orders were? Because it sounds like you didn't like them very much. "

>>35736302
>You'll take your 'orders' from us now. Consider it a hostile takeover.
First order of business, place a tracker in the next shipment to the garden of thorns. Would Anihiem prefer to be under investigation for supplying terrorists, or publicly thanked for running a sting operation? Your choice.
This will also torpeado relations between Anaheim and the various Neo-Zeon Groups. Which is worthwhile in itself.

>>35736302
>Other
"And what do those orders entail, exactly? What else have you given them?"

>>35736302
>What do you mean? Orders from who?
>I wonder what Titans will think of that argument? Let's ask them (bluff)
and than
>You'll take your 'orders' from us now. Consider it a hostile takeover.

>>35736302
"Hypothetically speaking, if you were to accidentally let slip the names of the people handing down the orders to a friendly Titans officer, what would become of those individuals?"

"What I'm getting at is I'm going to kick down their door and say hello at gunpoint. Lucette seems to like you and Defrah likes Lucette, so you're good people in my book. Just folks caught between a bulkhead and internal political bullshit. I aim to fix that and plug the leak with as minimal fuss as possible."

>>35736476

Oh come on, lets play the part of the good cop. Karen's already got the bad cop part down pat.

>>35736302
>What do you mean? Orders from who?
>Other
"An entire Federation warship was already downed with all crews lost participating in this Principality remnant goose chase. If you cooperate with us in pinning down the true location of the Garden of Thorns, then we might be able to work something out in keeping that slate relatively clean."

>>35736476
No... I'm pretty sure we want to use the opportunity to locate and eliminate the garden of thorns.

>>35736522
But we are bad cap. Karen is badder cop.

>>35736544
The last time we tried for the Thorns, a Fed ship was vaporized with all hands and we picked up a mancrushing sociopath.

>>35736302
>Other

"Think you could slip a little something extra into the next batch?"

Tracers and high explosives, preferably. Maybe some sort of virus-laden wireless data stick to trash their computer networks too.

>>35736302

"The way I see it, this can go one of two ways. Option One; You co-operate with us, we sort out Anaheims problems. Or Option Two; We report our finding thus far to Titans Command and let them continue the investigation while we return to dealing with the Zeon Remnants directly..."

>>35736586
And? We need to eliminate it eventually. Setting up a trap of our own, rather than rushing into the bait set up by mister rapist is a good idea.
>>35736616
Its a weapons shipment, of course it will have high explosives.

>>35736643
Usually the high explosives in one of those aren’t intended to go off during unloading.

>>35736643
Then obviously we need to slip in higher explosives.

>>35736643
Now that I think of it, did the Good Doctor mention any names in his letter when he was performing his magical hobo act? He stated one of his associates was less than trustworthy and ratted him out. Maybe that's a lead we can go back on for finding out a route to the Thorns.

PLUS, we still have the mobile suit Anaheim was building for Rosseweisse to investigate when we get to FINALLY shutting the cyber labs down.

>>35736685
Maybe even some highest explosives.

>>35736302
“And who exactly gave you those orders?” you press. “You didn't like them any more than I did when I heard.”

The woman simply shakes her head. “I take it you got to Lucette first? No matter. I don't know the names, Commander, and even if you knew all it would bring you is grief.”

“The Vist Foundation, right?”

Clehna turns to stare at you in surprise. “You know that much? Then you should know the position we're in. Our CEO is married to Martha Vist.”

“We know the situation,” you tell her. “That's why we're taking Lucette.”

The manager of La Vie en Rose nods sadly. “I think that would be best. I'll come up with a justification.”

“So this Foundation,” Karen asks, trying to piece the story together in her head. “What are their goals? Why do they want to control Anaheim, and why would they want to give technology to Zeon?”

“They have their own goals,” Clehna suggests. “Whatever they want is different to what the Federation wants, and what Zeon wants. And I have no idea what that is.”

Great. So that angle's all played out. Unless...

“Would you oppose us placing a tracking device in the next shipment?” you ask.

Lucette smiles grimly. “Better it comes out that we helped in the sting, right?”

After a while, Clehna nods. “You're right, young man. I hated aiding Zeon in any way shape or form... they killed my son in the war. If I can make something right come out of this, I will.”

>Any other demands?

>>35736731
"Stay safe. We'll be in touch. If you ever need a place to lay low the Valkyrie and her crew will provide."

>>35736770
This sounds good.

>>35736731
>>Any other demands?

Keep in touch. The Remnants won't take it lying down and we can expect some reprisals. I'll see about getting the EFSF to send some ships here to cover the Rose.

>>35736731

So whens the old lady gonna be the next in Dom's Harem?

>>35736698
Speaking of the Good Doctor, I had a diabolical idea recently
Epac vulcans. Nobody ever bothers to block vulcans, even aces, and when the contact detonated E-Pac rounds detonate they won't live long enough to realize their error.

>>35736818
Would the heat produced from firing the vulcans cook the rounds and cause internal damage?

>>35736327
Jumpchain CYOA is basically the generals/containment thread for crossovers.

So by suggesting crossovers, they're breaking the quarantine/containment.

>>35736818

Laser vulcans? Could work but I'm not sure how much ammo those things can carry. Also since they use solid ammo, the rounds aren't too visible. If we use lasers, they'll be visible and easier to block.

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>>35736818
>epac vulcans

That's fucking diabolical. I love it.

>>35736869
Use masers or UV lasers, then. Or improve beam coherence.

>>35736869
No, he's proposing that we use the E-Cap warheads we put on the psycomines to make improved explosive rounds. But I don't think that's economically viable.

>>35736818

So something stronger than Unicorn's vulcans when it's in NT-D mode?

May be too much considering the tech level, but perhaps Unicorn's vulcans could work. It's definitely far better than typical vulcans using normal rounds

>>35736869
No no, solid rounds with epac explosives, like the ones the doctor used to get us through the vault. the idea is that no MS pilot bothers to block vulcan rounds because they can't do any damage.

>>35736818
We actually already have laser vulcans. They're called bits or funnels. Simply miniaturizing them further to sleeve inside our forearm hardpoints without losing their punch is the challenge.

>>35736327
>any crossovers are BAD
You dont follow many quests do you anon?

>>35736909
>>35736926

Oh.

OH. Oh God. Thats good.

Yes. I like.

We're gonna need alot of ammo because we will be firing that shit off like its the end of the world.

>>35736931
Obviously. A Wizard is You is hilarious.

>>35736944
It will be most effective the first time its used. But the first time its used we should be able to mug an ace

>>35736931
Does Gundam Wing Quest count? TG Meta Quest? Peter Parker Quest?

>>35736986
Dent's LOLI Stalker X-Com Quest?

>>35736818
For 60mm vulcans, the size of the round would be too small.

At some point it MAY be feasible with 110mm rounds, which your suit can and does use. It would essentially pack the same punch as a light beam weapon against armor, but would ignore I-Fields and would have a chance to bypass ABC material.

It would probably be used at the same frequency as tracer rounds (one in five is standard practice).

Here's another idea: beam bayonets for our beam rifles. Instead of having to switch weapons when an enemy gets close, just press a button and engage the bayonet.

>>35737106
Beam Jitte Anon. It's already a thing and we're using it.

>>35737106
Doesn't the Zeta already do that?

http://youtu.be/du0IQy-IvO0?t=36s

>>35737106
We have those already. That's what those "beam jittes" are. They're called that instead of "beam bayonets" because a jitte is a weapon meant for blocking and disarming.

>>35737083
Still, using epacs as bullets sounds prohibitively expensive.

>>35737128
>>35737173
>>35737176
Well, consider me informed now.

Makes me wonder what other things could use a beam version, though. Beam kusari-gama?

>>35737225
Which part do you want made of plasma? The sickle or the chain? Because we can do both, but beam chains are a lot harder to make. Those won't be available for a few decades.

>>35736986
Meta quest definitely counts, that shit was fun. PPQ is good too.

>>35736731
“Stay safe,” you tell her as you stand to leave. “If you or your crews need a place to lay low, our doors are open.”

Karen nods in agreement. “Sorry for what I said earlier, but... you know.”

“I know how it looked, so I can understand,” Clehna tells your Captain. “Thank you both.”

June 22, UC 0084. You look over the now-finished Lilium/Ikebana class machines, now referred to simply in the registry as Lilium-III. It's an impressive sight. Audrey catches you staring and comes over to explain.

“The shoulders have multi-role adaptability,” she tells you. “A 110mm gatling gun in the left and a small I-Field generator in the right are standard, and the latter will be replacing the ABC on Lilium and Viola. It'd leave the Bombers a bit more vulnerable, so those still have ABC on them to compensate when they're separate. The generators can only run for a short time, so Haman and Catrina will need to alternate them on and off as needed to save power.”

“I like it,” Catrina admits. “I've always wanted one of these, and now we've got them. Fucking. HYPE.”

Haman grins. “That's not all we've got. We've also got the first of a series of new funnels: we call them “Pathfinder-class” weapons.”

“Magnetic. Carries a small transmitter,” Rosse informs you. “Readable through our brainwaves.”

“It basically amps the locational signal from a normal remote weapon so that it can tap the same network of satellites people keep using to call us anonymously,” Carya explains. “Then ALICE picks up the signal. Over long ranges it's iffy, but it's better than nothing.”

“Karen's ordered us to leave one with Clehna,” Audrey tells you. “Wait... why's she here?"
(1/2)

>>35737279
I bet you liked the looting and the dronespam.

>>35737374
I liked the meta.

>>35737370
Turning, you notice that Ms Hacswell has come down to the hangar level. You notice as she floats towards your team that she's carrying a letter in her hand: an actual, honest-to-God envelope.

"Dominic O'Hara," she tells you nervously. "A rather large man showed up this morning with a letter for you. I debated whether I should tell you or not..."

On the envelope, you read the words "To: Commander Dominic Shannon O'Hara and Company", and "From: The Best Friend You've Never Met".

>Open it here, read it aloud
>Open it, don't tell anyone what it says
>Other?

>>35737481
>>Open it, don't tell anyone what it says
Lets look at it first...

>>35737481
"Was he balled and have comically oversized glasses?"

Open it here, read it, then pass it around.

>>35737481
>Open it here, read it aloud
Why the fuck not.

>>35737481
>Commander Dominic Shannon O'Hara
Our middle name is Shannon?
...hue.

>Check the letter for any nasty surprises.
if safe:
>Open it here, if the information is safe, read it aloud.

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>>35737481
>Open it, don't tell anyone what it says
Also, have a size chart. Oh, and the ESSF is using 4th flight Magellan's at this point right? The ones refited to carry MS?

>>35737481
Open it, read it silently, then decide if you should say anything out loud.

>>35737481
>Other?
Get proper equipment for opening it safely, just in case there's some poison or other trap in there.

>>35737481
>>Open it, don't tell anyone what it says

>>35737481
>Other?
"You're looking skittish. It's not a letter bomb is it?"
>Open it, don't tell anyone what it says
Yeah, just pass it around after we read it like this guy said. >>35737517

>>35737481
>>Open it, don't tell anyone what it says
Pass it around when we're done.

>>35737481
The letter reads:

“Young Man,

“I believe it is time we finally met in person. No more of this charade, not anymore. I owe you and yours an explanation, and a warning about what is about to happen in the Earth Sphere. With any luck, you'll all live up to my expectations.

“Bring Miss Artesia, Miss Haman, and Miss Mineva with you to the location enclosed. You will be allowed one other companion of your choice for security, and I will allow your ship to linger nearby at the additional coordinates to monitor your safety. Bring however many weapons you can handle. But please bring no one else to the meeting.

“Yours in good faith,
“Syam Vist”

Included is information to find a location in Industrial 7. You pass the letter around, with mixed reactions.

“I say we go,” Haman announces.

“Hell fucking no?” Audrey responds. “Why would we trust these people?”

“Since when do we ever do the smart thing?” Catrina counters. “Though... it's up to Artesia and Mineva if they want to take the risk.”

“A child?” Rossweisse asks. Her tone is uncertain rather than accusing.

Haman shrugs. “She'll have to make harder decisions in her life, for the rest of her life.”

“But will she understand the risk?” Audrey wonders.

>We're not going. No response.
>I'll respond to the letter but we're not going.
>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.

>>35737261
Sickle. Basically, a beam saber that can be thrown and then retracted.

Other possibility would be to run the beam down the outside of the physical chain that generates it, so that you can do shit like entangle an enemy MS and then activate the beam on the chain to shred it, or whip the chain through enemy beam fire to disperse it.

On a completely different front, developing some sort of Mobile Doll system for use with Balls seems like an obvious idea.

>>35737813
>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.

>>35737813
>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.

>>35737813
>>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.
Let's go!

>>35737813
> We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.

>>35737813
>bring as many weapons as you can carry

"I like this man. We're going out in the Lilium. I've been meaning to take Mineva for a joyride."

>>35737813
>>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.
So late...oh well.

>>35737813
>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.
And lets at least try and find out how they connected the dots as fast as they did.

>>35737839
>Mobile Doll system for use with Balls
Are you sure you'd want to open that box, anon?

>>35737813
>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.
Time to get Vist to fund AEUG.

>>35737813
>>We'll ask the Zeon princesses.
My face when we get asked to Industrial 7.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw7krGpeNyA

>>35737813
Yeah, guess what? We're bringing Alice, or at least an instance/fork of her. And we're bringing Karen. She is our commanding officer, after all.

If he doesn't notice Alice, we have her loot Vist's systems for anything of value. If he does notice Alice, well, that tells us something too.

>>35737813
>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.

>>35737978
No, he stated we can take as many guns as we can carry. We take our Ikebanana with Haman and Audrey as normal. Mineva can ride shotgun with us while Sayla rides down in with Audrey.

What's the safest place besides our ship? Our Gundam of course.

Plus this gives us a chance to finally put Banana in our Gundam so we can refer to it as an Ikebanana.

>>35737888
Well, yeah, he didn't specify what weapons we can bring with us.

>>35737813
>>We'll ask Mineva and Artesia.

>>35737927
Given the nature of warfare in the Minovsky era, most mobile weapons are still better when piloted by humans; shielding from M-particles would be a bitch, and even a single breach in that shielding means your Mobile Doll stops working as the computers fry. But Balls, more than any other mobile weapon, are expendable. A single hit anywhere makes them useless even with a human pilot, so the weakness of complex electronics to Minovsky particles doesn't matter. And it's an easy way to add a bit more punch to the average deployment without increasing the number of lives you're risking.

>>35737813
“Let's at least ask Artesia and Mineva,” you suggest. “After all, this guy knows they're with us. That fact alone means it concerns them.”

“It may also be an implied threat,” Audrey adds. “I hope not, but I can't help but wonder.”

Aboard the ship, you have Karen call Artesia and Mineva to you, along with the rest of your officers. You explain to them carefully what you've been told in the letter.

“I don't like it,” Emma insists.

“But we have to go,” Artesia counters. “He clearly knows more than we do about what's going on, and he knows who I am, and who Lady Mineva is. He's clearly the real deal.”

Mineva seems unusually poised about the decision: either she's made up her mind, or she really has no idea what she's committing to. “I will go. If it will explain why people keep attacking Dominic and his friends, it's worth the risk, right?” Her guardians seem upset by her decision, but in the end agree to respect her wishes.

Karen frowns. “Emma, keep your team on full alert. It seems like we're going to do this, so we need to be ready for any complication. Anyone else who isn't going needs to be at their post as well. Catharine? Reiko? Get Miss Audevie up to speed on our projects and put her to work with Emary. Hopefully it'll free her up for damage control.”

Finally, your Captain turns to you. “Who's coming with you?”
>The Sisters
>Audrey
>Rosse
>Karen
>Other?

>>35738206
>The Sisters