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+++XENO QUOTE OF THE DAY+++
>SELECTED Asandi

“I have soared on wings of fire and hunted lesser pilot-prey when your primitive ancestors were still playing with kites. And yet with each generation of you humans there is always at least one cocksure KAAR’RIAAK-EK <untranslatable =short-life=?> that think themselves my peer, or worse, my better! This arrogance, which I once found almost endearing, is now increasingly grating on my Asandi sensibilities. Survive my flights for another decade, whelp, and I just might bother learning your name.”
-Ebony Talon, Flight Leader of the Black Company First Wingshark Squadron

…

Serene Asandi Clans – Federation Space – Nest of Many

“Sky-brother. It has been too long!” The white-feathered Asandi gestured for his older brother to take a seat and join him for a cup of korcha.

“Two decades.” The black-winged Asandi paused mid-shrug, these void-damn human gestures were picking up “Not so long, as the Dying Sun turns.”

“Two decades of excitement by all accounts.” Ivory Plume prodded the conversation along good-naturedly. Every decade or so he checked in with his nest sibling, always hoping he’d finally tired of this blood-spattered Path. Most of their kind walked a Path for a century or two, not five. His dedication to the Path would have been considered admirable two centuries ago… now it was concerning. “Still gallivanting about with those human mercenaries, are we?”

“I am following the Path, sky-brother. In my own way.” Ebony Talon did his level best to indulge his younger nest-sibling in this family check-in.

Already he yearned to return from leave and impose his presence on the dark skies again in the heat of battle, to swoop on the lesser pilot-prey that dared deny him as the lord of their skies. To have his enemies rage and scream their dying breaths at his magnificence as he soared on wings of fire above them. The sensation derived from these flawless victories was much akin to that of a narcotic. And Ebony Talon knew full well that he was hopelessly addicted.

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“Why don’t you come back to the fold? Return to the Serene Clans. Regardless of the… circumstances in which you left, the Autarchs would have you back in an -instant-.” Ivory Plume clacked his beak for emphasis.

“Doubtless they would.” Ebony Talon flicked a talon dismissively, not bothering to crow on at length regarding his peerless skills as an fighter pilot. One may as well describe a Nova Sun as ‘bright’. “But to do what? Waste away, my edge dulling on routine patrols and my mind drifting to madness with boredom? No.”

“You’ve been piloting fighters longer than these simians have even had aircraft to pilot, and you would trust yourself to their primitive designs?” Ivory Plume could not suppress a shudder at the thought. “Ghastly.”

“Their designs are primitive, yes. Barbaric, even. But they do have a certain…” Ebony Talon considers his choice of word carefully, testing its weight. “…’appreciation’ for the function of a predator. No vainglorious glamour or concern for aesthetics. Purely about the kill.”

The Asandi Pilot considered the F-119 ‘Wingshark’ to be one of the few notable achievements of human civilisation. Perhaps the only one, really. The humans were smelly, crude and inflated in their ideas about their own abilities. Every year Ebony Talon was putting another hotshot pilot in his place, demonstrating to these so called ‘aces’ that he was as high above them as this Asandi orbital habitat was above the gas planet below. There were always more challengers, the human species seemed geared to producing them. Such delusions were so typical of the lesser lived races. The lack of shielding on their fight craft was a testament to this, sacrificing protection for speed and power. Though admittedly the absence of this advanced tech on the Wingshark only endeared the design further to the Asandi Pilot. Having shields on your craft implied the you were admitting the possibility that you might be hit.

Ebony Talon loved the Wingshark design. It could not hold a feather to the Asandi craft, even the less optimal classes freely shared with the Federation. Sleek in form by human standards, but in terms of manoeuvrability, protection or any other number of factors the Wingshark was outclassed in everything except perhaps thrust and firepower. By comparison, it was a blunt instrument of death. A spiked club to the silver dagger of his own species’ crafts. But at least it did not pretend to be anything but.

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It was not the best fighter craft in the galaxy, not by most measurements. But it was nothing but a fighter craft, every plate and bolt shaved down to maximise its killing potential. It was not designed to conduct long-range patrols, or accommodate passengers, nor spare room for emergency supply runs. No allowance was made for modifications or alterations beyond that specific to the theatre of war. Even fuel was limited, short forays and pilots keeping an eye on the gauge every minute they were flying. Every aspect, every inch of the Wingshark was honed to a fine edge so that it may excel in one thing and one thing alone. War. To run down prey and pluck them from the sky like the talons of the Void mother herself.

This, at least, the human designers and engineers had understood well enough. Better even than some Asandi engineers that Ebony Talon could name. There was an admirable understanding of its nature, a savage purity in the beast that gave him a thrill every time he entered the cockpit and graced the fighter wing with his presence. He was not an ace among aces, he was a master. Not an expert, an artist. An artist in the dance of death. He was the Blade of the Dying Sun, the Black Company was merely the stone the whetted it.

“Well… so long as you are happy…” Ivory Plume muttered uneasily, sipping from his now cold korcha.

Ivory Plume feared his nest-sibling may be insane. But to voice such a concern to any other would be unspeakably rude. His sky-brother’s unhealthy obsession fixation with dealing death onto those that dare challenged his reign of the skies always had been at odds with the peaceable Asandi culture. Doubtless they would see each other again in another decade or so, just to check-in. And hope that his brother had finally tired of this Path he appeared trapped in. It did not seem likely.

“I am not happy, sky-brother. Happiness has nothing to do with it.” Ebony Talon ruffled his feathers, staring out the habitat dome into the blackness of the void. The realm where he truly belonged as an artist. An artist of death. “I am Perfection. That is all that matters.”

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Xeno Quote of the Day (select one for the next thread)
>Asandi
>Auxl
>Belcossan
>Chorkrum
>Coryx
>Drax
>Faenwedhe
>Kroll
>Pect’Max
>Quexi
>Savis
>Yibrak
>Vesh
> League of Dis - Rebels

>>5008068
>Belcossan

>>5008068
>Vesh
I will never give up

>>5008068
>Chorkrum

>>5008068
>Kroll

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This vote will remain open for 24 hours, as per usual.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Black%20Company%20Quest

Thread archived here, please upvote etc etc

Just want to give you guys a heads up that there will be no update tomorrow, but I will do my best to provide updates in the upcoming week despite it looking pretty hectic work wise. If I can't make it work, I'll let you fellas know.

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>>5008068
>League of Dis - Rebels
While Nat is doing whatever with the rest of the infantry, there is an actual Ace Combat protagonist winning whole battles by himself in the sky
Absolutely based

>>5008068
>Pect’Max

>>5008101
I dunno, sounds more like your average chair force boyo than a real nigga to me.

>>5008068
>Pect’Max

Will we ever get more on the other bird xenos?

>>5008091
So if we're entering endgame for this campaign what do the next few threads look like?

Also what's the reworks for STV looking like?

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>>5008101
Seems more like Char: bird edition without the space faring mechs

>>5008068
> League of Dis - Rebels
The viet dis are the only way boss!

>>5008068
>Kroll
Asandi are right cunts

>>5008068
>Pect’Max
Sixth time is the charm

>>5008068
>Vesh
Why not

>>5008068
>Kroll
Kroll

>>5008068
>League of Dis - Rebels
I wanna know their reaction/where they end up after we leave.

>>5008068

>Rebels

ASR

>>5008068
>Vesh
Come on Vesh, let's see what the bats squeak about

>>5008068
I love the smell of napalm in the morning...

>Chorkrum
I don't think we heard about these aliums yet.

>>5008068
>Vesh

Hello….
Hopefully, there’ll be a helpful picture right below once more.

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>>5008068
>Vesh

Posting pic to help me find my post again easily.

>>5008327
lmao, are you the same guy from last thread that found my image useful to find your own post?

>>5008068
>Kroll
I love this Wingshark degenerate

>>5008068
>Vesh
Short-range fighters -- oh dear, lawn darts.

>>5008068
>Vesh

The best part of the week is back! Always vote on vesh.

>>5008068
>>Auxl

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>>5008068
>>Vesh

>>5008068
>Vesh
ė

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>>5008068
>Vesh
What an edgy little bird

>>5008040
>>Pect’Max

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>>5008068
>Belcossan
I more want more plant boyz

I don't suppose any of you kriggers have any tips on how to practice independent hands for the piano

>>5008068
>>Chorkrum

Emile vs Nat, who wins?

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>>5008453
Nat with her firearms would obviously trump a medieval knight. Should we say that she only has a knife against Emile to make it a fair fight?

>>5008460
Hard to make it fair. Lets say Emile is armed and amoured walking through a forest; dense shrubbery and trees. Nat is waiting in ambush but only has a dagger. He is aware it is dangerous but isn't aware of the specific threat. She knows she has to kill a large, armoured threat but doesn't know its nature

>>5008453
>mutant with firearms vs knight
Yeah why you gotta ask this I dont know.

>>5008436
Since I didn't attach any additional flair to this, I'm just going to reply with this post.

>>5008464
also let's not forget that Emile has aced every pathfinder roll that has come his way

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>>5008068
>>Quexi
I want to hear about turtle bros.

>>5008453
>Emille just has Fallavon Ptsd and screams about why it had to be snakes

Nat probably underestimates how dangerous Emille is with just a shield though.

>>5008570
ah the classic "I have unarmed you" fallacy of Emile's foes

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>>5008068
>Kroll
Let's go boys!

>>5008570
I feel like most people underestimate just how vicious a shield really is.

>>5008647
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5ripSoy04

>>5008347
If yours was the strange soldier with a brown background, I believe so.

And would you look that, in fact?

Good to see you again.

>>5008068
>Kroll
Company, do you want to live forever?

>>5008068
>Pect’Max

>>5008068
Listen. As someone who is really drunk, this opening post has med fucked Up. Not gonna Lie, i am 99% i wont remember making this post until two Weeks. IT Will be a fever dream, that i am posting this.

>>5008786
I am amazed that this post went through, since i cant do that CAPTCHA sober, but somehow i manage to do IT drunk og my balls.

>>5008068
>>Pect’Max
The time is now

>>5008695
Yeah, that was me. What a coincidence.

>>5008068
>Yeah
Am I late?

>>5008942
Fuck you Autocorrect. Fuck your mother
>Vesh

>>5008068
>>Belcossan

Now thats a Top Burd.

And I want more plant friends.

>>5008068
>Asandi

I crave more

>>5008068
>>Drax

Lets get this show on the roaaad

Given he is only a flight lead, I wonder what Ebony Talon thinks of the CAG.

>>5008068
>Kroll

Something different

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>>5008470
Not exactly...

So you all convinced me to finally start reading Sworn to Valour and I've just made it through the first thread.
I was confused initially to see our MC was not named Emile, but that confusion quickly transformed into hearty laughter
It was also interesting to see the start of Forgotten's 'tism checks

>>5009541
>It was also interesting to see the start of Forgotten's 'tism checks
Oh you ain't seen nothing yet

>>5008068
>Kroll
hope I made it

>>5009571
Is there an ETA on when one WILL see nothing?

>>5009607
For when the tism' dam breaks? Less than a dozen before the latest StV thread. Looking back I thought the Quest was gonna end, but now I just giggle whenever I remember it. If you mean interesting things in general, keep an eye on Emile's shield,horse,balls and an ear out for when the trees start talking.

>>5009622
I was just being a smartass

>>5009622
Thanks anon I'll keep no eyes out

Ass
Booty
Butt

>>5009541
Yeah that was hilarious in retrospect. Not sure what you're up to be there are soo many cool moments littered throughout

Its pretty cool how Emille started as pretty much a copy paste of Mc 1 and then morphed into his own identity

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>>5008127
>So if we're entering endgame for this campaign what do the next few threads look like?
Well that would be spoilered!

>Also what's the reworks for STV looking like?
I'd like to revamp it so that the system is a little less clunky, but making sure anons don't lose any of their hard-earned GAINS thus far

>>5008438
>that little tuft of hair for Crane
SAVED and placed with the Annals. Amazing work, Meme Shaman. On par with the DAUBENY OC meme, for sure

>>5008460
I think if we took away Nat's firearms and Emile's noble steed they would be on a fairly even footing. Nat has the advantage of cradler genemods but that's going up against a season knight in full-plate armour.

That said, Emile has had poor experiences with larger-than-average snakes in the past...

>>5008654
I laugh errytime. Even more fitting given that Emile is cannonically quite tall as knights go.

>>5008795
Keep on pounding those tequila shots back, fren

>>5009288
Probably doesn't pay him much heed, so long as he gets let loose when it's called for.

>>5009541
You're in for a fun ride anon, no doubt about that.

>>5010081
I'm digging it too. I really like that anons have leant into the faith aspect of our knight.

>>5010148
>I'd like to revamp it so that the system is a little less clunky
Yeah but what does that look like?

>>5010148
It would be extremely helpful if you could make a pastebin/image of the StV mechanics. Right now I'm trying to piece together the system by scouring every QM post across the 27 threads.

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>SELECTED (next thread)
>Vesh

>SELECTED
>You get your SIG to take a look at it. She’s a communications expert, not a hacker, but this relatively simple encryption should be able to be cracked before your evac arrives. You’ve got a feeling in your gut about this file, you want to know wants on it. And sooner is better than later. [Daredevil] + [ACCESS Restricted Archives: Helmcam Recording]
GAIN +1 Judas Contract Insight

++CAMCORDING: CPL ‘Capstone’ Sabatino – RESTRICTED ACCESS++
++ACCESS OVERIDE RECOGNISED++
++REVIEW OF CAMCORDING AUTHORISED++

“Ne suis-je pas un génie ?” The winds of the dust storm are blowing heavy by the time your signallier finally cracks the restricted file. “Tenez vos applaudissements, s'il vous plaît.”

Your evac should be on its way already, and Checkpoint Charlie is secure as you could hope to make it. Hopefully you’ll be long gone before any Cradler Auxiliaries decide to return, but in the meantime at least you have something to watch.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9l5NVIjv94&ab_channel=Majatek – Fall of the Anatolia Defence Line

Anatolia Defence Line - Istanbul, Earth - 31st August 2209 (21 years ago)

“ggghrrrkkk”

It’s not a quite roar, more like air deflating from a bag of flesh and blood. The sound makes your skin crawl, even knowing that it’s just a recording of the Rot and not the real thing.

KRAK! KA-KA-KRAK!

You can see the muzzle fire flashing in front of the camera into a mass of something and the snap-crack of heavier weaponry. As the helm focusses and the gunfire dissipates, you can make out the human bodies scattered in the street. Though the describing the a few of those bodies as anything remotely resembling ‘humans’ would be a disservice to the species, these must be the Stage I and II’s that you’re familiar enough with in the holo-vids and briefings.

“Scud… I think that’s the last of them.” The camera pans to the rest of the abandoned street, out in front of some kind of hotel lobby. “Armadillo, the package?”

“Still secure.” The camera pans to the trooper you assume is ‘Armadillo’, but they’re looking at another member of the squad. “I think Caspian is hit.”

“No! No I’m not!” The young trooper is holding a hand to their left arm, blood seeping through their fingers “I’m fine! It’s just a scratch!”

Against the Rot, just a scratch is more than enough. Hell, even the tiniest breach of an airtight suit is enough. You already know what’s going to happen before the helm-wearer even raises their weapon.

“Sorry, kid.”

The other trooper holds out a pleading hand, their panic evident even under the closed in helmet. “No, wai-!” KA-KRAK

The bullet tears through the outstreached hand and into the skull of the wounded trooper. The camera remains focused on their fallen body for a moment. After a few seconds the view pans to the other survivors of the squad, all standing there silently.

“…Let’s move.”

[2/5]

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There are a few larger corpses scattered out in the piles of bodies in the streets, closer to the size of a car than a human. They look like… some kind of amalgamation of bodies, the infamous Stage III. Virtually impossible to kill even with heavy explosives, even these ones in the footage aren’t quite dead but instead have the majority of their limbs blown off. Apparently, that doesn’t keep them down forever though….

“…gghghhhr…”

There is a flash of light, and the footage crinkles into indecipherable static for a few moments.

“Allah have mercy…” The voice draws the wearer’s attention skywards, the camera finally refocussing. The ancient Hague Sophia, normally dominating any view of the city, is overshadowed by the billowing mushroom cloud

“Scud. If they’re dropping nukes then the Defence Line is…”

“GGHHRRRKKK”

“Christ on a stick, where’s that coming from?”

“I got no eyes on it. Sounds like a Class IV.” Overhead, much closer than , you see something metallic and heavy crash into the hotel tower above the squad sending every running as debris plummets down onto the dusty cobblestone streets. As the dust clears you can make out the unmistakable outline of a Republic of Earth grav-tank, despite its twisted wreckage being some thirty floors up. “…maybe bigger.”

The ground is shaking and the sound that you thought might have been further nuclear detonations begins to resemble footsteps. Very large footsteps.

“GGHKKRRRRKKK” There’s a sickening pause, pregnant in the brief silence that lies heavy in the narrow streets. “GHKGHKGHK-HAARROOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM”

It is quite easily the single most unsettling sound you have ever heard in your life, and it’s safe to say you’ve heard some scud out there at night in the Green.

“Tuckshop, you know these streets?”

“I… uh, yeah I used to work just around the corner-“

“Get us an out! Now!”

There are a few minutes of confused scrambling on the camera as the survivors of the squad beat feet, ducking into side alleys of the stone streets of Istanbul and hairy encounters with stray infected. The wearer looks back at one of their rearguard number firing wildly into a mass of infected following them. The camera pans to the front again, heavy breathing audible through the recording with each pounding footstep as they turn a corner. When the wearer looks back, there’s no sign of the infected. Or the rearguard. Finally, after a few more minutes of panicked retreated in the abandoned streets of Earth, the survivors reach something approaching an exit. You can make out what looks like a parking lot where a Republic of Earth gunship has touched down outside of a large sports stadium.

[3/5]

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“Start her up!” The wearer yells at the crewmen as they come up on the gunship. “We got infected right on our asses!”

“No way!” The lead pilot shakes his head, waving the newcomers to one side and pointing at the stadium. “We’ve got thousands of civilians still trapped in there, they need every ship here to get ‘em out!”

The camera looks around, at the four surviving Company squaddies and the Republic of Earth guys parked on their ride out of here. It’s just these two pilots and a lone young-looking RoE soldier. Probably lost, no one is where they’re supposed to be in this chaos. Even as the helm-wearer weighs their options you can hear, just on the periphery, the haunting groans of approaching infected.

“We need to leave. Right now.” The warning tone in the sentence from the helm-wearer seems obvious to you, but it’s clearly missed on the gunship crew as the pilot steps in his way.

“Hey! You mercs are being paid to escort this evac effort, it’s not a free fragging ride!” The helm wearer doesn’t answer, not even shifting slightly as another trooper edges in closer to the co-pilot. The expression of the pilot changes from to angry. “Listen here, gun-for-hire, you can sit your ass down and hold the fragging line! That’s what you’re being paid for, isn’t it?”

The view shifts down to the heavy case in the hands of the Company trooper next to them, ‘Armadillo’ if you recall correctly. The camera pans up to their face. A moment’s pause, and then the trooper nods.

Without a word CPL Sabatino brings up his rifle and fires a three-round burst directly into the pilot’s centre-mass. The co-pilot is already dead, courtesy of a bullet to the back of the head from one of the other Company survivors.

“What about this one?” The final trooper asks, you think they were called ‘Tuckshop’, gun drawn on the bewildered Republic of Earth trooper. Behind him Armadillo is already strapping himself into the cockpit. You assume that means he knows how to fly it.

“We’re taking this bird.” The helm-wearer leans in close to the young soldier with their hands up. “You got a problem with that?”

The RoE private shakes their head. “U-uh, no! No, sir!“

“Don’t call me ‘sir’, I work for a living.” The helm-wearer nods at the other Company soldiers and they embark as the gunship engines power up. The camera turns back to the young soldier still standing on the concrete of the Istanbul car park. “Hop in, or don’t.”

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To his credit, the soldier does hesitate and look back at the stadium looming behind him. But as the first Rot infected lopes into view, that hesitation quickly collapses.

“Good choice, kid.” The wearer offers a hand up as the latest addition to the squad hops on board.

The helm-cam pans down as the gunship takes off, the smoke of the city overshadowed further mushroom clouds in the distance. The streets are writhing with infected, with sporadic pockets of gunfire indicating holdouts of Republic of Earth or Company forces against the endless wave of Rot. Larger ordnance spurts fire at the towering advanced late stage specimens of the Rot, to little visible effect. Buildings collapse as the Class III’s and IV’s howl and groan, sweeping aside tanks and fortifications like toys. Soon enough they’ll be launching a nuke right here too, civvies or no. Istanbul is lost, and with it any hope of keeping the worst of the Rot contained.

“Only choice you had, really…”

+++RECORDING ENDS+++

Crane, Night Night and yourself are silent for a few moments. Eventually, your SIG whistles. “Zut alors… that did not look like a fun time.”

“No… I imagine the fall of Earth was no one’s idea of ‘fun’.” Crane says thoughtfully, unaware of the irony of the statement coming from the squad’s resident buzzkill. “But why was it on an unlinked file on this corporal’s helmet? Why the interest in Sabatino?”

You scratch your dirty tussled hair. “Sabatino… Sabatino, why does that name ring a bell?”

Both Crane and Night Night look at you like you’ve grown an extra head.

“Ahem.” Your SIG coughs politely. “Perhaps that is because ‘Capstone’ Sabatino is now Colour Sergeant ‘Capstone’ of the Black Company, oui?”

“Oh.” The highest ranked NCO, the Captain’s personal man. “That would be it. ‘Oui’.”

Your Second shakes his head in disappointment, which is kinda unfair. Hardly your business to know who’s sitting around the big boy’s table, you’re just a damn footslogger.

=========

>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

>“The LT will want to see this. Whatever it is.” Whatever is going on, it’s sounding like it’s above your paygrade. Handing the drive over the LT is what an NCO is supposed to do in this situation. At least the LT knows they can trust you with this kind of backroom stuff. [Firebrand]

>“We don’t say a word of this to nobody. Not until we know what the frag this is about.” Keeping silent on the footage, you keep an eye out but refrain from investigating too heavily on your down time. No need to advertise... [Xenophobe]

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

I want to buy the rest of those at some point. It's too juicy to ignore. Nom nom nom, lore and plot


Verification
>>5008453

>>5010234
>>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

>>5008088

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

>“We don’t say a word of this to nobody. Not until we know what the frag this is about.” Keeping silent on the footage, you keep an eye out but refrain from investigating too heavily on your down time. No need to advertise... [Xenophobe]

I want to keep this on the downlow until we know what we've seen, their might be something to this we could use for a purpose or we could be in over our heads with what we've seen.

Either way keep it close until we know more

>>5010246
Verification >>5008127

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

Given that the name of the mysterious mission is 'Judas Contract' and this is Black Company, I suspect the Company had a role in the fall of Earth, betraying their own kind. Screencapping my own post for the inevitable reveal.

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

BUT ALSO:
>Ask boy blue what he knows about the fall of Istanbul and Colour sergeant Capstone.[Write in]

I think it would be prudent to send out some feelers on our direct CO to see if we can trust him.

>>5010216
Also I have to say props on the music forgotten. Animatrix is a kino production

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]
me >>5008224

>>5010262
>Ask boy blue what he knows about the fall of Istanbul and Colour sergeant Capstone.[Write in]
No don't do that, he'll ask why we're asking and we're gonna drop spaghetti and it will be really bad. Boy is much too smart for us to try to cheat or prove.

>>5010262
Asking boy blue when we're not known for being a scholar or even someone really interested in earth seems like a thing that could go very VERY badly.

>>5010273
>>5010274
How about just asking about his history with the compony then?

Say that we want to get to know our CO better. And if his service on earth (If he did serve there) comes up we can pursue that.

is that a better approach?

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

I agree with the Anon here >>5010255. Besides, it's not like the Company carries a coffin with a huge necromancer-fighter-abomination in it and hopped from a reality where undeath had won...

>>5008316
Autism check

>>5010288
I think with Blue there is no real middle way, either we are a good soldier drone and kick everything up the chain, or we're a nosy girl and snoop around, in which case we should try to avoid Blue getting any notion of any of this.

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

>>5008344
Me.

>>5010288
I'm not sure Nat has the social subletly for that. Maybe against someone else, but not Blue.

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

Verification: >>5008349

I'm actually not sure where Blue stands. His cold no-nonsense attitude and ordering us to ghost that one bug rebel make me think he is a standard "anything for the company" man, but this quote...

>“Far from it. But suffice to say there’s movement in the Company, and having a lowly Krieger Lieutenant having friends on the outside with some agency isn’t seeming like such a bad idea.” You don’t know what the LT is on about, but the words ‘movement’ seemed to carry with them an unusually ominous tone.

...Makes me wonder if he is more self serving or if their is some internal politicking going on in the company or some sort of strife. Maybe something to do with whether to open the company up to more xenos or maybe some conflict with The Captain over whether we ought to put Humanity's interests or The Black Company's interests first, I dunno.

Either way I don't think we should share this with Blue until we know him better. He may be interested and try and push us to investigate more if he is self-interested or part of some internal clique within the company, or he may just do the standard "it's above your paygrade and on an need to know basis, so zip it".

>>5010309
See I'm of this same train of thought. we don't know Blue well enough to come to a decision which is why I think we should get a feel for him before we decide to include him in on this or not.

>>5010234
>>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

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Happy to see anons diving right into the discussion, just a reminder to the occasional 1-post ID anons to link back to your first vote of the thread if your ID has changes.

I noticed it a couple times last thread, but for the most part you guys are doing good.

>>5010317
I'm just worried that handing over the drive to the LT will mean we can't reveal it to anyone we want to show it to personally, and we will lose possession of it which may be important if the sum of all these things is greater than the individual parts or if holding this evidence will let us make some sort of political power play later on, and finally I'm worried about this painting a target on our backs and making it harder for us to investigate this further.

>>5010371
Aw shiet boss. I thought I posted a choice for the alien fluff but I didn't. Can I still participate? First post here >>5010330

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>>5010381
Yeah that's aight

>>5010378
I'm totally against showing the LT the drive at this stage but I think we should slowly gauge his disposition to see if he is trustworthy or distrust-worthy later on

>>5010234
>>“The LT will want to see this. Whatever it is.” Whatever is going on, it’s sounding like it’s above your paygrade. Handing the drive over the LT is what an NCO is supposed to do in this situation. At least the LT knows they can trust you with this kind of backroom stuff. [Firebrand]
We might get sucked into whatever backroom power struggle the LT hinted at or just get the Clinton special, double tap to the back of the head suicide. But the risk of asking around about this stuff with no understanding of it is more likely to get us into an unfortunate workplace accident, if somebody (the LT) catches on to us. And we did vote for being ambitious so gaining the favor of Boy Blue and showing him we can be depended on seems smarter. I think Nat knows that she is not a political enough animal to use the recording better than the LT could or try to outplay him. Seems to me the smart career and life expectancy move is to be a good pawn rather than a cunning rival.

>>5008257
me

>>5010309
>Maybe something to do with whether to open the company up to more xenos
I'd be surprised if there isn't some level of infighting about this considering how "opened up to xenos" the captain himself is, non company xenos at that if I understood that bedroom scene right.

>>5010394
I'm not opposed to eventually giving what we have to the LT, but don't you think we should wait to have more/know more before going past the point of no return?

>>5010234
>>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]
>>5008327

The Judas Contract is clearly Very Very Secret.
Nat is not that important.
The Boy has been willing to silence people before, even allies, in a very permanent fashion.
Best not to risk it then, I think.

Unfortunately, curiosity killed the snake…

>>5010398
I'm just worried that Nat isn't a smooth enough operator to simultaneous collect puzzle pieces and not get caught. And even if she is she has to have a hell of a good excuse for sneaking around her CO's back or be ready to make a power play the moment she comes clean.

>>5010401
it shows a willingness to try to play Blue or work against him if Nat thinks there is even a chance it might server her own goals better. Which I think is a bold strategy to follow on something she doesn't know the value of in a political game she knows nothing about, played by people she don't even know, for reasons she can't even take a guess at. She didn't even recognize the name of the captains right hand man for voids sake.

>>5010403
Yeah we're not smart like that but Crane is. He'll guide us through this.

>>5010403
Nat's naiveté is exactly why we someone like boy blue on our side , someone who is tapped in to the inner workings of the BC. Even if it isn't Blue Nat is just a dumb grunt so she needs SOMEONE to tap into this intrigue

>>5010413
Didn't he most likely leave the yakuza because he didn't like killing his own over internal powerstruggles or politicking.

>>5010414
my point exactly don't walk out into the green at night drunk in your underwear with only a single matchstick and smoked vinehound ham.

>>5010413
while crane is more... aware to the general function of the company he isn't exactly a commissioned officer who is tapped into the comings and goings of the machinations of the company

>>5010413
I wouldnt exactly call Nat not smart, while I love my meatheads like Emille (who also isnt an idiot) Nats just not entirely geared towards a wholistic approach to leadership which is why Crane is a great 2nd IC since he can pick up the areas Nat doesn't gear towards.

>>5010424
I would never call her stupid, but I'd say she is more of a "low cunning" type, making her a perfect killing tool but easily fooled on the big stage where guys like Boy play a game she doesn't even know exist.

>>5010234
>>“We don’t say a word of this to nobody. Not until we know what the frag this is about.” Keeping silent on the footage, you keep an eye out but refrain from investigating too heavily on your down time. No need to advertise... [Xenophobe]

gotta stay smart to stay alive

>>5008169
tis me

>>5008503
first post
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]
Once we have more pieces of the puzzle, then we should be more discrete. Someone asking about the famous battle should be able to shake loose a few more clues, but we started to ask more specific questions, some people might guess what we are up to. As for Boy, while it might garner a bit of trust from him, there are two downsides. One, he know knows we have a bit of information on whatever the mission was and will keep an eye out when we go snooping. The second one is that he may want us involved in internal politics that we don't know enough about yet to make informed choices. One we know more about the higher going-ons of the Company and have already garnered more trust with Boy, we can start asking him some questions.
Two important things I wish to mention. One ling of inquiry we should follow is when Capstone became the Company's second in command, or if he was promoted during or after the mission in question. The second line of inquiry is who the other 4 living squad members were(we have name Armadillo and Tuckshop) and who the RoE private was. So we have three leads and could either use them to find the other three or maybe look again at the recording to see if the other three had any identifying characteristics.
>>5010449
I'd say she is smart enough to know the board exists, but also smart enough to know that it is beyond her capabilities, like an experienced mountaineer looking out at a desert:very experienced, but knows a different beast when she sees it. She isn't an Unga Bunga woman who is only capable of killing and smashing, shes just very good at it and finding ways to apply it.

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

>>5008430
Linking back as my ID surely changed. Also, this is starting to look like some juicy ass stuff.

>>5010234
>>>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

>>5010216
>Earth
Aw jeez.

>>5010255
Everyone knows Black Company sold humanity out. The Captain even ruminates over it in the thread where we were assigned this very campaign. This is merely a record of one of the smaller betrayals BC was involved in, as well as "Capstone's" probable induction into the Company.
Odds are good, one of the guys in that vid is the Captain himself.

>>5010646
It'd be pretty funny if the RoE guy turned out to be The Captain.

>>5010234
>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

Verification: >>5008364

>>5010234
>>“We don’t say a word of this to nobody. Not until we know what the frag this is about.” Keeping silent on the footage, you keep an eye out but refrain from investigating too heavily on your down time. No need to advertise... [Xenophobe]

>>5010657
>>5010646
Unlikely due to the fact that Capstone is his right hand man and Capstone appears to be the commanding officer in the recording, but stranger things have happened.

>>5010309
>put Humanity's interests or The Black Company's interests first,

Where does Nat even stand on this issue anon?

She seems like a pretty big company gal - but we’ve never been ordered to put the Company before humanity…

>>5010749
Maybe to her the company is humanity.

>>5010767
Not if we keep letting Xenos in…

>>5010234
>>“We don’t say a word of this to nobody. Not until we know what the frag this is about.” Keeping silent on the footage, you keep an eye out but refrain from investigating too heavily on your down time. No need to advertise... [Xenophobe]

>>5009164

>>5010234

Okay guys, here's my take on this.

This is personally dangerous to Color Sergeant Capstone, for reasons of internal discipline. A mercenary company of this sort is really only loyal to itself (rather than fighting for reasons of patriotism), thus, punishments are likely to be somewhat harsher to scare the rank and file into line. They are allowed to get away with more (looting, harsh treatment of civvies), but when it comes to orders, they better fucking obey - or else!

Which means that now you have the senior enlisted man of the unit having a history of betraying an employer. What Brother will EVER say anything other than "Bitch, you did it too, or worse!" to the Sergeant, no matter what the charge is? How can the Sergeant ever discipline a Brother again?

Which means that if this gets out, he's useless in his current role, even if Company leadership decided to ignore the breach of contract....

Which means that his personal position, rank, and livelihood are in danger....

Which means that if he thinks you had solid proof of the betrayal.... He now has a very good reason to want you dead. Even if he wasn't punished by Company leadership, do you think he really wants to go back to field operations, especially with that stain hanging over his head?

Which means that you might be taking point on every suicide op he can possibly scrape up... If you don't wind up with a bullet in the back after you leave the enlisted man's club.

Just a thought. Keep this shit quiet. And make sure you keep a copy where someone loyal to you can get to it. I don't think Sgt. Capstone is a very nice man at all.

>>5010782
>>5010234
>>5008310

That said...

>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

There are some things you can either know nothing about, or you need to know everything in order to be immune to. We need to know more, we just need not to get shot in the process.

>>5010749
I dunno, that's for us to decide. But before the whole 'shoot our ally' thing I'd say she was a 'me and the people I know' kinda gal, and up until we decided to show interest in being fine with continuing doing dirty deeds to further our own interests I'd have said she was still that kinda person, now I'd say I see Nat as more self-serving or more of a company-woman, albeit a hesitant one. If Nat showed more curiosity or interest in old Earth or RoE stuff or leaned more heavily into her xenophobia I could see her being interested in the preservation and thriving of humanity, but as it stands I see her more as disliking or being mistrustful of aliens rather than thinking well of humans.

Didn't quite express that last part clearly or how I wanted, but I don't really have time to edit to my satisfaction to express how I think Nat thinks.

>>5010234
>>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

me >>5009280

>>5010782
>This is personally dangerous to Color Sergeant Capstone, for reasons of internal discipline. A mercenary company of this sort is really only loyal to itself (rather than fighting for reasons of patriotism), thus, punishments are likely to be somewhat harsher to scare the rank and file into line. They are allowed to get away with more (looting, harsh treatment of civvies), but when it comes to orders, they better fucking obey - or else!
Unless they have orders that supercede them.
>“Hey! You mercs are being paid to escort this evac effort, it’s not a free fragging ride!” The helm wearer doesn’t answer, not even shifting slightly as another trooper edges in closer to the co-pilot. The expression of the pilot changes from to angry. “Listen here, gun-for-hire, you can sit your ass down and hold the fragging line! That’s what you’re being paid for, isn’t it?”
>The view shifts down to the heavy case in the hands of the Company trooper next to them, ‘Armadillo’ if you recall correctly. The camera pans up to their face. A moment’s pause, and then the trooper nods.
The story, the pretext was they were here to Evac Civillians, but I'm not so sure. I think their job was to deliver that package.

>>5010845
Probably a combination of cover story and a secondary objective,or even tertiary.

>>5010234
>>“The LT will want to see this. Whatever it is.” Whatever is going on, it’s sounding like it’s above your paygrade. Handing the drive over the LT is what an NCO is supposed to do in this situation. At least the LT knows they can trust you with this kind of backroom stuff. [Firebrand]

I missed the autism check, but I have a stable ID from home so at worst I'll get ya on the next vote.

>>5010775
Plants are okay. They can stay.

But those fucking bug people need to zog off.

>>5010782
It's pretty hard to fault a guy for just wanting to stay alive. Sure it's shitty but more people are going to look out for themselves than they would look out for anyone else. Especially considering the circumstances at the time. Super mega mutant zombie monsters are chasing you and the whole everything is going to shit, yeah, you'd want to bug out too.

Is it a bad look? Absolutely. Is it a "You are complete scum who can never be trusted and you're lucky your compatriots don't lynch you at lunch!"? No way.

>>5010782
Bruh saved all the Company dudes. We are a Company dude. Ipso Facto he ain't a hero but I'll ride with him.

>>5010882
>>5010902
Straight up. I have no issue with the decision he made. It was clear at that point that Earth was lost, humanity doomed and those civvies were probably already dead. The pilot was a brave fool, but a fool nonetheless. They made the right choice bugging out

>>5010903
Flyboy didn't fully comprehend the situation on the ground.

>>5010907
Yeah probably not, but deciding to argue with the people on the ground who do know, the people with the guns, is pretty foolish. Especially when you know the planet is being slowly wiped out by a monsterous thing

>>5010912
The situation was that if he didn't leave right away, he was gonna die. His mistake to attribute that to the wrong threat.

>>5010916
Haha true enough

Curious if the RoE private is still alive.

He probably took the black as well.

>>5010882
>>5010902
>>5010903
>>5010845

The real "product" the Black Company sells is politically reliable military forces - meaning obedient and effective troops. A merc unit who can't fight or won't obey orders is quickly unemployed, bankrupt, and disbanded or dead.

On a personal level you can't necessarily fault him for wanting to stay alive, but think about this... You go, you fight, you survive. Then you find out that some shit of a corporal popped two pilots and bugged out of a contract because he lost his nerve. You guys don't get paid (depending on the contract there may be penalties also) and all of your comrades who died now died for nothing.

Yeah, I CAN say he's a piece of shit. That lack of loyalty to the higher unit is what makes this betrayal so scummy.

Whether or not he thinks the fight can be won isn't his call to make - That's for the officers, who often have a better idea of the whole picture than they do. That's the hard part about being a soldier... Your life depends on someone making the call without your knowledge, and you go on faith. Sometimes, they put you in a situation where they know you will die because it's the best option they have for the unit as a whole.

The only way this decision is really defensible is if the rest of the unit doesn't matter at all, or if the unit is so crushed that you wouldn't get useful orders anyway.

Good call on the case thing, though. It's quite possible we did have higher orders... And that makes me wonder if that thing might contain activation codes for the battleship. Weren't we unsure about how we got that thing anyway?

Perhaps the price for us bugging out was that we get to take a fun piece of hardware with us... Or perhaps Company leadership just saw an opportunity.

>>5010953
>You go, you fight, you survive.

Lol. See, that didn't happen to most of the National (?) forces. Look around, Krigger, I don't see any other human fleets in good standing with the galactic community.

>>5010953
Oh wait, I read the wrong "You". Anyways, case in point, the Corporal made an accurate assessment in that shit was fragged seven ways from Sunday, all of 'em leading to an apocalypse and our employer wasn't gonna be able to re-employ us anyways.

Life is full of hard choices like this, in this case he gambled correctly.

>>5010953
My man if you expect mercs to sit down, shut up, and die like good little soldiers for you then you would never find mercs willing to work for you. A mercenary's mindset isn't "Oh man I better not leave my post, we won't get paid if I leave." it's "If I stay here I'm fucking dead, and I can never get paid again.". Mercs look out for mercs because whoever they are working for isn't looking out for them. There is a tacit understanding of this everywhere. You can hire mercs to do just about any gnarly shit you need them to do but if you're putting their lives at a greater risk than they find worth it, they're gone.

You don't hire mercenaries to just be regular footsoldiers unless you are really fucking desperate. You instead hire them to use them as irregulars or specialists. Or just black ops shit.

The Black Company while being markedly well disciplined and structured is still a mercenary company. And shouldn't be trusted to be anything more. The reason why the BC does so well is because they are damn good at what they do. At the end of the day a "reliable" deniable asset is useless if it can't get the job done in the first place.

The Company is the only one looking out for the Company. Survival first.

>>5010976

Mercs expect to FIGHT for you. Dying is just an occupational hazard, and accepted by any soldier/former soldier with a realistic take on the profession. Contracts are picked on a risk/benefit basis. "If I die, I can never get paid again" isn't just a mercenary attitude, it's a SOLDIER'S attitude. It's the attitude of everyone who dons a uniform and fights. That's why troops (mercs included) are disciplined - to keep them fighting, and it still wasn't the Corporal's call to make. I think you're mistaking a thug for a merc. Granted, traditionally, that's been a fine line in the Black Company.

>You don't hire mercenaries to just be regular footsoldiers

Why not? If anything, that's likely to be the single most beneficial use of them. You can use them for security troops, rear echelon guards, convoy escorts, anywhere where they are likely to do the job because they don't see a ton of risk, and they can free up a man. When you employ them in pitched battles, you pay them a lot more. Shit, the Company itself was hired to escort the evac effort, not sweep-and-clear against the Rot.

>>5011038

(Con't)

I have no idea where this thought that "merc = specialist/irregulars/black-ops shit" came from, but it's been trotted out in these threads before. That's the crap from video games and bad movies. Real mercs do security duty and beat-the-peasant work where you're going up against rioters and militias, where some reasonably skilled and even vaguely disciplined men can make a difference. Guerrilla warfare is risky and TOUGH, physically and emotionally. Your own arguments on mercs not being willing to die for a cause undercut this idea of mercs being special. Would you rather spend your time slogging 15 miles for a raid on a camp, and then dodge pursuers on the way back, or would you rather stand guard or ride in a Humvee next to trucks, where you can stay in out of the rain and take smoke breaks? The latter pays less, but is far more survivable. There's only been one time I know of when mercenaries were used on special operations, and that was blackwater's brief peonage for the CIA. That only worked because the mercs were given an extraordinary amount of support, which the CIA was willing to do because the CIA didn't have to fight the DOD for control of the operation. That was bureaucratic politics, not the inherent suitability of mercenaries for the task. Hire mercs as deniable assets and expect to fail, because most deniable jobs are high risk and no support. Where was OUR air support?

The Black Company is INfamous for its ne'er-do-well troops, amd reasonably tough and lucky, but not better than more "traditional" armies.

>>5011041
>That's the crap from video games and bad movies. Real mercs do

Shit man I hate to break it to you but... but this is a game, not real life

>>5011056
> Roll to see if you are offended by this

Is this what you want?

>>5011041
>I have no idea where this thought that "merc = specialist/irregulars/black-ops shit" came from, but it's been trotted out in these threads before.
Because that's what we've done so far in the quest? Bruh

These are very common tropes in media. The only ways mercs get used in media is either literal fodder or really bad dudes.

>>5011060
Honestly just memeing and shitposting, I didn't even read the whole thing

>>5011056

What makes both the original books, and this quest, is that the Black Company is portrayed with enough realism to enable the willing suspension of disbelief - its not just fiction, it's GOOD fiction, real enough to be believable.

The Black Company survives because of its unity and discipline. The only way out is feet first. First this was because of the Company's religious roots - killing a million people was a holy duty, and orders were in the service of their god. Later, it became because they would take anyone tough enough to survive, and these were people running from something, or desperate enough to join. When the world is against you, you stay with the Company. The company against the world

The difference between thugs and mercenaries is that the mercenaries fight for a larger unit, and have a duty to that unit. Thugs have loyalty to no one. The unit MUST have discipline in order to fulfill its task, and in doing so survive. Read the first section of the original Black Company book, and you'll find the section where the command staff was searching for an acceptable reason to walk on a riot/guard contract with the Syndic of Beryl (they only got out because the Syndic was assassinated). They didn't walk because of the honor of the Company - this wasn't just an abstract (although the Annalist did their best to MAKE the Company mean something), it was the guarantor of continued employment, thus, survival of the Company as a unit. Survival as individuals was secondary.

>>5011070

(Con't)

And THAT is why Cpl Capstone was shit for walking like he did, assuming there weren't higher orders (obviously, we just see a fraction of this so far, so I've been talking about what we know so far). He endangered the entire unit (which he, and other Brothers depend on to survive) by bringing disrepute to it through his actions.

>>5011065

The first contract was a straightforward assault. This one was a guerilla contract we picked. The previous Black Company threads involved pitched battles.

Spec ops is the exception, not the rule.

>>5010234
>“The LT will want to see this. Whatever it is.” Whatever is going on, it’s sounding like it’s above your paygrade. Handing the drive over the LT is what an NCO is supposed to do in this situation. At least the LT knows they can trust you with this kind of backroom stuff. [Firebrand]
>>5008350

>>5011075
>The first contract was a straightforward assault.
The first contract was a raid. Get in, secure the data, and that's that. That isn't an assault. And if you're talking about the original BC quest, not everyone here will have read those threads. So let's not assume either way.

In the vacuum that is this quest, so far we have done primarily irregular work.

But it doesn't matter because Capstone's action are so massively insignificant in the grand scheme of things with that one recording as to be effectively irrelevant. I'm sure eventually all the shit would come together to be meaningful but based on one singular instance it isn't enough. Nor is it of great enough severity based on the circumstances.

You have chosen a very strange hill to die on. Now when we come across some files which indict a higher up with some truly heinous shit THEN you'll be right. But not for this.

>>5011084

1) An assault is any attack against a fortified position.

2) I don't buy that this quest is a vacuum, and you have little justification to make that statement. There are numerous comments about people reading previous threads in the original BC Quest.

3) I picked this hill because there's a number of posters that don't really seem to get what the Black Company was about. The feel of it DOES matter... Otherwise its not Black Company. Thank God that Forgotten has a good read on it. Yeah, I AM right to challenge them now. If not now, when?

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know what tool map-anon used to make his maps?

>>5011087
>1) An assault is any attack against a fortified position.
The station was not a fortified position. Defensive guns meant for blasting space debris do not an emplacement make. That's like saying my house is a fortified position the same as a honest bunker is.

>There are numerous comments about people reading previous threads in the original BC Quest.
And there are also comments stating they would go and read it once they heard of it. This is why we shouldn't assume either way. Safe assumption or no.

>If not now, when?
Literally any time there is more substance to be judged on. I just said that. If Forgotten has such a good read on it then it doesn't matter what the posters think about it. It may even help the story narratively to have Nat who has her own opinions on it instead of a preconceived understanding of the themes presented prior to grow into those themes instead of just being a meat-dummy driven by them.

I'm not gonna sit here and act like you're being unreasonable but I do think you're getting a little heated.

>>5011084
We were the shock troopers in BC, but here we're more Rangers or First Recon already with the ghosty helms and such.

So we'll probably see a lot more special ops type missions than OBC.

Also Forgotten has remembered to keep important Quest Givers away from a bad dice roll of death.

>>5011093
>Also Forgotten has remembered to keep important Quest Givers away from a bad dice roll of death.
Where's the fun in that? Don't you like losing entire plots and getting huge setbacks because of fucky wucky timey wimey dice systems?

Twenty bucks says the next contract is just a plain big slugfest. That inevitably goes tits up over a secondary objective

The ghosthelms really are nifty though.

>>5011092

What constitutes a fortified position? Provide me with a technical definition. Looked at another way, an assault is an attack on a stationary position, as opposed to a meeting engagement, where both sides wander imto each other during a patrol.

You're also reading things that aren't there. "Heated" would look something like "spare me your faggy blather, you autistic fuck."

So, we're here for a reason, right? It's to have fun in a fictional universe where said fiction is the product of our awesome king and ruler, Forgotten QM. He has a good take on the world he wants to play in (seems like he's read the books), and what distinguished those books, in part, was the verisimilitude. When you have posters throwing out shit ideas of what the people in the world would act like, that's not playing the game and finding out, that's just acting dumb. We are human now, the characters in the game are human. It's not like they're suddenly going to start acting not human, just because it's sci-fi, so there's no excuse for dumb takes. Rather, that unrealism shits up good fiction. You're saying that it's preferable to have crap?

Spare me.

>>5011104
>What constitutes a fortified position?
A structure purpose built to impede incoming fire. It's not that complicated. A house isn't made to be shot at. A sandbag wall is. That station wasn't designed or built with combat in mind. Therefore it's not a fortified position. Nor was is a structure that was shanghai'd into such a role.

You're heated because you're going at it with fervor. Words don't dictate an attitude.

Technically speaking we're playing a transhuman but hey. The problem is you're saying "This is how it MUST be" and that is dumb. Also wrong. Especially considering you are supposing for an entire galaxy of people how they should behave.

>>5011119
>Technically speaking we're playing a transhuman but hey. The problem is you're saying "This is how it MUST be" and that is dumb. Also wrong.

Are you saying that we have any reason to think that human nature in this world is different than human nature as we know it? And, if so, how do we relate to it? (Also, but not relevant, are you seriously arguing transhumanism isn't a subset of sci-fi?) It's idiotic to think that we can't look at these characters and say "This is stupid. They wouldn't act like that." Which is what I was doing. Yeah, we CAN say "This is how it must be, because the alternative is retarded."

>>5011133
It was a a facetious remark. And if you weren't so hellbent on being assmad for people disagreeing with you then it might be apparent. Take a chill pill pal.

The sexual tension's so thick you can cut it with a knife.

>>5011139

My body is ready.

>>5011134

*Shrug* Dude, if you can't box... don't step in the ring.

>>5011142
You went off on a tangent because people said something you didn't like. Say whatever you need to save your ego. I'll keep sitting on this toilet shitting my guts out.

>>5011143

I offered an interpretation of a situation, and people argued with me. Their arguments didn't make sense, and I addressed them - If I did anything, it was to stay at it longer than they did
You stepped in, and your arguments are also shit.

Perhaps by the time you're done being on the toilet, they will be less shit.

>>5011153
You threw a fit because people shared their opinions with you after you shared yours. Now you just sound like a politician.

My temperament will never change. No matter what the restroom situation is. Hospitalization status however is pending.

>>5011153
>>5011159
Okay dudes, I love the discussion and I appreciate that we haven't hit early Sworn to Valour levels of mudslinging tardation but I think this particular bone of contention has been picked over enough.

It really is cool to see anons get involved though

>>5011097
>muh albani warmachines...

>>5011163
>It really is cool to see anons get involved though
REEEEEeeeefights are a tried and true indicator of quest investment.

>albani warmachines
The call of mecha cannot be denied.

>>5011163
>albani warmachines

I see this in lot of thread for this quest. I like a lot but this confused me. What Albania to do with space mercenaries? We have no warmachine (thought that would explain where my tax go…)

>>5011169
It's a meme from the original BCQ where Forgotten brought down the terrifying power of Albani warmachines on the players and brought them almost to the point of extinction. Or so it is in his fondest daydreams

I highly recommend you go read through the original BCQ

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Black%20Company%20Quest

>>5011169
Get in the warmachine Shinji

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>“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” You keep this hush-hush, storing the footage on a secure drive. You plan to ask around with some of your less scrupulous Company contacts, see if there are more pieces to add to the puzzle [Daredevil]

“Alright. This stays with me. You two, not a word. Comprende?” It’s not that you don’t trust the LT, although you know for a fact there’s a dangerous cold steel underneath that young face of his. It’s more that you don’t know what you’d be trusting him with. That’s how you justify to yourself for now anyway. “пoнимaть? How do you say ‘comprende?’ in French?”

Night Night sighs, which isn'y exactly the “absolutely ma’am” attitude you were hoping for. “…comprendre.”

“Well that’s handy. And you as well…” Ignoring the Frenchie’s laissez faire attitude, you point at your Second. “I’ll follow this up, quiet-like, but in the meantime we don’t say nothing. 理解?”

Night Night looks at you. Then at a Crane. Then back to you. “Ma soeur, the Corporal is not-“

“She knows.” It’s not a growl, Crane doesn’t typically growl. It’s more like a resigned exhalation of breath. “少なくとも私は彼女が知っていることを願っています...”

“Aight, time for you to bounce Double N.” You watch the sultry French signaller wander off before turning to your trusted Corporal. “She’s a smart girl, mouthy but I reckon she can keep a lid on real stuff like this. You and me? We should have a proper talk about just what the frag is going on in this little file here. Not to mention how we play this.”

“Agreed, but perhaps later. In the meantime, I have a less pressing question.” Crane frowns at you, and it’s one of those frowns of his that you always have trouble telling if it’s the real thing or not. “Did you learn some Chinese just to irritate me?”

You blow Crane a kiss just as the first roar of the Talon gunship reaches your ears. The dust storm has barely reached this region, the engines of the gunship are still distinctly audible from the drone of the Savis Thunderbolts. Still, and you wouldn’t admit this to any voiddamn soul, the sound made you jump at bit. Not flinch, mind you. Just jump.

“Looks like our ride is here!” You grin as you whistle for your SIG to return, eager to both get away from prowling Cradler Auxilliaries and get closer to some sweet, sweet pain meds. “Night Night! Pop smoke!”

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“Magpie, Crow.” You wave at the two Troopers that hop off the first gunship to lands, must mean that SGT Casket is in one of the other birds setting down. “Glad you two could take some time out of your busy shoplifting schedule to give some fellow Kriggas a ride.”

“ Schwester.” Trooper Crow grunts, lowering his rife as you step into view. “Glaubst du, es ist zu spät für uns, sie einfach hier zu lassen?”

“Äh, wahrscheinlich bruder.” The two members of Banshee squad continue conversing in their native tongue right in front of you, like you’re not even there. “Anscheinend haben ein paar Wochen im Dschungel ihren Humor nicht verbessert.”

“What is with all these fragging diverse languages?” You ask yourself through gritted teeth, fiddling with your translator. “And why in the void do our auto-translators not bother interpreting them half the time? Too busy transcribing xenos bullscud?!”

“Void Mother’s tender tits…” You look over your shoulder to see SGT ‘Casket’ Irons with more members of Banshee squad disembarking. “You Vinehounds look rough enough… but what the scud happened to the 42nd?”

“Nothing good.” You grunt, signalling for your people to get moving. “I'll tell you all about it on the way back.”

Ideally, the bodies of the fallen are recovered where possible. But Black Company operational procedures allow some leeway prioritising exactly what should be recovered according to the mission parameter. The most import item of recovery being their identification ‘dog tags’ and the second most important items being any helmcam recordings for the Company virtual annals. Enough gunships were sent for both you and the 42nd to evac, so there is space to airlift the bodies if you decide to do so. Although moving some 40 odd corpses onto gunships will take a bit more time than just bugging out of here right now, which is your natural inclination given what turned these walking hard-hitting mercs into limp mounds of flesh and meat.

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>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]

>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

>“Got the tags. That’s all we need.” It’s time to roll, no point in sticking around. You don’t disclose the helmcam, it’s best not to leave anymore evidence of that stray unlinked file on record than you have to. [Xenophobe]

>>5011216
>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

I wont be bothered or surprised if we vote to grab all the bodies but I think this is the best option. Hanging around puts all of us, and the Talon ships at risk which is a little too much I think. With this many Kriegers we'll probably be fine, even if there are a few casualties, but it only takes 1 rocket to take the Talon gunships out of play and then we're all well and truly fucked.

Their bodies will remain but their tags and story will continue on, safely back to the Black Company fleet as it should be.

If we absolutely must collect bodies, I'd go so far as to suggest we only grab Black Company men and women and leave the bodies of the rebels here (although that might leave a bad taste in some peoples mouths)


Verification
>>5008453

>>5011216
>>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

Can we burn the bodies or something? Feels bad just leaving them to rot even if I don't adovcate bringing them back due to the time constraints.

>>5011216
>>5008327
>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

Best not to stick about too long; but i agree that if we could burn the corpses, and maybe the entire encampment, to cinders, we probably should.

>>5011216
>>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

I assume that we've already taken some easily retrievable supplies from the bodies and equipment and any things that appear to be memoriabilia.

me >>5008991

>>5011219
I also support burning the corpses and the area in general

>>5011219
Wouldnt that alert the Auxillaries that we're here?

>>5011228
I'd assume we can splash some fuel around, build a quick bonfire and then light it as we're leaving (or literally have one of the ship/squad shoot it with something flammable

>>5011229
okay but that would still alert them right? I'm betting they can make better time than our squad.

>>5011232
>okay but that would still alert them right?

Eventually...? Once the smoke rises, unless they're literally sitting just outside our perimeter watching for a laugh. In which case it makes no difference what we do next

> I'm betting they can make better time than our squad.

I don't see how? I'm suggesting that we quickly throw down some fuel in the general area and any other accelerants we have sitting around whilst everyone is loading up on the ships. Once we're done we start boarding and either yeet an HE grenade down there or have the ship fire off a missile once we're on the way. Worst case scenario we literally light it with a lighter.

By the time the enemy has any idea at all what's going on we'll be airborne. Not to mention there is a dust storm coming in covering our exit.

>>5011215
We should bounce NN

>>5011216
>>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]

It would be detrimental to our squad's morale and coherence if they didn't think mama snake yes would do the same for them.

I'm not saying that we have to retrieve company bodies at all costs but as we are now... with reinforcements and at least a semi-secure position+ escape route it would be a callous display to leave them all behind.

veri >>5008438

>>5011216
>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]
Please don't burn anything, i'm paranoid about revealing our position even though we're in a sandstorm.

>>5008430
Confirmacion

>>5011216
>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]
Morale is important.
>>5008275

>>5011216
>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]
Might as well bring eem home.

>>5008169
verifying

>>5011216
>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]

pocket the helmet though.

me >>5008224

Ich muss sagen, gut dass Magpie und Crow nicht ins Team gekommen sind. Sonst würde mein innerer Grammatik Nazi in jedem Post gereizt werden.

>>5011216
>“Got the tags. That’s all we need.” It’s time to roll, no point in sticking around. You don’t disclose the helmcam, it’s best not to leave anymore evidence of that stray unlinked file on record than you have to. [Xenophobe]
>>5008942
>>5008944

>>5011240
>>5011298
>>5011305
>>5011347
Every second we dally here, we risk being spotted by the Cradlers or a bomber. I don't like leaving corpses either, but we gotta run, now.

>>5011216
>>“Got the tags. That’s all we need.” It’s time to roll, no point in sticking around. You don’t disclose the helmcam, it’s best not to leave anymore evidence of that stray unlinked file on record than you have to. [Xenophobe]

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>>5011215
>“Did you learn some Chinese just to irritate me?”

>>5008349

>>5011216
>>“Got the tags. That’s all we need.” It’s time to roll, no point in sticking around. You don’t disclose the helmcam, it’s best not to leave anymore evidence of that stray unlinked file on record than you have to. [Xenophobe]
I think our squaddies can understand the need to leave bodies behind when we're under threat of being bombed into oblivion.

>>5011406
Meh... Chinese would be 懂了吗?They say it sometimes in Firefly.

>>5011410
okay? I don't speak Chinese.

>>5011216
>>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]

>>5011216
>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

I'm sorely tempted to not hand the helmet over as it feels like making mistake not to commit to keeping our secret right after agreeing to keep this a secret, but our tradition of keeping the Annals feels way too important.

>>5008344
Me.

>>5011216
>>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

me >>5009280

I think its fairly important not to establish precedent here in the fight against the cradlers. The moment they know we do this, the next time we face another situation like this, all the bodies will be trapped.

Besides. We literally did this to the sarvis forces we captured. Spiked them and left them out as traps.

>>5011216
>>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]

not posting tism check until my ID changes, sue me

>>5011809
Bit of a dick move anon, the tism check helps make things quicker for Forgotten

>>5011216
>“We ain’t leaving them behind.” This ain’t the green. You won’t leave your own swinging in the trees to eventually be swallowed by grapplevines and jungle predators. Your men have already begun cutting the bodies down. [Daredevil]
>>5008350

>>5011216
>>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

I don't think dealing with the bodies is a good idea, sure its a hit to morale but we're in hostile territory by good estimates and its best not to take risks.

>>5008127
tism

>>5011410
Its correct. Like all asian languages, theres multiple ways of saying did you get it.

Firebrand wins by a narrow margin, but I'll make a note with the write-ins for the gunships to drop incendiaries in the area. In my opinion, cutting down the bodies and burning them would take nearly as much time as moving them onto the transports.

>>5011348
Ich muss sagen, gut dass Magpie und Crow nicht ins Team gekommen sind. Sonst würde mein innerer Grammatik Nazi in jedem Post gereizt werden.

>>5011809
>>5011810
It's okay. Linking back does make it easier for me to check each post, but I won't harrass anons that have unchanged IDs since the start of the thread.

>>5011929
Krigga don't argue with me, I have a degree in this shit. You could say 理解了吗,but you need the particle 吗 to indicate a question and ideally the particle 了 to indicate completion/past time. I'm aware that Forgotten does not actually speak 20 languages and relies on google translate, which will give a literal translation understand=理解. So of course it won't be flawless. I actually like the foray into different languages so I'll quit my ranting now.

>>5011947
>I'm aware that Forgotten does not actually speak 20 languages and relies on google translate, which will give a literal translation
So probably the exact thing Nat would use to learn a few words or phrases just to fuck with Crane? I doubt she booted up Rosetta Stone 90,000 just for a gag.

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>“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” It will have to do. The Archivists might notice an anomaly where the unlinked file use to be, but recording the fate of the 42nd Krieger Platoon for the annals is more important. [Firebrand]

You feel the urge to keep the knowledge of the helmcam to yourself, wary of the archivists noticing anything astray when the footage is uploaded. But you decide against it, all they’ll be able to see is that there -was- a file there that isn’t reflected in the footage. That very slight clue to something being amiss doesn’t outweigh the traditions of the Black Company.

The story of the 42nd Krieger Platoon deserves to join the Annals in full, even it’s grisly end. The life of a mercenary is typically short and violent, with few aside from their closest comrades shedding any tears over their passing. For most in the Company a place in the Annals is the only thing that will be left of them when they die, a kind of immortality. You’ll not rob the 42nd of that, even just a portion of it.

“Got the tags, but only one helmcam left for the Annals.” You hold up the chip containing CPL ‘Debris’ du Preez’s footage, the unlinked file having being carefully transferred to another storage device resting comfortably in your back pocket.

“Damn shame, but that’s the nature of the beast.” You’re getting good at interpreting Crane’s indifferent tones, but you’re still in the dark when it comes to the gloomy Banshee Squad SGT. To be perfectly honest, you have no idea what that voidborn witch is ever thinking. “Hop on board, Snake Eyes.”

By the time everyone is embarked the camp has been entirely cleared of anything useful left behind by the Auxilliaries. The sole survivor TPR ‘Cutter’ is under the careful watch of the Banshee Medic ‘Sticks’ Nahele, a Three Pines native like Petal. He’s going to make it, apparently. But you doubt he’ll ever leave the experience of what happened here behind him.

SGT ‘Casket’ Irons looks to you for confirmation during take off, chiming into the comms when you give the nod.

“Bluebird One, this is Banshee actual. Fire away.”

++“Copy Banshee actual, this is Bluebird One.”++ The lead gunship pilot’s voice chimes in over the comms. ++“Firing incendiaries now.”++

The jungle surrounding Checkpoint Charlie explodes into an inferno not too dissimilar to the payloads left in the wake of the Savis Thunderbolts. Everything in the immediate area is incinerated, harmless vegetation and dangling corpses all the same, with a growing fire spreading out to consume whatever’s left in the widening firezone. It’s far from a decent funeral service, but still better in your opinion than leaving the bodies of the 42nd here to rot and eventually be swallowed by the jungles of Dis. Or further desecrated by some particularly barbaric Cradlers should they decide to return.

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“Alright, take us away Bluebird.” SGT Casket takes a seat next to you in the gunship hold as the evac force veers off on a southern course under the cover of the growing dust storm. Probably not best practice for the two NCOs to be on the same gunship during the evac, but Casket wanted you riding with her. You don’t miss the convenience of the fact that none of Hail’s rebels found their way to a seat in here. “Gotta say, your pictures of the Sav base caused quite a stir. Not to mention the call to switch to shortwave, you’ve sure been busy out here.”

This is the first time you’ve really had any one-to-one time with the senior NCO of Banshee Squad. You know that she’s been investigated by the CDC (‘Company Disciplinary Committee’) more than once, the latest one apparently involving the death of a superior. She was cleared of the charges, ‘no evidence of wrongdoing’ the CDC findings said. But that’s more a lack of evident guilt being found rather than her being proved innocent, the shadow of rumour has hung over her ever since. Not that the voidborn witch seems to mind it, if anything you’d think she revels in her dark reputation as someone you definitely don’t want to cross.

“Yeah? Well, I’m- ow! Frag…” You wince, hand reaching subconsciously to your back as the fierce burning sensation returns in full. Safe to say Petal’s stash has well and truly worn off.

>CRITICAL Third Degree Burns (untreated) -15DC, +1 Adverse Re-Roll

“That looks like it smarts like a slap from the Void mother…” Casket murmurs, looking over . You haven’t actually been able to get look at it yourself, but you know it smarts. “Sticks here has some of the good scud still leftover. Want him to give you a hit?”

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> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

> “Not just yet. What’s the situation back at the base camp?” Although you’ll need to debrief in full with the LT at some point, Casket gives you the skinny on what’s been going on since you’ve been out of contact. And then she get’s her medic to take a look at you. [Firebrand]

> “Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

>>5011963
>> “Not just yet. What’s the situation back at the base camp?” Although you’ll need to debrief in full with the LT at some point, Casket gives you the skinny on what’s been going on since you’ve been out of contact. And then she get’s her medic to take a look at you. [Firebrand]

>>5011942
>>5011348
>Ich muss sagen, gut dass Magpie und Crow nicht ins Team gekommen sind. Sonst würde mein innerer Grammatik Nazi in jedem Post gereizt werden.

I actually just copy-pasted your response. What I meant to say was...

Aber dann würden wir all dieses deutsche Scheiß-Posting verpassen.

>>5011963
> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]


Verification
>>5008453

>>5011963
> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

me >>5008224

>>5011966
Das wäre allerdings eine Schande!

I'll stop now, really.

>>5011963
> > “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

Verification here: >>5008316

>>5011963
>> “Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

With the cradlers, we gonna be dropped right into the thick end of it.

What use is the update right now. When we get the info passed to us, we'll deal with it. Right now we need to rest and recover as much as possible otherwise we are going into the fight near or at critical again.

me >>5010330

>>5011963
> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

Making friends and seeing who we can trust is always good.

>>5008344
Me.

>>5011963
>> “Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

me >>5009280

>>5011963
> “Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

I'm going with this more for the fact that I don't want our wound to get worse or our recovery time to last longer by not getting it looked at than for Xenophobic reasons.

>>5008312
Check

>>5011963
>“Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

>>5011963
> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

>>5008430
me

>>5011963
>> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

>>5011963
>> “Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

>>5011963
>> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]
Let's get to know this fine ghost woman

>>5008169
verifyin

>>5011963
>> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

VERIFICATION: >>5008364

>>5011963
>> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

>>5011963
>“I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]
>>5008942
>>5008944

>>5011963

> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]

Grind dem social linkz

Guys, if we pick the "sit and chat" option, we're going to be doing a leadership test... Which we're currently going to do at a -15. Anyone want to take a look at the numbers and see what our odds are?

>>5012313
Our chances are - guaranteed victory despite all odds!

>>5011963
>“I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]
>>5008392
me. I am voting for this because of previous post by anon

>>5011963
> “Not just yet. What’s the situation back at the base camp?” Although you’ll need to debrief in full with the LT at some point, Casket gives you the skinny on what’s been going on since you’ve been out of contact. And then she get’s her medic to take a look at you. [Firebrand]

I feel like waiting a long time to get treatment will have bad consequences…

>>5009289
Linking back

>>5012313
dunno... we're not even trying to accomplish anything here, it's literally just a chat. So unless we need to do a "counter intrigue" roll against some nefarious shit Casket is cooking up we shouldn't have to roll at all.

>>5012313
You say that like watching Snake Eyes drop her spaghetti while talking to scary Voidborn senpai is something we should avoid.

>>5012426
>>5012438

We've had to make Leadership checks whenever we've done social grinding before. I just figure Forgotten wouldn't have brought it up if it wasn't relevant.

Sorry lads, no update tonight. Work has fucked me.

>>5012774
Hope it used protection

>>5012782
Call OSHA if it didn't.

>>5011963
> “I’m good, I’ll get Petal to take a proper look at it when we get back to camp.” In addition to getting a quick rundown on what’s going on, you spend some time chatting with Casket while she’s in a talkative mood. You aren’t best buds, but they might be a little less of an enigma now. [Daredevil]
>>5008350

>>5011963
>> “Frag yes. Didn’t figure you as the considerate type...” The time for acting tough has passed, mission accomplished. You don’t want to spend the rest of this trip writhing in pain as the exhaustion and injury sets in. And it’s not just because you’ve got a human medic on hand now, honest. [Xenophobe]

I know we love our resident cabbage but he's still not human

>Humans>Cabbages>Xenos>Bugs>Copperclippers

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>>5012782
>>5012831
14 hours straight of raw dogging. Fuck I am so mad at the law bullshit that happened today. Justice is an illusion, society is fucked, my faith in humanity is eroded. But tomorrow is another day…

I’m going to have to apologise kriggas, no update for the next few days as work will not be laying off this week. I will endeavour to get an update in this Sunday.

>>5012873
All good homie, it do be like that some times

>>5012873
What kind of law do you even do?

>>5012875
Bird law anon, bird law...

>>5012875
Criminal.

Exciting, but fuck me it takes a toll. Probably won’t talk anymore about it in this Dominican yoga site.

>>5012887
Could be much much worse mate. You could be doing corporate or God forbid, family.

>>5012890
Yeah family SUCKS

>>5012890
Criminal law makes you angry
Corporate law makes you a sell-out
Family law makes you sad

>>5012891
Incorrect! Family law sucks. Your family loves you forgotten <3