>>18600820

Pilot Stats:
Shelling: 5
Maneuver: 3
CRC: 2
Affinity: 3

Traits:
Sandwise
Bandit Hater

Current Assets:
900 credits

Molga, DeFlynn Mercenaries Layout

Helcat Salvage

One passed out bandit

As the sun nearly sets in the horizon, you finaly catch a glimpse of your destination. You and Rob have kept an eye out for any more trouble, but none has surfaced, allowing you to maintian a steady pace.

The building is built directly into a large stone plateau, a common sight in the region. Getting a close look, the place has seen better days. The hangar doors are still whole, but greatly battered by the elements. One hinge looks like it could fall off at any moment.

["You sure this is it bro?"] Rob asks over the radio. You return an affirmative, despite seeing no trace of Eri. It matches the coordinates, but there are no signs of activity on the outside.

>What do?

>>18600975
Before we enter check for sings of recent usage, traps, anything suspicious.

If there is nothing get in the hanger, settle down and wait for Eri.

>>18600975
Let's just go in, if they're here then no worries, if they aren't, well Eri said we were free to use it.

while approaching hanger, contemplate the defensibility of such a location and ideal locations for traps and entrenchments.
it never hurts to think about how to set-up for a defencive operation...

>>18601035
>>18601089

You scan around the entrance for any signs of traps, but find none. Since you can't really open the hanger doors from the outside, you exit the Molga and make your way to the personnel entrance.

You find it locked, though somewhat shakily so. You see some form of intercom device, and press the button. There's a brief ring, and after nearly a minute a rushed voice comes through the speaker.
["Hello?"]
Recognising the voice, you greet her.
["Oh, hey Gerald! Glad you decided to stop by. Hmm? Who's that out there with you?"]

You inform her its a long story, but the person in question is a friend of yours. You tell her you are in need of repairs and ask if she'll open the doors.

["Sure thing, just give me a second."]

After a moment, the hear the doors strain, then open slowly. You get back in your zoid and the two of you head inside.
(cont)

Inside, the place is an untidy mess, with cords and looses parts all over the floor. One of the lift beams in the ceiling has broken and hanging down, and there are a few wrecked zoids over in a corner.

Stopping in a maintenance square, you get out and are soon greeted by Eri in person.

"Sorry for the mess," she says, a bit red in the face. "this place hasn't been in good condition for some years now."

She takes a look at your Molga and gasp. "Oh my god, what happened? These gouges are from a battle."

You give her a brief description of what happened.
"Wow, good job winning in that situation. And you say you salvaged a Helcat?"
You nod and point over to where you disconected your tow in front of the nearest lift.

At that time Rob has made his way over to you.
"Oh, hello." Eri greets him warmly. "I'm Eri, whats your name?"
Rob freezes for a moment, then takes her hand.
"Robert Hatchman." he states in a faux gentlemanly fashion.

>What do?

enquire about state of the base and what kind of resources would be required to bring it back to full operation.

>>18601408
Get started on repairs for our baby. See what funds and resources we'll need to fix this place up. Ask where the rest of the team is, and inquire as to what Rob was transporting.

>>18601443
Eri sighs at the mention of this.
"My dad opened this place 5 years after the Cataclysm. It did well for a while, lots of people came to get their zoids serviced in the chaos back then. About ten years ago, though, busines just stopped coming in. More places to repair zoids kept popping up, and hardly anyone wanted to come out to the middle of nowhere for repairs."

She looked around the hangar melancholily. "We've just barely managed to get by recently. Vince came along and proposed forming a team. He's an acquaintance of my family, and I didn't know what else to do, so I agreed."

>>18601457
Going over the damage of your Molga, she estimates she can have it fixed with parts she has on hand.
"I'll just put it on your tab for now." she winks, recovering from the solom mood she was in.
(brb, trying to get some food)

>>18601691
Is three enough for a team or are we going to have to find some more?

Ask Rob what the hell he was transporting.

When we get a chance retrieve the bits we left behind.

>>18601691
ask if we can have a look around and where Vince is. May as well meet the guy and check out their zoids.

"Hey, bro!" Rob calls you. "Where do you want these weapons?"
You direct him over to the Helcat body, and he brings his Merder down to a crouch to unload the container.
"Oh, hey, nearly forgot about this guy."

Rob brings out the tied bandit you captured and lays him on the floor.
"You caught one?" Eri inquires from gathering some parts.
"Yeah, looks like he's still passed out. He might be in a bad way. What do you think, bro, should we help him?"

>Tend to the bandit.
>Focus on Repairs.
>Sweet, sweet daka

>>18601852
Tend to the bandit, I'd rather he not die, at least not before telling us if this was a planned attack or not. He might know things, we can repair in a bit.

>>18601852
Dakka always comes first prisoners secondary unless he can help us get more dakka.

>>18601691
I agree with this >>18601874

>>18601874
>>18601880
ok, need a tie breaker here.

Really wish I could do this on another day. Strike Witches quest is a beast to compete with.

tend to the bandit, while thinking about the optimal usage for the new dakka.

>>18601874
You ask Eri if there's any sort of Medbay on sight.
"We have a makeshift infirmary in the living quarters. I'll lead you to it."
You and Rob heft the man up and start carrying him out of the hangar and down the hall Eri leads you to.
"Here we are," she says, leading you inside a room while she fumbles for the light switch.

You both set the man down as the lights click on. Suddenly someone bolts upright, startling you both.
An older, tired looking man stumbles toward you, placing a hand on your face.
"Danny?" he slurs, likely intoxicated. "Is that you, Danny boy? Oh finally, you came home!"
You pull back uncomfortably, and Eri dashes over to you and pulls him off.
"Daddy, no! You've been drinking again, haven't you?"
She leads him toward the door
"Eri, sweetie, its ok to drink, Danny's home!"
"Dad," she says, helping the man straiten up, "that's not Danny, it's someone else."
She helps him to the opposite room, and comes back a minute later after you and Rob have the bandit resting on a cot. You think you see a tear in here eye as she goes by to get some medical equipment out of the cabinet.

>Ask
>Don't ask

>>18602153
Don't bring it up, it's reasonably obvious, Danny is probably dead, Dad is an alcoholic and she has to take care of him, but bringing it up ourself isn't necessary or kind.

If she brings it up be understanding, but for now just work on getting the bandit fixed up, oh and tie him to the bed.

>>18602153
Don't ask. best to leave those things alone. If she wants to vent to us, then she'll do it on her own time.

You keep quiet, sharing a nod with Rob. You wait a minute to give her a chance to calm herself down, then walk next to her and give her a hand.
You have some monitoring equipment hooked up to the man on the cot, and find his vitals are all stable. Eri takes a penlight and checks both of his eyes.
"I'm not an expert, but I'd say he's got a light concussion." she leans back and sighs. "Not really anything we can do, except take him to the authorities."

"I guess I can drop him off." Rob offers. "My Merder can run full speed if we patch its leg a little more."
"What were you transporting anyway?" Eri pipes up.
Rob shrugs. "Just basic stuff like weapon components and amo people needed in a hurry. What bugs me is it was on my returne route that they jumped me. I didn't have squat in my hold."
"Money?" she offers.

Rob shakes his head. "Not possible." He takes out a little device from his pocket. "Payments are made on this thing, it can only send creds to my station. Its designed so you cant get credits with it, no way to hack it either."

>do you realize why the Merder might have been targeted?

clearly he was attacked so that his Merder could be stolen and used as a disguise for some kind of infiltration/sabotage/attack...
either that or they were just stupid and lacked intel.

>>18602368
You sure you have absolutely nothing, no data, no strange cargo that you aren't telling us about? Could they be after you, or want to use you as leverage to get to someone you know?

You can't think of any reason why someone would be after you?

I'm fine with turning this scumfuck over to authorities but I'd like to ask him a few questions first, I dislike mysteries of this kind, they always come back to bite you.

>>18602368
My money is on the guy driving it. They want HIM. Hitting it during a run is meant as a smokescreen

>>18602412
An epiphany hits you. You ask Rob how many people could fit in the Merder's hold.
"Hm? I guess around 8, ten or twelve if you squeezed it tight."
"And if they all had weapons?" you add.

It takes a few seconds, but his face suddenly goes pale when the realization hits him.
"Holy shit, they could sneak in ten armed guys into our station, easy!"
"And if they got you after you made all your stops," Eri interject, "there wouldn't be any complaint calls about not getting their deliveries. If they times everything right..."

Rob goes nuts. "This is heavy, I got to call my boss about this, I don't know who else was on route lately!"

He bolts out of the room. Its just you and Eri.

>What do?

>>18602516
The question then becomes, why did they want him? is he someone special?

>>18602531
Well, somebody seems to have it out for where Rob comes from. Help me tie this guy down and we can ask him some pointed questions when we wake him up. I'd like to know who is planning attacks if at all possible.

comment to Eri how the deducing the reason for the attack was 'elementary', then discuss the best use for the helcats weaponary

You ask Eri if she has any long distance communication. She sadly shakes her head.
"We did, but couldn't afford to keep it. Only radio we have probably can't reach far enough."

You sigh. You ask her to take a look at Rob's zoid and fix it up as quickly as possible. She nods and exits the room. You look at the unconscious man. He's still mostly tied up, but never hurts to be certain. You bind his arms to the cot and tie his legs together even tighter, and give him a quick search for anything he could use.

Satisfied, you head back to the hanger.

>Help with repairs.
>Help Rob chill the fuck out
>others

>>18602713
Help with repairs, and contemplate the extra dakka we can add to our baby.

>>18602713
The faster the repairs go, the sooner the warning can get out. Repairs first, deciding what we should do with our loot afterwards.

>>18602730
>>18602802
You go over to Eri and ask what tools she needs.
"Hand me a fiber cutter and a size 3 socket." she says rather professionaly. Thankfully you know enough maintenance not to make a fool of yourself. You marvel at as you work beside her. Your not bad yourself, but the speed she works is incredible.

Taking the opportunity, you engage in small talk.

You ask if 3 pilots is enough for team battles.
"Oh, sure, 3 is plenty, especialy for D-rank. Battles with 4 pilots are rare, even in higher ranks. With you, we just need another."

You ask her if she is a pilot. She sighs and slackens her pace for an instant.
"I can pilot a zoid, but..." she gives you an embarrased smile.
"I failed the battle license test."
You barely hide your suprise. The test had been like breathing to you, but you guess everyone has different talents and skills.
"I was never under the illusion I was some natural," she continues, "but not even being able to clear such a basic hurdle was a real shock. I think I cried for a whole day after."
She asks for another tool and you hand it to her.
"I'm ok with it now, if I can help out, I'll be satisfied."

>ask anything else?

>>18602999
Any ideas for the third or are we going in blind for selecting the last member of our little brigade?

What can you tell me about Vince, I don't think I've met him yet? What does he pilot, what are his specialties, what type of person is he?

>>18602999
Ask about the other person she recruited and then see if she can think of anyone else who we might be able to recruit. Eri will probably just end up as the team mechanic.

>>18603065
"Vince is out on a job." she informs you. "As for what he pilots..." she shoots you a grin. "I'll let that be a suprise until he comes back. As for specialties, he's kind of like you, he did a lot of mercenary work before."

You think she was about to say something else, but stops.
"Anyway, I think you two will get along alright. You remind me of him a bit."

"I'm still scouting for any promising newbies. That battle royal tomorrow might be a good opportunity. You heard about it?"
You tell her not only do you know about it, you registered to participate. She beams at this.
"Good on you. You can get a better idea of who might be a good addition."

About a half hour passes, and she finally steps away, wiping some sweat from her brow.
"All done!"
"Great!" you hear rob call out from the cockpit. Seems he'd been fidgeting in there the last ten minutes or so.
"I boosted the tension in the legs." she yells up to him. "Should give you a speed boost for a good 50 kilometers. Make sure they get readjusted later."

"You guys are lifesavers, both of you!" Rob says as he heads out the open hanger door. "I'll try to contact you guys later. Be seeing you!"

He breaks his Merder into full gallop as soon as he clears the doors, and in 15 seconds he's out of sight.
>What do?

OP, quick question..... did you make a system for this or something? I'm very interested in running a casual game with my friends.

>>18603269
Look at all the new Dakka we have acquired, drool at the possibilities of bolting it on. Help repair the minor damage.

Tell her about the parts you left in the desert and that we should retrieve them when we have a good chance.

After our mech is in good shape check in on our unconscious friend.

>>18603326
This.

>>18603307
sort of
For a shooting attack, you must take an enemy's zoid Maneuverability, plus the enemy pilot's Maneuver skill, then subtract your shooting skill from it. After aplying any bonuses and penalties, the number you have left is the number you must beat. Since you are shooting at optimal range, and the enemy has no cover, they get no bonuses. And since this is a suprise attack, you get a plus one bonus to shooting.
a natural 10 on a shelling atempt is critical shot. It's an automatic hit, does aditional damage, and hits whatever specific spot you aimed at without fail.

For a melee attack, you do the same thing, but there are no criticals. instead, you do more damage the more you beat the enemy's defense. if the margin is 5 or high, limbs will fly off, and weapons are destroyed.

the rest is mostly abstract quest stuff, but you can give it a try if you like.

>>18603433
What does Zoid Affinity do?

>>18603433
Okay, well, how do you determine health and damage? How do you determine the starting number of stats to give a character? To give a Zoid?

This is incredible, OP, so I apologize for the slight derailing.

>>18603326
You bring Eri over to your swag.
For weapons are a Small bore beam machine gun, and a 20 mm Anti Zoid beam cannon, both double barreled.
You of course bring up the Stealth cloak in the Helcat body as well.

"Okay, I should be able to load the Stealth Camo onto your Molga, since they have similar profiles, it should work without any modification. Your driver wheels might cause some visible distortion though, so keep in mind how you're facing you opponent while cloaked." Eri then moves on to the weapons.

"Now for guns, I can try to fit the Beam mg's onto the back of your Molga, though it might mess with your mobility. The AZ cannons would need some modifications to fit in the back where your main gun is."

She ponders for a moment, then grins mischievously.
"I can also attach the beam mg's to either your gun or a single beam cannon as one single component."

>>18603465
Zoid affinity is how well you get along with the zoid. How well it responds to you, how much it likes you, ect. mechanicaly, its more like a luck stat then anything.

>>18603564
I determinde starting stats for our character based on the starting Zoid. I gave him traits to go along with some background info I adlibbed.

Damage and such, I just ablib as best I can, from knowledge I have from the show and reading the wiki. You'd need to come up with something on that. its a bit too much to keep track of for a quest, I'm afraid.

I just go Undamaged, Damadged, FUBAR'd

>>18603567
Hmm, lets keep our mobility up so don't toss the beam mg's onto the back. Attach a single beam cannon as a single component. We don't really need more rapid fire with 4 gattling guns.

What exactly is a Sand Shooter?

>>18603691
Its a single barrel ballistic cannon designed by your dad. It has good coverage, and although it is a low caliber, it fires long, armor piercing rounds at a good range.

The key point, though, is that it can be fired while underground. Up to 10 feet under sand, 3 feet under soft soil.

>>18603691
also keep in mind that you quad guns are affixed to your head, you can't aim upward, where if you had the beam mg as a turret, you would have more vertical coverage

So, basically:

Shelling: Your ability to aim.
Maneuver: Your ability to move/dodge with your Zoid.
CRC: Your ability to deal with Close Range Combat situations.
Affinity: Your empathic connection with Zoids, a luck stat that can help you get out of sticky situations (or cause them!)

Traits: basically, look at feats from 3.5 or some shit from GURPS and adapt them with Zoid flair.

Anything else I should flesh out?

>>18603837
Hmm, I don't know which one to get now. Probably the MG with that point made, if we need to take out a single tough target we can sand shoot it and making sure we don't get utterly fucked by people on high ground or flyers is important.

>>18603897
taking care of flyers is easy, just burrow. They can't hit us and we can't hit them, but they have one weakness that we don't, they have to keep burning fuel to stay aloft.

>>18603864
monitering damage is all you really need. For zoid stats, keep their design and profile in mind.
>>18603897
>>18603928
The beam mg can also be put on the Sand shooter. there wouldn't be any penalty for it, just bonus daka.

>>18603963
Well do that and toss a cannon on the head. We'll burrow for flyers and come up underneath anyone on higher ground.

>>18603991
"Ok, I'll get your Sandshooter Plus ready in no time."

You ask Eri if she could fit a Beam cannon onto the head of your Molga.
"It would need a lot of modification to fit. Heck, I'd have to modify the head a lot too. The payoff would end up being pretty low, but I guess an extra gun can't ever hurt."
>Go ahead with it?

>>18604182
Will it be ready in time for the royale?

>>18604206
Only if you skip out on the Stealth Cloak. She's not a wizard.

>>18604222
Stealth cloak.
We need to be a dirty fighter more than we need the dakka.So when can we paint our Molga the sneakiest color of all?

>>18604182
>>18604222
Hold off on the beam cannon head, put an MG there if it'll be there in time for the Royale.

The stealth is more important than another gun and I'm for holding off on serious changes to our mech until we know exactly what we need from this baby.

Any chance of jumping in with a low level Zoid?

>>18604258
This is a single protagonist, micromanagement type of quest, not a genuine wargame like Iron Hearts(which i love)

"Ok, I'll get to work." Eri gets some tools ready. "Do you want to give me a hand? Or do you want to get some food ready?"

>Help with ride pimping
>Get to grilling
>I feel like I'm forgetting something

>>18604381
Get some cooking in, it's the best use of our time considering how much better she is at this. After we get food and eat dinner help her however we can in the hanger.

>>18604381
>[x] I feel like I'm forgetting something.
Time for interrogation time...

Jayne Cobb style! So we need to swing by the kitchen and get a bigass knife...

>>18604381
>>18604381
Out of curiosity, do Zoids have the equivalent of a black box we could take a look at? Cause if they do we could check the hellcat to find out where those bandits came from.

>>18604436
nope, no organoid for you.
you gotta earn your plot hax in this quest

>>18604410
Yeah, we should have a little chat with that bandit.

>>18604458
lol.

Alright let's interrogate that bandit. Is there a phone book handy?

>>18604381
>I feel like I'm forgetting something

>>18604410
>>18604462
You inform her that you'll get back to her, you got to go see about a rat. Cat. Whatever.

You quickly make your way to the infirmary, not entirely sure what awaits you.
When you open the door, what you see is certainly not what you expected.

The old man from before is tending to the other man, checking his signs, dripping water into his mouth. He looks up to you as you enter, his eyes sharper than before.
"Son, is this your doing?" you wonder if he still thinks your someone else, but decide to answer yes anyway..

He just shakes his head in disapproval. "Young people are so rash. Did you think of this mans family, his friends, his dreams, as you shot at him? Did it even once cross your mind?"

Lovely, the drunkard is lecturing you.
>What say?

>>18604570
Old man, he was attacking an innocent man when I attacked him. I won't apologize for saving him. Gently escort him to a different room and begin questioning.

>>18604570
Not really. It's a funny story actually, I was too busy thinking about how he was trying to kill me.

>>18604570
"Ah, so in your opinion I should have stopped, let him kill the courier and myself, and then let him and a bunch of his bandit buddies infiltrate the local delivery service for whatever nefarious deeds they were going to do?"

>>18604601
>>18604614
He sighs. "I'm not saying what you did was wrong, boy. But was beating this man into this state the best possible solution? Was there really no other way to resolve the conflict?"

He looks to the man. "He won't be awake for some time. Even when is, he'll likely have dementia. The damage won't heal that easily."
He gets up and walks to the door.
"My son didn't think of the consequences. He was so obsessed with gaining renown. Now there's only a few that even remember him anymore. If he had just thought things through, found an alternate path..."

He shakes is head. "I'm sorry, boy. I'm being too harsh. I long lost the right to lecture anyone." He leaves the room, leaving you to your thoughts.

>What do?

>>18604756
Well shit, that makes questioning him a bit of an impossibility.

Get to the kitchen and throw together some dinner. Something nice and hearty.

>>18604756
Well that's a bust.

I guess we should see about dinner then.

I wonder when Vince is going to show? We were planning on having the team join the battle royale before we were official, but if Eri didn't pass her exam then I suppose it would just be Vince and us.

>>18604784
You take one last glance at the unconscious bandit. While you've always hated his kind, you wonder what his reasons were. Maybe you and your father would been bandits yourselves if circumstances had been different. You shake the thoughts out of your head. This isn't the time or place to be thinking about this type of thing.

You stumble around until you find the kitchen. The cupboards are scantly stocked, but you managed to find some items.

>Instants noodles
>Delicious sammiches
>Bust it freestyle

>>18604882
Bust it freestyle, instant noodles are meh and worst happens we can make sandwiches.

>>18604882
Do we know much about cooking? Might be better to go with an option we can't screw up.

>>18604889
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl2vhMK9Q7c&feature=related
(not the most apropriate one, but its my favorite so hush)

You start with sauteing some onions, and prepare some eggs, mixing them with some soy sauce and bit of sugar.

Meanwhile you add some spices to the onions, and some water, letting it boil, poring the eggs in. You wait for them to poach, then mix the contents until the egg absorbs all the liquid, leaving a nice and fluffy dish. Serves up to 4 people with rice and sauce.

You smile as you bring the food down to the hanger. Your father was a terrible cook, but this is the one thing you remember him making that you actually liked.

You hand a plate to Eri, who was just taking a break. So takes a fork full in her mouth.
"Spicy!"
You apologize if it was too much.
"No, I like it! Wakes you up. I think I'll be able to work longer tonight. Thanks."

>Actions?

>>18605029
>[x] Put it in.

>>18605093
was wondering when this would show

>>18605029
Make some small talk, gently bring up her father. See if she wants any help with the repairs. See if she has any spare time if there are any ways to optimize it for burrowing as we seem to be doing that a lot.

>>18605029
>>18605029
Tell her about our "plan" for having the team join the battle royal before we were officially a team to increase the chances of actually getting some cash and ask her if Vince will be back in time for that.

>>18605125
You bring up the encounter with her father, the second one that is. She frowns.
"He's given up on everything. Don't worry too much about what he said. He meant well, but he's dwelling to much on his personal experience."
You consider pressing the issue, but it doesn't look like she'll budge. Guess you need more relation points.

You ask what all she's finished. This cheers her up a bit.
"Got the Beam mg apart and rigged to your 35. It's done. I repaired all the damage the the Molga too."

She eyes the Helcat frame. "The real doozy is opening that guy up and getting the Cloak out. I'll need your help if we wanna get it done tonight."
You nod, and get started on dismantling the looted body.

An hour goes by, and the day's starting to catch up with you. While getting some water, you hear a loud ringing noise.
"Crap," Eri calls out, deep in the zoid's frame. "That's the com for outside. Can you get that?"

You find the com system for the hager and pick up the reciever. You ask who it is.

"? This is Vince, who is this?"
Ah, the phantom shows itself.
>What say?

>>18605290
I'm the new guy, Gerald DeFlynn, I pilot a caterpillar. You must be the phantom teammate I've been given incredibly vague details on, I was told we'd get along.

Open the door for him.

>>18605313
Eh. This'll work.

>>18605313
Thirded.

"Hm, so Eri landed one huh? Hope you weren't expecting a quick buck, kid."

The doors open, and you get in position to see just what kind of zoid he...holy mother of Zi.
Where did he even get this thing?

The Hound Soldier, tall and proud, strides in to the hanger. You only seen these in a picture book you had as a kid, 'Heroes of the Maze'.

Only after the initial shock do you realize that the zoid is damaged pretty badly. One of its mighty lances have been sheared off, and its armor is cut up something good. Its buster cannons are also nowhere to be seen.

You rush up to the zoid as it comes to a halt. A man wearing a bandana over dark hair hops out. He looks a bit older then then you, though that could just be his stern jawline. He eyes you, and gives you a good look over. A smile creeps into the corner of his mouth.
"You have the scent of battle on you. Good."

>actions

>>18605502
"What the hell were you fighting?"

>>18605502
Holy balls of mother fuck, you have a Hound Soldier, what in gods name did you do to that poor baby?

Resist weeping openly.

Give him a handshake and regale him with the tale of today's earlier adventures.

>>18605531
"Stray zoid." he says in a mellow voice. "Know what a King Liger is?"
You nod, though your recollection is vague.
"Federation found one that survived the meteor all those years ago. I took the job to catch it. Almost died." He saying this awful casually, despite the evidence that he is most definitely not exaggerating.

"Thing was pretty smart for an unmanned machine. And the researchers wanted as little damage to it as possible. Ended up spearing its hind quarter, and he nearly got the cockpit with his laser blade."

He listens to your tale on all the events up till now. "Quite a day you've had." he comments. "I missed signing up for that battle of yours, not that it matters." He looks up at his zoid. "This guy will be out of commission for a while. Hope you don't mind covering for me."

>>18605637
We now have a long term goal.
We WILL acquire that King Liger, someday.

ok guys, I can go for another hour or so, do you want to keep going, or end here for the week. I have to work tomorow night, so no chance of picking the thread back up.

I'll keep going if theres enough participation

>>18605637
Well, shit. If he was going in on the battle royal with that kind of skill then I have to wonder how good the others who are participating could be. And here I thought this was going to be more of a newbie to mid range thing.

>>18605722
Keep calm and fight like a dirty honorless bastard.

>>18605637
It's seriously fucking impressive that you lived. I can cover for you, Eri was right when she said I'd like you, you've got stones.

The battle royale ought to be fun, and I might have a chance if you're not in it.

>>18605705
What else is there for us to do before the event? We just need to get that stealth installed and that can be montaged.

>>18605722
don't worry, its not gonna be that bad. He'd have essentially nuked everyone else if he was in it. Rank isn't always an accurate measerment.

>>18605790
I just thought of something. A molga moves not unlike a tank, meaning it has a lot of contact with the ground and leave a pretty clear trail when it moves, so won't we be kicking up a dust trail when we move that will make it fairly obvious where we are even with a cloak?

(Seems like theres enough people)

Vince strolls over to the Molga. "Eri, you there?"
"Yup." you here her voice come from underneath the armor plates. "Installing this cloak to Gerald's wormy."
"Need any help?"
"Not from you, butter fingers. I still remember last week."
"Hey, I told, there was oil on that wrench."
"And the hammer, and the socket, right?"
Vince sighs in defeat. "Alright, I'll leave you to it."
"And remind me to strangle you later, I can hear the shape your Hound is in."

He walks over to you. "Ready to hit the hay? We have a few rooms empty."
>Yes
>No

>>18605921
Don't we still need to help Eri with the stealth generator?

>>18605935
you can choose to, yes

>>18605921
No.
Help with cloak installation.

>>18605921
Help with the installation, we can sleep after that, and take naps when we can.

You politely decline, saying that you will finish helping Eri. He smiles and pats you on the shoulder, then leans in close.
"No funny business." he states flatly, a dangerous glint in his eye. Before you can reply he's already left, leaving you to swallow nervously.

You ask Eri if she needs anything.
"I could do with some water." She confesses. You hand her a bottle, and proceed to assist her with the installation.

One montage later...

You give a exhausted sigh. Smiling at your, or mostly Eri's, handiwork, with satisfaction.

"Man, I'm beat." She wipes her face with a towel. "Looks like we finish before midnight."
You thank her for her troubles. She giggles a bit.
"This is a chance, a chance to turn all our lives around." She pat's your Molga gingerly. "For the sake of that, I'll give it my all." She turns to you. "Hey, you got some grease there." she says, sauntering over and putting her hand on your chin.
"Let me get that for you." She leans in, and kisses your cheek.

Your a little surprised, as she pulls back, face red. You start to say something when she puts a finger against your nose.
"That's all you get for now, hotshot." She skips away playfully, glancing back. "Goodnight Gerald."

>>18606150
Go to bed, smile stuck to our face, we've got a tournament to win tomorrow.

Sneaky tactics, marksmanship, digging holes fucking everywhere, invisible caterpillar underneath fuckers blowing holes in them with a Sand Shooter.

>>18606183
This. Also, try collapsing the ground underneath anyone who looks to be a serious heavyweight.

>>18606150
That's probably a good place to end for now.

We can start with the event next time.

thanks a bunch for all your participation guys.
last week was a bit dry, so I was feeling a bit down.
I might bring it back tuesday, depending on my week. otherwise see you all next friday.

>>18606150
>>18606183
Ye-ep. I forsee ways to irritate this dude, Vince, profoundly.

>>18606195
Yeah.

>>18606224
Cool, just started with this quest, it's great fun, I can't wait to completely fuck other zoids up while they don't know where we are and we have a giant pile of dirt between.