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>>30992620
Incoming failed check.

[ ]CHARGE! Kill all Duty and claim the station for yourself.

[ ]You can't hurt that tank, take out the men instead.
Vasa has the RPG, she can take out the tank. We need to kill the ones we can hurt.

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>>30992620
>[x]Hold your ground! Dig in and try to drive them back.
>[x]Targets of opportunity! Take those who push or reveal themselves, don't go out of your way to kill them.

We need to be careful, this is a risky situation.

Rolled 17

>>30992620
[ ]Hold your ground! Dig in and try to drive them back.
&
[ ]Focus on that tank! Take it out of action first.

Rolled 3

>>30992620
yaaah!

>[x]Hold your ground! Dig in and try to drive them back.
>[x]Targets of opportunity! Take those who push or reveal themselves, don't go out of your way to kill them.

>>30992620
[X]Hold your ground! Dig in and try to drive them back.
[X]Targets of opportunity! Take those who push or reveal themselves, don't go out of your way to kill them.

>>30992708
Out fucking standing. This is gonna be a good thread

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>>30992620
>>30992708
The pull of the gun is huge. You were expecting some force, but this is insane! As it fires, it leaps back in your hands and you barely manage to keep your grip on the beast as it begins spraying leaden death across the room.

Shulga barely manages to hurl himself to one side as your first rounds go wide, but you begin tracking the gun around to the hallway the other bad guys are taking cover in. As your rounds slam into the walls, they simply blow straight through the thick plaster leaving fist-sized craters in their wake. There are a few screams of pain and cries of panic as the men inside dive to the floor or for better cover.

As your burst comes to its end, the green guys on your left let out an almighty cry before breaking from cover and spilling out into the main room, firing everything they have at their enemies.

It suddenly dawns on you that you're still stood in the open, and you quickly toss the machine gun over the bar before tossing yourself bodily after it. And then the cannon fires again.

The blast is deafening, and the participants on both sides of the battle stumble about for a moment, stunned as the room is instantly filled with a thick, permeating dust. The shell flies past where you were standing just a heartbeat before, clipping the wall behind you and taking a massive hunk with it as it continues on its path to carve a further chunk out of the next building along.

>>30992945
You pop your head back up over the bar, and see Kris and Ice still dug in, taking a few pot-shots at the guys in the corridor but generally staying down. Vasa has already shifted to the passage on the left, taking cover as she hefts the rocket launcher onto her shoulder, rocket in place in the muzzle. A quick glance back over her shoulder, then she pulls the trigger. The round flies true, straight into the turret of the tank just next to cannon. There's another almighty boom, and the tank is wreathed in fire and smoke from the blast. The green guys let out another cheer as they push forward again, gunning hard at the reds who are desperately trying to find good positions to fire back from.

The elation is short-lived, however, as a sudden burst of heavy machine gun fire spews from the ball of smoke, cutting down three greens in a single volley. A scramble as they quickly regain their positions of light cover in the open. The tank's engine roars to life, and the tracks start to turn, the monster begins creeping ever so slowly into the room.

Oh good, I'm not arriving horribly late. Still can't believe we're actually doing this. Good luck fellow anons.

>>30993071
bring the roof down and throw some molotovs on the engine deck, that should persuade the crew to surrender

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>>30993071
As it creeps in, a couple of the reds break cover and rush the tank, using it as cover as they start to press back against the greens. By this point, you notice that most of the neutrals have managed to either crawl downstairs, flee the room, or are most probably dead. Good thing you don't have to worry about collateral so much now. You grab your heavy machine gun once more and heave it over the bar. There's a pair of little legs on the front of the barrel, so you use them to rest it in place as you take aim, opening up on the men behind the tank. One of them jerks backwards, a large portion of his helmet and face missing, and his buddies drop back into cover behind the tank. You keep firing, spraying rounds across the other side of the room.

[ ]Keep it up.
[ ]Change tactic?

>>30993140
>[x]Change tactic?
Retreat and circle around the building, attack DUTYs flank

>>30993140
>[x]Change tactic?
Take out knight and go in close and personal, that way the machinegun can't hit us.

>>30993140
>[ ]Change tactic?
we need to get around the tank and bring some of the building down on it, or distract it and the baddies behind it long enough for Vasa to get a hit through its side armor, and pray we don't detonate its casette

>>30993170
knife damnit.

>>30993140
I'm not very knowledgeable with explosives, but is it possible to set up the explosives we've got on something a chair or table, the throw that at the tank? Because that might be fun?

>>30993140
Stabbing time!

>>30993140
[x] Stab

>>30993210
you'd be better off just tossing the explosives themselves, attaching them to a chair or table is just going to make throwing them accurately, and them actually landing where we want, and staying there impossible

>>30993140
Flank DUTY troops, turn into swiss cheese

>>30993214
>>30993231
But what are you stabbing?

>>30993240
But that's not as fun as explosive chairs! On a more serious note, I do agree with >>30993180 about trying to distract the tank so Vasa can shoot it (apparently they're not focusing on her yet?)

>>30993140
After what feels like an age, Vasa is finally ready with her second rocket. She hefts the launcher back onto her shoulder, checking behind her again. "LOLI, GET BACK!"
You quickly take two steps back as she fires the second rocket, a wave of smoke and gas blowing past the bar. The second rocket hits the tank square on once more, on the front of its hull. The tank instantly lurches to a stop. You're about to let out a cheer of your own when the turret suddenly begins to rotate, bringing its weapon to bear on

A hearty curse, and Vasa scrambles back into the corridor away from the room as the cannon fires. The shell tears clean through the wall, as well as the wall behind that, breaching the bar area and missing you by just a few feet before blasting its way through the far wall and into the distance once more.

You mentally thank the tank crew for their assistance, before clambering through the exit they've just provided you and sprint along the side of the building. As you round the corner, you find a wooden fire escape door being thrown open as Vasa appears from inside, covered in soot and dust.
"Well, this is a novel experience," she states dryly at you as she continues attempting to load the next rocket into the muzzle of her launcher.
Before she's done, a figure appears from the next corner. A large man in the heavy armor covered in pipes. He turns, quickly trying to bring his rifle up to you, but you're faster. You let out a burst from your machine gun into his chest at near point blank. The force tosses him backwards off his feet and he lands heavily. You stop firing, letting out a breath, and then notice he's still twitching. Not just twitching... he hauls himself right back onto his feet!

[ ]Shoot him again!
[ ]Knife the bitch!

>>30993284
>[ ]Knife the bitch!
STAB HIM IN THE EYES, GILTINE DEMANDS TRIBUTE BITCH

>>30993284
[x]Shoot him again!

fuck this punk

>>30993284
Can Duty's armor withstand our knives? I want to find out.

>>30993284
>[X]Knife the bitch!

>>30993284
Before he can regain his feet, you drop your machine gun and pull a combat knife, hurling yourself onto him and driving your blade into him. After a few inches, your blade comes to a stop in his chest armor, and snaps. Without even a second thought, you let it go and draw your second, punching it into his face. The helmet cracks a little, giving way, but doesn't punch through as much as you'd like. Your third blow, you aim for the gap under his armpit and shank upwards. Again, the blade bites, but not deep enough. He recovers enough wit to resist by this point, and punches you in the face. You feel your nose break. You let your second knife go as you fall to the side and pull your survival knife. He rolls over, trying to follow up his attack on you, but you respond by slipping the blade under his chin and yanking to one side. The blade bits deep, and the man dies quickly, choking on his own blood.

Vasa is finally finished preparing her rocket again, and you nod to each other. You peek around the corner, and see the side of the tank poking out the building. A few more men in red are splaying out and taking better cover outside the building as they fire in at the survivors inside. You give Vasa a tap on the shoulder and she pops up out of cover, firing her third rocket at the tank.
Again, it finds its mark, smashing into the side armor of the tank. The blast knocks two of the men around it flat as the rest of pushed off balance. After a long few seconds of both of you staring at the tank, waiting for the smoke to clear, you finally see some damage inflicted to the metal monstrosity.
One of the layers of brick things lining the track falls off.

[ ]Keep it up.
[ ]Change tactic?

>>30993465
Throw grenade inside tank cannon

>>30993465
[x] Keep stabbing enemy.

>>30993465
I think that's good? Tank's armor isn't as heavy on the side, right? Or a blast could break the tracks so at least it can't move?

I think we're in a decent position. The reds were focused on the survivors inside, if we apply more bullets to them while they're confused we should ease the pressure on those inside.

>>30993465
Potshots

>>30993465
Hmm. Looks like we are fucked. I doubt we will get a second shot from this side and everywhere else the ERA is still attached, making the RPG useless.

>>30993465
ERA...you glorious motherfucker
>[x]Change tactic?
We've got plastic explosives and remote detonators right? attach to something, get that something near tank. detonate. rinse and repeat as needed

>>30993586
Well, the tank might have a hard time even turning to face us since it's half way through a building. Or maybe that's just building's problem, not sure how sturdy the station is.

>>30993635
Supporting

>>30993465
>[x]Change tactic?
shoot more enemies

>So we have uh,

>3 votes for getting close and using explosives.
>3 for Keep Shooting.
>1 for Stab Bitches

>Calling new vote.
[ ]Keep using the RPG.
[ ]Get close and try something yourself.

>>30993718
>[x]Keep using the RPG.

>>30993718
Why can't we just throw the explosives?

>>30993718
was the turret moving to track us in the last update? It will influence my vote.

>>30993737
either too risky or our loli arms can't throw them far enough

>>30993718
>[ ]Get close and try something yourself.

>>30993748
>The turret is still inside the building. You can't see it. You can only see the rear half of the track sticking out of the building.

>>30993718
Shoot RPG into tank turret

>>30993718
>[x]Get close and try something yourself.

>>30993737
>Because I'm giving you the meta knowledge that your explosives aren't powerful enough to do anything unless placed in the exact right spot.

>>30993790
Get close, open hatch, throw explosives inside and close hatch

>>30993718
>>30993771

Fuck it. Track the bitch
[X] keep using the RPG

>>30993718
>[ ]Get close and try something yourself.
Vass can cover us, probably, somewhat. The tank is in no position to argue with us and the dudes can be shot.

>>30993718
>[x]Get close and try something yourself.

>>30993718
>[X]Get close and try something yourself.
Sounds like our best bet.

[X]Get close and try something yourself.

Ha ha time for sticky bomb

>>30993465
"This isn't working... Vass, cover me!" You stand and rush for the tank, a knife in each hand. The first man doesn't even see you coming, and you plant a bladed kiss on his neck as you pass. The second has just enough time to face you before you're upon him, sinking both knives into whatever weak spots you can find, tearing into him over and over until he's finally critically wounded. The third manages to line up a shot on you before his brains evacuate his skull, painting the tank treads as Vasa's round passes clean through him.

You quickly reach the side of the tank, and catch a glimpse of the inside of the station. It's not pretty. You can see Sergei is lying face-down in the rubble just the other side of the wall from you. You think you can see Ice sitting against the wall behind the upturned table, his face slick with blood. Kris is over him, desperately working. Most of the guys in green and yellow are dead or dying throughout the room, a few still staunchly fighting on in their corridor. The Duty members have them pretty well surrounded, and the tank seems to be simply watching it all lazily.

You bring your focus back to the tank, taking the last of the plastic explosive and detonator from your pack and trying to find a place on the tank to stick it...

[DC 15 Where does it go..? check]

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>>30993965
No clue, but loli will most likely end up under the tank with my nat one.

Rolled 6

>>30993965
It goes inside of it

Rolled 14

>>30993965
EVERYWHERE!

Rolled 10

>>30993965
Time to save everyone. Or the ones that are left.

Rolled 4

>>30993965
X marks the spot

>>30993989
GLORIOUS

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>>30993965
>>30993989
As you kneel, desperately looking over the entire tread and trying to find a spot that would definitely inflict damage, you find your hands subconsciously working at the doughy explosive in your hands.
Finally, you accept that you can't find the perfect spot to blow the tank to bits, (a spot you don't even know exists), and make do with slipping your extremely detailed butterfly behind the rear wheel. It sticks well enough, and you plant a detonator into the body of your butterfly before scarpering away from the tank. Vasa's rifle rings out a few more times over your head before you slide into cover beside her and hit the button.

>>30994062
>62
That's a big blast radius.

>>30994062
Loli makes big boom.

Rolled 42

>>30994062
The noise is a quiet thump instead of a boom, the blast contained by the wheels, tread and tank. A second later, the noise is followed by a clang as the track slumps unenthusiastically to the ground. The engine roars loudly, then sputters and dies.

Quiet descends upon the scene. And then with a cough, the engine growls back into life.

Shulga's voice sounds out from behind the tank. "That's enough, Giltinė, enough. Don't make your friends die for you here. Surrender now, and perhaps we can overlook this... misunderstanding."

There's a long pause, no-one moves, though you can hear a number of voices groaning in pain from inside the building. Kris' voice rings out. "LOLI! LOLI HELP! I- I CAN'T STOP THE BLEEDING! ICE! ICE IS..."

>?

>>30994235
Call up on the Zone inside us and go full STABBY.

Kill every single Duty member in a blizzard of death and chaos.

>>30994235
Well I wanted to surrender from the start, so I'll just vote for that again unless I see some brilliant solution.

>>30994235
well, we're the worse when it comes to first aid...
so i guess it'll just be
>shout at Shulga something like "fuck you, stop hurting my friends" and shoot him
and hope someone more skilled than us can do something...

>>30994336
No more railroading please.

>>30994235
Keep fighting.

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>>30994360
>railroading

>>30994235
I wanna keep Ice alive, but the only way we can save him is if the Duty presence in Yanov ceases to exist today.

Hey guys what about letting everyone here die?
That would allow us to have revenge quest and that could be fun

>>30994384
Oh, I know exactly what it means. The fact that you tried to desperately convince us with meta knowledge into going with Duty last time only proves my point.

>>30994356
He's behind a tank, though.

>>30994360
I had to fight that stupid argument last thread, not doing it again.

>>30994400
Hey guys what about letting everyone here live and STOP BEING AN EDGY FAGGOT?

>>30994400
No, Vasa needs to live, I can't let my waifu die.

>>30994235
simple. Get behind the tank and cap that mother fucker

>>30994235
"Please, Giltinė! I promise you your friends will receive the medical care they need. No one needs to die here, just let me bring you in!" He steps out from behind the tank, both him arms in the air, a gesture of peace.

With three words, you tell him what you think of his offer, quick-drawing your pistol and squeezing off a round. The round catches him dead in his unarmored face, ending his life with a single splatter.

In response, the turret once more begins its inexorable turn. It comes to a stop facing you, jittering a little as it stabilizes, and fires once more. The shell catches the wall above you, spraying you with rubble but doing no damage.
Vasa screams. You whip your head around to see a large, jagged piece of masonry jutting from her shoulder. She falls to the ground, blood spurting over you as she goes, before quickly losing consciousness.

[ ]KILL THEM ALL
[ ]Leave your friends to die. Flee.
[ ]Surrender.

>>30994464
>[x]KILL THEM ALL
time to earn our nickname

>>30994464
>[X]KILL THEM ALL
You shouldn't have made Loli angry. It was a big mistake.

>>30994464
>KILL THEM ALL

Yeah, right.
Do we want really trust the guys who came barging into a cease fire zone with a tank?

>>30994464
Now it's personal.

KILL THEM ALL

>>30994464
[X]KILL THEM ALL

>>30994464
>[X]KILL THEM ALL
the quicker they die, the quicker we can save our friends

>>30994464
>[ ]KILL THEM ALL
well now it's definitely too late to surrender. so I guess we're going with this.

You know, I really think this was the best course of action.
Agreeing to a trail meant either just getting a show-trail and shot, or having to escape from duty territory without any guns, armor, supplies, etc.
I don't even think a fair trail would have been a possibility at all.

>>30994540
>Agreeing to a trail meant either just getting a show-trail and shot, or having to escape from duty territory without any guns, armor, supplies, etc.
It could be fun

>>30994540
Kaleun throw meta at us saying the trial would have been fair.

But that doesn't necessarily mean we aren't guilty or that one of our friend aren't guilty.

>>30994569
>>Kaleun throw meta at us saying the trial would have been fair.
Well agreeing to it with that knowledge just seems cheap, then.
>>30994563
>It could be fun
Of course it would be fun, but I rather not get lung-shot again.

>>30994540
>Well, the trial actually would've been fair if you'd surrendered instantly. Trial arc would've been interesting.
>Surrendering just now would've led to a swift show-trial, since there were no surviving Freedom members near Yanov to object. The Escape arc could've been a lot of fun if I'd written it right.
>We're set in for the Factional Warfare arc now. Not sure on my writing abilities to give it justice, though. We'll see.

>>30994563
But we have already been kidnapped what...3 times? I just want to around the Zone and have fun with Loli, Kris and Vasa fucking shit up. Starting from ground zero every 5th thread sucks.

>>30994585
>Of course it would be fun, but I rather not get lung-shot again.
>So let's fight a tank!
I support the fighting but that's just a bad argument.

In any case its far too late now

>>30994618
Well fighting a tank with support and an environment that gives us an advantage is easier to survive than tracking through the zone butt-naked and with Duty-goons hunting us

>>30994636
>But it's still a FUCKING tank
>The barrel was pointed at us
>A slingshot was pretty damn likely here too man

>>30994464
You push yourself upwards into a sprinting start, quickly covering the distance between you and the tank. A kick off a pile of rubble, and you leap onto the back of the tank. Pistol still in hand, you squeeze twice, punching rounds into the closest red. The bullets do nothing to his body armor, but you lift your aim slightly and punch a round through his skull, he drops like a puppet with its strings cut.
There are two more men on the outside of the building, you can see three in the corridors and one in the open by the bar.

None of your allies are in a fighting state any more.

[ ]Take the guys outside first.
[ ]Get inside, clear the corridors.

>Any plans for taking this tank down?

>>30994668
FUCKING AUTO CORRECT
Meant lungshot, not slingshot.

>>30994670
Guys outside first then get inside tank kill everyone inside of it then kill rest

so. Who dies gents...out side we have vasa, inside we have kris, ice and sergei, plus whoever is still alive.

>>30994670
We're on top of the tank? Can we get inside and murderize the inhabitants?

>>30994706
EVERYONE

>>30994670
>[x]Take the guys outside first.

>>30994670
>[ ]Get inside, clear the corridors.
It's easier when you use armored meat shields against each other.

>Tank
We play all quiet in the bar front, MGS style.

>>30994709
>>30994691
>Believe it or not, tanks actually have a locking mechanism on their hatches. The only way in is if the crew lets you in.

>>30994670
>[X]Take the guys outside first.

>>30994740
>>30994743
I don't know shit about tanks, but there is some kind of ventilation there right? What happens if we plant some kind of explosive there?

>>30994740
well shit
[x] Get inside
>>30994757
were out of splodey stuff

>>30994670
>[ ]Get inside, clear the corridors.
Dump a grenade down the barrel on the way. No idea if that does anything, but it's cool.

>>30994772
Maybe one of the dead Duty guys have something on them.

>>30994740
What will happen if we shoot inside tank gun?

>>30994799
time is against us comrade anon. If we do it we must be quick about it

>>30994801
You're shooting at the big chunk of metal inside, whether it is the round or the hammer, which can take the knockback of the round.

Inb4 they requested support and we will have to deal with next tank and thirty more enemies

>>30994740
But they still can't do shit if we sit on top of the turret.
Food for thought

>>30994847
...we'd be terribly exposed to enemy fire. as in all of them would shoot at us.

>>30994670
The two outside both break to face you, spraying gunfire across the roof of the tank. You manage to step sideways, taking cover behind the tank's turret. After what feels like minutes, but was probably just a few seconds, both men click empty. You pop up again and empty your own mag into the left-most man, furthest from the wall. He crumples, still alive but out of the fight. The other finishes reloading and bring his rifle to bear on you; you pull your second pistol and put rounds down first, taking his life before he could take yours. As the men inside scramble into better positions to counter you, the machine gun on the top of the tank lets out an electronic whir before spinning about to point at your face.

[ ]Jump off the tank towards the corridor. Take cover, loot, plan.
[ ]Jump off the tank towards the bar. Kill the rest quickly.
[ ]Jump off the tank outside. Flee.

>>30994953
>[x]Jump off the tank towards the bar. Kill the rest quickly.

Remote controlled turret? Really? Is this thing a T-90?

>>30994953
>[x]Jump off the tank towards the bar. Kill the rest quickly.

>>30994953
>[x]Jump off the tank towards the bar. Kill the rest quickly.
We need to neutralize as much as we can.

>>30994989
I think he said it was a T-64 in the hugbox.

>>30994953
>[x]Jump off the tank towards the corridor. Take cover, loot, plan.
Someone must have a grenade or something. This either cleasn the infantry or choke dusts the tank crew.

>>30995054
Initially, no. Late versions do.

>>30995054
>BV model.
>It's using its air defense gun.

A quick google search suggests we should probably blind the crew by obstructing their view. They can't shoot at what they can't see.

>>30995086
>>30995092

i need to wiki faster. my bads

>>30995099
>It's okay. I have a Cold War fanboy leaning over my shoulder and spewing relevant information at me whenever I need it.

>>30995120
Why did Vasa suddenly turn retarded from her usual competent self? Shooting RPGs into the frontal hull and turret armor? What?

>>30995120
must be nice,having that kind of resource on hand. I'm going to sleep now. Hopefully the thread can save at least Kris, Vasa and Sergei. I'm apathetic to Ice at this point

>>30994953
You leap over the gun just as it fires again. You feel a searing pain along your lower leg as the flash of the muzzle burns against you. As you hit the ground, the pain jumps up, stinging through your muscles and you stumble, tumbling to the ground. As you lift your head, you notice with horror that the man near the bar isn't pointing his rifle at you, but at the table Kris is still behind. You manage to draw your second combat knife and toss it from your position on the ground.

[DC 12 Strike True! check]

>>30995152
I'm fairly doubtful she's ever had to fight a tank before.

Rolled 16

>>30995170
Just this once...please.

Rolled 13

>>30995170
strike fast strike true

Rolled 10

>>30995170
Please no.

Rolled 17

>>30995170
CoD style?

>>30995179
Its more of a general knowledge thing? The kinda thing that comes up when talking to other STALKERS at the bar/skadovsk/station/etc

Rolled 13

>>30995170
Natural 1 get

>All these rolls.
We will fail our check so hard next time, the Zone will grow in size.

>>30995152
She may be /k/'s daughter-u but it seems she was mostly raised on the innawoods side of /k/, not the tanks and aircraft carriers side.

Plus she might have had trouble actually hitting accurately with it.

>>30995206
I feel tanks are more of a rare thing that no one really expects. Also, remember Vasa has had none of those stalkers to talk to.

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>>30995154
Its not. I have an irrational fear of Late cold war soviet armour.

Pic related

>>30995196
>CoD style.

>>30995170
The world slows around you as you watch the knife fly, hoping against hope. The man catches the flicker of movement in the corner of his eye, and you watch him twist. Far too slow. The blade catches him, carving through his helmet like butter, penetrating deep through his eyeball. With a spurt of red, he topples backwards, dead before he hit the ground.

You let your breath escape, before remembering where you are and pushing more energy into your arms. The men in the corridor have zeroed you in, but you notice on the ground before you. One of the dead men is wearing a vest absolutely covered in grenades.

[DC 14 Grenades for everyone! check]

Rolled 6

>>30995294
Die motherfuckers!

Rolled 17

>>30995294
wheee

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>>30995240
Well, everyone who wasn't completely lobotomized by the new world order should know that frontal armor is always the strongest (unless it's a Boxer, of course)

>>30995323
Mein hero

Rolled 91

>>30995294
Wait.
At this range, wouldn't a grenade hit us, Vasa, and the guys?
I don't think this is a great idea, guys.

>>30995385
only if we missed

Rolled 49

>>30995399
No really, I was told a grenade does damage in a 25m radius, and that's in a forest. Inside a building, the shrapnels would fuck everything up

>>30995335
I figured her shots were mostly dictated by where she actually was relative to the tank. First two times she was shooting from inside the building, so hitting the side would be kind of hard.

>>30995294
In a single, smooth movement you free one of the grenades from his vest, pull the pin and hurl it overarm into the corridor. One of the men manages to fire off two rounds at you, both of which hit you square in the chest, before the grenade bounces off the doorway beside him and into the corridor. In a panic, the entire lot of them dive for the grenade. Apart from one who tries to leap out of the door into the room with you. You place your last pistol round into his face as the grenade detonates, wiping every single one of them.

Right, now for the tank. With a titanic effort, you ignore the horrific pain now shooting through your entire upper chest as you heave yourself upright. The turret once more drags itself around to face you. With as much haste as you can, you pull the pin on the next grenade and shove it deep into the barrel. You duck and roll, taking cover underneath the tank itself as the grenade detonates, distorting the barrel.

It looks like that's as much as you're going to be able to achieve... you can feel the darkness closing in around you, as you hear the distinct sound of a latch being pulled back,
and the tank's hatch being pushed open. "Where the hell did she go?"

"Hey, careful man. She's still here somewhere."

"Jesus, close the hatch! She's gonna kill us all!"

"We're all that's left, private. We've got to find her."

A pair of boots hits the floor right in front of your face.

[DC 17 Stay Conscious! check]

Rolled 12

>>30995516
I know where this is going...

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>>30995516
LOLIS GUIDE MY DICE

Rolled 11

>>30995516
Almost there...

Rolled 11

>>30995516
>grenade detonates, distorting the barrel

WHAT?
Come on, that's bullshit

>>30995541
Kaleun must be tearing his hair out by now.

>>30995541
We are sooo gonna get fucked here soon.

Rolled 17

>>30995541
COMBAT HOSTAGE.

> Wake up
> See this thread

You idiots seriously fought Duty? Fuck you all that was incredibly foolish.

>>30995563
>It is. It's absolute total horseshit. Just let me throw you a bone? I'm really trying to keep at least one character alive here.

>>30995563
>he's that guy who shouted "that's not possible!" while watching rambo 2 and left the cinema

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>>30995582
Fair enough

>>30995582
I like GM fuckery in our favour in this case.

Rolled 22

>>30995643
Well this quest, for all it's paranormal stuff (and let's not forget that we are a loli) was always pretty grounded in reality.

>>30995516
>Kidnap #72
>Shockingly, it's become routine to me. You wake up somewhere new, people watching over you as you sleep.
>These days, I just turn around and sleep for another hour or two before I decide to get up and look around where I've been taken this time.
>Some captors this time have held me before. I strike up a casual conversation before inevitably his new superior comes in to question me about one thing or the other.
>Apparently he came to the Zone after losing his family, nothing else to live for than the thrill of being a STALKER, but he quickly started regretting that. I'll make sure to put him out of his misery when I escape again.

>>30995582
If it was only the grenade, yes, but if there was a HE shell in the tube being fired? There would've been more damage than just the barrel.

Rolled 118

>>30995577
If nothing else they were the guys who broke the cease fire, so the loners and Freedom should support us at least.

I find it vaguely amusing that im in three S.T.A.L.K.E.R. threads on three different boards.
>Feelsgoodman

>>30995516
You push back the darkness as best you can. There's just... one more. Almost there. As the pair of boots begin to turn on the spot, you lash out with you knife, cutting the man's tendons. With a squeal, he drops to the ground beside you and you jam the blade deep into his throat. Acting quickly, you roll over his body out from under the tank, and snatch the shortened rifle out of his hands, spraying the front of the tank with it, rounds flying before you'd even acquired a target. One man is sticking his head out of the tank, a clearly terrified look on his face. The look disappears, replaced with one of shock as you murder him. The second man at least manages to try to bring his own gun up to his shoulder before your rounds spray across his chest and end his life.

Silence descends on the room, and you congratulate yourself on an enemy well slaughtered before you finally pass out.

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>>30995696
OH YEAH, WHO'S THE MAN?

>>30995696
GOOOOOAAAAAAL

>>30995696
There's something hard under you. It doesn't feel cold, like the floor. Wood? You open your eyes. Kris has a dead serious expression on her face, as she leans over your chest, a reel of gauze in her hand. You tense as she touches your bare chest, pain once more reaching up through your entire body.

"Don't move." None of the usual joy in her voice. She doesn't even sound stressed or scared. She's... angry? You don't think you've seen her angry before.
She continues whatever she's doing to your chest, occasional jabs running through your very bones, with none of the gentleness you'd usually associate with her.

[ ]"What happened?"
[ ]"Where are we?"
[ ]"How is everyone?"

>>30995582
>>30995582
>>30995582
Kaleun, I love you and I love the characters you've created but we dug our grave and if it takes the death of a character for everyone to realize not to fuck with people without reason then so be it.

Fuck you who are so afraid of railroading that you fought Duty. Stupid stupid stupid.

>>30995764
>[X]"How is everyone?"

>>30995764
>[ ]"How is everyone?"
Tell us of Vasa.

>>30995764
[X]How is everyone?

>>30995696
>Freedom arrives
>Heavy troops dead, barely alive stalkers
>One tank, one Loli
>Leveled bar
>The fuck happened here?

>>30995764
>[x]"How is everyone?"

>>30995778
>not to fuck with people without reason then so be it.
Sorry, next time we are going to put down our weapons whenever someone says they are taking us hostage

>>30995764
Did Vasa make it? Please?

>>30995764
[x]"How is everyone?"

>>30995794
Just another day in the Zone.

Rolled 117

>>30995778
>uck you who are so afraid of railroading that you fought Duty. Stupid stupid stupid.

Sure, we should have agreed to getting executed.
How silly of us, wanting to fight back and all.

>>30995812
Hostage? No, a fair trial. We killed Kiyaya, so we already had the favor of many Duty members. Not everyone wants to murder you. Well, maybe now, seeing as we've pissed off Duty, gotten a bunch of loners killed, destroyed a neutral zone, and started a Factional War.

>>30995764
"How is everyone?" You ask in a weak voice, your chest barely able to lift enough to let you even breath.

Kris stops her work, gently placing her tools down on the table, before purposely turning to look you in the eye. She steadies herself, taking a deep breath. Her face perfectly neutral.
"Ice lost too much blood before I could stop it. If he doesn't get a transplant very soon, he's dead. Vasa's in a bad way. I don't know if she'll survive the night. Even if she does, I'd be surprised if she doesn't catch an infection. And it'll be a miracle if she ever regains use of her arm."
"As for you, the burns on your leg aren't too bad. And the body armor in your jacket took most of the energy out of the rounds, so you should be fine if you'd sit still and let me close you up."

"And... everyone else?"
She remains silent, continuing to work on your chest.

>?

>>30995863
You are retarded.

>>30995895
[x]Cry

>>30995863
For fuck's sake, would it kill you to trust the QM when he tells you a fair trail means exactly that OOC? Nobody had to die, but you all wanted to put our friends in danger.

Rolled 93

>>30995874
>No, a fair trial

Well, we are guilty, we were part of the monolith, and we did kill stalkers.
I don't think they are the "water under the bridge" type of guys.

>>30995895
>[x]cry, try not to move too much
fuck, we lost sergei...

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>>30995904
>>30995896
Stop being so buttmad we didn't do what you wanted

>>30995915
You are even more retarded.

>>30995874
>Duty barges into neutral territory armed to the teeth
>Demand we surrender and go with them to a so called "fair trial"
>"No"
>U STARTED EET!

No, fuck that. And don't come with meta. That was ridiculous to begin with.

>>30995895
"Can I help?"

>>30995904
Well on the other hand, I'm pretty sure we were guilty of at least half the stuff they mentioned, including Monolith. We might have been just as fucked, but a different kind of fucked.
Either way, we already set off towards the faction war; now we'll at least have to see it through.

Rolled 12

>>30995936
Well, please do elaborate how a trail could have gone in our favor.

>>30995863
See >>30995874

It would have been a fair trial, and most of the killing was under influence of the Monolith

>>30995915
We killed Kiyaya and were insane at the time, a fair trial would account for that. And many of Duty were sympathetic for us.

Rolled 14

>>30995996
>was under influence of the Monolith

THAT JUST ADDS FUEL TO THE FIRE

>>30995895
>Roll over
>Try not to cry
>Cry alot

>>30995895
>Vasa's in a bad way. I don't know if she'll survive the night.
That shard of brick must have hit one of the many many vital organs in the human arm. I have no idea why all of them are packed in there.

>>30995895
>fuck
Ok. Let's start off by letting her finish her work on us, and then let's try to do what we can. Try to find Ice a donor, bring Vesa to the doctor of the place, threaten to kill him if he doesnt help her.

>>30995945
Even disregarding meta, Duty are law abiders

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>>30996012
If it cut an artery then yeah, blood loss can people actually

>>30996012
>What is an artery
She probably also lost blood, and the shrapnel fucked up her arm.

>>30995960
A fair trial, as Kaleun promised? We've helped a ton of people, including merchants, their charges were vague as fuck and difficult to prove, having been mind controlled is actually a valid defense...

>Now, now. Let's not fight.

>As I pointed out previously, I'd already arranged that whatever actions you chose to follow throughout this scenario would lead to a different story arc. There were five you could have followed. We're in the Factional Warfare arc now, so whatever other arcs could have been are moot.

>>30996012
The shard of masonry was about the half the length of her arm, wide as her fist at its thickest, and caught her in the shoulder. The damage is to her major arteries, bone and nerves.

If we lose Sergei I will cry

>>30996048
>having been mind controlled is actually a valid defense

That can turn on us just as easily, though.
>How do we know she isn't still part of the monolith? What if she just wanted to gain our trust?

>>30995945
But you did start it. Writing it in caps doesn't make it not true.

> Don't come at me with an argument that shuts me down and I don't have a response to! It's ridiculous!
That 'meta' knowledge could've been figured out if we were given time. We knew about the factions, we knew about the neutral zone, we knew there would be an uproar if they treated us unfairly. We could puzzle out that, maybe, it's not in their interests to fuck us over with lies and technicalities.

>>30995960
We had popular support and could plead both ignorance for our actions (we are a child) and monolith innocence in that Monolith posessed us.

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>>30995895
As soon as we're patched up, we're going to need medical supplies and the best we can buy/threaten/cry to.

>>30996075
>faction wars

Let's become the Queen of Mutants.

>>30996088
Jesus guys, we're here now so theres no use arguing it. Try to think about how to save lives.

>>30996087
Well, all it takes then is one person to point how you can tell the difference between someone who's controlled by the monolith and someone who isn't. The ex-Monolith group that should have joined one of the factions would be a great candidate there.

>>30996088
>Monolith innocence in that Monolith possessed us
Monolith possessing us is what they were charging us with.

>>30995895
"Kris? The others? Sergei? Hawaiian? The other stalkers?"

She remains quiet for a long while, before her visage finally breaks into an unsteady snarl. "Hawaiian's shell-shocked. There were a handful of guys hiding in the basement. They ran off as soon as the gunfire stopped."
"Everyone else is dead." She meets your gaze. "Everyone."

You drop your head back onto the table, going still as she continues to work. You feel the tears building in the corners of your eyes, but you do nothing to stop them. They roll freely down your cheeks for a long time until Kris is finally finished with you.

You sit upright, taking a look around the room. "Where are we?"

"Still in Yanov. This is their doctor's room. Was. He's got barely anything useful. None of the stuff I need to help the others, apart from some painkillers. Vass and Ice are still in the bar. I don't think it's safe to move either of them. We need help to come here."

[ ]Talk to Vasa. (Write-in)
[ ]Head back to the bar.

>>30996214
"Keep everyone safe Kris, I'll bring help, I promise."

To the bar we go!

>>30996221
>To the bar we go!

Going to the duty headquarters might not be such a good idea right now.
Let's try to get some medicine from the scientists, there bunker is pretty close by.
Alternativly, head for the Shadovsk.

Or use our PDA to call someone, just spitballing here

>>30996214
sounds like a plan >>30996221
we have to get some medical supplies, one way or another

>I won't do it here, because that will do nothing helpful, but if folk are interested, I could post notes/explanations as to how the other story arcs could potentially have gone.
>Meanwhile, thread shall continue.

>>30996214
The scientists might have the stuff? That was nearby. As long as Duty aren't camping it..

>>30996214
Fuck. We can't go to the boat thing, because that would be leaving them here without help. PDA Beard, tell him we need a posse. Threaten him if we have to. Get him to have the doc bring everything down here doubletime or get fucking murdered.

>>30996214
WE LOST SERGEI

brbcrying

Beard is our best bet. Tell him we'll do anything for help. Emphasize the word anything.

>>30996263
Pls

>>30996075
For it to damage the brachial artery and the median nerve, it'd have to hit directly at the join between the torso and the arm. At the size you claim the shard was if it hit there wouldn't it have seperated the arm from the body entirely?

>>30996263
I'd be interested. Will you post it into the /qtg/ or give a link in the hugbox/on twitter perhaps?

>>30996221
>>30996256
>>30996259

I thought when Kaleun wrote the bar he meant the one in the station containing our dying friends, not the place that's way the fuck far away and where we have no friends anyway.

>>30996320
And for that matter, isn't Skadovsk far away too? This universe doesn't have instant travel times when you hit the edge of an area. It could take us way too long to get anything from there.

>>30996263
curious about that

>>30996362
So let's send out a call for help to the Shadovsk with out PDA, and head for the Scientists' Bunker while they are on their way

>>30996388
Sounds good to me. Seconding.

>>30996388
Plan man is planning

>>30996274
This. Those motherfuckers know we can kill the fuck out of them

>>30996388
I guess? Though, contacting Beard might also attract more unwanted attention. I think the scientists should suffice, if we can find something to trade them. Such as the artifact we found a while ago.

>Sorry, was grabbing food. Writing now.

>>30996214
You hop down off the table, pulling your shirt and jacket back on. "Keep everyone safe Kris, I'll bring help, I promise." You take a step towards the door before she catches you by the arm. You're still mid-turn when she catches you with a hard slap across the cheek. The force whips your head around.

You look up into her face, frozen in utter shock. There are tears finally forming in the corners of her eyes. "If she doesn't make it, I will never forgive you." She lets go of your arm, and quickly sets about stripping the shelves of useful medical equipment. You stumble out of the room and down the hall towards the bar, the faint sound of choked sobbing following you.

>>30996686
The bar is as you left it: a battlefield. Most of the walls on both sides are gone, the tank is still parked, its crew slaughtered across it, jutting out one side of the building. The entire building is littered with the corpses of both sides, as well as a number of men who were just here for a cold drink with their friends.

Ice and Vasa are both laid out on a table on the far side of the room. Both of them are still unconscious, and coated in a lot more blood than you're used to seeing from living people. You take out your PDA and make a call to Beard. He answers swiftly.

"Hey lass, haven't heard from you for a while. How're things over there?"
You do your best to relay the situation as quickly and accurately as you can: about how Kiyiya's dead, how Duty threatened you with a tank, and how everyone's descended to chaos from there.
There's a long silence once you're finished.
"I... really don't know how to help you, lass. I'll send a team over as soon as I can, they'll bring whatever supplies Doc suggests. And I'll make some calls, see if there's anyone in your area that could help. My suggestion, though? If you don't want to be part of what's coming, you need to get out of there before anyone finds you in the middle of that mess."

"But Kris said we can't move the others," you inform him.

"Well, that's up to you. I'm sorry, I can't help you any more than that." He wishes you well and ends the call.

[ ]Wait here, see who arrives first.
[ ]Leave, see if you can find the Scientist bunker.

>>30996700
>[ ]Leave, see if you can find the Scientist bunker.
I don't like the idea of leaving Kris and Vasa behind, but we can't just sit here waiting for a miracle.

>>30996700
I can't decide. We should wait so they stay safe, but they also need help so we need the scientists.

>>30996700
>[ ]Leave, see if you can find the Scientist bunker.
We'll have to go fast. It shouldn't be so far that we can't make it back in time, but just in case, alert Kris to be on her guard until we can get back here.

>>30996700
Sneak into the scientists bunker and talk/threaten/negotiate with the scientists. I say sneak because there are mercs there... Unless they died during the jupiter plant assault.

>>30996872
Would they be hostile? Aren't different merc groups more or less indifferent to each other?

I'm surprised Duty of all people would pull a stunt like firing a tank shell into a neutral zone... on all counts they started this. I'm all for the factional war arc. Sure no one had to die, but that's boring. I really didn't want to sit through one of those cliche'd trials and go through the whole OBJECTION shtick.

>>30996917
Assuming your Lawyer was not doggy

>>30996214
Sergei is dead.
Fuck everything.

>>30996700
You decide to go look for the bunker. You remember the general direction Sergei pointed out back when you first arrived here. It should be easy enough to find. Once you get past the rail tracks, it's pretty obvious where the place is. There's a huge valley sloping away under you at the end of the tracks, filled with a thick swampland. In the very center of your view ahead is a tall, white building sticking out of the landscape, surrounded by a perimeter of heavily-armed men.

It doesn't take you an overly long time to pick your way among the dangerous-looking foliage and the worst swampy ground, descending down to the bunker. You're there within ten minutes and openly approach the nearest bunch of men. They'd noticed you quite a distance away, so anything else would probably have drawn their ire. You stop a few meters from them as a large man takes a few steps towards you. "What business do you have here, Giltinė?"

[ ]"Please, I need help!"
[ ]"I wish to see the scientists here."
[ ]Other?

On a side note, I wonder if this would have been a dead end if we didn't trade the crow for the kolobok, pretty sure that is what kept our asses alive.

>>30996263
Yes please

>>30996962
>[x]"I wish to see the scientists here."
They are more likely to help than these thugs.

>>30996966
>>pretty sure that is what kept our asses alive.
>You have no idea.

>>30996962
>[ ]"I wish to see the scientists here."
On the off chance they didn't hear the battle, they don't need to know.

>>30996700
Vasa is going to need some real bullshit to survive this...

...hang on. I just remembered something.

The Hawaiian has a metric shitload of artifacts. At least one of them is supposed to be able to heal things if I remember right (it's been several threads gimme a break)

You think there's any chance we can send Kris to borrow it? (or possibly "borrow" it) gets her on our good side if it works, and at least shows that we care about the people we've become close with.

>>30996962
If we are talking to Topol
[ ]"Please, I need help!"
If we are talking to a Merc
[ ]"I wish to see the scientists here."

>>30997004
OHSHIT.
>>30996966
>>30996990

[x]GIVE ICE AND VASA THE KOLOBOK

Fuck! We should have stayed back at base!

>>30997032
Doesn't it protect from damage, not heal it? Besides, we may need to trade it for whatever help we can find here.

>>30997032
>>30997073

Yeah, according to the last thread it made you resistant to damage, as opposed to healing it.

still think we should try and arrange *something* to help - maybe with the cash we got from the photo shoot and the kolobok we could afford something?

>>30997183
>>30997073
http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Kolobok_(artifact)
According to lore and gamplay mechanics it does heal.

>>30997183
That's the idea. Nobody here is likely to help us just because we're famous or cute.

>>30997206
Well, the others said it makes us more resistant to damage, so I'd guess we're dealing with the SoC version, possibly made less abstract than the ingame version so that it's generally more resistant to being damage instead of just more resistant to one kind of damage. Or the others didn't know what they were talking about in which case I guess we don't either.

>>30996962
You straighten up and address the man, "I wish to see the scientists here."

The man heaves a deep sigh, as if that's something he's sick of hearing. "Alright, alright. Weapons out. No artifacts that emit radiation, no electronic devices. Everything does in the box." One of the other men grabs a small plastic tray and hold it out to you. You quickly strip down, dropping all offending items into the box. When you're done, you stand up straight again. The man raises his eyebrow at you, and nods downwards. You grimace, and take the second knife from under you shirt, dropping it in the tray. Once done, the man leads you into the bunker. It's the same deal as the previous one you visited, with the double-door system and the spray shower. The big man doesn't even react to the spray, simply idling as he waits for the door to unlock.

Inside, he leads you quickly past a number of side room and straight into a bigger section filled with lots of whirring electronics. "Professors, you have a visitor," the big man says, before turning and leaving you. Two men in light blue lab coats turn to regard you as you enter. One, a scrawny-looking man with well-kept black hair snorts derisively at you before turning back to his machines. The other, a bald, friendly looking man, smiles warmly at you.

"Hello, dear. It's always nice to see a new face here. Can we help you with something?"

"There was trouble up at the station," you tell him. "My friends... they're hurt. We really need help!"

"Oh dear," he genuinely seems worried at the news. "Hmm. We could send the field team to help, but... we only have limited resources out here..."

[ ]Offer to work for them.
[ ]Offer to pay for it.
[ ]Forget it.

>>30997310
Technically speaking, the fact that it heals wounds could lead one to say/believe that it does make you more resistant in a way. A bullet would would heal instead of bleeding out and thus makes you more "resistant".

And Vasa only knows from heresay.
>Or so I've heard

>>30997361
[ ]Offer to work for them.

What better agent to help you research the zone than the Demon of the zone itself? I'm sure they've heard of us...

>>30997361
>[ ]Offer to pay for it.
You get the artefact.

>>30997361
>[ ]Offer to work for them.
>[ ]Offer to pay for it.
We are one of the most notorious people in the Zone, also we have all the shit in the bar now that we can sell

>>30997361
[x]other
"What do you want?"

>>30997361
>[ ]Offer to pay for it.
If they don't want anything we have, try to sell a favor. "Just don't let my only friends die, please..."

>>30997361
[X] Offer to work/run errands for them

We might as well mention the kolobok to get IC information that isn't complete hearsay. Might work as something of a down payment?

>>30997361
"I can pay you for it! I have money, and stuff I can trade you? Please... don't let my friends die!" The man winces sympathetically, but still shrugs his shoulders. "They call me Giltinė, you know?" The scrawny man's head perks up at that. "I could work for you. That's gotta be worth helping me save my friends, right? I'll help you with whatever you need if you help them!"

"Well, you can say that, but we still don't-" The bald man is cut off by the scrawny man.

"Yes, yes. We accept. Ozersky, mobilize the field team. Have them escort this girl back to her friends. Treat them, heal them, whatever. Then have them bring her back here." There's an evil glint in his eye as he looks you up and down. "Yes, hmm. You should do nicely."

The other man, Ozersky, quickly places a hand on your shoulder and leads you back out of the room. The big man is still waiting at the door to the bunker. "Topol, you have a new assignment. Take your team and follow this girl back up to Yanov station. Her friends there are in need of your assistance. Provide whatever you can, and bring them back here if need be."

He nods once, then leads you out to the rest of his team of four. As they start getting ready, he gives an extremely terse introduction. "This is Mace, Snake, Spirit. Stay close to us, and try not to get in the way."

You nod vigorously, and set out after them. They set a rapid pace climbing back up the hill towards the rail station, which you're grateful for.
What you're not grateful for is the sight when you get there.

>>30997778
The field team freeze in their tracks. "What the hell happened here?" Topol asks no-one in particular.

"Duty did," you answer him. You cast your gaze about the ruins. It's mostly the same, apart from a few key differences. The most noticeable difference is that the tank is gone. The wall it was pressed into has collapsed entirely, and there are a pair of track marks in the mud leading away from the building, towards the road.

The more pressing difference is that Kris, Vasa and Ice are nowhere to be seen.

[Part 26 End]

>>30997795
We lescue arc now.

>>30997795
Thank god Vass taught us TRACKING. We can totally follow a tank now.

Okay, so what are the things we need to do?

1) Treat our injuries.
2) Round up Freedom.
3) Wipe Duty from the face of the planet.
4) Work for the scientists.

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Thanks for the thread, folks. Since there's interest, I'll see about putting up some notes on how the arcs could have gone. I will need to filter some of it, as the content may be recyclable into more fun adventures. I'm not sure yet.

As always, the rest of this thread is free for discussions and Q&A. I shall linger for as long as I'm wanted.

I forgot the second part of the thread OP, so here are links.
Previous threads available on suptg at
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Loli%20STALKER

I also have a Twitter for updates, @Loli_Kaleun

Other than that, I hope to see you all next time!

>>30997948
Where is Doggy?

>>30998026
This.

>>30997948
Was Sergei's death painful? Does he have any family that will miss him? What were his last thoughts? Did he regret aligning with Loli?

>>30998026
It was bad enough having Sergei die, if Doggy died too I think I'm going to commit sudoku for letting this happen

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>>30998026
He's around.

>>30998070
Yes. And slow. Very, very slow. He has two children with a wife that he was sending what money he could to. Though they probably won't notice that he's gone, apart from the money no longer being sent their way. He thoroughly enjoyed his time with Loli. It was certainly an adventure that was better than his time guarding Sultan. His lasts thought was "It hurts, it hurts, oh God it hurts."

Is Nitro still alive???

>>30998143
No.

>>30997859
Well, I guess the scientists thing can go two ways from here depending on how they see it:
1) their mission just got cancelled
2) their mission just got a lot more complicated

I'd imagine they don't want to get involved in the war, so logically speaking we don't really owe them anything since they didn't actually end up doing anything for us. Right?

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>>30998141
>>30998162

Kill them all. Kill every single last one of them.

>>30998162
Will we see Fluffy again?

>>30998141
>His lasts thought was "It hurts, it hurts, oh God it hurts."
(; - ;)7

>>30998166
Not yet, but when we decimate Duty, we (should) save Kris, Vasa and Ice too, and then we will need their help.

>>30998166
Pay the gas, and a call to Freedom they are neutral-friendly.

Also, it is possible they were picked up by friendlies or neutrals. Sending a secondary convoy with another tank is going way overboard and suicidal.

>>30998238
I don't think they sent another tank. They just left with the one we actually disabled. And it must have been Duty. Otherwise Kaleun can't nudge us towards what he had in mind since they appeared in the station.

>>30998270
>>30998270
How long did the trip take, then? Tank had a busted tread and a near dead engine.

>>30998224
>>30998238
If they were taken by Duty, they're either dead or they'll just threaten to kill them if we try to fight them. Either way that's shit. Anyone could've taken them though, all we know is they were capable of driving the tank back out of there and probably numerous enough to make Kris surrender without a fight. Not that we'd be able to tell if another fight had taken place here...

>>30998345
Were the tracks busted at all? I know we placed our explosives there, but the update didn't seem to indicate that they were really damaged...

>>30998345
It couldn't have been half an hour. Way too little time for someone to come, repair the tank and get away, especially since we didn't see anything for the first couple of minutes while the building was still in sight.

>>30998349
It's Duty, for storytelling reasons, you'll see.

>>30998372
Or it's Shota.

He's the final boss, remember.

>>30998404
Please don't remind me of that.

>>30998349
I predict that Duty took them and will ransom them for us. "Turn yourself in for our very fair trial, especially now that you have killed many of our people, and your friends will live! I pinky promise on Duty honor."

>>30998404
>>30998372

It's Kriss. She decided that we are too dangerous to be around.

>>30998439
It's both of them. Shota is her younger brother and they're both evil.

>>30998439
Did she finally betray us? I was willing to accept the slap because she was worked up emotionally to see we were the only thing standing between her and a firing squad, but this calls for revenge.

>>30998485
Nah, the "Kris is evil" is just bullshit I made up for fun after a thread but it unintentionally made sense to a bunch of anons. At worst she's just keeping secrets, but any kind of master plan at this point would have stopped making sense long ago.

It's perfectly possible though that she decided to abandon us without needing anyone pointing a gun at her because of finally realizing that we're not worth it.

>>30998366
The rear wheel fell off.
Someone with a spare wheel, or a big enough hammer, could put the thing back on and slip the tread back into place.

The engine wasn't dead. The only reason it sputtered at all was because the crew were shaken and the driver accidentally stalled it trying to react to you.

>>30998640
That only makes it easier. We find her and befriend the fuck out of her.

>>30998689
What? We were gone for two hours?

>>30998689
Fucking tracks man, so OP.

>>30998692
Easier than fighting the entirety of Duty? Yes, probably. Kris has been pretty forgiving so far though, if she's finally run out of forgivings... Well that's definitely not good.

>>30998779
Where do you read that?

>>30998689
What would we need to do to have wings?
Can loli breathe acid?
Is it possible to hold hands with monolith?

>>30998779
If you haven't noticed, the distances in this quest have been increased for realism.

>>30998822
Vasa backed us up during the attack, once she regains consciousness she can throw in a good word for us. Besides, we saved her from Kiyiya's grenade.

>>30998824
Anon... Where are you getting these ideas?

I can answer your last question though. The Monolith is a monolith. It doesn't have hands.