>>34161861
>Partial deployment: you and the Sisters will deploy, and the rest will hold in reserve until needed

Think we were fairly certain in the last thread we're not likely to get anything out of Gato, even after Haman broke him.

>>34161861
>Partial deployment: you and the Sisters will deploy, and the rest will hold in reserve until needed
Just a feeling that it'd be easier to re-deploy the rest of the team to another place, if the mine ends up being a dead end lead.

>>34161861
Rossweisse and Carya cover our carrier.

Dom and Audrey get to murderhobo'ing in the ancient tunnels.

Have Haman and Karen begin looking into local boneyards, mining or logging roads that a transport could have snuck out on, and train tracks. This mine was a functioning place (probably still is) extracting ore. Ore must be transported out to be processed and refined. The Phallus might have been carted out by one of those methods. Worth looking into

>>34161861
> Partial deployment: you and the Sisters will deploy, and the rest will hold in reserve until needed
Gato won't talk to Dom, not after the whole slap thing.

Have Haman on the psycomines just in case. Rosse can be on standby.
And someone start interrogating Gato and the captured Zeeks already.

>>34161967
Audrey will not be in a mobile suit, because those have trouble going inside. Which is where computers and physical records tend to be.

>>34161976
There are no psycho mines.

>>34162055
Yeah, we used those all up trying to take down the HLV. Maybe we can get some other weapons wired up to the psycommu, though? Even without funnels to move them around the battlefield, having Newtype-controlled beam turrets would be a pretty effective weapon.

>>34162055
Ah, we're going on foot? Take Karen with us then and put Blitzen on sifting through local records.

>>34161861
>Writing

>>34162120
Not feasible for several reasons.
>>34162145
Audrey, Reiko, and Catherine are on foot. You and the Sisters will be in mobile suits.

>>34162055
Hm. Can we get our hands on ground penetrating radar out here or no? Just because this is a strip mine doesn't mean the Zekes haven't been busy expanding the place like Best Korea and the Elevens. Hidden shafts or tunnels bro.

>>34162246
That's an interesting thought: Would ground-penetrating radar still work with Minovsky interference? M-particles don't diffuse through solid matter very well, so it might not have any more interference than you normally get from trying to scan through solid rock.

>>34161861

Could the GP-02 be burried in the nuclear minefield?
I had this thought as Bate died there, which could be the open grave reference, and the concentration of radiation likely to be surrounding the area would cause skin to peel off and burn...
The fact that the GP-02 was designed for nuclear combat would impart it a higher degree of radiation shielding than other MSs...
Then again, it could have been moved into one of the craters as it did 'dive' into the open grave...

Just my thoughts on the matter...

>>34162240
>Not feasible for several reasons.
Aw, too bad. I was hoping we could pop beam turrets on the Lilium series like the Altron's scorpion tail and have Haman provide covering fire for all of us while we handled other things. But I guess that wouldn't be something we could just whip up, would it? Something for the Slattern, maybe.

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>>34162314
Another thing to look out for would be mining activity. Roadheaders would be used to add additional rooms and space like your typical X-Com base setup.

Look for grooves cut into the rock and shit and run the ground pen radar over the wall or floor. Get a void and bingo. Break out the detchord.

>>34162338
Possible, though the heat might as well indicate the mine itself (since apparently they were using nuclear bombs for strip mining, from what I remember) or the volcano.

Actually, do we have a list of mines in which the bombs were detonated before? Those could be our prime targets/

>>34162410

Good catch!

Maybe one where a bomb when off prematurely and caused some deaths?

>>34162240
“Right,” you reply. “Carya and I will humor Captain Synapse while Audrey's team runs their op. Rosse and Haman will be our reserves: Rosse in the Kämpfer, and Haman can use the Iris with Audrey's flight setup. With her permission, of course.”

Audrey nods to Haman, then to you. “That's fine by me.”

“Then let's get it done,” Karen orders. “Audrey, Reiko, Catherine, your MP escort will meet you in South's team's hangar.”

As your group files out through the door, you hold out a fist for Audrey to bump. “Good luck, Audrey,” you tell her.

She raps her knuckles gently against your own. “You too, Commander.”

It takes only a few minutes to sortie in the Lilium, and seconds behind you the Viola descends gracefully to earth. On the other side of the Albion, which is up against a low hill, you see the jeeps of Audrey's convoy roll down the ramp and into the field, followed shortly thereafter by Monsha in his GM Custom and Adel in his GM Cannon II. The two pilots quickly move to secure the short distance to the makeshift Zeon base near the edge of the mine, while Ensigns Uraki and Keith sortie in their own units. The rookies stick together as they begin a sweep to the Albion's aft.

“Commander,” your radio crackles as Karen contacts you and the Sisters, “why don't you move towards the opposite side of the pit? That should give you solid coverage of the area and a clear line of sight.”

“Acknowledged,” you reply. “So, Carya, you reckon there's anything we can look into while we're stuck out here?”
(1/2)

>>34162503
You can easily tell that the Sisters are every bit as frustrated at being forced to do screening patrols while there's other, more important work to be done. “Rail lines, maybe,” Carya replies. “This was an active mine, so you'd figure they'd need to move their tailings out.”

“Maybe a highway,” Catrina adds. “If they were mining diamonds here, it may have been more efficient to drive them out.”

“There are both in the area,” Karen replies after looking over the map. “The rail line runs east-west and there are a couple of roads: one runs southwest towards Iringa, one runs north towards Kilimanjaro, and the last one runs east around the mountains. There's also a path that leads back into the pass the Zekes nuked.”

>Where do you want to start? What do you want to look for?

>>34162472
Entirely possible.

If we do end up with a list of all the mine shafts, we need to check them for:
>having nuclear bombs used on them
>having had an incident or people dead near them from the blast
>being with an open-pit
>being somewhere in the open and surrounded by forest
So we're looking for an open-pit that was made with a nuclear blast, surrounded by trees, and that had casualties when the bomb went off.

>>34162522
Look for signs that there's been heavy vehicle usage. The GP02 is one heavy fucker, so it'd be likely to damage the roads, because it's also going to be considerably heavier than anything else that has traveled on it, so cracks in tarmac and potholes. I guess start on the road to Kilimanjaro, it's less populated, and would be a better place to hide a base.

>>34162522
How isolated is the mine if I may ask? Is there a civilian town or indigenous village nearby?

Does the rail line or highway go near Kilomanjaro?

>>34162522
>Where do you want to start?
East-West rail line.

> What do you want to look for?
Cavern width and maybe vertical clearance. See if there's an area where it's possible to walk a MS out.
Check if there's any missing big equipment or signs of recent use on any equipment left for hoisting or hauling something.

>>34162623
>and the last one runs east around the mountains
>mountains
>MOUNTAINS

Hello.

>>34162623
There are a few towns along the way towards Kilimanjaro, and the road running out of Kinbareid could link to any number of roads: one of which does lead to the vicinity of the mountain itself.

>>34162578
>>34162615
So it seems like there's some support for having Audrey's team check the records for likely candidates on the computers at Kinbareid, and for checking the conditions of the roads leading away from the mine.

Is this acceptable? I only ask because the longer I wait the less it seems likely that you'll come to any consensus.

>>34162674
We came in from the pass, so anything on the pass 'side' would be a right out. If the highway leading towards Kilimanjaro is on the 'other' side of the strip mine, then we've got ourselves a possible lead. Anything on this side would've been shot and slagged as it tried to run.

If they were on the other side, Zekes' could've used the distraction the nuke mines caused to bug out with our Metal Gear.

>>34162719
Works for me. And you're right, we should get on with this before we get bogged down in minutiae.

>>34162719
Yeah, though such mines usually use their own railways for transport of goods.

Maybe have Audrey's team check the computers for any transports that were performed in the recent few days first.

>>34162719
Yeah, with fairly broad options like this it's always going to be difficult to all agree on one thing. And it's lot like Dom would just sit around and not do anything either.

>>34162719
Yeah, that works. See if there's a nearby boneyard for old and discarded mining equipment.

I was mainly wondering about the towns along the roads as they could be loyal to the Zekes and used to hide the 02.

>>34162737
Remember, Gato was ahead of us. He had time to get out of his machine and 'disappear' it before we arrived, meaning anything other than the southern pass would have worked.

The southwest road sounds like a good option.

>>34162719
>writing

>>34162801
I had the impression we caught them with their pants down. They expected us, but not that soon with our discovery of Orville's fuckery. They didn't have time for Plan A by launching the Phallus into space, so they went with Plan B by burying the Metal Gear and waiting for things to blow over.

>>34162901
If they panicked, then the 02 is somewhere near the airstrip since they were planning on sending it to space. So we should check the mines that are connected to that airstrip.

Roads should also take a precedent over rails - far easier to move something with a truck than having a train prepped. And if the mines were abandoned before, then the trains probably don't go through there anymore.

Rolled 58 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34162829
You try to raise Audrey on the radio, and after a few minutes you succeed.

“April,” you start, mindful that people outside your own team can probably hear you, “do me a favor and check the records at Kinbareid for areas where demolition nukes were used.”

There's a noticeable pause as Audrey checks the computers. “I doubt the Zekes kept those records, but Blitzen's telling me they didn't protect any of the old civilian data stored here. We can have you a rundown in a few minutes. I assume you want to know where the satchel charges came from?”

“That's right,” you tell her. “We'll be checking out the roads away from the mine while you're on that.”

“So, where do we start?” Carya asks. “Not the one straight south, I'd assume.”

“No, let's check the road towards the north. It struck me as being better-traveled.”

The sisters acknowledge your order and the two of you skirt the edge of the pit mine, your hover units kicking up dust behind you as you go. It only takes a minute or two to reach the head of the road north: a wide, dirt path leading away towards Kilimanjaro.

“It looks like it's been used,” Catrina comments. “But by smaller vehicles. No mobile suit traces, nor larger transport vehicles.”

“So it's probably not our best bet,” you conclude.

>Rolling for Audrey's team

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>34162982
inb4 1

>>34163047
No, he just did the roll, he's not asking us to. They got a 68. Not too bad.

>>34162982
>68
So she finds the info, but it's password protected.

>>34162982
"Commander," Audrey radios you.

"Go ahead."

"I've found some records here. There were no nuclear demolitions conducted at Kinbareid. Ever."

"So how did they get the tac-nukes?" Carya mutters to herself, giving voice to your question. "Had to be from a mine that did."

"I want you to look for a list of mines in this area that DID use nukes," you reply. "If the Zekes have a second mine under their control in the region, that'd be the best place to send the GP-02."

"Will do, Commander," Audrey replies. "There are also some old news articles on one of these machines that could provide a clue. Or at least Reiko seems to think so."

"Let's check another road while we're waiting, shall we?" Carya suggests.

>Try the one that heads east (d100)
>Try the one that heads southwest, towards Iringa (d100)

Rolling d100 a second and likely final time for Audrey's team.

Rolled 41 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34163113
Wow. I'm smart.

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>34163113
>Try the one that heads southwest, towards Iringa (d100)

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>34163113
The eastbound one which goes around th emountains.

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>34163113
>Iringa

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>34163113
>>Try the one that heads southwest, towards Iringa (d100)

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>34163113
Our Newtype insanity filled dream had hills. The highway that goes east runs around the mountains. Possible connection?

>>34163202
Nothing in that dream was literal.

>>34163202
Mountains are different to hills.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>34163227
>>34163301
Ah, well. Doesn't hurt to look at the next closest recognizable landmark we know of.

>>34163113
>86
"Southwest," you reply. "We'll check that way, and if it's no good we'll start heading east."

While en route to the road to Iringa, you receive a radio call from Monsha, whose irritability is readily apparent.

"What are you doing, Commander?" he asks. "Captain Synapse ordered us to run patrols, not play detective. That's for the smart people to do."

"Focus on your own team, Lieutenant," Carya replies wearily.

"If you've got time to bitch about the job we're doing, you're clearly not devoting enough effort to your own job," Catrina adds.

That seems to shut him up for the time being, but you can tell the man is still pissed at you and your team. Well, tough shit. He can deal with it.

"Approaching the road," Carya announces.

You look carefully over the dirt path, and quickly notice a wide treadmark near the right shoulder.

"There," you announce, sending your feed to the Viola. "In that dried mud patch. The last rain was the day before we raided Kinbareid, right?"

"That's right, and any tracks older than that would have likely been washed out," Carya confirms. "Karen, I think we've got a likely trail here. A large, heavy truck moved out on this road in the last fourty-eight hours, give or take."

"I'll tell Captain Synapse," Karen replies.

"Dominic," Audrey calls over the radio. "We've got no evidence of nuclear demolitions in the area, which is bullshit. It seems the civilians working here just didn't want to talk about it. We can either keep working, or move on our likely target down towards Iringa."

>Move everyone towards Iringa, it's your only solid lead
>Send the Albion towards Iringa, but keep your team on site at Kinbareid
>Wait here until Audrey and her team are 100% positive
>Other

Semi-related, but someone is running a PbP Gundam RP set in the OYW.

[email protected] – Link to said PbP

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>34163607
"Keep looking. We'll check the other roads to see if we find the same tracks. They might have sent out multiple dummy crawlers to foul search efforts."

>>34163607

Hmm I'm not totally sure on any of these options. Maybe send Haman out in the core fighter to check the tracks to make sure they carry on for some distance, whilst we hand around to make sure Audrey's got the info correct.

>>34163607
>Send the Albion towards Iringa, but keep your team on site at Kinbareid
We'll stay here to check out any remaining leads, then move to reinforce the Albion if we don't find anything.

>>34163607
>Move everyone towards Iringa, it's your only solid lead
For fucks' sake, let's just do this. I'm sick and fucking tired of people voting to keep looking around out of a paranoid fear that we might have missed something.

>>34163728
Can't disagree with that roll.

Is there a way to move those computers aboard the Albion? Or at least get the hard drives so we can search them aboard the ship?
I don't want to split the team, not when apparently everyone around here is working for Zeon.

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>>34163607
>Send the Albion towards Iringa, but keep your team on site at Kinbareid


>Monsha thinks we're not smart people

Absolute cheek.

>>34163607
Alright, seems like hanging around Kinbareid is winning. So I'll roll for Audrey's progress while the Albion moves on towards Iringa.

>>34163863
I don't know if you know this yet, but Monsha is kind of a massive asshole.

>>34163607
>Send the Albion towards Iringa, but keep your team on site at Kinbareid

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>34163941
>again with this bullshit

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>>34161861
Woah, so young Haman is on board?

>>34163968
God damnit Audrey, roll well for once.

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>34164047
Have Haman do it.

>>34163968
"We can stick around here a while longer," you offer. "But if push comes to shove, just copy whatever data you can and we'll work on it later."

"Right," Audrey acknowledges.

As the Burning team returns to the Albion, you see the Kämpfer and Iris sortie. As the two suits touch ground, a video feed pops up on your screen showing Haman and Karen sitting in the Iris' panoramic cockpit.

"Karen?" Carya asks, bewildered. "What's this about?"

"I'm not leaving my team behind," she explains. "The Albion doesn't need me there anyway."

"Fair enough," you admit.

The Albion heads down the road to Iringa, which should take about half an hour at a leisurely speed. Meanwhile, Audrey's team continues working on the data at Kinbareid. They're met with nearly twenty minutes of frustration before electing to simply dump the data to a series of portable drives.

Suddenly, you hear a radio call from the Albion.

"Contact, two o'clock, low! Incoming round, all hands brace for impact! Joshua team, can you assist?"

>Leave now, come back for the ground team later (1d100)
>Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), let Haman keep piloting (1d100)
>Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), Haman should let Audrey pilot (1d100)

Also, rolling for hijinks at Iringa.

>>34164002
You must be new here.

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>34164157
>>Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), let Haman keep piloting (1d100)

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>34164157
God damn it.
>>34164047
Admittedly, it was a group effort.
Also, she was kind of leaning towards just going for Iringa. I'd have hoped mentioning explicitly that the civilians didn't seem to be keeping relevant records and that she felt the Iringa option was a 'likely target' would have made that clear.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>34164157
> Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), let Haman keep piloting (1d100)

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>34164157
"Roger, roger."

Have Carya grab the meatbags on the ground while we go to assist the Albion.

Gato escaped hasn't he?

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>34164157
>Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), let Haman keep piloting (1d100)

With a roll like >>34164232, I'm not sure they actually need any help.

>>34164245
See >>34164232
>92
In all likelihood, yes. Yes he has. Seeing how a number of the Albion's MPs aren't actually ON the Albion.

>>34164245
>>34164277
I thought Haman made Gato a blubbering wreck? He's probably only killed Kou for trying to sleep with Nina.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>34164157
>Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), let Haman keep piloting (1d100)
Trial by fire, Haman. Let's see how you handle gravity-bound combat.

>>34164277
But we got extra MPs just to guard him. Shouldn't that cancel it out?

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>34164157
>Leave nobody behind (except the MPs), Haman should let Audrey pilot (1d100)

>>34164375
Not at all. Depending on where we took the MPs from and the exact nature of his opportunity, it may actually make it easier.

Assuming he can get past the guards that are right there, the rest of the ship could be looking pretty empty.

>>34164431
Do we have any MS on the ship? Is he going do Gundamjack us again?

>>34164488
There shouldn't be any. But he could jack a Core Fighter and take off in it.

So what does Dom look like? You mentioned somewhat mane-ish red hair, so now all I can see is a young Ali Al Saachez, which whilst awesome, isn't exactly fitting for his character.

>>34164645
I'm picturing Ali mixed with Shiro for some reason.

Throw in a bit of Garrod too.

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>34164645
I imagine a ginger Rance with less rape.

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>>34164709
>Rance with less rape
So what, Zanma Rouga?
Gou-chan best Zanma

>>34164157
"Alright, time's up," you announce, quickly kneeling near the main building at Kinbareid and popping open your cockpit. The screens lining the inside of your cockpit power down briefly as Reiko and Catherine clamber in alongside you.

"You lot stay here," you shout to the MPs. "No room, no time. Audrey, go with Carya."

Audrey sprints for the kneeling Viola and hops into its hand, and the sisters raise her the rest of the way up into their cockpit.

"Got her," Catrina replies happily... seems like she's a bit happier to have Audrey along for the ride than you'd expected. "Hold on tight."

Your hatch closes again and the screens power back on, showing that your team's four mobile suits are all active and ready to go.

"Move up, fast!" you order. "Keep an eye out for ambushes. Rosse, we'll be skimming, so if you start falling behind let me know."

"Okay," she replies quietly.

The road is rough in some patches, requiring your machines to weave a little to avoid getting tripped up. Otherwise, your progress is rapid, and you soon close the distance with the Albion. You're disheartened, however, as Audrey intercepts a radio broadcast and re-transmits it to your team.

"How the hell did he get past our MPs?" Uraki asks aghast.

"Not sure," Burning replies, "but he's apparently wounded a few of our crew on the way out. Good thing we clipped the core fighter."

"Still," Uraki replies, "we need to get over there before he gets to the Physalis!"

"Working on it," Burning grunts. "Scratch one more Zaku."

>Engage the Zakus and whatever other defenses the Zekes have, allow the Burning team to advance to the Iringa mine and intercept Gato
>Leave the small-fry to the Burning team, punch through and engage Gato yourself
>Skirt around the mine entirely. Hit targets of opportunity only, but be ready to ambush Gato if he tries to counterattack the Albion and its forces

>>34164806
>Skirt around the mine entirely. Hit targets of opportunity only, but be ready to ambush Gato if he tries to counterattack the Albion and its forces

>>34164806
>Leave the small-fry to the Burning team, punch through and engage Gato yourself

It's what we're here for. But if we get a shot on something don't be afraid to take it.

>>34164806
>Leave the small-fry to the Burning team, punch through and engage Gato yourself
All of our mobile suits have hoverskating capability. Let's take advantage of it for a fast strike.

>>34164806
>Skirt around the mine entirely. Hit targets of opportunity only, but be ready to ambush Gato if he tries to counterattack the Albion and its forces

I bet that cunt Nina's the reason he escaped. I thought we had the fucker under 24/h guard. Anyways, we should check to see if Nina's had any contact with Gato before he escaped, seeing as how an ex-lover would be high on the list of possible suspects.

>>34164806
>Leave the small-fry to the Burning team, punch through and engage Gato yourself

Have CC and Haman Flank them while we play distraction...

>>34164877

Also, didn't Haman Break him?

>>34164806
>Gato's loose

Fucking called it.

Split the team. Rossweisse takes the left flank of the Albion, Audrey takes the right flank. This insures we have adequate coverage on the incredibly juicy target that is the Albion. Carya and Dom break through to engage Gato.

Hmm just thinking, can we leave Rosse with them? Her suit doesn't have the ability to hover and gottagofaster like ours, and I think if we're hurrying then we can't really afford to wait for her if something happens. But if we get separated and she's alone she'll be in trouble.

>>34164806
> Leave the small-fry to the Burning team, punch through and engage Gato yourself

>>34164806
>Leave the small-fry to the Burning team, punch through and engage Gato yourself

>>34164925
Choo choo! All aboard Canon Railways, motherfucker!

>>34164925
That would imply he wasnt broken to begin with anon, he was a zeke.

>>34164964
Yes it does. The Kampfer is all about fast strikes, and can hover as well as a Dom can. It's got paper-thin armor (better now that it's been upgraded with Gundarium, though) and horrible fuel consumption, but if you need to do a sudden strike deep into enemy territory the Kampfer is your go-to suit.

>>34164964
It can run as fast as most hover-capable suits can hover.
>>34164925
She did.

>writing

>>34165120
And we've just booted it a long way from where ever we were. And you mentioned it, horrible fuel consumption. She's presumably low now, and running out in a combat scenario is stupid. She'd be better off staying with Burning and the ship which has delicious fuel inside.

>>34165020

Technically, since he was all MUH IDEALS, and Haman stripped him of that, all he has left is service to Delaz and/or the Nuke...

Might be nice if he destroyed the GP-02 and him along with it, but that is not likely... he is a man with nothing left. What does he have to loose?

>>34165193
So Gato nukes someone, and the Titans get formed even sooner because of it.

>>34165193
>he is a man with nothing left

We've created a sociopath. The first thing he'll target will be the one who killed the Emperor's Light in his soul.

Guess who that'll be?

>>34165234

.....
GIHREN!!!
or Delaz...

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>>34165234
>mfw he hasn't left the Albion because he's actively searching for Haman to Make Things Right again.

>>34165274
Doubtful. He'll befriend them to see the Correct path.

>>34164806
"Burning team," you announce, "heads up. We're punching through: can't stop, won't stop!"

Reiko and Catherine both squeal a little as you vault over a confused Zaku pilot, whose machine is one of many sunk into giant foxholes and trenches, leaving him for Haman to mow down with the Iris' blade rifle. It seems Catherine is terrified, but Reiko's screams are more like an excited schoolgirl. She's having the time of her life.

A burst of beam fire from the Viola creates an opening for you to punch through with Haman, though a rocket forces the sisters to fall back and they lose their own momentum. It seems like the suits stationed at Iringa are their older models, and they were probably banking on this site never being discovered.

Carya seeks to even the odds by maneuvering the Viola into one of the trenches before letting Catrina get to the gruesome work of dropping Zaku after Zaku, sometimes using their own heat-hawks against them.

Rosse, however, hangs back, dropping a Zaku that had drawn a line on Uraki's Gundam.

"Go," she tells you. You realize she intends to aid the Burning team so that they can bring their guns to bear in support: good thinking on her part.

Unfortunately, it seems stopping to pick up your team may have given Gato an extra few moments: the GP-02 rises up over the edge of the mining pit, its nuclear launcher aimed not at you, but squarely at the Albion.

Its pilot is trying to raise your teams on an open comm channel.

"Dom," you hear Karen announce, "he's asking for you."

The fire around Iringa mine has ceased entirely: every pilot here is either dead or listening in on this conversation.
>Order your teams to move into positions to hit the GP-02 first, pick up the phone
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone
>First strike, now
>Other

>>34165465
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone
We're listening.

>>34165465

"you all know what to do. Put me though"

>>34165465
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone
Wait until he's engrossed in the conversation first, then the teams should move to hit the GP-02.

>First strike, now
Live with a bit of risk.
A Mexican Standoff. Problem is that a Mexican standoff can easily be concluded if you shoot first. He's also pointing a freaking NUKE at us. If we don't first strike he'll have a position of power to negotiate at us.

Nuclear warheads are actually very fragile, not in the explodey sense but in the 'if this screw breaks, it'll become useless' sense.

>>34165465
"Tell me someone has the coordinates punched in already for the particle cannons."

>put me through

"This is Ridden."

>>34165465
>First strike, now

Answer the comms but just say, "You had your chance to do the right thing, you chose.... poorly."

And then shoot him.

>>34165465
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>34165465
> First strike

SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER!

YOU THOUGHT I WAS SANE? GUESS AGAIN.

>>34165572

THIS IS NOT A SHONEN MANGA -> NO TIMEFREEZE

>>34165465
"Ross, Audrey, fall back and get into position to nail this fucker while I stall. Aim for the shield or firing block for the bazooka."

>>34165603
Are you saying this isn't an anime?

>>34165603
Well I was assuming that we would be saying that as the beam pierced his suit. and the poorly would be after he exploded.

>>34165580
SUPRISE INDEED
>>34165465
>First strike, now

>>34165465
>First strike, now
WILD CARD, BITCHES
I feel sorry for anyone whos does doms psych profiling.

>>34165465
>other

Get his ex on the horn to talk him down.

What could possibly go wrong?

>>34165620
>>34165616
>>34165612
No time. Try saying that as fast as you can and try pushing a button. Which is faster?

And this is NOT ANIME. We chose hard mode.

>>34165465
>First strike, now
KILL HIM NOW! He has a nuke pointed at us.

>>34165651
And In this scenario you seem to want to intend to let his walk around with a nuke and not die. If he fires that thing we all die. We'll die of radiation poisoning because our suits are not protected. Yes, I want to add a hammy line when we kill him, but we still need to kill him, even without the line..

>>34165465
>First strike, now

>>34165651
Worth noting: he has not fired yet. It's like a man who's jumped the safety railing of a bridge, but hasn't gone off into the water yet.

You're not sure of his exact motivations, but if he was hellbent on dying and taking you with him, he wouldn't be calling you.

>>34165705
Problem is he also pushed everyone withing like 20 Kilometers over the railing.

>pick up the phone
If he had wanted to nuke us, he would have nuked us. he probably wants Haman's head on a pike.

>>34165465
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone

>>34165465
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone

>>34165651
But we chose Stardust Memory, not ZZ.

>>34165732
So your solution is to force his hand?

>>34165465
Use our Pornomancer abilities to make Gato defect.

>>34165760

Shit yeah!

>>34165760
Talking or now, if someone drags me over the railing, I'm not sitting and listening to them. I'll get the hell out of there even if it mean pushing him off.

>>34165465
>Nobody moves, pick up the phone
"Not very polite of you, Anavel. It's hard to hold a conversation at nuclear gunpoint."

>>34165732
If he fires the nuke all of us die except him. Which is precisely what will happen if we shoot him.

>>34165465
Some form of "don't antagonize the man with the nuke trained on our ship" seems to have won.
>writing

>>34165817
...I get the feeling that you just put the first strike option for lols anyway.

>>34165800
No, he dies too. The GP02's shield isn't meant for this close. It's good, but not that good.

>>34165800
The GP02 is NOT "nuclear-proof". At closer ranges it would still be damaged or destroyed by its own weapon.

I'm not going to lie to you. If "attack" had won, and you had rolled poorly, that would have probably been the end of the quest.

>>34165861
Instead we'll now roll poorly to diplomance him and end the quest?

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>34165861
We woulda killed his ass good with our badass rolls.

Just look at my Nat 100

>>34165861
WAIT! That probably means it has an arming range

>>34165894

It's a tactical nuke, not a grenade launcher.

>>34165817

Not Our ship, Burnings.... We don't have a ship yet...
Karen, get on that after this problem with the GP-02...

>>34165976
Not his, either. It's Synapse's ship.

>>34165932
So you would rather have a nuke mislaunch and blow up your biggest base, then a grenade launcher misfire and blow up half a door.

Not sure you know what you're talking about

>>34165465
“... well shit,” you frown, scratching your head. “Don't suppose I should try for a first strike?”

“No.”

“Bad idea.”

“Probably not.”

“Fuck that.”

“Yeah, I'll go with no.”

“No. Hell no. It's multiple choice.”

“Figured as much,” you admit. “Patch me through.”

“So,” Gato greets you. “You decided to listen to me after all.”

“This is Johnny Ridden speaking,” you reply, “how may I help you?”

“Idiot,” Gato sighs. “But no matter. I have here a nuclear warhead with a yield of one point three megatons. If I notice any of your allies' machines moving, or charging their weapons, I will fire it. Are we clear?”

“Crystal,” you reply seriously. “I take it this isn't a social call?”

“Correct.”

“So, what's on your mind?” you ask, leaning back into your seat as the two young women in your cockpit clamber for a better position.
(1/?)

>>34166136
I think he's implying that as a tactical nuke it has no minimum arming distance?
Or that as a nuke, it automatically arms given firing solution data from a targeting computer?

>>34166199
Gato shakes his head at what he sees on your feed. “Are you piloting a Gundam, or a mobile house of ill repute with armor?”

“Yes,” you reply. “I thought you were about to say something important?”

“I'm a dead man, Mister O'Hara,” Gato explains. “I've given my life in support of the Zabis, whose war has wiped out any progress towards the ideals of Zeon I thought we once shared.”

You aim a burst of vilcan fire at the GP-02's head, which Gato allows to strike it with no serious damage. “You really can't help that, can you?”

“No, it's pretty much reflex at this point. But you've still got the nuclear talking-stick, so go on.”

“All I have left now is my duty to the Principality. If I surrender, then all I gave was for nothing. The lives we took, the sacrifice of my comrades would all be invalidated. So I want you to kill me.” That... certainly comes as a surprise.

Gato sets the nuclear bazooka down on the ground, but still aimed like a mortar towards the Albion. “The trigger on the projectile itself was not removed when it was redesigned to be fired from this launcher. It can be operated remotely. If you try anything rash, I can still use it from here.”

"Okay, not quite following," you admit. "Explain."

“I no longer wish to serve the self-defeating Principality, but I cannot in good conscience surrender or allow you to kill me. So my only option is a duel.”

“Will you do this for me, Devil's Jester? Will you send me to the next world with some shred of my honor intact?”
>Yes
>No (blast him)
>Talk him down (write in)

I'm confused as to why shoot was not the default option.

With this we have essentially three options;

A) He surrenders (never going to happen, Muh IDEALS)

B) We let him go (Canon happens, fleet gets nuked, Colony gets dropped, We get fired for letting him go)

C) He shoots and kills us anyway.

>>34166249
>Yes
Alright. Give us a moment to drop off out passengers?

>>34166249

>Yes
"Considering you're forcing this duel with a weapon that will not just kill me and my friends, but ruin the very earth we stand on, killing the people that live here, and their decedents, who have not done anything wrong for hundreds of years. I think my only option is yes."

>>34166249
>>Yes

...Done

>>34166306

Also make sure we tell everyone to shoot the fuck out of him if we start to lose.

Rolled 97 (1d100)

Talk him down. I'm still working so can't concentrate on a write in for another 15 minutes BUT RECRUIT GATO.

If still up, I'll do a write in in 15 minutes or less

>>34166346
Better to have someone shoot the atomic bazooka. Nukes aren't subject to sympathetic detonation, we should take it out while he's destracted.

>>34166249
>Yes

>>34166346
And the launcher

>>34166249
>Talk him down
"The blood you shed a purpose Gato. There's a new age coming, and you have an obligation to see it through."

>>34166136

Grenade launches generally have mechanisms to prevent close proximity detonation.

Nukes generally do not. Especially OYW Gundam nukes which definitely don't. (This is sort of a major driving point for the GP-02's "mighty glacier" style construction).

>>34166381
Why would you want Gato? Is it just because you think it would be hilariously uncomfortable?

>>34166381
>RECRUIT GATO

Gato can go fuck himself.

>>34166249
"Gato, Gato, Gato, my egotistical man. You do realize that I am going to wipe the floor with you and then recruit you, correct?"

>>34166381
>>34166400

I'm gonna agree with >>34166404, there's no reason to recruit Gato. It's more likely to make the brass even more suspicious of us, he'd not likely to believe in the same things we are. And he's a massive prick.

Plus, he's not even a woman, why the fuck would we recruit a man?

>>34166381
I'm thinking we befriend him. We beat the shit out of him in the duel and force him to join us.

Always worked for the White Devil.

>>34166249
>Yes
"Seems I have little choice, as much as I wish it otherwise. So, are we using beam sabers, or pistols? Just let me set down with my passengers first.

>>34166249
>>Talk him down (write in)

>So you're just going to run away? You're gonna die just like that without even trying to correct your mistakes? That's bullshit and you know it, Gato!"

>>34166249
>>Talk him down (write in)
You can regain what you lost Gato, not in the same form no, but close to it
You can't do that if you're dead

>>34166400
Most military hardware has a mechanism to prevent premature detonation. From Missiles to mortars. Nukes ARE the mechanism. YOU CANNOT SET OF A NUKE BY HITTING IT. Actually if you hit it it has a good chance of not activating.

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>>34166460
>>34166249
>ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KEEP RUNNING AWAY, GATO?

>I'm not running.

MAKE IT HAPPEN

>>34166492

But we're not talking about kitting it are we? We're talking about purposefully arming it and then launching it.

>People actually want to recruit Gato

Why?

Urgh, why are you all pacifistic today? You don't want to shoot Gato, you want to talk him down. He's a mentally broken Zeek, he's not that great a pilot, and he was trying to destroy innocent people. and you want to become friends with him?

Christ, the guy earlier saying this isn't Anime was right, except when it comes to shitty AU 'Peace and Love eliminate all the horrible murderous things you've done in the past.'

>>34166562
...And let it go off mid air? It could happen but really, really unlikely. I would think there would be a certain safe distance

>>34166249
>Yes
Let's face it, he wants a duel more so he can go out with a warrior's death than that he actually expects to win. Let's face it, the GP-02 is kinda crap at direct combat, and his opponent is a Gundam designed specifically for combat, with a known newtype.

Accepting the duel gets the nuke away from him, and we have a *massive* advantage in a duel.

>>34166571
Yes why?

Frankly, I think a duel with him would be fine. If this wasn't actually a massive distraction for something else.

>>34166249
>Yes
"Beam sabers, then? Because from what I recall the Physallis doesn't have any non-nuclear ranged weapons."

>>34166590
I think they've been watching too much anime and once nukes get into the equation they minds just blow out and think differently.

Shoot him. For the love of anything, SHOOT HIM

>>34166571
Because he's a veteran pilot with a kill count rivaling ours. And because we're going to need all of the help we can get when the big conspiracies we've dabbled in finally come around and bite us on the ass.

Hence my pushing to get South in on the conspiracy. We'll need allies.

>>34166649
I'm surprised they didn't do it the traditional way - midbattle.

If you want to cliche, do it right.

>>34166678
There are other skilled veteran pilots. Veteran pilots who aren't insane. Or who are less insane, at least.

>>34166688
We need to be like yea yea ok ok. Then when he's going for beam sabers, SHOOT THE FREAKING BAZOOKA ALREADY! THE NUKE CANNOT GO OFF

>>34166571
>>34166629

You dio know we're a few years away from a a series of really fucked up wars right? Having Gato at our backs for that can only help us.

Besides, why do you want to kill him so badly, he hasn't done anything we or one of our friends haven't.

>>34166715
And veteran pilots who will drag you into more conspiracies

>>34166715
Yes!

>>34166715
Yes, but this particular pilot has nothing to fight for anymore. He's an egotistical prick with a big gun, but an egotistical prick with a big gun we can use. Not everyone we encounter and collect like Pokemon is going to be sane.

>>34166649
I guess it's named character syndrome. If this was some mook, in a nuke equipped Zaku, no one would give a shit if we killed him. But because it's "Gato" it's suddenly important that we recruit him, despite the fact he lost to fucking Kou, and he was just Delaz's idealistic puppet.

And as for the conspiracy guys, wut?

If you think their eye is on us now, what happens after we recruit a Zeek who was plotting to blow up the fleet?
"Oh that group of newtypes we've kept our eye on? Turns out they're building up an army, Let's let them carry on."

>>34166249

"Humour me with this question, Have you abandoned your Ideals? Simple question really, Either you have, thus have no reason to fight or die; Or you haven't, but have realised that the people you are fighting for do not hold your Ideals, thus are not worth fighting or dying for. Don't think I'm trying to waste time here, I just want to make sure that you are Happy with your decision here because once we start dancing, one of us Will die, and that can't be fixed, unlike Honour..."

>tldr; Yes to the duel, but ask if he is happy with it.

>>34166249
>>Yes

>>34166715

"Why have ace pilots? They're a unlimited resource after all."

Besides if you're talking about sanity you did notice we're on a Cyber New-type recruiting kick right now, right?

>>34166746
We have an elite team of MS pilots already. Most of whom are newtypes.

Why do we need Gato? More importantly, why should any of our allies trust him even if we did need him?

>>34166623
I mean the GP-02 completely lacks any ranged weaponry outside of the Nuke, relying on a mere pair of beam sabers. It's shield isn't designed for direct combat, but rather, to survive against a nuclear blast. Furthermore, it's shield and heavy armour are pretty much useless against our beam weaponry. I'm pretty sure the Lilum is also faster, due to it's lax of fuckhueg armour, and in a setting where beam weaponry trumps everything, speed beats armour.

>>34166678
Look, trying to recruit someone is a bad idea when they're carring around a fucking nuke. If we duel him, we can get the nuke away from him and fucking destroy it, because we're NOT going to try and recover it and risk having the nuke go off.

Note that if magic beam sabers somehow set off nukes by hitting them, we destroy the launch instead, but leave the nuke itself intact.

>>34166795
Seriously, this is little plot armor mode, we don't have to fear him

>>34166249
“Very well,” you agree. “I have two non-combatants aboard. May I let them disembark?”

“Yes,” Gato agrees. “I wouldn't want you to be too worried about their safety that you lose focus on me.”

“Rosse,” you order, “prepare to take on two passangers. You've got the most space right now.”

Rossweisse obeys and approaches in her Kämpfer. You quickly help the two secretaries down your hatch, where Rossweisse stands ready to help them across the small gap between your suits. As you turn away the young cyber-Newtype takes your hand in hers and grips it tightly. You can tell without her even needing to speak: if it seems like you're in danger, she plans to fire on the nuke and disable it so that the others can waste Gato.

When you get back to your cockpit, you're a little flattered to hear that everyone else in your team, as well as Burning and Uraki, are planning the same thing: Haman tried to call dibs on the killing blow in that event, though the Sisters have contested it.

“Alright,” you radio Gato. “I'm ready. Beam sabers, I presume?”

“That's all I have,” he admits. “Nina didn't add any other weapons.”

“Okay. You're positive this is what your honor demands?”

"I chose this path myself," Gato replies. "Your friend Haman reminded me of that very clearly. What sort of man would I be if I didn't walk that path to its end?"
>Try and block his sight, attack head-on
>Block his sight, but flank him
>Lead in with the cannons, close to sabers
>Straight offense
As always, you're welcome to offer suggestions for how each of these general options are to be accomplished. Rolls will be prompted in 10 minutes for the winning option.

>>34166795
Yes, exactly! I'm surprised we haven't been assassinated yet with all the shit we pulled. Recruiting Gato would make sure it happens.

>>34166381

Alright...

>Gato, the Zeon you know and love is gone. It's just ran by people who do nothing but backstab each other for the next position of power. That doesn't mean the ideals of freedom and justice for spacenoids is dead though! You can still fight for the freedom of Newtypes and Spacenoids! Just look at people of my team and see for yourself! We have someone whom you know is very important and former Zeon alongside us!

And I'm blanking out on the rest. Work and 3 hours of sleep is really messing with me right now.

>>34166832
or we can shoot it. Even with the gatlings. Just a bang and the nuke will need weeks in a lab to be put together again. Seriously the bazooka cannot be armored.

>>34166832
The Physallis is actually pretty fast for its mass. It has some fucking huge thrusters. We can't assume it's going to be a lumbering hulk. Especially in Gato's hands.

>>34166868
Honestly, I couldn't remember if beam weaponry could set off a nuke or not. It sounds stupid, but Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactors use compressed M-Particles to start//maintain a nuclear reaction.

>>34166844
>Nina didn't add any other weapons.
I told you he gave her the kitty eyes.

>>34166844

Fuck. Took too long with my writein. Guess I'd have lost anyways.

>Blind him, flank him

>>34166878
Not on earth where it has to use its legs.

>>34166844
>>Try and block his sight, attack head-on

DUEL

>>34166844
>Block his sight, but flank him

The canons aren't going to do much to his armor, other than distract him momentarily.

>>34166844
Wait for the Phatass to come to us. Motion with our free hand "Bring it".

Then shoot one of our grenades from our forearm hardpoint as he closes.

>>34166907
No, it can hoverskate, too. Not very far, but over short distances it's actually really fast.

>>34166844
>Block his sight, but flank him
Go for the legs.

>>34166859
Too late, murderhoboing has won the day.
6/10 write in though.

lewds when, op? We've got a harem, we need to exploit it.
>>34166844

>Block his sight, but flank him

>>34166844
>Straight offense
Keep it open, honest, and relentless.

>>34166933
>>34166906
>>34166859
Can still have manly words while we duel.

Talking him down while we exchange hot, plasma slashes over an open comm network sounds just like Gundam to me.

>>34166844
>Block his sight, but flank him
Throw our shield at him to distract him, shields aren't very useful when you're fighting with beam sabers so it won't really be a loss. Then use that distraction to slip around and hit him from the side to try to disable his left arm. Unlike us, his shield can actually stand up to a beam saber, so we should get it out of the way early.

>>34166980
Your shield has a beam coating. It hasn't been re-applied recently, but it's far from useless.

>>34166844

So, we open with a forward dash.
about 3 sabers from him, we jump over the 02 trailing our saber to scratch the left shoulder connectors, hopefully dropping efficiency of the arm.
This would put us behind him where we can spin around and meet his sabers with ours.
Then jink back and sweep left around him making probing attacks, trying to disable the left arm...

>>34166844
>Block his sight, but flank him
Is banter gonna be initiated all throughout this duel? Maybe something both have in common, like the Battle of A Baoa Qu?

>>34166878
Note 'for its mass', the Lilium was designed to be a state-of-the-art combat unit, and with a lot less mass, it doesn't need nearly as many thrusters to keep up.

I'm not saying it's slow, but that it's *slower*, which is a huge fucking deal when the opponent is a Newtype.

>>34166933
I voted for it because HE HAS A FUCKING NUKE. Seriously, when someone has a fucking WMD, you do whatever it takes to get him away from it. I don't want to take the chance of him using the Nuke if there's any way we could afford it.

There's a limit to trying to talk someone down, and as long as he is anywhere near that nuke, he's too dangerous to everyone to let live.

>>34166977

What's the point when it won't accomplish anything?

I never understood why anyone would write fluff for actions that are obviously not going to be looked at.

>>34166844
>>Try and block his sight, attack head-on

Rolled 92 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>34166844
Flanking carries it, roll 1d100 + 10

>>34167107
Fucking hell.

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167107

>>34167039
WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE AND NUKES. A NUKE DOES NOT CHANGE THAT IT IS A MEXICAN STANDOFF. IT IS NO WORSE THAN A GUN POINTED TO OUR HEAD. BUT WE CAN KILL HIM FIRST

Rolled 86 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167107

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>34167107
Rolling against shield.

Rolled 88 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167107

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Well, now that the canon is anally raped and crying in the corner, what fucking insane gambit will the Zekes pull now? 50/50 on another colony drop for sure.

>>34167045
>what's the point
FUCK YOU THAT'S THE POINT.

Rolled 65 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167107
SHIT

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>34167107
We're gonna fail anyways, might as well roll.

>>34167122
The Nuke would take out everybody nearby, and as you can see, he's kinda suicidal.

God, you're retarded.

>>34167107
I knew we should've shot him in the face

>>34167133
Thank god. Just beat his roll.

Rolled 44 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167107

>>34167122
You understand everyone in this tread knows you're an idiot even without reading your post, right?

Rolled 87 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167107


Nice roll Gato, but it's nothing compared to my Nat 100!

>>34167134

...the point is that no one will read it?
wha?

>>34167151
*facepalm* Oh my freaking god. WHO A CARES ABOUT THE NUKE IF HES FREAKING DEAD? He has a gun to our head we have one to his. The one who shoots first wins.

>>34167164
Nope, that was the fourth roll.
Thankfull /k/ripple stepped in with his usual shitty roll and we snagged defeat from the jaws of victory!

>>34167119
Right, this seems as good a point as any.

Karen is a veteran. She's only a middling commanding officer, but she IS a keen observer. She may not be an active pilot, but she still knows how pilots think, and she can put those abilities to good use even if she's just watching a fight.

From this point forward, Karen's tactical observations mean you may choose to reroll a single low roll, once per combat.

Do you want to give this a shot?
Y/N

>>34167236

The 3rd roll is KoH

>>34167236
Look again. That third roll was Hearts. The 98 is within the roll range.

>>34167246
N
Sorry KoH, that's kind of you but it sounds like bullshit.

>>34167246
If you're asking whether I like this rule, then yes. If you're asking whether I want to use it now, then no. We beat his roll by two points. Just barely, but we did. So we don't need it yet.

>>34167246
I'd rather use her ability to pick the actually good roll we got. But if that's not an option, then yes.

>>34167246
No. We beat the roll

>>34167246
>>34167304
Not now, no, let's do what this guy said.

>>34167246

So this as a reroll mechanic?

That kind of works. Especially for combat in the future but what if shes not around?

>>34167227
YOU DON'T RISK A NUKE GOING OFF IN A MEXICAN STANDOFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE OTHER PARTY IS FUCKING SUICIDAL, YOU SUPER RETARD!.

>*facepalm*
Go back to Spacebattles and Sieg Zeon quest or whatever.

>>34167246
>>34167313

Going with this, can we re-roll that good one?

Either way that's some NORG level QMing and is a bad idea.

>>34167301
I can assure you, it isn't bullshit. Newtypes each have certain abilities. Some of those abilities are considered "hidden", and do not become available until a crucial moment.

Karen's was this, and this is one moment of stress I've judged to be sufficient to "unlock" it.

>>34167396
I think he's calling it bullshit because we got a good roll and you're ignoring it.

>>34167372
Ehh, I'm kinda for it, if only to offset the Hard Mode difficulty that I wasn't around to vote against.

Crossbone difficulty best difficulty, Tobia best Gundam Protag, Elaine best Zeonquest Waifu. (Sorry, Jolyne)

>>34167396
Karen's a Newtype? Is everyone in our team one?

>>34167419
Maybe he just clicked a post to bring up Quick Reply, and forgot to the link?

I mean, I do that shit all the fucking time.

>>34167419
Yes, you did get a good roll. But Gato rolled very nearly as well against you.

Your good roll doesn't cancel his.
>writing

>>34167246

Wouldn't 'Keen Observer' give tactical info to the extent of 'Hit X Weak Point for Massive Damage' levels of information? Maybe a particular hint as to when a special weapon is preparing to fire rather than re-roll once, kind of deal?

Buy the way, Has the battle stopped for everyone to watch, or is it still going on? I'd hate for us to take a stray bullet/bazooka in the middle of the duel...

>>34167449
That was an error. 'Aces' have similar abilities as well, but are generally single use rather than blanket buffs or constant effects.

>>34167419
>>34167460

No, I'm calling it bullshit because the ability to re-roll in case of combat failure when we already have 3D100's is getting close to the point of making rolling a pointless exercise.

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>>34167423
>Elaine
Yes.
Poor nachtmaren. No squeal is decent enough though.

>>34167493

Audrey is gonna be pissed after this... Nina might be as well, seeing as though it's her stuff we'll be stealing to fix the MASSIVE DAMAGE we'll end up taking on the Lilium...

>>34167532
To be fair, Newtypes *are* kinda bullshit.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>34167575
Newtypes = Magic.

They ain't gotta explain shit

Well as a mechanic it seems fine. Unfortunatly it doesn't really seem to fit Karen. I'd say >>34167509 is more her thing. If she's not in a cockpit, it seems odd that she'd be able to influence our piloting.

Naked Newtype Crazy Space with the whold Squad when? Doms 'MUH UNDERSTANDING' surrounded by Girls of varying levels of affection...
Followed by Mass UNDERSTANDING...
And many Newtypes wanted coitus that day...

>>34167767
Not until we get a suit with a Psychoframe to mock Char when he tries to drop Axis. And the power of trolling will unlock the light of banter.

>>34167246
>Seemed like "no" was carrying it, so I finished writing it out
Taking the initiative, you skate forwards and launch a grenade towards Gato. Not AT him: that huge shield of his would just tank the blast anyway. No, this grenade is aimed at the ground in front of him, and kicks up a cloud of dust and debris that temporarily blinds him. Then, you use your leg thrusters to jink to the GP-02's left side, aiming to get rid of its massive shield with a slash to the wrist.

You ignite the saber mounted in your machine's right arm and strike. However, Gato seems to guess that you've identified his shield as his greatest advantage in melee combat and prepares to counter.

The result is that while you manage to put your blade through his machine's wrist, as planned, he manages to counter with a strike of his own that your newtype senses are barely able to help you intercept. With its beam coating severely weakened already by weeks of fighting, the shield fails, allowing the strike to damage your machine's left shoulder. The remnants of the slab of metal fall to the earth with a resounding thump as you are forced to eject the now dead-weight. As the dust clears, you shut off your beam saber to save power.

Your opponent is missing his suit's shield and left arm from about the wrist down, and your own suit has now lost its shield and the left arm feels slower: likely that the hydraulics have been damaged, you gather. Another hit there could put you in the same boat Gato's in, but for now you're barely on top. You also register some confusion, as Gato has yet to see any of your sabers actually OUT.

>Break distance, use the cannons to wear him down (1d100 +10)
>Stick close, use the cannons to disrupt and the sabers to finish him (1d100)
>Triple-saber-surprise (3d100 - 10)

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>34167831
>>Break distance, use the cannons to wear him down (1d100 +10)

Rolled 25, 5, 43 = 73 (3d100)

>>34167831
>>Triple-saber-surprise (3d100 - 10)

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>34167831
>Stick close, use the cannons to disrupt and the sabers to finish him (1d100)

Rolled 66, 6, 17 - 10 = 79 (3d100 - 10)

>>34167831
>triple saber

Motion with our hand to "bring it". Then skewer him.

Rolled 32, 87, 44 - 10 = 153 (3d100 - 10)

>>34167831
>>Triple-saber-surprise (3d100 - 10)

LETS DO THIS

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>34167831
>>Stick close, use the cannons to disrupt and the sabers to finish him (1d100)

Someone find us a soundtrack for this fight

Rolled 2 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>34167831
>>Break distance, use the cannons to wear him down (1d100 +10)

Rolled 62, 5, 33 - 10 = 90 (3d100 - 10)

>>34167831
>Triple-saber-surprise (3d100 - 10)

SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>34167831
>>Stick close, use the cannons to disrupt and the sabers to finish him

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>these rolls
RNG confirmed for Zeke scumbag.

Rolled 88, 90, 1 - 10 = 169 (3d100 - 10)

>>34167831
>Triple-saber-surprise (3d100 - 10)

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>34167831
>Stick close, use the cannons to disrupt and the sabers to finish him (1d100)
I don't want to use the guns directly on him, feels like it could be cheating. And if he thinks we're cheating he might as well just shoot the nuke.

Hey, speaking of which, are we sure the nuke's there? Can we detect that? I'd assume that they'd give a ship chasing a nuke a neutron scatter camera to detect radioactive materials with. I mean, that clearly didn't happen with the landmines, but those were buried deep enough that the ground could have blocked the emissions.

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>34167831
>>34167831
He has no shield. Hit him with another grenade.

Can we get some heavy metal pumping over the general frequency or something?

To the anon saying that 3d100 was already a guarenteed success, i think this disproves your theory.

>>34168035

Considering the two situations are nothing alike?

No, it totally doesn't.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>34167831
>>Stick close, use the cannons to disrupt and the sabers to finish him (1d100)

Rolled 67, 7, 11 - 10 = 75 (3d100 - 10)

>>34167831
>>Triple-saber-surprise (3d100 - 10)
HERE'S JOHNNY!

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>34167831
Gato doesn't know how many weapons you've got. You managed to shut off your wrist blade before the dust settled, and he's never seen the Lilium's back skirt, where two beam sabers are stored. You managed to jink in such a way so as to ensure that.

So you decide to maliciously abuse that fact.

With the Lilium hovering just above the ground, you charge again: this time drawing the sabers off your skirt rack as you charge. You sense a brief moment of confusion as Gato prepares to counter your attack, wondering if you'll lead from the left or the right...

>>34168228
... and manages to sidestep as you lead in with your left blade from above your right shoulder. His own blade lashes out, aimed at your damaged left shoulder, which feels far too heavy to get it out of the way. You're obliged to parry Gato's blade with your right, putting your wrist blade in an awkward position to strike for the kill.

What it DOES put you in prime position for is to slice off the Physalis' other wrist.

"Ha," you laugh over the comms in triumph, "looks like Gato's been... DISARMED."

You can practically feel Catrina beating her head against the console of the Viola.

"Clever little bastard," Gato tells you over his suit's radio. "I knew it from the moment I saw you... you're no ordinary Feddie soldiers. People like you, and Miss Karn, and your other teammates, you're different somehow."

You allow a long pause. "I guess you're right."

"Kill me. Kill me or I'll self-destruct and take you with me."

You can feel one mind, out of all those watching, who feels sadness at the thought of Gato being killed here. You know who it is, but you also get the feeling that Gato isn't a man who bluffs.
>Hyper rifle the nuke, but see if you can't persuade Gato to stand down (fair warning, the odds are stacked HEAVILY against you)
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
>Other
Also,
>Any parting words for Gato, in the event you choose to kill him?

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
Go with the Lord love.

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke, but see if you can't persuade Gato to stand down (fair warning, the odds are stacked HEAVILY against you)

Fuck y'all. I'm recruiting Gato

>>34168519

>Hyper rifle the nuke, but see if you can't persuade Gato to stand down (fair warning, the odds are stacked HEAVILY against you)

"Are you going to keep running away from the consequences of your actions?"

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
Maybe in another life brosef. Poor zeon ace.

>>34168632
>>34168626
Why deny a man his rest? Hes getting the end he wants.

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
Safest way to do this. Sorry, Nina.

>Any parting words for Gato, in the event you choose to kill him?
"I will, provided you say goodbye to Nina, first. She deserves that much from you. And maybe it'll make her hate us both just a little less for it coming to this."

>>34168519
>>Other
Beam Saber execution.

Gut the cockpit.

Save the MS.

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
"It's sad really, how many soldiers of Zeon forget that before the principality, there was the republic. I'm a newtype, like what Zeon claimed to value. However, thanks to this never ending war we are all sent into the meetgrinder by both sides. Zeon predicted the future, and the Zabis have made it hell."

>>34168519

"She'll miss you, you know"

BEAM SABER! Apply Directly to the Reactor Coupling...

If only there was a way to knock him out while destroying the GP-02 and Nuke....

>>34168657

This

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>34168519
Shoot a burst of vulcan fire over his damaged shoulder.

"The man named Anavel Gato has died today on this very spot. What will you do, pilot? Die another day or live to die?"

>>34168666
Maybe we could get CC to use her shock blade? Is she anywhere near close enough to hit with it before Gato could get the shot off?

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02

>>34168717
What the hell are you even trying to do?
>>34168519
Hyper both

>>34168717
Tossing in for this.

>>34168767
>trying to do

It's your typical YOU DIED and are now reborn trope under a new alias.

>>34168728
...And why would we do that?

>>34168519
>>Hyper rifle the nuke, but see if you can't persuade Gato to stand down (fair warning, the odds are stacked HEAVILY against you)

Give him the "Don't keep running away" speech.

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
Please! Why do we even want Gato?

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02
I think we'll both agree that violence breeds violence. But in the end it has to be this way.

>>34168793
>under a new alias

Quattro Bajeena sounds like a pretty good alias to me...

Plus we can insistently INSIST to Nina that no, he is not really Gato, he's Bajeena.

>>34168845
The only reason I can think of to spare him is so that Nina doesn't go full space bitch on us for it. She could have a bad reaction to seeing her ex-boyfriend get mercy killed.

>>34168519
>Hyper rifle the nuke and the GP-02

>>34168898

Uraki can help her with that

>>34168898
Big Boo Hoo. Since when have we cared for her?

>>34168924
She's going to be developing the countermeasures for the Slattern if Titans and Zekes deploy it?

>>34168924
But if she gets mad she might not give us the Slattern. Don't you want us to get the Universal Century version of the Strike Freedom?

I'm kinda disappointed we didn't get our token evil team mate.

Votes are heavily going for beam spamming the Phallus.

>>34169031
If you want a cliche story read one.

>>34168666
>"She'll miss you, you know"
I like that. Make sure we destroy GP-02 completely.

>>34169059
Nah, cliche would've been us swording Gato so hard he joins us out of embarrassment rather than us being a pornomancer. This is kinda shitty really. Wanted to see Kou NTR Gato and have Gato go MUH IDEALS.

>>34169031
You expected something more creative than "roll to seduce" and "FINNISH HIM!" from these guys?

You're giving them too much credit as intelligent human beings.

>>34168666
Let's go with this

>>34168519
"It's sad," you tell him, "how many Zeon soldiers forget that before the Principality, there was a Republic. That it was the Zabis who twisted an ideology based on the advancement of the human race into a pure struggle for power."

"It is," he agrees. "And my part in that is why I must die. The Principality must be ended for the true, more noble ideals of Zeon may be realized. That is what Lady Karn forced me to learn."

"Do you have any last requests?"

"Take care of the young Lady, and tell Nina something for me. Tell her that I'm sorry I wasn't as devoted to her as I was to my duty, and that I want her to promise that she'll move on."

"I'll do that. Are you sure this is what you need? It wouldn't be wrong to go on living for the right reasons."

Gato sighs. "I walk this path of my own accord. Do it."

Drawing your hyper rifles, you place a single shot each on the cockpit of the GP-02 and its weapon, destroying both.

As what little remains of the GP-02 topples to the earth, you swear you can hear someone wishing you luck, and asking one final request: that you never lose sight of your better nature, and that you do continue doing your utmost to create a world where that same side of humanity is allowed to show itself. A world without Zeon, without power struggles, and where young men and women won't be asked to sacrifice their lives for worthless causes.

Somehow, you get the feeling that's not the last you'll see of Anavel Gato.
(1/2)

>>34169176
Yeah, not to mention we've lost an ace pilot and someone with helluva lot of connections. Someone which could have helped us track down some of conspiracy shit we've uncovered.

Plus we'll be slagging the 02 with this shot so nothing to afroengineer onto our Gundams.

>>34169242
Okay, Gato better come back as a ghost to empower our biosensor-equipped mobile suit in the final battle. I will be seriously cross if he doesn't.