Infinite Stars Quest 18

Not to much to say so far except for Stellaris. Fuckin' Stellaris, man.

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You are Captain SAMANTHA WELLINGS, a newly minted captain of the Centauri Accord!

"Oh... oh my." Natalia's eyes widen as she reads over the manifest that your client has sent over, as thanks for securing a sample of the alien crop they wanted so badly. "You certainly weren't kidding when they said they would compensate us handsomely for our troubles."

"I know, right?" You grin. "So, you're the doctor. What do you think will help us the most?'

"Hmmm, well... they're ALL so tempting..." Natalia beams. "But... I've narrowed it down to three choices. I'll leave the final discretion to you, Captain."

She then hands the datapad back to you and you can see the selections that she's highlighted.

(cont)

EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE: A specialized module for the medlab that adds a highly secure vault for the storage of highly volatile, infectious, or otherwise dangerous exotic materials. The ability to safely store exotic materials may allow the construction of special upgrades or gear in the future.

STIMPACK: With the addition of a special license, the ship's onboard medical dispenser can now manufacture highly regulated stimulants for general use. Stimpacks can be integrated into existing Accord power armor for boosted but temporary performance. Side effects may vary.

BIOWARFARE SUITE: A specialized addition to the existing medical dispenser will allow it to manufacture a wide range of biological and chemical toxins for use in combat, both on a personal level and in ship to ship engagements.

>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE
>STIMPACK
>BIOWARFARE SUITE
>Other

>>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE
Time to open up new opportunities in our range of work.

FIRST POST

>BIOWARFARE SUITE

>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE

>>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE

>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE

>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE: A specialized module for the medlab that adds a highly secure vault for the storage of highly volatile, infectious, or otherwise dangerous exotic materials. The ability to safely store exotic materials may allow the construction of special upgrades or gear in the future.

>>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE

>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE: A specialized module for the medlab that adds a highly secure vault for the storage of highly volatile, infectious, or otherwise dangerous exotic materials. The ability to safely store exotic materials may allow the construction of special upgrades or gear in the future.

The biowarfare suite sounds tempting, but the ability to commit warcrimes often has huge disadvantages in the long run since it invites disproportionate retribution and encourages abandonment by superiors in case said retribution occurs.

>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE

>BIOWARFARE SUITE
She is going to love this

From the last few field missions, I just have to ask:

What the hell did they teach Sam at the Academy and how'd she score?

>>EXOTIC MATERIAL STORAGE

>Sam had crappy scores in the beginning, and turned things around after Carly disappeared.

They taught her everything needed to be a space captain.

And it was mentioned she scored good, considering she's a captain at her age.

>tfw we could've had top-tier navy uniforms if we went hegemony but instead we got these shitty bodysuits.

>Bodysuits
>shitty

Your shit taste is showing fampai

Why not both? Have a coat worn over the suit or something.

>Explosive decompression
>"Oh no, if only we had self-sealing airtight suits instead of just these pieces of fabric!"

"Hmmmm, the Exotic Material Storage looks to be a good investment." You say, making your choice. "Who knows what interesting shit we'll find out there i the unknown."

"Indeed." Natalia puts her hands to her cheeks. "Just think of all of the undiscovered toxins and poisons and microbes waiting to be found and weaponized! The possibilities are endless!"

"Yeah..." You narrow your eyes suspiciously at your easily excited doctor. "It can be used to hold OTHER things too, like rare minerals or volatile substances or corrosive organic matter."

"Even better!" Natalia giggles.

Jeez...

>Better return to the bridge.
>See what Scott is up to.
>See how Tank is doing.
>Other

>See what Scott is up to.
Probably making his waifu.

>>See what Scott is up to.
Time to meet crew member we barely talk to!

>See what Scott is up to.

>See what Scott is up to.
He probably needs a check uo.

>See how Tank is doing.
Blatant husbando choice goooo-naw

>See what Scott is up to.

>>See what Scott is up to.

>>See what Scott is up to.

You head down to the Engineering section, where your chief engineer Scott should be. You just realized that you haven't actually seen him in quite a while. Probably too distracted by his most current project.

That kind of gives you a devious idea. Maybe you can go in and try to see what little project he's been working so aggressively on?

>Just announce yourself like a normal person.
>Sneaking mission!
>Other

>Sneaking mission!

>>Sneaking mission!

>>Sneaking mission!

sup guide?

...

>Sneaking mission!
I hear we're good at those.

>>Just announce yourself like a normal person.

I swear if he's looking at stuff...

>Sneaking mission!

You saw nothing.

Nope Guide I saw you. Mercs when?

Standard times.

Rolled 1, 5, 7 = 13 (3d20)

Heheh, well you did such a good job at stealth in the previous mission, maybe you could leverage those skills now? Scott had always been pretty secretive when it came to his personal pet projects...

>Roll 1d20+1

Rolled 1 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

Rolled 2 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

Rolled 8 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

Rolled 1 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

Rolling.

Rolled 1 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

...

Lemme guess. Security systems?

Dice rolls are borked tonight, no more.

WHAT

HOW

...

Be thankful that the roll accounted only one 1.

Hey, Scott also rolled a 1.

What happens if we actually did roll a triple 1?

EVERYBODY'S A FUCKUP

So... Sam stumbles on something, and falls face-first into the room at the same moment Scott trips and falls into a position that can be horribly misinterpreted?

Critfails for everyone!

Veeky Forums dice are FLAWED, especially now.

user stop, please just stop

At least it wasn't something important or life threatening, right guys?

>the robot uprising is happening in Scott's workshop and that's why no one has seen him.

marshmellow hell for everyone!

Unfortunately, before you can even start, you bump head first into one of Scott's sentry bots, its blank head staring down at you. Yeah, you probably should have figured Scott would have had security of some kind posted here.

"DO YOU REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, CAPTAIN?{ The sentry bot queries you.

Oh, right, you're the goddamn captain of this ship. Of course the bots would be subservient to you!

"Take me to Scott!" You instruct it.

"AFFIRMATIVE." The sentry bot gives a programmed but respectful salute, spins around, and marches down the hall. You follow it closely as it leads you into Scott's workshop. A security scanner beeps, and detecting the bot, immediately unlocks the door and it slides open...

...to show Scott working on a partially complete robot which seemed to have a very thin and lithe frame...

"C-captain!?" Scott nearly leaps high enough to hit his head on the ceiling when he turns to see who's entering.

But your eyes are still drawn to his project.

>Should I even ask?
>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!
>What exactly are you building here?
>Other

>>What exactly are you building here?
We're not judging too harshly

>What exactly are you building here?

...

>>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!

>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!

>What exactly are you building here?

>>What exactly are you building here?

>>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!

>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!

>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!

>>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!

>>Other
So... is it going to be a blonde or a brunette?

>>What exactly are you building here?

>Come on, we've got at least four eligible women on the crew!
Like Natalia!

He's building his own daughteru
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US!

Oh yeah, we were caught up in the whole waifu thing we forgot the daughteru thing.

Sam's blonde right... and has small lithe body...

Circumstantial Evidence. We'll have to wait until it gets fully developed.

"Oh come on, Scott!" You roll your eyes. "We've got like, at least four eligible women on the crew!"

"W-what?" Scott blinks before taking a step back. "N-no! It's nothing like that!"

"Uh huh, so what else could you possibly be building a robot with a feminine frame for?" You point out.

"There's perfectly practical reasons for it!" Scott tries to explain, his brow sweating furiously now. "I mean, they can fit in tighter spaces than full size combat bots, and would make more difficult targets to hit..."

"You can just make the existing robots a bit smaller. Basically just scale them down." You counter.

"And... and... there's possible infiltration applications!" Scott continues, still horribly nervous.

>Eeeeeh, you'll let him off for now.
>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!
>Other

>>Eeeeeh, you'll let him off for now.

>Eeeeeh, you'll let him off for now.

>>Eeeeeh, you'll let him off for now.

>Eeeeeh, you'll let him off for now.

>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!

>it's_not_fair.png

>>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!
HORRIBLY NERVOUS FOR A GOOD REASON!

GET BACK TO WORK CAT FUCKER!

>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!

>>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!

>>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!

I'M WAITING FOR VOTES SO I'MMA SHITPOST IN SEMPAI'S QUEST SEE IF I DON'T.

>"There's perfectly practical reasons for it!" Scott tries to explain, his brow sweating furiously now. "I mean, they can fit in tighter spaces than full size combat bots, and would make more difficult targets to hit..."

Yeah, sure, we all know what he's really up to.

>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!

>>It's a captain's duty to snoop into their subordinate's deep, dirty secrets!
Make one that look like Carly for the lulz when we meet her!

We've all heard the "female characters have smaller hitboxes" excuse before

>SEMPAI
I thought you started writing on the internet first?

And yet somehow Merc has a significantly higher completion rate.

>infiltration applications
If we wanted to infiltrate someplace, we already have plenty of disguises.

Speaking of which, maybe we can sneak into a Casino Space Station/Pleasure Planet by having everyone in certain outfits...

He's recognized that Merc's better

>>Eeeeeh, you'll let him off for now.