You are Captain SAMANTHA WELLINGS, a newly minted captain of the Centauri Accord!
"You want me to WHAT?" You glare at your resident intelligence officer, who just gives an innocent but slightly nervous smile.
"Er, the mission by our intel team was successful, but there was a... complication with the extraction." Elizabeth explains a bit too simply. "So they require a bit of assistance from us to get off planet."
"Lida, what's the status on the surface?" You ask.
"The emergency channels are flooded with distress calls." Lida frowns as she lowers the volume on her headset. "Apparently all of the automated drones and equipment on the planet are malfunctioning."
"So, if I go down there, not only do I have to deal with Hegemony forces, but rogue robots as well?" You groan.
"I know it's a lot of ask of you, but it would be a REALLY great help to us if you would provide a little lift!" Elizabeth asks sweetly.
>Fine, it doesn't feel right leaving people behind anyways. >Fine, but you owe me big for this. >Other
>Fine, it doesn't feel right leaving people behind anyways.
Angel Jenkins
>Fine, it doesn't feel right leaving people behind anyways.
Gavin Scott
>Fine, but you owe me big for this.
Dylan Phillips
>>Fine, but you owe me big for this.
Brody Powell
>Fine, it doesn't feel right leaving people behind anyways.
Nathaniel Evans
What are you referring to? Is it Ace Combat again?
Ethan Lewis
>>Fine, but you owe me big for this. Time for Space.
Chase Perez
yes
Tyler Brown
>>Fine, but you owe me big for this. Cyborg augmentation when?
Jacob Brown
I'd bet money Sam already has a a secret android in her crew. Like Winona Ryder in Alien 4.
Ethan Thomas
that's what TANK's for
Carter Rodriguez
At this point, Tank could be anything underneath all that armor.
Jayden Ward
>Tank is actually a rogue sentry turret that gained sentience
Joshua Stewart
> inb4 Tank is T-2000 atoning for the SINS OF THE FATHERS
Jeremiah Martinez
My money's on Natalia as the crazy robot doctor with a biology fetish.
Or Elizabeth the infiltrator-bot.
Brody Adams
>Doctor cannot experiment on herself, so she experiments on organics
At last I truly see.
Zachary Wright
Mrs. What is this "morals" garbage? Yeah, she totally is the android
Justin Wilson
I mean, it's either that she's a robot or she messed up her own biology already.
Leo Gray
who do you think she tested the "growth formula" on first?
Brandon Brown
inb4 secret android enclave free from the shackles of human control
Samuel Edwards
Let's hope our resident robot is nice to the captain.
Brody Murphy
"Fine, but you owe me BIG for this." You grumble.
"That's how it works, doesn't it?" Elizabeth gives a baleful sigh. "All right just get them out safe."
"That we'll do." You nod. "We'll just get Tank and some drones-"
"Um, I don't suggest bringing drones. No telling how they'd react with the virus spreading through the planetary systems..." Elizabeth laughs nervously.
"Fine." You roll your eyes. "Tank should be able to handle things himself."
"I'm getting something on sensors." Lida blinks. "Long Claw is launching a landing craft."
"WHAT." You glower. "Open comms with it."
"Hey, Sis!" Carly waves cheerfully on the screen. "Heard some of your guys needed some help, so I thought I'd lend a helping hand!"
Goddamnit, Carly.
>Send Tank after her. >You're gonna chase her down yourself! >Other
Gavin Sanchez
>You're gonna chase her down yourself!
Luke Kelly
>>You're gonna chase her down yourself! >Bring Tank, Ride his shoulders, Become unstoppable.
Carter Davis
>>You're gonna chase her down yourself!
Connor Brooks
>You're gonna chase her down yourself! >Bring Tank, Ride his shoulders, Become unstoppable.
Cameron Allen
Rolled 12 (1d20)
>You're gonna chase her down yourself!
rolling for Tank armor virus resist
Samuel Butler
>You're gonna chase her down yourself! >Other
RIDE TANK
Thomas Hill
>You're gonna chase her down yourself! >Bring Tank >And Scotty
Jackson Morris
oh right almost forgot to bring the WAND OF FORGIVENESS
What is the WAND OF FORGIVENESS? It's a two handed wooden wand. With a swish and a *CRACK* all is forgiven! That's why it's called the WAND OF FORGIVENESS
Wyatt Powell
>>You're gonna chase her down yourself!
Jack Watson
>>You're gonna chase her down yourself! Don't make us bring out the TRANSPARENT ORANGE CHAINSAW/SWORD
Why was Ice Planet so fucking good?
Luis Bailey
"That goddamn Carly!" You grumble as you stomp towards the shuttle bay. "Bradford! You have the bridge! Just make sure you keep your distance from the remaining Heg ships!"
"Yes, Captain. Good luck." Bradford nods loyally.
"Don't get killed!" Amy warns.
"Oh, I'm not gonna be the one getting killed." You grumble as you exit the bridge. You immediately make a beeline to the armory, where you find Tank restocking his weapons. He turns and sees your presence, almost immediately discerning why you were here. He points to the assorted armor. Heavy for protection or light for mobility? Both had a place in a dangerous extraction run like this.
>The time in between we last used the Heavy Suit (for Felicity) and now, our engineers built a device to get us into the suit without Tank's help (read: A foot stool). It's a really well made one.
Alexander Nelson
>Heavy
Hunter Brown
We could always have a weird ice planet with natural hotsprings so we can have and a swimsuit episode at the same time.
Chase Jones
Also, snow suits can be cute too.
Good point.
Ryan Morris
>>Heavy
Joshua Davis
>Heavy
Joshua Evans
>>Heavy
Logan Clark
>>Heavy
Sebastian Sanchez
>footstool >Not just designing the suit to swallow us whole
Jacob Adams
Probably a bit of nostalgia, solid setting, and pretty good lego kits.
Julian Gutierrez
You point to the Heavy suit, and Tank loyally nods and lifts you into the waiting armor. As always, the smart armor wraps around you and directly interfaces with your skinsuit. No problems.
Tank then trudges over to the weapons racks and points to a few possible loadouts you could take.
SHOCK AND AWE: Armed with retro rockets, thicker ablative plating, and arm mounted cannons, this set allows deployment from high atmosphere to land anywhere you're needed on a hostile planet.
RIOT CONTROL: Armed with a combat shield, plasma caster shotgun, and shock baton, this loadout specializes in close quarter combat with multiple foes.
FIREPOWER: Armed with a heavy plasma rifle with a multi-purpose underbarrel grenade launcher, this loadout is tuned to handle a variety of threats.
>SHOCK AND AWE >RIOT CONTROL >FIREPOWER >Other
Ryan Ortiz
>RIOT CONTROL
Pick up that can.
Alexander Butler
>>SHOCK AND AWE
Time for JUSTICE to Rain from Abo-AUGH!!
Lincoln Torres
>>RIOT CONTROL
Levi Turner
>SHOCK AND AWE
John Robinson
>SHOCK AND AWE
Hunter Edwards
>>SHOCK AND AWE
Andrew Hall
>>FIREPOWER
Austin Reed
>SHOCK AND AWE
Leo Bennett
>SHOCK AND AWE Or >FIREPOWER
Oliver Harris
>SHOCK AND AWE
time to become the strategic weapon!
Wyatt Cox
>SHOCK AND AWE
Leo Myers
>>SHOCK AND AWE So we're now a 9-10 foot tall version of this?
Lincoln Foster
>FIREPOWER
Kayden Robinson
>>SHOCK AND AWE JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE!
Adam Diaz
"How about that one?" You point to the SHOCK AND AWE loadout.
Tank nods in agreement. The rockets mounted on this loadout would give you more mobility, which would be useful in a quick extraction mission like this one. He grabs the rocket pack and mounts it on your back. Immediately, the rockets slot into place and attach onto your armor like they were designed to. Your HUD updates itself to account for the new equipment.
ARMOR: 100% SHIELDS: 100% BOOST: 100%
Tank then asks if you're ready to go.
>Yeah, let's go! >Actually... (specify) >Other
Juan Brown
>>Yeah, let's go! >Hug the Tank for good luck
Logan Hall
>Actually... (I need to pick up the WAND OF FORGIVENESS and use it on Carly)
Isaiah Richardson
>>Yeah, let's go!
Nathaniel Cooper
>>Yeah, let's go! >Hug the Tank for good luck
Levi Parker
>Yeah, let's go!
Nathaniel Wright
>>Yeah, let's go!
Carly's totally going to ask us if we can lend her one of our armours by the end of this.
Caleb James
>Yeah, let's go! >Hug the Tank for good luck
Jacob Perez
>Yeah, let's go!
Jason Cox
>>Yeah, let's go!
Ethan White
Would it better for Tank to be a girl or a surprisingly cute boy?
Blake Turner
>>Yeah, let's go!
Zachary Reyes
I don't mind either way, personally.
Would be crazy if Tank had knowledge of us before we even met due to TIME shenanigans
Elijah Peterson
>even after the armor is off, tank's gender remains ambiguous
David Parker
Tank is Tank.
Joshua Young
>alex expy confirmed
Caleb Hernandez
>Actually... (specify) Let's get some EMP grenades and ask Scott if he can suit up and come. It's a planet full of rogue robots; who better to bring than an engineer who can deactivate them and open up doors for us. Which reminds me, let's grab some breaching charges, too.
Anthony Hernandez
Neither, he's a Real Man, with so much scars on his body it's almost impossible to recognize what his face was like. Also, his armor is actually not as thick as our Heavy Suit, and instead underneath that suit is a genuine giant of a man, a genetically altered experimental soldier whose only purpose left is War. That, and protecting Sam.
Brody Miller
"Yeah, let's go!" You say cheerfully as you hug Tank. With the armor on, you were now roughly the same size as him, and both your armors resounded together with a loud CLANK.
Tank doesn't move at all during the hug until you pull back. He then hastily points to the door, suggesting that you start moving out now.
"Right, right, let's go!" You nod as the both of you trudge out to the shuttle bay.
"You sure you wanna land on the surface?" The shuttle pilot frowns as your transport shuttle launches. "It's a real big fucking mess down there."
"Well, we gotta get those guys out somehow." You explain. "I suppose Lida gave you coordinates for possible LZs?"
"Yeah, but there's a problem." The pilot scowls. "You see, this is the intel team's last known position."
A holographic map winks on, showing the central manufacturing block of one of Kemmler's cities. Then you could see the big ring of red circled around it.
"They're completely surrounded either by catastrophically malfunctioning robots, or trigger happy Heg troops. No good LZ near them, so we're gonna have to land a safe distance away."
>Guess we'll just have to do that. >Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest. >Other
Daniel Martin
>Guess we'll just have to do that.
Ethan Morris
>Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest.
Strategic weapons are go. besides, we're coming down as SHOCK AND AWE
Josiah Ward
>Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest.
Aaron Peterson
>>Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest.
Brayden Martinez
>>Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest. Meh, our Armor choice this time was basically Designed for this maneuver. It's, SHOW TIME!!!
Jordan Diaz
>>Other "tank, does this armor has HALO capabilities? I thinking to jump feet first"
Austin Price
We'll extract them to a safe position, I highly doubt we're stupid enough to tell the pilot to just bail on us instead of landing somewhere safe.
Evan Edwards
>Guess we'll just have to do that. We may have thrusters, but the guys we're rescuing don't.
Tyler Myers
>>Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest. "The Old Legends say this maneuver was once called Steel Rain."
Wyatt Williams
See what i responded to you with the first time here
Thomas Price
>>Just get us over their position and we'll handle the rest.
We'll just pull off the opening cinematic to Space Marine
