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934998 No. 934998 ID: 8275cf

The Fall of Astramar
"The Alliance saw their doom Looking upon Jucha, but like the light of a distant star their damnation had come long before" --Balren the storyteller

follows the events of crash quest and command quest,it is recommended to read these first
https://tgchan.org/wiki/Crash_Quest
https://tgchan.org/wiki/Command_Quest
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No. 943527 ID: 0fae41

Push past the combat-master. Faint. Have your life flash before your eyes.
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No. 943546 ID: e3e99e

>>943499
"My duty... I need to get to the bridge. The commander needs me."
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No. 943564 ID: 7fb87a

>>943499
Tearing yourself apart before you even reach Jucha will not save your commander. You are part of a crew. Let them support you, and make you stronger.
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No. 943692 ID: acfea1

>>943523
Combat master gave orders: "Flek can wait. We need you to not die."

Follow your orders. Flek can wait. You have time to not-die correctly. The best person to keep you from dying is Leech Master Yeli. She's right there. Let her do her job. Then, when you're better, you can do your job.

Flek can wait.
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No. 943708 ID: 0a7f21

This one is giving YOU orders? You saved the day here and this one is giving YOU orders?

If they weren't in that power suit you would've already crushed their skull and be on the bridge piloting your way to Flek right now.

Instead, standing right in front of you is everything wrong with the Astranian military hierarchy. Someone who doesn't know shit giving orders to someone trying to save the day.

S'people like this that caused you to crash on that planet way back when in the first place.
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No. 943716 ID: c49ece

Odds are they know something you don't. Stand down, work on not dying.
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No. 953076 ID: 6f7a5a
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953076

I look into the dome of her helm "What are your . . . orders?"

she puts a hand on my shoulder and responds warmly "only that you rest and recover."


a) Rest
b) don't rest

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No. 953077 ID: bef60d

>>953076
You need to rest up for now, you can't pilot the ship as a corpse.
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No. 953078 ID: cdabe3

A
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No. 953087 ID: 094652

A - Okay, that is a spontaneous nosebleed, you're not going to stay conscious even if you pilot through adrenaline.
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No. 953092 ID: 6c9030

>>953076
A.
You have been given an order by the lawful commander of this ship, and one who is above you in the chain of command.
You are required to comply.
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No. 953096 ID: 33056f

B. When you cannot choose anymore, that is when you should rest.
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No. 953098 ID: a96812

>>953076
you're in no state to fight, go A
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No. 953102 ID: 33adb3

Orders are orders. A
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No. 953113 ID: f133dc

There's no winning this fight. But who cares. B.
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No. 953139 ID: 5b0071

>>953076
Rest and recuperate
You are running on fumes and the journey is still long. You must prepare for the rescue itself.
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No. 953143 ID: acfea1

>>953076
A.

You have been given an order from someone directly in your chain of command. They have access to information you do not have.

Rest.
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No. 953240 ID: f133dc

You are doomed, the only question left is whether you die when you lay down and close your eyes or you die when you die trying to murder a superior who is fucking things up for you.

I say don't lie down until your legs won't work anymore.
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No. 959238 ID: 6f7a5a
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959238

yes . . . sir I manage as my eyelids grow heavy

* * *
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No. 959239 ID: 6f7a5a
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959239

A dreamless sleep passes with the blink of an eye, I am awake!
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No. 959240 ID: 094652

Aaand... relieve tension.
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No. 959241 ID: 0fae41

Up and at 'em, soldier!
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No. 959243 ID: cdabe3

you somehow look worse than before. find some coffee
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No. 959245 ID: 10c408

Mind the tube they shoved down your nasal passage before you bolt upright. See if there's anyone else nearby and double check that you've got pants on before you do anything else.
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No. 959298 ID: a0dfd2

>>959245

Oken needs no pants, only the glory of serving the Astramar.
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No. 959303 ID: f0fa42

Ok, you look better, much less dead. How are you feeling?
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No. 959324 ID: f133dc

Is that a blanket or are you strapped to that bed?

Getting out of bed is the obvious first step. Do not take any shit from nurses or doctors telling you to sleep.
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No. 959344 ID: 6c9030

>>959239
Now that you are patched up, call for an orderly and ask how long you were out, and what your condition is.
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No. 959351 ID: 13059a

>>959298
That's a abstract way of saying "let's go streaking"
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No. 963328 ID: 6f7a5a
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963328

I feel tense but strong, my arm no longer hurts and instead itches, the device attached to it is uncomfortable.
I sit up and take in my surroundings

there is no one else around, there are clean clothes on a nearby table, a medical tablet clearing me for duty and a blood stain on the wall.
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No. 963330 ID: 0fae41

Leave room, getting dressed wastes valuable time. The bloodstain could be signs of shipboard action while you were asleep.
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No. 963334 ID: b1b4f3

>>963328
Time to get up and report for duty.
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No. 963338 ID: e6eb48

Stand up and check how steady you are on your feet. Follow the tube that is up your nose to whatever device it is connected to and attempt to ID what it is for. It might be a feeding tube, which if it is means they couldn't rouse you for so long they had to resort to this way of feeding you. Whether it was a medically induced sleep or not you could not say. It would also mean you've been out of it for awhile. If it's just oxygen, then that may mean you had some respiratory issue. Whatever the tube is, you're gonna have to pull it out before leaving.

Examine blood stain to guess how long its been there. Dry, it's been there for awhile. Still damp means it's been less than a day. Ether way means that something has happened that has prevented the medical staff from cleaning it up, which is likely bad news.

Dress in clean clothes, take the medical tablet as proof you're cleared for duty and equip the mace in your right hand. Stand to side of exit door, press the open button and listen for activity before peeking around doorway.

Make a mental note to find a doctor or other qualified medical personnel to examine your left arm to determine if it is safe to remove the arm brace. Even though your left arm doesn't hurt any more, that is not a sure indication it would not break once without the brace's support.
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No. 963467 ID: f133dc

Didn't you have something important you were supposed to be doing? On the bridge? Might as well get dressed and pretend everything is ok long enough to assess how you are going to do that.

Of course, that's no reason not to bring your mace.
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No. 963950 ID: acfea1

>>963328
Any signs of what caused the bloodstain? How old is it? Seems like it might be important to know if there's an insurgent or worse in the area.
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No. 963952 ID: b4abb9

Get clothes, get to work. We need to find out why there is blood in your room. That shouldn't be there.
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No. 966542 ID: e96198

>>963328
Pretty sure a proper hospital would have cleaned that blood off. Look for a weapon.
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No. 967310 ID: b2f24c

>>966542
also avoid combat, it might cripple you further, you might feel fine, but you're still in a very vulnerable state
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No. 967323 ID: 094652

Find a medical kit before you leave
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No. 969509 ID: 6f7a5a
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969509

I stand up and dress in the clothing left to me.

I take the mace and go to look at the blood stain . . . it's fresh

as my vision clears from sleep I realize I'm not alone.
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No. 969511 ID: cdabe3

uh oh

better ask what happened
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No. 969540 ID: 72056d

Take a look? Hide and wait?
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No. 969541 ID: 0fae41

One good blood stain deserves another.
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No. 969554 ID: b1b4f3

Oh I guess the person is behind a corner, that's why we're not being given a view of them. Couldn't tell when I first looked at the image.
Ready your mace, and ask who's there. If there's no answer, you're gonna want to silently move to get a better view while staying within mace range but out of grapple range.
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No. 971250 ID: 6f7a5a
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971250

"who's there?" I ask stepping around the corner, weapon ready.

I look down to see the fallen form of Combat-Master Pary-Zegh.
she shifts as I come into view "Oken . . ."

"Yes it's me." I confirm

"The assassin . . . 'Aimlock', I can no longer protect this ship, you must get it to . . . safe harbor, the Vin-Malor Shipyards."
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No. 971252 ID: b1b4f3

Ask for information about the assassin's capabilities, and who else is alive on the ship. Is the assassin trying to kill someone specific or are they trying to destroy the ship and everyone on it?

We should get our bearings and figure out if there are any allies on the way to the armory. Oken's current equipment is not enough to fight an assassin (at least, not head on) so we need to gear up.
Actually hold on, find out if Pary-Zegh is going to die, or if we can save them. Maybe we can use their armor if there's nothing Oken can do to save them?
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No. 971270 ID: 0fae41

It's time to live up to your family name and pilot, ace! Take a circuitous route to the bridge, and watch for traps/being followed.
Did the battle master drop any good loot?
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No. 971278 ID: f133dc

If Aimlock is taking out powered armored troopers, you aren't going to stand much of a chance.

Didn't you have something else, something more important you were doing?
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No. 971306 ID: ecd116

they look like their in a really bad state. is there anything that can be done for Pary-Zegh in terns of healing or patching up? at most to get them in a walking/moving condition or at least stabilized enough so they don't succumb to bleeding out or deadly infection which leave to organ failure.
otherwise if they are too far gone past that point. ask Pary-Zegh if they got any last words/regrets even requests for you, even if it just advice for you or any crewmember that is still living to up their own chance of survival long enough to either stop this assassin or to escape the ship alive.
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No. 971312 ID: 977456

This appears to be a wounded comrade. You appear to be at a medical facility. Maybe you can spin this into some sort of combining mecha montage?
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No. 971321 ID: 094652

"Do I have amnesia? The last thing I remember was being ordered to sleep.

Come on soldier, try to get up. If you die now, I'll need to tear your augmentations out of their sockets to survive this suicide mission."
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No. 972976 ID: 6f7a5a
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972976

I curse at the thought of the traitor marauding our halls "the assassin sounds pretty dangerous, If you're as good as dead I'm going to need that Armour"

"NO!" Pary-Zegh exclaims "my armor is no proof against Aimlock's sheild breaker rifle" the Combat-Master lifts herself up "besides this suit should still allow me to protect you"
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No. 972987 ID: 094652

Find a medical station and staunch the bleeding before you go on. Even if they're willing to throw themselves at the enemy, you still need to try to keep them alive.
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No. 972990 ID: b1b4f3

Yeah let's do some first aid (and also confirm that's who she says she is, can't see her face) then get moving. Head towards the armory if it's still secure. Shields are useless against the shield breaker apparently but you can at least upgrade your weapon and maybe pick up some other tools like grenades.
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No. 972992 ID: 6c9030

>>972976
"Which you will only be able to do if we staunch that bleed first."
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No. 973024 ID: be5bd2

>>971250
>>972976
Okay I might be going crazy but does this whole interaction seem really weird to anyone else?

Pary-Zegh is apparently injured and in her last moments, speaking with difficulty, then just springs up and no longer speaking with any issues?

Come to think of it the language being used is strange too, it's like an NPC quest-givers dialogue. Also where is that blood coming from? For that much splatter on the outside of the suit I'd expect a big fukkin hole somewhere visible.

Either this is a dream or the assassin is inside that powersuit feeding you some bullshit.
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No. 973075 ID: d186fc

>>973024
Leaning towards this as well
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No. 977639 ID: 6f7a5a
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977639

Something feels wrong
"Lead the way Pilot" she says

I start to move then stop
wasn't her Injury seemed a lot more serious moments ago?

I turn and speak calmly "first lets get you to a medical station to staunch the bleeding" and to check if your really are Pary-Zegh.

"we haven't the time" she says "we have to hurry before Aimlock finds us"
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No. 977640 ID: b1b4f3

>>977639
Request that she lower her visor, or else you will assume she is Aimlock.
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No. 977648 ID: d8a7af

>>977640

A reasonable demand. But do we know how Aimlock looks like? Or how Pary-Zegh looks like?
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No. 977649 ID: 094652

Medical Protocol states that you must subdue the target to ensure they receive medical attention.
That Sexy Paranoia says "bash her head in, see if she's Aimlock, and steal her awesome exosuit".
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No. 977652 ID: b1b4f3

Actually let me amend my suggestion to be more forceful: ask to see her face. if she hesitates or refuses then commence with the beatdowns.
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No. 977709 ID: 0fae41

Pretty sus. Go on without them.
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No. 977722 ID: 735fa3

Yeah, cause a spindly deer with a spiky ball is a fair match to a power armored space trooper.
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No. 977782 ID: 6f7a5a
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977782

I know Pary-Zegh pretty well, she's a tall strong Gauthian the voice sounds about right too . . . still I have to be sure "raise your visor I need to see your face"

the person that might be Pary-Zegh pauses then responds flatly "you're getting distracted Oken, we need to go to the bridge" I see her looming over me, dominant in her power suit, what I wouldn't give to break who ever it is.


Oken-
A) -Knows that she is weak and submits to the order
B) -Will die fighting and never surrender!

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No. 977784 ID: b1b4f3

B. BOIL OVER WITH RAGE
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No. 977785 ID: f56a2b

>>977782
A. Do not think, just execute orders!
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No. 977786 ID: 4a0869

B. I'LL DIE STANDING LOYAL RATHER THAN LIVE WALKING WITH A TRAITOR!
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No. 977788 ID: 735fa3

Oken needed a chance to ambush her.

Oken just gave away that she was suspicious, and thus the only course of action is to die swinging that mace and hope to bring your foe a little pain. It's better than the inevitable laser shot in the back once whatever purpose they have for you is served.
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No. 977789 ID: 0fae41

Never give up! Never surrender! Go for the wounded side!
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No. 977790 ID: ba659f

Sigh... Why does she have to do this difficult? We are not asking something unreasonable.
You know what fine, let's keep going. I going with A. At least have your eyes and ears on her. Even if we are right in our suspicions, she is in power armor, we are in a disadvantage. We need to find a better position to strike or get away from her if everything goes south.
Just keep boiling your blood... For now. You should ask for a promotion after this.
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No. 977796 ID: 094652

Begin humping the power suit. While she's startled, bash the helmet in.
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No. 977802 ID: 3aa06e

>>977782
B and also >>977786 that's a cool line. Use it.
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No. 978187 ID: acfea1

Their purpose is to get Oken to take the ship to the Vin-Malor Shipyards, or perhaps to just reveal where those shipyards are.

Are the Vin-Malor Shipyards a secret location? Do they require passcodes that Oken would know to approach?
Or is this just a matter of Oken's expertise as an Ace Pilot being needed?

Astranian combat suits probably have onboard drugs for allowing a hurt fighter to keep moving and fighting. Would such drugs affect Pary-Zegh's judgement and ability to be emotive?

I think this is Pary-Zegh and that they are just drugged to the gills and trying to make the best of a bad situation.

A. Submit to the chain of command.
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No. 983292 ID: 6f7a5a
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983292

"I'LL DIE STANDING LOYAL RATHER THAN LIVE WALKING WITH A TRAITOR!" I scream

I keep screaming

I feel a small part of my try to maintain control

but there's no point

I will die here

but I won't make it easy

I won't let them control me

I give in to the fury
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No. 983293 ID: 6f7a5a
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983293

the enemy is saying words but I don't hear them

I'm still screaming

there are stars in the sky

a mirror shatters
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No. 983294 ID: b1b4f3

>>983293
See the face of your target before you strike it. Make sure.
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No. 983310 ID: 894419

Spit into the face of your foe before you kill them! Give them no quarter!
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No. 983314 ID: 1473b9

OK GOOD, NOW TRY TO LOOK AT THEIR FACE AND CONFIRM IDENTITY BEFORE WE DO SOMETHING IRREVERSIBLE. TRY REALLY REALLY HARD.
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No. 983315 ID: 1af755

Don’t hesitate like the traitor did. Hesitation is death.
...How was that armor going to protect either of you if a tiny deer can smash it in?
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No. 983322 ID: 8ac9ea

>>983315
I think a solid chunk of the defence is from it having shield projectors. If they were, say, non-operational cause they were hit with something like a 'shieldbreaker rifle' and the suit is now being used by said assassin, the glass dome is probably just that.
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No. 983337 ID: 6f7a5a
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983337

I hesitate
a part of me is filled with doubt
that doubt hold back my fury for an instant
my thoughts flow back to me and my vision clears
I need to know I'm not making a mistake
I need to see the face of who I'm attacking

But there is no face, only the harsh glow from a robot's screen.
it's taken the time I've given it to draw a gun from a compartment on it's leg
the laser gun is aimed at my head
in a tinny voice that still resembles Pary-Zegh it speaks "OBEY OR DIE."
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No. 983338 ID: 422cea

>>983337
Fuck. This. Shit.

Lunge to the ground and try to drive your mace into the back of one of its knees to hamper its mobility. Your stature compared to this power armored robot is giving you WAY more clearance to move than you think.
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No. 983340 ID: e8bee9

>>983338
this, cripple it so it can't train its gun on us
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No. 983341 ID: 1473b9

Ok, you are good to go to smash this thing. Go low, hit a knee and force it to kneel, then target the head.
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No. 983345 ID: 67d59f

>>983315
That morningstar probably has some sort of tech that allows it to penetrate (vibration, or something, idk). They wouldn't use them if they weren't effective.
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No. 983351 ID: 0fae41

Dodge right, go for the face. If you survive, take this lesson to heart: Disloyalty is the only evidence you need to cast judgment.
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No. 983392 ID: c862ff

>>983351
What does this even mean exactly? I mean, in this case nobody was even disloyal cuz it is a robot. Also, fanaticism isn't necessarily good. Critical thinking is a virtue. Only be loyal to those who deserve our loyalty. That being said, our faction currently deserves it.
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No. 983409 ID: 735fa3

You already chose DIE, now make it the thing that dies instead of you. Move and swing at once, and don't stop swinging until it stops moving.
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No. 983410 ID: 98d886

>>983338
Seconding this, you're not gonna be able to just beat it with brute force, be smart and cripple it.
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No. 983439 ID: db14b0

Vomit into its optics.
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No. 991558 ID: 1d109c
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991558

I charge! going for the legs

I don't make it a step before the combat machine bludgeons me with it's gun

hard metal slams into my cheek and I tumble
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No. 991559 ID: 1d109c
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991559

I hit the ground, crushing weight weight pins me as the robot steps on me

so much pain, can't breath

a com-channel crackles to life,

the machine speaks into it "Pary-Zegh. this is Aim-Lock. The pilot knows I am not you. it has become hostile and dangerous."

a second voice speaks out "Killed it, it'll still serve its purpose for at least ten minutes"

"Understood" the machine responds as it levels its pistol
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No. 991560 ID: 1d109c
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991560

"No!" I manage to cough from my empty lungs as I ram my mace into the robot's knee

burning plasma flashes right by my head

I take in a breath
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No. 991561 ID: b1b4f3

You'll want to get behind it, through its legs, and attack as it turns towards you. Try to hit its optics.
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No. 991565 ID: 8483cf

Go for the exposed electronics. It's gotta have those somewhere.
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No. 991582 ID: 777990

Hah, knew that bitch was full of shit. Should've crushed her when you had the chance.
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No. 991671 ID: 6894eb

>>991561
Why let it face you?
Stay to its rear, where it'll be tough for it to lethally assault you.
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No. 991673 ID: dcdd1c

It can probably swing around pretty quickly. Staying behind would be nice, but with a damaged knee and possible damage to its power lines, it probably lacks endurance. If you can just get out of its line of sight, running away might be the best option.
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No. 991926 ID: 777990

Isn't it funny Oken, that every time you've had the urge to kill someone so far it was the absolute right move?

Maybe they were always full of shit about binders lash.
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