those psychic shenanigans give a mean headache right? sit up, check self for damage, find out whose talking to you, find glass of water.

Request some Advil, or perhaps some Ibproufen.

>>276578
Clearly, you will need to wait a little while before synchronizing.

[+1 UNDERMIND ADVIL]

Sit up, check self for damage, find some water, and see who's talking to you.

Is the doobie OK? Is everyone else all right? Any new crises to deal with?

SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX

SEXY SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX

>>276655
>>276670

Knock it off! We still have a spaceship that's damaged to worry about, ya know.

>>276578
Demand telepathic brain massage.

>>276670
>>276655
Then demand corporeal chest massage.

>>276674
>Demand telepathic brain massage.

I second that.

+1 UNDERMIND BRAIN MASSAGE.

Good job there, Maolla. Take a look around, see if your efforts have born fruit.

-1 underANYTHING

Are you trying to make the headache worse?

>>276686
I'll third it!

+1 UNDERMIND SOOTHING MASSAGE

[-1 undermind boost]
ask for a brain massage or something like it.

also sex. i mean, status update on the situation, and how long you were out.

>>276800
I think it's pretty clear they're joking.

This is the "read tom hug note" victory lap.

>>276655
XES XES XES XES XES

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/03(Thu)16:20 No. 278764 ID: d5d78d
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I'm in the medical bay. And I'm talking to... Rel?

"There you go, now. Take it easy - you've been recovering from a good bit of psychic stress, and I let you stay under for a few hours. Try to stay relaxed."

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/03(Thu)16:21 No. 278765 ID: d5d78d
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>What happened to the doobie?
"Doobie physiology is a little puzzling, but she seems fine; she grew her arm back and wouldn't hear of resting until she started repaying us for the trouble. I think she's helping Lorn prepare the bridge for repressurization."

>mental therapy
"We'll see about getting you in top shape again soon, dear, don't worry. I just need to take a few scans first, now that you're alert."

>"physical therapy"
She chuckles softly.
"We'll have plenty of that soon enough."

"To forestall another question - I woke up during your fight with our unknown psychic friend. I think it had to focus to try fight back, and that may have pulled some of its pressure off me. Or perhaps it was when you sent it running."

"Any other questions, Maolla? I told Mitrel I'd wake him when you came around. He wants to talk to you."

Any idea who this psychic 'friend' of ours is? He's got the entire station under his blanket, so he's got to be pretty powerful.

Inquire as to any other hostile malefactors in the immediate area.

>>278765
We've got more than ten minutes of safe time, so sync up with her.

Doc: Synchronize with Maolla and Rel!

Also, ask if she has an extra pair of pants. We've been running around without trousers for too long.

>>278765
Ask if anyone else was able to wake up as well, and if the security officer guy ever came back.

>>278791
Jeez what is it with some of us wanting to put MORE clothes on? It's like some sort of... clothing fetish.

>>278765
What's that thing on her forehead? Just an accessory or something else?
Ask for a report on everyone's status. Including whatshisname that went off on his own. The soldier guy.

its time for sum talkan!

a few hours shouldnt have hurt the timer much. we have 56h left?

how is shiia? any premonitiuns?

what does mitrel wants with maolla? asides sex?

ship conditions? how is captain?

are we still on a pickle?

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/04(Fri)22:27 No. 279190 ID: f0e695
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>Any idea who this psychic 'friend' of ours is?
>Inquire as to any other hostile malefactors in the immediate area.

"No idea. That's not my department - but I know it's one of the things Mitrel is worrying about. At least we don't seem to be under attack just yet, and I assume we'll be setting up some sort of defense against further intruders."

>Ask if anyone else was able to wake up as well, and if the security officer guy ever came back.

"All us sentients are awake; the drones are still asleep. Well, actually, Muun can't count as awake right now. Bit of a story behind that. Apparently the poor boy had some sort of vision, and it drove him to try and strand us here. Shiia shot him, and stuck him in one of the escape pods' stasis fields. I'm going to have trouble getting him out."

"Kole isn't back. Knowing him, he's probably off on some grand adventure already!"

>What's that thing on her forehead?

It marks her as a master of Sarat Hor. It's a martial arts system that uses psychometabolism.

>Status updates on everyone

"Well! Mitrel is sleeping over there. Lorn is getting started on putting things back in shape... Ferram is in a bad condition, but I have a hope of regeneration for his legs, eventually. Shiia is working with the computers, Muun is in stasis as I mentioned, Kole is away, I'm here in front of you and you... are doing quite well! I'll give you a few shots to help you along, mostly just nutrients."

"Will I wake up Mitrel? He may be able to answer some of your questions better than I can."

Yeah. Wake him up.

Now that we've got a minute sideways, we need to coordinate, figure out what we've crashed into, make some kind of plan, and possibly synchronize.

>>279190
Synchronize with Rel FIRST. We need to get that going as soon as possible.

Yeah wake him up.

Any word on those pants?

>>279190

Does she ever stop smiling? It's starting to scare me.

>>279217
her martial art style problaby involves sex somehow.

is mitrel healthy? if so, its time to get moving, we need at least debriefing on what to do.

Lets see what Mitrel has to say.

Wake the man.

>>279260
psychometabolism+medical training+martial arts = probably the most physically fit Scellor on the ship = Fucks like a tiger.

>>279190
>a martial arts system that uses psychometabolism.
Well that sounds utterly horrifying. Never pick a fight with a doctor.

think syncing with Mitrel first is the best idea, he is best at telepathy, at least lvl 5, meaning if we broadcast from him our drone control ability will be able to handle more of them at a longer range.

Wake up Mitrel and meld with him. Mentally. See if you can hold a conversation while syncing.

Looks like you aren't the only one on the ship that picked the Sexy genetic advantage.

Oh, right.

Go ahead and wake up Mitrel. If he can't answer something, we can try asking Shiia, Lorne, and Ms Doobie.

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/08(Tue)18:27 No. 280363 ID: 983562
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>>279217
She's... like that.

>>279212
Man, again with the clothes. Do you have a fetish or something? I mean, that's fine, just wondering. I'll see about clothes when I've got a minute.

>>279202
>>279210
>>279523
>>279665
I think it would be better, if we're safe for the moment, to just get together with everyone at once rather than syncing one at a time.

>>279263
Mitrel is looking better, if not totally fresh.

"… Maolla. Good, you're up. I... *sigh* I've been reviewing our situation. We've got a lot of work to do."

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/08(Tue)18:29 No. 280366 ID: 983562
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"The ship's in a bad condition. I conferred with Lorn, and as far as we can figure, we could fly in this state… but with only two engines running, we've barely enough power to pull free of the station, let alone push past light speed. We also have the problem that, although we can fix the cloak, we'd so slow that the cannons on the asteroid could shoot us down by guesswork without any trouble. We're not going anywhere with those things still aimed at us, and we still need to fix up the three engines that are repairable now if we want to get anywhere."

"Speaking of getting places, we have enough food and water to last us for weeks yet, but most of our fuel was lost with the engines - we don't have enough to get to anywhere we could refuel, even if we could navigate there with the main computer out. As it is, we'd probably fall apart before we got there anyway; the ship's got two giant holes in it, there's no life support in the forward section, there's radiation leaks in what's left of the rear engine, we've lost two shield nodes… it, it's just a mess. I'm sure we can fix everything enough to get out of here, but we need more Engineering, Mechanical and Computer parts if we're going to do that, as well as the Fuel. And of course we still need to disable those cannons. The only way we can accomplish those goals is by going onto the station… And I think that needs to be your job, Maolla."

"You're one of our best fighters, you know what we need, and your engineering expertise will help you navigate. You'd also find it easier to persuade Kole to come back, if you can find him, and most important of all… you're the one with the native psychic connection that lets you resist the mysterious presence that seems to have this place in its grip."

Well, fuck.

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/08(Tue)18:32 No. 280368 ID: 983562
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"Listen… you've been sort of depressed lately. We've been doing well, in the normal business, but I know money was never what you were after. Still, you've taken care of the ship, and you've been a great member of the crew, so… I've been saving this for you. I was going to give it to you when we got back to port, but it seems you'll need it more now. Here."

…!

Is that… psykonium nectar!?

>>280366
You need to synch with everyone first. Native connection or not, it would be foolish not to give everyone else as much protection as possible before you go suicidally haring off into a hostile station. After all, if you don't then they're even more screwed after you get killed.

Aside from that, well. If that's what has to be done, it has to be done. If you can bring a drone or two and some equipment for psychic boosting, healing, and fighting, it could give you a decent chance. Also, you'll need whatever information you've got on the terrain outside- if you've got any sort of scans at all they could give you a good idea of where to start, and any likely points of entry are rather important.

do we have any armour available? screw clothing for the sake of modesty, we need something protective if we're going to have to go into that dang station, Also Nectar, yay! everything's better with Nectar.

>>280369

Actually, didn't linking with the whole crew end up cutting Maolla off from us, her personal patch o' undermind? So unless they can all sync with her, as opposed to the other way around, everybody syncing may not be what we would want to do.

>>280368
Ok, you have Rel fetch the others while you sync with Mitrel the fun way.

But psykonium is a metal not a plant why would it have nectar I don't even

>>280368
CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!

>>280378
It's not energon. Just sip it.

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/08(Tue)20:33 No. 280402 ID: 983562
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>>280377
>Psykonium Nectar is actually a cocktail of psykonium salts dissolved in the juice of a fruit grown by certain kel trees. It is the fastest and most preferred way for a scellor to absorb psykonium into their bodies.

>>280378
>>280398

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/08(Tue)20:33 No. 280403 ID: 983562
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>With a full dose of the nectar, a scellor can quickly metabolize the psykonium and use it to stimulate the development of new psychic powers, enough to increase their rank in one psychic discipline. The scellor in question can't control what new powers will develop...

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/08(Tue)20:38 No. 280406 ID: 983562
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>... but the Undermind can.

>A full list of possible powers is listed in the /questdis/ thread:
http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/331682.html#338036
>Increasing her level in a particular discipline will also increase Maolla's proficiency with all powers of that discipline, and increase her facility to "improvise" its use if need be.

Excellent! Now let's prepare to do some fixin'.

>>280406
The Reverse Psychoportation skill sounds like it would be very useful to correct mistakes or to try different techniques in a dire situation.

I'd go for that one.

Telekinesis Psychoportation

>>280411
We get the skills in order. We'd have to level up five times and pour them all into Psychoportation in order to get that skill.

I am inclined to further specialize in telekinesis, on the grounds that it's a very flexible tool which can grant offense, defense, and increased mobility. Pouring more power into it seems highly useful in the dangerous times to come.

All the other powers that we could unlock would bring useful utility, but not to the point that we'd get a serious increase in sheer power.

Level up that Telekinesis.

Telekinesis is nice.
But Clairsentience 2 is important.

lvl 2 Telepathy will most likely also let us control more drones at a longer range. which is why i think syncing with mitrel is a good idea. his very high lvl telepathy would let him wake a ton of the buggers up, and have them scurry all over the ship.
second place vote for me goes for Clairsentience will keep you from being able to be snuck up on by who knows what on that thing.

also if you see a raw Psykonium while in the station grab some handfuls to just snack on while walking around, may take longer to be any use but just eat it slow and steady... actually that is the only good reason to have clothes on right now, POCKETS, big ole pockets to carry stuff around with.

Telekinesis.

That's Telekinesis, Kyle!

When venturing into unknown territory, knowledge is power. Clairsentience.

>>280426
Eating the raw stuff sounds profoundly bad for your health, oh and Telepathy sounds good to me, being able to sense deception would be profoundly good considering Scellor's being somewhat naive in that area.

Clairsentience doesn't sound bad either, and psychokenisis could help, but I don't think the verdict is going in that direction

>>280471
if you ate too much at once then probably. i mean like use it like a spice on normal food. just a dash on some food cubes. and have everyone share it, just become a ship filled with scellor death machines.

>>280481
No, we will EAT THE ASTEROID OURSELVES

Telekinesis.

I don't know, but...

Maolla: Synchronize with Rel and Mitrel. Chat during foreplay. Ask about routes to go from the ship to the station and vice versa, like, if they're defended (either by you or the baddies) or even defensible.

I vote Psychokinesis if it's bumping it up to 3. That'll give us psiblast, right? We're up against psi-enabled guys most likely, right? Well... and space doobies.

Telekinesis is my backup vote.

>>280406
Telekinesis and special hugs for the crew.

Upgrade idea? Shifter55 2011/02/09(Wed)01:04 No. 280503 ID: c0a01a
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>>280471
Considering that raw psykonium is mostly iron with psitrons or whatever inside its atomic structure we could just refine the iron until it has a high concentration of psitron-bearing atoms, powder it and react it with fumaric acid
to produce iron psychic power supplements.
Assuming that psitron-bearing elements behave the same way chemically as they do without it this could be a relatively safe way to adsorb psykonium.

Oh and telekinesis because psychic containers are even better for carrying/deflecting hazardous materials like doobie blood.

Our two current powers, telekinesis and psychokinesis, are similar in both name and function. They both serve to exert force on the world around us. Improving either would be redundant. Instead, we should choose a force multiplier.

Thus, I choose Telepathy. My first choice would have been Clairsentience, because information is vital when exploring unknown territory, but it would be more immediately useful to improve our ability to battle our telepathic foe, and would help us take advantage of Maolla's unique psychic connection.

Ideally, we can get an Ulkam drone to help us.

Clairsentience.

This point would give us Psycholocation.

Good gracious. Remember to thank Mitrel, Maolla. He's a credit to his ship.

Clairsentience, definitely. We're looking for a Mysterious Presence, and for a Buttload of Various Parts. It'd help to have a handle what's around you.

Psycholocation could be really invaluable in maximizing Maolla's gains of Parts Found, and avoiding getting ambushed, perhaps even aiding her in finding the Mysterious Presence.

Clairsentience. It's too useful to not have.

>>280406
Continue with maxing Telekinesis. Wandering into a broken-down station with the ability to contain dangerous gasses and liquids and also an improvised offensive capability seems the most useful.

Telekinesis. Better to specialise than become a jack-of-all-trades with a wide range of low utility skills.

Up PK. Considering the dubious status of weapons, I'd say we need the additional offensive power. Besides, if we get a chance to put some more upgrades into it, we can gain stealth.

TELEKINESIS

Clairsentience.

I say Clairsentience. Even though getting the next level in Telekinesis and/or Psykokinesis would greatly improve our fighting ability (and therefore defensive ability), I think the second level of Clairsentience would be even more helpful in combat as well as outside combat. We can always get another level (eventually) in one of the other areas later, but I think Clairsentience would help most in our immediate situation of going into a strange, unknown location. Plus, being more aware of our surroundings will always be helpful forever.

Keep in mind also that various powers can be combined, but we don't know much of anything about that right now and it's not nearly as important as the primary function we gain from a single power.

Clairsentience seems very useful. Psycholocation finds objects, people, traps, and would even be useful for engineering work.

Clairsentience 2 is going to be the most useful by far. It's pulled Penji's ass out of the fire multiple times.

>>280406
Clairsentience.
Nobody gets the drop on Sexy Space Pirate Maolla

>>280511
I'm switching my choice to Clairsentience, because it seems to have suddenly gotten more popular. Odd how we seem to alternate between clusters of votes for one option at a time.

>>280702
...if your vote reasoning is "follow the herd", it will. :/

Clairsentience. You should start a new thread soon.

I was the one who had that little spiel supporting clairsentience a bit ago, and it seems I actually persuaded people! Yay, I'm persuasive! :D

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/17(Thu)04:41 No. 282044 ID: b2b3f2
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>Maolla upgraded her Clairsentience to level 2! She gains the power of Psycholocation!

>Psycholocation allows Maolla to sense the "presence" of physical objects within its range. It can discern between solid, liquid and gas, as well as the density and "texture" of substances. It cannot detect light, colour, temperature or other intangible qualities.

>At her current level, Maolla's psycholocation reaches to a radius of 4 yards. When concentrating, she can increase this to 8 yards, and can reshape the field of her perception, reducing perception in some directions to increase it in others. As her facility with clairsentience increases, the range and malleability of her psycholocation will increase.

>Maolla's Psychic Sense also increases, especially within the range of her psycholocation.

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/17(Thu)04:41 No. 282045 ID: b2b3f2
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Ooh, at last! I feel stronger! I've gotten better!

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/17(Thu)04:42 No. 282046 ID: b2b3f2
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I thought I was going to be stuck at the bottom of the ladder for the rest of this life. The dreams I had before I was born, the aspirations… oh, I just feel so much better now. I've finally taken another step up!

And… hey, we have a whole asteroid made of psykonium, right here! Sure, ok, we need to fix the ship first, make sure we can leave, but then! So much psykonium, we'll all live like kings, like weird-primitive-alien-government-kings!!

And…!

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/17(Thu)04:43 No. 282047 ID: b2b3f2
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… And if I could take control of this station… it could make the most awesome secret space pirate base ever.

Mmmm…

But I guess I can just keep that in the back my mind for later…

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/17(Thu)04:43 No. 282048 ID: b2b3f2
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...

Maolla Syrup 2011/02/17(Thu)04:44 No. 282049 ID: b2b3f2
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>AND THEN THEY ALL SYNCHRONIZED.

>>282049
Hooray! Chapter end orgy!

>>282049
Epic chapter end.

>>282049
I wish to see the synchronization process.
We need to understand these people before we can truly advise them.

>>282049
:D

>>282049

This is the best end to a quest chapter that I have ever seen. You're an alright guy, Jukashi. You really are.

SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX

A satisfying end to an exciting chapter of our lives! Hopefully, the first of many more to come.

Although, I'm slightly disappointed that the guys are all mostly covered up.