>>6477308

"What's the prognosis?" Mike asked, suddenly, after a few tense minutes of splicing and scrapping away wires and globs of rapidly cooling, melting alien metals.

"Don't have high hopes. But there'll be fragmented processes and construct data left behind, that could be extracted and returned to the primary program" You answered as you finally managed to loosen and release the charred and deformed data chip, wincing as you turned it around an inspected its surface. It always hurt to see the kind of damage Vali could and would do to themselves when they let loose.

Stowing the chip back into the hardcase, you grabbed hold of one of the other textile mats on the floor and go to work helping Mike collect and secure every piece of Covenant tech that wasn't nailed down, along with the artifacts of clearly non Covenant Origin. There was a locket made of a strange, metallic material that had a density closer to cotton that seemed to hum at your touch and looked remarkably similar to the recovered relics from the unknown alien facility on the uncharted world you'd discovered. You were gentle when you placed it in your own knapsack made out of a probably priceless and highly religiously significant Covenant Rug. Mike was right, the deadline was tight and there was a lot to grab.

And only so much you could carry. You prioritized the artifacts and devices of unknown function, before grabbing examples of "Known" Covenant technology, like the data storage bricks or a belt of what looked like miniaturized anti gravity projectors, like the kind Covenant Vehicles were often equipped with. You could carry more than Mike, and did so, having two knapsacks to his overstuffed one by time he began to make for the open window and you shoveled and shoved everything you could fit into the bundles, kneeling down to adjust the positioning of a few items that looked delicate when you froze. Movement on the motion tracker, footsteps coming towards the door. There was a loud bang as you turned. The frozen, sealed portal sparked. And a red dot on your tracker moved back, as clearly they were employing the Brute Force method of opening a lock.

You turned to Mike and nodded, not sparing a momentary glance to what you had to leave behind as you finished your adjustments and tied up both of your sacks.

And then your eyes fell on the abandoned, floating chair the Covenant Minister had been seated in before your tranq'd them. And had an idea.

>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

>[Giant] Pick it up and slam it into the door, to delay the hostile force for a few seconds longer

>[Plasma Wiz+ Wunderkind] Hit a few buttons you recognize from Covenant weaponry, and aim the chair at the door before leaving

>Forget it and leap out the window. You'll figure out your landing once you're out of the enemy's line of sight

>Write in option

>>6477309
>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

"this is mine now."

>>6477309
>>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart
Yoink

>>6477309
>>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

>>6477309
>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

A minister chair is pretty high tier and useful. with the shileds, grav mod and assault canons. so lots of things to learn from it. especially with engineers.

>>6477309
>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart
Sure as shit beats walking

>>6477317
>>6477322
>>6477326
>>6477327
>>6477388

"Dear diary, here I am, built to be the greatest badass humanity has ever made, and as a mission objective I'm shopping at Ikea. Faen ta livet mitt..."

>>6477309
>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart
Sven must pillage.

I just want yo say this fellas.
One of the stupidest highlights of this quest that I love is our willingness to steal everything and anything not nailed down to the floor, and considering the incredible feats of strength mk.II Spartans are capable of performing, they can also take everything that IS bolted down. Concrete and all.

So the fact we're stealing the alien mobility scooter kills me. Another question would be who will pilot it.

>>6477406
I don't know what to tell you, the Codex As- wait no wrong huge men stealing things.

>>6477309
>[Plasma Wiz+ Wunderkind] Hit a few buttons you recognize from Covenant weaponry, and aim the chair at the door before leaving
Stealing it will be fun but IMO it's just needless weight. And also probably one of the most likely things here to be trackable.

>>6477406
Sven is a space viking. It's only natural that he returns home with plunder and captives.

>>6477422
Still a shame there's no female aliens he can capture and add to his sex slave harem.
Well actually that'd be pretty cool. The problem is that there are no sexy female aliens. The splitjaws, are assholes, the brutes are assholes that stink, the birds are all of that plus they shit everywhere, and their leaders look like old people.
.....
Damn.

>>6477406
Michael us our tech expert so probably him.

>>6477435
>all our brothers and sister: "BUT SVEEEEN! IT'S MY TURN TO SIT IN THE HOVER CANNON CHAIR!"

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>>6477427
>Still a shame there's no female aliens he can capture and add to his sex slave harem

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>>6477441
>>6477449
I'm an unapologetic goon. This is a fact. It's just unfortunate that all the aliens in the Halo franchise are kinda ugly. Well, the birds would be fuckable if they actually cared about hygene.

>>6477452
We're all fucking perverts, but there's a time and place for that and it's called anywhere else but here.

>>6477453
Speak for yourself, I've never fucked a pervert in my life.

>>6477309

>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

Since Michael's going out the window, I guess we're driving this shitbox and using it to provide overwatch.

So climbing down. What we think of the idea i have throw around about going for the escape ship likely placed at top of the tower? The idea is having Mike use it for rapidly go down. Admittely we would have some Sasquatches in the way, but I consider that an opportunity.

>>6477309
>>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart
Chair time. Hehe i guess it can go like in the meme image i made previous thread.

>>6477406
On this quest, i evaluate all possible loot and attempt to loot it afterwards. And I consider aliens, alive or dead, loot as well. Its why in the Yanme Queen Chamber i insisted on searching for eggs, grab organs and cybernetics, and so on. Too bad we didn't grab a whole Yanme drone corpse there. Unfortunately the Yanme Queen corpse is rotting and was in a difficult place for tranaport. Real shame there. But we do have living eggs so Project Stockholm Insect Family might be made and greenlighted by ONI once those become Yanme larvae. Too bad we don't have living Yanme for ONI to study.

Anyway even with this admittely sorrowful experience, right now valuable loot that exist in this tower exist still. There is also named and breathing loot like, Captain Teckyis, Captain Kestidion and Captain Protector Gikirbus. All 3 of them are still something i would want to grab. Hopefully they will attempt to follow us. Narq them or knocking them out in melee would be great XD !!!


>>6477427
Halo aliens, are really alien looking. Which is perfect in my opnion. So different standard of beauties. That Tengu female pirate captain we captured during Flyswatter could be considered a 10/10 bird by Tengus, but for us and humanity is just an excellent alive capture that we brought home to be studied and interrogated has long as possibile. And an ugly alien bird.

Also.
Its not gonna go like that. Sven is in multiple sights. Sights of great and powerful predators. Determinated ones. Ferocious ones. Unstoppable ones. Starving ones. If Sven is a norwegian cat purring in a forest this are bears and wolves searching for a cat-shaped meal. Mousy ship comms operators with their clumsy and cute ways, Maternal and Religious shaped Digital Entities with their warmth and care, Spartan Sisters with their affection and camraderie, and saved ONI agents stalking in the shadows wanting to give something back while checking the calendar ...... its gonna be a battle for the ages, and to the victor the Sve- Spoils, anon......

>>6477460

Oh, to be clear, I'm suggesting combining this with this:

>[Plasma Wiz+ Wunderkind] Hit a few buttons you recognize from Covenant weaponry, and aim the chair at the door before leaving

Except we fly this thing down the tower shooting as we go.

It'll be cramped as shit and Sven'll probably have his knees up around his ears, but I'm pretty sure it'll work.

>>6477483
Yeah that makes sense, thank you.

Well, I can live without being an absolute goon, so nothings really lost, and those bug eggs? Do you think we should carry extra sedatives in the future to try and catch one alive? Maybe next mission we could requisition or make a high powered dart rifle?

Do you think the bug aliens work dort of like bees? Like, if you feed a larve royal jelly, it'll become a queen?

Do we know what John's been up to? I hope he's been looting like his big bro (not nessessarily older) Sven.

Speaking of, how shot is canon? Slight AU, or "we took canon out in the backyard and shot it in the head" kind of changed?

How does ONI and the various alphabet organization feel about the Spartans? I think it should be positive?

>>6477588
Np
>and those bug eggs?
Captured from the queen chamber.
Specifically in the ex-subterranean Yanme hive colony under Jamshid. This queen was basically an ally of the New Minister of Archeology (sleepy guy currently captured by us) and was placed under Jamshid, granting her colonization rights in exchange for providing cheap labour to the New Minister and cheap troops to the Brute Tribe land forces. A win-win political situation for the long-neck priest and the walking-carpet savages that we made sure to destroy and fill with water.

>extra sedatives
Absolutely !! Yes. Animal-related ones used for deer, dogs, bears, wolves, rhinos, bulls, and horses should be suitable for most Covenant aliens. But in regard to the Yanme Hive Queen, it should be mandatory for Spartans to have access to sedatives for elephants and other larger animals. Those should work well even on Mgalekgolo Hunters.

>high powered dart rifle
Definitely something to ask about! I think we can send it as a request to send down to ONI scientists and also have it made a standard weapon in the Spartans' arsenal. Sounds feasible. Nothing wrong with our dart pistols; they have proved pretty good, but something like that should help us.

> bees?
Well, I don't remember everything about the Yanme hives, but in general they have some common traits with animals like bees, ants, and so on. But what I can tell you is that Sven & co secured different types of eggs from that chamber. We looked for remarkable differences while looting them. So we believe we might have a queen egg and different drone eggs.

>John
John is currently in a delicate operation with Blue Team to steal a second Covenant spaceship. We don't know the details, but John & co managed to place themselves well to ensure they can attempt this capture.

>canon
I would say slight AU; everything added is all plausible. There are new Insurrectionist movements, new variants of MJOLNIR, new weapons (Evil Eye etc...), new vehicles (TYPHON vehicle family) etc.... stuff like that. More Spartans II survived the procedures; no Spartans have died in combat so far, and efforts for the Washouts are being made. There is more, and the docs hold a lot of this that you can see.

>ONI
Mixed. Lab rats, super-soldiers to use, excellent minds and soldiers, brilliant humans that shouldn't have been treated like this. Not everyone has the same opinion. No one can deny the success of the Spartans, though. So any detractors shut their mouths or salivate so far. Sven also made some friends with a few ONI who are quite positive, like Dr.Okar or Agent Gloria Barlow. A member of its crew, Coste, is ONI too, and she has so far a good opinion of Sven so far.

Ah ONI took one of our Washouts siblings which is not something Sven liked at all.

>>6477618
>Those should work well even on Mgalekgolo Hunters.
I don't expect it will. Since those are actually a ton of worms and not a single organism I don't think injected sedatives would work. Maybe a topical spray or an aerosol would work better on them, but if you shot a juice pack into one it would probably just kill the individual worm it hit and do nothing else. But we don't know that since we haven't encountered one of them big wriggly beatsticks yet. So let's just forget anything was said.

>>6477632
You make a good point that such a standard sedative could hit only a single worm organism, but. It's far funnier to request these sedatives anyway and try them in the future when Mgalekgolo are encountered. Even if it's guaranteed failure. Failure is learning. The reason for having these sedatives is simple. See, we don't know if Mgalekgolo exist since we haven't encountered them so far, but there is no reason not to request said sedatives for elephants or larger animals. Because we have reason enough to want them already, with the hive queen we found and killed. We are justified in requesting them since Sven killed a large insectoid alien leader that would shrug off sedative made for smaller animals with ease. So no worries.

>a topical spray or an aerosol would work better on them
Likely, sure.

>>6477309
>>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

ngl if High Command dosnt give us another promtion for our sticky fingers and stratigic actions then their doing drugs

>>6477665
I'd prefer favors so we can do things for our Spartans or Sven. Feels like meeting his dad would be another jotunn upgrade based on how going home did.

>>6477309
>[Scrounger+ Giant] Take it with you, who knows what the techs could learn from taking it apart

our chair lol

>>6477689
I want to max out Sven's physical tags so we can beat beat hunters with another hunter.

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>>6477806
It would be funny if we could catch a Hunter in a flying armbar while its firing and cause a teamkill that way.

>>6477806
Better hope maxing out brawler let's us pick up Brute then.

Might not update tomorrow/ later today. My throat started hurting a few hours ago and its really distracting. Might have an infection or something

>>6477827

Lemon juice and honey in hot water, then gargle with saltwater for a day or two, is my advice.

>>6477827
Check that throat, don't panic

>>6477827
Eat raw garlic with ketchup.

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>>6477859

>>6477864
What are you, four? Raw garlic is good for you.

>>6477916
The garlic is fine bro, but why ketchup?

>>6477971
Would you rather eat the garlic with mustard? Mayo? Come on man, you can eat the garlic raw sure, but you dont have to be a savage about it. The ketchup is for flavor.

>>6477980
Honey might be a better option.

>>6477980
I mean you could also just roast it or fry it up a little in a pan with some seasoning.

>>6477980
Doesn't garlic cause inflammation or blood thinning? One of the two I forget which. If your aim is the antibacterial or antiseptic properties just swallow some hand sanitisizer like a man come on.

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10 Votes for [S+G]

2 Votes for [G:PW + W]

Sven-033 once again proving his expertise in battlefield foraging

[ Decision made ]
[ Proceeding...]

>>6477829
>>6477850
>>6477859
Didn't go away after sleep, but some lozenges I found helped out a lot, even after I made it worse by using too much salt in a salt water gargle. Getting some tea helped

>>6478011
>Remember the age old wisdom, Sven, pillage THEN burn.

Or more accurately, a calculation. To figure out how much that floating chair weighed. With the Anti gravity system deactivated, it'd be pretty heavy. Looked decently armored and equipped and the creature comforts include in its designs would only increase the load. So you ran the numbers, neurons flashing quicksilver as you estimated how many kilos it'd weigh. And with a generous over estimate, if your calcs were correct. You could easily deadlift and carry the Minister's Seat. And who knew what ONI's Section 3 could learn from taking it apart. It might be as valuable as Persephone or the Cockroach Eggs you'd secured during the Jamsid side of the op.

"Going to be delayed, don't wait" You say over COMMs before securing your shotgun to a magstrip on your back and circling around the still levitating chair once, examining every nook and cranny and figuring out the best grip point and angle to hoist it. You found it to behind the back, which is where you'd grab it by. Too much weight was situated on its bottom. It'd just be like lifting a log. Adjust into a deadman carry, once you were able to overhead press it. Cracking your hands, you tied the satchels you'd made and secured them with a tight knot. The banging on the door to the room grew more persistent and regular, as one red dot was joined by three on the edge of your motion tracker's effective range.

Taking in a deep breath, you crouched and wrapped your arms around the back, then deactivate the floating mechanism defying gravity and bowed your legs as you the weight in your arms tripled. And it was just a little more than your daily warm up on the Skidbladnir's gym. The door dented, and that was your signal to hustle. Breathing out, you lifted with your legs and hoisted up the chair, lifting it over your head, muscles pushing to their limit and starting to burn before you settled the weight on your shoulders. It was an awkward carry, but with the span of your shoulders and all the muscles supporting them, you were able to move to the window before the door came down, in a crab walk shuffle that would've beaten at least one of your records back at Basic. Not that it meant much, as you set those records before ASTER & MJOLNIR.

But the door didn't last long enough against the Brute force of the Sasquatches before you could figure out how to go over. You fall into Spartan time immediately, heart skipping a beat as you, with both arms occupied, are a sitting target. But you don't freeze, the enemy does. The first one through the breech, shaking there head, shoulder armor dented from the force of their impacts, stops and stares. First enraged, then baffled then horrified as they take in the site in front of them, jaw slack with disbelief as they see an armored, blue silver figure that is closer to their height than any human they've encountered before, staring at them silently behind a visor separated by metal bars.
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>>6478029

And carrying the holy throne of the VIP they were trusted with watching, deadlifting it towards the open observation window like a reverse Santa Claus. Burgular, your mind finds the correct term as it catches up rapidly with the situation as time slows to a crawl but events move like they were a replay being fast forwarded

And you see a familiar, one eyed face and one that looks similar push past the alien Moa in headlights. Teckyis and what must be Gikirbus. If it wasn't for the disfigurement and similarity, you might've mistaken them for any other stinking ape on the Covenant's pay roll. The former, freezes, looking horrified as he recognize you and looks to go through a few stages of PTSD in a moment, his eyes tear away to look at the other monkey in charge, who after a second of hesitation, draws a gun you haven't seen carried by any of the Covenant ground forces on Alpha Corvi II or anywhere else.

His arm swings up, but with the assistance of Spartan time and your enhanced reflexes, you might as well have a full minute to react to the action.

>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall

>[Giant + Brawler: Open Hand] Toss the chair at the Sasquatch Commanders, giving up the loot to make a clean escape

>[Diplomat 3] with body language alone, convince the other Sasquatches that shooting you, right now, is a bad ide and will risk the Minister's life

>[Bulwark: Unbreakable] Take the shot and get out the window, fast, with the up armored attachments on your suit and the distance, you'll be fine

>Write in option

Also good news everyone, Mom is out of the hospital. She's on an O2 tank now, but I'm just glad she's back home

>>6478030
>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall

Will be funny if it works

>>6478030
>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall

Time to fall in style. We have engineer to fix any damage

>>6478030
>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall
Uhhhh... we're taking it to get cleaned. Yeah.

>>6478030
>Also good news everyone, Mom is out of the hospital. She's on an O2 tank now, but I'm just glad she's back home
Ayyy nice. Remember, no smoking.

>[Bulwark: Unbreakable] Take the shot and get out the window, fast, with the up armored attachments on your suit and the distance, you'll be fine
Boogeyman and the Unbreakable has a combo that inspires mortal terror, right? Or is that at the next level? It'd be pretty fucking cool though. This guy who is making the monkey next to you hyperventilate is a sitting duck so you shoot him, it doesn't seem to work and now it's staring at (You) and you get the distinct impression that it is here to take the Minister to hell and if you do that again it's going to take you as well. I'd shit my pants. I want to give these apes generational trauma by doing nothing. Also don't want to risk hurting the relics in an unplanned rapid descent and potential sudden stop at the end, the chair would probably be fine but the gribblies tied to it in bags maybe not.

>>6478030
Adding this to whichever vote wins
>Sven: "No one will ever believe you."

>>6478038
Look tower surfing is too cool a stunt to pass up. And the fact no rolls means it should be auto pass

>>6478030
>>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall
Hahaha!
Funniest thing ever: the demon in the flying minister chair! Hello Teckyis, Gikirbus, and Kestidion! Try and catch us ! (Please try so I can narq you; otherwise, Vali will devour you in the flames and detonations of this tower! Come on, "best" scions of this tribe of walking carpets !).

>>6478011
>>6478030
That's better to hear.

>>6478030
>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall

>>6477859
>>6477864
>>6477916
>>6477971
>>6477980
>>6477985
>>6477988

Never change, 4chan.

>>6478040
I dunno it feels less "tower surf" and more "aim for the bushes". Both of which are certainly cool but nothing really truly compares to the classic no-sell.

>>6478030

>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall

Seconding >>6478039

>>6478062

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVJzcWV6fw

>>6478030
>>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall

god this is gonna be funny to read in a report ngl
also glad to hear you mom is doing better

>>6478030
>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall
As if there's any other option.

>>6478139
Eh it not even on the same level as John pushing out a bomb out a ship then Guiding it to a covenant ship in the middle of a space battle.

So really were just giving an appetizer just wild Spartans can get

>>6478030
>>[Maverick: Daredevil Maneuver] Leap out the window, and ride the chair down to the base of the tower, hoping it can handle a long fall
>Sven: "No one will ever believe you."

>>6478039
>>6478030
Supporting this addition

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3 Votes for witty one liner

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For a brickshit house, he'll fly pretty good...hopefully

[ Decision made ]
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You analyze the situation in a second, eyes darting. Gikirbus, assuming you're correct on your guess of the soon to be shooter's identity, is dressed in non standard, custom gear. Subtle differences of the armor pieces they are wearing and rather than solid ammunition in their bandoliers, which are thinner and also wrapped around their waist and thigh, are stocked with finger sized metal cylinders topped with a trio of metal needles. And most telling, they're wearing what looks like an armored gasmask, that looks adapted from one of the Hunchback's breathing systems, but upgraded and up armored. You can't see their eyes behind the green-yellow haze clouding them up.

You take a step back, realizing they were looking for a gap in your arm as their arm swung up from the holster they had just pulled their pistol from. And that their free was behind their back, and judging from the tensing of their muscles under their fur, they had gripped tightly to what you expected was a knife. Probably poisoned. And the dart they were a nervous twitch away from shooting probably wasn't a tranquilizer.

Acting immediately, you roll your shoulders and toss off the chair as you take another step back, tossing it back as the two other captains present below and roar, reacting a second later and opening fire as the eerily calm poisoner just tilts their head and adjust their aim. Metal Spikes impact around you, puncturing the floor or wall as your back hits the ledge and you roll back. A glint of purple metal flies over your head. He'd been aiming at the under armor around your neck, waiting for you to move so the up armored attachments and exaggerated shoulder pads of the OCEANIC variant of MJOLNIR were out of the way. Wonder if that calm was chemically aided.

Free falling, you lock onto the chair plummeting like a rock and adjust your position, folding your arms and legs to dive quicker and hasten your descent as shots are fired above you and your motion tracker lights up. You collide with the chair, sending both it and yourself into a spin as you spread out your legs and clamp on. One hand shoots out and grabs the knapsack of looted Covenant artifacts and devices, while the other reaches for the control panel hidden in the arm rest of the chair. One eye tracked the speed of your fall by watching the rapidly changing elevation levels your HUD was recording, and the other looked for any "Rune" That was recognizable

[ Trait + AP interaction. Wunderkind + Jotun. Preferred Candidate Sven-033 finds the right button in time ]

And found it, your fingers slid over it as you tried not to focus on the fact you were a few meters from reaching the bottom of the tower. Expecting whiplash, you found none. The momentum of your fall vanished. All of it. Instantly. That felt like it violated more than a few laws of physics and gravity.
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>>6478467

Scrambling into the too small seat, you looked up, and saw, a small shadow staring out from the point you'd just fell. And saw Mike hanging on the wall a bit further down, stopping to watch, confirming your situation before continuing to scale down the tower.

Hoping off the levitating throne and falling the last few meter, you waited for more fire, but it seemed the apes up top were smart enough to realize they'd just be wasting ammunition considering the distance. And after the adrenaline started to trickle down, you also realized that it was entirely possible they thought the Minister, their VIP, was with you. Which was something you could exploit

"Sven, you leapt off the tower?" Anton asked over the COMM frequency

"Saw it with my own eyes, why would I lie?" Mike added

"Saw it on my own HUD, just need to confirm" Anton explained

"Had a cushion ready" You told them "How's sleeping beauty"

"Stable" Cal was the one to reply "Your condition? It is the stop that kills you, not the fall"

"Like I said, Cal, I had a cushion ready" You say "Head in the game, Spartans. Double time to the garage, original escape plan is still viable"

"What about you, Sir?" Cal asked as you looked around, one hand on the chair as you moved it out of the direct sight line of the captains at the top of the tower

"I have a plan. Focus on extracting the target. We'll regroup. Until then, Mike, you're calling the shots up there"

What you didn't tell them, was that you were still figuring out your plan. But that was a minor detail. And you were good at thinking on your feet...

>With loot in tow, move like you're trying to escape the fort, hoping the Covies think you're the one with their Minister (DC 23. Bulwark +5, UA attachments +1, SQ: Spartan +2 )

>[Grenadier: Plasma Wiz + Wunderkind] Rig the chair to blow and use it as a distraction (DC 16. DC reduced by 10 (From 26) via trait Wunderkind and specialty plasma wiz)

>[Diplomat 3] Create a fake hostage situation, using the high status and importance of the target to create an opportunity to escape and a distraction for your team.

>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

>Write in option

>>6478469
>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

Those covenant that survive are likely never going to forget this.

>>6478469
>>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]
Oh I bet this fucking thing is BUSTED.

>>6478469
>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]
If we don't know what we're doing then the enemy can't anticipate our actions, simple as.

>>6478469
>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

>>6478469
>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

>>6478469
>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

We're full health so time to go full cool, daredevil and fun.

>>6478469
Actually 404 we should still have te +2 Jotun bonus right?

Or has the looting made it pass?

>>6478469
>>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

>>6478469
>>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

ngl this feels like a dumb choice but its also the FUN choice

>>6478469

>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

This is going to give someone who reads the report at the minimum a headache.

>>6478469
>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]
Mike stole and blew up a pelican in training and generally loves taking risks for the hell of it, and even he seems lost for words. Same with Adriana in the previous thread when Nesta did something risky. Gray Team seem to be realizing what it's like being on the other side of craziness.

>>6478539
Beta-3 division should appreciate the chance to analyze this field test data if nothing else, I reckon. They don't even have to risk their lives and limbs like they usually do when studying Covenant tech.

>>6478442

Hey, got kind of a big favour to ask, do you mind hitting me up on Discord?

>>6478551
>Beta-3 division should appreciate the chance to analyze this field test data if nothing else, I reckon. They don't even have to risk their lives and limbs like they usually do when studying Covenant tech.

well i mean we are about to hand over some Huragok to beta-3 so thats not really going to happen anymore

>>6478469
It worked!

>>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]
Chaos!! Let's see if we can catch the three captains unorganized

>>6478469
>>[Maverick + Grenadier: Plasma Wiz] Take the chair for a joy ride [DC 22. +1 Plasma Wiz, +3 Scrounger, +4 THE HERETIC HAS WHAT?! (Maverick) ]

Ok, Imma vote for this but I want to remind you all that our little digital sociopath is going to be trying to cover our escape and waiting for us to get clear before going ham on the Covenant. Being a visible target is one thing, just fucking around is another.

Let's go blow up something expensive and book it to the evac.

Have we stolen any Covenant ships yet?
I feel like if we had some AI support to prevent the ship from warping or self destructing, and a lot of ammo, we could clear a whole ass ship and bring it back to ONI wrapped in a bow.

>>6478775
We captured the Unrelenting in Chi Ceti.

>>6478779
With just a flashlight btw. Wild shit.

>>6478780
whats fucked up thats actually true

>>6478775
Yes, in Flyswatter.
No, here it would have been too difficult to do. Too many aliens. Too many ships. And you still need to board a ship first and foremost. Considering everything else we have done here... not enough time for it.

We also have an AI with Vali, but he needs precise direction if you want something not left burning or dead of the aliens.

[ Rebooting...Monitor 404TormentedCache, back online]

12 votes for [ M+G:PW]

100% vote to take the Minister's fancy chair for a joyride

[ Decision made ]
[ Please roll 1d20+8. DC 22. Bo3 ]

>>6478532
Combat/ scene ended

Rolled 8 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>6478952
Don't mind me, just criting.

Rolled 1 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>6478952
I foresee a roll of 15.

>>6478956
>>6478957
I believe there was a bit of a slip-up on intended results kek. It would appear Sven pushed the wrong button.

Rolled 17 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>6478952

>>6478957
oh shit a self-destruct sequence

>>6478957
[ Error Code: RED! A critical failure is predicted! All members of Faculty, take cover! ]

Crit fail and 2 degrees of failure, going 13 under the target.

This is going to be interesting

[ Proceeding....]

>>6478960
>Vali accidentally got into the chair

>>6478964
Oh well shame to lose the chair, but it is what it is.

>>6478968

We have our tank damage available.

>>6478968
Nah that's per mission and we used it already again the yanmee queen.

>>6478970

Welp, let's just hope it just gets banged up.

At least a wrecked Prophet's chair is still good?

And what was occupying most of your immediate thoughts at the moment was the mechanical throne of the Covenant Minister. You knew it was equipped with integrated weapon systems. You recognized a few of the runes and characters on the control panels, they were close or identical to a number of symbols that show up on Covenant energy weapons and their sights. You don't know what they mean, but you know their presence means there's a weapon and now that you've got it out in the sand you can see the ports and creases where the weapons should emerge from. The seat is a bit small for you, but the back is sturdy and wide enough for you to hang off of. Just like when there weren't enough seats on a warthog or there was a scorpion to hitch a ride on.

Hopping up the back, you lean forward to tile the chair forward and lean forward to reach the control panel from the awkward position you'd taken, just as the fort came alive with alarms. Nothing on your motion tracker yet, but you knew when a party was about to start. And it was just common sense to know how to use the weapon you had before taking it to field. This went against every protocol and maxim for field testing unknown gear, but it would make an effective distraction for your team and should be just as an effective means of escape once you got the hang of the controls. This portion of the AAR would probably be a bit light on the details of why exactly you decided to commandeer the enemy VIP's fancy chair and take it out for a joy ride.

And as you figured out the basic movement, acceleration and brake, turning you could accomplish with momentum and throwing your weight around, your hand brushed up against one of the switches in the tightly packed panel under the left arm rest. And suddenly your vision was replaced with a blue white flash of light like the smiting strike from the namesake of your armor. A high voltage electric discharge exploded out of the chair, forming a temporary but strong EMP blast that reached a radius of about six meters. Your suit locked up as the electrocution did the same to the meat inside of it. Muscles tensed and froze and you felt neurons snapping as your train of thought derailed momentarily. Electrocution wasn't anything compared to ASTER or Plasma burns, but it still hurt. And judging from the delay you felt in your heart beat, this security measure would've flash fried an ordinary soldier. MJOLNIR, lived up to its namesake, acting as a wearable faraday cage. And what lightning didn't conduct and shoot down it and got through the inner layer to zap you, well.

You were just that durable that once the self defense EMP died down and the current ceased, that you got back on your feet. You'd been thrown off the back of the Minister's chair, three meters from it and could taste ozone and blood. Your suit was still coming back online, but you had the brute strength to move despite it still being locked up.
Cont

>>6478976

[ Sven-033 AP: Bulwark: Unbreakable and MJOLNIR Armor reduced incoming damage down to Minorly Injured ]

Lifting your arms, you stopped thinking to stop MJOLNIR from having too much of a backlog of nervous signals to go react to and repeat on a delay as it, effectively rebooted as the electromagnetic interface stopped. It started moving, catching up to the moment, thrashing and twitching, and you were focused on not remembering what the non Spartan Testers had happen to them when they put on the MJOLNIR prototypes, clenching your fists, tightening your core and flexing your muscles to resist MJOLNIR's repeat of your electrocution.

"Helvete" You groan through your teeth, flicking your tongue to get the taste of iron and static out of your mouth as your HUD comes back online, and you can see clearly in front of you. And see three Sasquatches, trying to cut you off from the chair. First responders. You crack your neck.

Judging from the weight differences, some of your ammunition cooked and went off. None of the grenades had, thankfully. You mimicked the random, twitches to keep the enemy thinking you were disabled from the shock as they closed in. One placed a hand to their helmet, a very familiar motion, and barked. That probably meant reinforcements. Three would become six, becomes twelve.


>Lunge, draw the energy sword and try to take the head off the Sasquatch calling in more troops (DC 17. +3 Bladebreaker (1/2 brawler), +1 Giant, +1 Plasma Wiz)

>Bounce a grenade off the still sparking chair, and send a Wodenhal hello to behind the Sasquatches (DC 18. +5 Grenadier)

>"Quick Draw" Your shotgun and kneecap the closest Sasquatch and make them your meat shield (DC 16. +2 Jotun, +1 Shotgunner, +2 SQ: Spartan-II)

>[Giant] Kick the still electrified chair at them (DC 17. +1 Giant, +2 SQ: Spartan-II )

>write in option

>>6478977


>"Quick Draw" Your shotgun and kneecap the closest Sasquatch and make them your meat shield (DC 16. +2 Jotun, +1 Shotgunner, +2 SQ: Spartan-II)

Lowest DC and gives us a shield to fight withm probably best after taking that ceitfail.

>>6478977

>"Quick Draw" Your shotgun and kneecap the closest Sasquatch and make them your meat shield (DC 16. +2 Jotun, +1 Shotgunner, +2 SQ: Spartan-II)

That could've been worse.

>>6478977
>>"Quick Draw" Your shotgun and kneecap the closest Sasquatch and make them your meat shield (DC 16. +2 Jotun, +1 Shotgunner, +2 SQ: Spartan-II)
Well no more joy ride, guess we have to go old fashion and very much survive the chaos we are about to make. We are on foot and without the chair weapons at our disposal. We have our share of loot from the Tower. Might be damaged with that electruction. Well at least we know Minister chairs can do that now.

Goodbye chair that might just blow up. Aquire a Meat shield, a solid meat wall to use. Maybe this soldier even survives for us to bring home, consolation prize. We just need to create some chaos here mot face the entire garrison + ceremonial guards that are running below to the tower entrance. And then get either inside the innie warthog or the innie scarab that our Spartans bros will drive out of that garage. Funny thing i wonder if Mike is capable of telling the Gas balls to follow their newly aquired vehicles. Probably no. Its not exactly in his cards to learn and talk a complete different language on the spot. Maybe he can mimick the intent well enough though.

>>6478985
Might still be able to keep the chair and forerunner artifacts are pretty sturdy.

>>6478977
>Lunge, draw the energy sword and try to take the head off the Sasquatch calling in more troops (DC 17. +3 Bladebreaker (1/2 brawler), +1 Giant, +1 Plasma Wiz)
How embarrassing.

>>6478988
Depends when our Spartan bros arrive with warthog and scorpion. But the current arcs still coming out of said chair, dont inspire confidence, maybe it was an ultimate kind of weapon and not a repeteable one so that button might have it explode in even more arcs. Who knows.

I don't mind throwing it inside the scorpion when it arrives. But we might be a tad too occupied. That Brute has already talked in his helmet prior to options. So things are not going has we want.


Forerunner artifacts are sturdy, but not indestructable. With the garrison coming in we are about to face high rates of firepower. Those artifacts are currently just in a loot bag.

Anyway i think we will have to go for some brutalities next turn on some of this brutes soldiers. The Boogeyman kind, nothing else. Need that "undead demon" aura right about now. And we need to make fear and terror for win here, too many numbers, need theatrics.

We probably have 4-6 combat turns before our bros arrive with the two innie-huragok modified vehicles suddenly bringing their firepower and temporarily ending the engagement we are about to have with the fort garrison and possibly ceremonial guards. The situation is about to get spicy what with Gikirbus, Teckyis and Kestidion being here. They are the smartest Sasquatches on this world, so they can give a good command. If they are fast enough partecipate even in combat.

Well Gik and Teck are very smart, Kesti so-so. He is not a "CHARGE!!" captain like Cossuzeus though, so he has some brains. Maybe they are still on the potential prisoner platter. So thats a silverlining here, i don't mind fighting has many aliens has this fort holds if they show their faces to us again.

Afterwards well, we will be out of the fort. So Vali can start his magic, and we can go to the ex black site multi project lab LZ.

Though it will not end there. While we have started EVAC and bring loot up/our stuff up (like all the TYPHON vehicles) operations i recon those are not entirely completed yet. Afterall while we are here, Kurt and Jai are occupied in a dig site freeing human slaves, and Nesta is occupied in making sure those civilian spaceships can move and be ready. So we aren't greenlighted for fully leave just yet.

Depending on how things go here we might have some pursuers, and thus a last battle/combat session at the LZ.

404 those covenant air vehicles we took in the Covenant Garage and used in Jamshid are being brought home ? Should be or correct me if i am wrong. We have X number of civilian spaceships and Reaper Spirit/Dog House (which unload in the Skidbladnir) for bring things home in terms of capacity sobwe have space even with the combined civilians+guerilla forces load.

>>6479007
Well, Gray team and Nesta flew Banshees to Jamshid

>>6479101
Hmm, oh well. Yeah, for the infiltration of the air nest. It is what it is; we still found a lot of stuff and might get away with more.

>>6478977
>"Quick Draw" Your shotgun and kneecap the closest Sasquatch and make them your meat shield (DC 16. +2 Jotun, +1 Shotgunner, +2 SQ: Spartan-II)

>>6478977
>Lunge, draw the energy sword and try to take the head off the Sasquatch calling in more troops (DC 17. +3 Bladebreaker (1/2 brawler), +1 Giant, +1 Plasma Wiz)
I don't want to deal with wrestling a Brute ontop of the other two.

Going to aim to update later in the day today. If something comes up, I'll try to warn you guys ahead of time. Just sleepy atm

>>6479338
Np have a good nap

Worried I may be coming down with food poisoning

>>6479450
you should go up with poisoning the food in response.

>>6479450
You know the drill. Get it out of you as fast as you can and get plenty of water in you after.

>>6478977
>>Lunge, draw the energy sword and try to take the head off the Sasquatch calling in more troops (DC 17. +3 Bladebreaker (1/2 brawler), +1 Giant, +1 Plasma Wiz)

bruh is the qm curse real or what

>>6479450
...ok. Stay safe, please. It's not the first time you told us...

[ Rebooting...Monitor 404TormentedCache, back online]

feeling better

4 Votes to make a meat shield

3 Votes to use the energy sword

Very close vote, but shotgunning out a Brute's leg and using them as cover wins it by 1

[ Decision made ]
[ Please roll 1d20+5. DC 16. Bo3]

>>6479451
Gikirbus ass response

>>6479499
>>6479504
It was on me this time, cause I took a chance with some chicken I had in the fridge.

Rolled 20 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>6479574

>>6479581
Nice recovery.

>>6479581
[ Warning! Warning! General warning in place! Preferred candidate has achieved a critical success! ]

Critical success, and 9 over target, one away from getting an additional success

[ Proceeding...]

Rolled 2 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>6479581
oh nice

rolling to see how I'd have done

One of the Sasquatches takes the initiative. Big frame, exaggerated musculature. Must give them confidence. Clearly the leader of the trio, fed better. Shame the extra nutrients didn't go to their brains, cause they forgot one of the maxims of the battlefield in approaching you with their firearm lowered. Confirm the kill before getting close to an injured combatant.

The moment they step over the invisible line you drew with your mind's eye, your twitching hand snaps to action. One blinding movement, you reach behind your back, "Quick Drawing" your M45E Shotgun, swinging it up by its stock and firing mid arc. You see the white of the alien's eyes as Quad Ought Shot pulverizes their knee cap as they reach out to grab your shoulder. And before they can react or even scream, you finish the flip, slamming the shotgun directly into their jaw, stunning them if the loss of one of their legs wasn't enough. Lunging forward, you sweep their brutalized leg and drag them down to your level, snaking an arm around their throat and clinching it. A wrestling move you'd practiced and perfected against your fellow Spartans. Choking them, you move behind them and hold them up.

His two friends move, slow motion as Spartan Time kicks in. One hesitates to open fire, the other grin's sadistically as he aims center of mass on his on ally and pulls the trigger. You mark them as the bigger threat and swing the barrel of your shotgun around. Ducking down and raising your shoulder to protect yourself from any shrapnel or stray fire as the Covenant brute opens fire on your and your thrashing meat shield, roaring and charging. The second joins, a step behind, raising their crude gun and forgetting that their buddy is between it and their target. Cold Blooded.

You feel the impact through your volunteer cover, and pull the trigger as the one that was a little too quick to give up their pal for dead tries to duck and dodge to the left. The 8 Gauge spat out by your gun shreds his size and feeling the struggles of your shield already weakening you kick them forward, propelling them at their stumbling friend who stabbed them in the back. The third leaps and rolls to avoid getting caught in the pile up. You rack the shotgun one handed and without taking your eyes off of the last active threat, fire it directly against the temple of the Sasquatch caught under your discarded meat shield.

They roll and lunge to their feet, eyes hard focused as they pull their trigger, aiming center mass. Good practice, unfortunately for them, they forgot to count their magazine. The expression on their faces tells you they only realized they needed to reload when they heard the click.

You twist your shoulders and charge, they toss their empty gun and raise their arms up, in a bear like stance as they counter charge, and manage to grab hold of the barrel of your shotgun and twist it away before you can pull the trigger.
Cont

>>6479593

They lose a chunk of their helmet and the ear under it for their trouble

But you weren't aiming to blow their head off. One of their paws were occupied. And you were right where you wanted to be, within arms reach of them. They slump, as a bright blue glow pours out of their back, as the you activate the energy sword and deploy it right against their gut. Freeing it with a kick, you deactivate it and cycle your shotgun, putting a new shell in its chamber as you roll your shoulders and shake off the last of the "Static" that had been stuck in your armor.

This bought you some breathing room, but you couldn't unkick the hornet's nest, and the alarms were still blaring. More Covies would be here soon, out for blood.

[ Current Successes in Combat: 3. +1 Critical Success, +1 5 Over Target, +1 Success ]

>Contact Reaper Spirit and change your plans from rendezvousing with your team in the garage, and hold position. (DC 22. +5 Bulwark, +1 UA Attachments, +1 Shotgunner)

>Clear a path through the fort, with what some might call the excessive deployment of explosive ordinance (DC 20. +5 Grenadier)

>Abandon the chair, grab the loot on it and clear as much ground as you can before you have to engage

>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

>Write in option

>>6479594

>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

We've already invested this much into taking this thing. Sunk cost fallacy but it's still too good a haul to abandon.

>>6479594
>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

>>6479574

Yeah, never take a chance with chicken.

>>6479594

>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

We want that chair and we recovered amazingly with the 20 willing to try again.

>>6479594
>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

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>>6479980

>>6479594
>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)
Get away from our loot you FUCKING XENOS

>>6479574
Doesn't sound reassuring. Dont gamble with your stomach.

>>6479594
>>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)
Sure lets try it
>Write in option
>Quickly cut off the head of the corpse of a brute soldier, and grab it by its fur. You have an idea [Boogeyman/Grenadier].
Time for the undead demons to rise from the shadows.

>>6479594
>>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

>>6479594
>>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

god damn dirty apes cant let us get some fat loot and leave got to make it hard

>>6479594
>Put a Navmarker on the grav chair's position, and engage the enemy on your own terms (DC 20. +3 Infiltrator, +3 Bladebreaker)

muh chair.

[ Rebooting...Monitor 404TormentedCache, Back online ]

9 Votes to Fight the Enemy on your terms
L
+ 1 vote to do Boogeyman things

Sven-033 is going to bring the fight the Covenant

[ Decision made ]
[ Please roll 1d20+6. DC 20. Bo3 ]

>>6479631
I love the expression on this Blood Raven.

Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>6479980

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>6479980

Rolled 7 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>6479980

>>6479982
>>6479983
>>6479984

It's a success and we didn't crit fail. Good enough.

>>6479982
[ Success ! ] [/blue ]

Three over target

[ Proceeding... ]

And they'd get it, but you'd decide the terms. Placing a NAVmarker on the chair, you sweep your eyes over and scan your surroundings and go through a few mental exercises to figure out how use it to your advantage, one rapid fire idea after another as the bases' alarm gets louder and louder. Out in the open, exposed, there's no immediately apparent solution. No readily available cover. No blindspots to take advantage of to launch an ambush from. No nooks, crannies or alleys. But that's thinking three dimensional. Any ship captain who earned the right and rank to command one a UNSC warship, knows that only thinking in flat planes gets people killed. So, you consider the Z axis as well as X & Y. And that expands your options.

Its a bad habit that some soldiers get, after they've had one or two fire fights or that never gets beaten out of them in training. Something that elite units and special forces are aware of, and take advantage of. Something you learned to exploit to Hel and back in Basic. And that is that when the threat is right in front of someone, even a trained soldier, they lack the instinct to look up. And you're nothing if not an excellent climber.

You run to the wall and scale it, there's a blindspot created by one of the power cables running up from the Plasma Batteries to the top of the tower. Not a comfortable position, with the heat generated by it and the bass generated by it, but it keeps you hidden. You pull yourself up with the climbing hooks, and keep one hand on the depowered grip of the energy sword you looted, and wait. Activity on the motion tracker. A group of four Unggoy scuttle out, waving their plasma pistols and firing a few shots as they jabber and bark, and then stop, confused. One jumps, shrieking as they step on the three terminated Sasquatches, firing off a round. One of the other smacks them on the back of their head, as they circle around the chair, looking around, scanning their surroundings, clearly on edge and expecting some scary monster to leap out and gobble them up.

They look everywhere but up. More activity. Red dots. Jiralhanae...minors you think you remember being the correct designation of the Covie's internal rank. Barely armored. Three more of them. Your eyes narrow, fingers stroking the metallic grip on your hip. But you keep waiting, as one of them kicks one of the four Unggoy away and boldly approaches the artifacts you rightfully stole. You wait as they begin rooting around the satchel, grunting in confusion as they lift up a bag of loot instead of a dead or incapacitated Worm Priest.

You wait.

Bingo. Big fish arrived. Blue armor, accompanied by one more Minor Sasquatch, barking orders, reminds you of an officer fresh out of the academy. You push away from the wall. And take flight.

He doesn't look up, as you land ontop of him, Energy Sword activated and thrust through their back. If that didn't kill him, your full weight crushing down on him from his shoulders would.
Cont

>>6479990

The minor at his side, moves, lunging at you out of reflex. You swing the still thrumming energy sword through the sand and blind them with a splash of molten glass as you steal a maneuver from the Splitjaw Swordmaster's repertoire and pirouette, turning around them, shoulder to shoulder as they stumble, firing a shot off blindly as they paw and scratch at their now useless eyes. You stand to your full, imposing height as the three other Brutes turn around, raising their own guns as the Hunchbacks they sent in first to die tremble, starring at you like you were the grim fucking reaper themself.

Might as well be

"Boo" You said, and the four smaller aliens scatter, running and screaming in four different directions as you lift the blue silver sword, shimmering with barely contained heat to your chest in a fencing guard.

[ Current Successes in Combat: 4.]
[ Sven-033 is Minorly Injured, rest of Violet Team: Uninjured ]
[ Enemies to Beat, currently: 3 Jiralhanae Minors. Morale decreasing ]


>Lunge forward, firmly grasping the initiative and moving to terminate the threat (DC 18. +3 Bladebreaker, +1 Enemy Morale is low]

>With their eyes on the sword, stick the one in the center with a Plasma Grenade (DC 16. +5 Grenadier, +1 Plasma Wiz)

>[Maverick] "Fall back", leading them to chase after you and grab one of those plasma batteries and launch it at them (DC 17. +1 Giant, +2 Jotun, +2 No one expects a plasma coil to the face,)

>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)

>write in option

>>6479992

>With their eyes on the sword, stick the one in the center with a Plasma Grenade (DC 16. +5 Grenadier, +1 Plasma Wiz)

Let's keep it simple.

>>6479992
>With their eyes on the sword, stick the one in the center with a Plasma Grenade (DC 16. +5 Grenadier, +1 Plasma Wiz)

>>6479992
>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)
Ravage enemy morale early on.

>>6479992
>>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)
Fear

>>6479992
>[Maverick] "Fall back", leading them to chase after you and grab one of those plasma batteries and launch it at them (DC 17. +1 Giant, +2 Jotun, +2 No one expects a plasma coil to the face,)
introduce them to human dodgeball

>>6479992
>>With their eyes on the sword, stick the one in the center with a Plasma Grenade (DC 16. +5 Grenadier, +1 Plasma Wiz)

>>6479992
>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)

Psyche them up to give us an opening to steal the chair.

>>6479992
>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)

"Look horrors of war!"

>>6479992
>>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)

Might be late with today's update.

>>6480337
np

>>6479992
>With their eyes on the sword, stick the one in the center with a Plasma Grenade (DC 16. +5 Grenadier, +1 Plasma Wiz)

Sorry. Update is going to be delayed a bit longer, been in bed all day with a nasty flu that came out of nowhere. Feeling better now, but I don't know how long that'll last. If it does the wait won't be that long, but I've got a headache from how much I've been coughing and sneezing, atm.

>>6480592

All good, take care of yourself, 404.

qm curse continuing into halloween, spooky

>>6480592
>>6480611
bring new meaning to ONI spook thats for sure

>>6480592
No problem just rest in this spooky spoppy day.

>>6479992
>>With their eyes on the sword, stick the one in the center with a Plasma Grenade (DC 16. +5 Grenadier, +1 Plasma Wiz

>>6479992

>[Boogeyman] Ignore them and use the blinded Sasquatch as a prop for a bit of one the ground psych warfare (DC 22. +6 Bulwark, +1 UA attachments)