Ariadne Guardpost post-Xect vacation posts

SilentMurderer · July 2003

"I'll take Terran back to base*
*Walks up to him*
"It's gonna be alright buddy"
*Sees that Terran is almost asleep again*
"Wake up darnit!"
*Slaps him over the face*
"WAKE UP!!"

"Comm, listen to crabby! All the men that died here, died with honour, BUT THEY WERE TOO YOUNG!"
*Tear falls down chin*
"If i- i- if i won't be able to take down there hive, I'M GONNA ORDER A freaking NUKE UP HERE! AND IF YOU DON'T GET A TRANSPORT UP HERE UNDER THAT TIME, WE'LL ALL DIE, WITH HONOUR, EXCEPT FOR... You..."

pEnGuiN_gab · July 2003

*Grabs Crab.*
"What the hell are you doing? We still have a chance to turn this around before we blow the ship and everyone else to smithereens. Give me a packet of C4. I'll try to bomb the hive. Whether or not it costs me my life. If I don't succeed, then you go ahead and blow the ship up."
*sighs*
"A few good men had given their lives for this cause, I'm going to avenge them. I don't want everyone here to die, better one than all."
*chuckles nervously*
"At least if I go down, I go down a hero.. right? ...."

I don't think xect would be very happy of you guys blowing up the ship in his absence. haha

SilentMurderer · July 2003

"Penguin... How old are you? Exactly... I'll do it, i don't have any family anyways... Crabby, can you get me a c4? Pray for me.... And Night, and Terran, and Lucid! PRAY FOR US ALL AND THAT WE WILL DEFEAT THE KHARAA SOME DAY!"

pEnGuiN_gab · July 2003

"21..joined the TSA when I was 18. Hey, we can turn this from a suicide mission into a coordinated attack. I cover you along with anyone who was to join us and you plant the bomb. Then we get the hell out of there. Could work."

SilentMurderer · July 2003

"No! Listen, if we all go, then we all might die! If one go, he might die on the road. One of you will follow me.Not you Penguin, 21 years mean that you have your whole life in front of you...So who's with me!?"

spinviper · July 2003

*GRABS HOLD OF SILENT* "SHUT UP SILENT!!" "NO ONE HERE IS GOING ON A SUICIDE MISSION" *Throws him to ground* *Enters info for Gl grens in armoury* *Sets a timer on each of em* *puts them in pocket*
"Dont worry about an onos, I will handle it" *Phases to were terran is* *sees him going to sleep* *Shakes him* "Dont go to sleep while your teammates are dying ****!" *Phases back* "Another one bites the dust!"

Click that ----> <a href='http://www.cscentral.com/fun/flash/bites_dust.php' target='_blank'>Another one bites the dust</a>

TiberRaptor · July 2003

Jesus people, this story has accelerated quite fast. When xect comes back he'll probably cancel it for sure. People, stop going suicidal and heroic, we have taken one hive via siege, if they had two hives before that, now they only have one, and if they had three, chances are they don't have onoses yet anyway, and they will never get them. Instead of being stupid and everyone wanting to die for the cause (which would leave us nowhere) I suggest you all find "hope" and embrace it. We can still "win" this rpg without everyone dying, or scuttling the ship.

"Men, for Christ's sake, pull yourselves together!"
*Wipes fade's brain matter off his shoulders and face*
"We just stopped a fade assault, and one of their hives is toasted. Have a little hope will you? We still have a chance."
*Grimaces as the commander's voice screeches in his ear*
*Takes off headset*
"Comm has gone a little psycho on us, but what can I say - its a tough job, and people are dying. Do any of you feel qualified to take his place? I doubt it, we're all greenies here, and Crab, I don't think you are authorized. After all, this is a military operation now." 

This insubordination is reminiscent of "Aliens". 

 "Does anyone have a plan that doesn't involve martyrdom, or blowing up of anything but aliens and hives??"

spinviper · July 2003

"Heres what i think" "We siege the other hive or JP hmg/ HA hmg their hive!"

pEnGuiN_gab · July 2003

Yeah but whats this talk about blowing up the ship haha.

"Ok... If you say so. Throw me a HMG."

Bogglesteinsky · July 2003

an hmg???

we dont have them

"You honestly think we stopped the fades? Think about it. that roar you heard was not another skulk. they will be back, and we had better not be here when they do"

(that whole thing about C4 and blowing things up was soooooooooo CS. stop it)

PFCNublar · July 2003

*wakes up back at base*
*screams*
"NOOOOOO!!!!! TEDDY BEARS!!!!!!!!!"
*is upright suddenly, gripping CZU like a teddy bear*
*gasping*
"...freaky...very...freaky...err...where am I?"
*hears a loud angry sound near me, screaming a lot of explicatives and is banging on something*
*sees the command chair teetering a bit to the side as the commander is losing it*
*lies back down*
"Medic?"

I think Tiber's right. This is starting to go like the other one, with some heoric actions and such. *cough* Me tackled onos into wall in heavy armor *cough* So, lets try to keep it real. I doubt some 18-21 year old would want to throw away their lives this fast.

BadKarma · July 2003

*Limps over and sits atop the armoury*
"Considering that we held off a major assualt with minor casualties, I wouldnt worry so much. I say personally we actually listen to the comm and stay here and lock this place down. We can wait for the res and the weapons. After that it will be just clean-up."

TiberRaptor · July 2003

You must remember that Headcrab is filling in for xect on comm at the moment, so crab, please do xect justice and don't do anything crazy.

*Puts headset back on*
"Sorry commander. We're having a little argument down here... uhh, its over now"
*Glares at everyone around the room*
"We need some orders. The sieged hive is going down, we've driven back some fades, even killed a few, and four men are back at base, either dead or temporarily incapacitated. I'm not sure about the mental stability of some of the men back here though..."
*Awaits some kind of retort*
"What do you want us to do sir?"

Frosty · July 2003

"Waste of damn ap on the fades"
*Reloads empty revolver with standard*
"Alright Crabs, hold it right there, we need to keep these seiges alive! If we can handle it we guna get smoother sailing. We have not yet reached panic time so calm the hell down."
*If crab doesn't stop, I'm guna pop him on the back of the head with my revolver but*

I'm not a bad GM, and i have little remorse for overly stupid actions, yet I've bean told i dont abuse the powa. so if yall want ill do it, up to yall though

edit Oh and ap are armor peircing, mine are x tiped ones, it concentrates the forve of the bullit onto a smaller area, alowing it to go through armor more efectivly (also nick named cop killers cus they penitrate the vests), then there are the holow tiped, they shater on contact spreading shrapnell in the target, unfortunatly My car cant figure out a way to mod lmg amo without it messing up the ballance and makeing them jam, alot. Oh and i have i think 3 or 4 incendiary shotgun slugs i smuggled in hiddin in my cigar case. Cant get the armory to make em though, doesnt handle the chemicals right.

Marik_Steele · July 2003

Alright, looks like Mr. Headcrab and I are co-DMs then. We've been talking about it behind the scenes, and if you thought the "blow up the ship" plot twist was unexpected, wait 'till you see what happens when you get 2 people's ideas together:


*A bit hastily, the commander pipes in to the headset communicators in everyone's helmet.*
"OK guys, sorry I've been a bit absent-minded lately, but you've got to hear this. Let me patch it through."
**peep* In the tone everyone recognizes from training as being the synthesized female voice of the command chair, it all begins with "Playback commencing"*
_______
"But sir, we just took out a hive more easily than you've ever seen--"
*Your commander is interrupted by a gravelly voice, one you don't recognize.* "I don't want any 'buts,' I want results. I've got my higher-ups too. That stunt you guys pulled will get you a bit of backup, but I'm getting sick of sending men down there when you still haven't been able to tell me what the ship is or what it's doing."
*The swoosh sound of an automatic door is heard. Without pausing the playback, your commander speaks over the playback to you*
"This is the part where I'm pretty sure they forgot to cut me off the communica--" *he stops speaking to let you hear some footsteps, and a new voice speaking.
"Sir, if these mid-battle reports are true, the theories we're coming up with are astounding." *just by the way the voice talks, you can tell it's an R&D boy.* "That subspecies of Kharaa down there are evolving and adapting at much faster than normal levels, too fast for their own good.
*The gravelly voice takes on a slower, more curious tone. "What do you mean? Are you talking about them becoming Fades this early?"
"No, more than that, but you're catching on. The fades were just an indicator. That hive that just got killed--"
_______
*With a click and a "Playback Paused," your commander starts screaming at you*
"Guys, you've got incoming! I think it's only two, but it's moving --"
*before your commander can finish his sentence, a skulk has leapt clear over the turret factory*


There's more where that came from. You'll note the gravelly voice said some backup was possible: that means if anyone made a hasty decision and killed their character with Xect gone, you may be able to jump back in the story next time we get near a phase gate or base -- you'll just have to start from scratch on a new character, since resurrecting your old one is a bit far-fetched. Now hop to it and save your sorry arses so you can hear the rest!
Minor edit for spelling.

SilentMurderer · July 2003

"I, i guess you're right..."
*Sits down*
"I just want to die!"
*Stands up*
*Takes off helmet*
*Unholsters gun*
*Points it to my head*
"..."
*Tears falls down chin*

*Sees skulks running in*
"Oh ****! And i was just about to do it!"
*Shoots at the Skulk*

Mr_Headcrab · July 2003

Marik, thank you, you save me from a lynching <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> 

 *Ed looks at his console, tracing a route with his finger*
"dangit, the remote detonator would be too short and the timer wouldnt give us enough time... scratch that idea..."
*Ed hears calm voice over voicecom, he picks up his earbud and places it back in
"...Fades this early?" Ed r4eaches into his pocket and pulls out aanother stick of gum, he begins to chew and attempts to calm himself down..."Guys, you've got incoming! I think it's only two, but it's moving --". Ed snaps to attention and begins firing at the skulk bounding over the turret factory*

TiberRaptor · July 2003

LOL, now we're getting somewhere. You guys' idea sounds badass

"God damn, don't these f***ers ever give up?!"
*Fires several slugs at the thing*
*Slaps the shotgun full of slugs again*
*Fires*
*Screams frantically*
"Silent, hold together! Put your God damned helmet back on!"

PFCNublar · July 2003

*wakes up after another 30 minute nap*
"This is boring..."
*crawls over to Nights decapitated body*
"I hope I don't violate any ethinic rules doing this..."
*looks around in Night's bag, and finds some bandages, gauze, a splint, and hydrogen perixide*
*cleans wound, cracks the splint in half to make is smaller for my forearm, and then wraps my forearm over with a lot of bandages, backed with gauze*
*forearm is now bandaged and held stiff with a splint*
*maxes out on ammo*
"Well...never thought I'd walk back into hell willingly..."
*steps into the phase gate*

Bogglesteinsky · July 2003

*sees the flash of light*

"welcome back terran, I must say though you chose a bad ti-

*ducks as a skulk leaps over head spins round and then fires a few bullets after it*

Mr_Headcrab · July 2003

I thought that Night got a massive chest wound, possibly survivable, Lucid got decapitated in Starship Trooper style <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

 *Ed contunes to fire as the skulk attempts to withdraw, until TiberRaptor and Boggle's hail of bullets turn it into a smudge on the bulkhead, Ed looks over at Terran*
"I wasnt expecting you back so early"*Ed looks at Terran's arm*" Bleeding seems to have stopped, looks like your gonna pay a visit to medbay, I'd suggest you hea--" *Ed gets cut off by a flying Lerk ramming Ed in the chest, flatting him on his back*

PFCNublar · July 2003

"Hello all. Looks like you've all got it under-"
*sees a lerk dive into Ed*
"Holy!"
*runs up to Ed, brings elbow down on to the little creature with a satisfying crack*
*smacks the dead bird over lifts Ed up*
"Hey, I'll take it that you're ok, Captain. Good luck."
*runs over to Silent*
"Well, you seem to be in a bit of trouble. I'll cover you while you get that helmet and shotgun of yours ready."
*takes a knee, shoulders weapon, then starts to open up with 5 round bursts on targets*

Night_Shade · July 2003

I got hit in the chest by an acid rocket, I'm probably going to die within about 30 mins from fluid loss. Nice to see the ship isn't going to blow up after all, means there might be something for me to come back to after i get back <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
Oh, and Terran, I'm pretty sure I was carrying a spare medpack. You might want to retroactively find it clipped on my belt.

Marik_Steele · July 2003

*Continues to fire at the skulk that leapt over the turret factory*
"Where's the second one? The comm said there was a second one!"



*This skulk is faster than anything you've seen before, but it seems to be doing more leaping than trying to bite people. A few hits catch, but it's much too quick to get a decent shot at. As it leaps away from the group from the way it came, the second skulk appears out of nowhere, dropping from the roof of the hallway...
...and onto the skulk running away. With a yelp of surprize, the escaping skulk in the tangled pair spontaneously combusts, sending the lower half of the other skulk flying over your heads in the process.*
*your commander decides to start talking again now that the coast is clear*
"That explosion couldn't have been intentional. It fits in with the rest of what this R&D boy was saying about 'evolving too quickly for their own good,' though. Ooh! Almost forgot, you guys didn't finish hearing it. Here, I'll back up a few seconds in the recording..." *with another click, it starts back up again*
______
"What do you mean? Are you talking about them becoming Fades this early?"
"No, more than that, but you're catching on. The fades were just an indicator. That hive that just got killed -- the Kharaa have been trying for months to see if it would be better to have a greater variety of species early on with one hive. I'm oversimplifying things, of course, but R&D is starting to think that the hive was trying to communicate the concept of 'The number of hives doesn't matter.' Instead the Kharaa members didn't have enough time to fully adapt to the theory, and understood it as 'This hive doesn't matter.' "
*exitedly* "So you're saying we can take out any others on there with no problem?"
"No, it's worse. The survivors have seen how easily that hive died, and they're assuming it won't work on your particular squad. That'll make them dead-set on going back to the old ways of building hives at all costs, and they're still just as good at adapting quickly. We're expecting a full infestation of that ship at a fairly rapid pace."
"So we pull our boys out of there and that's it."
"No no no no no! We need specimens! Don't you see? This is a perfect example of what we can take to the Origin laboratories, put in a controlled environment, and test over and over. With such quick adaptation, we'll be able to do research on their adaptation techniques that much quicker."
"And how on earth do you expect us to do that? You've seen the reports of how many men I've got left and what condition they're in!"
"Well that's not my job, you're the military specialist. I just know you'll want to find some way to contain it before they consider the area clear of humans and take the whole ship as their own. If that subspecies gets back to the rest of its kind, you'll see the entire race start evolving that quickly, and sooner or later you'll see them doing it without error."
*After not having heard from him for this long, you hear the commander's voice again. This time, it's actually in the playback.* "They lock it for a reason, Civvie, those things are nasty, as you well know."
*bee-oop* "Playback complete"
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"And that's when they realized I was still listening in. I dunno about you guys, but I don't feel like waiting for the infestation to finish. Your primary objective is to do what the R&D boy said and make sure the Kharaa knows that a subspecies that evolves super-fast has a low success rate. There's two things I can think of that'll get the idea across.
First, you can make our R&D boys happy by bringing back something, anything of theirs that's still living. A live Kharaa for us is a big loss to them. Hopefully -- just hopefully -- even if you just do that and go for the escape shuttles, this Kharaa subspecies will be seen as a hive-losing, easily-captured failure to the rest. I have no idea how you'll be able to pull it off, though.
Second, you can go with Civvie and blow the place up -- not a bad idea at all, if you can find a good thing to blow up and an escape when you activate the timer. Don't worry about the timer being too short, it's still an option; I've got ways to activate door switches and elevators from this chair, so if you can wire the bomb up to something I can manipulate, I'll be able to flip the switch whenever you want. But R&D will be crying, and I don't need to mention what order you'll need to do things in if you decide to try to pull off this stunt and the capture.
Either way you'll need a way out. If you can swing by me and have me join you on the way out, I'd be really thankful. But if you want a Commander dropping meds all the way, I'll understand if you have to leave me here to survive the escape run."

*Commander drops a couple medpacks*
"That ought to get you started for now. We've got no long-term plans for this ship, so I figured we could afford it. When you're all done deciding what to do first, let me know. I need to know whether to start putting more energy into scanning around you or overriding security in the zones between you and the ship's reactor core.

Mr_Headcrab · July 2003

"Im glad we're finally seeing Eye to Eye, com."
*Ed looks over his monitor again*
"... Com? can you interface with the security grid foir a second, i got an idea."

LucidReality · July 2003

* a weak voice is heard over the comunications channel.*

"c--om.....I--I--...Need......Me---d.....Pa...c"

*then the sound of heavy breathing.*



Umm, i actually decided id try to stay in. edited post accordingly.

Mr_Headcrab · July 2003

"Lucid? yous still alive?!? Crab, help Lucid out!"
medpacks start falling arround Lucid


 "your damn skippy!"
*Ed runs over to Lucid and applies the medpack to the skulk bites on Lucid's body*
"Im glad first aid is manditory fora pilot's licence..."

Bogglesteinsky · July 2003

You are a pilot now?

"Well. it appears to me we have two choices. we can use an ecsape pod and run away, abandoning the station, or we can hook up some explosives and then run away.

As for the whole evolving too fast thing, it sounds too neat and tidy for my liking. they may actually succeed, and if they do, it would be a disaster for the rest of us. i dont give a damn what R&D boys think, i say we blow this hunk of junk."

Mr_Headcrab · July 2003

Always was a pilot, but had to moonlight as a junior engineer so he didnt have to "walk home", if you catch my drift... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

SilentMurderer · July 2003

"Thank god Lucid! You're alive!"
*Takes one of the medpacks and uses it on lucid's wound*
"Doesn't work very well."
*Takes 2 more med's and uses it, the wound is almost healed*
"Comm, can we get 2-3 more medpacks?"

Ariadne Guardpost post-Xect vacation posts

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