Ariadne Guardpost 3: "the Origins"

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  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited December 2003
    <span style='color:purple'>*Stares at the thing that materialized behind Gwahir*
    "What the HELL is that thing?"
    [Attempts to grab a shotgun off the ground if its close by and then shoot at the thingy]</span>
    <b>Terran, you might know what a draug is from reading sparks fanfic, but our characters dont, remember? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Oh and btw Bill, OOC text is bolded in this thread :x</b>

    Edited to correct a typo
  • Night_ShadeNight_Shade Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14985Members, Constellation
    edited December 2003
    <span style='color:green'>"What the f--k is that!!?"
    *kicks a shotgun over to Khaim if he can't reach one, then [opens fire with his HMG at the draug], moving around Gwahir to get a better shot if he's in the way*
    "GET DOWN!"
    *still firing*</span>
    <!--QuoteBegin--Gwahir+last page--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ last page)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->One thing I've noticed throughout this RPG is that xect is throwing action into your faces, most people act like nothing is happening...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <b>So far nothing WAS happening, we had an invisible something in the hangar with us, and no commander to drop us a scanner sweep. So I made the suggestion.</b>
  • PFCNublarPFCNublar Join Date: 2003-04-23 Member: 15792Members
    <b>The AI that talked to us said something about them. That's why my character knows. I haven't been keeping up on 343's RPG, forgive me <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.

    Hmm...no FF and a Draug standing behind Gwahir. If those mechs fire on it, Ghawir's gonna get a couple of new ones ripped in him <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->.</b>
  • Night_ShadeNight_Shade Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14985Members, Constellation
    <b>Keeping you in one piece is proving to be quite a challenge!</b>
    Yet more zany OpFor misquotations... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    <span style='color:gray'><b>*Pushes Gwahir down*

    [Fires at the Ugly Draug]

    "Hehe THIS!"</b></span>
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    edited December 2003
    <span style='color:gray'>*Gwahir twists around into a kneeling position while being pushed down by spin*
    "Not good!"
    [Gwahir lets off 3 shells]</span>

    Lets say potential action then
    I mean there was already gunfire... most didn't respond.

    edit: Just a note, my name isn't spelled Ghawir, it's Gwahir
  • xectxect Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
    edited December 2003
    <b>Just thought about something. What about those characters whose players don't act in one go, do they just not exist at that time, or do we just have them do some natural action, like firing at whatever enemy is near?

    Oh, and another thing. It's hard for me to keep track of weapons, so if you could write your weapon in the brackets, it'd make things a lot easier for me <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--></b>

    <ul>
    <li>Night Shade: <span style='color:green'>[Night Shade fires the HMG towards the creature. Only a few bullets hit, but they seem to ricochet off the skin that is obviously far from as soft as it looks]</span>
    <li>Khaim: <span style='color:purple'>[Khaim picks up the shotgun that Shade passes to him, and fires at the Draug. Hits it a few times, but the bullets just seem to bounce off]</span>
    <li>Gwahir: <span style='color:gray'>[The first two shells hit the creature, but don't seem to really get through the skin. For the third, however, Gwahir hammers the shotgun into the stomach of the creature just when the gun goes off, and a loud crack is heard as the full impact of the shell launches the creature backwards, slamming it into wall where the shimmer first appeared]</span>
    <li>Darkness: <i><span style='color:orange'>[]</span></i>
    <li>Terran: <span style='color:red'>[Strafes over to the side, but never gets far before the creature is slammed into the wall. Fires at the flying creature, and puts a few bullets in it after it hits the wall. They seem to spark the armor, like it was a solid metal box. The draug screams from several of the best impacts though.]</span>
    <li>Draug: <span style='color:BB6622'>[The draug jumps and slashes at Gwahir's neck, but the blade never has time to reach the neck before Gwahir's shot hits it. Screams and gets up. The draug then disappears again, but this time, the shimmer is obvious. The air seems like some sort of gas is floating around, and the outline can faintly be recognized. It's visible enough that seeing it's position is easy. It starts moving towards you again]</span>
    <li>SpinViper: <b><span style='color:gray'>[Spinviper fires at the draug, but the shots seem to pass through as if the creature was only the gas it seems to be.]</span></b>
    <li>Richter Grim: <b><span style='color:blue'>[The grenades act like they hit nothing, rolling over the floor and exploding with large crashes behind the Draug]</span></b>
    <li>Mechs: <span style='color:AAAADD'>[The mechs, having been caught unawares by the attack from behind, turn to shoot all they have at the gas-like form. They hit as little as everyone else who've had a try, though their large weapons make them miss with huge and unmistakeable style.]</span>
    <li>Headcrab: <span style='color:white'>[]</span>
    </ul>
  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <b>I'm going to assume that there wasnt a shotgun near enough by to grab scince xect put </b><span style='color:purple'>[]</span><b> for me.</b>
    <span style='color:purple'>"Holy CRAP that thing is crazy! Its got armor like an onos, the speed of a fade, and the cloaking skills of a skulk, Whats next? Lerks that relocate to cliffs?"(just had to throw that in there <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->)
    [Tries to franticly grab any weapon nearby to cover against the draug.]</span>
  • xectxect Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
    edited December 2003
    <b>Whoops, messed that up. Seriously need to pay more attention, will edit you in <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
  • Lord_DarknessLord_Darkness Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14685Members
    <span style='color:orange'><i>*quickly gets to feet as the draug materialised the first time, grabs a nearby shotgun and opens fire just as it flys across the room and dissapears*
    "What the hell happened to it? It's like it doesn't even exist when its in that form?"</i>
    <b>"Anthony, hook the PDA up to the diagnostic panel of one of the mechs. I should be able to get in and control it from there."</b>
    <i>"Okay, let's hope it workes."
    [runs towards nearest mech and plugs the PDA into the diagnostic panel on its back]</i></span>
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    <span style='color:gray'>"This is exciting"
    *Gwahir rubs at his back where he was attacked*
    "A little too exciting, but we can't shoot it, what works on it. Ceanj, what do you know about these things? What works when they're in this form."</span>
  • xectxect Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
    edited December 2003
    <i>"Well, those Draug are very troublesome, the experiments went far and wide, and they have made many different forms of them. This one, if I'm not mistaken, is able to partly blink, turning it ethereal. I'm not sure much works on it but to wait for it to show weakness. However, I <u>think</u> it can't attack you either, or I don't know why it would even turn visible in the first place. The fact that you hurt it so badly seems to indicate it's not one of the strongest ones though. The ones that are coming with 343 are much worse, both because they look so humanlike and because their minds are so diabolical. I believe they have even managed to convince 343, because she's not answering on my attempts to contact her at all. Still trying to avoid it, but it seems we've got her as an enemy for good"</i>
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    <span style='color:gray'>*The feeling in the back of Gwahir's mind gets stronger, something definately strange is going on here.*</span>
  • PFCNublarPFCNublar Join Date: 2003-04-23 Member: 15792Members
    edited December 2003
    <span style='color:red'><span style='font-family:courier'>
    "Oh, so you wanna play like that, huh? Can't take much of this can you!"
    *pats/beats chest*
    "Little wuss, go on! Get out of here! Run back to your little hivemind!"
    *reloads rifle but still keeps it trained on the floating figure*
    *opens up an open radio channel to the squad so the Draug can't hear me*
    "So...more of them? Tougher than this? Hehe...we're gonna need some help...yea. Are those IPs up yet?"
    *mech rounds start pinging/ricocheting all around the area*
    "Hey! Cease fire! Cease fire! Christ, those mechs are gonna kill us, not those Draug things."
    </span></span>

    <b>Oh right. My weapon: TSA LMG M92A1 4.7mm +1
    It's the custom model that BrigaderWolf released on the Modeling Forums. I like it for the full length battle rifle goodness <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.</b>
  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <span style='color:purple'>"Well I duno how much I can do without my legs guys, but at least I can still crack any computers ya find, maybe I can hack into the CC and use that for ya."
    [Pulls out his PDA and attempts to hack into the command interface over the dock and drop a scan]</span>
    <b>Weapon: Standard shotgun
    Other stuff: My heavily modified PDA with some assorted wires and a nice pointy knife... a pistol too.</b>
  • Night_ShadeNight_Shade Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14985Members, Constellation
    edited December 2003
    <b>Weapon: HMG, pistol, knife.
    Other gear: Medical kit.</b>
    <span style='color:green'>"Shee-it. We barely put a dent in that thing. And with level three weapons, too. Anybody hurt?"
    *keeps his HMG pointed squarely at the cloud of Draug, ready to [fire if it materialises again]*</span>
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    <span style='color:gray'>"Only what little pride I had left"
    [reloads shotgun]</span>
  • Night_ShadeNight_Shade Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14985Members, Constellation
    <span style='color:green'>*chuckles*
    "Hey Khaim, while you're there, why don't ya give Ceanija a link to the chair?"</span>
  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <span style='color:purple'>"Hell no, I'm not giving a strange AI command access... Er wait, Ceanija already has the CC link, oh well."
    [Continues hacking the CC interface]</span>
  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    <b>Weapons: Soon 2 be modifed HMG, Welder, Knife.

    Other Gear: Spare Weapon Parts

    <span style='color:gray'>*throws hmg to terran*

    "Hey terran, can you do anything for this HMG? My LMG seems to be fried and I'm lazy.."</b></span>
  • Mr_HeadcrabMr_Headcrab Squee&#33;~ Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9392Members, Constellation
    <span style='color:white'> *Ed, since he had no line of sight, refrained from firing*
    "Ok, im seriously scared"
    *Ed Holds Wynona at the ready*
    "Im Begging whoever's in the com chair, Unlock me so i can unleash the Francium cored Goodness to our gracious hosts"</span>

    <b>Weapon: Eurasian Arms Manufacturing: FAMA-P9.0, Named "Wynona", Think a lovechild between a LMG and a Gauss Cannon</b>
  • Night_ShadeNight_Shade Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14985Members, Constellation
    <b>Go wynona! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Armour-piercing francium flechettes. Wouldn't want to be on the business end. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> *splat*</b>
  • Lord_DarknessLord_Darkness Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14685Members
    edited December 2003
    <span style='color:orange'><i>*with the PDA plugged into the mech, I activate the PDAs electromagnet to keep it from falling off the back of the mech while Merc uploads herself into it, I move out to keep my shotgun trained on the ethereal draug*
    "Let's hope Merc can get control of that thing, I don't think those combat AI's they've got now are very bright."</i></span>
    <b>Forgot weapons:
    Shotgun, recently aquired
    Akimbo P229 pistols
    Knife
    5th dan blackbelt in Hapkido (if that can count as a weapon)</b>
  • xectxect Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
    <ul>
    <li>Khaim: <span style='color:purple'>[Manages to bypass the system and scan the area, but strangely enough, it does not seem to change anything. The Draug doesn't become more visible.]</span>
    <li>Gwahir: <span style='color:gray'>[reloads shotgun]</span>
    <li>Darkness: <i><span style='color:orange'>[Darkness plugs the PDA into the back of the mech, and tries to take it over. However, the mech A.I. does not seem to agree, and rejects the transfer immidiately]</span></i>
    <li>SpinViper: <b><span style='color:gray'>[Throws his LMG to Terran]</span></b>
    <li>Terran: <span style='color:red'>[grabs the LMG]</span>
    <li>Draug: <span style='color:BB6622'>[The cloud of shimmering air moves quickly closer. Suddenly, it accellerates to high speed, and the shape of the creature appears flying through the air towards Gwahir. Gwahir is knocked down and his helmet meets the floor with a loud CRASH. The draug rolls on along the floor.]</span>
    <li>Mechs: <span style='color:AAAADD'>[This time, the mechs aren't caught with their backs on. Tracking the cloud all the way towards Gwahir, they issue quick beeps as the Draug rolls over the floor, and then starts shooting. Bullets start raining on the draug and ricochet into the walls behind. A huge rocket launches from one of the mechs, flying in front of the Draug and steering right into it. The draug is propelled towards the back wall.]</span>
    <li>Headcrab: <span style='color:white'>[With a humming voice, you hear Wynona switching ammunition after being authorized for hazardous ammo]</span>
    <li>Richter Grim: <b><span style='color:blue'>[]</span></b>
    <li>Night Shade: <span style='color:green'>[Just after the mechs fire, Night Shade's HMG shoots at the creature flying towards the wall. Don't hit much with the draug flying through the air though]</span>

    </ul>
  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <span style='color:purple'>*Looks at the fallen draug*
    "Is it... Dead?"
    [Shoots a bullet from his pistol at it]
    "Whatever that thing is we got it, hell, we got through W.T. Hell and A second infestation of the new aliens(Could we give the AA2 ship a name please? :x) Heck, as far as I know we're the only squad to successfully take on the new kharaa type, so I guess that makes us the best of the best then or something?"</span>
  • Richter_GrimRichter_Grim Join Date: 2003-10-19 Member: 21782Members, Constellation
    <b><span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:blue'> "More like lucky, Khaim. These things will require us to change our tacticle doctrine. Be ready for anything guys."

    *Looks twoards the fallen alien* "Man that thing is ugly."

    [If it twitches, dumps 4 grenade rounds in a box pattern around it]

    "Ok, Khaim. See if you can get us a scanner sweep of the ship. I want to know what we're up against."

    *Eats a few of his remaining jelly beans*

    "I hope they have some jelly beans on board somewhere...."

    </span></span></b>
  • xectxect Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
    <i>When the Draug hits the wall, it gets up quickly. Stumbles a bit and fades away again. This time, however, it's shape is clearly visible.</i>
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    edited December 2003
    <span style='color:gray'>*gets up off the ground*
    "What does it take to kill this thing!"
    [fires off an exploratory shell, hoping that previous damage will allow the alien to be hit]</span>
  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <span style='color:purple'>"Now that is just screwed up.."
    [Grabs his PDA again and starts activating the turrets around the room and switching them to manually target the Draug.]
    "Damn turrets weren't even shooting the thing, maybe they weren't registering it as a hostile, going to set them to manual if the system lets me..."</span>
  • PFCNublarPFCNublar Join Date: 2003-04-23 Member: 15792Members
    <span style='color:red'><span style='font-family:courer'>
    "I don't know. I can't really do much out here. Especially with a lot of evil aliens flying around that apparently don't die."
    *takes the weapon apart and removes a part from the motherboard of the weapon*
    "Eh...I removed the failsafe that is active. The weapon will now fire a lot faster, but it won't stop so your gonna have to keep track. If the weapon explodes...eh...I wasn't responsible."
    *puts the weapon back and hands it to Spin*
    *hears all the shooting and watches the show*
    "Umm...if this 'weaker' alien doesn't die to what looks like a glancing hit from a light anti-tank round, what makes you think 40mm anti-personnel grenades will kill it? We need like...like...siege turrets, maybe?"
    *looks as the creature fades away and more rounds start hitting it*
    "Meh..."
    *opens fire with my rifle in 5-round bursts*
    </span></span>
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