Ariadne Guardpost 3: "the Origins"

xect · January 2004

Yes, a wound in the shoulder. And firing AP rounds into someone's neck doesn't do much less damage, except it's less gory :/

Just then, the "Draug" team comes running around the corner from vent entrance to support the battle against the mechs.

[Nothing around but the cold, bare metal floor and 3 bacterium-blooded humans running to your aid]

Daza4 · January 2004

[Yells]"IF YOU GIVE ME SOME COVERING FIRE I WILL GRAB YOUR WOUNDED AND DO MY BEST TO HELP THEM!!" *Steps around the corner and fires his hmg at the mech*

Khaim · January 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>*I hold my fire as the mech's joints get fused.*
"So what was the big fuss about?"
<"ANY WOUNDED HERE?"> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
*looks around and sees Bill Door*
{Yelling back to him} <["That-- " *gestures at what remains of Gwahir's body* "-- Was Gwahir, 60 seconds ago."]>

PFCNublar · January 2004

<[I don't know. Anyone have a blanket or something to drape over these guys. Really don't think the reinforcements want to see this when they warp in.]>
*faces team*
"Speaking of reinforcements, are those IPs going to start giving men, or are they just there for decor?"
*looks at the mech*
"Say...since we've got all the time in the world, why don't we give this thing a good hacking and turn it over to our side. While Merc works on her mech, we could try and work on this one. Two more mechs are a lot of manpower. After you guys finish hacking this mech, I'll see what I can do for repairs."

Somehow, I get the feeling reinforcements aren't going to start coming through the IPs <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

Gwahir · January 2004

you might get one...

Lord_Darkness · January 2004

I guess that's what I get for trying to play hero. At least I've still got control of Merc. Just so I get this straight, my guy's severely wouned, possibly unconcious, loosing a lot of blood. Man, this is worse than when he got hit by that Onos.
*exits the data port into the mech's system, oblivious to Dark's injury. As I walk in combat programs start running to her from furthur down the hall*
"Oh sh!t."
*pulls out Prankster Bit and Drunken Dims subroutines, one in each hand*
"Let the fireworks begin!"
*releases the Prankster Bit, the highly explosive micro-program races through the air towards the combat programs, I also start firing the Drunken Dims, six green orbs, similar to real world grenades, arc through the air towards the programs[all of which explode at the same time as the bit, right in the programs faces]
Here's hoping my characters sacrifice wasn't in vain. Just so you know what Merc looks like, when she was using the holoprojector on my PDA, she looked like Cortana from Halo, but with much longer hair and a slightly different physique. In the system, where you never see her, she looks like Mercury from TRON 2.0, but the face and hair are the same as here projection.

xect · January 2004

[You manage to blast 4 programs to digital dust. But 8 more take their place. Currently, with the new reinforcements, 10 programs are closing in around you, and the network is flashing with alert signals to all parts of the mech body. Seems like the whole thing is changing, becoming more hostile than it ought to be.]

Corridor team - One of the mechs stop moving, lowering its guns and standing completely immobile, the other raises its guns and fires a volley at you, but hits nothing.

Khaim · January 2004

"Hey, great Idea terran, I'll get right to work on that, scince it can't shoot me."
[Plugs some cords into the mech from his PDA and attempts to take manual control over the mech.]
"It'd be just my luck that it falls over on me and knocks me unconsious again too."

Night_Shade · February 2004

*feels shoulder*
"Damn."
*I quickly duck up and note which mech is still moving and where, then pop back down, [poke my HMG over the cover, and spray it in the mech's general direction]*
<["DAZA!! GO!!"]>

Daza4 · February 2004

*sprints and dives next to night shade*

deaincaelo · February 2004

[shoots the mobile mech in the left leg joint]
<["you guys allright? lets see if we can disable these tin cans."]>

spinviper · February 2004

*helps Khiam with the hacking*

"Two heads are better than one!"

Mr_Headcrab · February 2004

Yay! My color's back!
*Ed nearly soils himself as he sees the AP round tear through Terran's shoulder. Ed Snaps.*
"Darkness!! No!!!" *Ed Stares at the Ceiling, then at the mech.*
"... Night, Get here ASAP, Dark's Lost a lot of blood. And do me a favor. Keep good care of Wynona for me."
[Ed tosses Wynona to the deck, Draws his pistol and bumrushes the operational Mech, hoping to knock it off balance]



 Im not trying to do a Hero, Im trying to buy Shade some time to get to Darkness. Please be gentile...

Night_Shade · February 2004

Wasn't it Dark you shot...?
*I [run out from behind cover, still firing, towards Darkness's prone form, stopping shooting at the last possible instant to grab Darkness by the nearest limb and haul him back to cover]*
"DAMN IT ED, GET DOWN!"

Daza4 · February 2004

<[ Jesus night shade! Get your **** back here i will help ed and terran!]>

xect · February 2004

Just to make one thing clear, so far Venmoch is the only character that has died because of what his player did. So wether or not you're playing hero is your choice, wether or not you live through it is the dice's choice. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

And yeah, it was Dark getting shot. Terran just welded shut a mech in the hanger.

[You see Khaim connect the wires routinely, though a few of the cables goes where you wouldn't have put them. Then the output starts pouring out unto the PDA. They seem to be just random text flowing out at extreme speed, you can't even read what is says because it's scrolling so fast. Then Khaim starts punching in commands. First he changes the targets for some internal operations, then he logs in using the standard login form and, quite surprisingly, the mech accepts.]

[As soon as the output wire connects, the mech begins spitting out output like there's no tommorow. Majority of it is exceptions and errors based on the limbs failing to return confirmation signals for move orders. It's quite normal for this to happen on a smaller scale when the mech looses limbs, but since the nanos destroyed so much, it's far worse than the system was designed for. You quickly redirect the signals to the main security processor, which is overloaded by the digital truckload of unrecognized input. That way, you manage to take over control (relatively) easily. Just one problem left, the mech still can't move. And it doesn't take long for you to see that repairing that is an engineering job far beyond your skills]

[You run towards the mech right when it stops shooting. You manage to rush right into it, but it does not seem to give in at all from the charge. It is, however, quite confused by the assault and tries to stumble backwards to get a clean shot.]

[You have to abandon the shot because Ed runs in front of you]

[You fire a few shots towards where the mechs should be, then when Ed starts running for it, you follow. You manage to get hold of Darkness, and start pulling him back]

deaincaelo · February 2004

*sees ed bullrush a mech*
"you IDJIOT!"
*rushes out from cover and around the immoble mech*
[shoots the mech's leg-joints as its backing up, hopefully sending it flat on its back]

Gwahir · February 2004

yeah ed, you hit dark, not terran, and in the neck, not the shoulder.

And if I show up any time soon, I'll get my engineering skills to work on this mech.

PFCNublar · February 2004

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Check those systems again and make sure the mech isn't just complying because it's in so much pain as I've welded it's joints in. I don't want to fix this thing and then have it give us a couple in the face for our troubles. Make sure you've got complete control of the thing and that this isn't some sort of con. I'll be going around fixing things up while your making sure."
*walks over to the armory*
*restocks ammo and dumps my wasted welder*
"Boggle was right. This thing does eat itself alive at 100% power."
*picks up a new welder at the stockpile*
[walks around the "secure" base perimeter and fixes up structures that were damaged, especially the CC]

Bill_Door · February 2004

*Anyone watching the hanger entrance sees Bill turn and leave.*

Khaim · February 2004

*Looks over at Terran getting ammo and a new welder*
"Don't be silly man, the mech doesn't think for itself anyways, it just takes orders from the AI, now it's taking orders from me, so it really can't decide to shoot us anyway, as long as I've got it controlled that is."
*Looks at the welded joints*
"Hey, can't you set the welder to de-weld stuff too? How about you try removing the welding on the joints, see if that'll work."

Cleric_Epoch · February 2004

"Yippee-ki-yay mother****er's! The cavery has arrived!"
*Runs to the other marines in the hall, while slaming two SWARM missiles into the back of my dual barreled rocket launcher*
"I've always wondered what these do, well time to find out."
*Takes a dive and slides, like a baseball player stealing a base, behind the nearest cover before sticking my head out and looking for a target.*
*Aims at the furthest mech and shouts...*
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!"
[Lets fly with both rockets]

Gwahir · February 2004

I always enjoyed epoch's over-exubrance. Everybody over at the mech might want to SEEK SHELTER!

Daza4 · February 2004

"i hate you epoch!"

Cleric_Epoch · February 2004

*Watches the rockets split into eight and explode blowing the mech to pieces.*
"Hell yeah! I'm loving these!"
*Then makes a cross on my forehead.*
"Thank you God for making explosions so beutiful."
*Stands up out of cover and takes a dep breath, inhaling the smell of cordite and surveys the carnage I caused with a sadistic smile *
*Then loads another two into the back of the missile launcher.*
/Over voice comm "Hey Bill! You in the amoury yet mate? And if you are what have you got in there?"
/Voice comm"I dropped my flamer..."
*Wipes a tear from my eye*
/Voice comm"Could you just pick it up for me, its on the floor in the corridor where we seperated."
"I've still got some fluid for it."
*Takes my hip flask from my waist and takes a sip then offers it round.*
"Hey! You guys alright?"
*Turns to Daz*
"Daz you got beef with me? I'll take you right here! Right now!"

xect · February 2004

Well, Epoch said it.

Ceanjia: "Impressive. 4 down. Now, let's play a guessing game. How many do you think I have left?

How much do you think your chance for survival is? Just a hint, don't go above 1%

heehee"

Daza4 · February 2004

*Pulls out the cardboard and turns it to the camera* "READ IT ****"

xect · February 2004

Ceanjia: "You hate me, I hate you. Where we go from there, is a choice I leave to you.

Oh wait, no it isnt.

HAHAHAAAA"

deaincaelo · February 2004

"i'm leaving again. i hope this time you incompetent men can NOT get yourselves killed before i take more then three steps? i have more important things to do then babysitting you. like cleaning up this mess."
*walks back to the elivator to rejoin my team*
/to my team "c'mon boys, stop your petty bickering. bill, you in the armory? pick me up some HE shells please. i'm gunna need them where we're going. lets go, move out!"

Mr_Headcrab · February 2004

*Ed tries to crawl out of the remnants of the Mech.*
"Well, What do you know. Im still alive."
*Ed stands up and heads over to Darkness and Night.*
"How is he Doc?.*
*Ed leans down and picks up Wynona from the deck.*

Ariadne Guardpost 3: "the Origins"

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