>>5664269The indebted was new generation technology. Not animated dead, but actually living flesh. Not haphazard scrap pressed into service, but purpose-built equipment.
>61Post combat recording documents that the organism known as "Meat" attempted several ambushes via emerging from tunnels and attacking through dust storms. The indebted biological coprocessor allowed the unit to anticipate and counter an increasing cadence of attacks in a non-permissive environment.
This particular unit sustained significant damage but was able to ambulate to depot for refurbishment under its own power. The board of product development is greenlighting this thing for further research and development funding.
Its of note that the unit managed to recover a sample from its conflict. What was it? Was it more of a trophy, or an upgrade worth examining?
>Helmet- Jovian composite materials and a custom AI "guide".>Giant Dagger- Impractical, but superficially based off a historical D-trooper issued weapon.>Giant fist- Non standard AI designed architecture, implemented via ad-hoc field assembly of local materials.>>5664295>>5663643>9Fizz moved from sleeping prone to on her feet with a quick flip so casually that it would have made an Olympian envious. A new and glorious moment awaited her. Kicking off walls and catching ledges arrested her fall down to the streets below. Pilfering breakfast along the way fed the beast that was her metabolism. Still, petty theft does not secure a future, it only feeds the present. With a quick acknowledgement of that fact she made way to the nearest AKSG work terminal. One scan later, there was exactly one job offered.
"Evade capture: AKSG security systems will be undergoing testing and require the unique mission experiences only you can provide. While nominally, this will be a non-lethal exercise, your implicit safety cannot be assured. AKSG authorizes limited release of "Fizz Crystal" from cryogenic storage for use at your discretion during this exercise. Successful performance will result in an award of genetic therapy after a minimally invasive examination followed by tissue sample. Failure resulting death or other maiming will be generously covered under the provided Reconstitution insurance of this contract! "
On one hand, they clearly want to threaten your life, poke you, and experiment on you. On the other hand, there is Fizz Crystal being offered, a potential remedy for this runaway metabolism, and worst-case scenario; you get to be a walking non-corpse! What is there to lose? On the other hand, quite literally, you could follow an errant GPS signal with no idea of what awaits you. Your wrist mounted comm device alerts you of such a contact.
> Take the contract, roll 4d100 (survival and evasion phases vs SpecOp and Indebted)> Go to the signal, roll 2d100 (obtain food for the journey, and survive the trip) 