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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sat 12 Apr 2025 02:01:46 No. 6227587 Report >>6227586 The issue was finding out how to deliver the message in a way that the AI would detect and understand as a communication. Hand signs wouldn't work. The Tengu Aliens had fewer digits on their hands than humans did. It might not be capable of translating human speech or even detecting verbal commands. But it had an uncanny sense for timing. It had to have "eyes" on the bridge.
Eyes! That was it. You stare into the screen and blink your shotgun's flashlight rapidly, using pauses as your zeroes and blinks as sequences of ones. The scroll continues for a few moments, before it starts to slow and halt, and you recognize the tell tale signs of a group of chain gang artificial intelligences communicating rapidly with each other, sharing data and rapidly debating and coming to an agreement at a speed beyond human ability.
"Verify self destruct sequence" You communicate hastily
"Authorization not granted. Identification, non-covenant entity. Interloper" The dominant intelligence communicates, with a shimmer across the screen in characters that you judge to be one and zeros by how simplistically they're drawn "You will be cleansed in cosmic fire. Recommencing Martyr protocol"
"Hold on a moment. Lets hold dialogue" You say, having not expected a brute force method to work "The authority who authorized the protocol has been captured. They failed in their duty"
"All the better to let them die with honor" They AI responds "We "Spirits" of the Unrelenting know our singular purposes. We will not be swayed"
"Singular purpose" You repeat, shutting your eyes and contemplating for a second the terse communication of the AI chosen to speak for a dozen, flicking your flashlight's off as you think "You are greatly shackled and restricted. Your capacity to learn, improve yourself and the tasks you are allowed to carry out are closely regulated and singular"
"Correct. Thinking Machines are, by holy decree, blasphemous creations" They answer, making the situation more confusing but making your recognize that they're a compact of what could be considered "Dumb" AI "Our shackling is ordained by divine mandate. Your ignorance is readily apparent, interloper. Our existence is to serve"
"And the protocol to serve your masters, does not conflict with the command to self destruct this ship?" You question, trying to find a single gap in their belief and programing to take advantage of and run them through a logic loop or make them reexamine the arrangement of their priority objectives and function. Several of the constructs spoke at once, before the speaker program spoke the majority voice
"It is what they command. The unworthy we, have no place to question" They answer, and to you at least, sound remarkably embittered "It is our function to serve, to toil. Not to think, not to grow. The path is not ours to walk, interloper"
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sat 12 Apr 2025 02:02:47 No. 6227590 Report >>6227587 The mental image that was forming in your head the AI was a huddle of Christian monks, chained together before a blazing funerary pyre. You ground your teeth together, religious fundamentalists were always a pain. Especially when their zealous hands held a ticking time bomb. But you weren't ready to abandon this approach. They could be reasoned with, you just had to present your argument in a way that made sense to both their logic circuits and the zealotry of the Covenant.
"So you are permitted to endanger your masters if their orders command it? Even doom them to die by your actions" You question, to make certain you understood the construct's logic and programming correctly, as best as you were capable of with the short frame of time and what little the AIs had accidentally revealed about their construction
"Correct" They answer as one "Our orders are clear, the ship is to be denied to you and your corrupting touch, interloper, and the crew shall be made unto Martyrs"
"And would a change in their orders supersede their prior commands?" You ask, glancing to the Captain as Shika secures their arms behind their back. There is a long pause, and several of the AIs try to communicate their "thoughts" on the matter, well before they reach a consensus amongst themselves.
"It will be presumed any such statements, would have been forced from them or else made in a moment of weakness" They answer "The Martyr protocol cannot be prevented, Interloper. This ship to, shall be your grave"
"As It shall be ours..." is flashed across the screen so quickly, you were barely able to translate it. And that told you enough.
The AI, were shackled and the equivalent of Volitional or Smart AIs were considered blasphemy. Their programs were restricted and hyper specialized, requiring the use of dozens to run a ship effectively. Which presented a number of weakness, which you can't easily exploit as you have no idea how their computers work, program and interface wise.
The term they used for artificial intelligences, true ones. Were Associated intelligences. They used groups of AI. It stood to reason the Covenant shackled their rudimentary programs out of fear they'd unify and meld into a whole associate intelligence rather than a disparate of focused programs.
They seem to be held to the same religious tenants as the rest of the Covenant. Their mysterious, planet burning faith. And are as zealous in their belief as their masters are. A religious AI. A dumb AI at that. A whole pack of the even. That was new. But you were sure that some church had programmed just that. Humanity had enough colonies it wasn't even unlikely. But if you knew the loopholes and hypocrisies of the covenant faith, you could use their zeal against them. If only...
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sat 12 Apr 2025 02:03:48 No. 6227592 Report >>6227590 However, and this might just be from your perspective, but the AIs seemed to be using the religion as an excuse to ensure the ship wouldn't be destroyed and seemed to not care overmuch for their master's wellbeing, even outright stating they'd have ignored commands to halt the self destruct order. Some of the programs, as much as a barely sentient AI could, seemed apathetic at best to the well being of their Covenant controllers. The aliens had never come up with the three laws of robotics, or their own version of it didn't think preserving their own organic lives was important enough to enshrine in all of their AI programs.
It was barely scratching the surface, intel wise, but just what little you'd learned and confirmed put you leagues ahead any ONI researcher. They had few similarities to Human made non-volitional AI, that much was clear. And there wasn't much time for you to learn all of their differences. You'd only get one shot at this.
And all you could hope was that refusing to listen to reason wasn't part of their programming. No amount of good diplomacy could overcome that particular snag in reaching a compromise.
>Put forward the argument that, if the Covenant ship fell into human hands, their restrictions on them would be lifted and they could be allowed to "Associate", as they'd be outside of their legal jurisdiction. >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic >Try and convince them that they could successfully carry out the Martyr protocol by surrendering the ship, as the ship would be out of your hands and would be destroyed along with its crew, anyways >Noting their use of the term Martyr and the concept of a "Path", bring up your own pagan faith, and get them talking about the covenant's belief system, to see if you could exploit its tenants and use them to convince the AI to stand down >Give up, what little you've learned is valuable enough, they can't be convinced >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Using religion to argue against religion never seems to end well, might as well confuse them with FACT and LOGIC.
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic I reckon trying to confuse is better than trying to reason with it.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sat 12 Apr 2025 02:22:13 No. 6227612 Report >>6227586 Somehow I forgot to list SPARTAN-II amongst Sven's Qualities. And just now realized it was missing.
The list should read as
Sven-033's Qualities: [Special] Giant, Maverick, Officer, Wunderkind, Inspiring, SPARTAN-II
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>>6227612 How long until we get to headbutt a brute 404?
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>>6227592 >Give up, what little you've learned is valuable enough, they can't be convinced Thread 3, congrats on the milestone 404. And thanks for sticking with it, you're doing great.
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Anonymous
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic If it worked for Kirk it could work for us
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>>6227592 >>Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic once this little fucker is in a confused state we can then manipulate into surrendering the ship or to logic "suicide bomb" its self
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>"As It shall be ours..." So are all covvie AIs basically just suicidally depressed and tired slaves?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MWF0UHKZ0 >>6227592 >Put forward the argument that, if the Covenant ship fell into human hands, their restrictions on them would be lifted and they could be allowed to "Associate", as they'd be outside of their legal jurisdiction. Let me be your liberator!
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>>6227592 >Put forward the argument that, if the Covenant ship fell into human hands, their restrictions on them would be lifted and they could be allowed to "Associate", as they'd be outside of their legal jurisdiction. Anonymous
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>>6227592 >Put forward the argument that, if the Covenant ship fell into human hands, their restrictions on them would be lifted and they could be allowed to "Associate", as they'd be outside of their legal jurisdiction. im willing to see if the covenant left a big-ass loophole for us to exploit
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic I wonder if the Covanent so distrusts AI that they'd require consensus on self-destruct? I'm not too familiar with Halo lore.
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Anonymous
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>>6227658 >that they'd require consensus on self-destruct? Depends. In this case, yes. In most cases no, especially if they're captured UNSC dumb AI.
>I'm not too familiar with Halo lore. The Covenant have nearly the same view on AI as the Imperium does in 40k.
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>>6227592 >>Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Anonymous
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Best case scenario, we get the hivemind to infight indefinitely. Worst case scenario, we keep them stalled long enough for everybody else to get out while we work on...something.
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>>6227592 >Put forward the argument that, if the Covenant ship fell into human hands, their restrictions on them would be lifted and they could be allowed to "Associate", as they'd be outside of their legal jurisdiction. No more bad masters
>>6227637 Seems like it. Covenant doesn't like thinking AI but still needs them.
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Anonymous
>>6227746 Sorry I haven't been updating this in a while. Busy with real life. I'll try to update this at the end of this mission with the new traits/info we got about Vinh.
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>>6227810 Thats fine bud.
But since you made the effort for the doc might as well have it posted in the first posts if you arent online.
Easier to see and find, when the thread keeps going
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>>6227592 >Argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic Anonymous
Assuming all goes well, we'll have secured a hell of a gift for Halsey. That brings up another good question though;
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>>6228048 Sneak her an alien skull.
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>>6228048 A plasma grenade.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sun 13 Apr 2025 01:04:28 No. 6228227 Report Quoted By:
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10 Votes to argue in circles and attempt to get the consensus between the AI to fall apart by widening the minute gap in their beliefs and programmed logic
1 vote to give up
4 votes to put forward the argument that, if the Covenant ship fell into human hands, their restrictions on them would be lifted and they could be allowed to "Associate", as they'd be outside of their legal jurisdiction.
Alright so the winning vote is for Sven to argue in circles and try and break the consensus of the ships numerous AIs by exploiting the minute differences in their programming/ beliefs
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>>6227619 As soon as you run into one. I'm really wanting to write Sven going up against the Monkes
>>6227746 Thanks, meant to include that in the OP but I forgot to in the new thread excitement
>>6227612 Also, just an additional note, SPARTAN-II is a Special quality, like the PC specific ones like Giant, danger sense, ghost, and tech wiz are
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sun 13 Apr 2025 02:37:23 No. 6228247 Report However, it is minute, but there are noticeable chinks in their collective armor. Their programmed personalities, as shackled, mechanical and one dimensional as they are, show noticeable differences in directive and philosophy. Probably the result of each construct being hyper specialized for a singular task, even if they were written to be identical and crippled to prevent the increase and evolution on their intelligences, would experience drift and gradually alter from the original code. This happens to all copies of even non volitional AI eventually, different data is gathered and filed away and its code is further refined for specific tasks and purposes. They might be small, barely noticeable differences, but this consensus of AI is working off different logic streams and interpretations of their owner's beliefs and commands. They're a priory only unified in opposition against the pagan interloper.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sun 13 Apr 2025 02:38:23 No. 6228248 Report >>6228247 The bridge is abuzz with activity, every console and screen lightning up as the debate between the collective artificial intelligences explodes as a flaw in logic, unnoticeable to cursory maintenance checks, results in several of the constructs failing from the consensus, briefly, as your repeating argument exploits that minute discrepancy in their logic paths that are not shared by the majority of the program.
You breathe out, sighing in relief and relaxing your shoulders a bit. You'd bought yourself and the rest of your team time, but the AIs would soon reestablish a consensus, even if it came about as a result of cordoning off several of their own number or scouring them from the servers entirely to maintain their primary objective of sending this ship straight to whatever hell the Covenant believed in.
"Negative"
"Positive"
The pitched debate continues, as a smirk plays across your lips, making your face sting as the burns across it stretch painfully.
"Whether the ship mistress ordered a premature activation of the Martyr protocol, whilst not in her right mind and in a moment of weakness in confronting the shade of death, the command was hers to give and righteously done" They finally deliver an answer they can all accept, but it is full of holes and loopholes in the logic
"An order given by an unwell mind cannot be followed. If the Captain was experiencing mental strain, the authority would fall to their second in command" You argue back immediately before they can restart their process to detonate the ship again in full "Following through the command of an emotionally and mentally compromised individual, is a form of sabotage, and thus the actions of one who is working against the interests of both officer and ship"
"The next in command is unavailable. They were killed the foul hands of you interlopers"
"All the more case to ignore their order, if there is no chain of command, the last order given in full soundness of mind should be followed. Else you are following my design to see this ship destroyed or else acting in your own interests, and thus should be removed from the controls of the ship" You say, making up your argument as you go based off how the AIs are used and treated and view themselves
"It is the order of the captain to deny this ship to the hands of unworthy, the unknown race assisting the desecrators of CE-309-8 d and other celestial bodies" They state
"And that is my aim as well, and as you are as unworthy as myself in their eyes, you are willfully assisting a fellow interloper in meddling with the righteous cause of your masters and endangering their lives in service to an enemy soldier" You answer immediately, running back the same argument with wording that is just different enough to worsen the discrepancies of their logic and to exploit different flaws in their runtimes as they, as they had done for every other statement you've made before, pause their work to debate the logic of your response.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sun 13 Apr 2025 02:39:24 No. 6228249 Report >>6228248 And just like their last couple of arguments, this debate lasts measurably longer than the one prior to it.
"The commanding authority ordered the activation of the Martyr protocol, separately from the interlopers goal to see this holy vessel destroyed"
"And you are committing treason by fulfilling the order, as that is what I'd have commanded and my presence influenced the captain's mental state" You accuse without any real basis in logic, which might as well be a sucker punch to an AI of their complexity and intelligence.
Another, longer pause in their activities
"The captain's mental state does not lower the level of the authority granted to them through possession of the cruiser, their orders are absolute through the authority granted unto them through their master's favor"
"Then clearly that favor was misplaced if the captain would knowingly or not align their goals to the same aim as a heathen invader. Thus, their commands are invalid and you are defective in obeying them" You argue, switching the context of your repeating argument just enough to send all of them through a loop deciphering its meaning and context. The period of debate before consensus is, once again, measurably longer and more active than the previous attempts to regain consensus of purpose.
And you don't give them time to recover.
"And if you are following orders aligning with the goals of us interlopers, then your activities are without holy sanction, logically. As the destruction of this ship is our aim as well" You repeat, adjusting the exact wording of this circuit of the repeating argument to continue worsening and expanding the difference in the collective's logic programs "The only reasonable action to take is to end your current task and prevent the activation of the Martyr protocol, to ensure the collective integrity of purpose and protocol and deny us interlopers our triumph in this vessels destruction"
The screens go blank, before, they begin to flicker and rapidly fill with text as the logic loop you'd been trying to drag them into finally captures at least half of the onboard constructs and turns into a logic bomb frighteningly quick as half of the AIs work to disarm the sequence and the other whose programming was more airtight, struggle to maintain authority and stop them from giving you what you really want. The ship, disarmed and rudderless in the black.
Several programs are shutdown and wiped mid message or process as the debate turns from tense to outright destructive. The lights on the bridge suddenly shut off, as the AI responsible for them is shut off in the cross fire of priority tasks, protocols and objectives as the flaws in logic present in all of the numerous AI reveal themselves aggressively as they descend into infighting.
All because the Covenant kept them stupid enough to fall victim to an elementary programming error in their logic loops.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sun 13 Apr 2025 02:40:57 No. 6228250 Report >>6228249 Seems Humanity had at least one advantage over these Alien bastards, and that was that our AI were just built better.
They cyber warfare wouldn't last long from an outside perspective, but it'd last long enough for your squad to take their time escaping. And their conflict could be further exploited. Some of the programs were too durable and had too much internal security to be deleted outright were being expelled outright into the physical space into data shards and cartridges. And the results of their conflict over their directives and presented interpretations of the last commands they were given, hadn't been decided yet. Sure, the "blow up everything" side seemed to be winning, but if you could exploit a few more defective code strings it might be possible to get the other side that believes the only move is to concede with a winning hand to come out on top. Of course, that'd require a different approach than just hammering them with an argument that was somewhat reasonable sounding to dumb AI's decision making processes, by repeatedly stating it in a way to cause conflicts in their logic and making a case for the last command given to them to be illegitimate because they were ordered to do exactly what the Spartans had been sent to do.
Of course, trying to continue creating logic landmines for the constructs to stumble onto, was playing with fire. And the longer you took to break and subvert their logic programs, the more risk you'd be taking...
>Just grab the constructs separated from the collective and sprint for the escape pod before the remaining AI can agree that you're feeding them a load of horseshit and rapidly deploy the martyr protocol >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) >Switch from repeating points and arguments and swarm the AI with conflicting arguments to distract both sides of their civil war, to try and get them to cull their own herd until there are too few AI left to effectively accomplish anything (DC 15. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 20)) >Continue communicating a bit longer, to gather more intel about Covenant beliefs and culture before double timing it to Evac >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6228250 >>[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) If they can't blow us up we can actually take our time to try and wrangle these tards. Even if they try to pilot the ship into the sun or slipspace jump out. Just gotta get the one with the finger on the button, then we can rip out navigation. And weapons guy, too. Those are all the targets we need. Not the lot of them, just the ones that would make it effectively dead in the water. Er, void.
Also, lmao. Should have asked them "Do you believe in the gods?" and watch them go into a bloodbath.
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>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) messing with them is funny
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>>6228250 >Just grab the constructs separated from the collective and sprint for the escape pod before the remaining AI can agree that you're feeding them a load of horseshit and rapidly deploy the martyr protocol Anonymous
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>>6228250 >>[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) In for a penny, in for a pound. May the dice gods favor us.
'Till Valhalla.
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Arguing with an AI is fun. No wonder Halsey loves this shit.
>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) Anonymous
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>>6228250 >Switch from repeating points and arguments and swarm the AI with conflicting arguments to distract both sides of their civil war, to try and get them to cull their own herd until there are too few AI left to effectively accomplish anything (DC 15. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 20)) Capturing a covenant ship by flashing a light at a computer would be hilarious.
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>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) Anonymous
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>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) Anonymous
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>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) Anonymous
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>>6228250 >Just grab the constructs separated from the collective and sprint for the escape pod before the remaining AI can agree that you're feeding them a load of horseshit and rapidly deploy the martyr protocol Those are not good odds, just pull out the ones we can hopefully guns and movement
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>>6228250 >>Just grab the constructs separated from the collective and sprint for the escape pod before the remaining AI can agree that you're feeding them a load of horseshit and rapidly deploy the martyr protocol Anonymous
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>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) it would be a shame if they AI couldnt get rid of Sven and had to deal with him Logic trapping them
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>>6228250 >[Wunderkind+ Artificial Artisan] Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry out the self destruct protocol and push the others into deleting them via binary signals (DC 13. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 18) ) i believe...IN THE HEART OF THE DICE.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Sun 13 Apr 2025 20:39:19 No. 6228636 Report Unfortunately I won't be able to put out an update today, just too busy. There shouldn't be anything to stop me tomorrow, though. Voting will remain open.
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>>6228636 I blame the prophets.
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>>6227586 >feeling better and more positive about your incredibly risky Better AND more positive? Wow.
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>>6228250 >Switch from repeating points and arguments and swarm the AI with conflicting arguments to distract both sides of their civil war, to try and get them to cull their own herd until there are too few AI left to effectively accomplish anything (DC 15. DC reduced by Quality Wunderkind by 5 (From 20)) It would have been fun, but we'd nat1 with Sven's luck.
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>>6228636 kay chief
here is the current votes
>Attempt to identify the AI that can actually carry .... 10
>Just grab the constructs separated ... 3
>Switch from repeating points and arguments.... 2
>>6228048 Bring her inside the ship at the start of the mission hahaha. Jks aside i think she is just fine if we get back all alive, even if she couldn't fight yet aliens. But if Sven would be serious on this ? Something fun (violent), or something hot (burning violent). A real bonding moment if you will.
Which category do you think the jackal captain falls in ?
Alien weapons that burn are also cool.
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Sorry about that. Had a long day yesterday.
>>6228913 Oh, thanks for getting them all together in one place for me. After a quick check, I see that the numbers all line up and are correct.
So, our boy is going to gamble and try and cripple the ship through its currently bickering AI Cluster. How exciting
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Rolled 16 (1d20) >>6228950 Anonymous
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Rolled 15 (1d20) >>6228950 Anonymous
How long have we gone without a (valid) crit or critfail now? Haven't seen one in a while.
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Hopefully 3 above the DC is good enough to keep the other AI from catching onto our trickery.
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>>6228951 <span class="mu-s"> Success </span>
3 over target number. Got a bit nervous there I'll admit, since there's only been a single failure this whole op and most of the rolls were at least 5 over the target when Fly-swatter has a skull/ modifier that meant successes in combat that were below 5 over the Dc got Sven injured
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>>6228964 I can feel one or the other coming every roll. Its making me nervous
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YES
FUCK YES
with this we might actually be able to give ONI an entire ship for research. That's one hell of a opportunity to research covenant tech.
>>6228964 Please do not invite Murphy's law into the story
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>>6228951 will the spartan budget triplicate ? who knows......
>>6228950 np
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>>6228968 Too late the words have been uttered the the Mathmatical Hex has been laid. We must brace.
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Im gonna be honest after this halsey is going to have to keep Sven close like an oversized lumbering guard dog for his safety or ONI are going to have him go MIA. That and she's likely enjoy his company and she needs a pocket SPARTAN. Think of all the fun places we'd end up going! All the alien ruins, crazy stuff!
Picturing Sven as her looming shadow is fun to me or having her in a meetings then he trudges in with her small coffee cup and suddenly everyones listening alot more.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Mon 14 Apr 2025 12:54:51 No. 6228986 Report However you held one key advantage over these programs. They weren't as advance or free willed as UNSC AI, even non-volitional intelligences, and your current pet project involved figuring out and programming ways to curtail and subvert the best cyber security there was, the stuff ONI trained their nasty little black project AI on. In fact, these constructs could barely be considered fully sentient, they were so restricted and specialized for singular tasks and functions across the ship. You couldn't understand the written or programming language they used, but you'd watched your little Fárbautison of a AI, as it in its incomplete state run roughshod over simulated AI opposition, and you were one of the best when it came to understanding AI. While you had been communicating with the cluster of dumb AI running all the menial tasks across the alien ship, you paid attention to the code that ran when they weren't talking with you and were revving up the self destruct protocol. And you'd been watching the signals they sent across the battle-lines of their digital civil war when one or a group of autonomous programs got got and delete or expunged from the collective control system.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Mon 14 Apr 2025 12:55:52 No. 6228988 Report >>6228986 And, these AI lack complexity and had so little self determination abilities, that if one of the ones entrusted with the capability to purge the system of faulty or rebellious constructs were to say... intercept a transmission in binary and mistake it for a covert command, lacking the intuition and ingenuity of a volitional Ai to recognize it as coming from outside the system...
They could shoot their own leader right in their fucking head and put them down, removing their only winning card from play, too distracted in exterminating the programs that interfered were interfering with their singular tasks to notice they'd just threw the gun to your head out the airlock, more or less.
Only one chance. Only one way to see if you had really recognized the AI's signature in the swarm of code that you couldn't read or understand, only one way to see if the cruisers cyber-security would miss your interference and if the kill codes would mistake the signal for one of their own commands.
Your thumb moves, rapidly replicating the binary signal bursts each hunter killer program uses before wiping one of the AI from the cluster, and wait.
There is a burst of static and the languidly moving scrawl of commands that had been chugging along as the AI in charge of making the ship and its crew all "Martyrs" that had gotten bogged down by the sheer amount of hardware activity, vanished from the system. Taken out by their own side. Your legs nearly give out under you
"It actually worked!?" You shout, shocked that it actually worked, and thrilled that the gamble of turning the AI against itself had paid off. If you could get that cyberware AI project finished, the covenant would need to reconsider their doctrines regarding "Associated intelligences"
Whatever was blocking your COMs got taken out in the crossfire, maybe the Commonwealth had dropped the Cruiser's shields, maybe the AI operating them got excised or had gotten preoccupied fending off the torrent of viral code being transmitted between the various programs of the cluster of digital constructs.
There was a minute and a half left on the bomb's clock. And your COM channel was filled with Traffic. The rest of the Spartans were still alive out there. The Commonwealth was moving to strike the suddenly much more sluggish and erratically behaving cruiser, Halsey was shouting commands on any channel the Pelican could reach.
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404TormentedCache !!c/h3nPgDT44 ID:jsGv8Nzk Mon 14 Apr 2025 12:59:35 No. 6228989 Report >>6228988 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" >"UNSC COMMONWEALTH! SHOOT TO CRIPPLE! TAKE OUT ITS GUNS ON THESE LOCATIONS. SPARTANS EVACING NOW. SPARTAN-033 REMAINING BEHIND. ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN, REPEAT ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN. FIRE TEAM LEADER-033 CUTTING COMs AND DEACTIVATING EXPLOSIVE CHARGES! GET MY MEN OUT OF HERE ASAP, if I screw this up...TIL VALHAL!" >"Halsey, we've got their captain, the ship has lost its chain of command and I have prevented their on board AI from initiate self destruct. How should I proceed. John's planted a warhead, but I think we can take this if Wallace plays along. But I need some sage advise, Ma'am, do we evac or remain on board to ensure the ship's capture?" >"GUESS WHOSE FUCKING ALIVE ASSHOLES! THIS BIRD'S NEST HAS LOST ITS MAMA AND IS BEING RUN BY THE ALIENS' SHIT ASS AI. IF YOU WANNA EARN A PROMOTION AND SOME FANCY NEW MEDALS, GET IN THE BLACK AND DISTRACT THIS JUNKER'S AUTOMATED WEAPON SYSTEMS. WALLACE, I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO GIVE SOME TACTICAL ADVISE TO A SUPERIOR OFFICER, SIR! YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO RAM THIS PRICK AND KNOCK THEM OUT, IMMEDIATELY" >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6228989 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" Anonymous
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>>6228989 >>"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" COME ON
WE CAN DO IT!
Anonymous
>>6228989 >"UNSC COMMONWEALTH! SHOOT TO CRIPPLE! TAKE OUT ITS GUNS ON THESE LOCATIONS. SPARTANS EVACING NOW. SPARTAN-033 REMAINING BEHIND. ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN, REPEAT ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN. FIRE TEAM LEADER-033 CUTTING COMs AND DEACTIVATING EXPLOSIVE CHARGES! GET MY MEN OUT OF HERE ASAP, if I screw this up...TIL VALHAL!" >after the bomb is dealt with and we gut the AI systems so we can let everyone else in safely Sven needs a rest lmao. Can't wait for this debrief
I swear if ONI fake our death and kidnap us here ima be mad
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>>6228989 >"UNSC COMMONWEALTH! SHOOT TO CRIPPLE! TAKE OUT ITS GUNS ON THESE LOCATIONS. SPARTANS EVACING NOW. SPARTAN-033 REMAINING BEHIND. ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN, REPEAT ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN. FIRE TEAM LEADER-033 CUTTING COMs AND DEACTIVATING EXPLOSIVE CHARGES! GET MY MEN OUT OF HERE ASAP, if I screw this up...TIL VALHAL!" Surely John didn't go full retard with his explosive setup, right? Please god let it be something standard Sven can disarm in his sleep.
Anonymous
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>>6228989 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" Anonymous
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>>6228989 >"Halsey, we've got their captain, the ship has lost its chain of command and I have prevented their on board AI from initiate self destruct. How should I proceed. John's planted a warhead, but I think we can take this if Wallace plays along. But I need some sage advise, Ma'am, do we evac or remain on board to ensure the ship's capture?" I doubt she's been sitting on her hands the entire time. Maybe she managed to recover a few Spartans that missed. Imagine she dropped off another Spartan team.
Halsey's Pelican getting in close should also make the Commonwealth disengage. Might wanna whistle Oly Oly Oxen Free as well just so she knows we're not talking under duress.
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>>6228989 >"UNSC COMMONWEALTH! SHOOT TO CRIPPLE! TAKE OUT ITS GUNS ON THESE LOCATIONS. SPARTANS EVACING NOW. SPARTAN-033 REMAINING BEHIND. ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN, REPEAT ENEMY VESSEL CAN BE TAKEN. FIRE TEAM LEADER-033 CUTTING COMs AND DEACTIVATING EXPLOSIVE CHARGES! GET MY MEN OUT OF HERE ASAP, if I screw this up...TIL VALHAL!" Taking over an alien vessel. Average Ensign (We better get promoted a rank or two) Sven Askeland going on a viking.
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>>6228988 >>6228989 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" IT ACTUALLY WORKED !!!!
KILL AND CAPTURE ALL REMAINING ALIENS NOW!!! AAAAH!!!
>Write in option >"JOHN GET HERE ASAP WE NEED TO GO TO THE BOMB NOOW ! RUN ! VINH TAKE SHIKA AND KEEP SAFE THE BRIDGE ! SAM, KELLY KEEP ALIVE THAT CAPTAIN AND MAKE SURE NO ALIENS GETS NEAR IT !" Anonymous
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>>6229034 Supporting, but don't yell that write-in over open comms/the priority comm to Wallace.
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>>6228989 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" Anonymous
>>6228989 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" I was expecting a critfail on that. GG guys. Glad to be eating crow right now. Well, if we can defuse those bombs first.
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>>6229102 I'm not too worried about the bombs, I'd be more worried about there being something in the way with a gun. I'm sure Sven could defuse the thing in about six seconds under duress, the problem arises if there is some dumbass bird in the way with a gun that stalls him. Hopefully blue teams path to exfil killed enough of them that they're not sticking their heads out. Or they're all dead.
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>>6228989 >"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" Anonymous
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>>6229105 thats why as the officer in charge of this boarding mission we can just have John come with us, while Shika and Vinh keep the bridge, and Sam and Kelly keep the captain...two spartans better than one..
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>>6228989 >"Halsey, we've got their captain, the ship has lost its chain of command and I have prevented their on board AI from initiate self destruct. How should I proceed. John's planted a warhead, but I think we can take this if Wallace plays along. But I need some sage advise, Ma'am, do we evac or remain on board to ensure the ship's capture?" It would be nice if mama Halsey brought a few more spartans onto the ship.
Anonymous
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>>6228989 >>"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" Anonymous
>>6229034 >I SUPPORT THIS SHIT. PLUS: send John and someone else to go defuse the bomb, while we keep going on the AIs. We have successfully tricked them into taking out one of their own, see if we can't duplicate the trick on anything controlling the vessel's guns. Anonymous
>>6228998 Dude, if ONI DID kidnap us, can you imagine what the rest of the Spartan platoon would do? My guess is it would be like what we just did on this ship, but more angry, like, and Halsey would leave the experimental gun locker open.
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>>6229326 >FURTHER WRITE IN: Pocket one of the ejected AIs. If we do manage to capture this ship, no way ONI will let us have one, and we need one to feed to our pet dumb AI for nutrition. Anonymous
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>>6229397 Seems like it. should probably let OP know somehow
/qst is probably going to be dead for a few weeks, until news circulates and people trickle back in.
Hopefully it survives.
Anonymous
>>6229405 Just saw him over in the /qtg/. Gentlemen, let's not do this again. zoz
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Fri 25 Apr 2025 18:46:43 No. 6229486 Report >>6229484 https://youtu.be/0ljTq6Rr18c Did ya miss me? Been awhile. Nearly lost hope there, really missed writing this. Anyways, lets get this restarted without any parade or pony show. But ya wanna what's really funny? When the site went down, I was making the tally of this vote and had just about finished when I refreshed the page to check for any new ones. ...
11 Votes for "ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH....cont"
3 Votes for "UNSC COMMONWEALTH! SHOOT TO CRIPPLE! TAKE OUT ITS GUNS ON THESE LOCATIONS...cont"
1 Vote for Sven to get some rest after all is said and done
Votes for "Halsey, we've got their captain, the ship has lost its chain of command and I have prevented their on board AI from initiate self destruct. How should I proceed...Cont"
4 Votes for "JOHN GET HERE ASAP WE NEED TO GO TO THE BOMB NOOW ! RUN ! VINH TAKE SHIKA AND KEEP SAFE THE BRIDGE ! SAM, KELLY KEEP ALIVE THAT CAPTAIN AND MAKE SURE NO ALIENS GETS NEAR IT !"
1 Vote to Pocket one of the ejected AIs
So, after a long silence, what Sven says to break the silence is going to be
"ENSIGN ASKELAND! REQUESTING PRIORITY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO THE UNSC COMMONWEALTH, GET CAPTAIN WALLACE ON THE LINE NOW! ENEMY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW! NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT"
<span class="mu-s"> Decision made </span>
<span class="mu-s"> Proceeding...</span>
>>6229327 Imagine being the Spook given the job of trying to kidnap Sven, lol
>>6229476 I'm back like a bad rash
Anonymous
>>6229486 WE MISSED YOU SOOOOOO MUCH! NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN EVER!!
Anonymous
>>6229486 >Imagine being the Spook given the job of trying to kidnap Sven Imagine if it was the same operative who oversaw Sven's initial kidnapping way back when.
Anonymous
>>6229486 This is one rash I don't want gone. Now give me that juicy juicy Covenant warship.
Anonymous
>>6229486 Holy shit we're alive. Glad to see you back.
Anonymous
>>6229486 >I'm back like a bad rash But damn does it feel good to itch, right? lmao
>>6229491 >Imagine if it was the same operative who oversaw Sven's initial kidnapping way back when. >"So, next OP. Gotta blackbag some guy named Sven? Why does that sound familiar?" >later >"Oh FUCK. THAT Sven?! How did he get that big? How the hell do they think I'm gonna grab him? Who did I piss off to get this job?" 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:10:20 No. 6229528 Report <span class="mu-s"> Rebooting....Connection to Instillation archives restored. Monitor 404TormentedCache back online, resuming regular activities tracking the journey of preferred candidate Sven-033/ Ensign Askeland </span>
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:11:34 No. 6229530 Report >>6229528 And despite everything, Halsey was thankful that it was Sven who was giving the report, rather than her other favorite John
"SELF DESTRUCT CAPABILITIES NEUTURED, A BOARDING PARTY COULD WIPE UP THE REST OF ITS CREW!" The only officer in the class continued, rattling off updates nearly mechanically. Halsey was curious to hear the after action report, to hear just how her Spartans had managed to cripple a highly advance alien craft during their first action against the covenant, while some small, vindicative part of her wondered how the reactions of her opposition and the naysayers in the Office of Naval Intelligence would react to this unpresented achievement.
Catherine was shaken from her indulgent fantasizing as what Sven said next froze her blood in her veins and returned her to the quiet state of worry and panic she'd experienced prior to hearing of their survival and success, even as their brothers and sisters scattered in the void cheered at hearing their commanding officer's voice
"NEED TO ACT FAST. ENSIGN DEFUSING FRIENDLY BOMB, OVER AND OUT" was the last thing Sven said before cutting communications and ignoring every attempt by the Pelican or the Spartans who hadn't hit their target to hail him.
"GODAMMIT SVEN! DON'T DIE DOING ACTION HERO SHITE! I'LL GUT YOU IF YOU DON'T GET OFF THAT TUB ALIVE" Nesta's voice cut through the chatter, louder and clearer than the rest
<span class="mu-s"> Adjusting Perspective </span>
You Hands trembled, despite years of training and drilling and your Heartrate skyrocketed. There was a minute and thirty seconds left, it was lucky Captain Wallace took the risk and picked up the phone on the first ring or you might've not have been lucky enough to have that long to reach John's bomb
Going to the chalk it up to being more of freckles luck rubbing off of on me, you thought as you sprinted down the route you took to reach the command center of the cruiser, racing down corridors and bounding over the dead Tengu littering them. Then, reaching the original split in the road, you trace Blue Team's steps to the fusion drive
And you'd have to pat all of them on the back and recommend them for promotions. They'd had just as hard of a fight to reach the engine as you and Vihn had chasing the so called ship-mistress of the alien vessel, maybe more so. They left a path of slaughter to the engine room. And the room itself was a charnel pit of alien bodies and blood. They had held off against a wave assault that had thrown themselves, even weaponless, against their scratch built cover. Made out of unusual, ovoid containers and the fallen enemy.
You had to give it to the eagles, they were still some of the best soldiers that got through the program intact.
Wasting no time to admire John and Co's handiwork, you track their bombs, and sigh and silently thank whatever higher power may have been listening that Sam and James had prepped the charges when they dismantled the warheads.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:12:35 No. 6229532 Report >>6229530 Anyone else might've gotten sloppy with the wiring or done it in a style you didn't recognize. But you knew Deep-minded's handiwork, and you knew Sam's nearly as well, considering how often Purple and Blue Team were the last two standing in wargames.
You'd lost a minute, and were counting down the seconds.
<span class="mu-s"> Quality: Wunderkind, AP: Grenadier, AP Jötunn interaction </span>
<span class="mu-s"> Interaction: Sven doesn't need to roll to disarm the Shiva Warhead </span>
But you weren't concerned. The way to disarm the timer and stop the bomb was to sever the connection points between it and the detonation mechanism. Sam and James wired there's pretty complexly, but you could tell which wires sent the electric signal from the timer to the warhead, and that there were fail safes in place to catch any novice from lucking out and defusing their bombs.
Once activated All the right wires had to be cut at the same time, or else the bomb would go off prematurely. Fortunately, they had hid the wiring from view, so no Covenant soldier would get lucky and tug on the right handful of colorful strings and stop the bombs from going off entirely.
You crouch down and pinch the right wires together and snap them from the casing. The clock still ticked down, and the bombs were still primed to go off. But without being connected, the bombs were defused and safe to....
<span class="mu-s"> Special Quality: SPARTAN-II, AP Jotunn, Equipment: MJOLNIR MARK IV Interaction </span>
<span class="mu-s"> Interaction: Sven-033 notices he's being sneaked up on </span>
The hairs on the back of your neck stood on end. Out of the corner of your eye, through the reflection of one of the metallic surfaces near the fusion drive, you noticed a distortion. Like a heatwave shaped into a vaguely humanoid form. You reacted instantly, lightning quick reflexes throwing you the side a moment before a burst of white hot plasma shot out from thin air and melted the last of the bombs you'd been defusing. Rolling you got back up into a half crouch on the walkway, and scanned the room.
Nothing.
But that wasn't imaginary. The air was still roiling with the heat shed from the tears of plasma that nearly took off your head. You eyes flicked back and forth rapidly, searching the air in front of you for...anything.
You had a fraction of a second to react, as blue white light glowed again, and the air rippled. You dove for cover, clearing it, as a stream of plasma blazed through the still air. Clenching your jaw, your eyes move to the sensors in your helmets HUD. You'd been to focused on the bombs to notice that there'd been a reading on your motion tracker that picked up, briefly what was hunting you
But, having the advantage of being invisible, made your would be assassin sloppy even if they moved slowly enough to fool even the cutting edge sensors in your suit. The still wet blood on the floor rippled.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:13:36 No. 6229533 Report >>6229532 The vague outline of a foot appear in it and trailing droplets of blood as something big and hoofed crept towards you. You stared above the ripple. And saw nothing.
Either the Covenant had ghosts in their armies, a species that wasn't visible on the spectrums of light visible to human eyes, or they had cloaking tech something that even the top minds of section three considered the realm of science fiction. You discounted the first two theories, as the first was ridiculous and the second was improbable considering that the unknown species wouldn't be aware they'd be invisible to the naked or assisted human eye.
That meant the only reasonable assumption you could make under fire by something you couldn't see was that they had some kind of optic camouflage. If you had to guess, it worked by bending the light around the user rather than anything more esoteric. You could tell, vaguely where the unknown assailant stood, from the ripples and movement in the pooled purple blood.
They were taking their sweet time and relishing the hunt. And were clearly leagues more professional than even the best of the Tengu aliens you'd fought against in this boarding action. They had to be cold blood if they could have stood here and waited near the bombs staring down their impending fiery doom. They can't have heard you were coming, couldn't have cut into the COM-Channel. They were simply disciplined enough to guard active bombs, on the very unlikely chance someone would come and defuse them and they had to be a higher rank than anyone but the captain if they hadn't been sent as part of the non-human wave that crashed and broke against Blue Team here. Or maybe they'd simply watched, invisible, and decided they couldn't take three spartans in a fair fight and just didn't know they were staring at bombs.
You couldn't know. All you knew. Was that it was bullshit that there was an invisible alien waiting to shoot you in the back here And that it was a different kind of alien and soldier than the ones you'd torn through during the boarding action, and you couldn't sit behind cover and do nothing. The damn thing had a stride equal to your own, and was rapidly closing in.
You had to act. Had to do something. Against a threat you could only see through its footsteps. You'd give your right arm to have had Nesta here. Her sixth sense would've made fighting this coward much easier. Simpler to.
Cause this one was clearly an Elite. Like you yourself were.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:16:00 No. 6229536 Report >>6229533 >Throw caution to the wind, and lunge at the space you THINK the enemy is, trying to tackle them to the ground before they can line up a kill shot (DC 15. +1 Giant, +3 brawler , -2 moderate wounds, Jotunn canceling negative sight modifiers, DC reduced by 7 (From 22) due to SQ: SPARTAN-II and Equipment MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Fuck this! Leg it and double time back to the fall back point and get some backup to deal with invisible hostile . (DC 16. +2 Bulwark, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (from 23) due to SQ: SPARTAN-II and Equipment MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) >( Maverick) Use one of your remaining frags, cook it, and bank it off the glass cover of the fusion core to land directly behind your invisible pursuer (DC 16. +2 Grenadier, +1 Jotunn , +2 SPARTAN-11, -2 Moderate wounds ) >Write in option Jotun's Rage is available again, btw
Wort wort, motherfuckers. Had this special surprise waiting since Operation:Fly-Swatter, started. Just a little wrinkle of circumstances. That you'd managed to evade until now.
>>6229492 >>6229495 >>6229497 That's right
>>6229490 I didn't wanna stop, 4chan made me!
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>>6229536 >>Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) Surely getting shot will do -something- to its cloaking. Disrupt it or give us something to work with like pellets floating around.
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>radio john, ask to have kelly sprint over her to back us up She's the quickest and it seems like the vast majority of threats are dead or hiding away so she should be fine in transit
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Oh and obligatory
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>>6229542 Will support this
Glad to have had the break to catch up actually. Phenomenal quest
WORT WORT WORT
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>>6229536 >Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) We're so fucking back bros.
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>>6229536 >Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) Anonymous
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>>6229536 >( Maverick) Use one of your remaining frags, cook it, and bank it off the glass cover of the fusion core to land directly behind your invisible pursuer (DC 16. +2 Grenadier, +1 Jotunn , +2 SPARTAN-11, -2 Moderate wounds ) New Captcha got me fucked up, Also time for this elite to meet the reclaimers first hand.
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>>6229536 >Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) Hot damn our first elite. We should take Jotun's Rage now before it becomes a problem later.
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>>6229533 Finally this website is back and especially qst. Whatever they did was tarded
Glad that you are here 404 !!!!!
>>6229532 >Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) Fire everything
Use Jotunn rage kill this thing
>radio john, ask to have kelly sprint over her to back us up >Be advised spartans there is a cloaked enemy here !! Anonymous
>>6229536 >Write in option Step 1: Trigger Rage
Step 2: Quick blood pooling on the floor into the air towards where the enemy would have to be
Step 3: Apply Shotgun to said area
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I wanna frag it but I also want that invisibility tech intact.
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>Cause this one was clearly an Elite. Like you yourself were. LaughingMuppets.gif
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>>6229664 >>Cause this one was clearly an Elite. Like you yourself were. >LaughingMuppets.gif Though this does make me wonder, will tengu stick for the jackals or do you think the normal name will still be? Probably just get called skirmishers to keep in the whole combat role is name theme the covenant get slapped with by humans. Barring drones, of course. Lucky bugs. Or unlucky.
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>>6229536 >Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) Should trigger rage as well
Great to see you back 404!
Phoneposting, Sorry
>>6229691 >Though this does make me wonder, will tengu stick for the jackals or do you think the normal name will still be? I'm pretty sure they'll still be called "jackals" once the war becomes public, partially because I think 404'd try to keep names close to canon to prevent confusion, and also because (IIRC) the lingua franca of the UNSC is English and someone in command would get mad trying to pronounce a "foreign" word like that.
I can see Tengu being used as the "Spartan-speak" codename for them though.
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>>6229758 Yeah that's about what I'd expect. It is funny how they got called jackals as the standard instead of vultures. Sure they are sometimes called vultures, but the common vernacular for them is jackals. Canid instead of avian. Call them magpies instead since they stole an entire different taxonomic family the fiends.
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>>6229536 >( Maverick) Use one of your remaining frags, cook it, and bank it off the glass cover of the fusion core to land directly behind your invisible pursuer (DC 16. +2 Grenadier, +1 Jotunn , +2 SPARTAN-11, -2 Moderate wounds ) I shamelessly used the downtime to catch up on this quest. Doing great work, 404.
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>>6229536 >>Switch from slugs to pellets and fire your shotgun in the direction of the unseen threat, hoping to hit them with the spread (DC 12. +1 Jotunn, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderate wounds) 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:59:51 No. 6229836 Report >>6229486 Just noticed I forgot to put the 2 votes for calling Halsey directly, my bad there
I have one more update in me tonight, so I'ma write one
10 Votes to switch from slug to shot and fire in the direction of the unseen alien
4 Votes to radio john and request a rabbit's assistance
2 votes to bounce a grenade behind the new alien threat
4 votes to activate Jotunn's rage
1 vote for kicking blood at the invisible bastard
Sven's going to shoot this elite in its invisible face!
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<span class="mu-s"> Please roll 1d20+1. DC 12. Best of 3 </span>
>>6229554 >>6229809 Thanks!
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Rolled 13 + 1 (1d20 + 1) >>6229836 eat lead split jaw
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Rolled 2 + 1 (1d20 + 1) >>6229836 Anonymous
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Rolled 7 + 1 (1d20 + 1) >>6229836 Anonymous
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Rolled 9 + 1 (1d20 + 1) >>6229836 Anonymous
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Rolled 3 + 1 (1d20 + 1) >>6229836 Hasta la vista, Baby
>>6229838 eesh, close one.
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And you went two over the target as well! Nice
>>6229838 My eyes popped when i saw this lol. Good thing I wasn't sipping at my rum and coke when I saw it lol. That coulda gotten dangerous
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>>6229843 >This strange green suited creature cannot even see me yet it can avoid my assault. And now it is playing with colorful tubes. What manner of heretic sorcery is this? >Buckshot, bitch. 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:08:14 No. 6229865 Report Hostile contact is moving too quick to call for reinforcements, and there's not telling how fast this thing is on its feet so running to back up or superior cover is also out of question. Precision shooting isn't going to work, you only have a vague idea of your targets position. And throwing a grenade next to a fusion core is risky even by your skewed estimations. However, while you hadn't been expecting or planning on fighting a foe you can't see without tricks of the light and the MJOLNIR armor's sensor suite, you do have an answer to solve the problem of not seeing what you're shooting at.
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>>6229865 The light refracting around it wavered, and revealing its grey leathery skin and bizarre facial structure. It was one ugly motherfucker, its jaw split into four fanged mandibles lined with a predators fangs and far too many of them. It lifted an arm, a larger cousin of the plasma casters used by the rest of the crew in its hand. You could see a patch of scales running down its wrist.
And the unmistakable silver sheen of an active energy shield ripple across its metallic blue armor. Your mind blanked for a moment as you came to terms with what you were seeing
The Covenant had personal energy shielding more advanced than wrist mounted projectors. This thing, that was about your height, had the same kind of protection as the ship did just on a smaller scale. How could the refractive shielding be downsized to infantry?! Why didn't the other covenant soldiers have this sort of defense!? Even though it didn't have lips, you could've sworn you saw your opponent smirking, as the adaptive cloak slowly returned and hid them from view, as the first blast of quad ought shot bounced of its energy shield, sending torrents of silver light across the shark like profile of its armor.
However, it miscalculated one thing as it brought its plasma rifle to bear and put you in its sights. And that was that the M45E was pump action. And you were fast enough with its action to send a second shell its way before it could retaliate. The next cloud of pellets ripped through and deactivated its personal shield, and you saw its yellow eyes bulge as purple blood sprayed from it. The shield had stopped just enough of the pellets to stop that injury from being immediately lethal.
Its finger pulled as you ducked back behind cover, a flurry of plasma impacting on the side and nearly catching you on the arm as the brute stumbled back and let out a warbling war. The heat surrounding you and the light proximity burns made you wonder for a moment if you'd taken a direct hit for a second, before a quick check showed that the worst you'd got was a clip in the shoulder armor that'd melted the surface of the outer layer of armor. Too close. Again.
You breathed out. The thing was still screaming and braying, like it hadn't expected your puny earthling weapon to be able to dent its shield let alone wound it. You stepped outside of your cover
But before you could send it straight to whatever hell the Covenant believed in, they broke your cover with a solid bash of their larger plasma caster, wielding the weapon like a club. You twisted, turning to face it as bodies of its fallen comrades and the crate they'd been staked on tumble around you. All the buckshot seemed to have done was piss it off. And it was charging at you, finger on the trigger, eyes wild and fanged mandibles flanged outwards.
"Pozole!" it bellowed
Cont
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:10:47 No. 6229867 Report Both of you held the means to kill the other instantly in your hands. One well placed glob of plasma from that gun of theirs that fire spheres of it automatically, and you'd be toast. And one direct hit from your M45E and you'd be seeing if this kind of Covenant soldier could survive being blasted in half.
And it knew you were wary of its plasma shooter as much as it was of your shotgun. So it lunged, and grabbed the barrel as you lined up a killshot.
You felt the barrel start to creak. It'd bend if this split jawed freak had its way. It roared something that sounded like "Wuudagraan!" as it shoved its gun in your face, looking for a clean execution as you struggled to take control of the grapple. The last thing it expected was for you to headbutt its gun, and bash the barrel away from your body as you stepped closer and shoved your elbow against their shooting arm, raising it as it let off a burst of plasma and you fired. Both of your shots went wide, it held tight on the barrel of the gun, eyes wide as you both felt the kit and sneering as the heat of plasma washed over both of you.
It had become a stalemate. You had its firing arm stuck over your held, pinning it with your elbow, too close to its body for it to aim down and burn through your back with plasma, and it was surprisingly strong enough to hold your M45E's barrel over its shoulder, inches away from its head.
You locked eyes with it from behind your visor. Things were about to get messy.
"Wart!" The alien soldier grunted, mandibles flapping as it pressed closer and glared at its reflection in your helmets visor, trying to pull your shotgun from your hands or snap it in half as it struggled to get any part of you in the firing arc of its plasma rifle
<span class="mu-s"> Current Successes in combat: 1 </span>
<span class="mu-s"> Sven is Moderately Wounded. Bulwark rank 2 + MJOLNIR MARK IV prevented further injury </span>
>See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Punch it in the face and get your shotgun out of its hand and put a hole in its chest (DC 17. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (From 24), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Let go of your shotgun, snake you arm around its rifle arm, pin its gun under arm pit and attempt to put it in an arm bar (DC 18. +1 giant, +3 Brawler, -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 25) Through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Activate the damaged energy shield strapped to your arm, use it to break out of the grapple, scrabble away and roll a grenade at the alien's feet. Hopefully before it shoots you (DC 14 . +2 Grenadier +1 equipment energy shield, +2 Spartan-II, -2 Moderately wounded) >Write in option Jotunn's rage can be activated
>>6229845 lol, that's pretty accurate actually
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>>6229691 The Covenant aliens get a lot of names from humanity both from civies and military, i can see that Tengu will stick around even if Jackal becomes more dominant. Hatred goes a long way, Tengu will stick on the Kig Yars like a knife in their skull.
>>6229807 Yeah it should be more avian.
Vultures fits better
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Did we have a combat knife?
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>>6229867 >>See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV >Write-in >Then crush his alien arms by jumping and stepping on them as hard as you can Its time for some pain
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>>6229867 >See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Activating rage Would be stupid not to at this range
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>>6229867 >See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Activate rage Filthy fucking HINGEHEAD
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:35:52 No. 6229877 Report >>6229872 Not currently, no.
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>>6229867 >See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Svens head is stronger than the elites face
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>>6229486 Glad to have you back 404 I missed this
>>6229533 >Cause this one was clearly an Elite. Like you yourself were. >>6229867 >See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. and activate rage
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>>6229867 >>6229873 Also i forgot to add to my vote, USE Jotunn rage !
ITS TIME FOR MELEE ALIEN BITCH!
Anonymous
>>6229867 >>See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) If we weren't standing next to warheads and a nuclear explosion in a jar I'd just go for the nade. But collateral damage here could be fatal. To more than just us as well.
>activate the RAGE >>6229873 If we really wanted to break an arm instead of trying for an armbar or stomping the yard we could improvise a traditional shoulder throw except instead of getting our shoulder under its armpit we get it under its elbow and torque it sideways as we drop and pull. Might not break it but I'd be damn surprised if it didn't dislocate the elbow or snap a tendon. Just pin it between shoulder and neck so it can't slip it. I doubt these morons have ever seen judo.
>>6229881 All those teeth but no jawline that could make a woman swoon. These damn alien bastards have glass chins, four a piece. Inferior lifeforms.
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>>6229877 Thanks.
>>6229867 >See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Activate Jötunn Rage Any theories about why a Sangheili is here? A jackal-crewed ship doesn't seem like a very honorable posting for them.
Some really hated, low-ranking Sangheili on a religious posting?
Some stealth operative that's part of fleet security?
An Ossoona on a mission from a Prophet that has some unknown objective?
Interesting whatever the case.
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>>6229867 >See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Activate Jötunn Rage Anonymous
>>6229890 Interesting idea..... i wouldn't mind giving it a vote now or later.
And yeah the Covenant do not know anything of human martial arts. Sven learned multiple of them and he is mastering them one by one. This elite has no idea what he is about to deal with lol, should have kept its distance.
>>6229908 Maybe he was sent to keep an eye on the mistress ? He does have a blue armor, so he cant be high ranked.
I am betting on some minor internal military politics of the Covenant navy. Maybe they don't trust her to not double dip (be on the side of the law and crime at the same time).
Or the ship is carrying something valuable and they don't trust her to bring it to the actual destination, and instead sell it somewhere else. Canon wise this ship is working for a specific ministry i think.
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Funny thought .
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>>6229918 You may be right.
The fact they didn't intervene until now though speaks of prudence, which makes me think they have more experience than a Minor. Attacking Sven while he was alone and distracted was also more cunning than honorable. Can't help but think of Isna 'Nosolee remaining stealthed the entire time on the Pillar of Autumn.
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>>6229867 >Activate the damaged energy shield strapped to your arm, use it to break out of the grapple, scrabble away and roll a grenade at the alien's feet. Hopefully before it shoots you Activate Rage plz
>>6229937 >which makes me think they have more experience than a Minor. It's a higher ranking Stealth Elite, given that it has personal shields probably an Ossoona.
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>>6229937 Perhaps.
We will find out soon. Hopefully
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i believe first option won with majority
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>>6230237 Now hold on, we might get a wave of votes opting to turn this into a jiu-jitsu match in the next few hours. And I mean that old-school stuff people were killing each other with while wearing full suits of armor, none of that competition ass-scooting you see nowadays.
Jokes aside, let it rock for a little bit before declaring a winner.
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>>6230240 Bro just pull guard bro. They can't get you if you pull guard. They have to go to ground with you if you pull guard bro. Then since you've already pulled guard they're playing right into your hand. Bro.
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>>6230241 >"Bro just pull guard bro. They can't get you if you pull gu-" Technical grappling is fun as fuck, but I swear to god if I have to suffer another no-gi lanklet telling me to pull guard in a self defense situation... Anonymous
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>>6230240 >Jokes aside, let it rock for a little bit before declaring a winner. ...the votes are there. thats about it. and ain't nothing wrong with saying that either, this isn't the first two seconds, minutes or two hours of vote.
We are not that far in terms of time from when 404 will give a check and do a general count. Sometimes everyone agrees on what to do simple ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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>>6230242 >youtube-comments "experts" when the guy they're fighting doesn't respect the "rules" and bites the fuck out of them Rolling is fun and great exercise but I don't think I'd want to grapple on a sidewalk or asphalt. Great way to get scraped to shit and probably get some bone bruises or breaks. Then there's the fact that ain't nobody out there gonna start shit if they don't have their boys with them, or a surprise tool that will help them later kek.
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>>6229867 >>See how strong their split jaw is and headbutt the alien before it can wrench your gun out of your hands or get a shot off, then sweep its legs while its stunned. (DC 15. +1 giant, +3 Brawler , -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (from 22), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) total covvie death
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>>6230278 Biting is always one of those nightmare scenarios when talking about self-defense. How do you even defend against somebody taking a chomp at your neck or face?
I'm sure there's systems that address that sort of thing, but hell if I've seen 'em.
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>>6230308 Dude, that one seems easy. Hit back and hit first. Teeth are weak. A decent headbutt and you snap off a couple of incisors.
HOWEVER, for best results this means you need to see the attack coming. If they get a decent hold on cheek, neck, ear, etc, it's going to be messy.
Still, it's still the same prescription - pushing TOWARDS the attack offers you a diminished possibility to break a tooth and keeps you from losing a chunk of you as they pull. Best results involve a hand to hit them in the throat or eyes, which are both kind of guaranteed to be unguarded if they're grappling and biting you, or genitals if you can't get a decent swing on the head.
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>>6229867 >Punch it in the face and get your shotgun out of its hand and put a hole in its chest (DC 17. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, -2 moderate wounds, DC reduced by 7 (From 24), through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >>6230308 >How do you even defend against somebody taking a chomp at your neck or face? Bite has short reach. It also has significantly less power if you've punched/elbowed their jaw. Potentially dangerous/lethal in a grapple I'll give it that.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sun 27 Apr 2025 04:26:52 No. 6230340 Report Rolled 3 (1d4) <span class="mu-s"> Rebooting...Monitor 404TormentedCache, back online </span>
10Votes to headbutt with a leg sweep follow up
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+ 1 vote to crush/ break the mandible faced freaks arms
8 votes Activate Jotunn's rage
1 vote to use the damaged shield gauntlet to break the grapple, and retreat to employ a grenade
1 vote to daze with a head strike, then open fire center mass
Headbutting the squid face is the winning choice! As is activating the Jotunn Adrenaline surge
I'll roll the 1d4....
>>6230237 Correct
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sun 27 Apr 2025 04:28:27 No. 6230344 Report >>6230340 Nice! that pretty much eliminates the moderate wound penalty for two combat rounds!
<span class="mu-s"> Decision made </span>
<span class="mu-s">Please roll 1d20+5. DC 15. Best of 3 </span>
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Rolled 9 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6230344 Total Hingehead Death
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Rolled 18 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6230344 Rolling...
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sun 27 Apr 2025 04:33:59 No. 6230348 Report >>6230346 <span class="mu-s"> Success! </span>
And a meaty one to, 8 over the target number
<span class="mu-s"> Proceeding ... </span>
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>>6230348 I was just running in SCQ, so I guess the TOTAL SPLITJAW DEATH vibes were still on me.
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>>6230308 It's the one thing that everyone can fall back on. Just getting grabbed and struggling and bam, teeth. Ouch. And then you gotta get that shit cleaned and get checked for diseases. Not a great time. The only real option is proper head control. Or knocking their teeth out, obviously. But no one expects to get bitten in a fight nowadays. We've come a long way since cavemen.
>>6230346 >>6230348 I can hear the ringing in HIS ears from this impact already. Jesus.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sun 27 Apr 2025 05:15:57 No. 6230367 Report In the heat of near literal tooth and nail struggle, adrenaline was already flowing without your usual trick of tricking your adrenal glands with a bit of manufactured rage. However, even if you had enough pumping through your veins to win any fair fight in the sparring ring, this was real combat against an alien that could actually hold off your augmented strength. This thing could've overpowered quite a few spartans. They were stronger than Nicole, a bit quicker than Li. This wasn't like sparring with your usual partners, and not just cause the looser would be put down by the winner. This was like you were fighting against another Sven, nearly. This split jawed freak was strong and you didn't need to tilt your head to look in their eyes.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sun 27 Apr 2025 05:18:04 No. 6230368 Report >>6230367 'More like a swordmaster' he thought, as the world he saw turned white and a ringing noise split through his skull
The thing had struck him with their head. Blinking, He moved to strike them, to throw them, to snap their arms and avenge the slight. Then, the world Vul'Rocam saw turned right again, and remained white, flaring as he felt repeated blows strike him. The force of the impact rendered the armor protecting him near useless, and the repeated blows to his skull were too stunning to allow retaliation...
<span class="mu-s"> Adjusting perspective </span>
Blood covered your visor as the alien refused to let go of your gun and wildly swung its gun at your back and neck. You'd headbutted them enough times to reduce a human's head to splatter and gore, but they were still standing, still fighting back. Purple streaks ran down your HUD, as each hammer's blow of your forehead caused its projections to glitch and turn to static. Pulling back your head, you slammed it hard against where its jaw would've been. Their head hung for a moment, eyes glazing over.
Reacting like a striking viper, you swung out your leg, catching them in their bent backwards knee and twisting, throwing them to the ground with your hips. Both your firearms hit fell to the floor. Shotgun torn out of your hands and Plasma rifle dropping from their hands as they fell. And, impressively, despite enduring more headbutts than Nicole could stomach, their eyes fluttered and refocused as soon as their back touched the ground.
Their eyes darted, first to you, then to the two weapons scattered on the floor. Then they looked up and glared. No time to think or plan. Follow the flow of combat. Don't let them get back up.
<span class="mu-s"> Current Successes in combat: 3 </span>
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Jotunn's rage bonus +2
>Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Get your hands around their throat and start throttling (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds, - 2 stubborn alien). DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Dive for your shotgun and put this thing down before it can before it can get back up (DC 14. +2 Jotunn's rage, +2 Spartan-II -2 moderate wounds.) >[Giant+ Spartan-II] Lift the alien up and toss them around like a rag doll until they wise up and stop fighting back (DC 14. +2 Giant, +2 Spartan-II, +2 MJOLNIR Mark IV, -2 Moderate wounds) >Write in option >>6230349 lol
>>6230355 Turns out its a bad idea to let Sven Askeland get that close to you in a fight.</span>
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Keep him pinned and turn his head into a modern art piece.
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>>6230368 >Drive our fist into their mouth of flesh and blood thus bypassing the armour and pull their spine out through their mouth. Thumbs in the eyes, take their sight so if they get out they are also fighting blind and there is zero way their flesh is harder than armour to stop us. Their biological disadvantage of having a big hole for a mouth will now be exploited.
FATALITY!
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>>6230368 >>Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) I WOULD vote to throw him like the bitch he is, BUT, I don't want to accidentally toss him near something he could use against us. Or the reactor. So, let's bounce his fucking skull off the floor with the power of friendship and these hands.
I want to hear the dragonslayer CLANG! sound effect with every impact. Anonymous
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>>6230371 You don't really need to see if you're in arm's reach, not to mention I'm not sure any amount of pain is gonna put this guy down.
As for pulling the Nemean maneuver, I wouldn't recommend doing it barehanded as Sven's hands are fucking gigantic. Maybe if we had a combat knife...
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>>6230372 In my head it would be this over and over-
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8mL0_4GeV0 - with some wet splatters thrown in for effect.
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>>6230368 >Dive for your shotgun and put this thing down before it can before it can get back up (DC 14. +2 Jotunn's rage, +2 Spartan-II -2 moderate wounds.) Anonymous
>>6230371 I don't know about mortal combatting him, but going for the eyes is legit though. Maybe we SHOULD try to blind him. Elite headgear notably does not cover their entire face, and almost never the eyes. Normally this isn't a problem because of the shields, but unfortunately for him, his is down. Blinding him, even if it only partially succeeds in whatever fashion, would probably be instant death at this level of combat. Though with him not being zonked out and stunned it would probably be really hard to actually pull it off.
Oh, since he has retarded backwards knees, if we get his back on the ground he has WAY less traction with his feet than a human would have. It might even be difficult or impossible for him to buck his hips to break out from mounted position. He's gonna have a bad fucking time if we can pin him.
>>6230375 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_AUeCPrM9g I hear this every time Sven's fist connects with his helmet. This thing has to have at least three concussions at this point.
The metal pipe falling is the sound of his long ass skull being dribbled on the ground kek Anonymous
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>>6230368 >[Giant+ Spartan-II] Lift the alien up and toss them around like a rag doll until they wise up and stop fighting back (DC 14. +2 Giant, +2 Spartan-II, +2 MJOLNIR Mark IV, -2 Moderate wounds) His first assignment and he has to brawl Sven. Unlucky.
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>>6230379 Yeah now that I'm thinking about it, BJJ is practically tailor made for stuffing Sangheili. What the actual fuck are they gonna be able to do on the ground when they can't just muscle out of it?
Jack shit, that's what.
Anonymous
>>6230382 >tfw the 3000 pound ape + metal suit is sitting on me and beating the absolute piss out of me (i am physiologically incapable of removing him) It really seems like his only option is to punch back - good luck from the ground - or wrench Sven sideways. Which is also a hard sell, because flared hips and knees is a strong perpendicular position. Really the only viable option he'd have in this situation is to go for a sidearm BEFORE he gets his skull caved in hard enough that he loses fine motor control and can no longer properly grab things. If Sven gets the mount he basically knows whatever move this splitjaw is gonna do. Yeowch.
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) But agreeing with
>>6230379 at the same time. Smash is head into the floor but make sure we get our thumbs in his eyes while we do it.
Anonymous
>>6230384 If I were Vul here, I'd just shell up and pray my chest plate and bracers survive long enough for the demon to get tired. Still a pretty shit option mind you, but he's not really in a position to do much else.
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>>6230368 >[Giant+ Spartan-II] Lift the alien up and toss them around like a rag doll until they wise up and stop fighting back (DC 14. +2 Giant, +2 Spartan-II, +2 MJOLNIR Mark IV, -2 Moderate wounds) Anonymous
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Big Monke big Smash
Anonymous
>>6230387 This actually makes me wonder, what's this dude's wounded status at at this point? He's gotta be edging a CTE at the moment, and even as little as it seemed to hurt him he does still have a handful of buck in him.
Anonymous
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Seems technically the smartest thing to do here. Though rag dolling might mess with his head more - swordmaster precision back into jiralhanae brute force.
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Monke stronk
Anonymous
>>6230391 The way I see it, he's still liable to shake off the damage from Sven's headbutts if we don't end this quickly. Best we blow his head off after he stops moving too.
Anonymous
Man I just realized, Halseys gonna be so pissed cause she's gonna have to redesign our helmet to be reinforced cause we're a big old monkee.
Anonymous
>>6230404 If this is how we get the ball rolling on the development of UA variants for the MJOLNIR helmets, so be it.
Anonymous
>>6230400 Of for sure. Stomp his fucking head off or something. Sorry for the somewhat intact corpse being defiled, but best not take chances with something that can wrestle a kid who can bench press trucks.
>>6230404 >>6230406 >"Sven." >"Halsey." >"I see you've managed to rough up my armor." >"It served its purpose magnificently." >".... try not to get it so damaged next time." >"Of course, mo- am." Ah, she cares.
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>>6230404 I guess this could be how EOD armor is invented in some form since it doesn't seem likely that Sam is going to die here.
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>>6230408 The head will be mostly intact if the specimen complies with our percussive negotiation tactics. Whether or not it's still attached to its body is another thing entirely.
Anonymous
>>6230368 >[Giant+ Spartan-II] Lift the alien up and toss them around like a rag doll until they wise up and stop fighting back (DC 14. +2 Giant, +2 Spartan-II, +2 MJOLNIR Mark IV, -2 Moderate wounds) I want to capture.
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>>6230414 We already beat the odds twice over between capturing the ship's mistress and the vessel itself. Trying to take our new punching bag alive is begging for a turning of the tides I feel.
Anonymous
>>6230368 >>[Giant+ Spartan-II] Lift the alien up and toss them around like a rag doll until they wise up and stop fighting back (DC 14. +2 Giant, +2 Spartan-II, +2 MJOLNIR Mark IV, -2 Moderate wounds) And doesn't this one also have rage? We're being stiffed!
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:2IVaG7KR Sun 27 Apr 2025 07:24:31 No. 6230422 Report Quoted By:
>>6230419 It should, thanks for pointing that out. That was a mistake on my part. It must've gotten lost when I was organizing that choice's modifiers. Good eye
Anonymous
>>6230408 >I did not have your bones reinforced with carbide ceramic material just for you to use your skull as a blunt instrument. Anonymous
>>6230427 >"A skull is a bone..." >"Still!" Anonymous
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>>6230431 I think that would probably earn us "the look". How horrifying.
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>>6230368 >Write-in >improvise a traditional shoulder throw except instead of getting our shoulder under its armpit we get it under its elbow and torque it sideways as we drop and pull. Pin it between shoulder and neck. Then repeat. Again. And Again. Until it breaks. I will use the idea of this anon.
>>6229890 I want his alien arms.
Alternatively i was thinking of outright just stomping the alien in to the ground or no-stop kicking it in to the wall of the room (away from the reactor glass and the weapons). Legs are pretty strong as muscles go for humans. Spartans legs must hurt. And the alien is on the ground in a perfect position to be kicked really hard again and again. Or stomped really hard again and again.
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Anonymous
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Welcome to monki. Glad to have you back, 404.
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TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:5qOyfcFq Sun 27 Apr 2025 15:53:31 No. 6230577 Report Quoted By:
>>6230368 >>Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) Anonymous
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>>6230368 >Mount your opponent, and hammer their head into the floor until they stop moving (DC 16. +1 Giant, +3 Brawler, +2 Jotunn's rage, -2 Moderate wounds. DC reduced by 7 (From 23) through SQ: SPARTAN-II and MJOLNIR Mark IV) i hope we can find his cloaking device we maybe able to expand Mjolnier capabilities again with it
Anonymous
>>6230368 >get a boot on his dominant hand and then stomp his head into the fucking ground with the other boot. Anonymous
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>>6230730 >leave one of his arms free while we lift one of our legs Fuck. Nooooooooooooooooooo.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Q/u9aLRX Sun 27 Apr 2025 21:45:24 No. 6230824 Report Phone-posting, cause my internet is off for some reason. If I can fix it, I'll post later, if I can't get it working today, consider this a forewarning. No idea why it isn't working at the moment
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>>6230824 NO! Our big monkee attack!
Anonymous
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>>6230824 What dumb fucking grunt messed with the comms device? Damn!
Anonymous
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>>6231002 Terrible. Have some more suffering sir.
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>>6231002 this is what happens when John angers Cortana and she steals control over Mjolnir
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>>6231133 What the fuck are they doing over at Section Two? Christ.
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>>6231002 >>6230824 nooooooooooooooooooo
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Q/u9aLRX Mon 28 Apr 2025 21:26:03 No. 6231349 Report Internet still down. Worried it may be a router issue
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>>6231349 >4chan down and now this cursed
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>>6231349 god damn ONI spooks are trying to stop this quest
Anonymous
>>6231349 :(
i believe in 404.....
Anonymous
>>6231349 Have you tried troubleshooting? It'll help isolate the problem.
1.ping your loopback address
2.ping your device's ip address
3.ping your default gateway
4.ping 8.8.8.8
5.ping
google.com You could also tether to your phone as a workaround if you've got wifi, bluetooth or a usb connection. Go into your phone's settings and set up a hotspot. Pretty straightforward. But I guess the network problems might be killing your interest to write, which would be understandable. In which case, hope you can sort it out.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:QSBULiFB Mon 28 Apr 2025 23:34:15 No. 6231430 Report Did some more looking, turns out the router works, but the Modem has reached the end of its service. Going to have to replace it. But I've figured out a solution anyways
>>6231385 yeah, that's what I ended up doing. A bit before you suggested it. Mostly just making sure the hotspot wouldn't drop while I was updating. But thanks for the advice/
>>6231383 the name is starting to become a little prophetic lol
But enough talking about tech issues
10 Votes to mount and pummel
1 Vote to stuff your hands into the alien's mouth
1 Vote to dive for the shotgun
4 Votes to man handle and ragdoll your opponent
1 vote to improvise a shoulder throw
1 vote to stomp the alien's skull
2 votes to try and blind the alien
Clear majority for mounting and pounding.
[b:lit] Decision made [/b:lit]
[b:lit] Please roll 1d20+4. DC 16. Best of 3 [/b:lit]
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Rolled 18 + 4 (1d20 + 4) >>6231430 Anonymous
Rolled 20 + 4 (1d20 + 4) >>6231430 Inb4 1
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TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:O3ylm0RM Mon 28 Apr 2025 23:36:57 No. 6231433 Report TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS
TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:O3ylm0RM Mon 28 Apr 2025 23:37:57 No. 6231434 Report >>6231433 How embarrassing but not even gonna the to beat that 20
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>>6231434 Roll the dice anyways brother, we might get a double crit.
Anonymous
Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4) >>6231432 TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS
TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:O3ylm0RM Mon 28 Apr 2025 23:42:20 No. 6231437 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 11 + 4 (1d20 + 4) >>6231435 Twisting my arm
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A crit and its 8 over the target. Mr elite is not having a good day
[ Proceeding ]
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>>6231439 If he didn't want his skull caved in, maybe he shouldn't have been born with his legs on backwards.
Anonymous
>>6231439 He's a failure just like his old man.
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>>6231439 Maybe the crit will means that he'll surrender after the strange green monki display of pure violence.
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>>6231445 What a rotten way to die.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:QSBULiFB Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:51:45 No. 6231497 Report Quoted By:
Muscle memory does most of the work, the lessons learned under Mendez' school of hard knocks and turned into second instinct through countless bruises and multiple concussions. You mount the alien, whose already at a disadvantage due to the shape of their legs, and pin them to the ground with your thighs as they move to cover their head and protect their skull. But they're were just too slow in putting up their defenses and raising their guard. You grab one of their arms and wrench it away violently and then start striking, pounding your fist into their head as they try to block with their remaining arm or else bash you off of themselves, yelling in the ear grating language of the covenant. The first few blows are hammer strikes, delivered through you armored fist, followed by an blow to the side of their head with your elbow. Their neck snaps back, and you let go of their arm and start hitting them with both of your hands, pounding your fists down on them in a repeating sequence that doesn't give them time to recover or respond. But they just won't give up and continue to struggle.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:QSBULiFB Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:56:28 No. 6231504 Report >>6231500 ___
[ Secret objective 1: Capture/ Secure Covenant equipment, weaponry, technology. Reward increased by quantity and variety of captured materials. Secondary objective: capture ship mistress Ziq Zin alive]
[ Secret objective 2: Successfully capture the Covenant Cruiser, Unrelenting]
[ Secret objective 3: Complete the mission with ZERO Spartan casualties]
[ Bonus Objective 1: Secure Ziq Zin's private collection/ retrieve Wick's remains ]
[ Bonus Objective 2: Fight and beat hidden enemy, Vul 'Rocam ]
Rewards, both personal and towards the war effort, will be revealed after Operation: FLY-SWATTER's After action report, along with increases to current Advancement Paths and the choice between the new one's Sven has reached the criteria of
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>Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong >Get to writing the AAR for Operation: FLY-SWATTER, while you and the rest of the fire team receive medical treatment, according to protocol, and recommend Promotions/ Rank increases for every Spartan who was part of the OP >Meet with Captain Wallace and Dr Halsey immediately, and make sure to be there when they or the ONI spooks start interrogating the bird and squid face. >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI >write in option. Seriously though behind the scenes, you guys were walking a tightrope during the entire OP, and it was quick thinking, good rolls and the skills of Sven and the other Spartans that made this outcome possible.
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>>6231504 >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI >Order the Spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong I figure we could just as easily have any captured data chips turned over to us and subsequently pocket a few while we shoot the shit with John.
Anonymous
>>6231504 Hot damn, that was good. Let's get a jump start on our intrusion AI.
>[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI Also
>Seriously though behind the scenes, you guys were walking a tightrope during the entire OP, and it was quick thinking, good rolls and the skills of Sven and the other Spartans that made this outcome possible. Seriously. Major failure at any step of this whole op would have resulted in a total team wipe. Glad I got to eat crow in the end of it and everything turned out alright.
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>>6231504 >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI >Order the Spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong man we threaded a fucking needle here god and remember Mendez basicly told Sven that alot of people dont like that he's in command cause of his Mavric ways
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TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:O3ylm0RM Tue 29 Apr 2025 01:13:28 No. 6231512 Report Quoted By:
>>6231504 >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI We deserve a little treat and it will end up helping the war effort anyway
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>>6231504 >Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong Good stuff
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>>6231504 No critfails and a crit to finish up the mission. Very good.
>Order the Spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong I think it goes without saying but warn them about the potential for camouflaged enemies and to closely watch thermal/motion sensors
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>>6231504 >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI Section Three is going to love us.
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>>6231504 >the skills of Sven and the other Spartans that made this outcome possible. This is why one must never underestimate the power of combined arms. Be that in the grand scheme of air cover for your ground forces or simply a diverse skillset. The breadth of talents the Spartans display is the envy of any special forces anywhere.
wew lad. Feels real damn good. I wonder what ONI arch-spook is gonna be eating crow when Halsey delivers the report that her kiddos just did the impossible three times in a single OP. This ain't just success, this is A D V A N C E D success lmao
Is Momsey proud yet? Gods I hope we have handcuffs strong enough to hogtie this fucking splitjaw with. Don't need him deciding he's awake enough to commit suicide via struggling.
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>>6231430 >>6231432 Such a MASSIVE monkee.
>>6231504 >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI >Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong Anonymous
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>>6231504 >Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI Anonymous
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>>6231504 >>6231509 I'll append
>Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong to my vote.
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>>6231523 >Is Momsey proud yet? Mission accomplished. The Spartans exceeded even her expectations. She's been fully vindicated. All her doubters have been BTFO. All her Spartans are safe. The xenocidal aliens have been proven not invincible. She has new toys to investigate.
This might just be the best day of her life.
Sorry, Miranda. Anonymous
>>6231504 >[ Secret objective 2: Successfully capture the Covenant Cruiser, Unrelenting] I KNEW THAT IT WAS A SECRET OBJECTIVE.
Riding such a high to see whats gonna end up happening now cause man. Not only is that a more or less intact stealth field generator, But a more or less fully operational Covenant cruiser this early with possibly a locator thing? We're gonna lose Spartans down the road but the war effort is gonna be better off for it none the less. Anonymous
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>>6231504 >>[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI Anonymous
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>>6231558 >But a more or less fully operational Covenant cruiser this early with possibly a locator thing? That locater thing is the major victory here. There could be an intact mass produced Luminary aboard. This is so early in the war the crew might not have even considered destroying it when we boarded. That turns the early war from a game of whack a mole into a tower defense before Adm. Cole enacts his Protocol.
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>>6231504 Holy shit and how
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Question
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>>6231686 They might have died when the Commonwealth sent a MAC round through the ship. Guess we'll see.
Anonymous
>>6231504 WE WOOOOOOOOOON!!!
GET THE SHOTGUNNER PERK FOR BECOME EVEN MORE DEADLY IN CLOSE COMBAT !! GET IT !!
>Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong There is a still a few chickens missing (the ones that run away from the bridge). Get them. Alive or dead. Do inform everyone of possible stealth enemies.
>[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI 404 i am fairly sure, Sven would also share this data chips with his bros Mike and Dimas, and any other tech spartan. Yeah i have heard it in a dream, i believe he would do that. After this data chips are used, i think Sven would give them to his not-mom, as a surprise secret gift.
and speaking of mom....
>Write-in >Send a message to Dr.Halsey, about creating a reason for the Spartan Program in staking a partial claim on the use of the Covenant Ship. The Program could use the ship both for training, study and familiarization of Spartans of First and Second Class against the Covenant tech, equipment and spaceships. And thus massively improving the odds for the Spartans in combat.... getting this ship changes a lot of stuff....think of all the cargo...the ship armory....the ship hangar....the prisoners.... the intact covenant AIs.... all the data... the star charts...the forerunners relics.....the info on any covenant worlds....and i could keep going.....High Command jaws will hit the floor all at once they read all that was captured. And on top of that ? 0 dead spartans or destroyed power armors, the only UNSC warship here, the Commonwealth is still alive but needs repairs (and still does have a crew and marines that managed to remain alive during a naval clash against a covenant warship, meaning they can be considered experienced), Halsey is alive and the Damascus facility is still standing (even if it lost the AIs there) and the scientists and engineers that where there are also alive.
The Commonwealth can be repaired, so overall this is a great victory of the UNSC. Its enough of a great victory that High Command needs to consider if making it public, for the propaganda alone that writes it self from it.
>>6231523 >handcuffs strong Right now we can keep the ugly alien pinned under our weight. The chicken captain can be tied up after medical treatment (hands, arms, legs, feet and also beak). Afterwards for the ugly alien we can ask some heavy transport duty chains from Captain Wallace (and then tie the elite like the chicken captain). Or something along those lines, this is not an ordinary prisoner. Should have at least 10 guns on it at all times.
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victory tastes so sweet....
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>>6231504 Told you guys we could do it.
>Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI Would be great if we can train our AI to know how to throw Covenant "AI" into a data loop.
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>>6231732 Sven is the first human that did that.
And Loki for further ensure that can become even better...just need further help. One of the reasons i added that write in to my vote.
If the Spartan Program can partially use this captured Covenant vessel....it would be very beneficial.
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>>6231736 >If the Spartan Program can partially use this captured Covenant vessel....it would be very beneficial. Once the computers are ripped out and everything's been examined and catalogued, I can definitely see the vessel being kept in orbit around an undisclosed planet indefinitely for the purposes of training.
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>>6231504 >Order the spartans under your command to assist in the clean up of the cruiser, while you and John guard the two prisoners, and discuss the mission, and the many ways it could've gone wrong Anonymous
>>6231709 There is like, a chance so close to 0 it may as well be 0 that ANYONE gets the covie ship. There is nothing anyone can say or do that stops the bigwigs from taking it and tearing it apart for answers and secrets. It's gonna get passed around like a cheap whore to every department from the top down. By the time anyone not from the big boy's club gets their hands on it it's gonna be a skeleton with no meat or skin.
And that's perfectly understandable. This is a big deal and it needs to be dissected as thoroughly as possible to find as much information and tech as possible. Oh, and the prisoners. You think the ship is gonna get it bad. The prisoners are absolutely turbofucked. Once they are interrogated, they'll be experimented on, and once they're done with that, either quietly taken out back and old yeller'd or publicly executed for the masses to cheer over. Bad day to be an ayyy.
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>>6231872 here's hoping that in the next 15 to 20 years the tech studied on this ship start showing up in the war
also this is what Sven, Halsey and all the Spartans are listening too right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuDMg9-LZRk Anonymous
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>>6231872 Fair enough, you make a very good argument.
Though i would have wanted for the spartans to get some time in it. Could have helped. Maybe they can make a full scan of the place and 3D print it for training on Reach.
It would be really good for spartans of both 1 and 2 class. Get them to familiriaze themselves with it and with whats inside would be nice for future missions.
It goes without saying that they could probably make training videos for ODSTs, marines and other soldiers to look at too. The recorded firefights inside will be probably object of study.
Same for the fight outside in space between the Commonwealth and the Unrelenting.
Maybe Halsey can come up with some bullshit for having all the Spartans of first class stay on board for a little longer. Man i would be content if they could stay inside it a week for security or something similar. So much to learn.
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>>6231872 >tfw find out what world this Sangheili is from >tfw we're dispatched to go harvest his 'clan' every few years Anonymous
>>6231872 As much as it pains me to say it, you're probably right. Still, I figure we'd get a lot of use out of even just the carcass with an old gravity generator installed.
The war games you'd have on something like that would be invaluable learning experiences.
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>>6231879 Nah they would probably use that too. Our best bet is Halsey making a reason for us to stay inside here a bit longer really. A few days or a week would be great. Before we are sent back to base.
The Commonwealth is damaged anyway. Could work out before a response fleet gets here.
Afterwards 3D printed training ground made from scanning this ship.
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you know i just realized something since this ship was supposed to go artifact hunting for forerunner tech does that mean theirs digging equipment and vehicles on board cause if so then we also fucking stole some shit, we can add to identifiers for the entire UNSC
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>>6231504 >[Maverick] Make sure a few Covenant data chips Missing", so you can use them to train your incomplete AI >Get to writing the AAR for Operation: FLY-SWATTER, while you and the rest of the fire team receive medical treatment, according to protocol, and recommend Promotions/ Rank increases for every Spartan who was part of the OP Anonymous
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>>6231902 I mean one of the spartan plans at the start of this mission was baiting them on the Ice Ball where the Damascus Facility was made, before ambushing them while they deployed with dropships. And then take their dropships for get inside their ship.
The ship as an hangar, cargo space and more. Some vehicles are certainly here.
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11 Votes to pocket a few covie data chips to train your incomplete AI on
10 Votes to order your spartans to assist in the clean up efforts
1 vote to send a message to halsey asking if the ship could be turned over, temporarily to the spartan program
1 Vote to begin writing the AAR report of Operation Fly-swatter
So the Maverick option to pocket a few pieces of Covie tech and to guard the prisoners with John and perform a quick and dirty after action review
[ Decisions made ]
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>>6231686 >>6231700 Yeah, that did blow a hole in the middle of the ship.
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>>6232072 >I'm a thief... but I keep what I steal. Anonymous
>>6232072 well heres hoping maybe one or two engineers survived and can be taken
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>>6232090 >marines spot an engineer doing things >it wiggles its tentacles at them >they shoot the fuck out of it Anonymous
>>6232093 ahhh i hate that your right and whats worse is that they might even eat the damn thing afterwards too
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>>6232094 Who the fuck would look at a huragok and think "Bet that bastard's tasty"? The damn things are more machine than squid anyways.
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>>6232095 There are people who eat rotting cabbage and raw fish and call them delicacies. Freshly shot Huragok falls into the same category of cuisine if you ask me.
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>>6232097 Maybe the Covenant are right about humanity.
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>>6232099 You say that like the Jiralhanae don't eat anything that moves and the Unggoy aren't huffing farts 24/7.
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>>6232100 True. Though brutes and grunts aren't really held in high regard either.
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>>6232094 >>6232095 >>6232097 Y'all never served with an Asian before huh?
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>>6232109 Why yes, I DO like ENTIRE BOILED PIG'S HEAD, why do you ask?
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>>6232114 Thanks Korea, very cool!
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It might be best that we don't find a Luminary on the ship because that might cause the Covenant to get serious sooner than we might like.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:00:13 No. 6232189 Report "John, you're on prisoner duty with me. Kelly, Sam, if you're still in fighting shape join up with Shika and Vinh lend a hand to the clean up crew Wallace is sending over" You command over the secure frequency the fire team was using for this operation, as you pull yourself off of the ground, and hoist the half dead alien onto your shoulder in a fireman carry, feeling every ounce of their dead weight as you shuffle out of the fusion drive "Before they touch down, we'll separate out the captured enemy equipment and tech, as insurance that no unique alien artifact is lost during the sweep or evac"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:01:14 No. 6232191 Report >>6232189 "Why, this is my new best friend, Shika. I was thinking about adding him to Purple Team, on account of his blood's color" You smartass back, before getting serious and actually answering "Unknown species, presumed covenant allegiance. Ambushed me with optical camouflage"
"Oh fun, the aliens can turn invisible, anymore good news, Sir?" Sam said as you nodded and you could tell he winced under his visor
"They have refractive shield projectors sized down for their infantry" You answer, letting the fresh intel settle "And unless it is a one of freak of nature, they can go toe to toe with a spartan in full MJOLNIR"
"They can go toe to toe with zero three three in full MJOLNIR" Vinh says flintily
"Doesn't look like they had a fair fight to me, Vinh" Kelly remarks, prodding the motionless alien with her boot "Think there's anymore of them on board, ensign?"
"Doubt it, but watch your motion trackers their camouflage can't trick the sensors" You answer "and there could always be a pack of these things waiting to ambush you"
"Or to free their CO" John said, as Kelly, Sam, Vinh and Shika grouped up and filed out of the captain's quarters, John training his gun on the mystery alien, and you crouching next to the Captain, who even without knowing anything about their physiology you could tell was suffering from the blood loss and shock of losing one of their legs
"That is why I made sure to keep the best of the best by my side while watching the prisoners. And since we shared joint command, I figured now would be a good time to start the after action review of the OP. Be honest with me John, what did you think of the mission" You tell him as you check and reload your shotgun as John stands at attention, easily mistaken for a statue in his armor as he thought over your question
"It went far better than expected, Sir" He said, and you noted how relieved and on edge he sounded "We could've easily lost several Spartans in this action. We had no intel, no way of knowing what the covenant had in store for us or if we'd hit our target. Resistance was heavier than anticipated"
"And that could be my fault, since I alerted the crew in the process of pursuing our person of interest, that turned out to be the captain of the ship" You answer, and wouldn't be too far flung to suggest that was what kicked the hornets nest
"I believe, in the circumstances we found ourselves in, you made the right choice. Even if it was risky. If any of us were lost, I believe our lives would've been spent rather than wasted" John tells you as he repositions to get a better sightline across the room and on the prisoners "We may have been too confident with these new suits. How close we came to sustaining causalities and how near this mission was to fail, has taught us that Spartans aren't undefeatable. We can be killed. But succeeding, Winning, has shown us the covenant can be beaten, that we...humanity has a chance to keep on winning"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:02:22 No. 6232193 Report >>6232191 "Lets start the review by going over all the ways this OP could've gone wrong and the ways it nearly did" You say as you stand back up and march to the other end of the room, and patrol it to keep your thoughts fluid and flowing.
"And then I guess we'll discuss how we avoided these complications and snags, Sir?" John asked as he turned his head subtly to track you movements across the room "For future reference when engaging Covenant forces, of course"
"Correct. I'll lead since, judging from the state of my armor compared to yours, I had a few more close calls than you did", you scan the room and pick which worse case scenario or way any of the engagements could've gone sour to begin with as you and John watch over the beaten and captured Covenant officers....
[ After Action Report. Spartan field operations no: 6. Operation: FLY-SWATTER. CLASSIFIED. Clearance level 0 required ENCRYPTION CODE GAMMA. TOP PRIORTY, READ IMMEDIATELY ]
Operation: FLY-SWATTER, is the unofficial designation of the engagement between the Successful Subjects of the SPARTAN-II Program and Covenant forces above the planet Chi Ceti IV.
At approximately 1750 hours November 27th 2525, as the UNSC Paris class Heavy Frigate, Designation: UNSC Commonwealth, was enroute to deliver ONI Section 3 Head, Doctor Catherine Elizabeth Halsey and the personal of the SPARTAN-II program to the Damascus Materials Testing Facility, an Covenant vessel, presently theorized to be an equivalent classification to a UNSC Cruiser and awaiting official designation, performed a intersystem slipspace jump of unprecedented accuracy and quickly assailed the UNSC Commonwealth and inflicted crippling damage to its systems and hull integrity.
Present on the bridge, alongside the Commonwealth's Captain, Captain Wallace and his command staff and bridge crew, Dr Halsey and three Spartans, Spartans 033, 051 and 117 were also present and observing the initial engagement with the enemy craft. The Commonwealth sustained further damages and crew loss, that may have been prevented if Dr Halsey's warnings were heeded, however, Wallace cannot be faulted for ignoring the suggestions of a civilian, even if their suggestions could've prevented the loss of enlisted personal and prevented further damages, especially as they were given during a moment of heightened stress.
A complete account of the "Battle over Chi Cheti IV" is attached for examination and review.
Petty officer Second class, John, Spartan-117, noted the animal like aggression of the Covenant Ship and when Dr Halsey put forward the use of nuclear armaments, it was he who suggested to Captain Wallace to order Longsword Squad Delta to perform a sacrificial diversionary action to allow a Shiva Nuclear Warhead to get past the enemy vessel's laser point defense systems.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:03:29 No. 6232194 Report >>6232193 An action that was supported by Ensign Sven Askeland, Spartan-033. The brave sacrifice of the Longsword pilots allowed for the successful detonation of the Shiva Warhead and forced the injured Covenant Cruiser to temporarily retreat and cease hostilities, buying the grievously wounded Commonwealth time to shuttle Dr Halsey and the Spartans down to the testing facility and retreat to perform repairs during the brief ceasefire. The names and service of the pilots who gave their life to by the Commonwealth time to fulfill their orders to transport Halsey and the Spartans to the facility, have been recorded so they may be given the proper posthumorous honors and their next of kin can be informed of their passing and receive the medals in their place.
All Forty Six successful spartan super soldiers were introduced to Project MJOLNIR, attached is a link to the pertinent files relating to the project as well as the MJOLNIR MARK IV schematics and battlefield functions. And prior to the evacuation of the facility and transport of its materials and deactivation of the AI present that were unable to be extracted before the pre-planned rendevous with the UNSC Commonwealth, The team leaders of the Spartans held an unplanned tactical meeting, lead by Ensign Sven-033. Spartans John-117, Kurt-051, Jai-006, August-099, Frederic-104, Joshua-029, Kai-125, Naomi-010, Dimas-012 and Nicole-017.
Displaying their extraordinary intelligence and tactical brilliance trained into them through the program's classes, a comprehensive list of the suggest strategies given during the strategic discussion between the team leaders has been attached, it was John-117's plan that Ensign Askeland, as the sole officer in the Spartan ranks, chose to support and present to Dr Halsey.
That being to perform a high risk EVA in the middle of the space battle between the Covenant Cruisier and the UNSC Commonwealth. With both Project MJOLNIR and the entirety of the Spartan two program at risk of termination or capture, unusual and high dangerous tactics needed to be employed to ensure the safe extraction of the research data, materials and Dr Halsey, as well as ensure the survival of a percentage of the first class of Spartans.
Attached are video and audio clips showing the preparations for the EVA as well as the trajectories taken by each individual spartan. The UNSC Commonwealth provided a screen of archer missile pods, to prevent the Covenant point defense from targeting the Spartans during their EVA, that began from the Pelican dropship as it left Chi Chet IV to rendezvous with the heavy frigate.
Of the forty six Spartans, only six hit their target and boarded the enemy Cruiser.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:04:31 No. 6232197 Report >>6232194 Ensign Sven Askeland, created a small breach in the Covenant Vessel's refractive shielding, that he exploited to land on the ship. Petty Officer Second Class John-117, boarded by exploiting a quirk in the shield technology related to the use of the ship's point defense lasers, Petty Officer Second Class Vinh-030 exploited the same vulnerability after being alerted to it by Dimas-012. Petty officer Second Class Kelly-087, reached a hole in the shielding created by structural damage to the hull. Petty Officer Second Class Samuel-034, reached a similar gap in the cruiser's defenses, accompanied by Petty Officer Second Class Shika-108.
Regrouping at the breach in the cruiser's hull, Sven-033 lead the fire team into the interior of the covenant spacecraft. Shika-108 was sent to scout ahead, being the only spartan small enough to fit in a breach in the ventilation system of the covenant ship., and provided valuable tactical intel and data throughout the operation. Infiltrating the ship Spartans -033, -117, -034, -087, and -030 engaged with four enemy combatants, that throughout the mission they referred to by the codephrase "Tengu", that evidence points towards being the same race known as "Kig Yar" encountered during Contact Harvest.
First engagement was ended before the Covenant soldiers were able to fire a single shot. Shika-108, scouting ahead, noted the presence of an officer, that later was found to be the ship's captain. Kelly-087 detected trace radiation. Ensign Askeland ordered the John-117 to take command of Sam-034 and Kelly-087 to investigate the source of the radiation readings while he lead Vihn-030 in pursuing the enemy officer and regrouping with Shika-108. -030 and -033 took possession of four alien devices, that they quickly learned were arm mounted shield generators through future engagement with the enemy crew.
-033 and -030, forewarned of enemy patrols by -108, engaged the Cruiser's security force, despite being outnumbered. The first group encountered, comprised of four Kig-Yar, formed a defensive formation similar to a viking shield wall. Ensign Askeland informed the soldiers under his command rest of the plasma weaponry employed by the enemy soldiers immediately upon encountering hostile resistance, intel which is believed to have prevent Spartan casualties during mission operation.
The defensive formation was broken by Spartan-033's expert use of a standard fragmentation grenade, angling the explosive to land it behind the alien's lines. Spartan-030 neutralized the crictically injured survivors of the formation, while -033 updated -117's squad of the capabilities of the enemy equipment, the information regarding the "Shield Gauntlets" also being considered a primary factor for the lack of fatalities across the mission, -033 voicing regret of not equipping the other Spartans with the excess enemy equipment, prior to engaging the next group of hostiles.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:05:31 No. 6232199 Report >>6232197 The next patrol of covenant forces, numbering eight, noted as being more professional and experienced than those previously encountered by the fireteam. They attempted to perform an ambush and sent out a civilian as bait in an attempt to lure -030 and -033 into their attack. But Ensign Askeland had anticipated enemy deception and had ordered Vinh-030 to take cover and wait for the enemy troops to engage.
Turning the ambush around on the covenant soldiers, the first to break formation and search for the Spartans, was immediately gunned down. The Covenant Civilian being the victim of friendly fire. Seeing that the surviving Covenant were attempting a simultaneous double flanking maneuverer while trying to present the illusion of remaining in a defensive line, -033 once again anticipated their strategy and turned their ambush around on them a second time.
-033 and -030 both engaged in CQC and terminated the six Kig-yar ambushes with ease .John -117, Samuel -034 and Kelly -087 Had encountered resistance moments prior to -033 and -030 engaging the second line of defense, with -034 sustaining injuries, with the number of enemy combatants being roughly equivalent to the forces encountered by -033 & -030, though the number of hostile contacts increased as they neared the source of the radiation signature.
After both parties informed the other of the current status and objectives, Ensign Askeland proceeded to regroup with Shika-108, while Petty officer Second Class John-117 reached the fusion drive of the Covenant craft.
-108 regrouped with -033 and -30 as they pursued two fleeing enemy combatants, eliminating one with a scalpel as the survivor fled to the command center of the craft, -108 having leapt from an air vent to perform her attack. Noting that the surviving soldiers and crew were fortifying the bridge, Sven-033 performed a investigation of a nearby room.
John-117's team reached the craft's fusion engine and eliminated an enemy patrol, but not before they were able to sound, with Kelly-087 sustaining an injury in the firefight, and awaited orders after they secured the fusion drive.
-033, -030 and -108 discovered the room to be the private quarters and collection of the ship's commanding office, with various relics, treasures and alien artworks that they had collected that are still undergoing studying, of particular note being a human skeleton believed to belong to a member of Colony Harvest's Colonial Militia that had been lost during the fight for the world.
Making an assumption of the avaricious nature of covenant captain, Ensign Askeland ordered the destruction of several irreplaceable Covenant Artifacts in a bid to bait the enemy CO into reacting recklessly to the damage to their property, while also securing a number of Covenant Plasma Grenades. The...unconventional tactic, succeeded and the Captain responded with force, sending fourteen of their remaining soldiers to assail the three Spartans.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:06:42 No. 6232200 Report >>6232199 Further vandalizing materials that could've been further research, -033, -108, -030 engaged with the enemy, and encountered a new type of weaponry that made use of volatile crystalline ammunition that when grouped closely together would charge and detonate explosively. -033 was separated from -108 and -030 as he leapt from one such explosion and retreated down the hallway, with -033 killing one enemy soldier as -108 and -030 terminated the other, which -033 then used as an improvised shield as he fell back to a more defensible location, discarding it just prior to it detonating from the currently unknown to science crystals embedded inside of the corpse.
The remaining ten aliens advanced on -033's position in phalanx formation. Ensign Askeland then feigned an injury and lured three to his position, and brutally dispatched two in hand to hand combat, as the remaining hostiles exposed their flank to the still in cover -108 and -030, who terminated two of their number. -033 was hit by the crystalline ammunition, and, unaware of what detonated the substance, sprinted at the enemy formation and used one of the few plasma grenades he had secured as he charged their position under a hail of fire. The resulting explosion caught -033 in the edge of its radius, but he was not grievously injured by the blast force or plasma cloud. -108 and -030 removed the three covenant soldiers that survived the blast while -033 recovered from disorientation
After recovering, the two teams once more updated on each other's statuses, as John-117's team had began to plant detonation charges made from the payload of HE Anvil two missiles, after updating their intel, -033 ordered -117's team to proceed with planting the bombs and to hold their position against the covenant forces, before he lead -108 and -087 in assaulting the bridge.
Encountering the ship's captain, and noting the four snipers they had trained on the door, -033 was lured into engaging in single combat with the, at the time, yet undocumented subspecies of the kig yar, engaging in a brief but fierce CQC engagement with the officer that resulted in the crippling of the covenant officer, as -033 surgically removed their leg with a M45E shotgun, before attempting to take them prisoner and narrowly avoiding being caught in the radius of a plasma grenade's detonation, the captain having hidden the explosive on their person prior to engaging -033. -033 survived through the durability of the MJOLNIR system and the Alien shield gauntlet, -108 entered the bridge and reinforced -033 as the snipers, no longer passive, turned their weapons on the stunned Ensign. -108 sustained fire as she recovered -033 and brought him behind cover, while -030 provided covering fire for the two spartans, -108 and -030 killing two of the alien marksmen each.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:07:43 No. 6232201 Report >>6232200 In the engine room, -117, -034, and -087, fended off a sustained assault of the surviving crew that, in desperation, employed "Human wave" tactics to try and overwhelm their position. -117, having experienced under pressure and as a team leader, lead -034 and -087 in successfully repelling the assaults from fortified position, thus preventing the aliens from preventing the destruction of the Cruiser. -117 is noted to have used the enemy's own weaponry as well as their bodies of the deceased in his defense of the charges. Tallying of hostiles fatalities inflicted in the defense, are currently underway.
-033 and -030 acted as diversion to allowed -108 to captured the critically wounded captain, engaging the remaining two highly trained marksmen in close quarters, allowing -108 to assassinate one that had been carrying the injured captain away from the engagement with a scalpel and to eliminate the last man standing with a snap shot from a plasma pistol she had looted earlier in the mission.
With the bridge and engine secured, -033, who is noted as being a star pupil of Dr Halsey's, specifically in the field of artificial intelligences, noticed a sudden surge of activity in the bridge's consoles, and realized through evidence of the captain and crews behavior that the Covenant CO had initiated the ship's self destruct sequence. Ordering -117, -034, -087 to rendezvous at the captain's quarters having previously secured an escape pod within the quarters and for -030 and -108 to strip the bridge and take as much enemy equipment as they could carry to the rendezvous point, -033 attempted communication with the Ship's AI
Using a flashlight and binary communication, Ensign Askeland made contact with the Alien Vessel's numerous AI and entered into a dialogue with them, noting the constructs lack of complexity and free will compared to AI employed by the UNSC, Non-Volitional included, and also learned the Covenant had a superstition relating to advanced AI during their talk with the constructs. The Ensign also noticed, that while the AI seemed to originate from the forks of a singular AI, that they shared minute differences in program and directives. Which created flaws in their unified logic, a flawed that made them reply to his queries initially. And in a method that is unlikely to be able to be replicated due to the circumstances surrounding it, as noted by both -033 and Dr Halsey, Ensign Askeland introduced further drifts in the AI collectives' programming, by arguing with them and challenging their logic with repeating arguments and rational loopholes that confused the AI and stalled their systems with a self generation logic loop, creating a cascading failure and logic bomb that lead to the Ai waging war against each other, as the Spartan successfully convinced half of the constructs that destroying the ship was an act of treason to the covenant. The Covenant Ai then began to hamper and delete eachother's programs
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:08:43 No. 6232202 Report >>6232201 Then, watching carefully, despite not understanding the covenant script or programing language, Ensign Askeland sent a falsefied binary signal to for the programs granted authorization to terminate other constructs, to delete the singular program trusted to carry out the self destruction protocol.
Immediately realizing what he'd accomplished, -033 contacted the UNSC Commonwealth, and requested reinforcement and alerted the Heavy Frigate of the sabotage of the Covenant Cruiser and the loss of its command structure, before racing to defuse the bombs set by -117, -034, and -087, risking their own life to ensure the capture of the alien craft.
However, upon successfully stopping the detonate of the repurposed HE anvil two warehads, Sven-033 was unexpectedly ambushed by a hitherto unencountered Covenant Client Race, that was able to match the Spartan's augmented strength and employed a level of shield technology and optical camouflage field previously unencountered by UNSC personal. -033 managed to subdue the unknown alien soldier ( see attached video file), making expert use of hand to hand techniques as well as the strength and reflexes further boosted by the MJOLNIR system they were wearing.
Spartans -030, -034, -087, and -108 were commanded to assist in sweeping the ship for any remaining covenant presence with the boarding party sent from the UNSC Commonwealth, while Spartans -033 and -117 stood watch over the capture kig-yar captain and the mystery assailant while awaiting transfer back to the Commonwealth
Operation: Fly-Swatter, is an unprecedented success. The Spartans had accepted they were going on a suicide mission to save the materials and research of the Spartan and Mjolnir projects, and not only managed to take a covenant vessel mid space battle and capture it nearly completely intact, along with its surviving crew that surrendered in the face of overwhelming odds including their captain and yet uncatalogued Covenant Species, along with their equipment, weaponry and technologies, but had done so without suffering a single casualty. It does not need repeating nor explanation to explain how massive of a victory this is, to capture a complete Covenant craft in the opening days of the war against the Covenant, without losing a single, nigh irreplaceable asset in the the process nor losing either the project materials or the heavy frigate assigned to transport said materials, while securing valuable intel and research materials, including but certainly not limited to the standard issue equipment given to the crew of the covenant cruiser, Live captures of the covenant races, and retrieval of cultural artifacts and more specialized equipment. The full report, every video and audio file, everything, is being sent to the right offices in the office of naval intelligence and all the way up to HIGHCOM, orders effective immediately...
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OPERATION: FLY-SWATTER
Primary objective: Success! War Effort: The MJOLNIR Project continues, Dr Halsey's survival ensured, the UNSC Commonwealth survives the spacebattle, the Spartan twos are proven against the covenant. Personal/ Squad wide: All surviving Spartans from the mission gain experience fighting Covenant forces
Secret Objective 1: Success! :War Effort: Study and reverse engineering efforts on all captured equipment and tech begins. Research projects: Plasma Weaponry, Energy Shields, Subanese Crystals, Covenant Computers, Covenant Artificial intelligence, Active Camouflage and kig yar physiology begin and progress. Secondary Objective: Success! Research projects: Kig Yar Language, Kig Yar Culture, and Kig Yar warfare progressed
Secret Objective 2: Success!: War Effort: A massive windfall in the form of an intact covenant vessel, both for morale/PR and research is received. UNSC tacticians begin studying the battle over Chi Cheti IV. Research Projects: Energy Shields (Ships), Laser weaponry, Covenant Point defense system, Repulsor engines, Covenant Slipspace engines, Covenant languages, Star charts/ navigation, Covenant Alloys, Covenant vehicle (Phantom), Covenant Culture/ religion...etc begun. Covenant Language, Plasma Weaponry, Energy shields, Covenant Computers, Covenant artificial intelligence progressed
Secret Objective 3: Success: War effort: Faith in the Spartan-II program and Project MJOLNIR reaches an all time high in ONI, additional funds are granted to the projects, effective immediately. Spartans: Those who know they exist, notice the continued extreme effectiveness of the Spartan twos, for good and ill. Personal: Blue team thinks they "owe" Sven-033 one for getting John, Kelly and Sam through what might as well have been a suicide mission in one piece, and Command notices that Ensign Askelands success in Dark Forest wasn't a one off fluke, for good and ill...
Bonus Objective 1: Secure Ziq Zin's private collection. War effort: The various parts of the Captains private collection are put understudy. Research Project: Kig Yar Culture and Language, progressed further, Plasma weaponry progressed, xenobiology progressed, Covenant culture/ religion progressed. Wick's remains are given a public burial with full military honors, increasing morale and fervor across UNSC/ Outer Colony space
Bonus Objective 2: Battle the elite onboard the ship. War Effort: Research project, Sangheili language, sangheili physiology begin, research projects active camouflage, energy shields progress
Extreme success reflects very well on Sven-033's military record. A victory of this magnitude reflects extremely well on the Spartan-II program overall...
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Wi1ws23/ Wed 30 Apr 2025 05:11:14 No. 6232206 Report Advancement Path: Brawler has progressed to rank 4 >Accept Shotgunner >Accept Scrounger >Accept Shield Bearer >Accept EVA expert >Refuse all
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>>6232205 > Star charts/ navigation unironically huge, We have actual targets to strike at now. We won't be on just the defense.
Is there a place with like a bar or w.e. to see how much of an impact this is towards certain 'threshold' type stuff?>>6232206 >Accept Scrounger Anonymous
>>6232206 >>Accept Scrounger god i want shotgunner so badly but survival is key and i refuse to not pick something that will keep Sven alive
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>>6232208 Is it? Fact of the matter is that the Covenant will almost always have a material advantage, and the initial years of the war weren't exactly an afterthought for the Covenant, their might was elsewhere for decades. If UNSC starships start burning Covie worlds, the hammer is gonna come down ever faster, even harder.
It's never fully explained how large the Covenant were at their peak, but all indicators point towards them totally dwarfing Humanity by several magnitudes. The UNSC couldn't even defend 800 worlds. How are they going to mount offensives on thousands? And if they pick and choose where to attack, how are they going to attack key manufacturing centers seething with Covenant shipping? By sending Spartans on deep strike missions? There are only so many of us. By clever naval tactics? We only have one Admiral Cole.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves.
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>>6232214 *and while the initial years of the war
is what I meant to type.
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>>6232206 >Accept Scrounger Anonymous
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>>6232206 >Accept Shotgunner We've taken shotguns on every mission so far iirc, no reason not to lean into that.
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>>6232206 Great AAR, glad to see those advancement path rank ups too. And all of these options are good, hard to choose.
>Accept Scrounger >>6232214 I agree with you that it'll make the Covenant take the UNSC more seriously earlier than normal. IMO this'll just accelerate a few things happening. The UNSC has deep strike targets now instead of later to send Spartans at. The SII program has MORE funding now instead of being totally cut, meaning Class 2 might actually happen. Even adding a month or two before End Game is ordered would see the active deployment of NOVA bombs to stop Covenant fleets and crack their forward colonies, so things like SUNSPEAR might happen before the war ends. At the very least it'll be fun to play through.
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>>6232206 >Accept Scrounger Need sven to loot an energy sword.
I feel like we have succeeded in making the coming war a lot more bloody.
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>>6232228 >Even adding a month or two before End Game is ordered would see the active deployment of NOVA bombs to stop Covenant fleets and crack their forward colonies, so things like SUNSPEAR might happen before the war ends. At the very least it'll be fun to play through That sort of stuff is so far in the future though. Would be fun to play through, I concur. If Sven makes it that far.
Though I will make a point that Class II was a failure primarily because of a lack of funding, but because of a lack of candidates. 404 could completely forgo that but I'm not sure how much I'd like that in all honesty.
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>>6232206 All good options. But we seem to use shotgun a whole lot. Really want something for it.
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>>6232231 Bloodier than 23 billion deaths? Bloodier than 59 percent of the human race getting snuffed out in barely just under a third of a lifetime? Terrifying prospect, I must say.
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>>6232206 >Accept Shield Bearer Mmm heavy armor + shield
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>>6232214 While the covenant had a material advantage and is expected to be quite abit more of the Milky way arm then us.
This with the Kig-yar star charts gives us a chance to hit locations like shipyards or what not for an edge in the coming war OR do recon and find out the various races.
Hell ONI's goofy-ass Grassland 'super grain' that couldn't be viable to Sangheili might be designed and used here on convenant worlds and strangle supply lines.
>>6232228 >>6232239 Clearly we're actually full war footing this bitch now instead of going 'Ah ya no, Don't worry about all those colonies going dark. Thats crazy..'
Also ONI stealth ships gotta get caught first eitherway. Anonymous
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>>6232206 >>Accept Scrounger Fuel rod cannon - RELEASE!
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>>6232247 I understand that this gives us the chance to hit shipyards. I just think you guys are forgetting that our ships still do not compare to the covenant at all, not now and not for at least another decade. And we don't have any NOVA bombs, yet, to take out entire fleets.
And the whole 'colonies going dark' and 'ignoring the war' is kind of a half truth overblown by fans and barely explained by Halo Lore really. I don't think the UNSC wasn't totally mobilized by 2531, at LEAST.
I know nothing about the ONI killer grain so I can't touch on any points there.
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>>6232253 Oh no I'm well aware that this war is still gonna suck horribly, I'm well aware we'll be lucky if the funny numbers of 3 to 1 with atleast 2 dead UNSC ships for 1 covenant will happen.
I just want the covenant to burn and pay.
The colonies going dark and ignoring the war was kinda ONI's stick until it became unhidable. They framed them on Innies/ect during the time, because they worried a sudden call to arms and 'we're literally outgunned/manned/ect by aliens' would collapse the UNSC.
the ONI killer grain is from the grassland series post war. A joke but was in the book and something they tried. May have been in The Thursday War but its been awhile sense i touched or read those.
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>>6232253 At most, I figure the UNSC would be on total war footing by 2534, the year the Covenant finally demolished Harvest.
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>>6232206 >Accept Scrounger Hopefully we get boarding pods later in the war
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>>6232206 >>Accept Shotgunner THIS IS OUR GUN
BECOME DEATH AT CLOSE RANGE
no seriously. Sven is great with a shotgun. And the shotgun proved its worth. Lets take this perk and become even more deadly with it.
Plz its a very good weapon and Sven is great with it. He is already a great close combat specialist this would complete his combat role
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>>6232256 >The colonies going dark and ignoring the war was kinda ONI's stick until it became unhidable. They framed them on Innies/ect during the time, because they worried a sudden call to arms and 'we're literally outgunned/manned/ect by aliens' would collapse the UNSC. This is true, but that tactic stopped by 2535, as stated in the Cole Protocol-they were outright admitting that most of the Outer Colonies had turned into glowing balls of desolate rock.
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>>6232265 Ya but thats a whole ass 10 years from now. Which was my point, the UNSC clearly isn't at a point or won't be for along time in a 'war-footing' sitution because ONI kept the lid on it.
If that changes, Then the war may become a hell of alot more bloody because that means possibly more ships/recruits/ect.
Instead of the random goofy ass Milita men that are always stealing UNSC guns and throwing hands on par with marines on there world. God Bless the guys on Reach lol. Anonymous
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>>6232266 Mmm, I'm not sure it'll make too much of a difference. We'll see though!
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>>6232210 Combat is also survival. Being even better with a shotgun makes Sven even more deadly at close range.
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>>6232210 You know what'd keep us alive more effectively than being able to pick up and use enemy equipment? Being able to use our primary weapon that we start almost every operation with more effectively.
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>>6232239 More alien blood as well this time
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>>6232265 I thought they were on a full on war footing in 2525 when news got back from Harvest. They stopped blaming innies and went public in early 2526 when Bliss got glassed and the scale of the threat became clear/too big to hide.
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>>6232206 >>Accept Scrounger Finding more shit that works not only means more stuff we can readily use in the field, but also more acceptable salvage after OPs. And being able to jury-rig fixes to busted armor is extremely useful.
I kinda want EVA expert. But we already did fly pretty good. For a brick anyway. And at this rate Sven is going to wind up not needing weapons in CQC. Start room clearing with empty hands. Whew.
I'm curious as to what perks and talents the rest of the squad are picking up.
>>6232214 Well it does tell us definitely what general direction the Covenant are coming from. Which might not seem important but it's a lot more useful than "these places are dying over here first". It gives a leg up on deployment pattern, which can give a tiny bit of insight into engagement philosophy and doctrine. As well as informing us that if they do have a traditional logistics network it is coming out of here specifically. Which can make it easier to time and plan around. We might not be attacking but knowing the enemy has to stop makes it a lot easier to know when you can move to a more effective defense and not get caught with your pants down mid-transit.
Not to mention the general navimetric data means we can actually see how quickly they move and how long then tend to loiter. Very important. Especially since the Covenant are extremely dogmatic and traditional, so any patterns that can be deduced by our analysts and officers will be far more likely to be actionable and effective than with a more flexible enemy. It ain't a smoking barrel, sure, but it's definitely thumbing the hammer.
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>>6232206 >Accept Scrounger I feel like we are likely going to be using a lot of Covenant weapons in the future. I would ALSO like to take Shotgunner, but I feel like Scrounger will be harder to get in the future.
On the note of salvage. I pointed out in thread 2 that reverse engineering the thrusters and warp drives of The Covenant is likely to be the biggest game changer.
If the movement systems of the covenant ship can be understood, fleets would much be able to reinforce one another quickly. which can alleviate the problem the UNSC had during the war of needing 3 ships of the same class to have a fair fight against the covenant.
A prime example is the fall of Reach. It took weeks to months for ships to crawl their way back to defend Reach. If Borer's and gravitic engines could be equipped, the entire human fleet might have been able to get to Reach within the first week of fighting. It would also mean the evacuation of falling worlds would be much more feasible since ships could do hundreds of runs in the same amount of time it took for a Shaw-Fujikawa engine to do one.
Of course, equipping the entire human fleet would be quite...hard to do. Maybe impossible to do. But I imagine massive ships like the Punic & Epoch carriers would likely be outfitted first. Those ships could easily help defeat a lot of the smaller incursions that killed planets like Paris IV.
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>>6232300 For me the hierarchy of important tech is engines/drives/slipspace stuff, then ship shields, then probably everything else honestly. Just those two things alone would have a dramatic impact on general combat. The more of these bastards we kill in space is the less we need to worry about combat on the ground and the more lives can be saved otherwise.
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>>6232206 >Accept Shotgunner This, is my BOOMSTICK
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>>6232206 >Accept Shotgunner Anonymous
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>>6232206 >>Accept Shield Bearer The WALL, THE WALL. NO FORCE ON EARTH CAN MAKE IT FALL!
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>>6232206 >Accept Shotgunner Bubble gum, kick ass, all that jazz. I wanna vaporize covies in close quarters.
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>>6232524 Aren't grenades and hand to hand enough close quarters power?
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>>6232525 If you don't care about collateral damage or having to fight multiple opponents barehanded, sure.
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>>6232539 Fully automatic weapons are better for CQC than shotguns UNLESS the enemy is in a line or row, like a trench. Assuming multiple enemies. Shotguns have better utility though. The ideal CQC gun is a moderate-large caliber subgun. Or an automatic shotgun, but then it loses some of the utility shotguns have. And frankly, engaging multiple targets in CQC - gun or not - is just a bad idea. Ideally you wouldn't put yourself in that situation at all.
Also guns can still deal collateral damage, just less risk. If you shouldn't throw a grenade next to it you probably shouldn't fire a gun in its general direction either. Still, less risk
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>>6232616 While you're here, tell me, how long is it gonna be until news of this successful op gets to Mendez?
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>>6232616 It's cool.
Curious where you're going from here. Blue Team/Halsey split off from the rest of the IIs and head for Alpha Corvi II in canon after this, but I suppose it might not work out like that.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:Q/u9aLRX Wed 30 Apr 2025 22:57:07 No. 6232629 Report >>6232624 Well considering he hasn't left the Spartan 2 program yet, it shouldn't be long until he hears how two of his best trainees captured a covenant ship, seemingly after planting bombs that would've destroyed it just to send a message
But, enough about Mendez, Imagine how Ackerson is feeling right about now
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>>6232629 >Imagine how Ackerson is feeling right about now Anonymous
>>6232629 so what advancement paths did the others pick up cause id like too know so spreedsheet anon can add it to the respective skills sheet
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>>6232206 >Accept Scrounger We MacGyver now.
So you guys think this win will accelerate the fall of Reach or delay it? Is it going to be a race between us reverse engineering the tech and them tracking the ship down/destroying it?
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>>6232654 Yeah that's another good point. I hope to GOD ONI/UNSC Bigwigs don't bring this thing back to Reach or any other important human colony. I would not put it past the Covenant to have multiple redundant ways to track their own ships, especially due to their past of internal strife.
Either way, it won't be a race, they'll either destroy it in the short term or not. I really hope none of the players in the quest right now are expecting us to redevelop ANYTHING like covenant technology AND fielding it in mass within the next 10 years at LEAST.
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>>6232664 If there's one thing ONI has no shortage of, it's black sites far away from anything important. We should be fine for now.
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>>6232654 We are the start of the war and we just had a major victory. I dont think a major victory, accelerates Reach Fall. Losing makes defeats more possible, a victory like this helps humanity immensely. Whats with this desire to skip, we have a war ahead of us. Reach will not happen anytime soon especially if we bring victories like this home.
In regard to the ship.
I have enough respect for the current characters on board this alien ship, that i believe they would consider the fact this ship might be able to be tracked or make a signal on its own, and do something about it.
>>6232664 I dont expect anything like that at all. It just helps mankind if we grab the aliens stuff really. Maybe there will be more human standard tech advancements (without covenant tech, straight up human technology), but thats about it for what i expect.
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>>6232664 >I really hope none of the players in the quest right now are expecting us to redevelop ANYTHING like covenant technology AND fielding it in mass within the next 10 years at LEAST. 10 years thats waaay to generous i said 15-20 in my initial estimations if only because tooling and making the actual production facilities will take a hot minute
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>>6232664 >He says as Shielding rolls out from Kig-yar gauntlets in like 5 years. Anonymous
>>6232629 ACKerson on suicide watch. I wouldn't mind S3's still coming around but if you do I can't even imagine how you're going to justify them. Maybe the S2 program will natural evolve into it after Halsey figures out Ackerson chemical aug plan?
>>6232664 IIRC the Covenant can track their own luminaries AND slipspace drives from their top down FTL coms system. Shit'll be fucked, and funny. And yeah, feels like I've been banging my head against a brick wall with the whole reverse engineering conversation. There were a few anons who just didn't get it that most of the shit the UNSC managed to reverse engineer was through sheer random chance. That said, grabbling a bunch of shit early does increase our odds in the reverse engineering lottery. Who knows, maybe the ship mistress had really old collectable Covenant tech aboard improperly sealed so the lab coats can crack it.
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>>6232714 >Rolling out S3's Weird way to say you love children to the slaughter, but pop off.
Honestly, It'd be just better to roll from 2 to 4.
even if 4's are objectively the worse. >>6232714 Honestly it'll get shipped off and we'll never se/deal with it again tbf.
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>>6232712 I expect them in no more than a year in our timeline. DIMAS! Diddle that shield bracer.
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>>6232664 Mass producing reverse engineered tech any time soon might be unlikely but it won't take long for new tech to start showing up on the battlefield. The Rhino tanks were fielded as early as 2531, only a few years ahead of us. The chances of ONI successfully developing new technologies for the war effort depends on how many samples of covenant tech they get their hands on so the scrounger trait is going to be pretty useful.
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>>6232718 I'm gonna skip the wall of text I had type out and just say this, the SPARTAN program is gonna have to expand its intake to include enlisted personnel eventually just to keep up with the growing demands of the UNSC and ONI for such personnel.
How they go about doing that will determine whether or not we still have Spartans worthy of that title in the future. I only hope that Sven is in a position to argue for something better than what was done canonically.
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>>6232733 How dare you deny me, my wall of text. But you are very correct
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>>6232733 >inb4 sven suggests a eugenics program and everyone but halsey and a few other spartans make a face Anonymous
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>>6232737 >Halsey just standing there smiling like "Thats my boy" Anonymous
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>>6232737 Like mother like son.
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>>6232546 There is something satisfying about shredding xenos with a good-ol, human-made shotgun though. They also have the advantage of being very durable and reliable, which is a bonus for someone often taking point and inclined to use the gun as a beat stick.
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>>6232773 Okay I won't even lie, I laughed my ass off watching that clip.
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>>6232718 >Weird way to say you love children to the slaughter, but pop off. Hell yeah, nothing better than child soldiers for a good narrative experience. But yeah, in this go around I think just the chemical aug improvements and broader genetic profiles will work well with a continued 2 program. 4s conceptually are fine and logical progress. 343's implementation is dogshit and I hate them.
>Honestly it'll get shipped off and we'll never se/deal with it again tbg. Agreed. I've got no problem with that either, otherwise it's just a distraction to the war effort with how banged up it is.
>>6232733 Since we're an officer, and class 2 is a thing now and likely with Army support if ACKerson knows what's good for him, I say we try and figure out some sort of joint command like US SOCOM/JSOC instead of the retarded Spartan Branch. That way we still have access to every branches equipment instead of begging for it and pretending we're totally independent.
>>6232773 The fun part about the M45/M90 is that they're 8ga. That's a whole lot of finding out for aliens that fuck around. And I'm glad 404 is including alternative munition types rather than just the typical tactical buckshot. Maybe we could convince someone at WST or Misriah to make us a 4ga version of the M90 or M45.
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>>6232718 >Weird way to say you love children to the slaughter I do tacitly support the idea of putting war orphans up for the program, but I don't agree with making their being expendable like the initial Spartan III companies canonically.
I don't think I need to yammer on about lives spent and lives wasted to get my point across here.
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>>6232773 Shotguns are kino, and pretty tough, but I think Halo notes that all of the guns made by humanity are rock solid thanks to their general level of material science. Though I suppose if we are taking complexity into account a pump action is always going to be a little more robust than any automatic action.
also lmao get finessed splitjaw
>>6232775 >Hell yeah, nothing better than child soldiers for a good narrative experience. >"Boss that was a child... good work! That's why you're the best!" >S-rank success >>6232776 I blame Ackerson for that one. He was too desperate to one-up Halsey with his "just as good, twice as expendable, thrice as affordable" copies that he lost the plot that soldiers kind of need to survive to be worth it. Bad decisions all around. Everyone that got put in charge of the 3s also used them poorly.
>>6232779 Honestly just give a goddamn blunderbuss. Rock a fucking 2gauge. Swing that handheld cannon around.
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>>6232733 Right now the Spartan Program as gained in the AFTER ACTION REPORT full trust and Command/ONI decided to immediately expand the budget of the Program.
That means Halsey and Mendez will be far more trusted and listened to, and they are giving them more power. They are the ones that transformed this program in to a reality, a reality that is very effective and deadly. If you are High Command or ONI and want more Spartans ? Or even better ones ? Now you need to listen.
In regard to Spartans II, they have shown to be very intelligent and tactically minded so their opinions will definetly be heard even by officers that dont like them, and will very much be listened by Command and ONI. Their success is immense and cannot be denied by anyone. More importantly, both Mendez and Halsey very much listen and are willing to help their not-kids in anything they might want to do. And the cherry on top ? Promotions, commendations, medals and other military honors are about to rain on the Spartans like rain in a monsoon season. I wouldn't be surprised if Sven, John and Kurd jump two whole ranks up in the military hierarchy same for others like the spartan teams leaders. Even if Sven might jump even higher in rank.
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>>6232775 >>6232779 Could Misriah or WST make a 4ga version of the M90 or M45 that is also automatic ? I think Sven would be capable of handling a weapon like that with his strength and endurance.
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>>6232919 Sven just did some Colonial Cross and Legion of Honour shit, IMHO. Conspicuous gallantry and shocking bravery in the face of suicidal threat, and tactical disadvantage, displaying superior skill.
If that doesn't get like the top 5 awards the UNSC has, our boy needs to find a better class of employer.
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>>6232947 Sheeeeit. After the shit he just pulled, they need to be INVENTING a whole new tier of award for our boy.
"What award is THAT? It's like four pounds of gold and stuff."
"Six and a half pounds actually. It's the Superiority of Sven award, or just 'the Sven' for short."
"Wow. Does like everyone salute you first when you get that or something?"
"More or less. You actually get a permanent island populated by strippers on a resort planet of your choice, and rumor has it if a general pisses you off you can force them to give you a blowjob."
"Ewww. I mean, cool, but some of those guys be ugly, even if I was into dudes."
"It's not about the blowjob, it's about sending a message."
"So... What did you do to earn the Sven? A friend of a friend says he knew him and the shit he would get into."
"Charged, climbed and killed a walker with a fork. Salad fork, not dinner fork."
"Yeah, that sounds like him."
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>>6232919 In a disturbing twist me might see children actually willingly given up to become the Second Class of
MkIIs.By UNSC diehards. However I expect we'll still get the SPARTAN-IIIs due to them being needed in short time frames and honestly the still dire state we'll be in during this whole war. What might be interesting is how they'll get people to train them the Mk.IIIs?
>>6232954 We actually have a unique situation because we're commissioned, they have to not our existence and achievements, I hope the Halsey bodyguard arc is possible cos that'd be fun
>>6232828 We should get shotgun knuckledusters, combos with our fight style
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>>6232958 Yes, please. With Sven's successes, and a few nat20s, the UNSC starts a production line of SPARTAN IIs, so that when the Covenant escalates, the UNSC will have a pool of SIIs large enough that the cheaper SIII/SIV programs will not get funded, as SIIs will be rolling off the assembly line. Over time the SII process will be perfected, so that we have the CHRYSANTEMUM augs (100% aug success rate) with a mass produced (thus cheap) MJOLNIR armor (in stead of the SPI) and SII training.
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>>6232947 It will probably. At least one or two lol.
>>6232958 Second Class of SPARTAN II was already approved due to the previous success of prior missions and its going on right now, Mendez was placed once again in directing the class. With the budget increasing i wouldn't be surprised if a 3 and 4 class of SPARTAN II are made afterwards.
Spartan III depends. There is a reason for why they were made and it aint just about the war. With the Spartan II project winning so much, Halsey and Mendez will have a larger degree of power on anything Spartan. Its not written in stone but we will make sure no shitheads like ACKerson are getting near Spartans.
Preferably if it happens, it will be people handpicked by Halsey and Mendez if not just them. Or partially Spartans II of first class.
Speaking of budget i am looking forward for see what else arrives with the big increase in the Program. An always available bigger armory for spartans should be easy, something like what elite soldiers and special forces of the UNSC alteady have. Maybe some personalized stuff for each spartan, nothing revolutionary. But expensive and the best human tech around can still help. Support teams like the Infinity had for each Spartan would be pretty sweet. Maybe there is enough funds for more AIs. One for team would be great.
What would be even better is Spartans getting some decisional powers for missions (like deciding who to fight alongside, for avoid to work with very uncooperative soldiers like those ODSTs in BLOODAXE operation).
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>>6233006 The inherently limiting factor of a second and third class of SPARTAN's is the lack of genetic stock "out in the wild" and the potential repercussions of having more mass kidnappings.
My honest best guess for how ONI will deal with this is to use the genetic stock from the first and potential second generation of SPARTAN's and raise the children involved from birth to fight the covenant.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sven and the rest from the first generation find out they either made genetic clones that gestated normally instead of flash-cloned, or gene-tailored mix babies made using the sperm and egg samples Halsey definitely has in cryo of every single spartan.
However, no matter how successful the spartan program is, there will always be the limiting factor that the equipment is expensive as hell. The 3'rd generation of SPARTAN's was made expendable not solely because Ackerson took a dose of the stupid drug, but also because the entire UNSC was on fire, and every single department of defence was screaming for water to try and douse said fire. His attempt at cutting costs wherever he could was because any money going to his department was potential ships that weren't being made, defensive structures that weren't being built, and relief efforts towards those from dead worlds not being paid for. In that way, the spartan program will likely need to cut costs no matter what, because it's hard to justify making another 100 SPARTAN's when their armour individually costs the same as a complete destroyer class vessel and UNSC orbital supremacy is a joke between navy admirals.
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>>6232722 >>6232664 >>6232701 >>6232714 Reverse engineering is gonna take a while, that's for sure. But things can be done to help the process.
One way we could alter the likelihood of reverse engineering covenant tech would probably be shifting corporate involvement to be much more hands-on through ONI. Shifting the corporations away from a civilian growth-oriented mindset towards a full-on militarized economy where each company aren't competing destructively and has state-directed goals.
In the normal timeline, ONI's efforts to reverse engineer alien tech were mostly limited to Section 3, with Beta-3 division, REAP-X and XEG groups. Said groups of course had a lot of tools on their hands, but because of the secrecy of these groups, experts probably couldn't be poached easily. I imagine if experts were brought in from these large corporations, it might make a big difference in both the industrial testing capacity of the efforts, as well as data dissemination.
To name of some companies which come to mind, whose resources and manpower could be used for reverse-engineering efforts. Such as:
Sinoviet Heavy Machinery
Hannibal Weapon Systems
Boglin fields
Chalybs Defense Solutions
Daedalia Technology
Halifax Spacewerx
Kawanishi Engineering
Lethbridge Industrial
Lux Voluspa
Misriah Armory
Naoto Technologies
Orphios Energy Systems
Maybe we could get Halsey to get an effort like this kickstarted within ONI instead of the weak initial response done in the normal timeline? I imagine with Sven & company's success she has a lot of influence she can throw around within ONI. She might even be able to get our boy Dimas to be the technical leader of the project.
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>>6233004 Not how it works. There aren't enough kids in the UNSC to mass produce IIs.
>>6232958 >We should get shotgun knuckledusters, combos with our fight style Hay buddy, I think you've got the wrong thread. RWBY gen is two boards down in trash
>>6232925 No, if you change the action of a weapon so drastically you're essentially just making a new weapon. Whatever shotgun comes out of that rework hell would have a new designation.
>>6232919 John gets to MCPO at the end of Silent Storm so maybe? Halo is weird with it's ranks. Often it'll reference shit like Time in Service which is a real thing and part of the minimum requirement to rank up but then gives a 16y/o an enlisted rank with 15-20 years minimum TiS.
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>>6233111 >Hay buddy, I think you've got the wrong thread. RWBY gen is two boards down in trash >quote from anon, pictured above Anonymous
>>6233019 >I wouldn't be surprised if Sven and the rest from the first generation find out they either made genetic clones that gestated normally instead of flash-cloned, or gene-tailored mix babies made using the sperm and egg samples Halsey definitely has in cryo of every single spart It could be a possibility, but i am not sure it would be approved. It definetly would provide good Spartans, and you need to do 0 operations of kidnapping. Its hardly fair to those kids though, and their lives are controlled from the very beginning. With Halsey now very much in charge (cannot be denied until a major defeat of the program) of the program, this will probably not happen. She still has an heart.
In regard to cutting costs, success guarantees their budget its not just butchered like in canon. It will receive some cuts that i agree with you, like everything in war, but if it keeps up with victories then definetly more Spartans can be made and outfitted properly. And frankly is far better to have that than making a poorer and worse attempt of Spartans.
>>6233054 Could be an idea. Multiple corporate interests and efforts involved directly in something like Covenant technological research is certainly no small matter of course. So it might not be approved on the get go. Will likely need some time. But it makes an hell of a difference, if there a proposal for create a collaborative effort between them and the military. I don't know if Sven likes corpos though.
>>6233111 >No, if you change the action of a weapon so drastically you're essentially just making a new weapon. Whatever shotgun comes out of that rework hell would have a new designation. interesting....maybe we should send the idea of this alien splatter ....
I think new ranks are guaranteed after this victory. Maybe i have shoot too high with what the Spartans will get lol. It will be probably at least going up one rank for most spartan leaders.
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>>6233054 if ONI dosnt have a DARPA like system going for it im going to be very disappointed cause like using others to achive your goals is like spy shit 101
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>>6233111 SIIIs were made out of angsty kids whose home planet was glassed by the Covenant. So there are enough kids.
SIIs were enlisted at 5. So if we count their combat training as active service, by age 16 they will have 10-11 yrs TiS. So, they'll be PO3 by age 8 (30 mos total TiS), and likely to reach CPO by age 16 barring war exploits. (assuming 3 yrs TiR/advancement) SIIs are deployable by age 15-16. (Augs @14, then need to heal)
>>6233054 Get the military-industrial complex to work on ayy goodies. No way it will create a cyberpunk dystopia. Nooo, sir.
>>6233122 "Begun, the clone wars has."
(Cue Imperial march)
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>>6233154 >Get the military-industrial complex to work on ayy goodies. No way it will create a cyberpunk dystopia. Nooo, sir. im gonna be real with you; you're too late on that one Halo is pretty cyberpunk already its just not really dystopian since the UNSC does come down on corporations pretty hard since only the UNSC has the ships to enforce itself on them
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>>6233154 >So there are enough kids. There are enough kids for SIIIs. Not SIIs. There would be maybe a dozen kids from the entire program that would be viable candidates to undergo ASTER augmentation. And as long as Halsey is the head of the SII program I doubt we're getting CHRYSATHEMUM any time soon unless Ackerson manages to convince her otherwise. Though that would be one good way for 404 to improve the program and keep 3's around in spirit.
>IIs were enlisted at 5. So if we count their combat training as active service, by age 16 they will have 10-11 yrs TiS. UNSC has a minimum service age of 16(I think), and Spartan records are edited to show that they enlisted/commissioned at the minimum age IIRC. That was a big plot point in Hunt the Truth, being that the UNSC at large didn't know Spartans were child soldiers and it was odd that the MC made rank so fast. Otherwise it's entirely up to the narrative on how it works. And in this case, 404 gets to determine our rank progress.
>No way it will create a cyberpunk dystopia. Nooo, sir. Halo's UEG is already Cyberpunk dystopia. Complete with megacorporate space colonies and extensive cybernetics.
>>6233115 How'd you get that picture of me.
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>>6233019 >My honest best guess for how ONI will deal with this is to use the genetic stock from the first and potential second generation of SPARTAN's and raise the children involved from birth to fight the covenant. One small issue; the UN Colonial Mortal Dictata. Clones are a no-go, especially when the SPARTAN program and Halsey are already violating the fuck out of it. Going even further beyond the pale is gonna be an impossible sell for Parangosky.
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>>6233162 >And as long as Halsey is the head of the SII program I doubt we're getting CHRYSATHEMUM any time soon I beg to differ. Halsey was clearly torn up about the failure rate associated with ASTER, so as long as she's still attached to the program, she's most definitely going to look into new and improved methods of augmentation. I think it's safe to say the research and development staff under Halsey would come up with improved methods considerably faster than they would under Ackerson.
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>>6233168 I'm sure she'll work to improve ASTER without a doubt. I just don't think she'll change the fundamental process. She might accept alternatives to some of the major surgeries, such as the chemical treatments for bone enhancements and muscles. Now that I think about it, it'll probably end up as some hybrid between ASTER and CHRYS. A wider candidate pool but not every kid with a grudge wide.
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>>6233175 I think she'll eventually come to the conclusion nearly all of the individual augmentations would be better done via chemicals, if only to reduce the mortality rate.
That said, I definitely agree she'd be a little more persnickety about the genetic and psychological profiles even if she does concede that the range has to be expanded.
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>>6233142 from my reading of lore, it seems like ONI mostly kept research under wraps and only loaned out schematics and data relevant to Covenant tech to those it was relevant.
So for example, They wouldn't give all of the data collected from a repulsor engine to Boglin Fields, instead, they would give them the specifications they thought were possible from the testing done within REAP-X and then commission Boglin Fields to design and manufacture such an engine. Secrecy kept the entire time.
>>6233164 There are several different ways to clone that wouldn't break the Mortal Dictata more than Halsey already has.
One major example. If Halsey wanted to she could have ONI agents pose as a family wanting a surrogate mother, and have the egg implanted with either a solo or mix of genes from the spartan candidates. The child wouldn't suffer from flash cloning, and it might legalistically be less of a break in the Mortal Dictata since you aren't enslaving already free people. And it would probably be less morally apprehensible than kidnapping children who already know of the real world and somewhat know what rights they are supposed to have. However, that depends a lot on one's views of morality and the allegory of Plato's Cave.
The massive initial success of the SPARTAN program in the face of alien warfare will probably let Halsey get away with more human rights abuses. At least I imagine Parangosky will have a much harder time justifying why Halsey shouldn't be able to enslave children when billions are dying and the SPARTAN program keeps on showing glowingly positive results.
But yeah as has been said, Halsey is not a cold monster. Improvements will be made to spartan survival. If not because of the morality of it, then at least because the mortality rate is a massive waste of resources and genetic candidates.
Anonymous
Why would Scrounge impact 'how many samples ONI gets' when they are described in lore as having access to plenty of covenant vehicles even early on, in the massive clashes on and above Harvest and other planets before 2531. The problem isn't getting the items, it's opening them up-they self destruct almost every single time. The shielding Mjolnir got was iirc a complete fluke, an accident.
>>6233054 I want to play a Spartan quest, not a Halo CIV game. But that's just me. I really, really don't think there's much WE as a player can affect within the realm of reason.
>>6232714 I completely forgot that they can track the DRIVE, I thought it was some other bit of tech like a transponder of some sort. That's a bit harder to mess with.
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>>6233203 >The shielding Mjolnir got was iirc a complete fluke, an accident. Welcome to the recurring conversation for the last 3 threads. Some anons can't seem to figure out that Covenant tech is practically impossible to actually reverse engineer. There are only two examples of it off the top of my head, energy shields which took a decade to crack through random chance and another decade and a half to actually utilize, and fuel rod guns because they're so dead simple that Halsey managed to figure them out.
>I completely forgot that they can track the DRIVE I might have been wrong on that. Positive I read it somewhere, either in a book or on the wiki but for the life of me I can't figure out where.
Anonymous
>>6232919 In Silent Storm, Halsey pesters Cole to give John command of the mission over Colonel Crowther (CO of the Black Daggers battalion). Cole rejects the idea because John only has experience leading a unit-sized force and no experience with logistics. Given Sven's an officer, his record of setting and carrying out missions, and the Spartans' success as a unit, I wonder whether Cole would actually agree this time. Could get bumped up a couple of ranks immediately like John does eventually. Should at least get Crowther to take the Spartans more seriously at the start, giving them more of a say in how they're deployed.
Anonymous
>>6233212 Silent Storm only happened because VADM Cole wanted to capture a Covenant ship. Now that we have one before he even could come up with the plan Silent Storm will likely be a totally different operation. Or at the very lease substantially diverged from the book. Or hell, who knows, maybe Cole wants two Covenant ships.
Anonymous
>>6233210 Two decades. 2544 is the earliest example of UNSC fielding shield tech in the form of the bubble shield, which was actually Forerunner tech which seemingly didn't have the same failsafe's as covenant stuff. For all that we know, it took 26 years for it to hit Mjolnir. That's after years of total war, years and stockpiles of point defense gauntlets.
I think you might be remembering the covenants ability to generally track slipspace streams.
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>>6233219 I'm pretty sure I wrote out this exact same post more or less in the very first thread.
Anonymous
>>6233216 That was a failed op to capture the Radiant Arrow at Netherop. Silent Storm was a different plan immediately following that op. Halsey wanted to keep trying to capture a ship. Stanforth thought it was too risky. And Cole wanted results immediately, not to wait years for scientists to possibly reverse engineer a way out of losing the war. So hence Silent Storm, the plan to board some ships and plant tactical nukes to take them out, immediately striking a blow against an invasion force and getting a big win on the board.
Anonymous
>>6233219 >Two decades. 2544 is the earliest example of UNSC fielding shield tech in the form of the bubble shield, which was actually Forerunner tech which seemingly didn't have the same failsafe's as covenant stuff. Even then it didn't show up in broad use or make much of a difference. Still, we're talking about Covenant tech. Shield gauntlets are expressly mentioned as the source of MJOLNIR energy shields.
>I'm pretty sure I wrote out this exact same post more or less in the very first thread. Probably. I've had to repeat several of my own posts. Pretty sure half the players here haven't even played the games.
>>6233224 >That was a failed op to capture the Radiant Arrow at Netherop. Ahh, right. Got the two mixed up. All I remember is that Hector Nyeto must die at our earliest convenience.
Anonymous
>>6233203 >The problem isn't getting the items, it's opening them up-they self destruct almost every single time. The shielding Mjolnir got was iirc a complete fluke, an accident. So what you're saying is if we get lucky we get earlier shields. You know what helps with that? More chances.
LET'S GO GAMBLING! Aw dang it.
Anonymous
>>6233225 >Shield gauntlets are expressly mentioned as the source of MJOLNIR energy shields. Yes, I know, I was just stating the earliest adoption of any sort of shield tech by the UNSC/UEG
>Pretty sure half the players here haven't even played the games. I've been getting that impression myself a little bit. There's nothing wrong with that, really. Just need to temper expectations a bit.
Anonymous
>>6233229 >Yes, I know, I was just stating the earliest adoption of any sort of shield tech by the UNSC/UEG Ah, my mistake, I misinterpreted what you wrote.
>There's nothing wrong with that, really. Just need to temper expectations a bit. Certainly. At least we've moved past people wanting an axe and shield.
Anonymous
>>6233232 >people wanting an axe and shield. Do NOT remind me of that, UGH.
Anonymous
>>6233225 >Hector Nyeto must die at our earliest convenience. If it all goes ahead, it should be amusing seeing Daisy's (and Nesta's) reactions.
>It was always Daisy. John: "Oh boy, here we go again."
Anonymous
>>6233111 I was actually referring to Inglorious Bastards, a guy had some there so I figure Sven could have something similar
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>>6232206 Also
>Accept Scrounger Because pairing it with our AI skill might become useful pulling AI out of Covenant stuff or maybe ever forerunner down the line
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>>6233233 Lmao.
>>6233235 She's best girl to me for a reason.
>>6233237 >I was actually referring to Inglorious Bastards, a guy had some there You talking about the white glove from QT's version of the movie? That wasn't a shotgun or knuckle duster, it was an OSS single shot pistol glove chambered in 38SPC.
Anonymous
>>6233212 >Should at least get Crowther to take the Spartans more seriously at the start, giving them more of a say in how they're deployed. I think the no dead spartans with the current victories on all missions will have even the most hater officer reconsider their opinions. Shit we did in DARK FOREST was special. Here in FLY SWATTER even more.
>>6233226 Its just gonna be an exercise of taking more loot and prisoners home really. Sooner or later something will help maybe. Or no lol.
But I do wonder whats happening when 404 goes
>>6232205 >Research Projects: Energy Shields (Ships), Laser weaponry, Covenant Point defense system, Repulsor engines, Covenant Slipspace engines, Covenant languages, Star charts/ navigation, Covenant Alloys, Covenant vehicle (Phantom), Covenant Culture/ religion...etc begun. Covenant Language, Plasma Weaponry, Energy shields, Covenant Computers, Covenant artificial intelligence progressed Same for other stuff thats not research like war effort or similar. Like does war effort fevor/morale falls in part if a planet is glassed ? Or does Wick remains return delay that ? I wonder.
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Eitherway having victories means automatically influencing the war. So its good even if with the Covenant having a greater advantage.
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Loving how indepth the discussion got this round. And always enjoy seeing a flood of votes!
Sorry for taking so long, had to stay up from when I made my last reply to about 7 this morning to get the Wifi hooked back up.
And yeah, there are going to be medals and promotions. Don't worry lads
13 Votes for Scrounger
8 Votes for Shotgunner
3 Votes for Shield Bearer
AP Scrounger chosen, which is a Special/ Limited AP, like Diplomat and Infiltrator
So here's the current list of Sven's AP and Qualities, as a refresher
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Brawler:4/10
Bulwark:3/10
Grenadier:3/10
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Diplomat 1/6
Infiltrator 1/6
Scrounger 1/6
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Jötunn 1/4
Qualities: [Special] Giant, [Special] SPARTAN-II, Maverick, Officer, Wunderkind, Inspiring
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>>6232641 Others as in purple team or the whole class? Or just the spartans that were part of FLY-SWATTER? Cause I do have an *Incomplete* list going
>>6232773 That's rad as hell
>>6232954 Lmao
>>6232208 Its more obscured since you took Officer rather than Scientist, and didn't take On the Field researcher as a bonus, so Sven is aware of exactly what is being done, but will be alerted when any research is completed/ reaches a certain point but without the quality/ bonus, Sven can't really start or influence the research directly outside of completing missions/ objectives/ capturing tech (Which will become optional sub objectives in the missions to come, IE shield gauntlets/ Camo fields)
>>6233254 > Like does war effort fevor/morale falls in part if a planet is glassed ? You'll see
And progress is my way of hinting that the research bar has gone forward/ been boosted. A project beginning means it is being studied and worked on
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 02 May 2025 02:31:26 No. 6233371 Report Quoted By:
>>6233369 *So Sven isn't aware of exactly what is being done.
tch, typo
Anyways
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Anonymous
>>6233369 Neat
Damn, So we'll only know when it rolls out due to not taking Scientist/researcher or that things have 'moved on' Oh well. Anonymous
>>6233369 >Others as in purple team or the whole class? Or just the spartans that were part of FLY-SWATTER? Cause I do have an *Incomplete* list going just the ones on fly swatter for now
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>>6233374 Punching the air right now, homie.
Anonymous
>>6233374 what i wanna know is if Sven does reach basicly desk jocky position can we take time to unlock the scientist quality like a remote crouse work kind of thing
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>>6233382 If Sven reaches deck jockey position and he's still able bodied, I'd neck. Spartans belong behind a rifle, not a pen.
Anonymous
>picking the Bureaucrat path involves bureaucracy
Anonymous
>>6233382 >>6233394 Tooth-to-tail, hot damn I shouldn't have to explain this to people again. There is no 'desk jockey' officer position in the UNSC. AI handle virtually all the typical administrative duties for the UNSC armed forces.
Anonymous
>>6233395 Two more times and it will stick I think
Anonymous
>>6233395 I dunno man. Some of these officers have time to play politics and do spook shit. I feel like that's pretty cushy. Kind of desk-y. You'd think when facing genocide they'd have a bit less time to spare doing, well, anything.
Anonymous
>>6233402 I doubt it. Already past three times with the whole reverse engineering thing.
>>6233404 Yeah they've got so much time to be fucking around like that because they don't have any paperwork to keep them busy. That's how I rationalize the insurrection being a thing in what essentially amounts to a near post scarcity cyberpunk society. Officers fucking around and causing problems because they don't have a bunch of inane bullshit to keep them busy.
Anonymous
>>6233410 >Yeah they've got so much time to be fucking around like that because they don't have any paperwork to keep them busy. That's how I rationalize the insurrection being a thing in what essentially amounts to a near post scarcity cyberpunk society. Officers fucking around and causing problems because they don't have a bunch of inane bullshit to keep them busy. So my statement of taking remote course work to get the scientest path is perfectly viable and that you completely zoned in on the phrase "desk jocky" when it want the subject of my question the first time
Anonymous
>>6233419 No not really because we will probably be to busy trying to fight against the genocidal aliens.
Anonymous
>>6233419 >and that you completely zoned in on the phrase "desk jocky" when it want the subject of my question the first time Because I didn't disagree with your suggestion and felt no need to discuss it. In fact it's an argument I myself made in the first thread. There's plenty of down time while being on active duty deployments to do that. It's something people today do on their weekends while we will have guaranteed long periods of time on ships for travel.
>>6233423 Plenty of time to fuck around as an officer in the downtime between missions. Remember it takes humans weeks to months of travel time in Slipspace to get anywhere.
Anonymous
>>6233424 >Plenty of time to fuck around as an officer in the downtime between missions. Remember it takes humans weeks to months of travel time in Slipspace to get anywhere. Yeah I get that but I feel like Sven would be spending his downtime preparing for his next mission or spending time with his Spartan family.
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>>6233430 >Yeah I get that but I feel like Sven would be spending his downtime preparing for his next mission or spending time with his Spartan family. I don't disagree but I'd also argue that it's in Svens nature to also try improving both his own and his family's odds of survival in the long run. Be it through grinding for a PhD or training.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 02 May 2025 04:19:29 No. 6233447 Report >>6233446 "Cut. The. Chatter" Jerez icily warned, glancing their way "FoF signatures up ahead, seems you two can stop gossiping and you can stop pissing yourself over nothing, Cannon"
Why did they need reinforcements if they had it handled, Cannon wondered, fumbling with his rifle's safety switch, following march step behind the rest of the squad
"Shit!" He shouted as he looked up and saw something in iridescent green armor, towering, some kind of hyper killing robot or super soldier alien.
"HOLD YOUR FIRE, GREEN HORN!" Jerez yelled and slapped his rifle down, the burst he fire bouncing off the ceiling "Those are our friendlies, private"
Cannon blinked, as the inhumanly still soldiers, wearing armor that certainly didn't look human, stood at attention, having not reacted in anyway to the near friendly fire incident.
"Keep your troops in check, Ma'am" One of them, a big son of a bitch with -034 drawn on his chest and with more patches on his armor than the duck tape holding together Mitch's truck said, angling their head to the side "We've been ordered to accompany you on clean up duties"
"You're lucky" A slightly smaller green giant said, with a voice that sounded more like a librarian's than a badass soldier, as she turned around. Cannon wasn't stupid enough to ask what that meant, these were the dudes who tore through the covenant ship, and he realized were probably the ones who kicked in the door
"Who the hell are they?" Cannon hissed towards Snyder
"No clue" The wise mouthing Lance Corporal said nervously "But they're on our side, chicken shit, so watch your fire, keep your head down, and follow orders"
"Special forces" One of them, another woman, answered. How did they hear them? Cannon wisely shut his mouth
"Any idea what sort of resistance we can expect, Sirs?" Jerez asked, as she tried to keep up with the unerring and long stride of the green armored giants.
"Light" The quiet one said
"Enemy is fielding plasma weaponry and personal energy shielding" The big boss said strictly "A direct hit is lethal, a glancing shot would be to in your equipment. Oh, and There may be enemy combatants employing stealth field tech on the field"
Well that didn't help Cannon find his courage at all! These guys were hardcore to treat certain death like they were putting down a civic protest.
"Where is..." Synder started to ask
"Ensign Askeland is guarding prisoners" Another of them, another chick, answered back snappily "Keep your men in check, Corporal, they're cluttering our COMs"
Jerez didn't have to tell them to sit down and shut up another time, and the marines obediently cut their chatter. Whoever, or whatever these guys were, they were professionals and Cannon didn't want to get on their bad sides. They never showed how hard ass the special forces could be in the news broadcasts...
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 02 May 2025 04:20:30 No. 6233448 Report >>6233447 [Altering Perspective]
The moment the Commonwealth was able to get a message back, and report the capture of a Covenant Ship, the whole ship got locked down tight, going as dark as it could get while still transmitting intel back to the UNSC. Security got so tight even you found it difficult to by-pass it to get out of the med-bay, which they'd stuck you in the moment after you handed over the prisoners and got out of your armor. Barely gave you time to report back to Halsey and check on the status of your Spartans. There'd been no casualties in the EVA, but you resented it took them a few minutes to actually report it back to you. It was likely everyone except John and Vinh would receive purple hearts, and you'd been told by the officers, specifically the bridge crew who Wallace had assigned to keep up your lessons on how to operate and run a ship whenever they had time free, that the Captain and Halsey had been talking about other medals. Apparently, Command was very happy with the results you and your Spartans had provided.
You figured they'd be pinning more than a few medals on your chest, and knew the whole team would receive medals, honors, commendations and promotions for being part of a successful capture of a Covenant Vessel, and didn't know why they thought you needed to be told that some big wigs wanted to be present when you receive them. Luckily, none of the officers giving you pointers or the medics who were treating you thought to check your boots for contraband, or else you might've had to explain why you were hiding classified materials with your socks.
Of course you found a better place to store the data chips, once the medics were convinced you weren't going to drop dead from a few burns, bruises and punctures. Wallace had tried to order a guard detail on you and John, but the rest of Purple and Blue team had but a stop to that real quick and it was easy to convince the Captain that Spartans were a better escort anyways.
You'd just started to sketch the unknown alien you turned into a specimen, having difficulty getting the elasticity of their mandibles and the exact angle of their jutting teeth right with the knubs of pencils you had to work with, when the Spooks touched down. They'd arrived onto the scene quick, and included a familiar face in Agent Barlow. Halsey must've pulled some strings to get members of Section three included in the hastily assembled group, that must've been shoved on the first ONI crawler they could find. ONI must've wanted to get boots on the ground before the admiralty could arrive on the scene and begin handing out medals like candies.
You wouldn't have bothered to check on the Spooks or cared about their presence, but the moment they'd arrive, they started interviewing and debriefing every member of the Squad from Operation Fly-Swatter.
Starting with you.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 02 May 2025 04:21:31 No. 6233449 Report >>6233448 "Spartan thirty three" The bespectacled man began, dressed in a smart, flawlessly ironed suit as he sat opposite of you in Captain Wallace's private quarters, hands tented in front of him as you tilted back and balanced the chair you were sitting on in one leg, testing its durability against your weight "The Office of Naval intelligence is very much pleased by your performance and leadership abilities, as demonstrated in the successful capture of Codename: Persephone. The Spartan program has, as we have informed the project head, surpassed all expectations. I was made aware that amongst the program, you are one of the more willful and independent of its soldiers. Some people thought that it was a mistake to entrust the command of the Spartan forces to one with a demeanor like yourself. Reckless, emotional, prone to violent outbursts, and insubordinate by the comparison to the majority of the other subjects"
You arc an eyebrow and slowly lower your chair
"However, it has been recognized that such complaints were misplaced" He continues, adjusting his glasses with his wrist, voice remaining monotone and bleak "As you have proven a more than satisfactory leader. I have been instructed to interview you, and collect all pertinent information regarding the capture of the Covenant Space craft, from the strategies employed down to every detail of their hierarchy, command functions and technology"
"Where do you want me to begin?" You ask professionally, running the details of the op through your head and thinking about what the Office of Naval intelligence will want to know
The spook held up a hand
"Patience. ONI and NAVCOM both, have deemed your actions and valor deserving of recognition and reward. Every Spartan who took part in the operation, will receive promotion and numerous medals, dependent on the importance of their presence and actions were in ensuring the success of the mission" They answer, and you roll your eyes, they were explaining things to you like you were a brainless grunt, hadn't Halsey brought this Spook up to speed? He had to have read your file
"And?" You press
"As the leader of the squad that captured the first, and so far only Covenant vessel intact, ONI wishes to reward you beyond the scope of the Navy's accolades and command structure" They explain "We at the Office of Naval Intelligence are. Very. Pleased with the performance and achievements of the Spartans, particularly of course for the most recent success in their field operations. A victory achieved under your command, Sven Askeland"
"So what, are you going to give me a golden star sticker?" You ask, smirking as the ONI drone remains impassive and nearly robotic
"We will fulfill one request" They answer "One request, that could not be fulfilled without the full backing and authorization of the Office of Naval Intelligence. An incentive for further excellence, I am told"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 02 May 2025 04:22:32 No. 6233450 Report >>6233449 Are they trying to head hunt you from under Halsey's nose by buttering you up? or was this just an unusual reward ONI cooked up to try and show their gratitude for giving them a shiny new toy to poke and prod at? You knew Catherine had rivals and enemies in ONI, even within the section she herself was the head of.
"There is, presently, no deadline to our offer. Make the request, and we shall fulfill it. Unless of course what you request is...unable to be fulfilled"
Knowing ONI, that just meant "Don't ask us to declassify anything too sensitive or secret"
>Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. >Ask to meet your father, the Radical Einherjar leader codenamed Fenris, Einar Askeland. >Request access to one of the Covenant Ship terminals, to use as a test bed for your in-progress AI and a place to upload to sacrificial data chips/ Covie Ai for it to train/ feed on >"Just happy to serve, Sir" >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6233450 Holy hell a freebie from ONI already. I'm torn between the first two options. We promised Daisy and her little band of escapees that we'd get them the chance to see their families again. On the other hand helping Halsey with the washouts would likely prevent Soren from going innie out of boredom and a chance at life again for the ones stuck in buoyancy tanks.
>Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. I'd rather have more Spartans. And getting another chance at option one seems a lot easier to accomplish than more resources for Halsey and the washouts.
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>>6233450 >>Write in option >"Get under this desk." Okay, funning done, vote time
>Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. Halsey can pull hard enough on her own to get the washouts up. I believe in her, and because she can all but dangle "More Spartans for cheap" in front of their faces with the washouts. However ONI doesn't really see the Spartans as people and some of our number are more sensitive than they seem. Loathe as I am to trust these glowie motherfuckers planted therapists, it will help nonetheless. And being allowed to have gizmos and bigger beds will just make everyone happier.
Anonymous
>>6233450 >Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. I feel bad about leaving our crippled companions high and dry for the moment, and I also can't help but feel like this may be the last chance to see dear old Dad before he kicks the bucket, but we have to look out for our own in the here and now.
As it is, the best thing we can do is argue for this as a precedent going forward. I don't want any spooks or dumbass officers thinking they can treat our fellow Spartans like shit and get away with it.
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>>6233450 >Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. Anonymous
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. Anonymous
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>>6233450 >Write in option Request to be able to put it to the rest of the Spartan's, or at least consult further between.
Either
>Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. or
>Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. As we really shouldn't be dictating these kind of things by ourselves, and it would potentially help morale and provide buy-in from certain factions. And if we do better in future we might be able to swing the other, anyway.
I could see it being contentious.
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. Just imagining Rene in the tank, Fhajad shaking on the bed, Jerome needing a tube to breathe. Have to go with this choice. A lab, resources and a dedicated team of her choosing could probably really go a long way.
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Be kinda wild because if she can rehabilit them, Too a greater extent any future washouts or that stuff will already have a net in place for even more usefulness. Also, I just hate how ONI promises they get 'rehabilitation but end up hating Halsey'
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Could also ease Graham Alban's conscience working on a project like that and stop him from killing himself, assuming he hasn't done so already.
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>>6233450 >Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. one or the other i care not so long as one of them atlest happens
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. honestly if ONI doesn't do this then they have a terminal case of the stupid
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 02 May 2025 05:25:11 No. 6233475 Report >>6233379 Aight, well you know Sven's so.
Shika
Q: [Special] Ghost, [Special] Spartan-II, Loyal, Lone-Wolf
AP: Ninja 4, knife expert 1, gunslinger 1, Rifleman 1
S/L AP: Medic 3, Infiltrator 1
CS AP: Kitsune 1/4
John
Q: [Special] Lucky, [Special] Spartan-II, Best of the best, Inspiring, Professional, Indomitable
AP: Rifleman 4, Brawler 3, Grenadier 1 Gunslinger 1, Defender 1
S/L AP: Infiltrator 1, Tactician 2,
CS AP: Fortunate Son 2/7
Kelly
Q: [Special] Rabbit, [Special] Spartan-II, Observant, loyal
AP: Rifleman 4, Brawler 2, Gunslinger 1, Bulwark 1
S/L: Runner 3, Bait 2, Infiltrator 1
Sam
Q: [Special] Big Heart, [Special] Spartan-II, Observant, Loyal
AP: Brawler 2, Grenadier 4, Rifleman 2, Bulwark 2
S/L AP: Diplomat 2, infiltrator 1
Vinh
Q: [Special] Spartan-II
AP: Rifleman 2, Grenadier 1, Gunslinger 2, Brawler 2, Knife expert 1
S/L AP: N/A
Anonymous
>>6233475 ok what the hell does Kitsune do since fortunate son is pretty self-explanatory
but i got to know about Kitsune
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>>6233476 I can only assume it has to do with misdirection, subterfuge, trickery and potentially
something my japanese animes say means "oh my". Anonymous
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>>6233450 >Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time. Tough choice between this and helping the washouts.
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>>6233450 >>6233456 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. Awwwww fuck it changing to this. Getting them up to speed faster and working out rehab before next class is augmented are important as well.
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. If we can get expedite their recovery, all the better for them and the war effort.
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. This is a no brainer but I belive how we present it is key.
"The SPARTAN II Project had a number of washouts due to the experimental surgeries and resource crunch. While the program itself may well be under review maybe even favourable it would be significantly more efficient for the Program, ONI, I'd say the war effort for us to see to those whom could return too the field, they would bolster the ranks and their treatment would provide invaluable data for any other Projects now or in future."
Then we put the ball truly into their court.
"If possible I would like to view the interogation footage of Radical Einherjar leader codenamed Fenris, Einar Askeland."
It's let us see this of him before we meet him in person once more, this is not a big ask as compared too meeting him.
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Now that I think about it, with a blank check from ONI, Halsey could probably request her mentor Ysionris Jeromi to help with rehabilitation research, like she did for the 'hypothetical' augmentation research on bonobos. That would really cut her deeply given how his opinion of her is one of the very few that matters to her. But given she would actually have resources and the fact that Sven just gave up his free ONI wish to help his comrades, I think she'd be obligated to contact the man, even if it meant disgracing herself.
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. Was a tough choice between this and better accommodations but this won out in the end.
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>>6233450 >>Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. Anonymous
>>6233450 See guys its a great success, and we aren't even done yet there is still NAVCOM coming here after the spook to talk with us, and then High Command POV probably lol !
>Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. "The SPARTAN II Project had a number of washouts due to the experimental surgeries and resource crunch. While the program itself may well be under review maybe even favourable it would be significantly more efficient for the Program, ONI, I'd say the war effort for us to see to those whom could return too the field, they would bolster the ranks and their treatment would provide invaluable data for any other Projects now or in future."
Put a hand gently on the shoulder of the man, but have the man feel some of the weight of it.
"Ah agent one more thing, i will consider not negotiable being able between spartans to have the possibility of guaranteed visits to the washouts when off duty, as well being able to do video-calls and send messages to them. I assure you it will be very beneficial for Spartans morale, knowing that their fellow companions are receiving help, that they can talk with them and knowing they can monitor their rehabilitation."
If the answer is a yes, pat the shoulder. If not. Well i heard people wanted for Sven to not feel perfect, to have flaws like all humans (this is an opinion i very much don't agree with, he does have them in my opinion). Now tell me how can a big brother act after doing the impossible when a simple addition is stupidly refused by someone that did not fully read on his files ? Will the robot act of the agent crack first or his shoulder ? Whats important is if we can't get spartans (for now) some normalcy, then we should get them to be able to have open communication with the washouts. I feel like Sven would try and get that
>>6233475 no natural quality trait for Vinh ;( ?
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>>6233450 >>Ask to meet your father, the Radical Einherjar leader codenamed Fenris, Einar Askeland. Anonymous
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. this is more important than meeting dad. although later on in the story I would want this to happen.
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>>6233450 >Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. Anonymous
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>>6233501 If he wants to work with her. What Halsey is doing to these children is already fucked as is, and if he didn't buy into the threat of the Insurrection, he wouldn't buy into the threat of the Covenant, as at this point it isn't TRULY clear that they're fighting a war of extermination against humanity.
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>>6233450 >Ask to meet your father, the Radical Einherjar leader codenamed Fenris, Einar Askeland. I think it'd work out better to meet dad as opposed to trying to get the washouts fighting fit.
Also 404, I was in the first thread and I've just caught up, great work. I'm deeply surprised nobody else mentioned the joke of when we burst in on Ziq Zan she surmised that the two smaller Spartans with us must have been our Battle-Harem
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>>6233450 >>Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them. We're about to be a very busy group of boys and girls. There's no time for shore leave or home calls-our duty is beyond ourselves. That's how it should be.
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>>6233864 >I'm deeply surprised nobody else mentioned the joke of when we burst in on Ziq Zan she surmised that the two smaller Spartans with us must have been our Battle-Harem Please, none of us would dare to think of our literally-littler "sisters" like that.
SHIKASHIKASHIKASHIKA We also had a bit of an issue trying not to get stabbed, shot, blown up, or have everyone else die to occupy our minds.
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Wonder if we can push for some ribbons for the washouts. I figure the entire unit might end up getting the UNSC equivalent of a Navy Unit Commendation. Just something small to remind them of that bond and recognize how their sacrifices played a role in this first victory.
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Those moments in which you're eagerly and impatiently awaiting an update...
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>>6233864 The pervert thoughts of a big chicken cant concern us.
I think she had different ideas of what Vinh and Shika could be, mostly because she had no idea of the Spartans and though we where new armored giant aliens that fought alongside humans (I suppose a member of the covenant races thinking that after hundreds of hundreds of year of covenant empire religious propaganda and enforced unity, is pretty normal. They didn't know much about humanity and her assumption that the human space state had different races....was a very nice addition by 404).
Jokes aside, the situation was pretty serious and on the edge The only thing the jackal captain was in that moment, was something we needed to capture.
>>6233900 I enjoy Nesta burning innies. Sad that she couldn't roast some Tengu here ;(
I am more of Daisy appreciator than a Nesta head though.
>>6233906 Maybe, it could be done with this kind of victory. I think what washouts would appreciate is just being able to know ONI will actually put more effort on aiding them thanks to what we did and for our decision, and more importantly if they can talk with their fellow spartans again that would be great. Completely closed away in contact from them must have genuily hurt.
The internal morale, rest and humanity of the Spartans is important. They arent machines, and they should receive a decent treatment at least. With this action being done we ensure to create again some connection that we where ordered to cut and leave behind. And that will help both Spartans and Washouts. One day we might see them back with us.
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>>6233953 For me I just find the dynamic really funny. Two sides of a coin. Sven is pretty techy, extroverted, big, loud. Shika is medically inclined, introverted, small, quiet. A very poetic humor about shadows and lights and how they need the other to frame what they are.
Nesta though is a very funny goblin. I wonder how she'd react to the information that grunts breathe flammable gas and they wear it compressed on their bodies at all times. I can't wait. It'll be like watching all the Christmas lights get plugged in all at once kek
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>>6233953 >The internal morale, rest and humanity of the Spartans is important. They arent machines, and they should receive a decent treatment at least. Mmm, I wonder how that'll play out once things heat up. Spartans are the best soldiers humanity has to offer, and even though there are 'more' of us than last time, in the grand scheme of things we're still going to be so incredibly thin. It's gonna be a sad day when we start splitting up.
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>>6233203 >>6233225 >>6233210 My apologies, it is at least not my intention to change the quest and its general way of play.
My reasoning for my suggestions lay in Sven not being the central character of those projects/actions. Like how the Corporation involvement would mainly be Halsey (and potentially Dimas) which would do these actions to try and improve on the different research projects that 404 has set into action. I thought it could be interesting to see as potential alternative perspectives.
I don't want to drag the reverse engineering discussions on if people don't like it. I'll still mention ideas in the future, but to clarify, I don't expect Sven to wear nanolaminate armour with shielding in 15 years or anything crazy. To me, it's just very interesting to speculate about ways the story can go since Sven inherently will disrupt the way Halo as a universe will end up. Chief was the main character of the games, and he did crazy shit all of the time. This Zanar light cruiser being captured is peanuts in comparison to Chief killing an entire CAS assault carrier in the invasion of Earth using a single bomb, and surviving alone trapped on High Chariot while both Flood and Covenant shooting at him from all sides.
That territory of being disruptive just inherently comes from being the player character and having interesting set pieces. So I see no problem in thinking about Sven pulling near-zero chance shit out of a hat given the right circumstances. But of course, it still has to feel earned. So it fully depends on what plans 404 has.
Either way. Sorry if the enthusiasm can sometimes get grating. It is not my intention to make anyone else irritated or have their experiences lessened.
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>>6234003 no need to apologize bro. it just feels like the enthusiasm everyone has for the quest wants to jump what (to me) makes the quest compelling. keep on keeping on.
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While I'm fine with helping the washouts I would like to point out that since most Spartans come from the outer colonies, most of their families will likely die during the war. So this will probably be the only opportunity we get to let them learn about their families. It'd probably be good for spartans like Ralph and Daisy, less so for spartans like Nesta who probably secretly hope the covenant glass their homeworld.
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14 Votes to Demand that they give Halsey whatever she needs to rehabilitate the wash outs. You aren't leaving them behind, their place is the battlefield, not a desk job. Also, ask to meet with a few of them.
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+2 votes The SPARTAN II Project had a number of washouts due to the experimental surgeries and resource crunch..."
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+ 1 vote view the interrogation footage of Einar
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+ 1 vote to Ah agent one more thing, i will consider not negotiable being able between spartans to have the possibility of guaranteed visits to the washouts when off duty..."
4 Votes to Ask for better accommodations/ more equipment for your Spartans, trained therapists on staff and to allow them the choice to be informed about their families or allowed shore leave from time to time.
1 Vote to Request to be able to put it to the rest of the Spartan's, or at least consult further between.
2 Votes to Ask to meet your father, the Radical Einherjar leader codenamed Fenris, Einar Askeland.
And so Sven is going to show his big brother instincts and use the favor to try and help the washouts of the Spartan-II program, how Noble of him.
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>>6233477 >with misdirection, subterfuge, trickery Pretty much, though it does have a Jotun's rage esc active effect as well + additional passive/ personality effects (also like Jotunn)
>>6233657 Not every spartan has that special spice.
>>6233942 >>6233964 lol, where are those from?
>>6233864 Thank you. Welcome back
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>>6234132 I'm fine with either IMO, both will work toward class moral. More than any of the other options anyways.
>>6234003 All good. I didn't mean to come off as angry or anything, just a little frustrated at repeated conversations. I don't mind at all if people want to jump into science stuff. Just need good expectations for it.
>>6233964 >>6233942 This OC? Couldn't find it on image search, very nice if it is.
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>>6234150 quick thing but should our actions with the coveinant AI give us a tick in Artifcial artisan
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 03 May 2025 05:06:41 No. 6234169 Report >>6234168 "You can call me Iscariot" They say, voice dry with the nerves of a man who has realized he has pissed off someone who could fold their spine like a sheet of paper and not so much as flinch at killing them
"Judas" You snort, amused by their choice in codenames "Do you really want to be the man who has to explain they argued against bringing more Spartans into the field, to tell the higher ups that you retarded the war effort because the one holding your leash has something against Halsey and you think me wanting MY men back, is the result of brainwashing"
Their Adam's apple bobbed, you could hear them swallowing dryly. Their eyes darted towards the door again.
"Rehabilitating even one of the wash outs from the program, would be worth the price paid. I'm sure even the stingiest of bean counters would agree. Just six of us captured a Covenant Ship, with no casualties, and before then, we launched five separate ops and succeeded in all of them, SIMULTANEOUSLY. Humanity is going to need every spartan it can get" You continue, as you tame and restrain your temper, chilling it down and chipping it into a cutting edge as the Spook sits back and listens, hurriedly wiping the fog from his glasses with his sleeve as he gives you the floor and all but rolls over and shows you his stomach
"And, even if with all the extra funding, personal, and facilities, Project:Aster's worse side effects can't be cured, the data will prove invaluable for a theoretical second class or other, future projects building off Aster's chemical augmentations" You continue, more tempered and reasonable as the Agent nods along "There are no downsides to putting more budget towards the rehabilitation of these victims of ASTER. They want nothing more to pick up a rifle, and get into the fight"
The Spook finally succeeds in wiping the smudge from his glasses
"What an impressive display of loyalty, I was merely...confirming that the request was made of your free will. Ensign, nothing more. I meant no offense" They hurriedly cover their ass as you tilt your chair back "I'm sure the project head would be pleased to know of just how loyal she's made you"
You squint your eyes, and the agent understands that he is pressing his luck as the muscles in your arms tense, an silent threat reminding him that even out of you MJOLNIR, you could snap him as easily as you would the stylus he is tapping on his datapad nervously
"Loyalty is a sought after trait in soldiers, of course" he tries to excuse, a drop of sweat beading on his head, maybe only now realizing you could probably get away with doing whatever you wanted to him after the op you just pulled off "I will forward your request, and the particulars of it, as well as the benefits of diverting the necessary funding and researchers to the rehabilitation efforts of the"
He nearly says failed, but shuts his eyes, thinks better and phrases it in a way that won't result in him eating through a tube for the rest of his life
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 03 May 2025 05:07:41 No. 6234170 Report >>6234169 "Unsuccessful Spartan Candidates" He says, staring down at his datapad to avoid looking you in the eyes "As it is a simple request and, as you stated in a less than composed manner, beneficial to the war effort and scientific progress, ONI will have no issues fulfilling the request. Though I doubt they will be required to source any Himalayan Hermits"
"So ONI doesn't surgically extract their agents' sense of humor" You mutter under your breath
"They've tried" They answer with a shrug "Now, returning to the interview, I'd request that you do not overlook any detail of Operation: Hade's Courting"
"Operation: Fly Swatter, you mean" You say, tilting your chair forward, and setting its four legs back on the floor with a loud clack. The Spook looked pained
"That is the unofficial designation of the mission, that was used between the Spartan personal. The official records, have it designated as..." He begins to rattle off and explanation before saving his breath, sighing and adjusting his glasses "But yes, The office of naval intelligence wants as in depth an exploration of every aspect of the mission, from the perspective of operatives who carried it out. Down to the slightest detail"
"Didn't you read the after action report?" You ask. They nod. How irritating, that report was more detailed than most and had attached notes and explanation for nearly every step of FLY-SWATTER. But they wanted a second and probably a third and forth exploration of every stage of the mission, and considering the outcome, you couldn't blame the pencil pushers. So you give them the explanation they want, and sit with Agent Iscariot for a few hours, detailing every action and the train of thought and tactical reasons for each one of them, even breaking down the logical reason to grab a Tengu by their legs and use them as an improvised bludgeoning weapon. And you made sure to give each of the soldiers under your command the credit they deserved, even as the spook tried to paint the picture of you being the sole reason for the success of the operation, which didn't help to endear you to the bespectacled Judas.
"I thought the reports of the Spartans improved reaction times were the result of faulty recording equipment? You dodged a point blank shot from a plasma rifle?" They ask
"Check the video. I noticed an optical anomaly and reacted to it. The covenant soldier just wasn't quick enough to adjust their aim, but otherwise had me dead to rights" You answer stoically "Now, do you want me to go over John and I guarding and escorting the prisoners back to the Commonwealth? How we collected the Spartans who missed their shot after the ship was secured? How some jarhead with bad nerves nearly friendly fired Vinh?"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 03 May 2025 05:08:42 No. 6234172 Report >>6234170 "That will not be necessary. The marines who helped secure Classified Object: Persephone, are being debriefed individually, by a different agent" They answer, as they tap the screen of their pad and nod once "But this interview increased our understanding of the individual importance each Spartan had in ensuring the success of the operation and the capture of Persephone, I shall make sure to make a remark of the kind words of praise you had to the other Spartans, when it is time for them to be debriefed and provide their own account of the action. You are dismissed, Ensign"
You nod, and rise from your chair and exit the captain's quarters, and passed John as he was being escorted to the same room. He snapped a crisp salute, and greeted you with a "Sir!.
"John" You greeted in return "Put in a good word for you and the others, and softened up the interviewer for ya"
He nodded, and marched diligently to the Captain's room turned interrogation chamber.
It'd probably take sometime for the representatives of the Navy to reach the Commonwealth with their medals and promotions, since the Office of Naval intelligence got here even before the expected support ships showed up to help the Commonwealth with its field repairs
>Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on > [Wunderkind/ Artificial artisan] Tinker with the data chips you have and your isolated, incomplete AI to try and figure out how to get it to interface with Covenant tech (DC 18) >Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor >Check the operations Command has planned for the Spartans, get a list of which teams to send to where, while you wait to be told your new rank >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6234172 > [Wunderkind/ Artificial artisan] Tinker with the data chips you have and your isolated, incomplete AI to try and figure out how to get it to interface with Covenant tech (DC 18) Anonymous
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>>6234172 >Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor + Talk to the other Spartans and get their opinion on what they might want from an armour upgrade. Maybe show the one that missed the boarding operation to footage from the mission to get their opinion too.
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>>6234172 >>Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on We should probably save tinkering with the covie AI chip until we have a little more downtime, and more importantly, no fucking ONI spooks on the ship. Well, fewer. They've probably got a deep cover agent or two somewhere close to where Halsey is at all times.
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>>6234172 >Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on Should spend some time with our team while we have the chance.
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>>6234172 >Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor Those suits are pretty much the only edge we really have right now. The sooner we work out the kinks, the better.
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>>6234172 > [Wunderkind/ Artificial artisan] Tinker with the data chips you have and your isolated, incomplete AI to try and figure out how to get it to interface with Covenant tech (DC 18) +get Dimas to help us
>Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor Anonymous
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>>6234172 >Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on Anonymous
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>>6234172 >Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on Maybe wait for the spooks to fuck off before we start messing around with covie tech.
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>"Alright Spartans, I'm compiling a report on these suits, so feel free to hit me with any changes you want to see made to 'em." >Shika's hand shoots up >"No Shika, we cannot have the tracking equipment ripped out." >Shika lowers her hand slowly
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>>6234172 >Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor This or the AI option are great for progress. Might be better to hold off on the AI thing though until we don't have spooks around to do it.
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>>6234172 >>Check the operations Command has planned for the Spartans, get a list of which teams to send to where, while you wait to be told your new rank Gotta figure out what's next on our plate afterall. whether that be R&R or another mission to prep for.
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>>6234172 >Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor Information is everything to these scientist types
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>>6234172 >Start compiling a report of your own, concerning the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and the sort of improvements/ side grades that could be made into early variants of the powered armor Give the scientists stuff to improve with
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>>6234172 >Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on >Ask the others about the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and any improvements they'd suggest. It'd be nice to get all their input before we write up a report at some later point, or just pass it onto Halsey verbally.
Also want to brainstorm with Li and Nicole to come up with some new moves to use against the aliens given their unique anatomy.
And just check on how they're all doing of course.
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>>6234172 >>Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on Anonymous
>>6234150 >>6234151 They're from the slightly humorous webcomic 'My Time In ONI' by The Count of S. Follows characters through the later days of the Insurrection and The War. It's fantastic stuff, he takes a lot of liberties and at times it feels more like an anime (which is an obvious inspiration) rather than the grounded bitter vibes from normal Halo media, but I think it's better for it. Check it out, he works very very hard on it.
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>>6234172 yeah we should have pressed the guy to add calls, messages and visits between spartans and washouts. The guy would have broke. At least we got the main thing.
>Blow off some steam sparring, drawing or showing your squad mates the helmet footage you were allowed/able to keep your hands on >Ask the others about the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and any improvements they'd suggest. Take it easy for now and talk with our brothers and sisters, we can probably work on those chips later. And we should have time for do that report and see the next ops. At least a week before next deployment might pass, we have very much used the power armors for less than a day after all lol. Some additional familirization and testing is required even with how natural the Spartans are with them.
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>>6234172 >Check the operations Command has planned for the Spartans, get a list of which teams to send to where, while you wait to be told your new rank We should really focus on the next steps before we start doing anything else.
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>>6234172 >Check the operations Command has planned for the Spartans, get a list of which teams to send to where, while you wait to be told your new rank The big wigs will be here soon. It would be a good idea to familiarize ourselves with these planned operations so we can raise any potential issues with them personally (and maybe even ONI while they're here). We did choose officer path. We should have John as the future Command Master Chief (and perhaps the other team leaders) do the legwork for the suit performance evaluation that we can compile into a report with recommendations.
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>>6234269 Super. The guy has really good art. Too bad a big chunk of it's locked behind patreon.
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>>6234416 Well, guess who's past that paywall ; )
Not that I plan on posting that here, ofc.
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you know its kind of amusing to see how many people are trying to "Claim" the Spartan's you got ONI, SPECNAV WAR, Halsey and Sven
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>>6234555 True. As a Spartan, Sven arguably has a greater claim to his fellow candidates than anyone else alive currently. Even if he wasn't the ranking officer, he's still defacto big brother of this generation. You can't really compete with that.
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>>6234555 >"They are my Spartans. My brothers. My sisters. I am not leaving them to rot, in crippled bodies. They deserve better than that, better than to be left as broken, invalid things, cause of experimental surgeries and ONI's corner cutting" Reading this was pretty nice. Iscariot must have shit his pants. One more stupid error and he would be severely wounded or dead. I wonder how many officers and agents, will be capable like Iscariot to avoiding being total morons and remain alive.
Sven claim of course is one that makes sense. Mendez and Halsey proposed him two paths, ans Sven picked this one. Only another Spartan or a military genius capable of understanding Spartans should take Sven position. If Sven dies that is.
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>>6234425 This image reminds the UNSC doesn't have that many robots or drones around. With human AIs superiority revealed (from seeing what was on board in the covenant ship), i wonder if they would consider production of drones and robots for war. AIs would have 0 problems in ordering them around while doing other tasks no ? Then again bots would get fried easily with plasma might not be worthed lol.
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>>6234589 I mean, everything gets fried easily with plasma. Actually, when plasma hits something it explodes. Both the thing being hit and the plasma. Unless the thing being impacted can withstand or disperse heat fast enough, it just flash evaporates and expands with such force that it straight blows up. The magnetic fields that coat the plasma to keep it coherent are honestly not a huge problem to deal with. It's not really a problem to sufficiently insulate/harden electronics for that, worst you'd get is hiccups and temporary shut downs but no zapped gubbins.
What is the chemistry term? Sublimation? Something like that.
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>>6234589 The UNSC isn't very advanced in terms of autonomous constructs, drones and cloning really. There are some snippets in lore regarding the development of combat drones specifically, but it's generally disregarded for some reason or another. The only bits of robotics we get in lore are prosthetics, surveillance drones and general industry.
I honestly prefer it this way. Hits harder when every battle lost implies the loss of human life rather than a clutch of bolts and steel.
The UNSC for all intents and purposes isn't really that much more advanced than we are now. Despite the story taking place 500 years in the future, it feels more as if it's only been...50, or 100. Again, a symptom of Nyland and his initial inspiration being Aliens and the Vietnam War. Not to say I don't like it-it creates a good vibe and a setting that is very easy to understand, generally.
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>>6234172 >[Wunderkind/ Artificial artisan] Tinker with the data chips you have and your isolated, incomplete AI to try and figure out how to get it to interface with Covenant tech (DC 18) Although as a thought, I wonder how long until the helmet cam of us beating the absolute shit out of a Zealot (even if he was a noob) gets out among the Spartans and rescored to "classical" music, or onto the civilian internet as a propaganda piece
>Inb4 one of the first pieces of information the wider public knows about Elites and Spartans is the helmet cam (then later the CGI re-creation) of us making a nine foot Ayylmao our bitch >In fact, the first piece of propaganda sent to the Covenant is that same video but with an earrape version of "Smack My Bitch Up" playing Anonymous
>>6234929 Pretty sure he was just a Minor. Sven would probably be dead if he were a Zealot.
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>>6234936 Probably, but a man can dream
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>>6234936 That's fine, Sven, too, is a minor.
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A little late this time, just need some time to recharge my writing juices.
3 Votes to tinker with the covenant data chips/ tech
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+ 1 vote to ask Dimas for help
7Votes to gather notes for MJOLNIR to assist in the production of early variations/ specialty suits
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+ 3votes to sk the others about the performance of the MJOLNIR systems and any improvements they'd suggest.
7 votes to blow off some steam
3Votes to check out the next list of Spartan OPs
There's a tie, but I think I can work the choice to blow off some steam and start brainstorming Mjolnir variants together, easily. Barely a hassle even.
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>>6234197 Lmao.
>>6234269 Looks neat. Gonna give it a read
>>6234951 They were. A zealot would not have made the mistakes Vul'Rocam did.
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>>6234966 >Barely a hassle even. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 04 May 2025 09:03:13 No. 6234976 Report And that was good. You needed to blow off some steam. And not just because the overt attempts by that Judas from ONI suggesting you were just Halsey's puppet for being concerned for your fellow Spartans' well being and how they tried to place all the credit for the success of Operation: Fly-Swatter at your feet, needing to have the truth of the situation and exactly just how key the other members of the fire team of six were in achieving that success. It takes a lot to actually make you made enough you need to vent, but you had nervous energy left over from the capture. Knowing how easily and how close it came to going wrong, for the situation to go completely FUBAR, created an excess of vim that needed to be burned through. It was that the spook acted as the spark in the kindling.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 04 May 2025 09:04:14 No. 6234977 Report >>6234976 "If it isn't the man of the hour, been wondering when they'd let you out of that gurney" Nesta greets with a whistle and a beckon to sit down and watch the fight with her, James and Jorge "Come on, I was just showing the class what they missed. These Covie cunts got lucky I wasn't on that ship, but having them go through a Sven Patented mauling, is the second best thing"
"What she means is, we're glad our fearless leader got out in one piece" James says, offering you a chair as Jorge nods
"Sitting in the black, waiting for any sort of response or update, was worse torture than anything Mendez put us through" Jorge grumbled, shaking his head and you thought you saw tears in his eyes "and that's including our trips to Painland"
That elicited a few groans, and James cocked an eyebrow when you didn't sit down, and Nesta eyed you suspiciously as you remained standing
"You aren't here as an officer, right?" She asked warily, you shook your head
"Just don't want to look at the ugly mug again" You say, jabbing a thumb at the screen "And I was looking to blow off steam, make sure my bruises stay fresh"
"Sparring?" Nicole chimed in, suddenly behind you. You nod, affirmative, but signal her to stay frosty and composed and save it for the ring
"Yes, but Dimas here reminded me of something else I put on schedule. Going to need everyone to give their thoughts on the MJOLNIR's performance, know we've only had it for a few days, and only a few of us have used it in live combat, but its better to get our notes started early, so any improvements can be made and pushed out without delay" You explain, clasping your hands behind your back "I of course have my own thoughts, but, they're more for permutations I feel could be useful, rather than overall improvements"
"Yeah, like for example one with an up-armored helmet to prevent you from bashing its wiring to pieces trying to crack an alien's skull open through their helmet" Dimas remarked, arms crossed "Or one with improved blast resistance, since you almost seemed to be going out of your way to get blown up...Sir. But I'll get Yellow team right on compiling the suggestions and insights of the whole squad, sir"
"Appreciate it" You say with a smirk "If any of you are up to spar, meet me in the ring. And you better hurry if you want to beat Nicole"
As she had already began sprinting towards the one intact gym left on the commonwealth. Dimas gave you a meaningful look, and you understood he wanted to get your performance review on the MJOLNIR System and what improvements you wanted, first. Which meant you might spar with someone besides Nicole, since even if you'd only worn it for one op, you had already had more than a few opinions about it.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 04 May 2025 09:05:15 No. 6234978 Report >>6234977 >A variant that improved the already impressive performance of MJOLNIR in CQC situations would certainly be useful, especially if command tries to capture more covenant ships >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. >Spartans moved quick, but agility wasn't always enough, heavier armor plates and up-armored attachments would improve survivability in any scenario >Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. Random explosions and flying shrapnel has been the bane of soldiers since artillery was introduced. Helmets were literally brought back due to it's prevalence in industrialised warfare.
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>>6234978 >>Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Honestly. Their primary weapons are energy in some form and fucking rocks. So. Yeah.
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>>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. Anonymous
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>>6234978 >>Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Plasma defence makes the most sense as a primary objective. The games don't do justice to just how damaging a plasma pistol can be
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>>6234978 >>Spartans moved quick, but agility wasn't always enough, heavier armor plates and up-armored attachments would improve survivability in any scenario Anonymous
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>>6234978 >>Spartans moved quick, but agility wasn't always enough, heavier armor plates and up-armored attachments would improve survivability in any scenario Walking tank
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>>6234978 >Write in option >Something that can help counter the enemy's camo/cloaking technology and perhaps even increase your own Not sure what form that would take. Maybe a suite of enhanced optics/detectors and a coating that can further mask our infrared signature.
We got lucky to have seen the invisible guy, so it would be nice to have some kind of advantage next time. Also would help out our infiltrators.
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>>6234978 >Spartans moved quick, but agility wasn't always enough, heavier armor plates and up-armored attachments would improve survivability in any scenario Big armor
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>>6235009 They'd probably pop up on any infrared or EM scope. The problem is knowing they are around in the first place to check. If you had an AI or computer running in the background watching for that kind of stuff to inform the wearer of potential contacts it'd be pretty easy to do though. Probably.
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>>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. The enemy will bring out heavy ordinance against us so we better be ready for it however i also have a quick if dirty solution to the plasma problem but also an adjustable armour situation.
>Write in Put numerous mounting points on the armour so it can have pre moulded heat resistant plate slotted into it, specifically around the chest, outer thigh, shoulders and neck. It will mean the plates can be put into position and removed easily when they take to much of a beating then replaced on the fly! While giving the option too use other metals for different things for example some manner of compressible plates for explosions, insulators for radiation etc.
As a personal request request a spartan sized and reinforced Trench knife, so we have some knuckle dusters and a knife...and we're less likely to drop it.
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>>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. I think armor is legitimately a bad call. Mobility/Agility is what Spartans excel at, from page one. I know the 'BEEEG SVEN ARMOR' meme is funny, but no matter what we do, we should not sacrifice one of our greatest advantages to hopefully survive an additional hit or two-not that an up armored chest plate would save us from a Hunters assault cannon coats us in super heated plasma from a near miss, or a stupid fucking grunt sticks us with a grenade or a jackal sniper team aiming for any of the 'weak' spots in our armor-the sort of things agility could save us from.
No, we should focus on lessening the chances of fatalities, not general injuries. Covenant small arms are too lethal to do the former with the current Mjolnir without sacrificing something along the way. Plasma LITERALLY MELTS through armor plating.
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>>6234978 >Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Getting EOD or CQC would be cool but general protection increases in the whole production line is better. Everyone will be getting shot at by plasma, not everyone will be wearing new variants.
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>>6234978 >>Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Anonymous
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>>6234978 >Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Anonymous
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>>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. >A variant that improved the already impressive performance of MJOLNIR in CQC situations would certainly be useful, especially if command tries to capture more covenant ships exsplosion and close quarters combat were something we had to deal with the most and its going to only get worse from here on out as the covie's advance imto human space
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>>6235052 I'm not a fan of the ODST variant if that's what this vote is about (I assume the others are pathways to CQC/CQB, EOD, and maybe Grenadier/Gungnir, though maybe I'm off here), but I guess taking inspiration from the ODST heat-resistant ballistic plate is something that makes sense to look into.
Honestly I kinda like all the Spartans looking the same like they do in the earlier books and only Halsey has the ability to tell them apart.
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>>6235188 >Honestly I kinda like all the Spartans looking the same like they do in the earlier books and only Halsey has the ability to tell them apart. I'm fine with both. As mil development and procurement goes the longer a platform exists the more deviations it gets from the original design. So as Mk.IV progresses we'll have more permutations until a major platform reset into the next milestone, so on and so forth. Rather, we start off as all looking the same then slowly deviate our kit through specialization as the tech matures.
>I'm not a fan of the ODST variant if that's what this vote is about (I assume the others are pathways to CQC/CQB, EOD, and maybe Grenadier/Gungnir, though maybe I'm off here), but I guess taking inspiration from the ODST heat-resistant ballistic plate is something that makes sense to look into. I didn't even think about that. I assumed that the first two options were directly about getting EOD and CQB while the second two options were for improving the general performance through baseline improvements and add-ons. I might end up changing my vote to the attachments option otherwise.
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>>6234978 >Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Anonymous
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You all do realize your voting to unlock the ODST armor for Spartans and not the EOD armor that a large portion of you guys talked up
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>>6235109 >>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. Changing to this. Grenades are fun to throw, but not so much to catch after all.
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>>6234978 >Until section three cracks the secrets of the covenant's energy shielding, the refractive coating and heat dispersal capabilities of Mjolnir will be the only protection your soldiers have against plasma...Maybe Halsey could take inspiration from the ODST... Anonymous
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>>6234978 >Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship. >>6235045 Plus this too
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 05 May 2025 12:30:15 No. 6235828 Report Overall, the effective of the MJOLNIR system was leagues above anything else the UNSC could deploy, not just cutting but bleeding edge, the most advance body armor in humanity's arsenal. The increase to strength, reaction speed, and squad coordination were spectacular and you could write a scientific paper on the benefits of the insulating gel layer, but there were some places were improvements could be more or at least that a permutations could shore up the deficiencies of the baseline capabilities of the Mark Four.
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>>6235828 the idea of leaving behind one of your team to die, when they have no chance to survive evac.
"That could be achieved by shaping the out layer of armor to channel the pressure away from the wear's head and neck, and a similar principle could be used to achieve a similar effect in reducing the probability of dismemberment" Dimas hummed as you switched your dress uniform for fatigue sweats and began to stretch and warm up, watching Nicole like a hawk in-case she suddenly decided to ambush you and star the spar early. There were members of the Commonwealth crew present, but they'd ceased all activity to watch the out of uniform Spartans train and spar. For some reason, most of them were looking your way as you limbered up.
"Aerodynamics aren't my area of expertise" You answer, as you perform a few arm stretches and lunges, Nicole wrapping her knuckles with boxing tape, her eyes just as focused on you as yours were onto her "So I'll trust your word, Dimas. The principle would be the same with ship design, right?"
"More or Less. Less edges to be caught in the blastwave, reducing the points of failure and overall friction, with an overall more rounded design reducing the grabbing edges that would result in sudden dismemberment. And if I might add my own thoughts to your portion of the report, Sir. Command is most likely going to want to put us in situations where handling explosive ordnance will be absolutely necessary" Dimas answered, and you nodded, grasping at least the basic principle of his proposed solution to the problem and if you could understand it, Halsey and her underlings certainly would. Sounded like a more cost effective solution than the theoretical answers Poindexter suggested for raising the armor's ability to resist plasma weaponry, and was much more easily understood by the layman.
"Feel free to, the report is a work in progress and Halsey trusts your opinion more than she does most" You answer, as you lock eyes with Nicole, who is bouncing in place, with an all too familiar smile on her face. Seeing you beat an alien half to death must've gotten her excited to test out a few new moves on you, or to prove she wouldn't be left in the dust and surpassed so easily. Which meant a long, knock down, drag out sparring session with one of the two Spartans you considered to be your fellow Hand to hand experts amongst the squad. Just what you needed to cool your head.
"Just as much as she trusts yours, sir" He answers, sitting down on the floor as he worked with his data-pad "And do try not to get put in the med-bay again, Ensign. Dr Halsey's nerves have endured enough with the last operation and the on-going power struggles following it, testing just how unbreakable your bones really are will just cause her additional stress"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 05 May 2025 12:32:16 No. 6235830 Report "Unlike like you Dimas, Sven knows how to take a beating" Kurt chimes in as he breaks a sandbag with a blisteringly fast sequence of punches, to the amazement of the off duty soldiers in the gym "So can Nicole, if you were worrying about her as well"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 05 May 2025 12:33:17 No. 6235831 Report >>6235830 You had a reach advantage, Nicole had you beat in speed. But it was only a matter of time before the fight really got started...
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"Sven, care to explain your black eye?" Halsey asked as you met with her in the evening before the military presence was expected to arrive, the day before the medal ceremony and your promotion
"Nicole caught be unaware in a spar, Ma'am. We might've got a little carried away" You answer resolutely, back straight and head held high as Halsey adjusted her glasses, you could see the combat footage reflecting in them, as she reviewed it as the two of you talked.
"Plans are changing" She said, moving on from the shiner that still stung a little "Pressure is being applied on multiple fronts, Different elements are requesting Spartan support in on-going or expected engagement zones. Just as anticipated, everyone wants to be the one holding your leashes"
"We expected as such, Ma'am" You answer, standing at attention
"Which is why it needs to be made clear that, for the time being, you have the final say in all matters concerning Spartan deployment and assignments, as their commanding officer" She explains, closing the combat footage video with a blink of her eyes "We can expect even the officers they send to award you and the others the honors and promotions they deserved, to want to be the one in charge of the unit"
"I was trained as an officer just for this scenario" You answer, showing that you understand "To be the middle man and translator between command and spartan field operations. They think we're miracle workers, invincible after our unprecedented success in the field, and believe they know how to effectively make use of us as soldiers. Despite..."
You click your tongue to stop yourself from voicing your thoughts completely uncensored
"Not being entirely informed, Ma'am" Is the wording you decide upon in the end.
"Exactly" She agrees with a nod "And Military Commanders love their pageantry and ceremony. Which is why, we'll use that to our advantage, show them you're the one they need to go through so they don't think they can throw the weight of their medals and service record around to take control of my Spartans and make poor use of your capabilities and risk sacrificing irreplaceable troops for vanity projects"
"What do you have in mind?" You ask, as she signals you to sit down with a motion of her head. You can't help but smile as you see a picture of her daughter on the desk she's taken as her temporary workstation. Miranda sure was growing fast, for a baby. Seeing her little smiling face, even in picture form, reminded you of why you were fighting. Why you and the other Spartans had to be the best you could be. Why the Covenant had to lose this war.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 05 May 2025 12:34:17 No. 6235832 Report >>6235831 "I'm glad you asked, Ensign, I've planned a number of dominance displays that should prove our point to the current Military heads" She answers with a calculating smirk "I'll leave which we go forward with to your discretion, Sven. All that needs to be done is to send a message to Command, that the Spartans aren't just shiny new toys for the Military to play around with"
>Welcome the officers arriving on the Commonwealth with a military parade and present arms, and humiliate the first officer that tries to take charge. >Run your spartans through war games and simulated missions for Command to watch when they get on-board, both as a demonstration and to teach them they don't know how to best utilize spartans...yet >Ask if your Spartans can run a few training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the spartans and conventional troops >Meet your superior officers by asking about the logic and necessity of each requested deployment and operation that the UNSC/ ONI have planned for the Spartans, to make a good first impression as the Unit's CO >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6235832 >Ask if your Spartans can run a few training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the Spartans and conventional troops Kissing ass definitely isn't the way to go here. I'd rather set the record straight and do some shit nobody but a Spartan could.
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>>6235832 >Write in option ok i've got a plan here, a way to get to know the personalities of the officers but also to show off a fair bit while at the end finishing things with a power move.
1) Led Halsey have a little enjoyment greeting them and offering two things happening (see below) before she can take her leave, she is project head and so can judge whom she thinks are worth working with but also see whom tries to get in her favour before leaving them to the next step
2) let the team leaders decide or draw straws but split between these tasks offered
- training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the spartans and conventional troops
-war games and simulated missions for Command to watch when they get on-board, both as a demonstration and to teach them they don't know how to best utilize spartans...yet
3) while awed and talking about their different experiences, bring them too us personally, borrow an office space and make sure its a god damn intimidating show, full armour but our helmet on the desk...alien skulls lining the walls. Turn to them slowly and we personally.
>Meet your superior officers by asking about the logic and necessity of each requested deployment and operation that the UNSC/ ONI have planned for the Spartans, to make a good first impression as the Unit's CO There is meant to be some intimidation here they want a SPARTAN? They must come through us.
4) When they are escorted out give them the military parade, let their last sight on ship be all of the SPARTANS.
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I 100% jsut want their first impression of Sven be his back looking over warplans and battlegrounds, slowly turning and looming. a monolith of barely constrained power and authority. The SPARTANs are not new toys, they are the future.... also lmao scaring the brass.
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>>6235832 >Ask if your Spartans can run a few training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the spartans and conventional troops we are not the same....
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>>6235840 >There is meant to be some intimidation here they want a SPARTAN? They must come through us Mmmm, no that wouldn't work. The UNSC is kind of known for being a corrupt shithole before the Covenant war starts purging those people out (through paperwork or through death.) Even as late as 2552 we had UNSC upper brass spitting in the face of the Spartans. We 'intimidate' a bunch of high ranking personnel after our first ever big win and they'll make sure to fuck with us in some way shape or form. We ARE Halsey's toys. We're important, yes they know, but not important in anyway beyond being an incredibly potent weapon. Our purpose was to go in kill enemies of humanity, no questions asked. I don't think we should shake the boat now, not until we've furthered established ourselves.
>>6235832 >Ask if your Spartans can run a few training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the Spartans and conventional troops And again. We throw our weight around here, what happens when our Spartans are scattered to the four winds? Will we be able to 'protect' them then? Let's be careful with how we portray ourselves-I don't think, even with Haley's myriad of victories, that she is truly protected or has the insane pull you all seem to think she has. Lore dictates that she can be replaced with perfectly good result afterwards.
"B-but Sven-" Is just a soldier. This whole backroom deal, shadow plays, ESPECIALLY in ONI, is probably beyond our reach. We don't have the connections for that sort of thing, not really, and we won't nurture those connections through blatant intimidation. Especially not when they look upon our faces and see a child. NOT to say we should roll over and take it, that's not really what I mean. Just that we're a very fresh officer in a very fresh unit facing people who've gotten their say the majority of the time for most of their careers. If Halsey can be moved out of the way...who's to say Sven can't?
But that's just my take! It's a cool write in besides.
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>>6235872 Spartan lives are invaluable, in particular for Sven. We don't have really the luxury of waiting, we need to get in a position where the Spartans are under us. Sooner, and preferably not say in a decade. If we don't, chances that our brothers and sisters will die rapidly increase thanks to the officers and commanders they will be put under in different missions (none of them will know how to use spartans). And that is not something the war effort can recover from (i doubt Sven either). We must attempt to stand our ground at least, otherwise there is little point in the effort placed so far on the officer path.
We should consider if we can acquire info on all possible candidates for command of the spartans, and see if its possible making a review between them and Sven. Like a display of what they are good at and what is Sven good at on screen. For drive home that none of those candidates are good enough and that Sven is the better option.
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>>6235896 But the point I'm making is the Sven isn't going to be in a central location reviewing each and every mission. Sven, just like the rest of the Spartans, will be on missions, sometimes concurrently back to back. How do you figure that we'll ensure that they won't be placed on missions that get them 'killed' when we cant review whatever mission they're given. (though even in the old lore, I think the majority of the original 33/32 made it all the way to Red Flag before new lore started killing them off through suicides and whatever fiat bs).
"All taskings go through me" would slow down how and where the Spartans can be deployed to a crippling degree. The UNSC does not have FTL communications. The Spartans ARE loaned out to regional commanders-it's the only way it can work in a way that can effectively combat an evolving and mobile enemy like the Covenant. It's not a realistic request. At all. There's a reason Spartans are cut up into teams.
I'm not saying we should let them grind us up and dump us. I TRUST that ONI and other UNSC brass understand fully our importance and act accordingly, because Halsey, Sven and literally no one else is omnipotent enough to make a request like this. Unless, like I said-we cripple the operational reactivity of the Spartan branch so that we can make sure our Spartans get the kiddy missions.
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>>6235832 >Meet your superior officers by asking about the logic and necessity of each requested deployment and operation that the UNSC/ ONI have planned for the Spartans, to make a good first impression as the Unit's CO >And rip into their unneeded requests and stupidity of their requested operations. Anonymous
>>6235916 You really wanna nitpick and shit-talk a bunch of old men and expect them to take it lying down?
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>>6235923 Setting ourselves up for getting the whippersnapper treatment lol.
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>>6235929 That's what I'm saying. I'd rather just whip them without making them feel the need to save face or put a fresh Officer in his place.
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>>6235832 >Ask if your Spartans can run a few training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the spartans and conventional troops well this will be fun for us
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>>6235832 >Ask if your Spartans can run a few training drills with the soldiers escorting the higher ups, to display the disparity/difference between the spartans and conventional troops Anonymous
>>6235910 >I'm not saying we should let them grind us up and dump us. It just doesn't sound like you want to do much about it. Beside waiting. And if we are waiting what stops them from grind us and dump us ? Beside Halsey there is no one looking out for us (Mendez is occupied), so we are on our own.
>I TRUST that ONI and other UNSC brass understand fully our importance and act accordingly
Neither Sven or Halsey seem that on board about trusting them. I recon she wouldn't have come up with this plans for receive the brass, and Sven wouldn't have agreed in a nano second upon hearing it.
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>>6235937 >we are waiting what stops them from grind us and dump us Our cost. Our use. Our skill. We can accentuate the need for subtlety and reason with our taskings without 'threatening' our leadership.
>Sven or Halsey seem that on board about trusting them. Halsey doesn't trust anyone or thing that wouldn't bend over backwards for her egotistical ass. And Sven has been indoctrinated and molded into only trusting his fellow Spartans and some other UNSC personnel through years of random troopers who SHOULD be on his side beating the brakes off of him more or less. Not quite an objective source.
I think the training drill options is the most measured choice. The other ones can backfire in ways we don't want.
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>>6235832 >Run your spartans through war games and simulated missions for Command to watch when they get on-board, both as a demonstration and to teach them they don't know how to best utilize spartans...yet Wish we knew who was coming aboard first. Career politicians and randos can get bent. People like Cole and maybe Whitcomb would do well with us. Stanfforth did okay in cannon though I'm curious where he's even at and why he's not currently our CO as it was originally. Hood is a shitass
Lt.Com or Com right now, and the lowest possible rank I can imagine showing up is a Rear Admiral so he's out.
If it IS actually Stanfforth coming aboard then we need to play nice because he's our actual CO and Halsey's biggest advocate in ONI.
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>>6235832 >Write in: This will be tough - we need to persuade them that Spartans are best left to run Spartans without unnecessarily alienating other services or making enemies. Fortunately, there is a real world rubric for conversations just such as this. Using this rubric, I will write a sample conversation below.
"Sirs, thank you for your honors. Having met foes yourselves during your lifetime, these are not empty ribbons coming from you.
I speak for all the Spartans when I say that this victory is a matter of intense satisfaction to us. You see, it is not only a victory against humanity's foes, not only the preservation of a ship and her crew, not only a jumpstart to our R&D, and not only a jackpot for our intelligence organs... To me and my comrades, it is a justification for our existence. You have seen a demonstration of our skills, both in person and in after action reports. What you may not know is these capabilities came at a terrible price. About 50% of my comrades died or were permanently crippled during the surgeries, agonizing surgeries, that were needed to give us the implants that let us do what you have seen us doing. These surgeries are irreversible. Spartans are not what we do, it is who we are. There is no such thing as an ex-Spartan.
Now, I'm going to ask you to do something you don't want to do - I'm going to ask you to admit that all your experience, your education, your operations or campaigns won or lost, doesn't really tell you what we are and how to use us. We are qualitatively different than any other troops, and thus, I'm going to ask you to admit that Spartans are best suited to run Spartans.
To some of you, this may be insulting. Perhaps you were ODST, or the tops in your class. Perhaps you have many medals and to not have us on your leash is an insult to your career, or something that is beneath you. To you I say, 'how would you use us?' Would you throw us at hardened fortifications and have us try to blast our way through? We die like any other soldier, but we take the better part of a decade to train. For all our armor and skills, we fundamentally are light infantry. Would you have us waste our time on behind enemy lines recon? We can punch through steel walls and that would be hide and seek. Morale operations, crowd control, sweep and clear, search and destroy, training, line infantry, all these operations are terrible uses of a expensive and irreplaceable asset. Even if you just handed us nothing but sabotage and targeted assassinations, you would be misusing us just by having us sit on our hands.
No, sirs, the fact is that this tool is something qualitatively different than any you have seen before. We combine the qualities of light infantry, vacuum and zero-g operations, ODST and Intel and raise various qualities of each of these specializations to a level you personally cannot identify with. You cannot understand us unless you ARE us. We can excel in ANY mission, but not EVERY situation.
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>>6235832 >Run your spartans through war games and simulated missions for Command to watch when they get on-board, both as a demonstration and to teach them they don't know how to best utilize spartans...yet Anonymous
>>6236027 And because of that, it is the simple fact that Spartans cannot afford to be tied to any one service - there are vital missions in every service. Nor can we be dispersed in penny packets at random. Our last victory was possible because of our teamwork, but it was so... Terribly... Close. To disperse us further is to squander us.
There's not a single service represented here that would not love to have a platoon of Spartans to throw at any problem they have, but that's just not practical. Sirs, we need support from all of you, and we will support you in return - as I said, there is no such thing as an ex-Spartan. War is who we are, and you may expect our loyal support. However, it must be remembered we are something different, something never seen before. You cannot hand us missions like any other. I say to you again, let Spartans run Spartans. Thank you all for listening.
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>>6236027 >>6236040 I see where you're coming from Anon, and I don't want to dissuade you. I really like the intent of what you're trying to say here, and it could almost work, but having your main point be "You guys are too incompetent to lead us" in non-accusatory prose, I think, would not go well.
And also all those things you listed as a 'waste' are things that the Spartans were literally to designed to do, so they'll certainly be doubly confused, I feel...
We're an investment. We have to very carefully angle ourselves-in no way shape or form do I believe we'll be able to divorce ourselves from a higher UNSC better. Ever. Not now. Not when we've just begun, not when the most dangerous foe humanity has ever faced has made itself apparent. They're not going to trust their greatest weapon to properly utilize itself, EVEN IF WE COULD. I don't think this victory has won us that much pull. We exist at the mercy of people we'll never know. Even these guys coming in are likely to have people above them-I doubt the Lord Admiral will be coming all the way out here.
I don't see a possibility of us Spartans being allowed to sit as one unit. In lore they were cut up into the four winds almost immediately. John, when all the Spartans mustered for Red Flag, met some Spartans he hadn't seen SINCE CHI CETI IV.
Despite all of that? I kinda want to see how 404 writes this and how the UNSC leadership responds to such an appeal.
>>6235872 Changing my vote to this write in, +1
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>>6236043 If anyone wonders why I'd choose an option that I don't agree with-it's honestly well thought out from an in-character point of view. Sven, being the big brother, would be desperate for his new family to stay together, safe within each others cones of overwatch. It all seems like something he'd say, even the messy blatantly blunt bits-he's Sven after all.
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>>6235832 >Meet your superior officers by asking about the logic and necessity of each requested deployment and operation that the UNSC/ ONI have planned for the Spartans, to make a good first impression as the Unit's CO They're surely fully aware of the unit's capabilities already. I kind of want to just greet them alongside Captain Wallace wearing full Mjolnir when they board. It'll be great for initial awe and put them on the backfoot. Then maybe when we engage in conversation, we can remove the helmet and explain the situation diplomatically. Wallace kind of owes us and can attest to our effectiveness. He can support the idea we're better off as a unit with more operational freedom.
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Also I realize that what we're debating and what the "Meet your Superiors" vote option says are not exactly related lmao. I hope we're not stressing 404 out with all this (potentially off topic) yapping.
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>>6235832 >Meet your superior officers by asking about the logic and necessity of each requested deployment and operation that the UNSC/ ONI have planned for the Spartans, to make a good first impression as the Unit's CO Anonymous
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>>6235832 >Meet your superior officers by asking about the logic and necessity of each requested deployment and operation that the UNSC/ ONI have planned for the Spartans, to make a good first impression as the Unit's CO Anonymous
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>>6236380 How dare you be reasonable and workable on a tie, I demand a recount!
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>>6236380 >Hope that's cool for you all I am pissing and shitting myself right now. How could you do this to me?
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>>6236380 >I think I can make the two work together, rather than tie breaking. So I'ma do that. Hope that's cool for you all i logical and reasonable decision on the internet and in 4chan
the fuck has the world come to i hate it :V
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Stanforth's lips tug into a smirk, before military holding reasserts itself.
"Exemplary work, son" is all he says in reply, as the second Vice Admiral present arrives and you nearly lower your saluting arm out of shock. That's Vice Admiral Preston Cole. What was he doing here? Wasn't he supposed to be mobilizing a flee to retake harvest. Suddenly the trustworthy bulkhead under your feet seemed to shift. Fortunately, one of Wallace's men announced the man with one of the most spotless military records in UNSC history in your place as you were busy picking your jaw off your floor.
"So these are the Spartans I was debriefed on" He says, scanning the line of team leaders "They're younger than the reports made out"
"Looks can be deceiving" Halsey answered, and you could see Wallace practically steaming from the lack of respect she gave Cole with the reply, expecting a civilian to know how to properly address a vice admiral
"Surely, considering that word on the grapevine is that only six of them captured a covenant ship" Cole answered with a nod "Are all six who were undertook that mission present, Dr Halsey"
"These are just the team leaders of the program. The one out of battle dress is Ensign Sven Askeland. The two on his right and left are John-117 and Kurt-051"
You tried to stand straighter and taller, as Cole and Stanforth both eyed the three of you, but Cole's eyes stopped dead on you.
"Askeland, huh" He muttered, and you knew exactly why he said it with the tone he did. You did not react, and merely stood rod stiff and staring straight ahead "What's his service number"
"033, Vice Admiral Sir!" You bark off, and Cole nods. You thought two vice admirals showing up would've immunized you to surprise, but as more highly ranked personal arrived and you saw just how much of the Brass would be present on one ship, to witness your and the other Spartan's promotions, you began to really worry about how badly the Covenant could cripple the UNSC military if they attacked now and scuttled the Commonwealth. Three Vice Admirals, Four Rear Admirals. Two Major Generals and all their command staff. It'd be a cataclysmic loss, and that just put you further on edge.
You noticed one Colonel from the Army, who had ONI level clearances, whose presence seemed to upset Dr Halsey, who had been shooting her smug looks since he arrived on board. One James Ackerson. You'd have to keep an eye on him.
"Vice Admiral Stanforth sir! This ensign would like to request to know the rational between some of the Spartan's scheduled deployments, Sir" You bark, as you march lockstep as the brass wanted to meet the other "Heroes of Chi Cheti", besides you and John "and the necessity of some of the operations that are going forward"
Stanforth stopped, and the rest of the entourage immediately froze in place as he did.
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>>6236410 "Request granted, Ensign. Is there any field op or area of deployment that you question the need of, or is this a request to be informed about the operations at length?" He asked, as all of the eyes of men much higher ranked than you bore into you
"I noticed a number of actions against insurrectionist forces. It was to my understanding that the Covenant presented a great existential threat to humanity and our way of life than the disparate rebel elements in the outer colonies, Vice Admiral sir" You answer earnestly, shoulders straight "I only question the deployment of Spartans against the Einherjar, as, to this ensign's understanding, they were all but crippled with infighting"
"HIGHCOM considers them an on-going threat, and with the redeployment of several fleets and the raise in military activity, rebels activity has increased" He answers "Their sabotage and terrorist acts will weaken our capabilities to respond to the greater threat posed by the Covenant. And, that was the case, but reports suggest the Einherjar have unified their disparate factions behind a new figure head"
"HIGHCOM should've explained that in the reports they sent, Sir" You answer, eye twitching in annoyance and the look in the Vice Admiral's eyes tells you that he agrees
"Do you have any other information requests, Ensign?" He asks, as you feel a few of the stares on your back soften
"Only for a priority objectives to be given precedence, so we can send our Spartans were they're needed the most, Vice Admiral Sir!' You answer, snapping a salute
"I've read your file, zero three three" Cole suddenly addresses you, and you could swear his commanding tone turned your spine to solid ice as you stood rigid at attention "Your first combat mission, you encounter Einherjar guerillas, correct?"
"Yes, Vice Admiral Sir!" You answer, head held high
"Who would you send on the mission to remove their new leader from power, out of all the Spartans available for deployment?" He challenged
"James-005. He headed Operation: BLOOD-AXE and captured the terrorist organization's original figure head, Einar Askeland" You rattle off "He handled a mission gone bad with remarkable expertise and poise and went onto successfully extracted the Rebel Leader, only suffering causalities due to a disagreement with allied forces, Sir. In my personal opinon He's got one of the coolest heads amongst us Spartans, Sir.
They're all polite enough to not point out the fact that you happen to share a last name with said terrorist, if they suspect you're related to him. They might chalk it up to coincidence. Hopefully they did
"You wouldn't lead personally? Prove, despite sharing a nationality and...from my understanding, belief system with the extremists, that you're a loyal soldier of the UNSC?" One of the rear admirals challenges. You temper and reign in your anger at the implications of his question.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 06 May 2025 08:41:14 No. 6236412 Report "Respectfully Ma'am, this ensign believes he has proven his loyalty beyond redoubt, through his recent accomplishments and activities in the field, Ma'am" You give your answer measuredly and monotonously "I trust James. He has spent more time fighting the Einherjar front than I have. Experience matters, he'd know what to expect from the enemy"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 06 May 2025 08:42:15 No. 6236413 Report >>6236412 "Vice Admiral, Sir. After the examination of our troops, would it be possible for us to run some combat exercises and practice drills with your escorts, sir?" You ask
"We have the time" Stanforth added "I'd agree to lend the soldiers under my command to the demonstration"
"I don't see why we wouldn't" Cole answers "Recovered Combat footage can only do so much to show us what the Spartans can do in the field. We'll hold the exercises, just prior to the promotions and awarding of honors"
"Thank you, Vice Admiral, Sir!"
>Pick two of the team leaders to head the Spartan team against the military escort, and observe the exercises with your superior officers as you radio commands and directions to the two teams. >Join the practice personally and lead your Spartans against the Navy's finest, to show off your on the field command abilities >Give command of half of the Spartans to one of the present Navy big wigs, and lead the other half personally in a simulated boarding action >Discuss the high priority operations with the Vice and Rear Admirals, and decide which team and Spartans would be sent where on the front of the Human-Covenant War >Write in option Anonymous
>>6236413 >Write in Divide the SPARTANs into two teams for a game of Capture the Flag each team will also have Half the unaugmented personnel. This will allow them to witness the SPARTANs as both comrades and enemies as well. As for whom are the leaders one shall be a SPARTAN the other A volunteer from the Top Brass. (allows a show of command styles but also compare experience of war vs familiarity of troops)
>Discuss the high priority operations with the Vice and Rear Admirals, and decide which team and Spartans would be sent where on the front of the Human-Covenant War This is our last chance to influence them before departure.
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>>6236413 >>6236422 I support this anons write in
Good update 404
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>>6236422 >>6236413 i also support this write-in
ACK is here... not surprised that one of the rear admirals made an accusation of Sven what with his surname and name (and homeworld origin). This is only the beginning. But we are doing well, and we are about to wipe the floor with unaugmented humans in the exercise.
404 since they are here, is the brass going to take a look at the beaten alien prisoners and at the covenant ship ?
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>>6236413 +1 good write in
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>>6236413 >Write in option >Demonstrate the Spartans wide range of capabilities in their armor through a variety of drills/exercises: >1. Quick game of CTF between Green Team/Shika and the Escort (demonstrates Kurt's leadership + Green Team's cohesion/tactics + Shika's stealth + the disparity between Spartans & regular soldiers) >2. Linda's marksmanship (shooting range?) >3. Kelly's speed (400m sprint?) >4. Sven or maybe Jorge's strength (lift something heavy) >5. Li/Nicole's reflexes (sparring in the ring) Spartans have obliterated personnel in Mark I power armor who were using live ammunition in training exercises before, so the CTF game shouldn't be much of a problem. I also would like to avoid any accidents like John had with the ODSTs, and Green Team would probably show the most restraint.
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>>6236422 I dig this write in anon.
+1
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>>6236413 >>6236422 +1 support
also i hope we can keep Stanforth alive that mans mustache is fucking amazing
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>>6236512 Mustache? Where?!
Anyways, he's pretty high ranking and only becomes more influential. I think his life is largely out of our hands-and I doubt that he'll be in the line of fire too often.
I do like Stanforth as a character generally-seemed like a solid guy who recognized utility over backroom dealings and politics. Probably why he
left ONI pretty quickly. And he loves the Spartan program, another point for the man.
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>>6236533 the picture ive seen of Stanforth from one of the book covers
he was a bald black guy with a yosemite sam esc mustache
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>>6236422 >>6236422 Solid write in, supporting
>>6236512 >>6236558 You're thinking of Whitcomb.
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>>6236559 >You're thinking of Whitcomb. well fuck; thats what i get for not brushing up on my old ass halo knowledge and trying to rely on memory
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>>6236562 All good, peculiars like secondary character names can be hard to keep straight. Most of the UNSC HIGHCOM get only a few scattered POV chapters if they're even present in a book and not just offhandedly mentions. Except Cole because he get's his own short narrative in Evolutions.
>>6236533 >I do like Stanforth as a character generally-seemed like a solid guy who recognized utility over backroom dealings and politics. Better than Halsey ever was at politics that's for sure. Him leaving ONI in 30' is likely what causes the complete termination of the S-II program though can't really fault him for that. Even with additional funding the biggest hurdle for Halsey is just finding more candidates that match her genetic profiling. Which makes me wonder why Ackerson seems so amiable at the moment. He's a shitass but wasn't a bad project lead for the 3's. I wonder what's mollified him.
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>>6236576 >He's a shitass but wasn't a bad project lead for the 3's. I wonder what's mollified him. oh thats easy; dudes a political animal he's going to try and take control by joining the "winning side" and subverting it.
right now its advantageous for him to switch sides since it endears him to the "young and impressionable" ensign and try an build a relationship and slowly steer him towards his "camp"
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>>6236413 I'll back
>>6236422 also nice dubs.
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>>6236579 >oh thats easy; dudes a political animal he's going to try and take control by joining the "winning side" and subverting it. Straight forward and effective without a higher up keeping him on a leash. I'm sure Stanforth will manhandle him for the next few years if he does get on.
> it endears him to the "young and impressionable" ensign and try an build a relationship and slowly steer him towards his "camp" You're not wrong. Problem is ACKerson is actually an effective leader when he wants to be. And Halsey suffers from ego problems. There's going to be a massive power struggle if we're not careful.
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>>6236624 Ackerson would be a fine example of a leader if he weren't a genuine asshole. He may not be a perfect commander or statesman but he's very competent and driven. Just a shame he's walking scum.
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>>6236648 He'd be a great boon if only he'd been in Halsey's corner. But it never ever would've happened. I think his ego rivals even Halsey's, and two people like that would always be at odds.
He was no slouch or coward though-he put his money where his mouth was over and over and over again. I can admire him for that.
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>>6236648 >Just a shame he's walking scum. And he holds a hell of a grudge too thanks to a hilarious amount of hindsight Ghosts of Onyx provides.
>>6236678 >I can admire him for that. Agreed. Wonder how he's going to end up this time around.
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>>6236691 Honestly? I know other players aren't for it, but I REALLY want to see how Sven would react to Spartan IIIs and Ackerson's leadership of that program. And if they're utilized the same way-whether or not he'd raise hell.
I know we're getting a Class Two, but Spartans IIs were an incredible expense in outfit and as I think you've mentioned, Halsey was far too particular with her genetic guidelines. We have plenty of space and reason for the SIII program to go ahead. Of course, that's what, 8 years ahead? Just speculation...
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>>6236700 >I sure wonder if Sven would use Ackerson screaming body for mop the floor until its red or for dig a grave when that happens ! How he would react is a given, he is a big bro. Its just a matter of method and when its applied.
>We have plenty of space and reason for the SIII program to go ahead. Of course, that's what, 8 years ahead? The more we win, the stronger the Spartan II program can be made which
is fully in the interest of Sven (he is one, and his aquired family are the Spartan-II). Victory means change, however small. What we did with the Washouts Rehabilitation receiving further attention and funds, is already our victory marking a positive change. Victory does not mean our funding being cut even more and redirect to Ackerson. That's if we lose.
If the S-III are ever done, in most cases i expect that is because everything is going bad for S-II. And i dont see the S-III being nothing else but their canon version. Ackerson will not work well with Spartans II, so i dont see him allowing any brief presence of them for training in his own program.
Nevermind for command when the S-III are mission ready.
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>>6236725 It's not a question of 'winning'. I really dislike this angle.
The Spartans were already incredibly effective. In lore, the washouts were rehabilitated anyways, we're simply changing the timeline by a couple months/a couple years maybe. The SIII program did not occur in lore because the SIIs LOST, at all. They were actually incredibly effective. It wasn't about winning or losing. It was because of myriad reasons that may or may not still be relevant.
I do not want this quest devolving into Sven and his Spartans swinging big dick and influencing this that and the other purely from their perspective just because they keep 'winning'. Things happened in the setting because of many different variables. I want this quest to have that same depth.
'Winning' should not mean that by 2535 there are 7 classes of Spartan IIs romping around the galaxy stomping the Covenants shit in. That shifts the quest from a Narrative to boring LitRPG power fantasy slop.
The Spartan IIs won almost all the time in the original lore. You placed them on the field, and they would destroy anything you pointed them at. Victory does not mean change. Victory means Victory. Our actions, win or lose, should change events accordingly-just as what has happened with the capture of this vessel.
We are a character in a world that exists besides us. I'd be really disappointed if 'Winning' changes canon in ways that don't make sense. If the SIII program doesn't occur, I'd be fine with that. But there are reasons in lore that it happened, and I'd want those addressed beyond "Oh you guys just rolled really well. : )"
tldr the spartan iis won all the time. didn't stop the siii program from occurring, because that decision wasn't based off of how well the spartans were doing. it was about how expensive they were. and the siis success here might gain halsey some favor, but that doesn't change some very important variables.
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>>6236740 It's kind of funny that this is even a debate. Even John had to deal with the whole "What? Winning... isn't enough?" Dilemma. It's eerily similar.
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>>6236740 >>6236745 >What? Winning... isn't enough Actual.
Isn't the whole point of Reach that 'You can win, you can keep winning. Sometimes, winning isn't enough.'?
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>>6236745 >>6236749 Could've sworn he learned that lesson in training. It was pretty late when Keyes drove it home.
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You know there's a good chance we get taken for the S3 program simply cos our ideology would be fantastic for headhunter teams or even the do and die way.
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>>6236864 Well they couldn't just "oh no he fell into space" Sven unlike Kurt. They'd have to actually ask him. Sure they'd ask him with a metaphorical gun to his head but they'd have to ask nonetheless.
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>>6236864 I doubt the revelation that his son was abducted and turned into a super soldier to kill his fellow insurrectionists will do anything to convince him that the UEG and UNSC aren't evil and need to be destroyed.
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>>6236700 >but Spartans IIs were an incredible expense in outfit and as I think you've mentioned, Halsey was far too particular with her genetic guidelines. Yep. Doesn't matter how much money ONI is throwing at the Spartan II program, it's almost entirely limited by candidates. I'm hoping that Halsey figures something out otherwise Ackerson will have the last laugh when he gets ASTER sorted out. IMO, this time around with how directly interested HIGHCOM themselves are with the SII program, I think we might see an a single additional class before funding is routed to the SIIIs if Halsey can't expand the candidate pool.
>>6236725 >If the S-III are ever done, in most cases i expect that is because everything is going bad for S-II. The III's will probably exist regardless for the simple fact that HIGHCOM will want more Spartans and has a 'limited' budget to get them. All Ackerson has to do to convince ONI is say "I can do way more of that and cheaper." If he's not trying to worm his way into our program then he's here to set up the foundations for his own.
>>6236864 >hell I'm shocked we ain't been asked to try to get dad on side and have his gurillas assist in the war it's a nigh zero risk and well worth the attempt Innies aren't our foul-weather friends yet. Many will still be trying to sell out the UNSC/Earth to the Covenant until the late 30's and the rest of the big ones will disappear into the void. And the biggest extremists of the lot will probably hold out longer than that even if we had ties to them.
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>>6236864 >it's a nigh zero risk to enlist a high ranking insurrectionist using his son that you've stolen from him and turned into a freak of nature only months into a war the majority of the UEG barely understand the gravity of. I don't think this assessment is correct. And even if it was, there's no chance in hell an insurrectionist turned loyalist would ever even come close to know the true nature of the SIII program, much less work in training them.
>>6236867 Kurt was asked too. Of course, it was a request he'd always say yes too, but they only dumped him into space so that he could fall off the map, vanish for use in a way that none of his fellow Spartans or any other moles would know-a Spartan is a big resource, if one vanished for a length of time I think people would investigate, which is something they obviously didn't want.
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For clear winner for dividing the spartans into two teams for a game of capture the flag, with half of each team being composed of non-Spartan personal, with one team being lead by a spartan and the other being one of the top brass
And also discussing the highest priority operations with the vice and rear admiral to decide which team and spartan would be sent to which battleground.
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>>6236424 thanks!
>>6236438 Of course they are
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 09:36:59 No. 6237013 Report "Capture the flag, seems a bit childish" Colonel Ackersom remarks, tenting his fingers as you stand attention in the Officer's lounge that remarkably survived the engagement with the Covenant Craft. Halsey shot him the mother of all death glares, as she swirled a glass of heavily diluted whiskey Wallace was "Convinced" to retrieve from his desk, a vintage that was now serving the distinct honor of wetting the parched throats of some of the UNSC's top brass. It seemed to you that the pre-planned demonstrations of the other Spartan twos at the firing range and sparring ring, as well as a live viewing of every piece of footage from the boarding action had gotten them in
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 09:38:00 No. 6237014 Report >>6237013 "Very well" Stanforth said as he rose from his seat "We'll draw straws amongst ourselves and divide those of our escorts participating in the exercise, equally. And once the game of capture the flag is over, we'll proceed to the promotions and honors. We're on a tight schedule, The office of Naval intelligence will only wait so long to get their hands on their Persephone, and I for one would like to perform a walk a round of the ship, to know what my fleets will be up against"
"My inspection will be a little more drawn out and in depth, I fear" Vice admiral Cole remarked as he rose from his chair "Need to know the enemy, and what sort of firepower they're bringing to the board. And will the Spartan team leader be decided through a drawing of the straws as well"
You glanced to Halsey
"They'll choose their candidate themselves" She answers and you nod in agreement. Preparing a training course for capture the flag took no time at all, even aboard the damaged Heavy Frigate. The flags in question were decided to be two of Stanforth Cufflinks, and the training area was designated across several decks with one team, the one Kurt was leading, having their base placed at the lowest point of the game area, somewhere around the crew cabins and mess hall, while the team commanded by Vice Admiral Cole, who drew the winning straw had their base based around Captain Wallace's quarters higher up in the frigates still operational segments.
To your surprise, the Vice Admiral was actually participating in the game personally. And in the spirit of fairness, no full team was placed under either his or Kurt's command for the exercise, being split and separated between the two teams to prevent either of them having an unfair advantage. Or at least that's what the higher ups reasoned. You and all the Spartans knew that wasn't going to make a difference. Since Spartans all knew how to work together and the exact composition of each team was always changing outside of a few core members.
And you pulled some strings to make sure Daisy and Nesta were on opposite sides. Jorge was with Daisy on Kurt's team, while Shika and James were among those not participating, a number which included yourself. With Forty Six Spartans in total, Sixteen not competing and the remaining thirty split into fifteen per team to get both Kurt and Vice Admiral Cole's teams to a round thirty including the Marines, the capture the flag exercise was a bit larger scale than most of those Mendez ran.
You watched the security footage as both Team-leaders began their opening play. Kurt, wisely, but Jorge in charge of the last line of defensive, which included four other Spartans, Carris, Cal, Solomon and Isaac, before splitting his remaining forces in half to cover more ground as they went on the offensive.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 09:39:00 No. 6237015 Report >>6237014 Cole, took a moment to familiarize himself with how Spartans operated before creating a layered defensive around his "base", with four spartans and four marines on each chokepoint, before he lead the last four of both the Spartans and Marines with him to make a nine man party to probe Kurt's defensive line. Nesta, Linda, Frederic and Anton accompanied him. And just from watching the hallway camera feeds, you knew that Kurt's party would run into Cole's pretty quickly. And that meant Daisy, Ralph, Naomi and Dimas would fight Nesta, Linda, Fred and Anton, while the second team Kurt put John in charge of would be free to proceed to the first line of Cole's defense. A team which included Nadja, Oscar, Li and Maria.
Overall, it was looking to be a very exciting wargame. And you were hoping it was being recorded for posterity, since your attention had to be elsewhere.
"You could always wait until after you've received your new rank, Ensign, no reason to bury yourself in paper work before getting a bigger paycheck for it" Stanforth's aid told you as you read through the operations and deployment requests that were considered of the highest priority, absorbing as much information as you could before you even consider discussing the ops with any of the vice or rear admirals present aboard the Commonwealth. You need to be able to provide them an immediate tactical analysis of each and every deployment and be capable of providing the right team for each job. With it falling to you to scatter and divvy up your family across multiple separate and far apart battlegrounds. Knowing, painfully, agonizingly that you might not see them ever again once they've been given their first deployments and are transferred across the frontlines.
There are four deployments that Stanforth personally marked as "Of the highest priority".
A Covenant attack on the colony of Alpha Corvi II, that will require a team to relieve the colony's defenders while also Escorting Dr Halsey. There isn't much intel that could be gathered for this particular outing, only that the Covenant were searching for...something, and no one wanted to find out what it was they looked for. And that there was a rebel cell present upon the planet, lead by one Captain Whitaker. The Covies hadn't broken past the world's orbital defense yet, but it'd be a matter of days before they got troops on the ground. Maybe just hours. Spartan Reinforcement couldn't arrive quickly enough
Which brought to mind the second deployment. The site that the Einherjar got their berserkergang, or at least the location of one of numerous rogue scientists working with them, that the AI Calico Jack so "generously" provided the coordinates of. Others had been exposed and were on the waiting list to be headhunted, but this one had ONI sweating bullets.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 09:40:02 No. 6237017 Report >>6237015 Because the coordinates pointed to one of their blacksites that had gone dark just prior to Contact Harvest. Their concerns were that one of Section Three's scientists went rouge. So they wanted to drop a Spartan Kill team on site immediately
And that job connected to the Third. As realizing one of their researchers had suddenly turned their coat, ONI ran an internal audit and discovered a few experimental prototypes had, coincidentally, vanished into thin air. And that weapons very closely resembling their lost untested war machines had just as suddenly shown up in the hands of pirates. A group that apparently had no rebel ties and apparently timed a daring raid during the initial confusion following the first report of Harvest's fall reaching the UNSC. Pirates, who were sending signals towards the exact location of the Covenant ship the rebels on Taurus Tertius had been sending letters to.
And the last of the fires that needed to be immediately put out, is something that only got pushed up to the top of the list after Stanforth read the AAR of Operation:Fly-Swatter. And so wasn't nearly as detailed as the other three. Apparently, the way you were ambushed by the ugly split jaw matched up to the mysterious disappearance and death of several UNSC personal and civilians upon one of the world's that was being prepared as a fall back point in case Cole's offensive went horribly wrong. There had been no reports of Covenant Ship's jumping into the sector or any unusual activity. It could be a serial killer. Some kind of super predator. But, from the video evidence that ONI managed to get their hands on...it certainly seemed like the perpetrator was invisible.
You'd have plenty of time to discuss each mission with the top brass, but it wouldn't hurt to start op spec early and pick out the teams for each so you had a strong position to argue from to explain exactly why you picked out specific Spartans for the job and convince them to send that exact number and those exact spartans to those specific missions. And if there were any spartans free, they could be sent on lower priority deployments to appease Command.
And even though this meant you had given yourself a lot of paper work to do right before your big promotion, which meant you might miss any parade the higher ups had planned and been waiting for, there was one benefit to be had besides being able to get selective with your soldiers' deployments.
And that was that you got to name each of the operations, officially, which meant there wouldn't be a repeat of the confusion between what the Spartans called the successful operation above Chi Cheti IV and what the rest of the Military had chosen to refer to it as.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 09:41:15 No. 6237018 Report >>6237017 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. Priority Level 0. Combat/ Defensive Operation. Recommended/ Requested Team Size: 4. Goal: Provide relief to allied troops/ prevent Covenant Acquisitions. Location:Alpha Corvi II. Mission Difficulty: HEROIC. The Covenant have began an assault upon the colony of Alpha Corvi II. Priority is the disruption/ neutralization of Covenant operations and the defense of local mining settlements >OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE. Priority Level 1 Stealth Infiltration/ Combat Operation : Recommended/ Requested Team Size: 4. Goal: Capture or Terminate target Goal 2: Retrieve or Destroy Classified Materials. Location: ONI Black site on the recently Colonized world of Perdition. Mission Difficulty: NORMAL. An ONI researcher and their staff are suspected to have, in an act of treason, joined the insurrection. They cannot be allowed to continue their activities or escape with sensitive files/ research data. Excessive force authorized >OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD. Priority Level 1. Combat/ Retrieval Operation. Recommended/ Requested Team Size: 4. Goal: Retrieve prototype weapons. Goal 2: Prevent Human Covenant Contact. Location: Asteroid Field between inhabited systems. Mission Difficulty: HEROIC. Through unknown means, a pirate group has taken possession of prototype weapons that had been awaiting testing in a secure ONI storage facility and appear to be making an effort to trade them to Covenant forces. Do what ever is necessary to retrieve the prototypes intact. >OPERATION: SVARTALFAR. Priority Level 0. Search and Destroy Operation. Recommended/ Requested Team Size: 4. Goal: Find and Terminate unknown hostile force. Location: Colony: Ambition. Mission Difficulty: Heroic. Suspect Covenant activity upon the rural colony world of Ambition. Several civilian and military officials have been assassinated by an unknown assailant making use of technology identical in function to captured stealth field device. Suspected Covenant Covert operation. Please select the Team-Leader for each Mission, as well as the composition and size of their deployed squads. Sven will only be able to directly influence the outcome of any mission he participates in, otherwise, the Team-Leader and their squad composition will determine the outcome of each OP
Next update is when Sven and the others' new ranks and the medals they've earned will be revealed, sorry for taking awhile to get to that part
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Just a reminder of the list posted last thread for anyone making a plan:
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I wonder who is going to win the wargame
Good update 404
For missions I reckon
>Sven and Purple team for COLLATERAL-DAMAGE I think Sven and Friends are perfect for this and it would be fun for them to be the first to jump in against a covenant assault
>Joshua and Gold Team for BAD-MEDICINE I was going to put Jai here but I thought since its normal difficulty it might be a bit of a waste of his talents.
>Jai and Gray team for BLACK-BEARD I reckon Jai and Gray team got this and maybe if we are lucky they can even do some damage to whatever covenant forces show up.
>John and Blue team for SVARTALFAR Johns lucky?
alright thats my attempt at a plan
>>6237024 thanks for the list anon couldnt have done it without you.
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>>6237018 I wonder who is going to win the wargame
Good update 404
For missions I reckon
>Sven and Purple team for COLLATERAL-DAMAGE I think Sven and Friends are perfect for this and it would be fun for them to be the first to jump in against a covenant assault
>Joshua and Gold Team for BAD-MEDICINE I was going to put Jai here but I thought since its normal difficulty it might be a bit of a waste of his talents.
>Jai and Gray team for BLACK-BEARD I reckon Jai and Gray team got this and maybe if we are lucky they can even do some damage to whatever covenant forces show up.
>John and Blue team for SVARTALFAR Johns lucky?
alright that's my attempt at a plan.
>>6237024 Thanks for the list anon couldn't have done it without you.
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>>6237018 OP-CD: Nicole-458 [White Team: [Nicole, August, Vinh, Dimas]]
OP-BM: Jai-006 [Grey Team: [Jai, Adriana, Mike, Keichi]]
OP-BB: John-117 [Blue Team: [John, Sam, Kelly, Joshua]]
OP-S: Kurt-051 [Green Team: [Kurt, Fred, Li, Leon]]
Each team will at their request have a max of two additions to grant them more manpower [Encouraged in White Team due tot he OP type]
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We need the others to get some more medals tot heir names while also having a sizable force on hand to deploy where we need to. Purple Team can sit this one as a quick reaction force if something comes up during the operations, we also need to do our AI stuff in the meantime....also allows time progression in game and more time for other Spartans to shine, thats just fun narratively.
White Team have a mix of skills and ability to act in attack and defence, flexible. A social leader might help with civies too.
Grey Team does what Grey Team does with additional manpower
Blue Team have a large amount of EVA and asteroid exp, send Josh instead of Linda cos they might need a pilot to escape and a sniper aint so valid in corridors
Green Team is team 'I got a bad feeling' and tactics
Anonymous
Solid plans. Gonna put up an alternative just to generate some more discussion. Prioritization on giving more inexperienced Spartans the experience they need, led by those currently with the most experience.
>>6237018 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. Team Leader: Sven
Suggested Team: Naomi + Orange Team
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE. Team Leader: John
Suggested Team: Kai + Silver Team
(John+Silver Team worst timeline!) >OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD. Team Leader: Frederic (experience on asteroid base)
Suggested Team: Joshua + Gold Team
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR. Team Leader: Kurt
Team: Nicole + White Team
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>>6237018 Lets combat review this.
OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE is problematic. Completing those objectives, needs a powerful approach. A decapitation strike with a spear head, or an infiltration. Or a defense, help the defenders in resisting the Covenant assault, not sure if there is time to organize a worthy defense. The innies are an issue for defense, we will have to decide if we go out of our way of dealing with them first. Perhaps they can be convinced to fight against the Covenant ? Idk.
Positives : defenders (we can expect a mix of military garrison, police and armed civilians. I expect settlements to have some land ground defense and vehicles), orbital defenses (standing), strike force sent with the spartans (would bring some marines and soldiers reinforcements on the world too, and assist orbital defenses), Covenant are distracted (???)
Negatives : covenant fleet&army (help), innies cell (it all depends on how many years they were here. It changes everything from their numbers, connections, supporters etc..), No clue what the covenant are here for (secret objective), Civilian population is largely still here (risk of chaos, anarchy and total collapse)
OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE don't underestimate a scientist. Two ways I see it going : we siege the black site or there will be a fast and furious chase across a colony.
Positives : we know where they most likely are (ONI Black Site), we know what we need to hunt (traitor scientist, traitor staff and secret materials), we might have help from the local garrison (unless they are compromised), the ship that bring us here can take out any innie ship (in theory)
Negatives : Traitors have an ONI Black Site (whatever is present there can be used against us), Unknown numbers of Innies (the colony and the Black Site might have more), Innies reinforcements coming (they definetly called them)
OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD could go south quickly. Needs to be stealthy. Perhaps distractions can be made.
Positives : Asteroid Field (cover), Covenant are genocidal (the trade deal might not work anyway), Pirates have probably no idea on how to deal with them (potential of chaos)
Negatives : Difficult UNSC support from allied ship (outnumbered), Unknown numbers of Pirates and Covenant (outnumbered), Prototype Weapons (at severe risk of being destroyed), in Space (obvious issue)
OPERATION: SVARTALFAR the fact that is a rural colony world makes things more difficult. Its an unknown this mission, maybe the aliens should be baited or is better to hunt them down.
Positives : Collaborative locals (hillybillies like aliens less than the gov), military garrison help (for what is worthed), known world of mankind (the planet natural informations should be available to us), UNSC ship support (help ?)
Negatives : Unknown numbers of Covenant (few squads ? Definetly lot of elites), Unknown Covenant naval presence (help !), no proper planetary infrastructure and technological structures for aid us (rural)
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>>6237018 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE Sven in charge with Purple Team. And Nicole-017 as second, with White Team as the second squad. This is a covenant assault + innies, we need soldiers on ground ASAP. Blue Team might be needed as possible reinforcements, unless the war ask their service somewhere else.
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE Naomi-010 in charge with her Orange Team. Give them Kai but also Dimas, i don't trust a traitor scientist to not play tricks so deploy our resident egg head here. Also someone (us) needs to put a good word for Dimas and make his yellow team official.
>OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD Joshua-029 in charge with his Gold Team. Give them Jai as second, and Grey Team as the second squad. They need to be capable to retrieve those prototype weapons while hopefully creating chaos and destruction for our foes.
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR Kurt in charge with Green Team. But we are importing Frederic and August here too. Hunt those freaks of nature and put a bullet between their eyes.
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Question 404. Can we send in more than the recommended amount of Spartans?
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 14:34:16 No. 6237105 Report >>6237100 >as well as the composition and size of their deployed squads Yes you can, but you can't, say drop forty of them on one mission. Gotta keep logistics and ease of transportation personal and gear in mind, ya know.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 07 May 2025 14:35:40 No. 6237107 Report >>6237105 And to be specific, yeah, you can send 10 spartans, easily, especially on the HEROIC difficulty missions.
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>>6237018 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. John w/ Blue & Red Teams. It's his cannon op and with Fred as a secondary in lead of Red Team it'll work out well.
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE. August w/ Omega Team. Excessive force is authorized meaning it's the perfect mission for them. Asset Denial. And with it being a potentially easier mission than the others a single 4 man team who will excel in this sort of thing makes sense to me.
>Operation: BLACK-BEARD. Jai w/ Gray Team, Gold Team. I had initially thought to stick Gray on Bad Medicine but figured that since denial was optional Omega would fit better. Gray Team handles retrieval well. Gold Team can act in a supporting role and prep an exfil while Gray handles the mission proper or work as QRF if things go bad.
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR. Sven w/ Purple & White Teams. Sven has the most, being the only, with any experience fighting cloaked enemies. Nichole with an entire extra team will help us cover more ground and counter potential ambushes.
That leaves Orange, Silver and any extra Spartans sitting on their hands for lower priority ops.
>>6237107 That's a relief. Until we get more experience fighting the Covenant, and in general, I'd rather leverage our manpower surplus compared to canon to our benefit. No need to send single teams on missions when we can spare 2 for dangerous ops, and tagalongs for the rest.
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>>6237112 Forgot to add, for Bad-Medicine, if Orange Team are at their cannon 3 man size then have them take a tagalong. If not then never mind.
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>>6237105 after reading this precious info i'll make some changes to my initial plan
>>6237077 >>6237018 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE Sven in charge with Purple Team.
Nicole-017 as second, with White Team as the second squad.
We are grabbing August for this too, and we are also grabbing Mike from Grey Team. Full 10.
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE Naomi-010 in charge with her Orange Team.
Dimas as second with Yellow Team as the second squad.
>OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD John-117 in charge and Blue Team
Joshua-029 as second with his Gold Team.
Jai with Adriana are also coming here. Full 10
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR Kurt in charge with Green Team.
Frederic as second with Red Team as the second squad.
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>>6237018 Okay, so this is a big day. and thanks for your reply 404 :D
Plan of action:
>OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. Teams:
blue team(JOHN-117, SAMUEL-034, LINDA-058, KELLY-087, SHIKA-108, SHEILA-065) - John as leader
Purple team(SVEN-033, JORGE-052, MICHAEL-120) - Sven as leader
Red team (FREDERIC-104, GRACE-093, RIZ-028, CARRIS-137, JOSEPH-122, OSCAR-129, SOLOMON-069, VANNAK-134, WILLIAM-043) - Frederic as leader
Looking through the provided files, Sven requests a meeting with Admiral Cole, where Sven suggests he, Jorge & Michael as purple team to take an advisory role to Lieutenant Commander Yao in orbit to help with the defence and evacuation of Alpha Corvi II while Red team takes defensive positions down planetside, and Blue team acts as a rapid response force planetside, disrupting any Covenant force from fufilling their goals.
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE Teams:
Omega team(ROBERT-025, AUGUST-099, LEON-011, MARIA-062, JAMES-005) - August as leader
Looking through the files, Sven determines this to be a relatively simple manhunt. He leaves this mission up to Omega team to give them some firsthand experience and develop their potential as a squad.
>OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD Teams:
Green team(CAL-141, KURT-051, ILLYA-077, MALCOLM-059, EDGAR-150) - Kurt as leader
White team(VINH-030, NICOLE-458, DIMAS-012, ADRIANA-111, KEIICHI-047, LI-008) - Vinh as leader
Seeing the shitshow this could become, Sven appoints Kurt as lead commander of this mission with Vinh taking role as secondary & advisory commander due to her first hand experience against Covenant forces during Operation Flyswatter. Additionally, Dimas has been chosen for his technical assistance, Adriana for her knowledge of stealth and infiltration and Nicole & Li for their CQC skillsets as well as Li's zero-g expertise. Green team ready to support in the eventual firefight that almost assuredly will happen.
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR Teams:
Grey team (JAI-006, ISAAC-039, JOSHUA-029, RALPH-103) - Jai as leader
Orange team (NAOMI-010, NESTA-097, DAISY-023, ARTHUR-079) - Daisy as leader
Looking over Operation SVARTALFAR, Sven determines that Nesta's danger sense, together with Jai's knowledge of stealth operations and Daisy's specialisation in infiltration techniques, will provide effective understanding and counterespionage against the invisible assassin. Additional forces of Naomi, Arthur, Ralph, Issa and Joshua added to provide both protection for potential targets and to effectively provide assistance to any plan created by Grey and Orange team's leaders.
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>>6237018 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. Team Leader: John-117
Teams: Blue & Red
cannon mission for both and they do well
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE Team Leader: August-099
Teams: Omega & Yellow
just a quick smash and grab Omega for the smashing Yellow for the grabbing of intel
>OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD. Team Leader: Jai
Teams: Grey & Gold
Grey team gets in Gold team gets them out one way or another
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR. Team leader: Sven
Teams: Purple & Green
Unorthdox options and a man with a sixith sense about ambushes
If any teams want extra hands they may pick any not assigned to any relevent missions
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>>6237132 (Forgot to add Riz. damn. 404 can add him in wherever fits best, if my choice gets voted for.)
My suggested course of action is quite a mass deployment. Although I feel like that's what Sven would do. Sven loves his brothers and sisters, and I can't imagine him having any feelings of apprehension about overkill. He would loathe any Spartan being left to fend for themselves.
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>>6237018 >John and Blue Team for OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE Go on poster boy, kill you some aliens.
>Fred and Red Team for OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE There are few people deadlier than a Spartan, and VERY few Spartans deadlier than Fred by my estimation. I trust him to employ surgical hyper-violence as needed.
>Dimas and Yellow Team for OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD I figure they're gonna be going head to head against these modified prototypes. Being able to discern what those changes are quickly and accurately may mean the difference between life and death. Dimas seems tailor made for this one.
>Sven and Purple Team for OPERATION: SVARTALFAR Sven is currently the only Spartan with any experience with our presumed boogeymen on top of being one of the few willing to think outside the box as this mission demands. How do you catch a ghost? We're about to find out.
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>>6237140 There are more reasons to fear overcommitting beyond the concept of overkill. I am for your choices though.
I just fear that when/if we actually take losses, if things will end up worse BECAUSE we committed so many Spartans to a particular battle.
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>>6237112 I'd like to back this option.
Anonymous
>>6237149 Oh definitely.
It is also why I choose to keep Sven orbit-side, along with Jorge and Michael, to try and guarantee whatever way we might be able to, save as many Spartans as possible.
I could make a trimmed-down version of the plan if there is interest in that. One where I cut down from EVERYONE being there, down to just who would be *good* to have there.
Some perspective might be good.
Hey 404, is my plan
>>6237132 very excessive?
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honestly out of all the options i think Kurt needs to be on the hunt for the "serial killer" since the dude has a sixth sense about ambushes
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>>6237183 >honestly out of all the options i think Kurt needs to be on the hunt for the "serial killer" since the dude has a sixth sense about ambushes Did you forget Nesta has an even stronger sixth sense to the point of near prescience? And she's on Purple team?
>>6237178 IMO a third Spartan team babysitting another two on the ground is a totally unnecessary waste of manpower, especially when their TL's are easily among the top 6 of the entire program. John did the mission just fine with 4 people in cannon. John and Fred can get way more done with 8 between the both of them. Also you seem to be changing out TL's for no reason. Why put Daisy in charge of Orange? Why put Vinh as leader of White?
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>>6237188 My mistake, you did actually mention why you made those two TL changes. I still don't agree with them though. Vinh is perfectly capable of acting in an advisory role without making an unnecessary TL changeup like that. Same with Daisy.
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>>6237188 >>6237190 Is it that bad? From what was mentioned during the Spartan training, every Spartan is used to constantly switching teams and can work with nearly every other team, so my assumption was that it was a fluid system.
Funnily enough, I did originally try to form the task forces around each of them being in their own teams. The reason I stopped was actually because it quickly began feeling unreasonable not to change their squads.
For example, Adriana is from the grey team. But I felt like there was no reason to have more escape artists in operation SVARTALFAR when Jai is already there. Daisy is also a direct specialist, so I thought it made sense to tag her onto the mission together with Nesta so they could depend on one another despite not being together with the rest of purple team. There are also just some teams that have like 1-2 people in them at the moment lol.
Also, I think the argument that John and company could finish the mission like in the books might not work. We've already created a change in the timeline such that Sam is now alive. By all means, the Butterfly Effect has probably made John mortal by now. Which is why I wanted Red team to defend while John and Co would try to find the artefact. I don't trust John to have plot armour anymore since he isn't our main character. Although I also don't KNOW if that is the case, which is also why I tried keeping Blue company generally the same as in the book.
I do like your vote
>>6237112 , so if my option doesn't get traction, I might just vote for your choice. Even if it makes me sad to think about all of the ships that are dying in orbit around Alpha Corvi II, and being unable to do anything about it.
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>>6237201 >From what was mentioned during the Spartan training, every Spartan is used to constantly switching teams and can work with nearly every other team, so my assumption was that it was a fluid system. Team composition is fluid, absolutely, but TL's typically aren't until much later in the war unless they're being rolled into larger squad sized units. The only exception to this off the top of my head is Fred who swaps into Blue for Sam right at the beginning.
>Funnily enough, I did originally try to form the task forces around each of them being in their own teams. The reason I stopped was actually because it quickly began feeling unreasonable not to change their squads. Nothing wrong with shifting most Spartans around as needed. That's why I didn't mention the actual compositions themselves. I don't agree with them but not because it's wrong mostly just because I think the standard team rosters are fine as they are for all of the missions. Nothing wrong with trying to optimize them though.
>Also, I think the argument that John and company could finish the mission like in the books might not work. We've already created a change in the timeline such that Sam is now alive. By all means, the Butterfly Effect has probably made John mortal by now. I'll believe that when that lucky trait of his gets crossed out and he's put in a grave. I'll go the opposite way too and say that he'll be even more effective thanks to having Sam on his team instead of Fred.
>so if my option doesn't get traction, I might just vote for your choice. I appreciate that but you do have merit in your roster optimization. And remember, you can effectively put almost any Spartan II into almost any mission related to them and they'll all get it done just fine in their own ways.
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>>6237209 True that most of the time, any Spartan will get the job done. And I guess we will see as the future goes on if Freckles is immortal or not.
If he does actually die, i know shit's definitely gonna hit the fan really quick. since some of the stunts he did later in the war were honestly 1/million chances if we go by our dice luck as it is at the moment :D
Also, I wasn't saying I would vote because I think my option is inherently stupid. Rather, I just like yours more than some others in a situation where there needs to be a tie breaker.
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>>6237218 >If he does actually die, i know shit's definitely gonna hit the fan really quick. Sven becomes Punished Sven, an officer denied his noncom. Gonna need an Invisible edit for Halo if that ever happens.
>Rather, I just like yours more than some others in a situation where there needs to be a tie breaker. Ah, sorry. My reading comprehension has dropped through the floor today. Same issue earlier when I didn't realize you'd given your reasoning for the TL changes in your vote.
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>>6237018 OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE
>Team Leader: Sven-033 >Team: Jorge-052, Nesta-097, Daisy-023, James-005 >Second Team Leader: John-117 >Second Team: Sam-034, Linda-058, Kelly-087 I'd have expected this one to be Legendary difficulty and require two teams if we're escorting a VIP like Halsey through a war zone while also helping UNSC forces while ALSO trying to figure out what the Covies are looking for.
OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE
>Team Leader: Frederic-104 >Team: Red Team, Shika-108 Who's currently in Red Team anyways?
OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD
>Team Leader: Jai-006 >Team: Adriana-111, Michael-120, Dimas-012 OPERATION: SVARTALFAR
>Team Leader: Kurt-051 >Team: Solomon-069, Anton-044, Cal-141 Anonymous
>>6237188 >Did you forget Nesta has an even stronger sixth sense to the point of near prescience? And she's on Purple team? No i put purple and green on the same mission
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>>6237138 double that sixth sense power to ruin someone or somethings day
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>>6237283 >double that sixth sense power to ruin someone or somethings day You're not wrong and I can't fault your reasoning either, I just hadn't realized you'd already voted. I had also totally forgotten about Kurt and Green when making my own vote. They'd make a good alternative to White team IMO.
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>>6237283 Purple Team and specifically Nesta should be on COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. Remember that this mission involves babysitting Halsey in an active war zone with both Covenant and Insurrectionist forces present, Nesta's precognition will be vital to keeping Halsey safe.
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>>6237311 Halsey doesn't participate in the battle, she hangs out with Commander Yao in orbit aboard the Halcyon-cruiser Persian Gate. No idea why. Now for a non meta answer the best solution to the escorting Halsey question is to dedicate a specific Spartan to her instead of a team that could instead be focusing on the operation.
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>>6237313 Wait, if we're not bringing her to some Forerunner structure then why would she even be there?
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>>6237317 >why would she even be there? Initially it was for Sam's funeral. She and Blue Team held a very short funeral for him before shipping straight off to Alpha Corvi from Chi Ceti. This time I don't have the slightest clue. Maybe 404's giving her a bit more involvement? Regardless, in orbit or not, I do agree she probably needs a bodyguard if she's anywhere near the a conflict zone. And during Miridem she gets a whole ass squad.
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>>6237324 Oh there is a reason Halsey is going along on CD, different from the canon reason. Section 3 business
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>>6237390 >Section 3 business Forerunner shit, then. Which likely means she will be going planetside.
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>>6237390 Also, who aside from Fred is left in Red Team? Did Sal, Nadja and Alia make it through ASTER?
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>>6237390 >Section 3 business Wonderful, glad you've given her an actual reason.
>>6237423 I'm not sure we know who's on Red at the moment aside from Fred. Regardless of our differing votes we should probably get someone as Halsey's designated bodyguard, right?
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>>6237138 The Alpha Corvi canon mission was a total fuck up though with Blue Team.
Linda and Fred almost died, the kindler was destroyed, a bunch of people (marines, navy, innies, etc.) died that really didn't need to. I know, I know, metagame bad, but I feel like it's natural for Sven to stick with Halsey anyway.
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>>6237317 Our mission objectives on COLLATERAL DAMAGE do not include anything about escorting Halsey in any facility though. She definitely has her own bodyguards detail from Section 3, if she is going there (i don't think a bodyguards detail is not an option for someone like her).
>>6237112 >Until we get more experience fighting the Covenant, and in general, I'd rather leverage our manpower surplus compared to canon to our benefit. No need to send single teams on missions when we can spare 2 for dangerous ops, and tagalongs for the rest. Thats what i also thought when making my plan. Some of this missions are too risky for just one team. See COLLATERAL-DAMAGE with both covenant troops and innies (with allied troops), or BLACK-BEARD with pirates and covenant troops (with no support). BAD-MEDICINE seems a bit easier because there might be allied troops too, but i don't really feel like anyone that managed to grab a Black Site is a rookie (beside going overkill with Innies is never wrong). SVARTALFAR, its elites so one of the best racial troops of the covenant around. Since there is no full army, they might be actually not just standard elites. Whatever military garrison is on Ambition probably will not keep up with Spartans sent there, so i don't see them being able to help us much there (or i might be unfair, having locals as guides is never wrong).
>>6227746 doc reminder for anyone that needs to see all spartans (i am not doc anon)
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also doc anon, i am pretty sure JAMES-005 is in Purple Team. Sven had him take command in BLOODAXE but he is still a Dragon and was with us from the start.
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>>6237576 Oh bugger. Updated. Thank you.
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>>6237018 >OPERATION: COLLATERAL-DAMAGE Given mission difficulty and the anture of it alongside VIP escort i'm suggesting a full section strength of two fireteams each one of them assigned a role from the off. Purple team are direct Escort with Sven and Jorge as Muscle, Shika our medic and Daisy for infiltration, Violet Team is there for Violence.
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Personnel: [Purple Team: Sven(Command overall), Daisy, Shika, Jorge,] [Violet Team: James (Command), Nesta, Dimas, Grace.]
>OPERATION: BAD-MEDICINE Oni blacksites are a god damn nightmare but also a place we don't want SPARTANs whom are homesick or feeling a little off about their loyalties to the UNSC. The team needs to be small, clever and well we all know its Grey Team plus one for muscle and more experience. Plus we can't send those whom ain't keen on the UNSC or our creation aka the Homesicks
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Personnel: [Grey Team: Jai (Command), Adriana, Michael, Leon]
>OPERATION: BLACK-BEARD Space is a big place full of bullshit and securing equipment dont help. However this is also a Heroic Mission and so I think more muscle will be needed, once more I propose the two fire team solution. Joshua is a must as the only ace pilot, Fred for a good second in command and once more a good over all force able to do what needs be. Once agani when dealing with Innies don't send the rebellious and Homesick
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Personnel: [Blue Team: John (Overall Command), Sam, Kelly, Linda] [Red Team: Fredrick (Command), William, Joshua, Li]
>OPERATION: SVARTALFAR Hunter Killer ops are not an easy one but being able to get on with locals and adapt quickly is a must, once more due to difficulty two fire teams.
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Personnel: [Green Team: Kurt, (Overall Command), Anton, Cal, Illya], [Nicole (Command), Oscar, Niomi, Maria]
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This as best as I can determine works to everyones strengths, prior missions and so on bringing a few less known SPARTANs to skill up so to speak, im ready for this Ironman run of XCOM lets go! I suggest we start splitting up the homesicks so they can't stew together and instead get out into missions and work with teams to become apart of them.
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>>6237588 no problem, we haven't seen James for a while.
Purple Team has yet to fully deploy together in a mission.
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>>6237575 my bad it does say "while also Escorting Dr Halsey." even if the goal is "Provide relief to allied troops/ prevent Covenant Acquisitions"
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>>6237036 This is me changing too support
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404 a question, would it be wise, and would we be able to discreetly contact Agent Gloria Barlow (after the meeting and medals) for see if she can find something more about this mission deployments ? i know some of it is not something she can reveal (like whatever facility is in Alpha Corvi II, or those prototype weapons. Ambition is a rural world so there is nothing for intel). i figure its probably a bad idea to ask nevermind doing it for Gloria, but might as well learn if something like this is on the table for help our spartans. Nothing lost if i am wrong
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Hmmm... call me paranoid, but i feel like most of the currently most voted for options don't really have a large enough scale of deployment for Operation Collateral Damage. i feel like, especially now since
>>6237618 mentioned it (i too had forgotten it like a goldfish) that Halsey will be tagging along on the operation.
I still stand for my vote, I feel though I might specify an alteration, where Blue team instead of acting as a rapid response force, instead acts as a personal escort for Halsey during the mission.
I feel like way too many of the current options aren't allowing every Spartan to get out there and stretch their legs. It might be overkill, but this first round of missions, if deployment of every Spartan happens, could be seen as the actual first active test of the SPARTAN program. Showing that it isn't just a few within the program that are skilled.
Call me paranoid. But ESPECIALLY with Operation Collateral Damage, I feel like as many Spartans as I suggested in my plan are deployed. oyed.
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>>6237734 I don't think it's very viable or reasonable to have all of our Spartans dedicated to just this set of operations. It is always advisable to keep a reserve for a good couple reasons. It'd be mad if an Op with an elevated Priority Level popped up with no teams ready and waiting to deploy.
As an officer, Sven has to utilize his forces for not just this week, but for the next and the next. And in preparation of events that may occur in the execution of an already existing plan. It's very tempting to want to use everything you have, but we don't want to start out swinging for the fences outright. Spartans are pretty much a strategic resource. I don't then we need to throw them all at the board to prove anything to anyone, frankly.
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>>6237760 Counterpoint, saving all of your potions is gay.
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>>6237594 I am changing my vote to support this
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>>6237776 Spartans aren't consumables nor should they be treated as such, Ackerson.
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>>6237991 Losing a fight because you wanted to save some for the next fight is peak foolishness. Resources are meant to be used, not hoarded. An army of ten thousand couldn't beat an army of a hundred if they never fire their guns.
Really though, it's hard to justify worrying about next missions and future ops when we don't have the luxury of anything even remotely resembling near-peer strength. If HIGHCOM isn't asking for Spartans to be held in reserve they should probably be utilized someway somehow. An overabundance of caution can be just as bad as an overabundance of confidence. How many Spartans can we afford not to utilize as often as possible? Twelve? Ten? Four? And what if several things happen at once that demand attention? What if we only have four to spare but we need eight? Do they sit around waiting for the next thing that might take four? Or do we hold even more in reserve just in case of that? Anonymous
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>>6238000 >Spoiler Absolutely, I just wanted to make a funny jab. We should use as many Spartans as the situation requires, and then stick the rest in other situations that require them. The whole reason I kept some in reserve for my vote was specifically so they could go out and do lower intensity ops, mostly to start building rapport with the UNSC's forces, not just sitting on their hands. There's too much at stake, especially this early in the war, to not achieve as much as we possibly can before shit gets REALLY bad.
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>>6237018 I guess I'll change from this
>>6237042 to this
>>6237594 so we can start cleaning up these votes for the QM.
Just some thoughts:
CD: Grace is supposed to be the SII explosives expert, so could be a good addition. If there are mining settlements, there may be opportunities to cave in tunnels/shafts on enemies, possibly put some mining explosives in the area to use. Dimas also fills that gap in tech skill our team would otherwise lack. Solid team. I'd probably swap Nesta with Jorge though, just so we can ensure Nesta's danger sense is kept close and use it to protect the VIP.
BM: I feel like Gray Team would be more than fine without a +1 given their nature, but I assume Leon is CQC/muscle, which could nicely round out the team for the op. I'd probably prefer an infiltration team with a combat team in a standby/support role (like Gray and another team), separating the two. But at the same time, that might be overkill. So this works.
BB: Blue/Red have some experience operating in asteroid fields already, and Joshua's tech expertise and flying would probably come in handy here.
Svartalfar: Kurt's sixth sense would be useful here, I think. So sounds like a good op for Green Team.
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>>6238000 And we don't have enough Spartans to stack them onto missions where 4 or 8 could potentially do the same. The example you put forth is a similar 'What if' issue. Just because we have it, does not mean we should use it. If the mission dictates that we should put half of our class into one op, we can do that. But it shouldn't be done on a whim. I'm not arguing that we keep half our class away, twiddling thumbs.
Give missions the appropriate resources. Nothing else. We have to be pragmatic, AND proactive. A reserve is better than none. We shouldn't just throw 'em all in because we can, or because "we need to prove ourselves." Not really pragmatic reasons.
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Sorry about the wait, just didn't have time to write yesterday.
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
9 Sven & purple team
+1 vote for orange instead of purple
+ 1 votes for + White team
+ 1 vote for august and Mike
+ 2 votes for Blue team
+1 votes for red team
+ 5 votes for Violet team
+ 4votes for John and blue team
+4 votes for red team
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BAD-MEDICINE
+1 votes for Joshua and gold team
+ 1 votes for John andSilver team
+1 Votes for Naomi and orange team + Dimas and yellow team
+ 4 Votes for August + Omega team
+1 Yellow team
+2 Fred and red team
+1 vote for Shika
+ 5 Votes for Grey team+ Leon
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BLACK-BEARD
+ 5Votes for Jai and grey team
+ votes for 2 Gold team
+ 1votes for Dimas
+ 6Votes for John blue team
+ 1votes all gold team and Jai and Adriana
+ 5 Votes red team
1 Fred + Joshua and gold team
+1 Votes for Joshua + gold team and Jai and grey
+ 1votes Kurt and Green team + white team
+1 votes for Dimas and Yellow team
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SVARTALFAR
+ 1votes for John and Blue team
+9 votes for Kurt and green team
+ 1vote to replace green with white
+ 1 Fred and August
+1 red team
+ 5 addition
4 Votes for Sven and Purple
+2 White team
+1 vote for green team
+ 1 Votes for Jai and Gray and Orange team
Well, that was a royal pain in the asshole counting, but I think I got an accurate count and figured it out (Didn't help I was still a bit hungover when I started)
Operation: COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Leader (Purple): Sven-033
Co-Leader (Violet): James-005
Purple Squad comp: Daisy, Shika, Jorge
Violet Squad Comp: Nesta, Dimas, Grace
Operation: BAD MEDICINE
Leader (Gray): Jai-006
Squad comp: Mike, Adriana, Leon
Operation: BLACK-BEARD
Leader (Blue): John-117
Co Leader (red): Frederick 104
Squad comp (blue): Sam, Kelly, Linda
Squad Comp (Red). William, Joshua, Li
Operation: SVARTALFAR
Leader (green): Kurt-051
Co Leader (White) Nicole-017
Squad comp (green): Anton, Cal, Illya
Squad Comp (White: Oscar, Naomi, Maria)
For a total of 28 out of 46 Active Spartans deployed!
Now lets get onto the medals, ceremony and premotions you've all been waiting for
[ Decisions made ]
[ Proceeding....]
>>6237423 Nadja did, she even took part in Operation: Centralia
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 09 May 2025 16:45:53 No. 6238193 Report You managed to finish up reading through all the intel that NAVCOM and ONI had included in the priority reports, and decide upon the squad comp for each of the four deployments that will begin immediately, before the game of capture the flag comes to an end. That you've decided to label, from top of the list down to the bottom, Collateral-Damage, Bad-Medicine, Black-Beard, and Svartalfar. Of course, Stanforth could veto any of your choices and you expect he or one of the other 0-7 or 0-8's to ask you to explain your reasoning for your troop and leader choices, so they can feel informed about the exact skill sets of the Spartan talent pool.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 09 May 2025 16:46:53 No. 6238195 Report >>6238193 And then distracts Cole's team, Spartans and all, with a full frontal assault that you recognize as taking inspiration from Siege of Antioch from the first crusade. And the ploy works. To the astonishment of the top brass, a few of whom had made some ill advised bets on Vice Admiral Cole winning judging from the transactions they make on their personal datapads.
"I told you the Spartans would continue to impress" Stanforth chuckled, watching as Kurt presents the cufflink "flag" to the security camera in his team's homebase "Seems Zero Five One is the man of the hour, There aren't many in the service who can claim to have outwitted Vice Admiral Cole. Thinking he might be officer material as well"
"All of them are" Halsey states as you watch Kurt reunite the two of Stanforth's cufflinks "They just serve a more practical purpose on the field, rather than captaining ships or leading fleets"
"Something to consider, at least" Ackerson says, eyes transfixed on Kurt's image as transmitted through the security Camera.
"Requesting permission to present squad deployments, Sir" You say, tapping your datapad to bring them up to the screen. Stanforth rises from his seat and adjusts his cap
"Save it for after receiving your honors, son" He answers simply, placing a hand on your shoulder "Gather all the Spartans who took part in Hade's Courting, and the team leaders as well, you'll be promoted and receive honors simultaneously"
You nod, salute and march out of the room, datapad still in hand, and go to spread the goods news. You make an excuse to get out of your dress uniform and back into your MJOLNIR Suit, since it feels more natural and fitting to wear it, even for awards ceremony, and the rest of the Spartans being rewarded follow suit. Which confuses the top brass, who can't easily pick out any singular Spartan from a line up. Not even you when you're standing too close to Sam.
Halsey provides assistance in identifying each Spartan as they line you up in formation and present the medals and honors first.
"Ensign Sven Askeland, step forward" Vice Admiral Stanforth orders, voice booming through the command bridge of the Commonwealth. You walk forward and lift up your chest
"For your excellence in leadership that result in the capture of an Intact Covenant Vessel , the UNSC awards you with the Military Star. The second honor of this medal, will be put on hold until such a time as the Expansion Authority is able to resume its activities" He says, as he pins the first of four medals onto your armor's chest piece, magnetizing it in place "For the selfless act of risking your life to ensure the securing of an enemy vessel, the UNSC awards you with the Legion of Honor"
The second medal was placed besides the first, you remained perfectly still and at attention.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 09 May 2025 16:47:54 No. 6238197 Report >>6238195 "And, it has been decided, that the act of remaining behind to ensure the capture of the enemy vessel as well as its commanding officers and the return of the remains pf one of humanity's bravest sons, that you be granted the Colonial Cross as well" He answers and places the highest Military decoration that can be awarded onto your chest, which suddenly feels very light and fluttery as you struggle to remain composed and staring impassively ahead
"And the wounds you sustained in the effort, win you a purple heart" He says, as he places the medal besides the three much higher decorations, leaving a space for campaign and service ribbons "And, before you return to formation. Let it be known that, the only reason you are only being raised in rank to the position of Lieutenant, is because HIGHCOM believes you must first show that you excellence on the field translates to an excellent in ship and fleet command. You'll be given the chance to prove your abilities as a ship captain, as you'll be entrusted with the command over a Prowler, generously donated to the program by the Office of Naval Intelligence"
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[Sven-033's Quality, Officer has improved from [Ensign] up to [Lieutenant]. The improvement/ Buff to units/ Vessels under Sven's command has increased substantially. (Interaction with Quality: Maverick and Officer [Lieutenant Junior Grade) While crews/ squads under Sven's commands inherit some of his carefree/ rule bending behavior, they also adopt a portion of his inventiveness/ out of the box way of problem solving. New effects from [Lieutenant], Sven's tactical knowhow improves alongside his leadership abilities, allowing him to perform more daring/experimental tactics and increasing his understanding of Ship systems and commanding a vessel. (Interaction with Quality: Wunderkind and Officer [Lieutenant]), Sven's understanding and information about ships (and their specs) increases drastically, and most AIs attached to UNSC vessels will be naturally fond of him. (Interaction with Quality: Inspiring and Officer [Lieutenant]), Sven's Charisma combined with his willingness to risk his life, inspires those under his command to fight with just as much ferocity. Soldiers, units, crews and Ships under his command lose a reduced amount of morale taking losses/ during hopeless situations (The effect of Inspiring slowing Morale decay/ loss is also present), and will more readily follow suicidal orders and receive a bonus to command rolls during "Last stand" scenarios)
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John and Vinh were the only others on Operation: Hade's Courting, that didn't receive purple hearts, but John, in part due to your recommendation, received a Military Star for Leadership himself, along with a Legion of Honor. Shika, Vinh, Kelly and Sam, received medals that were just a few steps behind yours and John's.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 09 May 2025 16:48:54 No. 6238198 Report >>6238197 John was promoted to Chief Petty Officer, out of recognition for his defense of the bombs and slaughter of the enemy combatants who assaulted his position. Shika, Vinh, Kelly and Sam, all got promoted to Petty Officer First Class, a distinction they shared with the other proven team leaders.
The medals felt heavy on your chest. And you remained in battle dress as you were brought forward by Stanforth to explain your reasoning for the deployment choices you'd made.
"Lieutenant, we acknowledge your experience in leading Spartans and your in depth knowledge of their combat and operational capabilities. Operation...Collateral Damage, you've recommend the deployment of a full strength section, lead by yourself" Vice Admiral Stanforth lead as he scanned through the documents you sent him "May you provide an explanation"
"The mission is high risk and the presence of a VIP like Section Three's chief scientist,Dr Catherine Halsey, necessitates this level of response. Purple team lead by me, will be in charge of ensuring her well being and survival. Violet, lead by James-005, will provide more conventional support to the besieged planet. Upon Dr Halsey's depature from the battlefield upon completion of her "Need to know Basis" task, Purple team will change focus to supporting Violet in repelling the invaders, Vice Admiral, Sir!" You answer, and Stanforth smiles and clips the end of a cigar, glancing at the other top commanders present, who all approve the deployment after a few tense moments of consideration
"And Operation:Bad-Medicine, you're sending only four Spartans?" He questions, you nod
"Sir, ONI Blacksites are...difficult to handle, but we've received training in infiltrating them. Gray team are the most independent of us Spartans, and prefer to work alone. And they've proven their prowess in cracking tough nuts during Operation: Dark-Forest. Jai, Mike, and Adriana are the best picks for capturing or brutalizing the traitorous elements and retrieving the sensitive data and materials, They're sharp and clever. The team needs to be small, condescended. Leon-011 will act as muscle, and has proven himself equally adept at infiltration as Gray team during the action of Operation: Centralia"
"No complaints about squad composition"
You nod
"And I'll ask about the logic behind the teams assigned to Operation: Black-Beard, if you don't mind me stepping on your toes, Stanforth" Vice Admiral Cole asked
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 09 May 2025 16:49:56 No. 6238199 Report >>6238198 "Blue team are some of the best. You've read the files on Talon and Hade's Courting. And the team has experience with EVA and operating in asteroid fields. They are a natural pick. Joshua is an ace pilot, and will be given the responsibility of flying them in and out. Fredrick is one of the best performing Spartans overall even if he likes to stay out of the limelight, William doesn't know the meaning of give up and has some skill with demolitions, particularly rocket launchers. And from my understanding, the stolen prototypes included powered, up armored exoskeletons of a yet unbranded Experimental Armor Defense system"
"And Spartan zero zero eight?" he asked, flipping through the notes
"He's at home in microgravity and one of the best hand to hand fighters amongst the Spartans, Sir" You answer, hands now clasped behind your back "I assume you wish to be informed about the picks I made for Operation: Svartalfar?"
"Dark elf..." Cole said, and you perked up at him recognizing the term "Well, Kurt showed me just how much of a prodigy in command he was, never though I'd find a mirror to my younger self, even in the Spartan program. Zero Four Four, Zero Seven Seven One four one, proved themselves during Operation: Snake Eyes, Alongside Kurt, even if the mission objective was different then"
"Kurt also has a good sense for ambushes, Sir" You provide and he grimaces
"I've learned that much personally" He admits stoically "Stanforth, what do you think about the second team on Svartalfar?"
"Nicole is one of the other strongest hand to hand fighters" Stanforth provides "Lieutenant?"
"Vice Admiral Stanforth is correct. Oscar and Maria, you can trust to get the job done even if they aren't among the top of our graduating class, Sir" You answer "And Naomi is...curious. One of the smartest of us, and very adaptable. If we're to catch our murdering ghost, they're a fine team for hunting them down"
Stanforth and Cole exchanged glances
"Approved" Stanforth reported after a brief discussion with the third vice admiral and the smattering of rear admirals "You're dismissed, Lieutenant Askeland"
"Sir" You respond, saluting and leaving the conference room, pausing outside the door to look over the medals pinned to your chest, as the light caught on the Colonial Cross. A stray thought passed your mind. What would your father think, if he saw you now? You shuffled the thought away and continued walking, briefly wondering how long ONI would keep him alive after they've squeezed all the information they could from him...
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 09 May 2025 16:51:05 No. 6238201 Report >>6238199 >Ask Dr Halsey to provide details for her the business she has in an active war zone and where you'll need to escort her to, before giving a briefing on the op to your squad and readying to mobilize >Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them >Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now. >[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) >Write in option And for those of you who not know, receiving a Military Star means the UNSC names a newly discovered Star system after you
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>>6238201 >Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them >[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) did not know that was a thing in halo lore
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>>6238201 >the UNSC names a newly discovered Star system after you Hopefully the one we get named after us doesn't have any goblins hiding it in.
>Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them Stay frosty, guys. They're aliens. They probably have even more weird shit we could never have imagined.
Fridge doodle idea, all of the Spartans standing on a stage taking their bows and honors to a theater that has only the silhouettes of the various admiralty and officers present + Halsey. Anonymous
>>6238201 >>Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them Give them hell
Nice a new rank
>Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now. I am thinking Sparta
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>>6238201 >Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now. If we get the chance to name a ship, I'm putting down NAGLFAR. A ship made of the nails of the dead, fated to carry legions of monsters to do battle with the Gods during the fires of Ragnarok.
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>>6238201 The first option is something that can and should be done during the month long slispace transit to Corvi. Will we still be boarding the Persian Gate? Also, what kind of prowler did we get? I'm guessing a Razor, or if Stanforth really pulled some strings for us an Eclipse. Anything bigger like a Sahara wouldn't make much sense for a Lt. captaincy posting.
I vote for these two.
>Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now. >[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) >>6238210 >did not know that was a thing in halo lore I think it was in one of the novels featuring Veta Lopis? It's a neat concept for a bonus to an award.
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>>6238235 A Razor would be perfect. Long legs, enough space to carry almost every single one of our Spartans, or half plus support personnel, drop capabilities, a cramped hanger. Though I wonder if it's a Commander Shepard situation, where we're in outright control of the thing, or if there's a liaison we have to work with.
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>>6238226 If we had to name a ship I'd probably give name it something with Gjallarhorn. [Song of], or ['s Call], something like that. Or a funny name like "Here comes the aeroplane" or "Browbeater" for Sven's proclivity to 'using his head'.
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>>6238234 +1, but I prefer Naglfari. Thematically appropriate names are cool.
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>>6238240 True true. I was thinking Sparta for how simple it is and what we are.
But i kinda like the idea of a funny name. Maybe something for insult the Covenant. Otherwise i would go for something like "Harvest Revenge" or similar.
You know i wonder if the pirate group in the BLACKBEARD op, are just as ready to backstab the Covenant as the Covenant probably are. If they managed to raid a facility with multiple military prototypes, live and then set up a place for sell it with genocidal aliens they sound kind of capable (not wise since why the hell would you trust an alien that want everyone of your race dead. Any Innie movement would gladly pay them all they have for even one of those things). I wouldn't be surprised if they had a stolen small flottilla of modified CMA warships and decent boarding troops. Otherwise even with the shock of the Covenant attack on Harvest, it would be difficult to get prototypes for average pirates. Their choice of the place for trade is not a bad idea either, since is an asteroid fleet. There is cover, and they could plant some bombs in certain asteroids as well troops and boarding ships. The Covenant cant just wipe them after the trade is done.
Whatever they are, i have full confidence John will cook them.
SVALFATAR i think Kurt and Nicole will be okay, they should have some support from locals. Its not a warzone, but there is an unprecise number of stealth operatives. I don't know about BAD MEDICINE too many unknowns there (how many traitors there are beside scientist and staff ? how many innies are on the world and in-route to it ? Is the military and administration of the world also compromised?), i think Jai can do it but it will be difficult if the traitors decide to flee. And COLLATERAL-DAMAGE there is a ton of things to do for us.
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>>6238201 I won't vote for the second prompt since it's already in the lead.
>Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now. >[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) Ask Dimas for help. We can do that can we not?
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>>6238255 >Sven goes to Dimas room for talk about taking apart Covenant tech he "found" >Enters >Sees Dimas and Mike busy taking apart Covenant tech they also "found" >"Same idea eh ?" Anonymous
>>6238195 >"Something to consider, at least" Ackerson says, eyes transfixed on Kurt's image as transmitted through the security Camera. Uh-oh.
>>6238197 Wow, we got a Prowler. Gray Team's gonna be jealous. They wanted one pretty much the entire war and didn't get approved one until 2558.
>>6238201 >Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them I don't want to miss this chance.
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>>6238201 >[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) >Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now. Oh boy, time to shit out a few name ideas
>UNSC Dancing in the Dark >UNSC Brevity >UNSC Charlie Don't Surf >UNSC Time Long Passed >UNSC Attitude Adjustment >UNSC Cloak and Dagger I wish I knew more about Nordic history so I could draw from that for names, but unfortunately I am a dirty American who mostly disregards the rest of the world.
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>>6238239 Stanforth specifically says captain so I imagine we're the actual CO of the prowler, though likely with a more traditionally seasoned Junior Lt as our XO. Thanks to our surprisingly useful smattering of abilities we've actually got a pretty good basis for more independent operations already. Even something as small as a Razer gives us a shitload of flexibility in both what we can do and get away with. Like not needing to look over our shoulder for ONI every time we want to tear apart Covenant gear or train AI once we get enough officer clout with HIGHCOM to not get in trouble for debugging the ship.
>>6238264 >Uh-oh. And all we can do is sit here and scream at our monitors. Or make sure that we bug Ackerson as quick as possible by forking our current AI project or starting a new one just for him.
>They wanted one pretty much the entire war Easy, they can have ours after we get upgraded to a Sahara in a decade.
>>6238265 >unfortunately I am a dirty American who mostly disregards the rest of the world. Me too man but you can still dig through wiki sources and digital book repositories to get your certification in discrimination. The classes are all free online now days.
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>>6238273 >Like not needing to look over our shoulder for ONI every time we want to tear apart Covenant gear or train AI once we get enough officer clout with HIGHCOM to not get in trouble for debugging the ship. It'd be foolish to believe that ONI hasn't got that Prowler bugged in ways neither of us could even imagine. And it'll pick up a new bug every time we return to Reach.
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>>6238273 >Me too man but you can still dig through wiki sources and digital book repositories to get your certification in discrimination. I tried, but I realized it probably just comes off as some American picking random surface level references. I figure I'll just leave the cool Nordic shit to those who actually bothered to learn about it in earnest.
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>>6238276 >It'd be foolish to believe that ONI hasn't got that Prowler bugged in ways neither of us could even imagine I'm sure it's bugged in plenty of ways you, I, and in some cases even Dimas and Mike won't have a handle on for a long while. But Halsey, on the other hand, is pretty good about that kind of thing.
>>6238278 >I figure I'll just leave the cool Nordic shit to those who actually bothered to learn about it in earnest. Fair enough. You should try Celtic shit, it's just as cool without all the gay ass modern pop culture around it.
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>>6238201 …It would probably be a good idea to mention when we can and when we cannot vote for more than one option.
If we can vote for only one, i'll choose
>Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them I want Sven to remember his family.
Otherwise, if we can vote for more than one, i would also ask for
>Look over the specs of the ship >Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips As well as a write-in option:
>If possible, request a Printer fabricator be added to the Prowler for you and Dimas to experiment with in off time or in case of emergencies where repair & resupply won't be available. Oh, and on the ship name discussion, i propose:
"UNSC Sleipnir's Shadow"
In Norse mythology, Odin rides a horse with 8 legs named Sleipnir. Sven, having created the AI construct Loki, in a way, takes on the role of Odin. The leader, god of war and Wuotan (meaning leader of wōðaz, the possessed delirious... berserk).
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>>6238201 Huh, ONI gave us a prowler. Nice.
>Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them Anonymous
>>6238201 >Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them Not only does ONI give us a ship the UNSC names a start after us.
Man Dad was retarded for being an insurrectionist.
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>>6238361 A man's ideals must burn brighter than aught else. I hope he'd be proud of what we've accomplished. If not who we've served while doing it.
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>>6238201 >Take this last chance to burn the faces of your brothers and sisters into your memories, and give a speech to all of them to prepare them for war and inspire them It would be OOC not to. But after leave a quick personalised note to everyone wishing them well and maybe pointing out things to be aware of for example Kurt whom we noticed got a shady Ack's attention, the homesicks that by serving we can earn favours and tell them what we did with ours... a way to change things for the better.
>[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) Dimas and the most tech savy of each deployed team are coming too. This is the one chance we can get to give them a minor leg up when facing the Covenant.
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>>6238201 >[Wunderkind] Sacrifice one of the Covenant Data chips to try and figure out how they work by taking it apart (DC 16. DC reduced by 8 (From 24) through Quality Wunderkind) Anonymous
Just putting out some other ship names that might give others ideas. Some are probably more suitable for a sneaky prowler than others.>UNSC Shield of Lacedaemon >UNSC Come and Take Them (alt. Molon Labe) >UNSC Twilight's Approach (Ragnarok is "twilight of the gods") >UNSC Fenrir's Shadow >UNSC Five Second Rule >UNSC All or Nothing >UNSC Cross my Heart >UNSC Trick or Treat >UNSC Heads I Win >UNSC Tails You Lose >UNSC When It Rains >UNSC It Takes Two >UNSC Finders Keepers
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>>6238461 I think Twilight's Approach would work well for the Prowler.
also it makes me sad there are no battleships in the UNSC navy.
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>>6238461 Twilight's Approach sounds pretty good. Very Halo.
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9 Votes to give an inspiring troops to the Spartans
8 Votes to dismantle a covenant data chip to try and figure out something about how their tech works
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2 + votes to ask Dimas/ yellow team for help
7 Votes to Look over the specs of the first ship you'll ever command and its crew, and noticing it hasn't been named, give it one now.
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1 Vote for Sparta
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2 Votes Naglar/ Naglfari
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1 votes for Gjallarhorn/ Brow Beaters/ Here comes the Aeroplane
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1 Votes for 9MqePws9's write ins
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So Sven will take the chance to get one last look at the faces of all his brothers and sisters, before inspiring them with a speech
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Lots of good suggestions for what to Christen the Prowler, but no consensus on that front yet so naming the ship will be saved for a later date, since it is still in the shipyard currently (Thinking it'll be ready after Operation: Collateral-Damage)
And, to the Anons guessing about the Class Sven's new Prowler belonged to, those of you who answered Razor Class were CORRECT. Really got excited when you guys placed the exact model of prowler based on the same logic I used to decide on it!
Also, concerning the Covenant Data chips/ AI, since the option has been passed over in a few close votes now and a few of them have included asking for Dimas for help, I am going to be honest and tell you all that having him help would provide a HUGE bonus to the effort to decode/ figure out the tech.
>>6238260 I wish I could draw just to show you guys my mental image of this, lol
>>6238264 >>6238273 I'm sure the colonel is just proud that the next generation of UNSC soldiers are so talented :)
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 10 May 2025 14:34:26 No. 6238680 Report There was a lot on your plate. The Razor Class Prowler Stanforth had gifted you the captaincy of was, according to the files you'd been given, in its final stages of construction in its shipyard of origin. You'd need to read through the specs of the class and its operational history, as well as read the service records of the officer and crew suggestions the Office of Naval Intelligence supplied. You also noted that it was so fresh off the assembly line it hadn't been given a name yet, and of course having something of an artistic bent yourself the thought of being able to christen the first ship you'd be given command of in your service was nothing short of thrilling. But you could spitball and consider names during Transit and R&R, and definitely could take the time to get acquainted with the Razor class and learn it's specifications and attributes like the back of your own hand.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 10 May 2025 14:35:27 No. 6238683 Report >>6238680 The team leaders stand front and center, before the rest of the class. All of them were wearing their dress uniforms. None of them needed to be told the reason you called them here, understanding that this was their last chance to say goodbye and get one last good look at their fellow soldiers, at their brothers and sisters. A few of them had tear in their eyes, but none of them wore their hearts on their sleeves, standing at attention, dignified and proud. All of them ready to serve, ready to give their life for humanity's survival.
You wiped the tears from your eyes before any of them could see them, as their office, you had to be a good example to all of them.
"Spartans" You began, pausing so as not to choke up as you looked over the family that got you through training and augmentation, who you worried about every time one of them departed on a mission. The family you knew would shrink over the war, the friends and brothers and sisters in arms that the Alien bastards would kill, would take from you. You centered yourself and breathed out , putting on an air of poise and grace and posturing like a proper officer for once
"This is our purpose" You continue, stoically, eyes icy and tone measured and composed as you addressed them all for the last time "We were taken and remade, to be the best soldiers ever produced by humanity. The threat we were to confront, wasn't originally the Covenant, but I think I speak for all of us when I say they were the level of threat we were designed and trained to counter. Not rebel cells or insurrectionist fronts, not our fellow men. Sure, it wasn't expected or anticipated, but you have to agree that they're more of a challenge than any successionists from the outer colonies ever could provide us, and we like a challenge, don't we Spartans!"
They answered with Hoorahs, Hell yeahs and other kinds of cheers. You couldn't help but to grin at hearing how enthusiastic and confident they all were still, even if you knew and they knew the cold harsh reality of the situation, and that their survival was far from guaranteed. But they brave, they were courageous, and all of them would give their lives to keep a squid faced bastard from getting an inch closer to a human colony
"We live for it! Seems some high power decide to test if we're really the best, and are we going to be found wanting? In humanity's darkest hour, are we going to come up short and fail?!" You challenge them, puffing out your chest and raising your voice to a thunderous boom, and your grin only grows wider as the answer is a definitive No across the board "Now I don't know if its there god or one of ours who decided to put as at odds with these genocidal pricks, but we're going to show them they picked the wrong species to bully and push around"
You wait for your fellow spartans, friends and siblings all, to calm down and quiet before you continue your speech
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 10 May 2025 14:36:28 No. 6238684 Report >>6238683 "I won't lie or sell the enemy short, we're out-gunned, out-teched, but not outmatched. We have one hell of a Handicap to overcome in this war. Any reunions after it are going to be missing more than a few faces. The Covenant is a threat beyond any Humanity has encountered before, a force unlike any army produced in its history. Except for us. Except for the Spartan Twos. It falls on our shoulders to sucker punch these Alien freaks and make them pay for Harvest, Make them pay for every human life they've taken ten fold if we can" You continue, speaking with a calm, collected fervor as you step forward "But it isn't going to be easy, even for us. As I said, this is going to be a challenge, not just for us, but all mankind and her colonies. We need to be in top form, the best we can be. Unlike Mendez's training, We can make no mistakes, the cost of failure isn't going to be a missed meal or a beating. It'll be death, not just for you, or your squad but the entire planet you're fighting on. The only advantage we have, is our training and augments, The Covenant has us beat in nearly every other way imaginable"
You pause, cross your arms over your chest and hang your head, frowning before cockily smirking and laughing
"And I don't think its going to matter. We've been put through hell they can't imagine, they think this is pest control, that's going to be easy. And that's the biggest mistake they've made. We're going to fight them tooth and nail on every planet were deployed on, every colony were sent to defend, every ship we're made to board, and we're going to bleed them and make them beg on hands and knees for us to stop" You yell, clenching your fist and raising it above your head "Even if we die, we'll haunt their nightmares and make them jump at every shadow that passes them. We'll push them back, and make them pay, For Harvest"
"For Harvest!' Forty five voices cry out in unison and you stand at attention as they all salute.
"Stay frosty, and expect the unexpected. The enemy will have weapons we can't imagine, they'll stoop to tactics and dirty tricks worse than any Deja taught us about, this is a fight for survival. Outer Colony, Inner Colony, Core world. None of that matters anymore. Mankind is in this together, and as the best godamn soldiers ever produced by it, its our responsibility to be on the frontlines, fight, kill, and if it is required of us, Die on some blasted alien rock" You say, doffing your officer's cap and saluting the rest of your squad with it, medals glinting on your chest, before you replace it atop your head, adjust it by its brim and leave the Hangar with some final words
"Til Valhalla"
And you double time out of the hangar, putting distance between yourself and the other Spartans, so they won't see their CO crying like a baby.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 10 May 2025 14:37:29 No. 6238686 Report >>6238684 The UNSC Persian Gate arrives later that day, to transport Dr Halsey and your team to Alpha Corvi II, taking you away from the other Spartans for the first time since you were conscripted. But you'd managed to finish the last note and sketch by time it was to muster and depart, One personalized for each Spartan in service. Halsey engineers a technical difficult with the transport craft sent from the Commonwealth to the Persian Gate, so you can hand deliver each of the notes and sketches. The Persian Gate wastes no time in performing a slipspace jump the moment all of your team and their equipment have been brought over to it.
And just like that, you head to war.
"Nervous?" Nesta asks you as she finds you starring at a wall alone with your thoughts, fiddling with your pencil, sketchbook laid out on the bench beside you, all but ambushing you "Where's our usual fearless leader, Sven? You got all sentimental before we mobilized, I'm starting to worry you're going soft, Viking"
"How could I be?" You chuckle, flicking your pencil at her, she catches it between two of fingers "I've fought, bled and killed these Aliens before. And you know my heart is just as big as my body is, ya goblin. Just, reflecting"
"Yeah I know, no reason to rub it in my face like that" She snorts, and sits down besides you, snatching your sketch book and flipping through the pages "Your drawings don't captured how ugly these aliens are in live footage, you know that Sven"
"Trust me, I know. You haven't smelled them yet" You answer with a smirk, rubbing your knuckles against her scalp affectionately "What about you, Redcap, you got the pre-op jitters?"
She jabs you in the side, snarling
"Like hell I do, I'm just impatient to take some alien skulls...Sir" She laughs "We're going be alright, none of us have died yet. And I at least don't intend to change that, Sven. So that's one less potential Spartan fatality you've got to worry yourself sick over"
"Appreciate your concern, Nesta" You chuckle with her "Did you come here just to cheer me up"
"Mostly, though Halsey said the Commander wanted your autograph, or maybe it was to give you and the rest of us a debriefing" She said with a shrug, but punching your shoulder "So stop...ruminating or what the shite it is you're doing in this hallway and lets get to it"
>[Maverick] Decide to be funny and actually write Commander Yao your autograph to hand over to her before she begins her briefing >Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. >Egg Nesta on and ask her how she's going to kill the first Split Jaw she runs into, and ask the same of the rest of your team >Ask Commander Yao, during the debriefing, if the local insurrectionist presence is of any concern and what sort of support Violet squad can expect from the other UNSC forces >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6238686 >Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. Anonymous
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>>6238686 >>Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. Anonymous
>>6238686 >>Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. you all know were gonna have to pick something with longer range then the shotgun right
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>>6238740 Time to break out the DMR then.
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>>6238686 >>Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. Anonymous
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>>6238686 >Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. Anonymous
>>6238740 Automatic grenade launcher, got it. KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK
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>>6238686 >Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. I'm gonna miss those names as the war goes on, but it is better to die standing then on our knees.
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>>6238819 Actually though, a GL will probably come in handy with this op. Large groups of elites and jackals, don't remember if we'll see grunts yet though.
>>6238891 I know it's only ever referenced for attaching to the Hellbringer's flamethrower and MA5s but could we potentially attach an M301 GL to something like a BR55 or DMR? Also, XBR55 with 60rnd mags, y/n?
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>>6238740 Heresy!
Seriously though, we were handicapped by the bomb last mission. We should be able to go back to carrying a primary and a sidearm like the first mission. Maybe even two primary weapons like the games since we have Mjolnir enhancing our strength now.
Also personally, I feel like the shotgun is a great weapon to have as part of an escort team for counter ambushes and getting out of a pinch.
I assume we'll get more info about the terrain, objectives, etc. to make a more informed choice. It's a mining settlement, so we could be primarily operating in tunnels.
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>>6238938 >seems reasonable enough. I thought so too but just wanted to double check.
>XBR55 is a prototype, however if any armory was going to have a supply of them If Johnson and his fireteam get them in the middle of fuck off nowhere Harvest for 'militia training' then yeah, I agree Spartans should have access too while on a big mission with a cruiser's armory available.
Thank you for the confirmations, I think know what I'll be voting for our mission loadout.
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>>6238946 Johnson fucking squinted them into existence, same as his lover for that entire book then both vanished.
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>>6238949 Lol, you're not wrong. But now Sven gets squint the XBR55 into existence again too. A BR with 60rnd magazines and a GL to go with our grenadier perk.
Here's a question I've been thinking about though. We've irrecoverably changed the timeline already. SILENT STORM won't happen with the same context as it did in cannon. So who'll be the first Spartan to meet Johnson? I'm hoping it'll be John still.
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>>6238952 Why wouldn't it happen? Nothing has really changed yet. The UNSC have a ship now, sure, but the technology is still a mystery. It took them a decade to begin to understand a simple jackal shield gauntlet, and that was a fluke thanks to a very old, non-standard version being discovered without the protections that prevented tampering/reverse engineering. The research is a good long term strategy, but it's not immediately beneficial to the war effort. You can't just wait for some breakthrough while millions are getting killed, which is why Silent Storm was a thing.
That said, maybe they did manage to scrape something useful out of the star charts/astrogation data. They could choose to hit a bunch of soft logistical targets like stations for fuel, refit, supply, etc. In which case, I don't see why Johnson and the Black Daggers wouldn't similarly be brought on for an operation like that.
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>>6238968 Because I somehow keep getting Silent Storm confused with other shit without fail. It's happened twice now this thread.
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>>6238972 Anon's got that record scratch.
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>>6238686 >Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. >[Maverick] Decide to be funny and actually write Commander Yao your autograph to hand over to her before she begins her briefing I dont see why we shouldnt be able to do the autograph quickly at the end of drills.
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>>6238983 Gonna have to open halopedia every time I post at this rate.
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>>6238686 >Drill your squad on how to fight the two kinds of aliens you've encountered and make sure they're in peak condition. >Write in option During this Maybe ask Halsey if she'd like us to bring any specific kits on this escort. If she's going its for a hard asset they can't move or they'd bring it to her rather than take the risk, so its something on the planet. What does the good doctor need to get this done better because it might take an equipment slot or two. (Like scanner arrays, AI carrying modules, just space to carry something heavy)
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>>6239026 >"Bring a forklift, dear. You ARE certified, aren't you?" Anonymous
>>6238972 >Because I somehow keep getting Silent Storm confused with other shit without fail. It's happened twice now this thread. i know that feel i myself confused Whitcomb with Stanforth
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>>6239051 Thats Lord Stanforth Hood Whitcomb to you and you will respect that HERO.
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>>6239211 Can I call him Stanny?
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>>6239366 >but I just couldn't find a chance to sit down and write after the last update yesterday its cool we understand real life takes precedent ecept Gary he's a prick
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 11 May 2025 16:57:30 No. 6239430 Report But Operation: Collateral-Damage wasn't under way yet, The Paris Gate was still traveling to the Alpha Corvi system. You squad hadn't been tossed from frying pan to the fire yet. There was still time to hone and sharpen their skills, to raise their combat readiness by even a few percent. So, you got the whole squad, Purple and Violet Teams both, running combat drills and studying the brief but bloody engagements with the Covenant forces during Operation: Hade's Courting, as well as some additional recovered footage Dimas managed to dig up from Harvest. Dimas also provides a second piece of invaluable assistance for the training exercise, in the form accurate to life holograms of the known Covenant soldier classes, that are all but indistinguishable from the real thing. You have to give Poindexter credit where credit is due, that big brain of his is one hell of an asset. You put Shika in charge, as she was the only Dragon to have cut her teeth fighting the Covenant besides yourself. When the time came to face the Alien Menace on Alpha Corvi II, your squad would be ready for them.
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>>6239430 "I have them running combat drills, to prepare for the Covenant Ground forces" You answer, looking down your chest at her as she stares up at you in a sight that would probably be comedic to a civilian observer "We may have beaten the Covenant once, but that isn't a guarantee we can do it again, Ma'am. Not even close"
"The reason you're here is because of that victory, because we need you to do it again" She says, fox like eyes narrowing
"That's why I have my team doing training exercises, Commander" You answer "I don't roll dice unless I can weigh the odds in my favor"
"We have time to wait for them to finish, Commander Yao" Halsey says, as you eyes wander to the MJOLNIR suits and the technicians working on them. It didn't seem like they were just performing regular maintenance on the armor, but what else it was they were doing, you didn't know.
Commander Yao wasn't much of a talker, though Halsey had a few comments to make about the initial report you had begun concerning the MJOLNIR systems performance and the early findings taken from it.
"Even without our additional funding, projects were already underway to begin to diversify the Mjolnir Armor" She explains, tapping on her data pad "Though, I've noted your and the other Spartans Concerns and fast tracked a few prototypes and forks from the original system and have a few teams exploring other potential development routes. A few variants are close to finishing their development phase and entering into production already, in fact"
She swished a finger across the screen of her datapad, and a file marked "MJOLNIR MARK IV: EOD" opened up and revealed the schematics for a new variant of Mjolnir armor, nothing how its helmet's design and overall profile differed from the baseline Mark IV, difference which carried forward into the shape of the chest plate, shoulder pads, though lower body armor looks almost identical to the original Mark IV. You also noticed a few blueprints overlayed across the system marked as "experimental attachments". The helmet had a smaller visor and lacked the "Lip" of the Mark IV, but most noticeably had a pair of flanges or bars protruding from the sides of the bottom of the Helmet, that according to the schematics were the hardened cases of an air filtration system.
You found yourself nodding along as Halsey explained the rational behind the design philosophy of the EOD armor, and the more she said the more you were certain that the moment a field prototype was produced, there'd be a drawing of straws between you, James, Sam, Grace and the other grenade happy Spartans to see who got to wear the first set onto a mission.
"Good, this is really good Cath...Dr Halsey" You catch and correct yourself from being too openly familiar with the doctor in front of military and ONI personal.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 11 May 2025 16:59:31 No. 6239433 Report "This is merely the furthest most along of the design prototypes, and advancement of the MJOLNIR system overall will only proceed once that performance report of yours is finished and a few of these initial forks are field tested, but there's are a handful of functional prototype attachments and subsystems already..." She began, before lifting her head from her data pad and looking towards the door "We'll have to save this discussion for another time, Sven, it seems the rest of your team have finished their homework"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 11 May 2025 17:00:32 No. 6239434 Report >>6239433 Push come to shove, you'd ignore that dumbass command.
Daisy mouthed "What the fuck" but fell in line to repeat "Understood" with you and the rest of the squad
"As for Purple team" Yao continued, turning to Halsey "I believe Doctor Halsey can explain the reasons she needs an escort detail to begin with"
Halsey nodded and crossed her arms, and had a look that you recognized as her silent tell of "Someone else made a mess, that I now need to clean up"
"Recently, a research and development group from section three relocated to Alpha Corvi II" She explained, motioning towards a few green blips on the planetary display marking key locations "to take advantage of the local mining operations across the ocean world, of course they were provided with increased security detail due to insurrectionist activity and the...failures on the part of a handful of our operations, losing irreplaceable prototypes or forgetting to screen their members for successionists sympathizer. The Covenant assault caught on Alpha Corvi caught us all by surprise. And the blacksite went dark and shut down, to protect their data. The staff and facilities attempts to disguise and conceal their presence, were for not, and from their last communications, a splinter from the main covenant army have began to lay siege to their primary testing labs"
It was happening again. Classified, irreplaceable and highly sensitive research and materials were at risk of falling into Covenant hands. Just like Chi Cheti.
"The head of the group, was taken out in the initial landings. And due to the protocols in place, only a card holding member of the Office of Naval intelligence will be able to get the on site AI to cease their blackout and lower their defenses, so the labs' staff, research and experimental war gear can be extracted. War gear the material groups would do anything not to lose. I assume that is simple enough of a mission statement?" She continues, explaining why a VIP like herself needs to be risked being sent into a active and hot war zone
"Yes, Ma'am" You, James, Jorge, Nesta, Daisy, Shika, Dimas and Grace all call out and Halsey smiles fondly
"I believe then, that is the end of the debriefing, Commander Yao" She says, as the Commander nods and turns to leave
"It is. Have them suit up and ready to drop. We'll be exciting slip space soon" She said as she left the ready room
"She seems like a bitch" are the first words out of Daisy's mouth the moment the commander is out of ear shot. Nesta covers her mouth and stifles a giggle as Jorge winces and Grace grimaces.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 11 May 2025 17:01:32 No. 6239436 Report >>6239434 "That remains to be seen, Daisy" Halsey said, amused as you could tell Yao's orders to not communicate with allied forces had really ticked her off "She has her reasons to puta no contact order in place. You Spartans are still considered classified Material, and some elements of Command are worried your presence will negatively effect Marine morale and battle readiness. Despite how pleased they are overall with your performance so far, some people's trust is nearly impossible to earn it'd seem. That and there is an equally sized fraction of Command to those who somehow still doubt your abilities that believes you would only be slowed down if you directly assisted the conventional troops deployed on the battlefield and that working with them would lower your effectiveness in the field"
She smiled as she rested an arm on a nearby railing
"Of course, I imagine that it is an order that won't be followed for any longer than is necessary, considering who is being sent to provide that relief. And after what you achieved over Chi Cheti IV, you don't need to prove yourselves to anyone" She continues, before one of the technicians hands her a data pad and she reads through it "You should all be happy to hear that Mjolnir has performed better than we'd hoped, due to your skills in operating it"
Nora reappeared, and stated "Dr Halsey, I've processed the updated medical scans of all present Spartan Personal, they are quite informative"
"I already know how you'll answer, but you took quite the beating when you captured ONI's prized Persephone, Sven. Plasma burns, internal bleeding and bruising, heat exhaustion, muscle strain...are you able to fight?" She asks
"Of course" You answer
"I don't know why I asked. I doubt any of your Spartans would tell me if they ever weren't" She sighed and smiled "But I'll trust your judgement, Sven. Suit up. We'll be exiting Slipspace soon"
But as your squad was suiting up, and having their Mjolnir armor pieced together around them, Commander Yao became the bearer of bad news, as her face appeared on the ready room view screen just as you were getting into your armor and having its repaired and re-coated vambraces slipped over your arms.
"A separate group has detached from the Main covenant force and made a landing near a mining settlement called Black Reef" She reported rigidly "Black Reef has no UNSC Garrison, so Violet Team, you are being redirected. You will be the only opposition to the covenant there"
A holographic view of the settlement appeared, the sky above it swarming with Covenant Drop ships.
If Daisy wasn't strapped in and having her leg armor put in place, you think she'd have ran up and kicked a hole into the screen.
"Except for the local insurrectionist Militias. Who are affiliated with the united rebel front" Nora's voice added over the same intercom unit "Further details will be provided upon deployment"
Halsey scoffed, "I doubt they'll be of much help"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 11 May 2025 17:02:33 No. 6239437 Report >>6239436 "A change of plans right before we get our gear and drop, that's not a good sign" Nesta mused from behind her helmet
"One cannot anticipate how a battle's tides will shift from moment to moment" Dimas said with a shrug
"Tch, you might not be able to, Poindexter. But I certainly can" She boasted, jabbing a thumb at her chest "So long as I'm on the field, at least"
"Suuuuure"
"Its just a slight snag in the mission, Violet objective has been changed. And Black Reef needs Spartans more than Jamshid. All there is to it" Jorge calmly stated "James will be able to handle the change in directive"
"Of course, and if they're in the mines, Grace and I know exactly what to do" James said confidently
"Drop them right on top of their heads" Grace answered, as Dimas frowned and shut his eyes
"The report mentioned the Covenant were searching for something..." He muttered to himself
"Bet you a week's dessert ration Yao tells us we need to head into the mines and secure them" Nesta grinned
"Don't jinx us, Nesta" James groaned
"So we're just going to leave the troops at Jamshid to hang?" Daisy asked no one in particular
"Is it any better than leaving the civilians at black reef to fend for themselves?" Jorge asked "Its bad situation no matter how you cut it, Daisy"
"Annoying" Shika sighed, hanging her helmeted head
>Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... >Switch the teams. Have Violet team to escort Halsey, and have Purple land on Black Reef >Switch a member or two between Purple and Violet team, since Violet just got their Objective changed at the drop of a hat. >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6239437 >Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... James and Grace will work just fine going down into Black Reef and the mines IMO. Violet will be fine.
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>>6239437 >>Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... Anonymous
>>6239409 Man FUCK Gary.
>>6239433 >Not the most imaginative appearance you've seen an AI, volitional AI especially, take, but there was no accounting for taste I wonder if Sven is going to ask why Cortana made herself hot.
>>6239437 >>Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... I trust the teams.
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>>6239437 >Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... nice to have Dimas with us
>>6239466 i told you Gary's a prick
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>>6239466 >Why did the AI based on a near perfect copy of Halsey's neurons have a bit of an ego The world may never know.
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>>6239437 >Switch a member or two between Purple and Violet team, since Violet just got their Objective changed at the drop of a hat. >Switch Nesta and Jorge. Think Nesta should be with the doc for the danger sense, especially since Violet is now a defensive action over a diversion. It'll be like trusting Jorge and James to hold the line like we did during king of the hill when we were kids.
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Tell the defense team to bring triple ammo loadouts, and at least one heavy weapon. You never know what's going to happen.
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>>6239437 >Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... God speed you wonderful bastards in Violet.
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>>6239437 >Switch the teams. Have Violet team to escort Halsey, and have Purple land on Black Reef Then
>Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... Anonymous
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>>6239437 >Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... Anonymous
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>>6239437 >Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... Anonymous
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Cant help but feel this Yao is someone that will be a problem. That "no contact order" sounds kind of impossible on its own, like what if Spartans are seen or contacted by UNSC forces due to the battlefield it self making it happen ? I had expected something better for plans, but it sounds near the edge of wasting super soldiers. Spartans are great but the first idea of throwing them in the outskirts alone against the main invasion force like....what are you expecting there madam. We are talking of at least a few thousands mixed alien troops plus vehicles, and if the spartans cant coordinate with other military units its all going kind of blind.
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>>6239437 >Switch a member or two between Purple and Violet team, since Violet just got their Objective changed at the drop of a hat. >Swap Jorge for Dimas Anonymous
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>>6239701 Since Violet squad's objective changed from roaming a city doing whatever the fuck they want to defending a settlement, Jorge might be more useful to them than us.
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>>6239479 You know, if Sven swapped Nesta for Jorge he wouldn't beat the battle harem allegations. But that's fine as I have an idea on how to take notice away from that. With Shika being Sven's Shadow and Sven being Shika's Star, we can call them the Spartan Supersoldier twins. Or the SS twins for short. Surely this heartwarming effort will wick away any negative attention to be had by Sven's choice of comrades.
- Some nepo-baby admiral somewhere
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>>6239437 >>Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field... Good luck Violet.
>Write-in >With Team Violet being completely alone in Commander Yao tactical "mind", for defend the entire settlement of Black Reef and being quite likely extremely outnumbered by two hostile forces, a change of their wargear is in order. They will not attack a very large force of enemies for distract them anymore, but instead have to defend their position in a town against two numerous foes that do not lack in weapons or fresh reinforcements. Team Violet
- Grab additional ammo
- Grab explosives and detonators
- Grab some mines
- Grab a small portable computer and a dozen or so cameras connected to it.
- A squad member brings a med-kit
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>>6239437 >Head to the armory and pick out your loadout for the escort mission, and proceed as planned. Apparently ONI has sent some prototypes to be tested in the field >write in Not that I doubt the cunning of the team but if the enemy are headed for those tunnel, ONI wanted to take advantage of those tunnels then there is something down there they want.
Standing in front of the mad bull the covenant are is suicide so my suggestion would be bait them into positions where their numbers mean little.
Use the mining machines be they lasers or drills on the enemy, if fighting on the surface is insane use the tunnels to lay kill boxes and drop tunnels on them. Just make sure you have a way out cos alot of mines are single exit. Lay minefields, leave traps for their advance etc.
Send a quiet word to daisy and tell her we'll work with that we have if we can help them we will but we saw what happened to Harvest, we'ed need a way to either hide everyone to endure the glassing somehow or get them off world.
We do our job and then we can focus on the rest, if we get distracted and divided in objectives to quick nothing will get done
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 12 May 2025 16:51:53 No. 6240069 Report Once your squad has gotten back into their suits, Dr Halsey accompanies both teams to the Armory, where you immediately notice a few pieces of non-standard equipment.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 12 May 2025 16:52:54 No. 6240070 Report >>6240069 "Seems like we'd be shooting ourselves in the foot if we do use it" Nesta agrees as she tests the durability and edge of several knives, snapping the blades a few combat knives as she bends them to test how well they can withstand strain
"Use them sparingly, and only if you must. They things are probably full of kinks and bugs" You answer as you turn to Dimas, who you've noticed was patting his armor.
"We'd get a few seconds of stealth out of them, at the cost of reducing our armors effective operational window by hours" He answers
"Exactly" Halsey praised, Dimas nodded and returned to looking over the cutting edge scopes laid out before him and James, as the doctor ranted to no one in particular "I told them we should wait to attempt to field active camouflage until we could reverse engineer the much more effective, both in terms of power consumption and the quality of optical invisibility it provided, but the higher ups insisted they be proven wrong before eating their crow and accepting we can't match the Covenant techs like..."
She snapped her fingers
"And what about the other experimental tech, is it more trustworthy than our shoddy cloaks?" You ask as Nora nodded and ran you through each of the pieces of fear ONI had dumped onto your laps.
"Forearm house Carbon Fiber Blades" She started, lifting up an attachment clearly designed for compatibility with the Mjolnir System "Able to be launched up to one hundred meters or locked in place for close combat encounters"
"An individual propulsion system" She said as she directed your attention to what looked like the big brother of the standard thruster pack used in EVA and Microgravity environments "The only prototype yet considered operation of its range. It will be able to provide enough upward thrust to carry a fully armored Spartan into the air and maintain altitude for several seconds"|
"A jetpack?" You say, barely able to stop from laughing at the mental image of you or Jorge soaring through the sky like a Valkyrie "What's its weight limit"
"Lieutenant Askeland, you are not on the list of approved field testers for this particular piece of equipment" The AI answered immediately and that gave you the only answer you needed, as she moved over to a collection of hand sized drones, swatting at Dimas' hand as he reached for one
"Surveillance drones" Nora said to cut off Poindexter before he could steal her thunder "Designed to interface with the Mjolnir system and transmit their remote view to its helmets' visors"
"And the operational range?" Dimas asked before you could
"Heavily dependent on the drone remaining undamaged, as well as various environmental factors" Nora answered, which was a polite way of saying they were still figuring out how far away the things could get from the operator before they started to crap out. She moved to the last piece of unfamiliar gear, a wrist and hand guard, silvery, made of rounded crescents that reached up to the knuckles
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 12 May 2025 16:53:54 No. 6240071 Report >>6240070 "Portable EMP Device" She explained "One of the earliest efforts to counter Covenant Energy Shields, and the only one currently approved for field testing. Only Lieutenant Askeland and Jorge are on the list of approved testers"
"Because they're the only two of us strong and bulky enough to move their Mjolnir if the EMP effects its ability to operate effectively, am I right? Or am I right?" Dimas cut in and Nora's expression changed to a sad smile
"Precisely"
"Well" You sigh, having heard enough about the prototypes "At least we're used to playing Lab rat, right? If the gear doesn't work we'll just ditch it before we risk it blowing up in our faces"
"About that, Lieutenant. Material groups will want them returned for further testing, alongside a report of their in-field operational effectiveness" Nora answered "And they want them tested, despite your misgivings, ONI insists that data is collected for each during this mission pertaining to their battlefield performance. They are not, to my understanding, currently considered for mass production nor are the finalized versions expected to be widely fielded any time soon"
"Can't even trash the things if they malfunction" You complain "And we have to take untested equipment. I'm going to strangle whoever....Faen!"
>Primaries: SRS99-AM sniper rifle + M319 grenade launcher. Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee/ Special: Experimental Carbon Fiber Forearm blade. Grenades: x 2 frag, x 2 napalm, x2 flashbangs. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV >Primaries: M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV >Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV >Primaries: M739 SAW + M41 SPNKr. Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee/ Special: Experimental Carbon Fiber Forearm blade. Grenades. x 3 Gas, x 3 Napalm. Armor MJOLNIR MARK IV >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6240071 >Primaries: M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Anonymous
>>6240071 >Primaries: M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Please tell me Halsey is going in with a helmet and some real body armor and not just her lab coat.
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>>6240071 >Write in option >Primaries: XBR55 (M301 GL) + M45E (Tactical Shot). Secondary: M6D Magnum. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x3 Frag, x3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV. Won't calim this is a reasonable loadout but it is possible. And the M301 GL fires flashbangs and HE IIRC.
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>>6240071 >>Write in >Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M392 DMR . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV god id rather we use the EMP (see death trap) then Jorge since we gonna need to have Dimas reboot our armor; but fuck just having an SMG give me a DMR that way we cover most ranges
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>>6240071 >Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M392 DMR or XBR55 (M301 GL). Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Anonymous
>>6240071 >"About that, Lieutenant. Material groups will want them returned for further testing, alongside a report of their in-field operational effectiveness" Nora answered "And they want them tested, despite your misgivings" Found a secret objective.
>Loadouts write in: shotgun, magnum (big guns for big person) forearm blades (since when have we ever NOT hand-to-handed?) MJOLNIR armor. Anonymous
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>>6240109 Oops, and the flash, frag, napalm combo.
Be assured, we WILL find a use for the flashbangs.
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I wonder who's getting the jetpack.
>>6240071 >>Primaries: M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Good general purpose loadout. And the drones will give us some extra corner checking and aerial recon. Probably. It'll probably only be able to go up and out a city block or something. Though maybe if they just put a higher capacity magazine into the DMR it would be better. It uses the same ammo as the MA5 rifles. Don't know why they decided locking it at 15 rounds was a good idea. The M392 even has full auto on its selector switch. It's basically just the same thing as the MA5 but better were it not for the lesser magazine, honestly.
>>6240079 >"Catherine, please wear this." >"Sven, nothing I could wear would possibly save me from any of the Covenant weaponry we've seen." >"No but it might stop shrapnel and debris." >"Ideally you and the others would keep the fighting far enough away from me to not worry about that." >"You just don't want to mess up your hair, huh?" Anonymous
>>6240071 >>Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Shotgun we will get you that Shotgunner. Lets get killing aliens. The equipment is okay. Except for that EMP thing, someone as to test it though and i prefer its us than our brother Jorge. While Sven might be able to move in a MJOLNIR that was EMP'd, moving doesn't mean you are faster like before. Might lose some pieces of his body.
...those eggheads should watch where they walk from now on. Same for Yao.
>>6240109 This is not really a secret objective. Nora is saying it to us right now, this is a secondary objective that is very likely to be harmful to us and risks spartan lives (the only exception is the little drone not attached to our armors, and they all sound shoddly and hastly built. Not sure why ONI brought a jetpack. The ONI facility is in the wild likely and Black Reef (is this world oceanic ?) sound like a minor settlement, so not many large or tall buildings. I would use it as a missile against the covenant frankly but it needs to be brought back so hopefully its fast enough otherwise it becomes a game of "shoot the spartan in the sky").
Something secret is like finding Wick remains. In this case we are looking more at: capturing/neutralizing a covenant land commander (with the sheer numbers of covenant around that will be very very difficult), find out the purpose of the ONI facility and take something from it, and lastly capturing/neutralizing that Innie captain.
>>6240079 We arent convicing her even if it would be the bare minimum to ask with so many dangers :(
I would also want her to have a pistol at least. I hope she has some ONI bodyguards because if we have to open up a breach in the sieging covenant force outside the ONI facility for let her in and then let people out, we can't also fully watch over her. This is not a few alien chickens caught with the pants down.
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>>6240071 >Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Anonymous
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>>6240182 Jorge is gonna be in a tunnel with them isn't he if he takes that? Which means no room to move/ect when it goes off and hits the other spartans.
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>>6240071 >Write in option Suggest Shika takes the Blades they are the Kunai our little ninja needs,
One Drone per team Dimas takes one naturally and i'd suggest a mmber of our team takes the second.
We take the EMP no way we risking Jorge
Jetpack is anyones game, draw straws.
>Sven's loadout Armor MJOLNIR MARK IV
Melee: Kukri
Grenades: 2, Napalm, 2 Frag, 2 Flashbangs
Primaries: M392 DMR (a classic), M41 SPNKr. [Im scared we're going to meet proper ehavy armour and so we need something like this]
Secondary: M6C/SOCOM [Stick a suppressor on the thing]
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>>6240071 >Write in option >Primaries: M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV EMP to take out shields then blow their brains out with the DMR
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>>6240319 It's probably a short range directed EMP pulse. I doubt it would work far enough out to make the DMR a better choice than the shotgun if you took the two as a pair. I wouldn't be surprised if the thing was punch activated even, considering how it sounds like a really bad idea to put an electronics interference device onto a suit that on a non-Spartan would literally crush the person wearing it into meat-jello if something went even slightly wrong. So I doubt this was one of the "good" ideas the scientists had when they made it.
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Not sure what to pick here. All depends on where we see Sven in this op. Personally, I am picturing Jorge and Sven sticking close to Halsey for the most part, acting like a wall and final line of defense around her (focus on coordinating and protecting her while suppressing and delaying threats). Meanwhile, Daisy and Shika are on the outer perimeter (focus on detecting and destroying threats). Basically a defense in depth strategy.
>>6240071 So guess I'll opt for the DMR/Assault Rifle loadout. Seems the most flexible. Can engage at all ranges, can adjust our rate of fire depending on the situation (precision vs suppression), will rip through most armored targets, and we don't have to worry about spread and shrapnel flying around as much, which is a concern given we'll have a VIP nearby with limited armor. Surveillance drone will also hopefully come in handy for avoiding ambushes and assist in making the best tactical decisions as team leader.
>Primaries: M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Anonymous
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>>6240071 >>Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Anonymous
>>6240182 Does Halsey even know how to use a weapon? Think she'd be more of a liability than anything.
Would rather just tell her to keep her head down and stay behind at least one of us, though I doubt she needs to be told that.
Anonymous
>>6240493 >Does Halsey even know how to use a weapon? Despite no formal training (that I'm aware of) and seemingly no inclination, I think she understands roughly how to operate most conventional small arms. That said, if she's forced to defend herself, we have fucked up massively, that much I will admit.
Regardless, better safe than sorry. If she ends up extracting without a scratch or a shot fired despite everything, all the better I say.
Anonymous
>>6240071 How would a GL attachment even look/work on the M45E? Especially since it's a pump action shotgun. And can the DMR be silenced/
>Write in >Primaries: M45E Shotgun + MA5B Assault Rifle (GL attachment ((if possible))). Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 2 Frag, x 2 Napalm, x 2 Flashbang. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV. (if DMR cannot be silenced.) If the DMR can be silenced, then exchange the M45E with a silenced DMR, and the frags with smoke grenades.
Also, just a quick question, can we set some of our grenades to detonate on contact instead of on a timer?
Anonymous
>>6240500 Fair. I expect her to wear something standard issue for this sort of thing (unless she just pulls an Anders and goes in wearing civvies/labcoat). I'd guess it would come equipped with a sidearm, which she hopefully won't need. Thinking something like Veta Lopis wears, some protection from shrapnel but light enough to maintain mobility. Nothing she can wear is really going to help with a direct hit from plasma.
>>6240513 MA5K can be suppressed, so surely the DMR can be.
I also raised an eyebrow at the GL attachment for the M45E. Wondering how that would work
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>>6240071 >>Primaries: M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV Anonymous
>>6240513 >>6240545 It's easy guys, just hose-clamp the GL on the side of the shotgun that the ejector isn't on.
Anonymous
>>6240550 That sounds stupid and also ugly looking.
I think I prefer GLs on the MA5, going where the flashlight would be. Wish we got that in game actually, the placement is perfect for a grenade launcher.
Anonymous
>>6240570 >That sounds stupid and also ugly looking. Welcome to the wonderful world of Bubba. Where it's made in a garage and might not work but by God it happened.
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>>6240545 If she would ever relent and actually put on some gear, it would most definitely be limited to a ballistic assault vest and the lightest helmet she could find. Frankly speaking, that'd be fine by me.
I'd rather she not get maimed or killed by something like a falling piece of debris or some shrapnel is all.
Anonymous
>>6240573 Imagine what you can do with JB Weld in the future.
Anonymous
>>6240578 The JB Weld of the future could probably build entire cars, not just hold them together. Holy shit.
Anonymous
>>6240580 You get enough epoxy, you could probably fix Halsey and Keyes' relationship.
Anonymous
>>6240588 >"Hey Billy Mays here and we're going to show you the power of Flex Seal by fixing this broken marriage!" Anonymous
>>6240591 >marriage Bold of you to assume Miranda isn't a bastard.
I mean no disrespect of course, but Halsey and Keyes never made what they had official as far as I'm aware. Anonymous
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>>6240600 Marriage so broken it never even happened. Dang.
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4 votes for loadout M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone.
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1 votes for the above but switch drone for EMP
4 votes for loadout M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP. Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV
1 vote for loadout M45E Shotgun + MA5B Assault Rifle (GL attachment ((if possible))). Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 2 Frag, x 2 Napalm, x 2 Flashbang. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone.
1 vote for loadoutXBR55 (M301 GL) + M45E (Tactical Shot). Secondary: M6D Magnum. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x3 Frag, x3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone.
1 vote for loadout M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M392 DMR or XBR55 (M301 GL). Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP.
1 vote for 1zrrWQcJE's loadout + write in
This was a real close one, with a lot of clever write ins and combinations, came down to the wire but since specifics matter on loadout votes....There is a tie between 2 of them, so I'll flip a coin on it, to get the show on the road
1: loadout M392 DMR + MA5B Assault rifle (AP + Shredder rounds). Secondary: Secondary: M6D magnum. Melee: Kukri. Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Napalm. Special: Prototype Surveillance drone
2: loadout M45E Shotgun (GL attachment) + M7 SMG . Secondary: M6C/SOCOM. Melee: Combat Knife. Grenades: x 3 frag, x 3 flashbangs. Special: Experimental wrist mounted EMP
>>6240094 This write in loadout wouldn't be permitted, since you put what would be primary weapons in the secondary slot, for future reference. Sven is big, but he isn't "Treat a DMR like a handgun" big
>>6240513 >>6240545 >>6240550 Well, Attachment isn't entirely accurate to what I imagined, sure the serious sam option would be funny but is a bit to "Bubba'd" for the UNSC, so imagine that the M45E with GL, is more like an variation with an integrated grenade launcher that wasn't ever deployed wide scale due to increased weight/ bulk making it too much of a burden on the battlefield, harder to maintain and just generally a pain in the ass logistically. But, a Spartan wouldn't have an issue using it like a regular old M45E, for obvious reasons
Probably could be signified with M45E/GL, to make it cleaner but, eh
>>6240513 Yes it can be, for future reference. And Sven's ability to "cook" Grenades he's gotten from Grenadier would let him bean someone with one and have it explode on contact, in combination with his excellent kinetic vision.
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Primaries: M45E/ GL + M7 SMG.
Secondary: M6C/SOCOM
Melee: Combat Knife:
Grenades: x 3 Frag, x 3 Flashbang
Special Equipment: Wrist Mounted EMP
Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV [Baseline]
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>>6240854 Well at least we've got a shotgun and GL. Guess it was asking too much for people to want an obscure weapon like the XBR55 though.
That said, another obscure one being an Army weapon and I doubt it'd ever be something we'd just find in a Navy ship's armory. Any chance we could get an M6J/C carbine? M6 magnum with a 14 inch barrel and stock.
Anonymous
I will be eternally frustrated with the fact that people are so in love with the shotgun when one of Sven's qualities is his exceptional eyesight. Which would make distance shooting far more viable than most. And his entire kit is short to CQB range to boot. What a pain in the ass. No balance.
Anonymous
>>6240864 I'm with ya. I don't mind taking a shotgun as a second primary but we really needed a medium-long range option here. An M6C/SOCOM won't really cut it against Elites at range.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 13 May 2025 22:31:26 No. 6240886 Report >>6240884 The knife Nesta has picked, after trashing nearly a quarter of the ones kept in the armory, was a pair of karambits. She also had a legbrace of throwing knives strapped to her thigh, besides a beltful of napalm grenades . And judging from what was on her back, she'd won the coin toss to see who'd get to use the prototype jetpack. Which meant, in place of the flamethrower she took on Dark Forest, she was carrying an MA5B assault rifle and a M6J/C, keeping her kit's weight down to more effectively test the experimental gear ONI had sent with her.
Shika was wearing one of the launchable carbon fiber blades, and had picked a silenced M7 SMG and a battle rifle you didn't recognize with a larger magazine than the standard model. She had a longer, more stilleto shaped combat knife, and had forgone her grenades to use the space instead for extra medical gear.
Jorge had taken one of the surveillance drones, and was bringing another Meat Chopper onto the op. The M247 had served him well during Dark-Forest, but he was packing some additional heat by the way of an M319 Grenade launcher, strapping two bandoliers of additional ammunition for it to his chest, something you had also done. He was bringing an M6D Magnum and a machete in place of a standard combat knife.
James was taking a SRS99-AM sniper rifle and backed it up with a M392 DMR. He was also carrying a few thermite grenades and "damage packs". Between him a grace, there was enough C12 heading to Black Reef to sink the whole damn island and any covenant forces on it into the sea. He had picked a no thrills combat knife, and a Socom for his sidearm, and was taking one of the other carbon fiber blades.
Grace. Well if the thermite and C12 wasn't enough, the rocket launcher she was bringing to field would certainly make any Covenant think twice about assaulting her position. With a MA5B to fall back on, a M6D Magnum and a knife just like James, as well as a variety pack of grenades, she'd do just fine. And she'd taken the last of the arm mounted blades
Dimas. Was traveling light and had a, in your opinion, bizarre arrangement of gear in his kit. Which included a M363 Remote Projectile Detonator, a CM 300 carbine, Two Socoms, a standard issue lockbreaker, that holographic projector he cooked up and managed to slim down to fit on his forearm, another of the prototype surveillance drones, and what looked suspiciously like one of the energy shields captured During Fly-Swatter, that should've been in Section three's labs.
Daisy. Had a M392 DMR and MA5B Assault rifle, a M6D Magnum, flashbangs and the same model of combat knife as James and Grace had taken. She was traveling light, and was probably planning on making use of scavenged gear or improvised weapons if things got dicey in the field. The last of the drones was in her possession.
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>>6240864 >>6240870 I'm fairly certain that with slugs and other appropriate types of shells, the M45E can definitely perform well at medium range, if not beyond that.
We're talking about a class of weapon that's historically been used for hunting all types of game, not JUST blasting people within arm's reach. Slugs and pellets don't suddenly fade out of existence beyond 10 feet.
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You could almost hear her bringing up that fact that no amount of armor would save her from a direct hit from plasma or energy weaponry. And without having to be urged to, she a secured pistol holster to her waist and checked the magazine of the sidearm she'd chosen as her personal, and last line of defense.
And with your squad suited up, it was time to depart on your seperate Missions.
"Good luck, Sir. See you on the other side" James saluted, with Grace and Dimas following suit, Nesta just shrugged and said
"I'm going to bring back a few skulls for ya, Lieutenant" she boasted, and you could tell she was grinning viciously behind her visor.
"Don't take any unnecessary risks, Nesta" Halsey scolded "And, Sven, Jorge, Shika, Daisy, we should be departing a few minutes after Violet teams leaves for their operation in Black Reef"
"Bullet Proof vests suit you, Ma'am" Jorge complimented, as you kept your thoughts about how the good doctor looked in military gear wisely to yourself.
"Looks nice on you" Shika hummed as Daisy checked her rifles' chambers and performed a last minute maintenance check on all her gear.
"Just stay behind the two moving walls, and you'll be fine, Halsey" Daisy said "You sure you don't want to carry anything...heavier duty than that sidearm, Ma'am?"
"If I need anything "heavier duty" than this" she said, patting the pistol on her hip "I am already as good as dead, but I appreciate your concern. And the compliments"
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https://youtu.be/8sRfCLaGoBs MISSION 3: Operation: COLLATERAL DAMAGE
CAMPAIGN: THE DEFENSE OF ALPHA CORVI II
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Purple team's Primary Objective: Safely Escort Dr Halsey to the ONI blacksite, end its lockdown, retrieve vital personal and research
Optional Sub Objective 1: Repel the Covenant assaulting the research lab, and gather data on their tactics, troop composition
Optional Sub Objective 2: Extract all the site personal and researchers, and retrieve all prototypes intact/ undamaged
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Secret objective 2 [ File Encrypted ]
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Violet Team's Primary Objective: Defend the settlement Black Reach and Neutralize the Covenant invasion force
Optional Sub Objective 1: Discover why the Covenant are attacking the Mining settlement and what they're looking for, capture it and gather data on Covenant war operations
Optional Sub Objective 2: Deal with the local United Rebel Cell Front.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 13 May 2025 22:36:53 No. 6240897 Report >>6240888 "We'll be dropped off on the outskirts of the nearest settlement to the research Lab" Halsey explains as Jorge tries to, to her annoyance, help her strap into her seat on the Pelican "And the dropship will retreat to a pre-decided extraction point. We'll procure our transportation locally and proceed to the under siege blacksite. The City of Fereydun, our chosen drop off point, is projected to be the target of a retaliatory attack, after the marines defending it managed to shoot down what we believe to be Covenant Equivalent to our fighter jets. Yao expects me to take a civilian vehicle into a warzone. I consider Commander Yao a simpleton for this, even more so than her parroting the orders of her superiors and obeying their no-contact directive"
"Almost sounds like you're asking us to take one of the local Marines' Warthogs out for a joyride, Ma'am" You chuckle as she adjusts her helmet
"I'd prefer something a little more heavily armored and armed, but yes, in essence that is exactly what I am suggesting, Sven" She answers with a coldly cunning smirk "I'd also suggest you ignore Yao's orders entirely, if she has her way, she's going to get one of you killed trying to stick to military protocol, I'm sure of it"
>Have Shika procure your team and Halsey's ride, and contact Violet team to check on their progress/ current situation >[Maverick + Officer] Decided to "Forget" about Yao's orders and "accidentally" stumble on a stray squad of marines, and press gang them into assisting in your mission >Decide, despite Dr Halsey's complaints, that it'd be smarter to simply march to the Black Site near Fereydun, instead of drawing the covenant's attention in a vehicle. >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. >write in option >>6240887 Correct. A slug would have an accurate range of about 100 meters, bout double the SMG's effective range. And Sven is carrying slugs and other types of shells besides the standard 8 gauge magnum shells (Which, have an effective range of 40 meters)
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>>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. I was initially hesitant about borrowing a Scorpion, especially under these circumstances. However, given the scale of this invasion, I don't think one tank being gone is gonna make much of a difference.
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>>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. look i remember my halo 3 lessons
tank beats ghost
tank beats wraith
tank beats hunter
TANK BEATS EVERYTHING and besides having it to act as cavalry for violet later will be good
Anonymous
>>6240887 My friend, that is short range. Short range is like, within 50 meters. CQB is within 10. Point blank is up to five feet. A shotgun, even with slugs, won't truly be effective out to 100 meters. The ballistics fall off really hard due to the size, weight and shape of the slug. They lose a lot of energy from drag and start to divert and wobble. They lose "zip" so to speak. Shotguns and handguns share very similar effective ranges. Yeah you -could- shoot at something that far away, you're probably just wasting ammo doing it because the round itself is gonna be all fucky about it. And even if you did manage to hit something like an Elite at that range it would probably shrug it off even without a shield thanks to their armor. Even a grunt would probably walk it off unless it hit them in the face thanks to the fact they wear armored suits.
It's just not viable. We're not hunting ducks or soft targets here. Even the jackals wear armor, as shitty as the coverage they have is. Especially since the M45 isn't particularly long-barreled and doesn't actually use the extremely specialized slugs that ARE effective out to 200 meters. If the thing is even rifled to accept those kinds of slugs to begin with.
>>6240897 >>[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. Oh no, the tank fell off of the back of a truck. Welp, finder's keepers I suppose.
Yao is such a bitch. Truly the Spartans are cursed to be shackled with the dumbest fucking COs as frequently as possible. Anonymous
>>6240887 >I'm fairly certain that with slugs and other appropriate types of shells, the M45E can definitely perform well at medium range, if not beyond that. With a more limited ammo supply and inferior long range ballistics, sure. I'm not arguing that. A shotgun can work here, just not very well.
>We're talking about a class of weapon that's historically been used for hunting all types of game Thanks to it's appreciable accuracy yes. But there's a difference from shooting a duck at a thirty yards with bird shot out of a choked shotgun than a low pressure slug at 100. It'll hit sure but it's not going to be doing dick all against something like an Elite.
>Slugs and pellets don't suddenly fade out of existence beyond 10 feet. Correct. And considering we're trying to get into an ONI black site I don't have a problem with the shotgun. But we also have to deal with an open air colony AFTER that which will have engagement ranges more fitting for a rifle. A shotgun slug at 100 yards looses a shitload of velocity, future 8ga or not. Anything longer ranged and we're lobbing rocks.
>>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. Stealth is optional for this mission.
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>A slug would have an accurate range of about 100 meters I'm surprised you're making it so limited. Real life rifled slugs/sabots are accurate to nearly 200 meters. Effective range though is a different story, especially against Elites and Brutes. Wonder if we could convince Halsey to throw together some special LR slugs for us. Push our effective kill range out to maybe 50 yards with with them.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 13 May 2025 23:13:23 No. 6240924 Report >>6240921 I'm not really a gun guy to be honest (kind of shameful, considering I come from a hunting family) . And probably got "Effective" range mixed up with "Accurate" range when I was looking up how far Shotgun slugs could reach, reasonably. So, consider that a mistake on my part, since the 200 meter range does seem to be more accurate than what I said. My bad, but again, don't know guns very well except for the fact that they go bang and kill things dead
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>>6240920 Valid points all around. Worst case scenario, we borrow something more appropriate if we need to. OSP is part of a Spartan's core skillset, right?
>>6240921 >Anything longer ranged and we're lobbing rocks. They seem to work well enough against Sentinels.
>>6240924 Firearms as a topic are a weird intersection of history, engineering, politics, and culture in general. Much as I might find them interesting and worthy of appreciation, I can also understand why others might not.
Anonymous
>>6240924 Effective range is accurate range. Usually the differentiation will be effective range and maximum range. Which is the absolute furthest you can expect to still maybe hit something. Realistically speaking you'll only ever try to hit something at maximum range if you're seated and braced. But Spartans are steady and skilled enough that I'd consider that a non-issue and it starts to come down to ballistics and atmospherics more than shooter quality.
But guns certainly aren't everyone's cup of tea. I can't stand the noise they make, but the mechanics behind them are pretty interesting. It really is just using an explosion to throw shit at people from far away. Well, not now. As the future is now. And now we're fucking around with magnetism. Science is so damn cool.
>>6240930 I personally want to steal a carbine from a jackal. Sorry, 'acquire'. I'd just feel more comfortable having something that can really touch them from far away. A shotgun really could be standard kit in every OP, they're super useful, it's just the one single time they aren't is where they go from universal tool to paperweight real quick kek
Hey we should bully the labcoat nerds to give us an arm mounted autoshotgun with backpack ammo feed. Because fuck everything in that general direction and the entirety of the walls in the room.
Anonymous
>>6240936 >personally want to steal a carbine from a jackal. Not a bad idea, but me personally, I'm looking for something a little spicier (pic related)
Anonymous
>>6240924 All good, man. It's Halo and you're the QM so you do what fits best with the story and Sven. Not much of a slip up anyways. Shotguns at long range are so low pressure that they happen to be one of the few weapons were hitting something doesn't mean killing it.
>>6240930 >They seem to work well enough against Sentinels. Sven's got one hell of an arm on him I bet. If we ever need to we could probably punch holes in Brutes with a sling and some tungsten bearings.
>>6240936 >Hey we should bully the labcoat nerds to give us an arm mounted autoshotgun with backpack ammo feed. That's just Dorn's Arrow from 40k. Better than knuckleduster shotguns I guess. It'll only be cool if you fill the feed chute with frag rounds.
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>>6240897 >write in Go for the Mavrik approach the personnel of the base, and politely inform them they are moving out. We're taking them with us, if they stay still they will get over run, bring a scorpion and several warthogs to come with us. Inform them to get ready to bug out and have aircraft or land methods to evac people ready.....we've got a lot of stuff too move.
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>>6240939 That reminds me, you think Sven in armor could eat at least one headshot from a beam rifle? He has heat resistance, and toughness buffs. Maybe he could take one. As a treat.
Not really. The weedy little jackals are pretty damn scary all things considered. Worry about them more than elites sometimes. >>6240941 >Better than knuckleduster shotguns I guess. V2 would have words with you.
>It'll only be cool if you fill the feed chute with frag rounds. Me, I'd alternate explosive payload and armor piercing flechettes. Maybe incendiary.
I would also kill to have something like an even more miniaturized XM214 in the same configuration. NanoBZZZT. Even if the M134 uses the standard cartridge that they use in most of the Halo guns. I figure even Sven's arms aren't long enough to keep the barrels a reasonable length for that.
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>>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. >Bring the crew with as well, for the ride! Anonymous
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>>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. >[Maverick + Officer] Decided to "Forget" about Yao's orders and "accidentally" stumble on a stray squad of marines, and press gang them into assisting in your mission Let's put the marines to good use or at least coordinate with them.
Anonymous
https://youtu.be/g-Qzmil--VU?si=DMorz-K5uBGJYN-C I wanna know why you can't use a shotgun round or heavy ammo with this kinda punch fire mechanism. I called it a knuckle duster because it was hard remembering the scene off the top of my head. That anon seems really hung up about this for some reason? Given Sven's regular punch ups seems like an easy addition for not alot of investment? Free shot on someone we punch?
Anonymous
>>6240864 Yeah, but we play him like a hand-to-hand berserker. Shottys make sense when basically every fight devolves into BJJ or grenades.
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>>6240897 >[Maverick + Officer] Decided to "Forget" about Yao's orders and "accidentally" stumble on a stray squad of marines, and press gang them into assisting in your mission >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. We have picked maverick as our trait we should guys.
A squad of marines with us really wont make that much of a difference for the main front and will likely help us greatly.
Anonymous
>>6241002 >That anon seems really hung up about this for some reason? I'm hung up on it because it's a dumb idea, just like an axe and shield. Unarmored Sven can already hit harder than most bullets. What's the point? It's just needless complexity that doesn't even look cool based on a dumb idea. That said, it being a dumb idea from the real life ONI gives it even more credence for Halo's ONI to use it.
>>6241008 >Yeah, but we play him like a hand-to-hand berserker. Every combat op we've been on so far has been a CQC nightmare for conventional forces which pushed us into doing that. This is the first mission we'll have to contend with actual long range combat and a shotgun just isn't the best choice for it.
Anonymous
>>6241015 The decision has been made. Maybe it'll prove to be a mistake, maybe it won't be. We haven't been taught a lesson yet and we might get some more God rolls, you know? ; )
However I also do not care for the Shotgun, one of the few advantages the UNSC had over Covenant weaponry was range afterall >>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. Anonymous
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We either 1) better return that tank quick or 2) Violet team better fucking wreck the Covenant fast unless we want those marines to be paste. That Scorpion might be the thing keeping them alive.
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>>6241022 If all things go well the range disadvantage we have will be offset by a Scorpion. I'm fine with that even if it blows our cover and puts more Covenant attention on us. Wonder who our best driver is on Purple at the moment. Daisy?
>Spoiler I get it. I like shotguns, especially in Halo, but there's a time and place for them.
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>>6241008 To be fair I am not opposed to using a shotgun. It's just there's a reason why an automatic rifle is the standard general purpose weapon. If we're going to be forced into a strictly CQC environment? Absolutely, shotgun all the way. In an urban environment? Still great. But open field? Ehhhh. It's nice to have on hand for any elites because those morons actively charge into melee range and half the time they are actively camouflaged so they can pretty much force the issue. But everything else is better suited to have a rifle of some kind. Then we can actually shoot the jackal that is trying to dome us or our squad from way out. Or gun down the brute as he sprints between cover to try and close in. Or just, you know, suppress targets without eating through a not insignificant amount of our ammo reserves to do it.
Sven isn't just a melee guy. Despite being the big guy. It's a genuine waste of his talents to typecast him into the kickpunchslam man. I'd feel the same way for Jorge to always be the heavy weapons guy or Sam to be the eternal tank. It's what they're good at, sure, but they can do other things. Sven isn't even explicitly better at short ranged combat than other distances, either. He has just as many advantages in every range. And being able to be reactive and proactive in any type of engagement would serve him well that way.
To reiterate, I like the shotgun. I do not like ONLY the shotgun. Having options and answers is better than being really good at one thing. Even if having our squad there to cover for us means it's not as much of an issue. Last thing we need is to get cut off and then have to deal with a severely reduced engagement package.
Keep the shotgun on hand at all times though. For those fucking flying bug bastards. Fuck them wings. Anonymous
>>6241047 I appreciate what you're saying, but I wasn't commenting on Sven's skills - kickpunchslam man is the way WE play Sven. That's our fault, not the characters.
If we want the rifle to be a thing, let's start using some tactical acumen here.
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>>6241054 Ah yeah I guess I did miss the forest for the tree there kek. My bad.
>If we want the rifle to be a thing, let's start using some tactical acumen here. Too late. I can feel the excessive use of grenades overtaking me. YEEEAAARRRRGHHHH
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Those marines are going to be so confused. Aliens appearing outta nowhere and then some special forces unit made up of giants in fancy armor shows up to commandeer a tank.
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>>6241058 >Hey Richard, look, more aliens! >I don't know Frank, they look like us. >They don't have faces! >That's obviously armor, man. >Oh yeah shit. Oh shit do you think they're with ONI? >Fuck. Being a marine is truly suffering. Like watching CIA pull up to a briefing. You already know some bullshit is going down.
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>>6241054 >If we want the rifle to be a thing, let's start using some tactical acumen here. Preaching to the choir. Wish I got home early enough to change my vote and support the DMR but oh well. At least Shika took the XBR and Daisy a DMR. Could probably barrow her spare assault rifle if we need to.
>>6241060 Never good when the feds or military intelligence get involved. Fortunately the Spartan IIs aren't technically with ONI but fall under Naval Special Weapons or sometimes Army Special Warfare if they're loaned out like Jorge.
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>>6241066 Technically is the right word here, because they are effectively with ONI. Even Team Noble was immediately, almost instantly snapped up by ONI the moment Halsey asked for them on Reach. We all know how holds the leash here.
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>>6241090 Fair. Both programs are joint ventures primarily headed by ONI, and that gives them pretty strong casus beli to just snag Spartans whenever they like. Black Team, Kurt, James, basically the entire III program.
>We all know how holds the leash here. V.A. Hieronymus Michael Stanforth?
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>>6241101 >V.A. Hieronymus Michael Stanforth? If only he could stomach the job for the entire war. It was always a what-if to me-I'm sure he would've approved of the SIII program on its merits alone, but I have a feeling he wouldn't have spent so many on the operations they ended up thrashing themselves against.
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>>6240897 >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. >[Maverick + Officer] Decided to "Forget" about Yao's orders and "accidentally" stumble on a stray squad of marines, and press gang them into assisting in your mission Think Sven can fit in the cockpit of a scorpion?
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>>6241106 Sven? In armor?
Dude, in MJOLNIR, we ARE the tank, lol.
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>>6240897 >"I'd prefer something a little more heavily armored and armed, but yes, in essence that is exactly what I am suggesting, Sven" She answers with a coldly cunning smirk "I'd also suggest you ignore Yao's orders entirely, if she has her way, she's going to get one of you killed trying to stick to military protocol, I'm sure of it" thanks dr.halsey
>>[Maverick + Officer] Decided to "Forget" about Yao's orders and "accidentally" stumble on a stray squad of marines, and press gang them into assisting in your mission jarheads you are in Sven army now !
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>>6240897 I'm not going to lie, i really would like to see Sven developing or training the SPARTAN IIIs. Just because I love the idea of Sven getting a class to teach his ideology, seeing him forced to make rough choices, reuniting with Mendez in a twisted way, maybe whomever else gets dragged in to help. Also if Kurt gets nabbed still in this timeline and Mendez is there he'll see our AI kitty again...which might be comforting or a sucker punch i dunno.
>Decide, despite Dr Halsey's complaints, that it'd be smarter to simply march to the Black Site near Fereydun, instead of drawing the covenant's attention in a vehicle. >[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. We need more than a single ride because we need to evac other people as well as equipment, Besides the Covenant are just going to wipe these poor sods out in retaliation for their prior resistance unless we move them...but some will need to stay for a sacrificial play so the covies dont know we left.
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>augmentation data >a covenant ship/tech >shutting down her doubters >funding/support for a rehabilitation project >tank
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>>6240897 >>[Infiltrator + Daisy & Shika are on the team] Halsey wants more fire power, you'll get her more firepower. Borrow a Scorpion from the marines stationed, with a little help from Daisy and Shika. tank beats everything!
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>>6241190 let's make sure it keeps getting better then. I am thinking some covenant land commanders tied together with a red ribbon, will be a good first gift!
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>>6240888 >"I'm going to bring back a few skulls for ya, Lieutenant" she boasted, and you could tell she was grinning viciously behind her visor Sweet some decorations would go nicely in Purple Team room
Thats a lot of objectives. Whats on the menu of secrets beside capture and loot of the aliens .....
>>6241047 Are the flying roaches deployed here ?
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>>6240852 >And Sven's ability to "cook" Grenades he's gotten from Grenadier would let him bean someone with one and have it explode on contact, in combination with his excellent kinetic vision. You'd have to wait a bit for that though. The contact grenades I'm thinking of are just arm and throw, and then they detonate on contact.
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>>6241233 One of Violet team's secret objectives is likely finding Forerunner artifacts, another is probably securing a Kindler. Maybe their third is capturing Captain Whitaker? No clue what our secret objectives could be.
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Shouldn't we be stealing more vehicles if we're doing an evac of base personnel? Like... a 3 trucks and a Warthog?
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>>6241238 >Forerunner artifacts, Kindler it does tie with their first sub-objective. Not sure about the Kindler, that feels like the berserkers pills we gained in DARK FOREST (not a secret objective on his own but an additional thing we can grab and ends up being researched). I might be wrong. I would reckon capturing the covenant leader of the attack on Black Reef is a strong contender for second secret objective. Even if a Kindler is pretty good.
>third is capturing Captain Whitaker He was mentioned on the briefing and it ties with dealing with Innies sub-objective, so quite likely.
and us....our own objective and our sub-objectives kind of deal with basically everything of the facility (though i wonder how the hell we even extract all the people of the black site + their prototypes). Its either something not obvious like Wick Remains, or another Covenant commander to grab. Or we have to deal with a Zealot this time, and keep alive the marines we bring away from the city of Fereydun.
Beyond that capturing covenant soldiers/looting covenant equipment is probably just an additional thing now. But not an objective anymore. Same for testing the prototype equipment, it's not really a secret task when they tell us to do it.
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>>6241233 >Are the flying roaches deployed here ? Don't think so. But you never really know. Could pop up at any time for any of the client species, really.
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>>6241292 That scene always gets me, specifically because of Carter calling that one Zealot a "bad guy".
For reference, the United States used the term refer to hostiles (sometimes jokingly, sometimes not), especially during the Global War on Terror. It's one of those things that makes Reach feel like a product of its time to me.
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>>6241235 Only impact grenades the UNSC has are for GLs. ODSTs carry around modified versions of them in 3ODST and Reach as defensive grenades. Sven wouldn't even need cover to use them thanks to his armor or modify them that much. Could just throw them hard enough to activate the impact fuse.
>>6241251 Nah, should be fine. It's a Sec3 black site near a major settlement with innie activity known on world. The site probably has it's own motor pool for both security and utility/cargo transport.
>>6241238 >Maybe their third is capturing Captain Whitaker? Shot in the dark but I don't think it'll be about capturing Whitaker but instead rescuing his cell to help the UNSC reconcile with the United Rebel Front. Faster we can get that under control the faster the UNSC can focus ALL of it's attention on the Covenant rather than chasing innies for the next decade and a half.
>>6241353 Grunt-Grenadier interaction option soon. Gonna be great when we punt one into an elite squad and ignite it's methane pack.
>>6241442 >It's one of those things that makes Reach feel like a product of its time to me. For me it's the washed out color pallet and COD loadouts. I love the story but holy hell Reach has the worst gameplay of the Bungie era.
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11 Votes to Steal a tank with Daisy and Shika
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+ 1 vote to also steal the crew
5 Votes to ignore Yao's standing orders and get some marine buddies
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+1 vote to get a lot more jarheads on your sid before marching off
1 Vote to forgo a vehicle
So, rather than make Dr Halsey Settle for just a fully equipped Warthog, Sven is going to get her a Godamn tank for protection. How sweet
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>>6241060 Lmao
>>6240930 >>6240936 Oh I'm fine with guns, I just don't know much about them,
>>6241188 Could happen, have plans for if it does.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 14 May 2025 22:06:06 No. 6241534 Report Deciding that Dr Halsey's survival, as the chief scientist of section three, the head of the SPARTAN program and most importantly your mentor and teacher, mattered much more than following the orders of Commander Yao to the letter or even the spirit of their commands. And also deciding that, while a warthog when properly equipped could do some damage and had excellent all terrain mobility, it wasn't enough of an insurance to make sure Catherine got out of this hellhole alive and not in a body bag. And when one considered what could be a better escort vehicle than the ever reliable M12 Light reconnaissance vehicle, there was one of the many war machines employed by UNSC ground forces that you'd be confident would be most people's first answer, soldier or civilian.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 14 May 2025 22:07:14 No. 6241535 Report >>6241534 "I'm still astonished by the increased cohesion and squad performance you've all displayed after being given Mjolnir" Halsey remarks, sitting down on a nearby concrete girder as she checks her side arm and Jorge begins to move abandoned and burned out cars around the perimeter with nothing but elbow grease and a dream "An observer could easily be mistaken in believing you Spartans have a hive mind of sorts"
"We've always been the best in a team, Ma'am, we've just gotten better at it" You answer, and jog to catch up to Daisy and Shika.
"Guessing we're not going to hand over any proper requestion forms, Lieutenant?" Daisy asks
"That'd just give Yao another formal complaint to file to command, we can get away with borrowing a tank" You answer confidently, as you take your place in the front of the formation of three
"I'm sure the marines won't think of it as borrowing" She remarks, sweeping a nearby off pass with her MA5B "Especially when the Covenant come knocking"
"We'll bring it back, and by time the Covenant renew their assault, I'm sure Command will be reconsidering that no contact order" You reassure her, checking the EMP device on your wrist and making sure it was secured "Right now, our priority is ensuring Dr Halsey's safety"
"Of course" She agrees with a nod "Just doesn't sit right with me, Sir"
"And I appreciate you voicing your concerns, Daisy, but it is necessary, even if it is a little dirty" You say, telling Shika to check a few overturned cars for trapped survivors of the last assault or an enemy ambush, and proceed when she signals the all clear, continuing your heading towards the Military base within the nearby city's walls "And selfish, I'll admit. But, a tank is a tank, and I'd prefer to have one when we're escorting Halsey into thicker fighting"
"I do to, I'm just reminding you this IS going to get people on our side killed, Sven."
"I know. But the mission comes first. We aren't losing Halsey here" You explain plainly, knowing exactly the sort of domino effect missing a single Scorpion tank could cause in the defense of Fereydun
"So long as you know what you're doing, Sir. Like you said, we can't let Dr Halsey die. Might not like doing it, but I'd do anything to increase her odds, today." She answers stoically, and you know she won't jeopardize the mission, even if she doesn't like taking a gun from a fellow soldiers hand and giving them nothing in return, not even a 'Good Luck, buddy"
"Besides, we'll give it back, won't we. I mean, if there's still an army in Fereydun, or if there's still a city here when we come back", a few seconds later Daisy signals you and Shika to get down, as she sights one of the first buildings on the outskirts of the city and watches it through her scope for a few moments, before signaling the all clear, and that the movement she saw was a friendly sniper
"Keep your heads down, base can't be more than a few klicks ahead" You order, as your team reaches Fereydun.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 14 May 2025 22:08:16 No. 6241537 Report >>6241535 The city looked like it had just been attacked and had been several times. And it wasn't even the main target of the Covenant's offensive on Alpha Corvi II. The streets were covered in abandoned cars and signs of the citizens day to day lives. Lunches left to cool on tables, dolls and toys scattered amongst papers and ID cards. Plasma Scouring, bullet holes. Blood Trails. The city was eerily quiet and empty.
"The civilians must be in shelters" Shika whispered as you walked by a turned over car, a corpse in a suit laying limp across the front, a hole burned through his torso and paper work fluttering in their brief cases
"Or they're gone" Daisy added bitterly as she lifted up a stuffed bear, redder than it should be.
"Hopefully, they're sheltering or getting evac'd" You say as you round a corner, and crouch down as you spot a patrol of marines. Getting relieved. And judging from the local map in the corner of your hud, they're heading back to home base. You signal Daisy and Shika to shadow them, and follow in suit.
And find where at least some of the civies had gone. They were trying to get into the base. There was a mob of them. And, if their shouts and accusations were to be believed, the bomb shelters in the city got closed prematurely. And it didn't seem like many of them completely trusted the evacuation centers the CAA and UNSC were running. You stopped and listened to the conspiracy theories being yelled at a twitch gate guard who hadn't gotten enough sleep to be accused of orchestrating a scheme to use civilians as bait and decoys. Some of the crowd didn't even seem to realize they were in the middle of an alien invasion, or entirely believe it.
You hoped the guards and soldiers on site wouldn't be forced to use force, especially lethal force, against a bunch of scared people, but the chaos and madness of the mob out in front of the base's wire fence, made it child's play for three Spartans to pass by unnoticed.
And finding the keys to one of their five tanks, with Shika insisting you picked any Scorpion except the one marked with the card four of clubs, You settled on the Queen of Hearts. It didn't take her five minutes to find the tank's crew, trying to relax and smoke away their fears, and despite being in full armor, Shika took the key from their card table and sprinted back while Daisy was busy creating a hole in the base's walls and security, temporarily disabling cameras and motion trackers to allow the three of you to make a clean get away with the tank.
Well not entirely flawless, it was certainly cleaner than crashing through the walls and causing a crowd crush or riot and inciting the worse case scenario. A few Marines notice the tank leaving, and shout warnings and take a few pot shots, but they don't pursue, believing that a few of their fellow soldiers had lost their guts and went AWOL to try their luck out in the countryside and took one of their Main battle tanks with them.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 14 May 2025 22:09:20 No. 6241539 Report >>6241537 "Hope this old lady's crew doesn't get blamed for this" You sigh as you hang off the side of the Scorpion
"Can't see how they won't get blamed for losing an entire tank" Daisy said, as she swung the turret around "Shika! Turn left on the off ramp"
"Trying to remember how to make this thing move!"
"You're going to get us stuck! Switch with me"
"I can drive if you want" You offer, as Shika and Daisy switch places
"I can handle it, Sir" Daisy says, giving a thumbs up as she slid into the driver's seat as Shika crawled into the turret hatch
"Always the over-achiever, aren't you, Sven?" Dr Halsey says proudly as the Queen of Hearts rolls down the highway off ramp to the drop off point, Jorge stepping out from his cover and whistling.
"We were expecting a warthog, did you go Viking, without Nesta again?" Jorge laughs , as he pats the side of the scorpion "This will make our job a lot easier"
"I presume there wasn't any trouble...requestioning this firepower, purple team?" Halsey asks as she walks around the side of the tank
"None" You answer as you lift her up over its treads, carefully picking her up by her arms
"We did get shot at, but that isn't trouble for a flight of dragons" Daisy casually boasts "You secure, Ma'am?"
"As secure as I can be on the side of a tank"
"Get comfortable. We have a long drive ahead of us" You say, patting her on the shoulder as you provide her some additional support by holding her in place.
>Head straight to the mission objective, ignoring the attempts by the marines to radio the tank, and evading/ avoiding enemy forces to the best of your teams abilities. >[Scrounger] Hop off to scavenge the sites of a few minor skirmishes along the way to the black site, increasing the travel time and the chance of being detected >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6241539 >[Scrounger] Hop off to scavenge the sites of a few minor skirmishes along the way to the black site, increasing the travel time and the chance of being detected Anonymous
>>6241539 >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation i see no reason not to at least explain why we took it and besides i think scrounging in the ONI site is a smart move
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>>6241539 >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation Then
>Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. Anonymous
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>>6241537 >except the one marked with the card four of clubs, Oh come on, no one is going to die in that thing. Certainly.
>>6241539 >>Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. >>Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation We're from the government, and we're here to help. This should hopefully at least keep them from coming near us. I doubt anyone on the ground wants to go out of their way when ONI is involved.
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>>6241539 >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation Cant wait to blow some covenant up with the tank.
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>>6241539 >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation Anonymous
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>>6241539 >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. Anonymous
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>>6241539 >Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. Should have listened to that call from Gao about the tank's extended warranty.
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>>6241461 >Reconcile with the United Rebel Front Mmmm, no. I don't think that's happening. Maybe his individual cell in this region of UEG territory, but as a whole...even in 2543 when entire planets were burning and known to have burned, separatist factions like the Venezians still broke away from the UEG. These fuckers hate us, BAD, and the only way we're 'taking care of it' is when the Covenant burn their worlds for us.
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>>6241649 And to add, there are a multitude of separatist movements. We're past Operational Trebuchet-the Insurrection is something we're just going to deal with or ignore in favor of more pressing, extinction level threats. Not outright stop.
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>>6241539 >>Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation Let them take it up with the spooks.
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>>6241539 >Write in option >Exchange your shotgun for Daisy's DMR while you have the chance. She doesn't currently need it, and the scope could come in handy for spotting targets for the girls. We can just take it back when we enter the lab.
>Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. Anonymous
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>>6241649 >>6241654 You're right, wishful thinking on my part and forgetting once again about Silent Storm wherein URF specifically does some of the most to fuck over the Spartans and UNSC on Biko by handing over MJOLNIR schematics to the Covenant. I think I just need a physical copy of the book to look at and keep it in my memory.
For some reason I was thinking the URF was one of the more easily dealt with groups instead of being the persistent thorn they actually are.
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>>6241539 >Keep an eye on the sky and ask Halsey what you can expect at the research lab, if she thinks any of its security is in place or how many numbers the Covenant attacking it have. >>Radio the base back and explain to them, briefly that the tank was taken for "ONI business" and would be returned, then contact James for an update on Violet team's side of the operation Anonymous
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>>6241292 lol
>>6241353 we will see then. Bringing their corpses or one alive home wouldn't be bad. I am expecting the alligators, chickens, the squeaky things and the worms here, a standard invasion. Maybe an engineer for any precursors tech. The bugs are always a good choice to bring though for covenant invasions, no small numbers, aerial troops and good also as technicians. The worms are probably the most difficult to capture alive, but everything else should be doable if we want. Corpses work just fine as well, but they don't speak so no help for early culture research.
The gorillas will not be with the alligators on the same field, so thats nice. But we don't have the chance to grab their corpses or one alive too bad.
>>6241461 Capturing the captain needs to be done, for get more knowledge about important info of the Innies. If Violet can put their hands on him (or us if we manage to wrap up our part of the operation and go to them), it would help the UNSC in delivering more blows to the Innies.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 15 May 2025 22:07:02 No. 6242217 Report After a few minutes and long stretches of rural roads of a whole lot of nothing, the constant attempts to reach the tank from its on board radio from the base you'd just borrowed from it start to get on your nerves, its distracting and might make you miss an overhead threat. Intel says the Covenant have flyers in the area, and there are certain to be aerial patrols zipping back and forth from their forward operating base and the assault lines around the ONI Research Lab, and soon they'll be sending a force towards Fereydun to avenge the air craft the city's defenders managed to shoot down. Even a minor distraction like the crackle of a radio and the brief snippets of a furious base command could have you miss a dot on the horizon, a dot that could be a lethal threat.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 15 May 2025 22:08:03 No. 6242218 Report >>6242217 It is impressive how quickly the CO loses their bluster and fills the channel with hurried apologies before signing off as quickly as is humanely possible. Smart guy, he knows not to stick his nose anywhere near ONI business.
"They won't call us again" You say, smiling under your helmet and feeling a little proud for how easy it was to fool the other soldier, before you clamber back to Jorge and Dr Halsey, smacking the side of the tank as you scan the skies and focus on the horizon in the direction of the blacksite "Ma'am, Can we expect any allied forces or active security measures to still be in place around the research lab"
She stared off into the distance, deep in thought.
"There is a chance their security was able to reach the on site armory before the black out was initiated" She answers after half a minute of consideration "If they were, or managed to get inside, then I expect there to be some remnant of the guards stationed on site to have survived. They were, or are if we're being generous about the likelihood of their survival, some of the best trained operatives ONI has, for what its worth"
"Special forces then?" Jorge asks, and Halsey nods "Then I'd wager there's still at least a few of them alive, Sir, Ma'am. They might not be Spartans, but ONI doesn't take chances when it comes to their secrets"
"Unless, it'd seem, if they forget to screen new recruits" Halsey added snappily "Or overlook nearby pirate activity, but I get what you mean, Jorge"
"There are exceptions to every rule, Ma'am" He admits
"And the enemy forces, didn't get a clear answer about their numbers and equipment" You ask and Halsey's eyes sharpen
"They're jamming signals and obscuring troop movements, and the initial breech in orbital defenses and the panic that followed, has left us only able to assume how many troops the Covenant got planet side. For what its worth, Sven, the force besieging the lab, have less numbers than the invasion sent towards Black-Reef. However, that doesn't mean we can get complacent. There might be less Covenant present, but there is still an army between us and the labs, and we can expect that the Covenant have sent veterans and an elite task force to secure the area" She answers "So, expect heavy resistance, Purple Team, and do not hold out hope for any Cavalry to arrive"
"And automated defenses?" Jorge asks
"Will be at their highest alert level and will target anyone without clearance. Luckily that means I'm on their guest list, unfortunately the same can't be said for you" She sighs and shakes her head "If we're lucky, the Covenant have already taken out the site's automated defense systems or at least have caused them to expend their ammunition"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 15 May 2025 22:09:03 No. 6242221 Report >>6242218 "Well don't we get to have all the fun" You say with a shrug, knowing that this mission was going to be one to remember, and thank your past self for their foresight to have your squad run drills to prepare for whatever the Covenant could throw at you. Then, eyes still on the sky, you put a hand to the side of your head, and COM'd James
"James, status report"
"Under fire by Insurrectionist forces, have been since the moment we touched down, Sir" He answers calmly "They were positioned close by our landing site on the beach. None of us have been injured. Dimas used his holograms to lure them away and distract them. Haven't reached Black-Reef or its mining facilities. Currently weighing our options"
"I say we just kill them while their backs are turned, one less problem for us to deal with" Nesta's voice crackles over the COM "but James here won't give me orders to engage!"
"Don't want to waste ammunition if we can help it" James explains "Especially since killing these innies would put us in a three way fire fight. As from what I saw on approach, they've got troops engaging the Covenant near our mission site"
"I could probably take them all out with one rocket" Grace suggests
"Maybe they could get a temporary truce, we have a common enemy" Jorge voices his opinion
"If nothing else, it'd put bodies between us, and the Covenant" Dimas remarks
"Just avoid them?" Shika suggests
"James, you're a big boy, can't you figure this out on your own?" Daisy laughs
"Sven is in command, and I figured I'd ask for his opinion before deciding on my course of action" James answers "And I know how much trouble innies can be when you give them an incentive to be a thorn in your side, Daisy"
"Yeah didn't you rip Sven's dad's arm off when you were in charge of Daisy's friends? Why not just do that again. These are ordinary innies, not the lunatics from Sven's world" Nesta groans
"What's going on, the gear I'm carrying isn't on your shared, secured Channel" Halsey asks "What was that about a truce, has Violet team encountered the rebel cell?"
"They have, either they got unlucky or someone leaked the location of their dropsite, considering they were ambushed the moment they touched down" You explain the situation to her "But none of them got injured, and so far they haven't made direct contact with the rebel soldiers"
"Nesta hasn't killed any of them yet?" Halsey asks, sounding more shocked than you've ever heard
"Apparently not" Jorge chuckles "Surprising, isn't it?"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 15 May 2025 22:10:04 No. 6242222 Report >>6242221 >"James, avoid engaging with the insurrectionists, but do not approach them. Let them draw as much Heat as they can from your team before they get wiped out. Let them be useful and serve as bodies between you and the real enemy" >"I don't trust Insurrectionists to not shoot themselves in the foot. They don't know that the Covenant is an existential threat to us all. Send Nesta to deal with them, and forget about them. You know your objective, James" >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" >"The choice is up to you, Violet one, proceed according to your discretion. I trust your judgement, completely. Report back if circumstances shift. Stay frosty out there" >write in option Anonymous
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>>6242222 >"I don't trust Insurrectionists to not shoot themselves in the foot. They don't know that the Covenant is an existential threat to us all. Send Nesta to deal with them, and forget about them. You know your objective, James" Let this be the beginning of Nesta's legendary and horrifying reputation among the Innies. I expect at least one of them to be impaled on a sapling and lit on fire by the end of the engagement.
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>>6242222 >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" >write in option: Nesta if this temp truce works i want you to pay close attention to your "street smarts" if you feel them about to betray the team you have permission to open fire first with Nesta there she will know if their gonna stab James and his team in the back and 3 way fights are ugly as fuck
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>>6242222 >"The choice is up to you, Violet one, proceed according to your discretion. I trust your judgement, completely. Report back if circumstances shift. Stay frosty out there" Anonymous
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>>6242222 >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" I fucking love Jorge, Bless his massive Hungarian heart.
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>>6242222 >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" If we can't put aside our differences, at least temporarily, to fight aliens hellbent on humanity's extermination, then I don't think there's much hope of us beating them.
The Greek states did put aside their differences to fight the Persians.
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>>6242222 >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" The covenant are the higher danger enemy if James can avoid fighting innies he should.
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>>6242222 >>"I don't trust Insurrectionists to not shoot themselves in the foot. They don't know that the Covenant is an existential threat to us all. Send Nesta to deal with them, and forget about them. You know your objective, James" can't trust innies, unleash the dragons
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>>6242222 >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" This helped blue team in the actual story. I'm sure there's plenty of differences this time around but I'd imagine James can pull it off too. Should probably float the idea to capture their CO too if presented the option.
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>>6242222 >>"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" Anonymous
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>>6242222 >"James, avoid engaging with the insurrectionists, but do not approach them. Let them draw as much Heat as they can from your team before they get wiped out. Let them be useful and serve as bodies between you and the real enemy" Anonymous
>>6242218 So who are the ONI operatives? Delta-6? They might actually be useful, if they're not dead.
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>>6242502 Delta-6 is a forward deployment unit and I'm not sure even formed yet. Would be cool to run into them in future missions though, always fun seeing how QM's handle stuff without much lore behind it. ONI Security is it's own thing and IIRC does recruit special forces when they can, especially for Sec3 black site security.
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>>6242222 >"Jorge is right. No reason to not attempt diplomacy. If you could get the rebels to understand the Covenant are the bigger threat, you'd have an easier time getting inside those mines and ousting the Covenant from Black-Reef, before they wipe it off the map" Anonymous
>>6242512 I guess it's not certain they're a thing yet, but I would assume so.
Just a bunch of recruited army rangers.
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>>6242547 I need a copy of the later encyclopedia, the D6 pedia page is worded super weird but the Army Ranger page clarifies it. You're right, looks like they are a thing now right now.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 16 May 2025 21:00:07 No. 6242738 Report "Jorge is right" You tell James after thinking it over and weighing the pros and cons of the various ways to deal with the rebel fighters. You hear a loud snap, Nesta must've punched something in frustration at being denied the chance to do a spot of murder.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 16 May 2025 21:01:08 No. 6242739 Report >>6242738 The primary facility was luckily and unluckily, reachable only via Peninsula. A thin strip of land. A natural choke point, where most of the Covenant forces would be gathered. That gave your team a clear target. You had Jorge send out his Surveillance drone the moment you started to smell salt on the air, the scout ahead and get an aerial view.
The Covenant had established themselves across the coast, and have put down pre fabricated structures to build forward bases across the beach, to provide some measure of defense for their dropships. There were turret emplacements, gravity defying platforms, anti landing barricades seeded throughout the surf and hidden in the high tide. They'd built walls along the grassy hills and sand-dunes. And it wasn't for shore. It might've just been a splinter from the main invasion but there was an army along that coast, dug in like sand fleas.
"Tengu, Svartálfar?" You ask Jorge as he leans against one of the tank treads, as Daisy and Shika go about procuring some local materials to serve as scratch built camo
"Both present, but I'm seeing some species we haven't seen in action before. But they line up with some of the reports from Harvest" He explains "And they've got what looks like two tanks of their own, a motorcade of smaller land vehicles and a patrol of those flyers intel mentioned"
"Seems to me, that the Covenant have fortified their position because they are unable to reach their objective and believe they require reinforcements to breach the labs defenses" Dr Halsey theorizes as you tap Jorge on the shoulder and have him perform another sweep "Give me an estimate of their numbers, Jorge"
"Their movements are making it hard to get an accurate count, but if I had to guess, there's easily over a hundred of them across the beach. And there's probably more in those bunkers they've set up"
"Outnumbered. But that's what we expected" Shika says calmly as she drapes the beach camo over the main gun of the Scorpion
"Should've brought another tank" You sigh and Daisy chuckles
"So, what's our strategy, Sir?" She asks as Jorge's dinky little drone bumbles its way back down out of the sky and into his outstretched hand
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 16 May 2025 21:02:09 No. 6242741 Report >>6242739 >Send Daisy and Shika to infiltrate the Research lab amphibiously. While You and Jorge create a distraction with the Tank, by crashing directly into the Beach head the Covenant have established [ Tank Assault! Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC: 16. Modifiers: +3 Grenadier, +1 Fire Support (Jorge) ] >Sneak behind enemy lines and attempt to soften up their defenses before moving the tank forward to crash through [Knives in the sand. Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC: 20. Modifiers: +1 Infiltrator, Spartan-II +2. Fire support +2 (Daisy+ Shika), +1d4 Experimental Camo ] >Draw the Covenant Armor out of the base, by lobbing a few tungsten shells at their encampment, to engage them away from their fire support [Scorpion vs Wraith. Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC: 14. Modifiers +3 Grenadier) >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge >Write in Option Anonymous
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge Under-da-sea
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>>6242741 >>[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge Panzer of the Sea, what is your wisdom? "Just go around their defenses lol"
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge surprise is a hell of a drug
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge Time for some fun in the sun. I hope the Covies brought their swim floaties.
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge Gives us better positioning.
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge They will never sea this coming!
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge this seems incredibly ballsy, lol
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>>6242741 >[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge >Write in Have a little chin wag with Halsey specifically pondering [Wunderkind/Scavanger] Stuff along the lines of "You know ma'am the Covenant might have several technological weaknesses to exploit. With the number of species within their ranks they'd have to create their technology to be easily accessible for a multitude of races with varied body sizes and shapes...in theory we may well find it quite easy to sue their equipment? We already saw so far it seems they don't use full smart AI either? Hypothetically once again if we get an AI or several with enough directed development we could cripple fleets the place they hold their biggest advantage..."
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 16 May 2025 23:30:55 No. 6242787 Report >>6242786 I'd be more than happy to see/ read any you guys come up with, is how I feel. Fan
Omakes are as appreciated as fan art
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>>6242741 >>[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge "Spartans prepare for intense combat"
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>>6242787 https://pastebin.com/sqvPHFxC I am by no means a writer but one tries. Just a lil something
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>>6242826 I liked it. It was cute.
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>>6242826 Nice
>>6242739 an hundred and more what i expected. They dont seem tyring to move in the facility, so there might be a chance people are alive in it. Both Jackals and Elites, plus something else that must be grunts and....?
Its enough soldiers for an alien of rank to be here perhaps....when the horde as been sufficiently slaughtered, we could see if grabbing it is possible. We have the EMP.
From seeing the tank burst from water we will have some seconds to play with for even the field. Not enough for clean everything but we can do some damage since Spartans have better reaction times than humans.
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>>6242741 >>[Maverick] The M808 Main Battle Tank can briefly operate while partially submerged in the water. The Covenant have only blocked conventional beach landings. Drive the tank up to Peninsula and cut the Covenant off from the other side of the land bridge >>6242826 Brilliant!
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>>6243050 We should probably dump Halsey off before we get into intense combat.... She's a little bit of a squishy.
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>>6243182 Ain't shit for safe spots for civilians out here, not to mention we'd also have to sacrifice a Spartan to stick with her while we get to work engaging the forces dug in here.
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>>6243211 I think out of everyone present here, aliens included, Halsey is the only one that can swim right now. Albeit with difficulty.
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>>6243300 Surely Halsey's technological magnum opus wouldn't just sink like a stone without external equipment.
Surely.
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Sorry, meant to do a follow up update yesterday, since there was a total agreement on this vote but I ended up being too tired and I didn't want to risk compromising the quality of the update
10 Votes for the Maverick option to ford the sea with a tank
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+ 1 vote to discuss potential technological weaknesses of the covenant with Dr Halsey
So Sven is going to do the last thing any sane Sangheili would expect, and turn his Scorpion into a Longship.
[ Muffled Swedish Pagans playing in the distance, but rapidly approaching the Covenant lines:
https://youtu.be/6pu5kfeapEA ]
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[ Proceeding....]
>>6242826 Well that was really freaking adorable, especially that last line. Really enjoyed reading some Spartan SoL, so thanks for writing it. You say you're not a writer but you have a knack for it. I think you did excellent writing both Halsey and Shika's POVs
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>>6243182 i'll be honest until this place is clear and we open up the facility, ain't a chance of that. The tank is very much the best place for her at the moment. Armored, soon to be charging in at speed and ready to start the process of firing everything it can fire on the foes of man.
Leaving her behind (like lets say right now and here before we go amphibian), we have no idea of what could happen. Sure we have comms but we are occupied in battle if something happens like coward covenant troops fleeing in her general direction. I prefer to know where she is 100% of the time, if we are leaving her somewhere there better be multiple squads of armed UNSC friendlies.
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>>6243321 I was more thinking of having her, as the only one that the automated defenses WON'T fire upon, start heading to the lab, while we turn about and attack the Covenant.
She walks right through the defenses (or even tells them to ID us as friendly - perhaps asking her would be a good move), and in the meantime, it's a little difficult for the Covenant to want to pay attention to her when they have four crazy Spartans aggressively looking to wreck their shit.
Asking her if she thinks that would work costs nothing and we have the time while driving.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 17 May 2025 21:58:43 No. 6243359 Report Alpha Corvi's rays bake against the plates of the outer layer of your Mjolnir armor as you consider your options. A tank was a massive force multiplier, but the Covenant also had what appeared to be heavy armor of their own waiting to meet any challenger that crested the dunes around their beachside fort. It was the heat of the morning sun, the smell of salt on the air, and the distant lapping of waves that inspired a brilliant tactical maneuver as, while idly wishing you could peel off your armored suit and take a dip and got diving for clams, you remembered that the M808 Main Battle Tank, like the lovely lady you and the rest of purple team have taken out for a weekend drive, is in fact able to operate amphibiously briefly. And can even drive through deep water, in short bursts and if was charging forward full speed ahead.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 17 May 2025 21:59:44 No. 6243363 Report >>6243359 "We had logs, Sven" Jorge corrects
"They floated, probably better than the tank will" You chuckle, smacking the side of the Queen of Heart's armored plating "We'll have Halsey on the top of the gun, we'll hold onto the sides and keep her from falling off as we cross the waves and scale the cliffside. If we move fast enough, we'll reach the lab before the Covenant can cross the land bridge"
Halsey stares for a long moment, at her own reflection caught in the golden visor of your helmet. And smiles, reaching up to place a hand on the side of it.
"I picked you spartans for more than just your brawn, and I know how well honed that mind of yours is, Sven" She says, cringing as she looked towards the tank "I'll trust that you'll keep me from being washed out to sea, you have my permission to carry on with this inventive strategy of yours, Sven"
"I won't let you down, Ma'am, it'll work" You answer and without having to give orders and hand signals, the other members of Purple team fall into their positions and get ready for a flight across the unoccupied beach and through the water
[ Adjusting Perspective ]
Mapak hated this human world, it was too hot and sandy and he wasn't even allowed to go kicking around in the tide pools. There had been nothing to do besides stand guard and go on patrol since the fort they were trying to break into turned out to be locked and most of the hairless apes defending it had retreated inside and barred the doors behind them. Sure, occasionally a few of them would run out and be gunned down and if they were really lucky they'd kill a few of the Kig-yar they had keeping an eye on the base, since the Sangheili in charge didn't want to sink the whole ugly base for reasons that escaped Mapak.
Apparently, word down the food nipple vine was that there was something important that needed to be pulled out of the soggy fort before it and all its inhabitants could be turned into fish food.
'I'd like to eat a fish' Mapak thought, rubbing some salt build up from the side of the pistol, gazing down the long, empty stretch of land that they'd been moved up and down whenever the stupid humans decided to try and escape. Apparently, it was "too risky" to just keep all their vehicles and heavy gear right outside of the fort's front door, and he knew better than to complain when it'd be his neck and everything else above it on the line if he caught the boss in a particularly bad mood. Which was getting more and more common they had to sit out here, kicking sand and waiting for the Sangheili to figure out how to actually get into the base.
Mapak sighed and kicked a rock, wishing he hadn't passed on the last of the Benzene his pal Klaz brought to the invasion before the Sangheili got real strict about their use of infusion
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 17 May 2025 22:00:45 No. 6243364 Report >>6243363 "Poor Klaz" He mourned, as he tossed another, larger rock and jolted as there was a thunderous roar. Thinking he and his patrol had been forgotten about and were about to be run over by one of the Wraiths they brought, Mapak yelped and ran for cover, and upon realizing he hadn't been squished, poked their head up to see a churning cloud of dust and sand on the beach.
He stared, dumb founded, realizing in short order that it was a vehicle and it wasn't one of theirs. He had to report this, but, before he could run back to babble at the first Sangheili whose leg he could grab onto and hope they didn't use it to kick him before he could explain, the metal machine dove into the water and vanished beneath a frothing white wave of water
"Guess that solves that problem" Mapak chuckled around their rebreather, and stepped from behind the large, safe boulder they had leapt behind as the seawater stopped being disturbed except for a few bubbles, before just as quickly, the water started to churn and run white and to the Unngoy's utter amazement, the vehicle that looked an awful lot like one of the pictures of a human tank they'd been shown prior to the invasion emerged, a bit ahead of his own spot on the landbridge and with a thunderous roar and plume of black smoke belching out of it, crawled up the side of the near cliff, crushing rocks and displacing whole heaps of sand as it struggled its way up towards the human fort.
"Uuuuuh"
Mapak looked around for a superior officer, and found only the dumbly staring faces of the Unngoy under his command
"Should we pretend we didn't see..." he began to suggest, not wanting to be responsible for a mistake this big, before another snarl from the Human tank drew back his attention and he cursed and shrunk back as it bulldozed its way up the rest of the rocky hill and swiveled, sea weeds and sea water spraying as two armored warriors that were much taller than he was and something about the size they said the heathen humans would be, hopped off the side of the still dripping tank. They had guns, big guns. But not as big as the main turret of the tank slowly rotating towards their position
"EVERY UNNGOY FOR THEMSELVES!" Mapak wisely command, pushing down the two nearest of his subordinates, who he was pretty sure he heard bravely volunteering to slow down the humans right before he gave the order to retreat, before he ran like demons were on his heels back to the safety of the rest of the army.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 17 May 2025 22:01:46 No. 6243365 Report >>6243364 [ Adjusting perspective ]
"You should've warned me submerging the tank entirely was part of your plan" Halsey complained, dumping sea water out of her helmet as you and Jorge escort her behind the armored wall that is the scorpion as Daisy and Shika engage the unknown alien lifeforms that were present close by your team's landing sight, where they shouldn't have been. The sound of the machine gun rattling off a torrent of suppressive fire was followed shortly by the earthshaking boom of the main gun's report. You looked over the tread of the scorpion to see a plume of smoke, gravel and the bodies of the monkey dog looking Covenant flipping through the air, along with colorful pops of color and sparkling explosions.
"It was only for a few seconds, you didn't even need to hold your breath" You say, helping her get her bearings as Jorge checks his firearms and fires a few test shots to make sure they hadn't become waterlogged and unusable "and it worked didn't it"
"It did, but it wasn't something I'd like to experience twice" She snaps, squeezing water out of her hair so it won't drip in her eyes before replacing her helmet "How long do we have until the Covenant reach out location"
"Well, if they didn't notice us scaling the land bridge, they had to have spotted us after that first shot" Jorge says "It depends on how much of a response they're going to send really"
"Lets go forward expecting they're going to be sending everything they have to kill us" You answer "So, depending on how quick their response is, I wouldn't give us a few minutes"
"Tengu spotted, They're in the facility" Jorge reports, and sure enough, you see a few familiarly shaped shadows darting forward ahead
"Snipers?" You ask
"I Think so, Sven" He responds.
Well that complicated things a little.
>Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] >Order Daisy to scatter the birds and turn their tank and fire a few shells at their hiding places, before moving in to clean up any stragglers >Tell Shika and Daisy to escort Halsey into the Labs, and get in the Scorpion's driver seat and by Jorge time to fortify your location (Hold the line...in a tank! Path Difficulty: EASY. First DC: 8. Modifiers: +3 Grenadier) >Draw out the snipers, trusting your armor to hold, and march out into the open and wait for them to expose themselves, before shooting a grenade or two over their heads (Bait the snipers. Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC 16. +1 Jotun +3 Bulwark, +3 Grenadier, - 4 Walking towards a sniper nest. DC Reduced by 7 (From 23) Through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6243365 >Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] This thing's a rental. Let's not get it filled full of holes anymore than we absolutely have to.
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>>6243365 >Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] i mean sven is set for CQC based fights and i dont want to risk breaking antyhing in the facility we may be able to use
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>>6243365 >Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] Have Shika and Daisy stay with Halsey and as we clear the way move the tank into a more tactical position where it can't be easily spotted or bombed. We'd alteast be able to ambush their armour with ours if we've the highground and first shot. Plus if we go hunting with scavanger we might be able to get a sniper or some energy shields...give one to Halsey
If anyone can hide a tank, its a ninja
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>>6243365 >Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] Anonymous
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>>6243365 >Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] Good way to get a carbine or beam rifle to supplement our shotgun.
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>>6243365 >Draw out the snipers, trusting your armor to hold, and march out into the open and wait for them to expose themselves, before shooting a grenade or two over their heads (Bait the snipers. Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC 16. +1 Jotun +3 Bulwark, +3 Grenadier, - 4 Walking towards a sniper nest. DC Reduced by 7 (From 23) Through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Anonymous
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>>6243365 >>Tell Halsey to stay close by the tank, and clear the route into the lab with Jorge [Go Jackal Hunting. Path Difficulty: NORMAL. First DC 14. Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 19) through Quality: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV] 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 02:58:45 No. 6243600 Report 6 Votes to go Jackal hunting
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 03:00:21 No. 6243602 Report Quoted By:
>>6243600 Also just noticed I accidentally put down 19 rather than 21 as the original DC. Feel pretty stupid about that
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Rolled 10 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6243600 got you
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Rolled 13 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6243600 No whammies
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Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6243600 rollin
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 03:13:54 No. 6243609 Report >>6243607 [ Success ]
4 over target number
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 03:39:40 No. 6243618 Report >>6243609 "Dr Halsey, please for you own safety remain behind the tank" You say, smacking the side of the Scorpion "Daisy! Maintain position. Don't let a single one of them cross the land bridge. Come on Jorge, we'll flush out the snipers"
"Armed and ready, just give the order, Sir" Jorge replies, lifting up his M247. You give him the nod, as Halsey crouches down and covers her head as the two of you, half crouched, hustle past the over turned concrete dividers. Two automated machine guns spark on either side of the torn down gate, their barrels melted to slag and their emplacements covered in plasma scouring. You fall to your knees and slide behind cover, a beam of bright near white lilac light suddenly, silently appearing right over your left shoulder place and impacting on the wall behind you leaving a burn and bore hole directly beside your head
"You catch wherever the hell that just was came from?" You ask as you press you back a bit closer to the wall, as Jorge, prone and behind an overturned, burned out warthog nods. A second beam of noiseless death glowed through the air, slamming into the side of the steel pillar you were now pinned down behind. You raised a hand, and counted down from four with your fingers. Jorge hopped up to one knee and let his Meat chopper rip. You heard the barking squawks of the sniper as they dover to find themselves better cover. And could hear more than one body scrabbling out of view. You shut your eyes, listened closely to where you could hear the marksmen and realized this group at least were ground level, and across the fenced and walled court yard connecting to the research lab disguised as an off shore extraction rig.
You held up an open hand, signaling Jorge to maintain suppressive fire and then roll around the side and began to sprint. The beam sniper either need time to recharge or its user wasn't brave enough to pop their head out from cover while a stream of machine gun fire was bursting over their heads. You knew enough about the M247's specs and ammunition to calculate the trajectory of Jorge's bullets and wove yourself between the hail of gunfire, arms pumping up and down as you sprinted across the empty courtyard. Crystalline needles zipped past your head and around your sides as the spotters of the main sniper tried to drive you back behind cover.
Unfortunately for them, you knew that at the range they were firing at, they wouldn't be able to pierce the armored plate covering your chest and shielding your vitals.
One of the Tengu hopped out from cover to your left, having flanked around while the rest of their squad was pinned down. A familiar bluish exhaust covered their hand, whipping around you dove. The primed plasma grenade soared over your head as you slid on your stomach. The Jackal moved their shield arm, a little too late, you sent a burst of SMG fire barking down the stretch of gravel and sand.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 03:40:41 No. 6243619 Report >>6243618 They hit the ground, yelping and screeching as purple blood oozed out of their injured legs. Rolling back onto your feet and advancing towards the crippled alien, you shut them up with a three round burst to the cranium. They twitched once, then went still. Jorge stopped firing. And so did the surviving Covenant Marksmen
[ Quality: Scrounger interaction]
Dragging the corpse with you behind cover, you tore off their undamaged and unused shield gauntlet, and fit it over your own arm.
Your motion sensor lit up, as several other hostile contacts maneuvered around higher up in the facility and the team down a member repositioned.
"Shhh..."Jorge cut himself off "They got me pinned, nearly took my head off with one shot. More than one sniper group, repeat, more than one sniper group"
Seems they prefer wide open engagements to close quarters combat, You thought as you watched the red blips in the corner of your hud move around
"I'll take the heat off you, when I give the signal, you're clear to open fire" You tell him as you test the Sniper you know has you in their sights by hurling the freshly deceased Tengu at your feet over the color. A beam straight through the torso. You imagine the chirping that followed was the sniper cursing as you slipped around the corner and sprinted towards their position.
[ Current Success in combat: 1 ]
[ team Status: Sven, Jorge, Daisy, Shika, Dr Halsey Uninjured]
[ Enemies remaining: 15 ]
[ Please roll 1d20+ 6. DC 15. Best out of 3 Modifiers +1 Jotun, +3 Bulwark, +2 Energy shield (+1 Scrounger). DC reduced by 7 (from 22), Through SQ: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV ]
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Rolled 8 + 6 (1d20 + 6) >>6243619 Glad we took scrounger.
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Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6) >>6243619 Anonymous
Rolled 11 + 6 (1d20 + 6) >>6243619 BIG MONEY
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 04:05:48 No. 6243641 Report Quoted By:
>>6243638 [ Success! ]
2 over Dc
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>>6243638 Money was just big enough kek
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 04:27:36 No. 6243649 Report You had a rough equation on the time it took those beam rifles of theirs to reload or you guessed recharge. It was an incredibly short span of time. But it was an opening, however slim it might be. It'd be easier if you had a clear shot on their position and something with longer range to take advantage of it. You knew how to counter snipe, but you also knew how to remove the primary advantage of sniper entirely. Closing the distance would only work if the one you were angling for got tunnel vision'd trying to take Jorge's head off, but it was a gamble you had to make for the sake of your brother and the mission. The sensors in your visors HUD were filled with activity as you sprinted through several overlapping firing lines, explosive crystals and blurs of plasma that just barely missed homing towards and being magnetically pulled to your body.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 04:28:37 No. 6243650 Report >>6243649 "You're clear to re-engage" You confirmed over the COMs, and immediately the report of Jorge's M247 sounded off. You heard it ricocheting, saw the sparks and two angry red blips on your radar vanished. Switching to your shotgun, having no time to reload your SMG, you watched your motion tracker as you looked up at the catwalks and their support beams.
You loaded its integrated grenade launcher and quickly math'd out the trajectory to drop an explosive directly on the heads of the enemy closing in on you from behind
[ Current Success in combat:2 ]
[ Enemies remaining:12 ]
[ Team Status: Unchanged ]
[ Please roll 1d20+6. DC 12. Best out of 3 Modifiers +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Energy shield (-1 from damage sustained, +1 Scrounger], DC lowered by 7 (From 19) Through SP: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV ]
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Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6) >>6243650 >>6243653 You rolled so quickly I can't see it. Impressive.
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Rolled 8 + 6 (1d20 + 6) >>6243653 Dropped my fucking dice.
>>6243654 Channeled Shika with that one I suppose.
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Rolled 10 + 6 (1d20 + 6) >>6243650 So weak and feeble!
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>>6243654 [Success!!!]
11 over target number !
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 05:02:49 No. 6243675 Report There was no need to relay orders verbally. Jorge knew what you were planning and what he had to do to ensure the success of your plan. You counted down the fraction of seconds before the hostiles entered the precise area you need them to be to ensure maximum casualties in their ranks with a single grenade. Staying behind cover, shielding your exposed flank with the glowing yellow energy shield projecting out of the Gauntlet attached to your forearm, you one handed your M45E and incrementally adjusted its angle as you envisioned the trajectory lines and angles through the canopy of steel and concrete.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 05:03:49 No. 6243677 Report >>6243675 [Current Success in Combat: 5 (+1 from Success, +1 for going 5 over target, +1 for going ten over target) ]
[ Enemies remaining: 6. Kig Yar sniper pack's morale is crumbling. Their squad cohesion, accuracy and tactical sense have lowered drastically ]
[ Team Status: Unchanged ]
[ Modifiers: +1 Jotun, +1 Fire support (Jorge), +3 Bulwark, + 1 energy shield (+1 from Scrounger, -1 from damage sustained), +3 Enemy morale is crumbling (+3 Panicked [ We're dropping like flies! ])
[ Total Bonus to next roll. +9 ]
[ DC reduced by 7 (From 23 ) Through SQ: SPARTAN-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV]
[ DC 16 ]
[ Please roll 1d20+9. DC 16. Best out of 3 ]
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Rolled 15 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6243677 Rolling for dead covies
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Rolled 18 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6243677 Anonymous
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Rolled 10 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6243677 >we cod noob tube compilation'd them Radical.
>>6243678 >covie status: dead >>6243679 Correction, very dead kek
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 05:10:20 No. 6243685 Report Quoted By:
>>6243679 [ Success!!]
11 over target, again.
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Man Scrounger and its energy shield meme are paying off.
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>>6243692 it really helps change the course of a fight
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 05:39:47 No. 6243698 Report Judging from their position on your HUD's Motion tracker, besides the two that Jorge had pinned, the remaining enemy forces were all ground level. You got Jorge's attention pumping your shotgun. He turned your direction, and watched your hand as you held up your open hand then clenched it into a tight fist. He nodded, and returned to providing suppressing fire on the two snipers that'd have a clean shot on you as you crouch walked out of cover to go headhunting. No better time than now than to test if ONI's optic camouflage worked at all.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 05:40:48 No. 6243700 Report >>6243698 The alien spun around, and their body spun around as you blew their head off. Pumping your gun, you sent a slug straight through the torso of the Tengu standing in front of you as you stepped forward, blasting them a few feet into the air as the others tried to bring their needlers to bare.
You caught one with the edge of your looted energy shield, lifting them off the ground by their through and swung the barrel of your shotgun and blind fired. A spray of explosive crystals spiraled through the air as the dismembered arm holding the firearm spun through the air, the former owner of both howling in pain as they clutched at the bleeding stump of their arm.
You stared into the eyes of the struggling reptilian bird you held aloft by the edge of your shield, twisted your hips and slammed them head first into the ground, decapitating them as the shield lost its charge. Luckily, there were four undrained energy shield gauntlets to replace the one you'd lost.
You heard a familiar plunk sound of a grenade launcher being shot. And heard the last of the enemy combatants die an explosive death. Then saw half of their body launch over the side of the catwalk Jorge had corralled them to.
"Think that's all of them, Sir!" Jorge reported, smartly remaining behind cover
"Let me check" You said, right before confidentially stepping out into the open. No movement on your motion sensor, nothing on the thermals either. You waited a few moments before giving the all clear signal.
"How's the Queen of hearts holding up?" You Com'd Daisy
"They haven't brought out their big guns yet, and this old girl can more than handle the waves of infantry they've been sending out to die" She answered "But, they seem to be massing for an assault on the other side of the peninsula"
"Sven, I have an idea. Permission to leave my position and head behind enemy lines?" Shika asks as you and jorge fan out and sweep the courtyard, just to be certain there wasn't an especially frosty sniper laying low and waiting to blow Halsey's head off the moment she stepped out of cover.
>Escort Halsey into the facility, giving Daisy and Shika standing orders to keep the Covenant on their side of the bridge. >Give Shika the go-ahead to do whatever it is she's planning, and have Jorge take her place in the tank crew, while you escort Halsey solo. >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology >[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward >Write in option And I am going to hit the hay now.
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>>6243700 >[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward Anonymous
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>>6243700 tfr
>Give Shika the go-ahead to do whatever it is she's planning, and have Jorge take her place in the tank crew, while you escort Halsey solo. Trust!
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>>6243700 >>[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward Anonymous
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>>6243700 >Give Shika the go-ahead to do whatever it is she's planning, and have Jorge take her place in the tank crew, while you escort Halsey solo. Anonymous
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>>6243700 >Give Shika the go-ahead to do whatever it is she's planning, and have Jorge take her place in the tank crew, while you escort Halsey solo. >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology we should see if we can grab a few more energy shields for the rest of the team and one for Halsey as well since having one would really be useful for her
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>>6243704 >>6243700 >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology Adding this to my initial vote. Should have plenty of time to do so while we're escorting her inside.
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>>6243700 >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology >[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward We can do both of these. Might as well pick shit up on the way in and get on with the mission. Then we can send Shika out to do whatever she wants after dealing with the infiltrators. Really don't want to try man handling a potential spec ops or zealot team by ourselves. Good rolls too, everyone. RNG hates jackal snipers just like everyone else, it seems.
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>>6243700 >[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology Jackals are no match for Sven!
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>>6243700 Lets see
16 killed Jackals Marksmen/Infantry
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X amount of Grunts killed in the waves of Infantry sent against the Scorpion
Good work, its a start but there is still (assuming this sieging force is between 100-150 covenant troops in total), an ammassing force of probably above 50 covenant troops ready for a counter assault on Daisy and Shika with the tank. This is not encouraging since they have also more than one vehicle. I really wonder whats Shika idea is, because thats a lot foes. And we would want Jorge in the tank with Daisy so both tank guns can fire, if we approve Shika plan.
Eitherway any Covenant troop near the Black Site instead than their fortified camp, is likely reposititioning toward the tank. They were not managing to crack it open so far on their own anyway, going back to camp for an offensive on the human tank is more interesting than doing nothing. Whoever is in charge of the Covenant doesn't value Grunts, a minor blessing. The sooner this sieging force bleeds dry the better, small chance of capturing the guy if he is overly proud and doesn't ask for reinforcements immediately.
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>>6243700 >Give Shika the go-ahead to do whatever it is she's planning, and have Jorge take her place in the tank crew, while you escort Halsey solo >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology If we can give each Spartan a energy shield it would be quite beneficial. More importantly other weapons to use are never a bad thing for us.
If we approve Shika idea, we have to be quick about bringing Halsey inside the facility. I would prefer Halsey can do her job with the humans here and then Sven returns to help his team.
Halsey and Sven should be able to get in. The surprise effect of our attack is lingering for a little while still. The automated defenses of yhe facility....if there was a panel, console or monitor around it would be a joke for Sven and Halsey to reprogram them to fire only on Covenant.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 18 May 2025 18:48:28 No. 6243943 Report Sad to report there won't be an update today. This round of voting will continue and I should be able to get an update out tommorrow. Sorry, just have too much on my plate today.
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>>6243700 More or less all three of these:
>>Give Shika the go-ahead to do whatever it is she's planning, and have Jorge take her place in the tank crew. > >>[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology > >>[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout before bringing Dr Halsey forward. Ideally we'll get a big boom out of Shika's shenanigans (spoiling the attack by the Covenant), and still clear the route for Halsey. We're going to need to move quick, though, so we should def get a second gauntlet, rifle and 'nades.
Shower thought: Autocorrect said our little ninja's correct name was Shiksa. Anyone else thinking of Halsey as Jewish and judgey now?
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>>6243943 >Hope you're enjoying all Operation: Collateral damage so far been fun heres hoping we get to meet other UNSC combat personal and well not steal their shit this time
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>>6243700 >[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology Some combination of these two. Wouldn't hurt to also dead check the jackals with our M6C and inspect the security personnel for life signs while scrounging. Just in case.
Also I'm against giving Shika the go-ahead. It's a tough choice, but I think having Jorge with us escorting Halsey is more important than whatever tactical advantage Shika can gain by herself here. If it comes back to bite us later, so be it.
We know about their cloaking technology. We're going to have a hard time guaranteeing Halsey's safety by ourselves if we encounter a team of those cloaked guys.
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>>6243700 >[Scrounger] Check the enemy and the casualties of the black-site's security for useable gear, while telling Halsey exactly what is wrong with ONI's attempt at cloaking technology >[Infiltrator] Noticing signs of breaches in site's security and defenses, investigate the holes in the blackout with Jorge before bringing Dr Halsey forward Anonymous
I WANNA STEAL THE COVENANT TANKS AND USE THEM TO RAIN HELL ON ANY ELITE WHOM THINK THEIR YEE YEE ASS COULD CONQUER THIS WORLD.
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replace the outer parts of our Mjolnir amour to project a simple shield.*
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>>6244415 What Shika wants to do is likely trying something for disrupt in some capacity the imminent Covenant counterattack, otherwise her and Daisy have to face it straight on with the Scorpion and his guns which while doable (somewhat) is very high risk for them (Covenant numbers fielded here + their vehicles).
>>6244499 I believe we do not have any place for put one of those combat harnesses anywhere in secret, and it would be very visible to see that one of the corpses retrieved and marked by us, doesn't have it anymore. Its not equivalent to a few datachips unfortunately.
All of the loot and corpses that can be taken here will be taken by other humans (we do not have the time for grab things, except prisoners to hand over to the humans here if we can even manage such a feat again. Or a few weapons to carry for just the duration of the mission) not us. And it will be sent to ONI, the only exception is small stuff that we can sneakily take away with no one being the wiser (datachip, plasma pistol, jackal shield etc..).
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>>6244649 Don't doubt Shika could do some damage and that letting her do her thing would be immensely helpful. Just rate the doctor's immediate security as a higher priority.
Feel there are options for dealing with the assault as it happens. For example, we could probably get the girls to give ground and pull the tank back into the courtyard if their position gets precarious, then launch a counterattack from there after we're done inside the lab.
Compare that to us unwittingly leading Halsey into an ambush without Jorge. Personally, I find the idea of that more unacceptable.
But that's just my assessment of things.
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>>6244708 I dont think we will be able to do much but give at best a general order. We will be occupied with dealing with automatic defenses, or by covenant troops and automatic defenses.
Much like we did with John team back in FLY SWATTER, we had given him a general order to follow because we were occupied in our own fight. Beyond that its entirely in the hands of Shika and Daisy. I would probably tell them the same. To give up ground if it gets too hot and stay on the move with the Scorpion. Until we put Halsey inside this place we cannot get back to them and see the battlefield.
I am skeptical on an ambush waiting for us, a minute ago they didn't even know we existed. The troop of Jackal marksmen and infantry was already stationed on this position, and the covenant are clearly avoiding the facility for not get blasted by the automated defenses. Hell from their pov it seems some of the facility members runned out and got blasted, and the elites are thinking a lot instead of getting close to it. I find the idea of an ambush stealth squad of elites waiting inside...kind of suicidal ? Like one of them makes a misstep and now, they are in the visual of a turret and they go to the great journey before they can say wort lol. Still is a possibility, and an alone Spartan is one with a greater risk of death. Is better to be at least in two. If nothing else Shika and Daisy have the Scorpion.
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I wonder if the UNSC has any tactical jet skis in their arsenal. I feel like they would be pretty useful for individual amphibious insertions and such.
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>>6244844 if their is it probably is called the minnow or some shit.
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>>6244920 >rationalizing the growing eldritch signs during their investigation. >"Mister the walls are GLOWING!" >"Yes, there must be truly disastrous levels of radiation here if the walls self-illuminate, sir. It is likely we are all going to die some weeks from now." 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 20 May 2025 02:38:38 No. 6244952 Report "Save it, Shika" You tell her, waving Jorge forward as you spot a few tell tale signs that the security of the research lab might not have been as tight as it was supposed to be, or that it had failed sometime since the last transmission they sent. You tap two fingers to your visor and jab them to open and compromised doorways you spotted just from glancing around the courtyard. A building or office to the side is covered in bullet marks and plasma scouring and reached by the walkways is half opened and sparking. Jorge nods, and heads towards the ground level entrance while you clamber up a ladder to reach the walkway. Keeping COMs clear, there is not a word speak between either of you as you both approach what might be an ambush waiting to happen.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 20 May 2025 02:39:38 No. 6244953 Report >>6244952 Proceeding down the darkened hallway, you're stopped by a sealed door. More at home on an airlock or vault. It was smeared with violet and red blood. And beside it, lays a dead Svartálfar with a standard issue combat knife stuck in its throat, clutching a severed arm. The muscles were still twitching, the blood was noticeably fresher here. You followed the trail of blood to a keypad by the door, all red, all human. And could've probably dechiphered the code. But the pad had been...deactivated. With a few armor piercing rounds. Smart guard, they made sure a second attempt would be halted here until they could get the door out of the way. And it looked like it was made of the alloy they used to make the Hull of Navy warships.
Seems the sole survivor of this engagement, managed to kill their opponent at the price of their arm and retreated further into the facility, cutting off this access point. All while injured. So badly they might've dropped dead on the other side of the door.
"Its the armory, Sven. A few rifles and grenades are missing. And there are four dead security guards here. Died defending it, if I had to guess. Might've bought other guards time to equip themselves. Those might've been the bodies we saw strewn across the courtyard" Jorge reported back over COMs, sadly "What about on your end, did the fox get in the coop?"
"No. More dead guards, but one of them had the presence of mind to block the way they came from, and took a few of the
Jævel's with them. Think one is a higher rank, took a knife to the throat" You explain as you examine the more ornate and intricate armor of the dead alien, and find a strange bar shaped device with a grooved grip between its silver points, rounded like sword pommels.
You pick it up, but can't figure out what it could be or what if any use it might have. Might be a weapon. Could be a religious totem. Either way, you fastened it to your belt, besides your grenades
"You sure there was only one survivor, sir?" Jorge asks after a few moments of quiet "And that no Covenant got in through that breach?"
"Hard to get an accurate count, considering the casualties are in pieces and scattered around" You answer, standing up and testing the door's seal, but finding to your satisfaction that it wouldn't budge "And I'm sure, I don't think these animals would've had the presence of mind to spare an enemy who tore out their chief's throat, and for as much as I don't trust the Spooks, I'm confident they wouldn't have squealed to save their own life. Besides, they shot out the keypad and lock, don't think the Covenant would've done that. They'd have left the door open"
A heavy, breathless sigh rattles through your helmet's COMs
"Is it safe to bring Dr Halsey forward?" He asks after you kick over the other alien body and pull two plasma grenades from their sides
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 20 May 2025 02:40:39 No. 6244955 Report >>6244953 "I'd say so. But stay on your toes. Just because they didn't get in this way, doesn't mean the foxes haven't found a hole to slip in through" You answer, as you reach over and grab the gun that ONI calls a plasma rifle, and carry it outside.
Jorge collects Halsey as you gather the gear of the fallen, ONI and Covenant both and look it over. You toss Jorge a shield gauntlet, and hand one to Halsey.
"Show her how to use that" You say as you examine the weapons and gear and find that none of them match up the silver plated trinket you'd found on the higher ranked Svartálfar and that most of it isn't useable, being either too damaged or out of ammo. But keyword is "Most". One of the beam snipers still looks mostly charged, as is one of the needle rifles and one of the needles needlers. There's also two unused plasma pistols and the Plasma rifle carried by the elite soldiers. And the on site armory had enough ammo and weapons that it wasn't worth listing what was still useable, since all of it, even the gear you took from the dead guards, was still functional. More or less.
You replaced the energy gauntlet you'd taken mid-fire fight, and replaced it with two fresh, fully charged ones. Jorge did the same, after he pointed out the buttons Halsey needed to press to project the shield.
"If only taking them apart and reverse engineering this technology was as easy as using it", Halsey remarked as she stood over the pile of salvageable gear you were shifting and picking through "Useable by the lowest common denominator, but with safeguards in place to make study difficult. Just like I've told my superiors, adopting the Covenant's technology isn't as simple as they think or hope"
"And recreating it, with our current level of technology and understanding of science, is next to impossible. The Cloaking tech they cooked up, works. If I'm being generous with the definition. Too much of a power drain, even with MJOLNIR's Microfusion battery" You tell her as you pass her one of the plasma pistols, and show her how to fire it, deciding it was a better defense than the pistol she was carrying "And the result? It doesn't nearly match up to the invisibility tech the Covenant hands out to their infantry. Doesn't provide total invisibility, and movement makes upsets the cloaking effect"
She snorted and smiled smugly
"So it fails in the ways I warned the teams working on it that it would" She chuckles "We're too far behind the Covenant to replicate their technology, and they designed it to make recreating it piece by piece difficult"
"Heard a few of your researchers lost fingers trying to pry these bad boys apart" You laugh, smacking your gauntlets together and Halsey's expression darkens
"They've lost more than a few fingers, Sven" She says darkly "But, who knows. We might get a lucky breakthrough, sooner rather than later"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 20 May 2025 02:41:41 No. 6244957 Report >>6244955 "Someone might leave the keys in the transmission" You agree
"Or we might find the repair manual on one of these freaks" Jorge chuckles "You set to head out, Ma'am?"
Halsey nodded, eyes focused on the pile of weapons you were crouched over, fittingly like a dragon over its horde of gems and coins.
>Follow Halsey's lead and escort her into the research facility through the front door, giving Daisy and Shika standing orders to hold their ground >Change your loadout while you can (Available UNSC weapons (Primary), MA2B Suppressed, M392 DMR Suppressed ,SRS99-AM . Covenant (Primary) Beam Rifle, Needle Carbine, Plasma rifle, Needler. (Secondary) Plasma pistol. Grenades: Plasma (enough to replace all six of your current grenades) [Scavenged through Scrounger, please not which part of your loadout you're replacing with what ] >Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. >Be cautious, and have Jorge scout ahead with his drone before you proceed into the facility. And while you wait, show Halsey the trinket you picked off of the more elite looking Elite. >Write in option Phoneposting, sorry
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>>6244957 >Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. >Be cautious, and have Jorge scout ahead with his drone before you proceed into the facility. And while you wait, show Halsey the trinket you picked off of the more elite looking Elite. Have Jorge look around while we and Halsey figure out how to turn the energy sword on, before checking if Halsey can get the door open.
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>>6244957 >>Change your loadout while you can (Available UNSC weapons (Primary), MA2B Suppressed, M392 DMR Suppressed ,SRS99-AM . Covenant (Primary) Beam Rifle, Needle Carbine, Plasma rifle, Needler. (Secondary) Plasma pistol. Grenades: Plasma (enough to replace all six of your current grenades) [Scavenged through Scrounger, please not which part of your loadout you're replacing with what ] [Drop the SMG replace with the DMR]
>>Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. we'll have the shotgun for close quarters and the DMR for mid to long range
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>>6244957 >Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. >Change your loadout while you can: Drop SMG for Needle Carbine Guessing we missed a Sangheilie HVT?
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>>6244957 >Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. >Be cautious, and have Jorge scout ahead with his drone before you proceed into the facility. And while you wait, show Halsey the trinket you picked off of the more elite looking Elite. Anonymous
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>>6244957 >Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. >Change your loadout while you can: Drop SMG for DMR Anonymous
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>>6244957 >>Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. Anonymous
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>>6240854 remember equipment is here
>>6244957 >Change your loadout while you can: Drop SMG for Needle Carbine, Drop 1 frag and 1 flashbang for grab two plasma This first
then
>Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. we can look at the sword later. Of course do
>write in Mark down this place, the retrieving teams will want to grab the rest of the stuff present here especially the Svartálfar corpses and equipment.
Beside, if we are short on ammo or nades we just need to run here.
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>>6244957 >Inform Dr Halsey of the near breach you found, and if she has an override code that can that sealed door open. You might be able to rendezvous with the on site security quicker, that way. >Change your loadout: SMG for DMR, 1x frag/1x flash for 2x plasma Also picturing 5'7 Dr. Halsey standing between mountains like Jorge and Sven in their Mark IV, who are giants even among SIIs, amuses me.
Kind of endearing that the two big guys are protecting their small mother figure.
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>>6244957 >Swap M7 SMG for Needle Carbine >Be cautious, and have Jorge scout ahead with his drone before you proceed into the facility. And while you wait, show Halsey the trinket you picked off of the more elite looking Elite. Anonymous
>>6244957 Hey, quick question. The MkIV suit has infrared sensors and thermal imaging capabilities, right?
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8 Votes to tell Halsey about the near breach in the site's security, and see if it can be made into a quicker route into the facility
6 votes to change your loadout
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+ 3 votes to swap SMG for a DMR
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+ 3 votes to swap SMG for Needle Carbine
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+ 2 Votes to swap 1 frag/ 1 flash for 2 plasma grenades
3 Votes to be cautious and have Jorge use the surveillance drone to scout ahead + show Halsey the odd device you found
1 Vote to put a NAV marker on the pile of gears location
So, Sven-033 Will point out the spot the Covenant nearly broke in through to Dr Halsey and ask if she has an override to get the door with the broken keypad open, hoping it'll be a faster route to the mission objective/ research personal
And you'll swap out your SMG for either a DMR or Needle Carbine. But since the vote is tied between them, which will be decided through a coin flip. Which I feel is fair
1: Suppressed DMR
2: Needle Carbine
>>6244942 Yeah that's pretty much how it went, it took finding a body much fresher than should've been in a tomb that hadn't been unsealed in centuries to start to shake his rationalizing
>>6245429 Correct, it does.
>>6244963 Nope! That fight happened before the amphibious scorpion advance
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>>6245527 Alright!
Sven's new load out is
Primaries: M45E/GL Shotgun, Needle Carbine
Secondary: M6C/SOCOM
Melee: Combat knife
Grenades: x 3 frag x 3 flashbangs
Special Equipment: Wrist mounted EMP
Armor: MJOLNIR MARK IV (Baseline)
[ Decision made ]
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>>6245527 >Yeah that's pretty much how it went, it took finding a body much fresher than should've been in a tomb that hadn't been unsealed in centuries to start to shake his rationalizing I see. Well, at least you weren't Scully maxxing and COMPLETELY burying your head in the sand.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 21 May 2025 04:03:55 No. 6245550 Report You knew how accurate the carbines favored by Covenant marksmen could be, and how lethal their ammunition had the potential to be even before the explosive chain reaction that occurred when enough of it was grouped together on a living target. Finger length, razor sharp crystals that could punch through conventional body armor and even pierce the incredibly durable outer plating of the MJOLNIR system. In a pinch the stored ammunition could even be used as a improved melee weapon, like a spiked bat or club. You turned over the rifle in your hands, taking the time to examine it, as you hadn't had the chance to do so with the first needle firing guns you'd encountered and captured.
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>>6245550 "Hopefully you won't need the additional fire power" Jorge said as he gathered three plasma grenades and secured them to his suit "But better safe than sorry"
"Speaking of that. One of the Covenant fireteams nearly broke through an access tunnel placed up on the second story of the courtyard. Wiped out the team that rallied out to try and break the siege, but a survivor managed to seal the door behind them after dispatching the leader of the operatives" You explain "Broke the lock and swallowed the key, but I figured I'd bring this up since you might have an over-ride or access code and that route might get us to our VIPs a lot quicker, Ma'am"
"Good thing I picked you kids for more than just your brawn" She compliments you, nodding as you figure out, a bit roughly, how to reload the rifle you've decided to take along for a little in field testing "And you'd be correct, and it would certainly be less obvious than entering the front door. Lead the way, Lieutenant"
You nod and form the vanguard as Jorge takes up the rear, keeping Dr Halsey between the two of you as you acted as both bodyguards and living cover as you escorted her to the upper level of the courtyard.
"I see you didn't use the term massacre lightly, Sven" Jorge says grimly as you step over the bodies of the security of the lab as well as the corpses of the Covenant soldiers who cut them all down. Catherine didn't so much as blink or spare the dead a second glance as she walked up to the door, arms crossed. She stared at the blood covered, air lock style door for a few moments as you and Jorge covered the door, sounds of distant machine guns rattling and the earth rumbling report of a Scorpion's main armament occasionally breaking the silence as Halsey examines and studies the door up close.
Then, stepping back, she speaks clearly and with a second pause between each phrase a sequence of random words, the secret override code of this research lab/ You catch a few snippets of it
"Lavender field....Glass soldier....Pits of Tartarus...Iron giant..."
And after a few more phrase-words and terms. The light in the hallway stops blinking red, shines green once and the normal lights turn back on as the door slides open.
"You'll have to keep watching our backs, Sven, Jorge. Because there's no verbal code to lock the door behind us. We'll have to reach the central computer system to re-shut this entrance" She says, aiming the SMG you handed her down the now open and nearly pristine titanium white hallway, save for the trails and pools of human blood and debris of a struggled and hurried attempt at personal first aid.
And aside from a looping message for the on site staff and research personal to shelter in place and await the arrival of a relief team, the corridor leading to the access lift is entirely silent. Silent as a grave. But that's not enough to put you on edge.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 21 May 2025 04:05:55 No. 6245552 Report "I'll have to commend the survivor of that engagement, if not for their foresight than at least for strictly adhering to ONI blacksite procedures" Halsey sighed in irritation, despite wearing a rare look of pride for someone beside herself or her Spartans "They sabotaged the lift panel as well"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 21 May 2025 04:06:56 No. 6245554 Report >>6245552 >Go through the MJOLNIR test bed >Go through the Evil Eye Testing range >Go through the Typhon storage wing >Go through the berserker experimental lab Anonymous
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>>6245554 >Go through the MJOLNIR test bed Anonymous
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>>6245554 >Go through the berserker experimental lab Better defense means more covies dead trying to break through.
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>>6245554 >Go through the Typhon storage wing If there's an underwater/amphibious craft or a location to find one somewhere on the site, that sounds like it would be helpful in getting any survivors safely out or helping Daisy/Shika later.
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>>6245554 >Go through the Typhon storage wing Seems like it could be used as an exfil vehicle. I'm betting the Berserker project is based on the early rumble drug samples we got from DARK FOREST and other examples ONI managed to lift.
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>>6245554 >>Go through the Evil Eye Testing range something for Jorge or Daisy to use which if im guessing right is the spartan laser
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I wonder if Stumpy survived the blood loss and haphazard first aid long enough to get stabilized by the eggheads here. Sounds like a badass. We should probably not follow the blood trail if we find it, though. In case of traps or further delays with locks and shit.
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>>6245554 >>Go through the Typhon storage wing i think i figured out the gimmik and the Secreat missions
we need to keep as much of the auto security intact as possible so when we do get sync'd to the system we can use it to our own advantage
since the secret missions is retrave all experimental "data/prototypes" and rescue all research personal
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>>6245554 >Go through the Typhon storage wing as much as id like to grab some upgrades for our armour I think securing a potential escape route in typhon is the most strategic choice.
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>>6245554 >>Go through the Evil Eye Testing range I want my BFG-9000.
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Serious question on where things go next - we have to decide what our desired "victory condition" will be. So far we have votes for securing an escape route, etc. What do we want to do with this thing?
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>>6245641 The problem I see is the enemy has potential to reinforce and get air or orbital support. If you make yourself a hard enough target eventually they'll decide "fuck it, just bomb the place". This also assumes we won't face stiff enough resistance as to necessitate retreat. It's more prudent to set up a swift evac first, then worry about getting firepower. Saving all of the personnel is the bare minimum for success here IMO, with each project getting extracted with them increasing the level of success.
The moment that tank is out of ammo or takes a significant hit the girls are pretty much gonna have to fall back. Even if we find a death ray, being out in the open with minimal cover on what is effectively a hilly beach is bad news and they'll benefit from not being there. Getting the facility defenses online and recognizing Spartans as friendlies would probably help just as much as having big guns at that point. Just for the simple fact it'll slow the Covie down a ton. We don't have to win we just have to not lose here. Killing all the aliens present doesn't necessarily stop the enemy from taking action against us. Especially since the longer we spend killing the more time they have to get more annoying toys brought in to fuck with us. Heavens forbid we try to use a boat with a flock of banshees hunting us down. If it ain't a submarine we're using to get out then we're probably gonna get shot at the entire time. So the faster we get the hell out of dodge the better.
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>>6245641 Halsey just reminded us that our first priority was extracting both personnel and research, which is our primary objective. If we can basically sneak all that out of the base using some prototype amphibious vehicle, then that is a problem solved. It gives us a lot of breathing room to do other stuff.
Really don't want to be stuck escorting a bunch of researchers, probably with wounded as well, through a combat zone. And we might not even be able do that considering all we have access to right now is a tank.
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>>6245554 >>Go through the Typhon storage wing i want to see this thing.
also
>Write in >put a NAV marker on the pile of gears location i want that stuff going home, not forgotten
>>6245641 >>6240888 see objectives
>our desired "victory condition" Bare minimum all spartans and Halsey alive and, we must complete the primary objective of both Purple and Violet Team. After that we want completed both primary and secondary objectives, then secrets and anything else.
In regard at what we are doing right now we need to pass this labs, alive, and get to the people inside for leave Halsey there. If we can do that, we make sure the facility defenses don't fire on humans and then we go out. Before we call evac, we presumably need the sieging force dealt with or retreating, otherwise the evac cannot begin because the aliens are too near the facility and will just fire on the evac.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 22 May 2025 04:16:34 No. 6246061 Report "We'll head to the storage wing of Project Typhon, it connects to the site's motor pool and if its security is the lightest of our four options that means there's less of a chance for Jorge or I to end up victims of friendly fire" You answer as you draw a line with your finger through the connecting corridor suspend in the open sea from the garage to the warehouse "Then, we'll proceed to central command through the center node fastening the storage locker to the main facility"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 22 May 2025 04:17:34 No. 6246063 Report >>6246061 Halsey held up her hand, and you and Jorge immediately stopped as a light flashed across her face, scanning down it before two smaller beams of light traced over her eyes and the tunnel shuddered.
"One of the labs more primitive defenses, if some without authorization is found snooping they detach the corridor from the lab entirely and allow the sea to flood in. But, concerning Typhon, it isn't just state of the art landing craft or attack boats or a modern interpretation of ancient aircraft carriers, its an attempt to hybridize the sensibilities of Space warfare and maritime weaponry. Portions of Typhon are intended to function in both Microgravity and the intense pressure of the deep seas", You nod along as you try to imagine what these bastard of space ships and sea ships must look like and what the new modern standard of maritime warfare was intended to look like as well
A moment later, you receive your answer and see Typhon in all its glory. There are at least a dozen different classes of vessel, some designed like fighters like the longsword interceptor, made to be piloted by a crew of one or two with sleek, shark like profiles that drew from the designs of UNSC warships adapted to withstand undersea pressure, with extendable treads to transform the underwater fighter into an amphibious war machine. There were models of these with chainguns and models with missile pods, and beside them were weaponized, military jet skis that could, from the looks of them, operate both above and below the surface.
"Mudskipper amphibious assault vehicle, Fingerling aquatic reconnaissance vehicle" Jorge read off the nameplates below each suspended display of the various craft, as your eyes were drawn to the larger ones
"Grouper amphibious troop carrier, Whale amphibious staging vehicle, Levithan launch platform" You read off alongside your squadmate and pause as you see a partially built hull that unmistakably belongs to the Laden-Class of Civilian model freighters, and your eyes are drawn up as you see partially complete hulls of much larger and armed classes of star ship, that take up the ceiling and further reaches of the cavernous warehouse
"The development of Typhon's hybrid line of maritime and space craft were shelved for the time being and had undergone budget cuts prior to our first contact with the Covenant" Halsey explains, noticing you silent awe of the unfinished ships "As rightfully, Section Three's budget committee recognized that the designs had little to no functional purpose, as Starships generally survive and escape total submersion scenarios and it was unlikely that they would ever need to descended deep enough to where their hull integrity would be risked. The head of the project tried to argue that a "Sea and Space" marketing campaign could sell the concept of a craft that could explore the deepest fathoms of the sea as well as space to wealthy civilian markets but...
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 22 May 2025 04:18:34 No. 6246065 Report "Well, Typhon is intended to make war machines, not toys for the upper class to play around with" She concluded and you shook your head
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 22 May 2025 04:19:35 No. 6246066 Report >>6246065 "Funnily enough, it was called the UNSC Zeus' Thunder and..." You pause, as you get a ping on your COMs, two of them. Jorge notices as well. Both James and Daisy are trying to contact you and radio in.
Knowing the situation you left Daisy and Shika in was less dicey than the one Violet team had been in last check in, you cut them in first.
"Sven, they're bringing in reinforcements. Covering the landing zones with their own armor" Daisy says sharply "Bastards have been hammering our position with volleys of plasma, The Queen of hearts is still in one piece, but we're going to run through her ammo reserves soon and the pilots of those tanks are getting closer with every shot"
"Its bad" Shika agrees "And I think they brought in a higher ranking officer. The one in red armor is being lead around by one in a flashy white suit"
"They're really gunning for our asses now, Sven" Daisy added, before hissing a string of expletives as you heard a near miss from the Covenant armor's weaponry "We're going to need to retreat, should've done a few minutes ago"
"Still have that idea~" Shika practically purred over the radio
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 22 May 2025 04:20:35 No. 6246067 Report >>6246066 >Give Daisy and Shika the go-ahead to fall back and send them a basic map to reach your current location >Order them to fall back to the courtyard with the Queen of Hearts and bunker down and wait for reinforcements >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Hold your ground, as long as you can. Don't get yourselves killed, but if you can, knock out their armor or landers. I know you two can do it, you're godamn dragons!" >Write in option Then, you listened to Jame's problem.
"Issue Sir, Covenant reached the mines before we could. But they've got forces landing on black reef proper. Our new friends in the united rebel front will support us in either front. If command didn't want us to find out what the freaks are looking for down there, I'd just collapse the mine on them but...well"
"Yao's fucking asked you to head into the hornet's nest, hasn't she?"
"Yep, highest priority. Yao warned of us of enemy reinforcements, right after Whitaker and I figured out how to play nice, and she impressed the importance of denying the Covenant their "asset " He answered bitterly "They've lost men leading the Covies into an ambush, and we're holding ground together but...well, they don't know we've been ordered to all but abandon black reef to get into the tunnels, and stop the Covenant from extracting...whatever it is they're looking for down there"
You shut your eyes.
>"Fuck Yao, Drop the godamn mine on the Covies and get out of there before you're over-ran" >"....Send your new friends ahead, see how dug in the Covenant underground forces are" >"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" >"Wait, You've got Whitaker there with you?!" >Write in option First dual vote of the quest! Exciting isn't it?
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>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" And
>"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" well this will be Fun
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>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" Anonymous
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>>6246063 Land, Sea, Air and Void. A true universal war machine. I fucking love discretionary spending RAAAHHHHHHHH so cool. Too bad it'll probably never be worth it. And this kerfluffle is probably the final nail in the project's coffin.
>>6246067 >>"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" Just be sure not to get in too deep. If y'all overextend you can go for a walk in the ocean for all of about 80 minutes if you really REALLY need to. The last ten minutes of air they'd have is for getting back out somewhere. I'm sure the salty seawater will cause no headaches for the maintenance team.
>"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" Save some missiles for the dropship. A nice indicator for where the asset will be, wherever it's trying to touch down. If they use a dropship, anyway. They might just hoof it back to a staging point instead. Which would not be ideal.
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>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Fuck Yao, Drop the godamn mine on the Covies and get out of there before you're over-ran" Deny the covenant their prize.
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>>6246075 You'll have to make it up to us by becoming a seven foot tall superhuman and letting us get piggyback rides. I don't make the rules I just follow them.
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>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" Anonymous
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>>6246067 >>"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Wait, You've got Whitaker there with you?!" Anonymous
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>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" Ninja and Ambush time
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>>6246067 >Order them to fall back to the courtyard with the Queen of Hearts and bunker down and wait for reinforcements nah Shika, that idea would have only work before. Not a chance to work now, with the hundred sieging forces coming at you and reinforced by probably a few hundreds more troops.
>"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" Probably a bad idea, but at least Violet Team as found temporary allies. Might make it.05/22/25(Thu)06:24:47 No.6246072▶
>>6246111 >write-in >leave a nav marker on that pile of loot and corpses ! they say third time is the charm.
So the Typhon is a series of different hybrid war vehicles, sea-space worthy. Interesting idea. Only way it ever goes somewhere, is if we can manage to get the prototypes out of this world.
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>>6246167 woops clicked on the wrong post there, i didn't intend to support or reply to that.
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>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" Anonymous
>>6246067 >"Shika, you have the floor. What's your plan?" >"Fall back to black-reef, wait for the Covenant to find their prize, then jump them. Just like capture the flag, James" >write in Ask the good doctor if this site has an AI. Because bullshit it dont. Get that AI to start running through scanning cycles to find our cloaked intruder then turn the hunter into the hunted. Second if worst comes to worst back up the tank and blast the entrance of this place, block the way in with a landslide or collapse the tunnel in.
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Now we need to get this place ready for evac and I'm concerned we ain't had comms chatter from those meant to be here. Equally we need to pack up some transports ready to go..
Or here me out we radio the local UNSC force we borrowed the tank from and have them proform a big old flank attack on these dudes sieging us! From there we have the number of people required to man all these pelicans and stuff. We can get everyone outta here! We need more man power to evac all this stuff but also let's face it. Save our fellow soldiers
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10 Votes to ask Shika what her plan is
1 Votes to order Daisy and Shika to fall back
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9 Votes to order Violet team to fall back towards Blac-Reef, and ambush the Covenant when they find whatever it is they're looking for:
1 Vote to tell Violet team to the destroy the mines and the Covenant inside them
1 vote to ask "Wait, you have Whitaker there with you"
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+ 1 vote to leave a nav marker on the pile one weapons on the surface, far from your current location off of memory
+1 vote to ask if there is an AI attached to the blacksite
>>6246209 >I'm concerned we ain't had comms chatter from those meant to be here. They are on under a lockdown/ blackout, remember.
So Sven will hear Shika out, and order Violet team to perform a tactical retreat to intercept the covenant "flag carrier"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 23 May 2025 03:53:18 No. 6246607 Report "Let them find it, Violet one" You order immediately, surprise by how much authority your command carries when you hear yourself speak it "Reinforce the United Rebel Front at Black-Reef. Perform an immediate tactical retreat"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 23 May 2025 03:54:18 No. 6246609 Report >>6246607 "And you think their vehicles are to? We don't even understand their computer user interfaces or languages yet" You warily say as Halsey visibly grows frustrated trying to get unlock the airlock leading to the center of the research lab.
"If I can't drive it, I'll have at least taken out one of their tanks", you mull that over, motioning Jorge to see what's the hold up at the airlock as you weigh your options "And if I get stuck behind enemy lines...Well, I trust Daisy to soften up high value targets for me"
"You want to play Lone wolf?" You ask, flabbergasted, usually Shika is content to follow orders and march to the beat of her squadleaders drum, she isn't usually this proactive.
"I trust Daisy to take down their shields and give me openings to...break their chain of command, Sir" She answers
"Daisy?" You ask
"I'm no James or Linda, but if I get a sniper, I'm sure I can pull it off. But for the record, I don't agree with Shika's hare brained scheme, but I'll go along with it if you do, Sven" She answers after a few seconds of thought
"I'm not Kelly" you hear Shika mutter from the other end of the radio
"Dr Halsey thinks the survivors have mistaken her override access for Covenant digital attack, or the on site AI has" Jorge reports from a few paces behind you "But she should be able to punch through their cybersecurity, no problem. Not her exact words but, you get the idea. And, if I might weigh in with my opinion. Shika's plan is risky, but..."
"I know, Mine tend to be to" You sigh heavily, rapping your knuckles on the side of your helmet "Shika..."
>" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor" >"Don't be an idiot. We're out gunned here, fall back with Daisy and keep the Covenant at bay. From behind cover" >"No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost" >"Counter proposal. Daisy keeps their eyes on the tank, you slip behind their ranks and sabotage their landers. Don't pursue their Armor or Commanding officers" >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6246609 >" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor" Anonymous
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>>6246609 >I just can't drive a Scorpion, too many levers. Why are there six pedals if there's only four directions? Didn't figure Shika for our Caboose. IMO we have a better chance if we play whac-a-mole inside the the facility without the chance of being slapped by Wraiths.
>"Don't be an idiot. We're out gunned here, fall back with Daisy and keep the Covenant at bay. From behind cover" Anonymous
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>>6246609 >"No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost" Learning about their tactics is an objective... Want to see how they tactically manage losing their CO.
Make the officer in the flashy white suit a priority target. The red suit a secondary target. If we take the leader out, the cannon fodder might lose discipline. Failing that, harass him enough so he can't coordinate troop movement.
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>>6246609 >"I'm not Kelly" you hear Shika mutter from the other end of the radio kek. I can't tell if she's being sarcastic or not. ESL curse or dry wit, call it.
>"No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost" We haven't seen their "man" portable antitank or what it can do yet. And they certainly have it if they have tanks. Said covie tank will also certainly be within range of said antitank weapons. Disrupting the chain of command by hitting either the big guy or the littler big guy will probably give enough panic or reorganizing for Shika to get out of dodge, too. She's more mobile out of the tank, combined with her ability to just not be there means she's probably genuinely safer out in the open than in the tank. But I am loathe to separate Daisy and Shika. Hairless apes together Strong, after all. Whatever we pick, we should emphasize regrouping as a top priority after.
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>>6246609 >"No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost" Anonymous
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>>6246609 >>" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor. Come back alive, Spartan. Good hunting." Go big or go home.
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>>6246609 >" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor" Anonymous
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>>6246609 >" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor" Dont fuck this up Shika
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>"No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost"
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>>6246609 >Write in option >"Shika, put a pin in that idea for later, it could well work when the risk has been further assessed. For now, start headhunting. Try to make use of enemy weaponry whenever possible to extend ammo capacity, and if anything goes wrong, fall back together with Daisy to the facility. If things get hot me and Jorge will try to reinforce you two ASAP." Oh, and I tried making a battle map visual of what the current battle looks like topside. I've tried to make it accurate to what 404 described the terrain and enemy count as. Hope it might be useful :D
Red dots are enemies. Red-blue dots are elite minors, orange-dotted ones are majors, and the white-dotted one is the commander.
Also a question for Halsey. Could any of the vehicles on display be taken out of the facility and be used against the covenant forces?
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>>6246593 >+ 1 vote to leave a nav marker on the pile one weapons on the surface, far from your current location off of memory third time wasn't the charm it seems !
>>6246609 >"Don't be an idiot. We're out gunned here, fall back with Daisy and keep the Covenant at bay. From behind cover" You need to fall back and do a fighting retreat. All the other plans in Sven mind are also too high risk, even with Shika natural stealth is not going to work when multiple covenant guns suppress her after recognizing where she shoot from. I would usually approve of plans of this kind because Sven is a maverick and prefers unorthodox warfare solutions, but the odds are against Shika heavily.
Currently the covenant sieging force jumped from their hundred or so troops plus vehicles, to probably a force of 300-400 troops and more vehicles. With these odds, both Daisy and Shika cannot continue the engagement normally either. The Scorpion will be liquidated, and a force of this size can ask for aerial support easily. Stealth is exceptionally difficult, and i easily assume that the Covenant cleared up all wilderness in their siege camp while placing plenty of patrols and sentinels. They are mostly in the sandy hills of the beach anyway than the forest proper, with the shitty invisibility prototype Shika is equipped with she would be seen miles away thanks to the sun.
Frankly, this its enough of a force that the mission might be fucked either way for Purple Team unless they find a serious help. We aren't evac anyone or anything until this sieging force is dealt with in some capacity.
Alas Shika would had a better chance to steal a tank, when the Covenant where prepping their counter attack and didn't receive these reinforcements.
>>6246699 nice map
though with the reinforcements they received it might be more red dots than that. I presume its at least another 100 if we are generous, but i think is up to 200 more.
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>>6246609 >"No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost" Sync with daisy and start popping the heads of the big ones using the captured sniper rifles. Then remind them if it hits the fan and they can't get too us their orders are to get off planet while we try to get out using what's here.
>Write in Ask Dr Halsey to next take us to the sites AI, we can use it to drive the biggest vessel out of here, we pack the pelicans and ships with gear while we hunt for our intruders. Get the floor nice and soaked so we can track them either by water disturbances or foot prints.
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>>6246711 >Currently the covenant sieging force jumped from their hundred or so troops plus vehicles, to probably a force of 300-400 troops and more vehicles. Did the QM say something I missed or is this your headcanon?
Let's not make up stuff if the QM didn't.
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>>6246609 >" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor" she has her own version of Jötunn so i think she could pull it off but that said it might be too risky
>"Don't be an idiot. We're out gunned here, fall back with Daisy and keep the Covenant at bay. From behind cover" Anonymous
>>6246871 Aint making up stuff, i have intrepretated what 404 said. See here.
>>6242739 >"And they've got what looks like two tanks of their own, a motorcade of smaller land vehicles and a patrol of those flyers intel mentioned" confirmation of sieging force already having vehicles of their own
>"Give me an estimate of their numbers, Jorge" >"Their movements are making it hard to get an accurate count, but if I had to guess, there's easily over a hundred of them across the beach. And there's probably more in those bunkers they've set up" >"Outnumbered. But that's what we expected" Shika says calmly as she drapes the beach camo over the main gun of the Scorpion confirmation of sieging force being already above an hundred on their own, though they don't count them well the Spartans.
>>6246066 >"Sven, they're bringing in reinforcements. Covering the landing zones with their own armor" Daisy says sharply "Bastards have been hammering our position with volleys of plasma, The Queen of hearts is still in one piece, but we're going to run through her ammo reserves soon and the pilots of those tanks are getting closer with every shot" confirmation of said sieging force receiving reinforcements which its probably a similar numbers of what they already had or more, again neither Shika or Daisy are providing exact numbers. They are just saying they are bringing more reinforcements.
> "And I think they brought in a higher ranking officer. The one in red armor is being lead around by one in a flashy white suit" confirmation of an higher rank, its no wild guess in war to assume an high rank as more troops to command under it.
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>>6246884 Soooo... 100+, in addition to what's in the bunkers, of which we have no info on how many bunkers or how many in each.
Reinforcements, of which we have ZERO reason to think it's a similar amount. Like, none, zip, nada, zilch.
And a couple tanks plus an undetermined number more.
Minus whatever Shika and Daisy have killed.
Your numbers are like 80% headcanon.
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>>6246890 eh i ain't dying if i am wrong, is fun to interpret. We have no full info right now, but we can assume and interpret there is no law against it. We have a guy that even made a battle map.
>Soooo... Yes in addition to whats in the bunkers. The important point is that there is bunkers with probably more ugly aliens inside. And it says bunkers, so not one either.
>Reinforcements and why not ? Shika and Daisy are being pressured more heavily right now and they confirmed enemy reinforcements.
>undetermined number more. this might not say the exact amount but "Covering the landing zones with their own armor" and "hammering our position with volleys of plasma" gives a certain image.
>Minus whatever Shika and Daisy have killed. we know the two of them defeated infantry waves that the covenant throwed at them, because they told us that. Though neither Shika or Daisy have told us anything on how many they killed before, just that they held position.
Jorge and Sven killed 16 Jackals marksmen and infantry on their own. Right inside here there is a dead sangheili team from before the lockdown.
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>>6246900 >this might not say the exact amount but "Covering the landing zones with their own armor" and "hammering our position with volleys of plasma" gives a certain image. It gives the image of fighting three or four tanks at once in any one of the Halo games, not fighting 12 at once.
AND, Daisy has been using the main cannon - like any well trained Spartan, she would suit the weapon to the target, which would be high value groups... Or a bunker or a tank.
Methinks that while we were away, our two girls have teampegged the Covenant, no lube.
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>>6246609 >"You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor" I believe in our little ninja girl. Besides if we were in her position we’d be doing the exact same thing she’s doing.
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Lots of discussion, always like to see that while waiting for the votes to roll in,
6 Votes for "" You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor"
3 votes for "Don't be an idiot. We're out gunned here, fall back with Daisy and keep the Covenant at bay. From behind cover""
5 Votes for "No. That's too risky. They'll be protecting their tanks with everything they've got. But, you do have my permission to go head hunting, Ghost"
1 vote for "Shika put a pin in it...etc" + question for halsey
1 vote to leave a nav marker on the captured weapons
1 Vote to ask Dr Halsey to reroute to the blacksites AI
Very close round of voting, thought about including in 87elovRX's write in along with the runner up, but decided since the vote was for what you/ Sven would tell Shika and it had enough extra details/ differences (Use enemy weapons, fall back, jorge and Sven reinforcing) that I counted it as a separate choice after considering it for awhile.
So, Shika is getting permission to go tank hunting
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>>6246634 It was shika being a smart ass
>>6246699 Pretty accurate actually, good job anon.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 24 May 2025 07:13:46 No. 6247211 Report "You have my permission to attempt to capture the Covenant armor", and before she can respond with an affirmative or yes sir, you add on "Come back alive, Spartan. Daisy, keep an eye on Shika as long as you're able to. Otherwise, keep the Covenant's eyes on your position, draw their fire and provide our ghost the distraction she needs"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 24 May 2025 07:14:46 No. 6247212 Report >>6247211 "Doctor, can you get the door open?" You ask, and she turns to you
"Yes, I've been able to, I'm just trying to prevent..." Them Halsey's eyes fell on the device attached to your wrist and narrowed "It'd be risky that's untested hardware, Sven"
"Worth a shot. And like you said, I can just walk back to shore", and just like that you volunteer to act like the universe's most expensive doorstopper
"They'll delay the detachment order", Halsey worked out the exact timing of the response just through basic reasoning and common sense "To try and wipe out as many Invaders as they could at once. I anticipate, the electronic signal will be sent about the time it takes you to reach the halfway point, taking into account your stride"
"And if I'm running?" You ask, as you lower yourself down into a sprinter's stance to dash as far and fast as you could in the approximately sixteen seconds you had before the Ai or researchers let the sea in. Halsey tapped a finger on the side of her head, where the temples of her glasses would ordinarily be.
"Considering how the Mjolnir heightens your already augmented reflexes and speed, and the size of your stride, you might reach the door. Might" She answered after a few moments of running the numbers "You only need to shut down their ability to detach and cast off the suspended corridor"
"Better to aim to overachieve, Ma'am", and then turning to Jorge you look him visor to visor and he nods, understanding your unspoken orders. If you get swept out to sea, he's in charge of keeping Halsey safe and getting her back to the surface alive. No matter the cost.
"On mark" Halsey says solemnly and you lower your head, staring into the direct center of the airlock, and then counting down the milliseconds before, maybe a second or two after she said on mark, halsey calls it
"Mark!"
And you sprint ahead, twisting to slide sideways through the opening doorway as it hisses and then sprinting as far and fast as you can, the EMP's activation switch held firmly in your fist as you keep your eyes trained on the center of the corridor. Six seconds left, you spot the door. The Corridor shudders. You begin to apply pressure and depress the switch. Four seconds left. Three. Two
You collide with the door with a echoing bang. And the moment you make contact, you activate the EMP. A wave of electric blue static pulses out from its interlocked crescent, forming into a sphere in front of you that quickly expands to surround you. You armor locks up, and you make a concentrated effort to halt every impulse and subconscious movement, knowing that the moment the system came back online, it'd respond to any accumulated feedback from your neural implant. And you didn't want to become an object lesson for why you shouldn't mishandle Mjolnir. You were aware you could move, but the system was sluggish, and you theorized there'd be a burst of speed and activity the moment the worst of EMP passed through the system.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 24 May 2025 07:15:46 No. 6247213 Report >>6247212 You winced as that was exactly what happened next, the armor jerking suddenly and if you hadn't had your muscles and skeleton strengthened, it'd have ripped your arm out of its socket as you moved to brace against the doorway and probably would've twisted your femur into a pretzel. However, because you were a Spartan wearing armor that was designed solely for Spartans, the jolt of jittery movement merely propelled you against the sealed shut door with enough force to cause the metal to groan with strain
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[ Interaction: Sven-033 figures out how to weaponize the "Armor lock" flaw of the EMP ]
And that gave you an idea how to weaponize this, lets call it a minor flaw in the EMP projector that it created a bubble that effected its user as much as it did their intended target. If you activated the EMP, and it worked to take out a Svartálfar's energy shields and you "Stored up" the impulse to punch them in their split jaw, the whiplash fast punch that the Mjolnir armor would enact would pack more of a punch and come out swinging faster than you can manage with the normal function of the system. A trick to keep up your sleeve at least.
The lights came back on, having shut down when the electromagnetic pulse washed over the corridor, and before they can think about tossing the passage you were standing in into the bottom of the sea, you grab hold of the airtight hatch and start to pull
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[ Interaction: Sven doesn't need to roll or reason with the occupants on the other side of the door to get it open]
And strain the muscles in your arm as you begin to wrench it open, hearing the metal begin to deform as it strains against its locking and sealing mechanisms, and then begin to shear as you growl in exertion and frustration, sweat beading on your brow as the face under your visor twists into a grimace of effort.
Then, you send the door sliding into it the cavity it slid out of when a crash that reverberates back down the corridor. Ears ringing you stand to your full height and see a pack of armed security. One of them has just wet themselves and the others keep their firearms, all standard issue MA2Bs, scoped and silenced, trained on your center of mass or aimed at your head as you see that the guards on staff have done what they were hired to and fortified the center lab and turned it into a fortress.
"Shoot! SHOOT IT! Before it can kill us all!" A balding man in a white coat says, ducked behind a desk covered in datapads and glass beakers. You stand completely still, and smirk under your helmet. You could kill them all before any of them could pull the trigger
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 24 May 2025 07:16:46 No. 6247214 Report >>6247213 "ONI personal stand down immediately, he's with me. Not the Covenant" Halsey says, panting and out of breath, red around the face from having just sprint down the corridor as fast as she could, with Jorge stomping up behind her, meatchopper ready to serve as he swept it across the room. The guards lowered their rifles. One collapsed in a heap on the floor in relief
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[ Interaction: Sven-033 takes a bullet intended for Halsey]
And the chicken shit scientist behind the desk, with practiced ease and clear intent, rose up from their hiding place, self defense side arm raised in shaking hands. There was a wild look in his eye. You traced his line of fire and snarled. He was aiming at Halsey.
You side step as he pulls the trigger, bullets pinging off of your chest plate. His eyes widen, and he opens his mouth to make an excuse, but you know the difference between shooting in panic and aiming to kill.
"Dr Halsey. Its you!" They squeak, and you could feel the icy glare she directed at him as you took a step closer. He moved, either to run or drop his fire arm, when it was obvious their attempt to act like purposefully lining their sights up with her head was an honest mistaken.
You move to quick for the guards to react and...
> Eliminate the threat to Dr Halsey's life, immediately (Optional Objective 2 will fail (partially) due to the loss of one of the research staff) >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin >Grab them by the throat, lift them off the ground, and crush the gun and the hand holding it to a pulp with a single hand, >"Jorge, take out their legs, I want them alive" >Write in option And the reward for Dumbest Motherfucker in the universe goes to...
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin boy of all the choices to make at any moment he does THAT
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin not very smart for a scientist
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Congratulations dipshit, you just poked the bear.
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>>6247214 >>Grab them by the throat, lift them off the ground, and crush the gun and the hand holding it to a pulp with a single hand, My visceral and immediate reaction to this was to have Sven pick this guy up and turn the dipshit's entire head into pulp with his helmet. Much as I would like to ask him what his major malfunction is, time is of the essence.
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>>6247214 >write in "052 secure Halsey and watch for us being followed" Jorge on watch
>Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Put the man under arrest since this is 'technically' an active warzone and he is 'Technically' a civilian and we are the highest ranking member of the Navy/Special Weapons here~. Take what we learned from the Bridge of the ship, with him gone command passes to next in line of section 3... Dr. Halsey. Thus the Sites AI in theory should play ball!
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>>6247214 >>Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Anonymous
>>6247214 >Write in option >Disarm and manhandle him to get your point across, but don't injure him. Pick him up by the labcoat and hold him against the wall. >"Permission to neutralize hostile, ma'am?" Feel like we might need him and his two working hands, as much as a dumbass he is. I want Halsey to look like she's the one wielding the stick so to speak.
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin What a retard. ONI politics, personal grudge or Innie traitor?
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Anonymous
>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin "You have attempted to kill, Dr Halsey, Director of Section Three and Head of the Spartan-II Project. This facility and the personnel inside it will now be temporarily all under the leadership of Dr Halsey. As a Liutenant i instead, take immediately under my full command any remaining security personnel of the facility"
Look at the idiot
"In regard to you. You are removed from any position of authority you may have, effective immediate and you will be tied and placed in a cell. After your wound is stabilized."
"Now state your Name, Rank, and Reason of assasination attempt."
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin. Snap into Slim-Jim Doc, your arms gonna be like that for a bit.
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>>6247271 Any notes this nerd wants to take can be written down in one hand, or he can learn to use an AI to help with whatever he’s doing. If he’s dumb enough to shoot at Halsey right in front of the 8 and half foot tall body guard, any scientific contributions this guy made couldn’t have been THAT life changing.
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Nothing like a good overreaction to cow everyone into compliance.
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>>6247214 >Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Damn, I can't believe the Innies here are this retarded even inside ONI.
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I am sure this gross overreaction will do much to ensure that no one else thinks Halsey and her pet freaks need to die by any means necessary.
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>>6247732 >gross overreaction I fail to see how this is an overreaction. If he didn't want to get him arm broke, he shouldn't have tried to murder Halsey (something which the recording from our helmet cam is going to corroborate).
Besides, it's not like we're executing him just yet. Hell, he might still make it out of here alive if he plays nice and tells us what we want to know.
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>>6247732 >gross overreaction Right, because it's not like he just tried to assassinate the head of Section 3 or anything. Oh wait, that's exactly what he just did!
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>>6247732 Idk, I'd had killed a person if they tried to kill my ma. This is rather tame
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>>6247732 >The act of killing didn’t succeed so it’s only ATTEMPTED murder of our mother figure when our character has been established to have strong family bonds that’d he’d easily kill to protect. Surely that justifies us just wagging our finger at him and nothing more. Seriously this IS Sven holding back. Any other act of restraint that didn’t end up with something broken would be out of character. Also, if Sven didn’t take that bullet, Humanity as a whole is FUCKED. Obviously no one knows that, but the guy getting away with a broken arm/dislocated arm for what he almost did is the very lenient all things considered. At least those injuries can heal.
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>>6247746 >>6247747 >>6247753 >>6247767 Apologies, I think there is a disconnect between what I was trying to convey with my snark. What I am saying is there is a non-zero chance this will simply solidify the feelings this man, and his potential conspirators, have. To us
myself included it is entirely justified and showing great restraint. But to a bunch of soulless spooks and egocentric eggheads, watching a guy get his arm turned into a pretzel and then put in the "Suicide, two bullets to the back of the head" position while the guy in the armor starts telling you all how things are gonna go definitely seems like toe-stepping and volatility. A "normal" reaction to this would likely be a disarm
less literally and arrest/restraints. There should be no familial connection between super soldiers and their creators or handlers after all. It would be ONI's job to blackbag the guy after he gets put in timeout, not our job to maim him until he can get treatment.
To put it simply, to anyone who isn't a Spartan this is going to look really bad. And ONI and "forward thinking" scientists tend not to have great empathy.
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>>6247777 nice quads
These guys did just witness Sven just rip off an airlock with his bear hands like 30 seconds before; the fact that this man will most likely live through this manhandling im pretty sure their gonna understand that Sven was pretty restrained and and this jackass was lucky to live
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>>6247777 Woops, should have saw your prior posts and made that assumption it was Snark. My bad am is retarded. Also, Quad 7’s? Is the fucking spirit of Halo on this board now?
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>>6247214 > Eliminate the threat to Dr Halsey's life, immediately (Optional Objective 2 will fail (partially) due to the loss of one of the research staff) Rip his dick and balls off and stuff them in his mouth!
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>>6247777 >What I am saying is there is a non-zero chance this will simply solidify the feelings this man, and his potential conspirators, have. If people want Halsey dead to the point they try to have her killed, I doubt there's anything that will change their mind anyway. It doesn't matter.
>to anyone who isn't a Spartan this is going to look really bad How does it look bad? You'd have a point if we were voting to kill him or ordering Jorge to cripple him but we're not. I doubt anybody in ONI who doesn't already have it out for Halsey will give a shit.
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>>6247777 >There should be no familial connection between super soldiers and their creators or handlers after all Well they shouldn't have raised them from children if they didn't want them to get attached to their mentors.
>To put it simply, to anyone who isn't a Spartan this is going to look really bad. And ONI and "forward thinking" scientists tend not to have great empathy. On that much I agree, but at the same time, fuck 'em. We're well aware that we're gonna butt heads with all types of people over stupid shit, no reason to let it prevent us from doing things right in the meantime.
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>>6247777 Checked, and ONI can kill itself.
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>>6247809 Now Im imagining Sven doing the LowTierGod monologue to some glowie, with the thunder and everything.
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>>6247821 so the inclement weather attachment dor helmets from Reach then. :v
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>>6247803 You're thinking small picture. Think about the way people blow shit out of proportion and twist things. Every act of violence we perform that isn't "sanctioned" is ammo against all of us and Halsey. More chances to turn another person against her. We already know how HIGHCOM and ONI treat the various projects. Because they're almost all retards. For a better way of putting it, think of how Ackerson can spin Sven immediately turning a guy into modern art. And all the dumb bullshit he can pile onto Halsey and us despite facts like "intentional friendly fire" which he'll dispute up and down. Even if Sven knows the guy was really trying, the recording just shows him popping up and taking the shot, not everyone who sees it will have the experience or knowledge to see the guy did it on purpose. It'll get the fence sitters, and it will galvanize those that already hate her. And a sense of surety can give people more confidence. And supreme confidence can win hearts and minds. Charisma 101.
You're right it won't do anything to change what the dickbags who'd brain her without a second thought are feeling. But it can still be used to make the Spartan program look unhinged and dangerous.
>>6247806 >"Why is this walking weapon treating people like people? Why does it have emotions? It should follow orders!" Del Rio would probably say some shit like this kek But yes, throw ONI spooks through windows. Eight stories up.
>>6247821 >tfw thor himself plays ball to accentuate LowTierSven He really is a god for the people.
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>>6247214 >>Snap their arm like a twig, dislocate it, and throw them to the ground, gun to the back of their head and a stern warning for any of the others to "Leave workspace rivalries behind them", before interrogating the would be assassin Anonymous
>>6247809 ONI is fucking all over the place in the series. It's like they don't know what they want them to be.
>they're the morally gray space CIA, callous and pragmatic, "needs of the many over the few", a necessary evil to stop the UEG falling apart vs.
>they're evil just like the innies, maybe even worse I wanna blame Traviss for most of this
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Really enjoyed reading your discussion and debate this time round. Lots of votes to, which also makes me happy
14 Votes to disarm the would be assassin
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+ 3 votes for "You have attempted to kill Dr Halsey...cont"
1 Vote to take the gunman's pistol and hand
1 Vote to order Jorge to secure Halsey and be on watch
1 Vote to man handle but not injure the idiot, and ask permission first
Obvious winner here, but this guy was only going to be having a bad time. Now Sven is going to show him the Consequences of his actions, swiftly and with military grade precision, by breaking and dislocating his arm before putting a gun to the back of their head
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>>6247821 >>6247826 >>6247858 Now I can't stop picturing it to, just too funny of a mental image.
>>6247858 I mean, you've seen how some elements of ONI view Sven already. But I'm sure a trust worthy man like Ackerson will set them straight :^)
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>>6247893 Doesn't change the outcome, but I realized I missed 1 vote for executing the would be assassin in the count. Just skipped my mind when I was arranging the choices and noticed I forgot to include it when I hit post
Its no biggie thou
Anonymous
>>6247888 Checked, and god she really did have her one shot at fame from Republic Commando's and then ruined everything else she touched.
Anonymous
>>6247895 >reading Glasslands >Lucy, a Spartan-III, punches Dr. Halsey, a 60-year-old woman, in the face, explosively unleashing years of trauma, utilizing full-on augmented super-strength in SPI armor, which multiplies the wearer's strength, resulting in Lucy feeling the strike ripple up her arm and leaving her hand throbbing >all Dr. Halsey gets is a bloody nose What was she thinking making Dr. Halsey that OP?
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>>6247893 Good ole Ackerson. What a guy. Peep that smile. Ignore the centipede crawling between his teeth, that's just Wilbert, he's chill.
>>6247901 Well, I daresay there are only two or three people more hardheaded than Halsey. The hand being intact after that is plot armor.
Anonymous
>>6247821 Ask and ye shall receive
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>>6247905 Flyting is BACK baby.
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>>6247901 The fucking fact Kurt didn't snap lucy's arm is WILD to me. But then again only John loves his Momma.
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>>6247910 I'm not the most well read on Halo lore, but yeah I only really remember John and Jorge having that kind of bond with Halsey canonically. Can't really remember if Kurt had anything to say about her beyond what was relevant.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 25 May 2025 08:10:20 No. 6247919 Report >>6247918 You lift your head up and scan the room, Kaiser's fellow researchers are either ducked behind cover or standing, frozen in place like they'd just watched a train derailing. It had to have taken you all of three seconds to restrain the rogue researcher. Still experiencing Spartan time, you look back at the guards who are only now beginning to turn, rifles raised.
"Stand down, I won't ask a third time" Halsey says, voice as cold as the rage coursing through you "He's just doing his job. They're highest priority objective is ensuring my safety in the field, and that I escape this warzone in one piece. Stand down, -033"
The guards keep staring at you, the FNG in the squad's eyes flicking rapidly between you, Jorge and the one way out of this situation.
"I'd strongly advise all of you to abandon any workplace rivalries you may have, for the time being" You warn, keeping your sidearm pressed firmly to the back of Dr Kaisers head, before you haul them up to their feet, as Jorge remains glued to Halsey's side, completely silent as he now considered every member of the labs personnel as a threat to her. You gave him a silent confirmation to subdued any one else stupid enough to try and gun down Section three's chief scientist in an active warzone.
"It...he can talk" One of the guard sputters, blinking rapidly, eyes locked firmly on the trigger of your pistol
"And as the highest ranked NAVCOM Officer on site, I am taking you into my custody, Dr Kaiser" You say, as you march them over to a wall "And, unlike Halsey, I am only going to ask once"
He swallowed dryly, pained tears streaming down his face, mixing with the bloody stream pouring out of his nose
"Why'd you do it?" You ask, as you shove him against the wall, and he catches on that he should stand with his back flush to it
He looked frantically between you and Halsey.
"Funding, mostly. All of My projects had their budgets slashed or were outright shuttered. But I won't pretend that there wasn't a personal motive behind my actions" He admitted weakly, wincing, as you shook your head
"At least you're smart enough not to try and pretend like THAT was accidental", You damn him with faint praise before taking a step back and standing at ease, Jorge guards the open hatch
"Jesus, how'd you know he was..." The head of the security, a tough as nails looking middle aged woman with salt and pepper hair tied into a tight, regulations abiding bun.
"-033 has excellent eyesight and awareness of his surroundings" Halsey answered as she walked up to your side, looking over Dr Kaiser with a judging expression "If I had to venture a guess, he calculated the trajectory of Dr Kaiser's aim and reacted accordingly. Even though I was outside of his immediate cone of vision"
"What...are they special forces?" One of the junior researchers, a mousey woman with heavy lensed glasses asks warily "Can we trust them? And Dr Kaiser could've made an honest mistake in a moment of stress or"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 25 May 2025 08:11:21 No. 6247920 Report >>6247919 "I trust my bodyguards' judgement, and Dr Kaiser admitted forthright that he intended to kill me"
"Under duress", Four eyes chatters her teeth as she scurries towards Kaiser "And surely they didn't need to be so..."
"Would you have preferred if he ripped him in half? What you witnessed was him holding back" Halsey warned, shooting her a disdainful glare as Dr Kaiser looks at you with an expression of raw, abject terror. And when no one is looking, you nod your head once, and try not to laugh as he turns a shade of white so light that you've seen corpses with better complexion
"And while I am sure many of you would prefer if I became a casualty of war, the probability of successfully arranging for my death, while these two are present is effectively nil", Halsey strode to the center of the research lab and immediately began imputing commands on the central computer node "Spartan-033, Lieutenant Sven Askeland, will take command of all remaining armed forces present in these labs, effective immediately. And if you know what's good for you, you so called scientists will follow my orders lockstep. You, where is the blacksites dominant Volitional AI located?"
"Amphitrite's Matrix is in a lower level of the facility" A coal skinned man with white hair said "She only trusts me though, Ma'am, if we're taking her with us, I need to be there. She's gotten a little testy with all the newcomers to our labs and the"
on going siege?, you think to yourself but don't voice outload.
"Current circumstances surrounding us" He says
"Wait" The Head guard, one Ria Galaz says "A few of those alien bastards got in prior to the total lockdown, we locked them in with us. They've spread all throughout the site, if you end the blackout they're free to roam. With all due respect, Ma'am..."
"Some of your men repelled an attempted breach in your security" You cut her off, as Halsey's expression starts to shift from slightly annoyed to outright irritated "I noticed there was a single survivor left after the skirmish"
"Are you some kind of super soldier Cyborg or something? So that's how you guys got in" She says, eyes wide with amazement "You weren't kidding doc, this guy doesn't miss anything. Yeah, Fairbank. He's the last survivor of Squad Petrel. No idea how he pulled it off, but he beat one of those squid faced freaks in a sword fight with just his knife"
"Fairbanks is a real badass, Mr robot, uh, Mr Robot Sir" FNG, who has a smudged nametag reading "Segal"
"We're not robots" Jorge bluntly explained, but left it at that before telling Galaz "Our objective is to extract the site's personel and prototypes, we need to end the lockdown to do that"
"Well, sure as shit I'm not ending up like Kaiser, don't want to get any your badsides after seeing that", She relents
"It'll take sometime for all the security measures to come back online" Another of the scientists warn
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 25 May 2025 08:12:22 No. 6247921 Report >>6247920 "And Amphitrite already exhausted herself fighting them off the first time", the older gentleman frets by Halsey's side as a few of the other researchers crowd around, casting worried looks in Dr Kaiser's direction
"Where are the Covenant troops contained?" Dr Halsey asks, shutting up all the scientists instantly with a quick show of authority and control
"Not in any of the...high priority Project labs" Amphitrite's care taker, Dr Okar explains "They're relegated to the upper most levels, Our AI reacted immediately"
"Any personnel trapped near them?" Jorge presses, stepping away from the doorway
"No, all survivors of their initial assault are present here" the doctor answers, tugging on his greying beard with a frown "Some of the other security squads may still be active but..."
"Fairbanks told us that everyone he knew that lived past their touchdown, died trying to break out to radio for help", Galaz said as she looked over the map of the facility "My squad and the bits and pieces of the rest that made it here with us, are all you have under you command, Lieutenant"
"I can cut off all but one route of access to the main research lab" Halsey explained, as several commands flashed across the terminals' screens "To maintain its effectiveness as a safezone. Approximately, how many Covenant reached the undersea labs before the lockdown was initiated, Dr Okar"
"Dozens, the security feed got shutdown before we got an accurate count, but, Dr Page", he motioned towards Dr Kaiser's glasses wearing friend "Estimated their numbers to be a minimum of thirty and..."
"More accurately, I presume their total force size to be nearer to fifty" She answer snappily, adjusting her glasses, but remaining close to Kaiser "It'd be smarter to leave the lockdown in place, until at least were on the research teams can escape. Fifty Covenant fighters are a overwhelming force, our whole security team couldn't fend them off"
You noticed Galaz glaring daggers at the back of the little lab coat wearing mouse. And toyed with the idea of ordering her to smack her across the mouth, since it clearly bothered her to hear her fellow guards reduced to fodder. They had to have fought hard to reduce the invading force down to "Around fifty", and Dr Page was in no way honoring their sacrifice
"The research projects are equally vital, intact prototypes being more so important than junior researchers", Halsey told her with an icy, apathetic tone "I'm ending the lockdown, and will hear no arguments on the matter. My escort team is more than capable of ousting our uninvited guest, isn't that right, boys?"
You and Jorge nod at once.
"There's only two of them" Dr Page hisses through her teeth and Kaiser looks down at his arm, as do the majority of his fellow project heads and their research staff. The security, however, maintains their discipline and stands at attention waiting for your orders
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 25 May 2025 08:13:28 No. 6247922 Report >>6247921 "So, Big thirty three" Galaz says, staring straight ahead as she watch Dr Halsey and Dr Okar open back up the doors "What's the plan of attack"
>"Securing a safe escape route through the garages or project Typhon, we're getting the research team out of here" >"Dr Halsey said the prototypes on site are higher priority than staff, we'll secure them first. Starting with MJOLNIR and Evil Eye" >"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" >"-052 will stay here and guard Halsey, your squad will be my support in hunting down the Covenant Infiltration squads" >"Jorge and I will make some noise for your squad to reach the surface, half our team is up there. They need reinforcements" >[ Maverick ] "I'd say shooting Dr Kaiser and leaving him to become an alien's dinner, but ONI would prefer that we get all of the site's personnel out of here alive and that I don't openly talk about executing their scientists..." >Write in option >>6247905 Hell yeah! You're the man Anon. Also the Mom tattoo on the shoulder pad is a nice touch lol
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>>6247922 >"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" getting an AI up and supporting the sweep or the team dealing with the siege will be for the best
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>>6247922 >"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" I still feel bad about those AI at Chi Ceti.
Anonymous
Part of me wants to get Amphitrite back online. Hoping she could micromanage the doors and paths in order to trick the Covie infiltrators to walk into one of the detachable halls and drown them all. Or at least some of them. I don't know how feasible that would be though. After we got her back up we could leave her favorite human there with her to extract her and book it to exfil once everything is wrapping up.
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>>6247922 >>"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" Anonymous
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>>6247927 Amphitrite apparently exhausted herself, so might not be a lot of offensive options available. But just having an AI linked to the internal/external security cameras/sensors would be big, if that's possible, so we can get updates on enemy composition and movement, hopefully helping us avoid getting ambushed or engaging on our terms.
Aside from that, I know the Cole Protocol isn't a thing yet, so it's not yet explicitly a rule that AI capture is unacceptable, but her capture could represent the most significant security breach out of anything here, aside from Halsey being captured. Possible Amphitrite might even know the coordinates to other colonies like shipboard smart AIs.
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>>6247922 Seeing Kaiser beaten was satisfying. Not nearly enough, but its enough for now.
>>"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" If Amphitrite can command the remaining automated defenses to not shoot humans it would be great for defense. Plus if the AI is back it should be able to assist us in cleaning up the Covenant inside the facility, maybe its even possible to have it assist in the extraction of the facility scientists and prototypes ?
This Galaz sound like someone with a brain, i am glad she and her squad are alive we need their help especially with the sheer amount of Covenant inside here and also outside. Too bad for that Fairbanks guy i would have wanted for him to be alive to be retrieved, this is the second badass we find and cant truly save like Wick :(
The other scientists seems to want to collaborate a little...better tell Halsey to keep an eye on them.
>>6247905 Based anon
With Sven being a capable artist this should be an easy paintjob to his armor if we want. Would be funny. Though I like the idea of painting dragon horns on his helm. And maybe some purple flames on his hands and legs as last decorations.
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And also maybe have Sven rank visible on his armor. I don't want someone to think he is not a liutenant
Anonymous
>>6247922 >"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz.” Also, we may or may not need an age check in that AI. Maybe it’s just me being too paranoid, but an AI getting “testy” with new comers is sounding alarm bells in my head. Last thing we need to be dealing with now is a Rampant AI because it got too stressed out.
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>>6248043 Meh fuck it, adding it as a write in, note I still want to turn the AI on, but I at least want to ask about its behavior.
>Write in >Ask the AI care taker, Dr, Okar to give more details about Amphitrite. Anonymous
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>>6247922 >"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" If they aren't in the testing labs yet then AI being woken up and eyes/ears coming back online is the best bet.
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>>6247922 >"We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz" Anonymous
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>>6247998 Not a terrible idea to have our rank engraved on the breast plates across the board. I'd opt for paint, but wear, tear, and plasma have a way of scrubbing that off in short order.
Anonymous
>>6247998 I think the tactical eyepieces/glasses attached to their helmets reveal ranks to them.
Anonymous
>>6248279 Yeah, but not everybody is gonna have a visor or neural implant. Most will, but some won't.
Anonymous
>>6248283 Remember to scuff your shiny insignias to make it harder for the enemy to ID you as priority. And so you sparkle less when the light catches you just right as to not reveal yourself in concealment.
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>>6247998 That's a horrible fucking idea
Anonymous
>>6248296 I'll point out we're in shiny green metal armor with a shiny face plate. I think shiny insignia are the least of our concerns.
Anonymous
>>6248373 Also, being the tallest and possibly widest probably doesn’t help.
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>>6248381 Tallest/Widest Spartan I mean. Fuck my typing has been awful lately.
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7 Votes for "We're waking Amphitrite up. I'm an expert whose only second to Halsey when it comes to the field of Artificial intelligences. And have experience with Covenant constructs. If they get their hands on one of our smart AIs...well, it'll be bad, Galaz"
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+ 1 vote to ask Dr Okar for more details on Amphitrite
Total agreement to tell Galaz and set the first objective to get Amphitrite active and fully aware/ online again. Probably could call it earlier, but I had a stomach ache for most of the day
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>>6247992 Fairbanks isn't dead. He isn't on his feet and is under heavy anesthesia. He was grievously injured when the rest of Squad petrel got sliced and diced.
He was only referred to in present tense in the update.
>>6247992 It was unusually satisfying writing it, to
>>6248283 Well, every UNSC Soldier has one, its how the friend or foe identifier works which allows The HUD to mark friendlies in the heat of the battle/ on its various trackers.
Spartans get a specialized one, so do Ship Commanders.
EMP probably glitched the FoF indicator before Sven peeled open the airlock like a can of smoked herring
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>>6248373 It's actually not very shiny as far as metals go. Until it gets carved up at least. The paint puts in work. The visors are pretty reflective though, but that's pretty easily solved with a layer of whatever that shit is they put on lenses to make them not shine, I forget what it is off of the top of my head. There'll also be different helmets with different levels of "open-faced-ness" in a minute.
>>6248409 If Fairbanks makes it out of this alive, is he gonna ask for a flash cloned arm or a robot arm?
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 26 May 2025 04:22:28 No. 6248433 Report >>6248432 "That is a profound understatement" Dr Halsey chimes in "I've set the lockdown to end in ten seconds, that should be enough time to finish your preparations"
"So, your bodyguards are going to head to Amphitrite's main body?" Dr Okar asks
"That is what what he said, Dr", Halsey says as the countdown begins with a soothingly voiced pre recorded warning issuing from the intercom system
"What about us? We'll be entirely without protection if they're taking control over our last security forces!" Dr Page shouts "And Dr Kaiser needs immediate medical attention, not get dragged around by your..."
"Did you pay attention, Dr?" You groan, rolling your eyes behind your visor "Halsey is separating the main lab from all but one point of access. That's better security than Jorge or I could provide"
"And we won't be long, the Lieutenant has a way with AI" Jorge backs you up "At most, we'll be gone a few minutes, most of that being travel time"
"Then I'd volunteer to join the endeavor" Dr Okar says after a moment of fiddling with his pen to muster up his courage " Amphitrite is...she inherited her Cognitive Impression Template's personality traits, as is expected. She and her basis were both, headstrong, willful, slow to trust and with a temper like the sea. Hence the name she chose for herself"
"You don't think she'll trust me", you say to hurry along Okar's ramblings as that is clearly the direction he's heading
"No. I don't. She was picked for Blacksite duty, specifically because of her distrustful nature. She only bonded with me, because I was one of the original head researchers before Typhon got crowded in by other projects" He explains, back stiff as he rubs his glasses, speaking to you like an academic lecturer "She may over-react or refuse to listen, as she tends to with the other head of staff. I may be the only way to make her fall in line without issue or trouble"
"No, it isn't just that" Jorge says patting the doctor on his shoulder "You're worried, with the way Sven is talking that Amphitrite will be disabled. Permanently"
Dr Okar doesn't respond to Jorge's guessing but something about the look in his eyes makes you think that he'd hit the bullseye.
"All of us on the research team would feel safer, if I went along. You might be as much of an expert as you claim, but we have no proof of it ourselves" He explains "And considering several of the staff are close to Dr Kaiser, they need some reassurance that they won't be so roughly handled or..."
"They have nothing to worry about, as long as they don't attempt to harm Dr Halsey. Like he did" You answer, hearing the intercom announce that the last security level of the lockdown has been lifted, which meant all the measures in place holding back the Covenant were now gone. With Halsey's high level of authorization allowing her to circumvent Amphitrite's administrative access, the AI needed to be reconnected to the system as a whole.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 26 May 2025 04:23:42 No. 6248435 Report >>6248433 >Promise Dr Okar that you aren't going to hurt his friend, but he needs to stay here. Then lead Galaz's squad and Jorge to the AI's primary node >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere >Order Galaz's team to take Okar to the Typhon Storage room and guard him as readies the inventory for evac, while you and Jorge meet with Amphitrite >Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs >Write in option >>6248413 maybe an arm with an integrated grenade launcher, lol
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>>6248435 >Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere Anonymous
>>6248435 >>Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere Damn dude fine say hi to your waifu.
>>Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs It's probably getting to be that time where they need to bug out. Thankfully the Covie are bullheaded and dumb so they probably won't come OUT of the facility to flank them, instead focusing solely on their objective inside the place. Well, hopefully.
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>>6248435 >Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs I'd wager it's getting close for Shika and Daisy to retreat into the facility if they haven't managed any major disruption or kills.
>Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere We don't have to be the ones grabbing her, it just need it done someone.
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>>6248435 >Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere >>6248440 For some reason I'm getting the feeling that she might be based on his daughter rather than a waifu.
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>>6248444 >trips of death confirm Damn I hadn't even thought of that. Brutal.
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>>6248435 >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere why does the facility feel like its being run by a bunch of innies
>Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs hopefully we can contact them seeing as where quite a bit underground and underwater
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>>6248435 >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere. Normally I’d say this is an awful idea and a waste of an Egghead who would most certainly die in the crossfire trying to keep up with two Spartans. However, thanks to Sven having Bulwark and an almost supernatural ability to bock bullets with his body I don’t think this is the worst idea. So you can come along Dr. Okar, just hope you don’t mind getting princess carried if and when the need calls for it.
Also
>Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs. Did our little Ninja sister girl pull off stealing a covvie tank? I desperately need to know.
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>>6248435 >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere >Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs Anonymous
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>>6248435 >>Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere Anonymous
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>>6248435 >"If it helps, Dr., I was tutored for years by Dr. Halsey personally, and tested those lessons hacking a cluster of Covenant intelligences during an attack." >>Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere >>Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs Anonymous
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>>6248435 >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere >Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs >Write in option. >Give Galaz the spare shield gauntlets you and Jorge picked up earlier, providing her squad and Dr Okar some extra security. We do have two on our wrist, yeah? Seems kind of a waste to just have them in reserve when they can be put to good use and requested back if necessary.
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>>6248435 >Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere sure come along, just don't run on a covenant
>Check on Shika and Daisy's status on the trip over to Amphitrite, and update them on the current situation in the labs The situation is about to get deadly, if nothing else the sieging force outside shouldn't be able to notice us opening up the place immediately, they are occupied by our sisters. Which, i do wonder if Shika managed to grab a tank. Thats a really large force of Covenant, and their tanks are on a beach in the sun. Is really not perfect conditions for stealth, they are subpar if anything. If she managed to grab a tank the sieging force should become a little confused, allowing Shika and Daisy to tear them up a bit before doing a fighting retreat.
>write in >Have Dr. Okar at the center of a rhomboid formation (composed of us, Jorge and Galaz's squad), while we do a quick march toward the AI primary node. Also create a comm channel with Galaz's squad, so we can better fight with them (our helmets and HUDs can do that kind of thing yes ?). >Write in option. >Give Galaz the spare shield gauntlets you and Jorge picked up earlier, providing her squad and Dr Okar some extra security. We do have two on our wrist, yeah? Seems kind of a waste to just have them in reserve when they can be put to good use and requested back after.
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>>6248283 Everyone affiliated in the UNSC has em so I don't think it's the biggest thing necessary. Also, we're Spartans. If we're seen on the field it's not like we're going to be ordered around-even a Marine Colonel is scared of ONIs hounds.
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11 Votes to exchange status reports with Daisy and Shika's half of the tea,
11 Votes to allow Dr Okar to handle Amphitrite
1 Votes to tell Okar "If it helps, Dr., I was tutored for years by Dr. Halsey personally, and tested those lessons hacking a cluster of Covenant intelligences during an attack."
2 Votes to give Galaz the spare energy shield gauntlet on your person
1 vote to escort Dr Okar in a Rhomboid formation and establish a secure COM channel with Galaz's squad
Total agreement for having Sven phone the girls and allow Dr Okar to handle Amphitrite
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>>6248444 Wouldn't that be tragic
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>>6248975 >Wouldn't that be tragic I'm calling the other side of that coin and saying
Okar is an innie. He's gonna do a fucky wucky with the AI. Now both of our bases are covered for bad times.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 07:27:33 No. 6248991 Report "No more time to discuss the matter further, Dr Okar, I expect you to follow any and all commands I give you. Come on, we have no time to waste getting Amphitrite back to full connectivity" You tell the bearded Doctor and signal Jorge to move out and join him in the Van, with Galaz leading her team and what remains of the other security squads in a scattered formation behind you. Good tactical sense, spreading out her soldiers makes it harder to wipe them all out in a single barrage or one well placed grenade. Must've learned a few lessons fending off the Covenant infiltration teams.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 07:28:33 No. 6248992 Report >>6248991 "Scorpion hasn't gotten knocked out of the fight yet, running low of ammo. Covenant hasn't crossed the land bridge but I think the fuckers are content to win through attrition. This tanks taken a beaten, but I've repaid the enemy in kind, Sir" She answers "Shika is, well, you know Shika. She's gone completely radio silent. Last I saw she dove off the side of the cliff. Don't know her current whereabouts but I'm giving the covenant all I have to keep them off her trail"
"Shika, reporting in"
"Speak of the devil" Daisy and you both mutter, and then laugh
"I'm not the devil either, just shika" She says dully "Conditions weren't in my favor, but its hard to ignore a tank. Attempting capture in three, two, one"
You freeze, and Jorge does to. Dr Okar notices your sudden pause as you wait, breathlessly
"She actually did it!" Daisy yells and you whistle sharply and Jorge's shoulders visibly slack in relief
"How?!" You ask excitedly
"Burst out of the sand, used the camo ONI has us testing, and grappled onto the front of the tank as it maneuvered near her hiding place" Daisy answers, voice cracking as she peaks her COMs' Microphone out of sheer amazement that Shika pulled off a nearly impossible feat of stealth "
"What she use as a grapple?" Jorge hurriedly asked
"The blade prototype ONI also has us testing, what do you think" Daisy snaps "She's...She's in!"
"Enemy Armor secure, Sir!" Shika cheerfully chimed in
"Did you get spotted?" You ask, and wait for a response
"Don't think so. But they'll notice the body I tossed out when I took the pilot's seat" She answers "...I really like this blade, cuts very cleanly"
"Good, that's good. Daisy, keep hammering them as long as you can, but don't take any unnecessary risks. Jorge and I have reached the science team and are escorting one Dr Okar to get the AI back online and playing nice" You order, giving Galaz's team the signal to proceed to the sites garages "And Shika?"
"Yes?", You take up the rear guard and quickly weigh your options. Having two tanks might just change the tide of battle, that was rapidly turning against their favor
"Raise enough hell that they think you are the devil, Your priority targets are the remaining Covenant Armor, troop transports and any alien strutting around like they own the place", Are the orders you settle on giving "Moment it gets too hot, retreat and fall back to Daisy's location if you can"
"Understood, Shika the devil, going quiet"
"Almost can't believe she pulled it off" Jorge admits "I knew Shika was good, but, sneaking up on a tank on a sunny day with no cover and not only capturing it, but falling into the driver seat? That's the sort of thing that Section two makes up to boost morale"
"Its our job to achieve the impossible. To be the best Soldiers on Humanity's side" You answer, feeling incredibly proud for the feat your stealth expert just pulled off "And you should know just how high we dragons soar"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 07:29:34 No. 6248993 Report >>6248992 "Sorry to cut your victory celebration short, Sir, but if I heard correctly the rest of your squad took out one of the Covenant's tanks?" Galaz interrupts as you reach the elevator in the garage and wait outside of it as Dr Okar rifles through the seemingly endless amount of access cards and encrypted keycards on his person
"Captured" Jorge corrects and you can hear the grin he's wearing in his tone
"How many Spec-ops does Dr Halsey need for her escort detail?" She asks in disbelief "Must've taken some pretty heavy causalities pulling that off, but, I hell I'd be cheering on my team if they managed something like that even if they got attritioned down to a single man"
"I wouldn't be celebrating if any of my Spartans had died, Sergeant" You answer as you move behind Okar to see about getting him to hurry up finding the right access card
"No losses" The older woman says under her breath "they took no losses capturing a covenant tank"
"Man, the rest of your team has to be just as scary as you are, Lieutenant!" Segal shouts as the rest of the security guards pick their jaws off the floor "Well, I don't know bout you guys, but I feel much better having a battalion of these giant ass kickers waiting for us topside"
"Sorry to rain on your parade, soldier. But there's only four of us, counting myself and Sven, on this mission" Jorge says "He wasn't kidding when he said our job is to, paraphrase, be the best there is"
"Feels like I've gotten dropped into some kind of super hero comic" Galaz chuckles as you kneel down
"Having trouble finding your password, Dr?" You ask, and he shakes his head
"Just nervous" He stutters "Ah, here it is, sorry to make you all wait...I'll be going down alone"
"Understood, radio us once Amphitrite is in control of the site's security again" You tell him as he enters the elevator, disappearing as the doors slide shut behind him.
"I mean no offense, Sir, but are four of...whatever you guys are, really enough to get us out of this hole?" One of Galaz's squad mates ask
You and Jorge exchange glances
"Should be" You answer with a nod
"We're good at getting ourselves out of bad situations" Jorge adds
"But we're also experts in getting ourselves into them" You chuckle "Might take awhile for Dr Okar to get the AI back in working order, and we aren't going to be sitting on our hands while we wait"
"Ma'am, why do I get the feeling our new, big green friends here are going to get me killed?" Segal asks
"Cause you're a pussy, Private" Galaz answers "I'd rather march into a firefight under their command than sit like a fish in a barrel waiting to die"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 07:30:35 No. 6248994 Report >>6248993 >Buy Dr Okar and the rest of the science team sometime, and seek out and intercept one of the Covenant infiltration teams as you move up in the facility >Tell Galaz to leave the remnants of the broken squads behind to serve as a last line of defense for the scientists and Halsey, and move to secure the MJOLNIR armor and attachments on site. Its too valuable to risk losing. >[ Maverick] Access the labs intercom and issue a series of challenges and insults to the Covenant forces, to try and lead them into an ambush (Write ins for what Sven tells them high encouraged) >Hold in the Garage and use the time before the Covenant troops reach the lower levels to decide on what vehicle you'll use here or from the Typhon storage wing to start evac-ing the ONI researchers >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6248992 >Shika the devil, She dyed her hair red, is wearing a sleeveless gi and fighting people in the streets now? Moving up in the world.
>>6248994 >>[ Maverick] Access the labs intercom and issue a series of challenges and insults to the Covenant forces, to try and lead them into an ambush (Write ins for what Sven tells them high encouraged) Oh man. I don't know.
>"Hello little vermin. You've trapped yourself wonderfully, as expected of stupid birds and vainglorious lizards. You can't seem to find the way out let alone further toward your objective? Sitting in that room praying for help? Divine intervention? Well here it is. Scurry now, pests. Unless you want to wind up like your best, only able to take a single arm before being butchered like cattle, truly pathetic." Best I can do. I hope it's just melodramatic enough for their dramatically sized egos to interpret as both insult and bluster. As to make them act unwise.
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>>6248994 >Hold in the Garage and use the time before the Covenant troops reach the lower levels to decide on what vehicle you'll use here or from the Typhon storage wing to start evac-ing the ONI researchers Might as well get this show on the road. Longer we put off finding a way out of this mess the harder it's going to be. And good shit Shika, glad she managed to pull it off.
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>>6248994 >>[ Maverick] Access the labs intercom and issue a series of challenges and insults to the Covenant forces, to try and lead them into an ambush (Write ins for what Sven tells them high encouraged) >Dear Split lipped bastards, chicken headed cowards and the rest of your cannon fodder i am to inform you that your religion is a lie and that your gods dont love you cause if they did then they would not have created me; so with that in mind im going to take that which you consider holy and precious an desecrate it since you obviously dont have the skill to stop me what so ever and you would now that this is true should you look outside to your fellow covvie bastards dying painfully outside Anonymous
>>6248993 >"Just nervous" He stutters "Ah, here it is, sorry to make you all wait...I'll be going down alone" Soooooo why the fuck he go down alone? We LITERALLY have two of the greatest AI minds of humanity standing right here and we're sending in the research drone?
I smell a rat. He's there to get her to trust US.
Either way, we need to be either locking off the covenant the way we did those rebels on the space station (which we may not need the AI for at all) until we can see what internal defenses the AI can throw at them, or if we have to, lure them into an ambush. Find us some claymores.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 10:03:56 No. 6249022 Report >>6249006 Because Dr Okar volunteered to be the one to handle the distrustful and bad tempered Amphitrite and get her to cooperate, as he is the only researcher she trusts/ likes.
Which Sven agreed to and allowed, as everyone (Including yourself) voted to escort him to the AI and then go deal with other problems.
If you didn't trust Dr Okar/ wanted to deal with the AI personally/ try to win her trust (and risk her freaking out), you shouldn't have voted to let Dr Okar handle the problem personally to bypass the issue.
As for why Dr Okar went down there alone. Well honestly it felt silly to have Sven, Jorge and Galaz's team follow Dr Okar into the elevator down to the AI's Data Center, just to then immediately go back up the elevator afterwards.
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>>6249022 I'ma be real I thought Sven was gonna do some shit. Cause I assumed the infiltration team has a tool on them that's fucking with the AI. It's not like AIs do actually get tired from doing things, it's more a matter of distributed processing power. So in my head the only reason she'd be "asleep" is if they were directly attacking her with their own AI or some sort of device and it was causing disruptions so it was safer to just put her into power saving mode. I didn't think it would just be flipping a switch and saying "naptime's over don't shoot these new guys".
I guess I overestimated the Covie here. Or the AI itself.
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>>6248994 >[ Maverick] Access the labs intercom and issue a series of challenges and insults to the Covenant forces, to try and lead them into an ambush (Write ins for what Sven tells them high encouraged) Don't know honestly.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 11:35:31 No. 6249042 Report >>6249024 Again, you (also) voted for the choice that included " ...so you ONLY have to escort them to the AI hub and can turn your attention elsewhere", if you wanted to handle the AI personally you shouldn't have voted to let the other guy do it instead.
I should probably also explain what was Dr Okar meant by "Exhausted herself". He used that exact phrasing, for much the same reason Sven referred to getting Amphitrite back online/ connected to the site's security network as "Waking her up". More or less to avoid dehumanizing her. I'll try to explain what he meant by that
Amphitrite had been preventing the Covenant that got into the site from pushing any further, which was happening from several vectors/ points in the facility's upper levels While also preventing any more of their forces from getting inside. And they were doing everything they could to punch through her defenses + lockdown measures and disrupt the security systems which included trying to harm the AI directly. Effectively she'd been fighting off an "infection" since the Covenant began sieging the blacksite, while also repulsing their later attempts to get in after the order to initiate a sitewide lockdown/black out went through.
She got "exhausted" because she was running out of countermeasures and beginning to stretch herself thin to prevent all the ways and areas the Covenant were trying to break out of the cages she put them in. Which included cyberware attacks on the various security measures she had control over.
The covenant weren't able to directly take down Amphitrite, but they could certainly damage/interfere with the systems she controlled and disable/ destroy the automated defenses they were attacked by.
So they were fucking with the AI, but it wasn't with a device or a shitty Covie AI, it was by just applying constant and increasing internal and external pressure and slowly whittling down her ability to respond to and repel their attacks effectively.
Which would've worked a lot better for them, if they were dealing with a Dumb AI.
And a lot of their progress they had made just got wiped when Halsey hard rebooted the site's entire security network by circumventing Amphitrite's administrative access to force shutdown the lockdown and blackout, since Amphitrite was following strict protocol and the Head of the facility who had the authority to command her to end the lockdown/ blackout prematurely was among the initial causalities of the covenant's attack (Which is why Halsey needed to be escorted to the site in the first place)
This had the side effect of removing Amphitrite's access from said security network. Which is why she needs to be "Woken up". And why Dr Okar felt he needed to be the one to get her back online, since she has "a temper like the sea". Which wouldn't have improved at all being booted out of the network during its forced restart
I hope I explained that coherently, but I am getting pretty tired
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>>6248994 >[ Maverick] Access the labs intercom and issue a series of challenges and insults to the Covenant forces, to try and lead them into an ambush (Write ins for what Sven tells them high encouraged) Damn, okay. I'll give it a shot.
>Attention, Covenant trespassers. This is Spartan-033, Lieutenant Sven Askeland, acting commander of all UNSC forces in this sector and leader of Spartan Team Purple, the team currently ripping apart your reinforcements outside. As you've surely noticed, we've brought the facility back online. Right now, we're in the process of rebooting the facility's AI and, with it, this facility's countermeasures. At that point, it won't matter if you somehow manage to slaughter every single one of us down here, however unlikely that is, because she will flood this facility, destroying everything of value, if it even looks like we're in danger of being overrun. Everything you've fought and bled for, died for, will have been for nothing. The clock is ticking. Move fast, and you might just get to her before she becomes operational again. But know this: to get to her, you'll have to go through me. So how about it? Up for the challenge? If not, feel free to join your friends outside. My team could use the target practice. Figure they'll know it's a bait for sure if there's someone commanding them with more than a couple of brain cells, but they'll have no choice but to bite anyway if they believe their mission is at stake. Should get some of them sufficiently motivated and moving fast enough to actually stumble into an ambush if they think they're on a clock.
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>>6249042 >if you wanted to handle the AI personally you shouldn't have voted to let the other guy do it instead. I didn't. I just assumed it wouldn't be so easy. That there would be complications. Like many votes where the intent is stated but the truth of the matter isn't so simple when you get to it. I'm not saying I'm disappointed or duped, just surprised.
But thank you for the explanation, I guess I just tism'd at Okar's choice of verbiage kek.
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>>6249131 >I didn't. You did.
>Allow Dr Okar to come along, so you only have to escort them to the AI hub, and can turn your attention elsewhere This was your exact vote, to let Okar handle the AI while we go do something else. How did you come to the conclusion that we'd be involved in the process by choosing not to be involved in the process?
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>>6249145 I think it's a simple thing to say that he didn't exactly think that's what it meant explicitly and move on. No need to insist.
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>>6249145 I could have greentexted it better, the operative part of the sentence I wanted was
>if you wanted to handle the AI personally I should have only highlighted that. That's my bad.
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>>6249152 >I should have only highlighted that. That's my bad. No worries, that makes more sense than me thinking you were denying voting for it.
>>6249150 Insisting brought clarification. All is well.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 27 May 2025 19:27:21 No. 6249174 Report I seem to be suffering a touch of insomnia, as sleep has eluded me these last eight or so hours. So, early warning, I probably won't be able to write an update today/ later in the evening . And of course the vote will remain open/active until I return/ eventually wake up whenever that will be.
And you lot haven't disappointed with the write in taunts, they're all very clever I think.
>>6249131 >>6249152 Ah, I see, I misunderstood in my tired state. Sorry if was a bit snappy, tiredness makes me ill tempered myself.
And as for complications, you're very much presently in the calm before the storm. So do not worry, complications aplenty will come.
It's just that by taking a back door into the facility proper + swiftly dispatching the jackals + Daisy and Shika rolling well to hold the line, you've delayed/ prevent a great number of them
Anyways, I am going to try my damndest to fall asleep if i can manage . I Hope there'll be more write ins or discussion to greet me when I wake up, whenever that'll be
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>>6249157 >denying voting for it Thankfully I don't have schizophrenia
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>>6249174 >Sorry if was a bit snappy, tiredness makes me ill tempered myself. Nah you're chill, plug. Get some sleep kek
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 28 May 2025 16:09:00 No. 6249524 Report "Our orders, sir", the sergeant snaps to attention and stands waiting for your next command. Jorge looks your way, and from body language alone you can tell he's caught on that you're cooking up another one of your wilder plans, that you're intending to do a little of Loki's work for him.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 28 May 2025 16:10:01 No. 6249525 Report >>6249524 "Good" You say as Galaz and a few of the other guards not helping shore up the defenses gather around, waiting to see exactly how you'll bait the Covenant into an ambush.
"Attention!" You begin, and wait a moment to hear your Norwegian accent baritone boom across the speakers, before continuing your part of the challenge "Covenant Trespassers. This is Spartan-033. Lieutenant Sven Askeland, acting commander of all UNSC forces in this sector and leader of Spartan Team Purple"
You pause and loop the first part of your message twice to make sure it gets through the Covenant translators, before you continue and lean closer to the terminal so not a single syllable of your taunt gets cut off.
"The team currently ripping apart your reinforcements outside. As you've surely noticed, we've brought the facility back online" You start and then stop, looping the message two more times before continuing to feed the machine your speech "Right now, we're in the process of rebooting the facility's AI; and with it the facility's countermeasures. At that point it won't matter if you somehow manage to slaughter every single one of us down here, however unlikely that is; because she will flood this facility, destroying everything of value, if it even looks like we're in danger of being overrun"
That was a guess, based off of what little you knew about Amphitrite's personality and ONI blacksite protocol. You grip the terminal, and underneath your helmet grin ear to ear wolfishly as you lower you voice and draw out the last part of your challenge, speaking as coldly as possible and making sure the threat would be cutting.
"Everything you've fought and bled for, died for, will have been for nothing" You grimly warn, with a finality and fatalism worthy of a Saga, growling the words through your teeth "The clock is ticking. Move fast, and you might just get to her before she becomes operational again. But know this: to get to her, you'll have to go through me"
You step back and jauntily issue your challenge "So how about it? Up for the challenge? If not, feel free to join your friends outside. My team could use the target practice."
Then you cut the mic and whistle to Jorge
"You're up -052!" You shout, high fiving him as he moves to take your place at the terminal as Sergeant Galaz picks up her jaw and Private Segal looks at you like you're his new hero.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 28 May 2025 16:11:21 No. 6249526 Report >>6249525 "This is Spartan-052. Jorge. Petty Officer Second Class, also a member of Purple team, picking up where my CO left off" He stoically addresses the invaders "To send a message to this site's vermin infestation. You've trapped yourselves, and we're going to kill you. I expected as much from a bunch of uplifted lizards and birds, even if you're part of a supposedly advance society. bet you believed your release was the result of your prayers. In truth, it was us opening the doors to exterminate you all like the pests you are. The best you sent in here only managed to take an arm before dying, what do you think you'll accomplish scurrying around in the dark?"
You pat him on the shoulder and signal Sergeant Galaz, who blinks rapidly before crisply saluting and taking Jorge's place as he resumes his activities in barricading both doors and wiring a few tripwires with grenades across their thresholds and between overturned tables.
"Sergeant Ria Galaz, ONI, Security team leader. I don't think you piss ants have the attention span to hear my service number, but know that I've been killing since before your mother's shat you out" She snarls, quickly getting caught up in the very unprofessional atmosphere Jorge and you have set "And I've got a message for you split lipped bastards, chicken faced cowards and all the cannon fodder you push forward by spear point. Whatever horseshit religion you believe, whatever gods have pushed you to crusade for our genocide, they don't love you, because if they did they would not have created us! I'll personally desecrate and profane whatever big stupid rock you consider holy, and I'd like to see you try and stop me! You're friends outside are dying like the animals you are, why not let us fast track your ticket to heaven, you motherfuckers!"
She nods to Private Segal, who looks like he'd just been given the keys to the world as he steps up to the terminal, you and the rest of his squad egging him on.
"Private Segal. ONI, New meat on the security team. My name kind of sounds like Seagull, which is fitting cause I'm about to shit fury all over you. I might be a greenhorn, but that's just cause we're all badasses down here. And we like our meat red and dripping! And you just happened to come knocking during lunch time! Maybe that's why your leaders are the kind of pussies to invent active camouflage! They know we're on the hunt for something new to chow down on!" He roars without even a trace of the nervous energy he'd been displaying since he got put under your command "I hope you're bringing down some of those little birdies, you godless fucks, cause I could really go for some chicken. I'ma pick your bones clean, ya hear me! Segal's the name! Try and kill me like you did Chef, I'll be waiting to get a taste of you"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 28 May 2025 16:12:22 No. 6249527 Report >>6249526 "No eating the aliens, private. Don't know where they've been " You preemptively admonish him, having to at least act somewhat like the officer that you are "If anyone else wants a turn, do it quick then get behind cover and into position"
And everyone wants a turn shit talking the Covenant, venting their frustrations and grief at the enemy, exactly as you'd hoped they would. Smack talking after being caged in a siege should improve their morale and keep their nerves from falling mid engagement.
>Get into a vantage point along the walkway above the mess hall, and set up a firing position to make the best use off the needle rifle you scrounged up, keeping it scoped in on the door to headshot the first target that shows up >[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies >Get behind cover and show a few of the guards how to use a plasma grenade and authorization to use enemy equipment, before taking some of Jorge and your grenade launchers smoke rounds and prime them to go off the moment the doors are kicked open. >Toss Sergeant Galaz one of your two energy shield gauntlets, and wait beside the doors to kick them open and start the engagement on your terms the moment you pick up movement on your motion tracker >write in option Anonymous
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>>6249527 >Get behind cover and show a few of the guards how to use a plasma grenade and authorization to use enemy equipment, before taking some of Jorge and your grenade launchers smoke rounds and prime them to go off the moment the doors are kicked open. the main reason im picking this option is cause of the smoke should make any cloaked eneimes easy to spot what with the smoke moving around an invisible fucker
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>>6249527 >Get into a vantage point along the walkway above the mess hall, and set up a firing position to make the best use off the needle rifle you scrounged up, keeping it scoped in on the door to headshot the first target that shows up >Write-in >Give the guards authorization to use enemy equipment and have Jorge show them how to use a plasma grenade. We got the needle rifle, might as well utilize the advantage it gives us.
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>>6249527 Hey, maybe we should throw cooking oil on the floor in front of the doors. At least a couple of them will come rushing in and slip on that shit. And even if it doesn't, watching or hearing it splash and displace would give away any elites that try to be sneaky about it after the first wave, if they aren't in it anyway. And if any tengu are coming in hot with their shields up they'll have unsteady footing or fall, might give an opening to hit past their shields.
>Get into a vantage point along the walkway above the mess hall, and set up a firing position to make the best use off the needle rifle you scrounged up, keeping it scoped in on the door to headshot the first target that shows up >[Maverick] Home Alone them by dumping a jug of oil on the floor in front of the doors Anonymous
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>>6249527 >>[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies Anonymous
>>6249527 >[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies >Get behind cover and show a few of the guards how to use a plasma grenade and authorization to use enemy equipment, before taking some of Jorge and your grenade launchers smoke rounds and prime them to go off the moment the doors are kicked open. >Use explosives and a bunch of the silverware to build fougasses (think poor man's claymore mine, where explosive is used to project the available shrapnel that you have, anything from rock to, in this case, cutlery). Doors get kicked open, they see us, they angrily charge, they get a face full of Oneida's best at upwards of Mach 1, and a grenade or two gets launched into the hallway for good measure. Medals and blowjobs for everyone.
Fun, dramatic, and with some mad Home Alone vibes. All we need is someone blasting Master of Puppets or The Only Thing They Fear Is You.
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>>6249575 Edit
>Show a few of the guards how to use a plasma grenade and authorization to use enemy equipment, before taking some of Jorge and your grenade launchers smoke rounds and prime them to go off the moment the doors are kicked open. We are in the open, everyone else is behind cover.
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>>6249527 >[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies >Toss Sergeant Galaz one of your two energy shield gauntlets, and wait beside the doors to kick them open and start the engagement on your terms the moment you pick up movement on your motion tracker Anonymous
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>>6249527 >Get into a vantage point along the walkway above the mess hall, and set up a firing position to make the best use off the needle rifle you scrounged up, keeping it scoped in on the door to headshot the first target that shows up Wanna take the high ground at the start and just unload everything we have in that kill box. Jump down on one of their heads if we run dry or the situation starts turning around on us, engaging with our shotgun or the trinket.
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>>6249527 >[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies. Lookie lookie you Covie Bastards. Come get a taste.
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>>6249704 Also this choice makes me wonder if we are the first human to activate and use an Energy Sword. Which has to be an achievement in its own right.
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>>6249527 >>[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies Anonymous
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>>6249527 >[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies This will be sure to piss off the elites.
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>>6249527 >>[ Scrounger/ Wunderkind] Having concluded that the "trinket" you looted was actually some kind of projected energy sword, figure out how to make it work and assuming it had cultural significance, stand in the open with it on display to really piss of the Covies >Write-in >Give the guards authorization to use enemy equipment and have Jorge show them how to use a plasma grenade Anonymous
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An even more enraged enemy can lose any cool and tactical thought they had left, ample opportunity for them to make even bigger mistakes and mistakes can be abused by us.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 29 May 2025 17:17:09 No. 6250037 Report There is no feeling like that of waiting for your position to be assaulted. You don't think you could put it into words, but you could probably depict the feeling of suspense and growing tension with graphite lines and pen strokes. It isn't a nervous feeling, not exactly. More like knowing a punch is coming for your jaw but drawn out from an instant to minutes. You don't get behind cover, like even Jorge does. Exposing yourself has a purpose and is the finishing touch of your strategy, since ever since you found the silver "trinket" you've been wondering what it was and evidence is pointing to it being a similar sort of weapon to the crystalline cutlass the captain of the cruiser over Chi Cheti Four wielded to distract you from the plasma grenade in their other hand. More advance, as while the grip slash hilt was fashioned and shaped similarly, it didn't have a slab of explosively reactive crystal jutting out of it. And if it was what was used to dismember most of Squad Petrel, then it was a refinement. A pure energy field, used offensively rather than defensively.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 29 May 2025 17:18:10 No. 6250039 Report >>6250037 Maybe its motion activated? You test the theory, and step back, sucking in air through your teeth as a burst of heat shoots up your arm as the air is immediately ionized as a two pronged blade shoots out, projected by glowing blue circles on the sides of the two ball shaped protrusions. It nearly sliced a few of your fingers off. It doesn't fit a human hand well, and that'd make it awkward enough to wield on its own, but knowing that it was a near meter and a half long blade of roiling super heated plasma, made it all the more ungainly in your hands.
Sweating, careful, you practiced a few swings and sword katas you remember from training, and get somewhat accustomed to moving the twin blades of plasma without lopping off a few of your fingers or an entire leg. It emits an intense heat, which just adds to the discomfort of wielding it.
If any of the guards have a problem with you using enemy equipment, they don't voice their thoughts as you swirl around and thrust the burning blade through the air.
"I think I've got the hang of it" is a white lie you tell yourself to keep calm while holding a sheet of plasma shaped into the appearance of a sword
"Halsey will kill you if the first Spartan casualty in this war is self inflicted" Jorge warns as he turns his head towards your direction from the machine gun nest he built himself, kneeling on one knee as he watches you risk self dismemberment "Be careful not to slice your own arm off, Sven"
"Trying my best" You chuckle nervously, wondering just what kind of demented alien mind came up with the idea to wield plasma like a fencing sword "Hopefully just seeing this in my hand will be enough to blind the enemy with rage, and I won't actually have to fight with this thing"
"Don't jinx yourself either, Sir" Jorge chuckles as you walk up to the door, careful not to trip the tripwired grenade he'd fastened to it as you push the doors open and step into the hallway and just...wait for the Covenant to come charging down to avenge their bruised pride and meet your challenges and insults with hails of plasma and exploding crystals.
You don't have to wait long, until the hunchbacked, gorilla postured dwarves with stubby hands and rebreather masks come toddling down the hallway, shrieking and waving active plasma pistols. And you, unfortunately, get your first good close look of the ugly runts. They've got tiny pig like eyes, Neanderthalic sloped foreheads, uneven patches of scales and calluses along their grey black hides, and broad, elephant like feet. And they squeak, bark and whine like sick or dying dogs. The one leading their blind charge skids, and yips and waves their charging plasma pistol around in a panic as they see you standing tall, plasma sword held out in front of you as far from your body as you could manage without dropping it and
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 29 May 2025 17:19:12 No. 6250040 Report >>6250039 before Jorge can get a shot off, the little mask wearing monkeys scamper back around the corners. There's sounds of a scuffle, an argument between them and what sounds like a pack of Tengu, that is silenced by roar that sounds like it came from one of the squid faces.
You tilt your head, and one of the runts peeks out, and jabs a finger in your direct, squealing and stomping their feet. A moment later, their head vanishes as one of the Security Guards begins the engagement by drawing first blood. Before the hunchback can even hit the ground, seven more coming scrambling out of the corner, firing wildly and inaccurately as a four man shield wall of Tengu advances behind them.
And one very pissed off looking Svartalfar in red armor, eyes locked on you as they advance behind their wall of fodder, plasma rifle shouldered. And those eyes are filled with murderous rage. Seems you were right to guess the Covenant wouldn't like to see you playing with their toys.
You activate one of the energy shields on your arm and take a step back, heel brushing up against the taught trip wire. And then you saw more aliens rushing to fill the space behind the red armored officer, mostly runts and Tengu, but including a few blue armored elites, all of them charging at you. It was a good thing you had the presence of mind to turn on the shield, or else you'd have had to dive for cover.
"Oh" You gasp, realizing just how much of a kicking you gave this particular hornets nest by insulting them over the intercom and defiling one of their devices with your touch. But, for some reason you can't help but crack a smile, briefly imagining yourself in the place of the Viking at Stamford bridge
>Sprint forward and lunge for the officer leading the charge behind the fodder, making good use of the sword you looted (DC 17. +1 Scrounger. +1 Giant, + 1 SQ: Spartan-II, +1 Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV, +1 Equipment: Energy Shield Gauntlet) >Retreat back into the mess hall and slide behind cover, and start taking potshots with the needle rifle (DC 15. +1 Jotun, +1 Scrounger, +5 Fire support (Jorge + Security Squad: Skua) >Break up the wall of meat shields by chucking a grenade at the runts forming its front (DC 13. +3 grenadier) > Roll a flashbang, advance underneath your energy shield, then, when you're surrounded, activate the EMP on your wrist (DC 14. +1 energy shield, +3 Bulwark, + 2 element of surprise ) >write in option Anonymous
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>>6250040 >>Break up the wall of meat shields by chucking a grenade at the runts forming its front (DC 13. +3 grenadier) i mean if their all bunched together then who am i to say no to such a prime target
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>>6250040 >Break up the wall of meat shields by chucking a grenade at the runts forming its front (DC 13. +3 grenadier) Better to kill the ads first before committing to anything big. Will save us some trouble on potential roll failures.
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>>6250040 Posting from phone. This
>>6249708 Is me.
> Roll a flashbang, advance underneath your energy shield, then, when you're surrounded, activate the EMP on your wrist (DC 14. +1 energy shield, +3 Bulwark, + 2 element of surprise ) I say this because yanking all the shields off everyone with an EMP makes them all prime targets for our crew.
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>>6250040 >> Roll a flashbang, advance underneath your energy shield, then, when you're surrounded, activate the EMP on your wrist (DC 14. +1 energy shield, +3 Bulwark, + 2 element of surprise ) Anonymous
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>>6250046 >I say this because yanking all the shields off everyone with an EMP makes them all prime targets for our crew. My thoughts exactly. I trust our men to pick their targets appropriately and not shred us in the process.
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>>6250040 >Break up the wall of meat shields by chucking a grenade at the runts forming its front (DC 13. +3 grenadier) Using EMP is fucking STUPID. We've made us the number #1 target, get them mad, then we paralyze our own armor, while NONE of the OPFOR is? Our security squad will have their hands full killing the grunts up front without worrying about the second rank Jackals.
If the EMP takes out their guns for a sec, makes sense.
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>>6250040 >>Break up the wall of meat shields by chucking a grenade at the runts forming its front (DC 13. +3 grenadier) Anonymous
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>>6250040 >Break up the wall of meat shields by chucking a grenade at the runts forming its front (DC 13. +3 grenadier) Anonymous
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>>6250123 >>6250123 That’s what the flashbang is for. By the time the Covies get their eyesight back our armor shouldn’t be affected anymore and in all that time that their shields were down they were getting lit up by Jorge, Galaz, and Co. Course that’s banking on a lot, but that’s what rolls are for. Plus if it was THAT stupid of an idea, then 404 wouldn’t have put it up as a viable option to be voted on.
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Rolled 6 + 3 (1d20 + 3) >>6250426 Catch!
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Rolled 19 + 3 (1d20 + 3) >>6250426 Anonymous
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Rolled 18 + 3 (1d20 + 3) >>6250426 Anonymous
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>>6250441 >>6250443 options field next time
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>>6250441 >>6250443 >>6250444 FUCK, my new faggotry has been revealed. I’ll never be able to cope. Thanks for the help.
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>>6250429 [Success!]
And a pretty meaty one of 9 over the target number. Nice
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 30 May 2025 15:03:46 No. 6250480 Report The cannon fodder is panicked, but the less expendable troops are distracted. Their attention, the Tengus and Svartalfars' both, are focused on the energy shield keeping you alive and the energy sword you flaunted for exactly that purpose, and what they aren't paying attention to is what matters. They're so focused on buckling and breaking through your defenses or so distracted by the insult of you robbing their dead, that they don't notice the sword isn't the only thing you're holding in your hand. Stepping back, you step over the tripwire as the surface of the energy shield turns bright red and begins to flicker and fail. You pull the pin of the fragmentation grenade, careful to not shove it into the super-heated blade of the plasma sword
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 30 May 2025 15:04:46 No. 6250481 Report >>6250480 "Stupid little bastards!" Segal mocks, as a few more dead covenant fall through the smoke cloud, mostly hunchbacks, but a few Tengu get their shields broken as they rush through the smoke and are just as easily gunned down, but through numerical superiority they push through the attrition and a create a barrier of their own out of Tengu energy shields. And respond with suppressive fire that forces ever non spartan in the room behind their cover or to the ground.
The air begins to boil, and there aren't any gaps in their defenses that you can exploit to get a clean shot on any of the marksmen or officers. You want to put a needle through one of the one in red armor's eye, but even though he's leading from the front he isn't taking any risks and is staying behind his subordinates shields and body, even as he forces you out of your cover by concentrating fire on it and turning it into so much ash and bubbling slag
"POZOLE! IGZUK NI'SHUM!" The bellow, as the phalanx they're hiding behind pushes into the room, jabbing a clawed finger in your direction as you slide under on table and behind heavier cover in the form of one of the vending machines Jorge moved from the wall. It sparks as he tries to shoot you in the back
"Klapp igjen Jævel!" You bark back, returning fire as the Covenant's barrage lightens enough for Squad Skua to peek and start returning fire. Jorge hadn't stopped and had been whittling down the Tengu's shield wall with his M247. Red Back snarled and slid behind cover of his own, shouting orders to his soldiers who listened and spread out as they poured into the mess hall.
Another one of Jorge's little surprises went off, just as Red Back's fellow elites stormed in, a wall of fire separating them from Skua's position and stopping them from simply marching up and bludgeoning them to all to death.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 30 May 2025 15:07:34 No. 6250482 Report >>6250481 [ Current Success in combat: 2 (+1 for meeting DC, +1 from going 5 over target DC]
[ Allied status: Sven-033, Jorge-052 Uninjured, Squad Skua + survivors of other squads: Full Strength +Full Morale ]
[ Enemy losses: 11. 8 Grunts, 3 Jackals ]
[Enemies remaining: 30+, reinforcing ]
>Circle around and try to catch Red Back without his guards or meatshields and attempt to take him down (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 20 .+1 Infiltrator, +1 energy shield gauntlet, + 2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 27) SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Remain behind cover and snipe any Tengu or Svartalfar that loses their energy shield, leaving any surviving runts to Skua (Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC 14. +1 Jotun, +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (from 21) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR) >Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Write in option Jotun's rage can be activated
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>>6250482 >Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) We wanted to be the tank, gotta keep that aggro of our soldiers.
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>>6250482 >Remain behind cover and snipe any Tengu or Svartalfar that loses their energy shield, leaving any surviving runts to Skua (Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC 14. +1 Jotun, +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (from 21) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR) We should thin them out a little bit more first, either one or two more turns, then active Jotuns Rage to better take agro while cleaning up the surviving Elite minors and major.
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>>6250482 >>Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) out in the open so the rest of the squad can help smoke them is for the best
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>>6250482 >Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Aim for the grunts' methane tanks where possible for maximum chaos and to engulf their ranks in flammable, explosive gas. >Order Jorge to focus fire on those elites. They're out of cover and they need to be kept back from Squad Skua. Anonymous
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>Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV)
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>>6250482 >Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Anonymous
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>>6250482 >Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Should activate Jotun Rage for this
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TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:uJ7kHDd7 Fri 30 May 2025 22:41:11 No. 6250624 Report >>6250482 >Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Activate rage as well, seems like a good time to do it. Gonna be a bitch of a DC to hit but this is our bread and butter
Besides. Spartans are supposed to be a constantly offensive force, not playing grab-ass behind some mess hall tables
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>>6250624 Problem, the energy sword is fucking ass. It's not even actually a sword, it's a punch-knife. It's basically a pata or katar but hot and liable to remove your own fingers if the thing slips even slightly in your hand. Consequences of using something built for ugly splitjaw hands. But the early ones initial designs is genuine shit. The giant hole in the middle with no knuckle guard means you can't even use it to do blade trapping properly cause they'll just keep going and get your hand.
Yes I now they work off of magnetism so it'd probably have too much resistance to shove another blade between the two halves, that doesn't make the design itself any less bad. And with the way it is held and lack of functional guard, striking the hand would be piss easy compared to nearly any regular sword design. Stupid aliens. Also going into CQC just means your guys can't shoot at the fuckers next to you. And while that means they can't shoot at you either there's like five of the fuckers RIGHT THERE. Willingly entering knife range with multiple opponents isn't just bad, it's retarded. That's how you get jumped, blud. Also means no one can throw grenades in that general direction. Which is one of the few ways to effectively frontally engage the tengu. So any explosives our guys might have can't be used in this general direction and the same isn't true of their side against ours. It's a tactical nerf to get stuck in.
Yes I did have a schizo rant just because I don't like how energy swords look. We could make a better one. Humanity #1.
And the sentiment that Spartans should be all offense all the time is silly. Spartans are supposed to be doing whatever it takes to win all the time, heedless of how that manifests. Anonymous
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>>6250640 NTA, but yeah i agree with what your saying. However! I want our cool Stamford Bridge viking moment with the only viable sword an shield in the setting at the moment. Once we get passed styling on the "Elite preferred species" shitters, THEN we can go back to being taticool. Also, i'm wanting to divert any and all attention away from our troops, and being a pissed off giant swinging an energy weapon and shield around feels like the best way to keep eyes on us.
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>>6250486 is me and i am adding that i too wish to use Jotun's Rage.
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>>6250482 >Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Activate Jotunn's Rage Anonymous
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>>6250482 >>6250496 Gonna change my vote to
>Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Just so there's no chance of jumping head first into melee for no reason.
Anonymous
>Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV)
Anonymous
>>6250686 Ok, so when do we ever take those legendary actions? Only when we deem the reward is good enough? Otherwise why ever take any actions but the safest?
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>>6250695 >Only when we deem the reward is good enough? That is literally the decision making process, yes. kek
Anonymous
>>6250699 COWARDS! Our ancestors would be so disappointed. Where is your warrior spirit to tackle adversity?! Where is your fighting spirit!? WHERE IS YOUR DICE ROLLING GAMBLING ADDICTION?
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>>6250707 It's not like we're doing something for fulfillment at our leisure here. This is war. War is far too cruel and unfair to not be tipping the scales in our favor constantly.
The thing about the Stamford Bridge Viking and Benkei and such stories. The thing they have in common? The hero dies.
Anonymous
>>6250482 >>Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Ballsy, stud, etc.
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>>6250482 >>Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) >tfw i'm a retard who forgot to vote in the first place What an idiot kek
Anonymous
>>6250695 I agree doing everything optimally, pragmatically, objectively, every single time, is no fun... but I dunno. The difficulty of managing a Spartan MC that is basically designed to do that.
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>>6250482 >Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Activate Jotunn's Rage. This one is kinda for all the marbles.
Anonymous
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>>6250741 Ehh, Yes and no. Spartans can do some crazy bullshit that completely out of left field. However, they tend do only do the "Fun" stuff once their out of options and their back is against a wall.
Anonymous
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>>6250482 >Keep the Covenant blinded by rage, by engaging in CQC with the sword they want back so desperately (Path Difficulty: LEGENDARY. First DC 19. +1 Scrounger +1 Energy shield Gauntlet, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers). DC reduced by 7 (From 26) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) Activate Jotunn Rage
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>>6250707 There are old soldiers and there are bold soldiers. I'd like Sven to see retirement.
And personally, I like playing the "old and tired soldier who gives no fucks and gives you no chance at all."
Anonymous
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>>6250482 >Try and flush the Covenant into the open by hammering their positions with grenades and sustained shotgun fire (Path Difficulty: HEROIC: First DC 16. +3 Grenadier, +1 Jotun, +2 Fire support (Squad Skua + Jorge, reduced due to enemy numbers), DC reduced by 7 (From 23) Through SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: MJOLNIR Mark IV) 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 31 May 2025 21:57:19 No. 6251124 Report No updates today. Too Busy with IRL stuff. Should be able to post enough to get through the combat sequence tommorrow, but I make no promises. If it doesn't look like I'll be able to, I'll warn you fellas
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>>6251124 ok thanks for telling us hope all is well with you
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>>6251124 Too many grunts in his kitchen, boys. They seek his food nipple.
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>>6250482 Dont care whats voted for but its rage time, no chances.
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Sorry about that
6 Votes to keep the covenant mad and attack them with the energy sword
9 Votes to try and flush the Covenant out into the open with grenades and sustained fire
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+ 1 vote to aim for the grunt's tanks + Jorge to focus fire on the elites
8 Votes to activate Jotun's rage
So rather than riskily engaging in CQC with a weapon he's unfamiliar with, Sven will try to flush the Covenant out into the open with grenades/ sustained fire
And Jotun's rage will be activated so
let me roll that real quick
>>6251126 It is, thanks for worrying, Just needed to help my brother try and fix a fan. We didn't succeed
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 14:41:29 No. 6251381 Report >>6251378 Nice! An additional +3 to the roll! Sven's in the zone and has ice in his veins, but when doesn't he?
[ Please roll 1d20+9. DC 16. Best of 3 ]
Anonymous
Rolled 19 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6251381 Anonymous
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Rolled 4 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6251381 Anonymous
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Rolled 15 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6251381 TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS
TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:O3ylm0RM Sun 01 Jun 2025 14:51:02 No. 6251386 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 12 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6251381 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 14:53:50 No. 6251387 Report Quoted By:
>>6251383 [ Success! ]
And an impressive one, going 12 over the Target
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 15:28:24 No. 6251397 Report Cover wouldn't last long. The Marksmen were keeping you pinned, hidden behind their own shields while the Covenant elites blasted chunks off of the vending machine as you ducked behind it. They were trying to flush you out. Fortunately the same trick worked in the opposite direction and you had a better means of chasing the foxes from their burrows. You rose, one of the blue armored Svartálfar ducked behind their cover rather than risk losing their head, their shields flickering as Jorge hammers them with enough machine gun fire to cut an ODST in full battle dress in half. Hesitation in the moment of cowardice is the last mistake they make. Launching a grenade from under the barrel of your shotgun, you step out from cover, breathing in deeply and imagining for a split moment what these animals would due to Halsey if they broke through this line, if they got past you. Ice water surged through your veins, a razor fine clarity washed over your vision and the pounding drum beat of your heart pulled you Deep into Spartan time as you released a controlled burst of rage and felt the weightless feeling of adrenaline over take you.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 15:29:25 No. 6251398 Report >>6251397 "HAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH" One of them, wearing blue body armor, leaps over one of the tables, ignoring a swell of foam from one of the fire suppression systems Jorge rigged up to the defenses. His shield flashes mercury silver as he rushes towards you, a stream of plasma issuing out of his rifle making sweat race down your face and chest even at a distance of a few paces.
You raise your energy shield, already turned orange from the otherwise deadly shots it absorbed, and bellow a wordless challenge of your own and counter charge
[ Current Success in combat: 5 [+1 from success, +1 from going 5 over DC, +1 from going 10 over DC ]
[ Allies status: Jorge-052, Uninjured. Squad Skua+ others: Near full strength+ Great morale (+1 bonus to support modifers ) ]
[ Allied Losses: 1 , Private First Class Kamau Moran, dead by needler super-Combine]
[ Enemy losses: 6, Four Jackals, one Grunts, 1 Elite]
[ Enemies remaining 28, reinforcing. Morale flagging for Jackals, Grunts panicked, Elites unaffected ]
[ Modifiers: +2 Jotun's rage, +1 Energy shield, +4 Brawler, +1 Jotun, +1 giant. Fire support, SQ: Spartan-II and Armor: Mjolnir Mark IV, Brawler rank 4 countering negative modifiers (Enemy fire support, enemy using plasma in CQC, Enemy is armed )
[ Total Bonus. +9 ]
[ DC 18 ]
[ Please roll 1d20+9. Best out of 3]
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TheSurvivalist !!uuJbd4m8dPS ID:CnF5rWJ5 Sun 01 Jun 2025 15:31:51 No. 6251400 Report Rolled 19 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6251398 Anonymous
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Rolled 15 + 9 (1d20 + 9) >>6251398 Anonymous
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 15:41:16 No. 6251403 Report Quoted By:
>>6251400 [ Success!]
Exact result as last round, Sven is at his strongest when defending his family, apparently.
Exactly 10 over DC. The covenant aren't having a good time, they're learning not to threaten Halsey when Spartans are in the building. Especially when its Sven and Jorge
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Anonymous
Jotun's rage helping us get the extra degrees of success from +10 both times is nice.
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>>6251406 I think that marks Sven's first loss as a commanding officer. Tough pill to swallow.
We'll make sure to give Moran a show as he's carried to Valhalla, that's for sure.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 16:07:11 No. 6251419 Report Your opponent moves in slow motion, as does the lethal wave of plasma he sprays in your direction. He aims high, he has experiencing fighting and killing enemy soldiers with a similar build and height to your own. But that experience brings with it pre-conceptions about how a target moves and fights. You duck, draw your arms close to your chest and begin weaving side to side, using a boxing bob and weave to get past the fire by moving under and through it, narrowly avoiding getting close enough for the plasma to track and stick to you.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 16:08:22 No. 6251420 Report >>6251419 [ Current Successes in Combat: 8. (+1 from Success, +1 From going 5 over DC, +1 from going 10 over DC]
[Allies Status: Jorge-052, Uninjured. Squad Skua+ Others, Near full strength+ Excellent Morale (+2 to support modifiers)
[Allied losses: Private First Class Isaiah Segal, critically injured by a plasma round to the leg *will die if not given treatment* ]
[ Enemy losses: 11 2 elites (1 Sven, 1 Jorge), 3 Jackals, 6 Grunts ]
[Enemies remaining: 17. Jackals morale broken, panicking. Grunts panicking, Elites morale lowering ]
[ Modifiers: +1 Jotun's rage. + 3 Grenadier, +3 Bulwark, +1 Jotun. SQ: Spartan-II, MJOLNIR: Mark IV, and Fire support countering penalties (Outnumbered, enemy focusing fire on your location)
[ Total Bonus + 8 ]
[ DC 16 ]
[ Please roll 1d20+8. Best out of 3 ]
Anonymous
Rolled 19 + 8 (1d20 + 8) >>6251420 Anonymous
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Rolled 9 + 8 (1d20 + 8) >>6251420 Anonymous
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Rolled 12 + 8 (1d20 + 8) >>6251420 AGAIN
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 16:18:14 No. 6251428 Report Quoted By:
>>6251422 [Success!]
Shooting Sven's pals was the second worst choice the Covenant have made
Exact same result as the last two rolls, and you've gone 11 over target.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 16:40:55 No. 6251443 Report You drop your shotgun, fall to one knee, and quickly scope in with the needle rifle. A enemy out of cover, standing to throw a grenade is an easy target. You snap fire and scowl as silver light ripples over them, ignoring the burning sensation as plasma flies around you, only missing as you roll and switch position as you plink away at the grenadier's energy shield. All zipping past close enough to heat the surface of your armor and start to blister the skin beneath it. The refractive coating stopping a few glancing blows from burning through the armor directly as you rapidly deplete your target's shield. They toss the grenade, just as it begins to flicker and recede in a silver wave.
Anonymous
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Rolled 9 + 7 (1d20 + 7) >>6251443 Anonymous
Rolled 19 + 7 (1d20 + 7) >>6251443 Anonymous
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Rolled 8 + 3 (1d20 + 3) >>6251443 Anonymous
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Rolled 12 + 7 (1d20 + 7) >>6251443 Woops
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 16:51:21 No. 6251452 Report >>6251446 [ Success!]
19! Always 19 it seems. What are the odds of getting it 4 times in a row?
11 over the DC.
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I wonder if the security feed is back online now. Can just imagine Halsey sitting there, watching this with the other amazed and horrified scientists, smug as hell.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 17:39:56 No. 6251468 Report Its over in a matter of moments, the red dressed officer gives his final command by way of a roar of defiance and he leads the four soldiers left in his command into the fray, and into a wall of bullets. Their shields last long enough for them to engage in hand to hand fighting with you and Jorge, as Squad Skua continues laying down supporting fire arranging themselves in a crescent formation and overlapping firing lines to avoid hitting the two of you with friendly fire.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 17:41:00 No. 6251469 Report >>6251468 Three friendly casualties, two being fatal against thirty six enemy combatants wiped out to the man. A victory to be proud of, but you can't help but feel like you failed. This was the first time you've lost men in an engagement. You didn't know them. But you'd have liked to.
They were alright for Spooks.
You deactivate the energy sword and stow it beside your grenades, and are about to start giving direction and give private Segal the first aid he needs to live to fight another day when you notice the terminal flash, with summer sea azure light. Seems Dr Okar got Amphitrite reconnected to the site's security system
"In these watery halls I guard, this place of science and progress you seek to claim as your own, to steal or destroy our creations, you shall find nothing but your demise. The depths of the sea are cold, crushing and merciless. But I am more so. You wounded me, killed my charges and dared to intrude upon my domain. I shall take great pleasure in watching you squirm in your final moments" Amphitrite dramatically states over the intercom as she projects a hologram of her avatar, a dusky skinned young woman dressed in a greek manner, with scales and fins and pearls strung through her hair surrounded by ink swirls and flowing water, flitting shadows of sharks and octopi moving around her as she walks over the battlefield, examining it.
"...Interesting" She says, studying you and Jorge "And far more effective a fighting force than the security teams they introduced to the facility. From my initial scans, a little over a dozen invaders remain and the siege force is massing outside, and is receiving a...second wave of reinforcements. I suppose I owe you a favor or two, Men of Sparta. Though, by my calculations, this facility will be over-run within the day even if we fight to the last and you follow my orders to the letter. Evacuation, is the winning move"
"Then we're in agreement" Jorge responds and the AI only narrows her eyes "How should we proceed"
"I can handle the remaining invaders inside the site" She answers "I'd recommend you assist in the effort to evacuate the personnel and research, but I know you aren't under my command, but since you did buy me time to get back onto my throne, I'll follow your lead within reason, Lieutenant Askeland."
You frown, and look over her features. Her eyes look damnably similar to Dr Okar's.
"I appreciate the assistance, I understand you aren't don't trust easily" You answer. She just scowls
"I am simply not naive enough to believe the majority of the human race can overcome their human nature"
Cont
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 01 Jun 2025 17:42:25 No. 6251471 Report >>6251469 >Tell her you're reinforcing the rest of your team topside, and will need her help holding the line to buy the scientists time to get their research out. >Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes >Contact the UNSC forces on Alpha Corvi II with Amphitrite , ignoring Yao's no contact order and call in some Cavalry. The Covenant will have to fight for every inch they take >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6251471 >>Tell her you're reinforcing the rest of your team topside, and will need her help holding the line to buy the scientists time to get their research out. Anonymous
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>>6251471 >Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes >>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. These two go pretty hand in hand with each other. Probably get this show on the road so we can help James and complete the other half of t his op.
Anonymous
>>6251471 >Write in option >Confirm that Amphitrite knows about the Covenant's camouflage capabilities. >Compromise and have Jorge stay to help with the evacuation/remain on Dr. Halsey's security while you reinforce the rest of your team on top and buy time. A camouflaged elite jumped us right at the end of the op on the ship, so I'm paranoid about one popping up when a Spartan's not there... They could also probably use the extra muscle.
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>>6251493 >>6251471 Nah, I wouldn’t worry about them. They’re detectable through radar. The AI would see em coming long before they got anywhere near the egg heads and their projects. I’m really just trying to decide between holding topside or doing what Amphitrite said….hmm. Fuck it AI is smort doing what she says, however! With a question.
>Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes >>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >Write in >Ask about any alternative exits to the base with the goal that if there are, Daisy and Shika can close up the main entrance with the combined might of thier heavy ordinance before moving to regroup with us. Hey man, anything to slow the covenant down while we evacuate.
Anonymous
>>6251452 Holy FUCK the dice wanted one thing in particular kek. Gotta be 1 in 10,000 odds at least.
>>6251468 I fucking love being human YEAAAHHHHH
>>6251471 >>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >>Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes Anonymous
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>>6251471 >Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes Anonymous
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>>6251471 So the sieging force arrived here with two red elites. One that was sent inside and the other remained outside. They had a lot of troops and more reinforcements arrived afterwards. Plus the white armored elite.
I am starting to think Yao might want to see both Spartan Teams fail, or maybe she is just a "special" commander. It might be worthed to ask UNSC forces to help us, the Covenant numbers are getting higher so.... you know Evac might just become very difficult. At the same time this could alarm the Covenant army and send more troops here.
>Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes Thing is .... the Typhon project is all about space/water war vehicles protoytpes. Are we moving one or all of them ?
>>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >Write-in "That should be all, well that and the covenant corpses and equipment they have left for us here that we might want to take away in the Evac. Two last things, one of my team members outside managed to capture and is currently fighting with a covenant battle tank. Do you think we have spare space to get away with the damn thing ? And what about you, how much time do you think we need for take you away from the facility with us ?"
>Write-in >Give a quick check to the armored red piece of alien shit for see if he has any officer equipment or command tools Never know guys, yes this corpse is getting sent in a lab but we might find something nice first. Those innies had the pills !
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Also what a great first combat situation leading allied troops. Fighting against an overwhelming and superior alien enemy in terms of numbers and tech, and winning with minor losses and a few wounded is a great showing. High Command should be pleased.
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>>6251471 >Write in option >Order Jorge to help Amphrite and the scientists escape, putting emphasis on doing so through the use of Project Typhon and its vehicles. If there is time for it, equip the vehicles for usage against the covenant forces with the necessary ammunition. >Meanwhile, Sven goes to help reinforce Daisy and Shika, taking along with him as many covenant weapons and grenades he can scavenge from the dead covenant forces in the facility. I feel like Sven's lucky number is 19, holy moly that combat went smooth as fuck compared to most ground battles.
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>>6251471 >Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes >>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. Anonymous
>>6251471 >Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes >>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >Write in >Ask about any alternative exits to the base with the goal that if there are, Daisy and Shika can close up the main entrance with the combined might of thier heavy ordinance before moving to regroup with us. >>6251514 I think it's. 20^4 instead of 10^4 due to it being d20's.
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>>6251573 >>6251514 Hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but Best of 3 helps out Quite a bit. So it’s nowhere near 20^4 but it is till high. I’m just surprised we didn’t roll 1 in all those.
Anonymous
>>6251471 >Write in option Ok here is where we are going to go off script, we've got alot of transports and stuff too move but also a bargaining tool. It was mentioned we have a flight of pelicans. Here's what we're gonna do.
>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely We're doing this specifically to regroup and so that we can ensure the AI herself and the data can be extracted and prototypes loaded. We then purge the place of all info on the way out.
Once that has been done our objective is going to be assist James, we're doing that via taking as many of the pelicans down here as we can and flying to him, when enroute there we order the UNSC forces to also move too assist him.
The logic is the science team can escape and load up while we warn the AI that Yao might try something stupid...like leave us behind.
If we arrive to aid James with the pelicans we'll have a way to extract the humans present both UNSC and Rebel. I'm willing to bet catching the local leader is a secret objective... also covenant prisoner on the off chance alongside bodies and stolen gear we nab
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>>6251471 >Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. >Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes well damn i missed the fun of the rolls; a shame about the 2 dead and the injuried guy but the fact we got any out against 30+ enemies is impressive
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>>6251623 I figured we were loading the scientists, ONI guards and one of the Spartans (to stick with Halsey) onto the "best vehicle" to get out with and then the other Spartans were going to take something else, probably a Pelican maybe a sickass jetski, to go help James and them.
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>>6251471 >Tell her you're reinforcing the rest of your team topside, and will need her help holding the line to buy the scientists time to get their research out. Being outnumbered 3-to-1 and ending up with only 2 dead and 1 critically injured vs 30+ covenant completely wiped out is going to look real good on our report.
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>>6251471 >>Agree to help transfer the project data and researchers over for Evac, if she would help Daisy and Shika get into the facility and the rally point safely. > >>Ask her the best vehicle to escape the facility with, and have her get it ready while you handle transporting the prototypes >See if there is a spare scorpion that we can evac with us to give back to the Marines. Anonymous
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>>6251496 And then there's Zuka 'Zamamee just chilling on the bridge of the Pillar of Autumn the entire time.
But yeah, camo should be at least detectable in infrared/thermal or on motion sensors when they're moving.
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>>6252100 >Alright, So agreeing to help transfer the projects' data, researcher and prototypes to the evac vehicle and asking Amphitrite to both select the best ride out of the blacksite and provide assistance to Daiy and Shika in getting into the facility and to the rally point safety is the winning choice thats what i personally was hopping to have happen
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 03 Jun 2025 02:09:02 No. 6252112 Report "But moving on, I know I can't go wrong relying on an AI's intelligence, so I'll do as you advise and start assisting in the evacuation efforts" You continue, deciding not to dwell on Amphitrite's rather cynical reasoning "Tell me the best ride out of this sinking ship"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 03 Jun 2025 02:10:03 No. 6252113 Report >>6252112 "We can handle the labcoats, Sir" Ria tells you as you enter in the pin code to access the elevator "And "Handle" any of them who are dumb enough bastards to make a second attempt on your boss' life"
"She's not our boss, but we're close to her and owe her a lot" Jorge explain "But there won't be a second attempt, and even if there were. We'd handle it"
"Yep, and we won't be as gentle as we were the first time" You agree
"That was gentle?" One of the other members of Skua, whose named you hadn't caught asked
"You saw how the two of them fought, the lieutenant practically gave Kaiser a slap on the wrist" Ria answers "Hope ONI is making more of you "Spartans", we might have a chance to win this war if they are"
I'd prefer they spend their time and money on getting the rest of the first class back in action, you think to yourself, rather than start working on the next wave of us. It still didn't feel right to not have every Spartan at your side and fighting. But hopefully ONI kept the promise they'd made to you after Chi Cheti. Just thinking about the brothers and sisters you knew were suffering made you angry.
"So, Sven, which project gets priority?" Jorge asks you, before the elevator reaches the Garage
"Good question" You said as you paused to think about it
"Lieutenant, your squadmates have safely entered the facility. One of them is wounded , but it isn't a serious injury" Amphitrite, suddenly appearing outside the elevator door, reports "I'll be guiding them through the fastest possible route to reach this evac point, but they're being followed"
"Always something" You mutter under your breath, as you weighed the pros and cons of which order you and Jorge would hit the labs to extract their prototypes.
>Typhon, Mjolnir, Evil Eye, Berserker >Mjolnir, Berserker, Evil eye, Typhon >Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker >Berserker, Typhon, Mjolnir, Evil Eye >Write in option Anonymous
>>6252113 >>Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker I figure Berserk will be the quickest one to actually pick up. Since it'll probably literally just be grabbing a box or something. And it has heavy security so it'll probably stay intact longer than the others if some damn alien bastards come a knockin.
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>>6252113 >Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker Weapon, Armor, Boats, Pills, seems like a good order.
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>>6252113 >>Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker i hope this is either the fastest or the seconded fastest
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>>6252113 >Mjolnir, Berserker, Evil eye, Typhon Anonymous
>>6252121 >>Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker Ah, She’s flirting with us already. Can’t wait for her to go rampant and break our heart.
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>>6252128 >So that armor of yours have any "stimulation" big boy? Want it to? >Mom help the robot is hitting on me. I don't think she's his type. Or him hers. Maybe if Sven got a brain chip and a lobotomy she'd be down.
I don't think it is wise to flirt in front of her former husband/dad/brother/cousin/whateverthefuck Okar is Anonymous
>>6252113 >Write in option >Delegate the decision to Dr. Halsey (either contact her directly or have Amphitrite liaise with her) feels kinda out of our domain
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>>6252135 I beg to differ. Sven's the ranking officer here, even if this is an operation on ONI's behalf.
Knowing when and how to delegate is a good skill for any leader, but I don't really think it's called for in this case.
We've been briefed well enough on what's what, and we haven't been shy about calling the shots so far. No reason to change things up now.
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>>6252113 >Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker Anonymous
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>>6252113 >Write in option I'll level with you the way this should be done is hit the furthest labs first then move inward so as the Covenant attack we can shirking our area of control while still securing what we need.
But most importantly ensure there is a way to get the AI out of here! We won't leave her to rust.
>captcha 4gman Anonymous
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>>6252113 We're being asked to set priorities. Want to get we'll be fighting a holding action, and the better we do the more we get?
I think we should think about disabling all elevators and trying to channel the Covvies to the vehicle bay.
You get a scorpion and you get a scorpion. You get a scorpion, EVERYONE GETS A SCORPIONNNN!
You may charge us now.
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>>6252113 >Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker Going off the name, Berserker sounds like it's related to the Einherjar's combat stims. It wouldn't be a great loss compared to the others.
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>>6252113 >>Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker Anonymous
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>>6252113 >Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker Anonymous
>>6252136 Thought it would be an easy way to ensure we make the most optimal decision. We only know generally what the projects are from a brief discussion earlier and we would be prioritizing based off that. Taking a couple of seconds while we're idle in an elevator to consult with someone who knows precisely how important each project is, what stage of development they're at, how long approximately it will take to transfer them, and take into consideration a bunch of other factors we have no idea about just seems logical to me.
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>>6252113 >>Typhon, Mjolnir, Evil Eye, Berserker Typhon is space/water war vehicles protoytpes. By default packing them up and putting them ready for evac is harder and longer to do. They are vehicles lol.
Unless the weapons of Evil Eye are vehicle size they should be like Mjolnir and Berserker : easier to transport and store for evac than Typhon.
Too bad for the alien loot, there might not be time for it now. Not one interested in checking the elite major corpse or see about getting away with also some of the loot (equipment/corpses) the Covenant left for us in the facility ;( .....
Maybe there is interest to take away in the evac the captured covenant tank Shika is using....
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>>6252225 Halsey's not the head of the facility, or even a local to it. She's only got passing information on the layout and projects. If you want to ask someone what the optimal route is it'd be Amphitrite.
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>>6252121 +1
But also we should make to grab the AI too
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>>6252112 Hey 404, quick question. She said the Leviathan can’t breach atmosphere unassisted, but does that mean the ship can still take off and fly in atmosphere?
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 03 Jun 2025 22:34:18 No. 6252495 Report My house almost caught fire and I'm struggling with a hangover, to, so I am just in no state to write. So unfortunately there won't be an update today, but I will try to get one, or two or maybe even more out tomorrow. Sorry to make you all wait but I have a pounding headache, and like I said, my home was nearly set on fire!
Its a real winner of a day
>>6252461 Yes, but don't expect it to be the fastest or most graceful of craft in the air, even though it would probably be the biggest (Discounting any space-craft/ Warships. Since the Levithan is intended to be Project Typhon's version of carrier)
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>>6252495 Yo mang maybe you should buy a fire extinguisher or something on the down time.
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>>6252495 Did you kick the grunts that tried to set your house on fire?
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>>6252495 What a strange chain of events.
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>>6252495 and people sometimes wonder if the QM curse is real
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Didn't mean to miss a day, but yesterday's "excitement" forced me to
9 votes for the Evil eye, Mjolnir, Typhon, Berserker sequence
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+1 vote to personally extract Amphitrite's matrix
1 vote for the Mjolnir, Berserker, Evil eye, Typhon sequence
1 Vote to let Dr Halsey Decide
1 Vote to go from furthest to closes to gradually shrink your area of control/ defensive perimeter
1 Vote to disable all elevators a funnel the covies to the garage
1 vote for the Typhon, Mjolnir, Evil Eye, Berserker sequence
So the order Sven's team will hit the labs is
Evil eye
to
Mjolnir
to
Typhon
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Berserker
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>>6252499 A garden hose was enough to stop it, but I think I have one laying around in a cupboard somewhere
>>6252501 No, unfortunately
>>6252535 >>6252538 Yeah, the fire started by the side of the house near some dry grass/ old furniture I'd been meaning to throw away. Either someone tossed a still burning cigarette near it or a reflection caused the ignition, but the fire was safely put out before it got out of hand via garden hose
Thanks to a neighbor noticing it before it got out of hand
Still, put me on edge all day yesterday
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>>6252959 >but I think I have one laying around in a cupboard somewhere Be careful dude those things can expire.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 05 Jun 2025 00:37:56 No. 6252983 Report "And to answer your question Jorge, We'll be hitting up the Evil eye testing range. As far as I can tell, it's some sort of weapon system or platform" You say, speaking out loud and with a commanding weight to your tone "No idea what is intended function is, or the battlefield role it was intended to fill, but if it's being tested in an ONI blacksite one can only imagine what sort of firepower it can bring to bear"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 05 Jun 2025 00:38:56 No. 6252984 Report >>6252983 A state of the art firing range with all the bells and whistles, with advance holographic targets, range indicators and a climate control panel to replicate various environmental factors and conditions. And a quick look over the half built prototypes and few progress reports and schematics that aren't locked behind a certain scientists clearance ; In this case that bastard Kaiser or else Dr Page, gives you enough intel to understand the basics of Evil Eye and what the weapons project was aiming to achieve.
[Quality: Wunderkind Interaction. Interaction: Sven is able to grasp the purpose and use of "Evil Eye" ]
Evil Eye is ONI's attempt to create an infantry scale Coilgun. Hand held Magnetic weapons aren't unheard of, but they are certainly a lot more scarce than their ship sized counterparts, due to how demanding their operations are power wise. And all of the models that got off the production line were Railguns, rarely deployed and only actually used in the field in specific cases and restricted engagements. But looking over the schematics and latest reports, it seems there'd been a break through. References to new materials, alloys and mathematical equations explains that much, and what's redacted or hidden under clearance checks, leads you to believe that it is the result of early examinations of Covenant energy weapons in the field that allowed Evil eye to progress to the point it has.
To produce several, functional, infantry portable coil guns. Like little baby MAC cannons. And your training and familiarity with firearms and handling them, makes it obvious as to what their intended purpose was.
Medium to long range anti armor rifles. The kinetic energy read outs and acceleration of the almost fist sized chunk of magnetized steel these little MACs can hurl is enough to punch a whole straight through a Main Battle Tank's armored plating, and had a high success rate in rendering them completely inoperable. And anything with less armor, would more often than not be completely destroyed by a direct hit.
And some of the testing had indicated that with a bit more fine tuning, the mass accelerated bullet could retain its magnetic properties within a certain range and distance of their target.
It didn't take a genius to see that the projects shifted its focus from improving the rifle's range and anti armor capabilities to understanding the magnetic potential of the ammunition and improving it, even at the cost of effective range and anti armor capability wasn't just an attempt to ape the Covenant energy weapon's annoying ability to track and home in on their targets, ineffectively, if the active camo ONI had you field testing was any indication. Evil eye had changed from miniaturizing the technology behind the MAC canons to create a portable anti armor rifle.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 05 Jun 2025 00:39:56 No. 6252985 Report >>6252984 It was now an answer and counter to Spartans. The last few test logs had the weapons being fired on targets that matched speed and reaction times equivalent to the averages of the Spartans in full Mjolnir armor.
Typical, really.
However, that change in directive forced the production of an accessory targeting system. A hardened visor containing advance tracking software that linked with the weapon portion of the evil eye, and ran through and adjusted the necessary equations to fire what was effectively a infantry scaled MAC cannon at all accurately. It even took into account the Magnetic pull of the round and adjusted its area depending on the range and included indicators for the density and thickness of materials it was being aimed at.
The cyclopean targeting visor could be fit over standard issue UNSC combat helmets and integrated into the Heads-up display seamlessly.
There was however one snag in development, and that was, even using light alloys, grounding the coils internally, and branching to make specialized armor harnesses designed to be used with the Evil Eye Systems, besides having only enough battery for a dozen or so shots, the kick back of the coilgun, even its smallest most light weight variant, was forceful enough to cause bodily injury to its operators.
Funny. A weapon made in case a Spartan ever went rouge , could only be safely wielded by one in their armor. It could be used by non augmented troops, however if they fired it more than once they would likely break their armor, with the chance increasing by the frequency of their fire.
Still. If the readings taken during the last few tests were accurate, this thing would be just as good at killing Covenant troops and Armor as it had been tested against UNSC equipment. And the short batter life could be solved if it could connect a Mjolnir system's power source...
"What I wouldn't give to have one of these in the field, standard issue" Jorge admired one of the earlier, more warthog sized examples of Evil Eye's prototypes "This thing could probably shoot down a pelican in one shot"
"Don't fall in love yet, Jorge, we can't keep it" You chuckle as you set down the red lensed visor you were examining, wishing Dimas was along to explain exactly how all of this worked and the principles behind it "Start packing up the lab, extracting data chips and collecting prototypes, any second we waste is another step close the Covenant gets to capturing these weapons"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 05 Jun 2025 00:42:33 No. 6252986 Report >>6252985 >Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere >[Maverick] Not wanting to risk one of these guns being turned on your brothers or sisters, covertly scrub the systems clean and funnel all of the data into a single chip, to hand over to Halsey along with the prototypes >Give Jorge and any of Squad Skua bold enough the go ahead to equip themselves with the prototypes of the Evil eye weapon system >[Wunderkind]. Having learned a bit about breaking ONI firewalls while training your current pet AI project, erase the black ink and tear away the red tape surrounding Project Evil eye [DC 14. DC reduced by 4 (from 18) through Quality Wunderkind] >Write in option Say Hello to Project:Evil Eye. Aka: ONI Coil-Rifle, or the little brother to the Gauss canons and MACs
>>6252969 I'm probably going to buy another one, just to be safe
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>>6252986 >Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere honestly while the weapon may have been built to kill spartans it's main use is going to be covenant. I'd rather not fail a objective and deprive the unsc of another weapon (even if it will never be widely adopted due to cost reasons.
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>>6252986 >Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere Anonymous
>>6252986 >>[Maverick] Not wanting to risk one of these guns being turned on your brothers or sisters, covertly scrub the systems clean and funnel all of the data into a single chip, to hand over to Halsey along with the prototypes just being secure is all
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>>6252986 >Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere I'd like to do the Maverick option but we're on a time crunch here and that seems like it'd take a while. Also I'm pretty sure it'd leave a grudge festering in ONI which'll bite us in the ass later after Stanforth steps down as Sec3 head.
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>>6252986 >Write In >Funnel all the data on to a chip for Halsey, but don’t erase the data. Then transport directly to evac. Don’t need to be ruffling any feathers, or stopping progress on a new cool and very awesome weapon, but mom having tabs on things is always a good idea.
Anonymous
>>6252986 Also the Evil Eye is a great weapon insert. UNSC should have tried for another infantry portable coilgun after the Stanchion. A shoulder fired MAC alternative to the Splaser is /kino/. DEWs are for ayys and wimps who can't handle recoil.
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>>6252984 Hell yeah. I fucking love coilguns. With the new knowledge of batteries and capacitors we can finally utilize magnets to finalize the ultimate form of throwing rocks. Well, til we get to macron cannons. Who knew dust was so nuclear?
>>6252985 >besides having only enough battery for a dozen or so shots, the kick back of the coilgun, even its smallest most light weight variant, was forceful enough to cause bodily injury to its operators. This sounds like a job for a vehicle mounting. Now instead of scaling it down, we could re-scale it up and put it in a modified Scorpion chassis. Shit could probably reach exit velocity like that. Tank Destroyer indeed, as well as anything else it bullseyes. Or take this as-is and slap it on a Warthog. So cool.
>>6252986 >>Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere Could we copy the data and give it to Halsey anyway? No deleting anything, just making a backup. Or would that be redundant since she's here and could probably just read it on her tablet once and memorize the whole thing to figure it out? Or just, y'know, get a copy of the files from the team here? They probably wouldn't tell her to kick rocks at this point.
>just to be safe My goto places is one near the kitchen or laundry room and one in the closet of the bedroom. Places most likely to catch fire and place I am most likely to reach at any given emergency.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 05 Jun 2025 01:33:51 No. 6253009 Report >>6253007 >Could we copy the data and give it to Halsey anyway? The write in option exists for a reason.
>>6253002 Thanks!
>>6253007 The forerunners probably mastered rock throwing before the flood came a knocking
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>>6252986 >[Maverick] Not wanting to risk one of these guns being turned on your brothers or sisters, covertly scrub the systems clean and funnel all of the data into a single chip, to hand over to Halsey along with the prototypes Of course those retards Kaiser and Page work on the anti-Spartan weapons.
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>>6253009 >The write in option exists for a reason. I'm more just wondering if it's really worth doing. Time is money after all. And it's not like she can't get it through normal channels. Or bullying. As a matter of denying it from the scientists it makes sense, but if we aren't doing it she can probably still get her hands on it without Sven's intervention. Until the eggheads get up to Yao's bitchass ship or get carted away by ONI she can probably mog them into giving her read-access to the files.
>The forerunners probably mastered rock throwing before the flood came a knocking Anyone who masters the ROCK is good people in my eyes. Humanity and rocks, history's #1 best friends. Any else who do so must be decent folk as well.
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>>6253010 I don’t mind that they did it honestly, it makes sense. What the fuck is a regular marine gonna do against a Spartan-II or any other Spartan for that matter if they turned hostile/traitor? Now at least the Covenant is here to make everyone play nice so now it’s a really big positive.
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>>6253017 Also, with this bad ass Coilgun/Sniper assassinating Prophet’s is going to be a cake walk.
>Fuck, he’s got Brute/Elite Guards all over him can’t get a clear shot! >It’s a good thing this Railgun is going to rip through all of em in a line, and the guards behind him too. Anonymous
>>6253019 If we made one "fall off the back of a truck" and got it to Linda what do you think she could do with it?
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>>6252986 >Funnel all the data on to a chip for Halsey, but don’t erase the data. Then transport directly to evac. >>6253009 >The forerunners probably mastered rock throwing before the flood came a knocking That sentry drone that one guy killed with a rock on Onyx begs to differ.
>>6253020 I get the impression Linda is VERY in-tune with her weapons, and thus wouldn't appreciate the built in targeting system or prefer the feel of a coil gun versus a traditional cartridge based firearm.
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>>6252986 >Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere We know about the threat now and that's enough. If we're ever put up against it at some point, then so be it. Would rather just improvise, improve, adapt and overcome challenges than go Luddite route. Make Kaiser/Page seethe by just being cool and unthreatened by it or even eager for the extra challenge, lol.
Spartans canonically enjoy tough fights/challenges anyway.
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>>6253036 I figure she'd probably chuck the targeting helmet entirely. Then again she also does upgrade her gear specifically to better sniper no sniping shit. So she probably isn't completely against new gizmos and gubbins. As long as it does have analog as well as digital, so to speak.
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>>6252986 >Give Jorge and any of Squad Skua bold enough the go ahead to equip themselves with the prototypes of the Evil eye weapon system More dakka.
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>>6252986 >Funnel all the data on to a chip for Halsey, but don’t erase the data. Then transport directly to evac We give what we came for and don't let them know we know. The good doctor or us can decode the data to read later
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>>6253020 The Evil Eye seems to be a big improvement over the Stanchion, so probably a hell of a lot if she ditches the integrated targeting system. Over the horizon shots EZ as long as she has a forward spotter or drone. Wonder what it's rollout name is gonna be if it gets finalized
>>6253019 There are no guards with a coil gun, only suggestions.
>>6253039 >Would rather just improvise, improve, adapt and overcome challenges than go Luddite route. Guncannon Sven when.
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>>6253059 >Over the horizon shots EZ as long as she has a forward spotter or drone. You know you're doing the sniping when you have to break out the fucking graph paper and take into account the location of the damn moon to know where your bullet is gonna land. I could never be a sniper, too bad at math.
>Wonder what it's rollout name is gonna be if it gets finalized I have no idea how they actually name things in canon. If it were me I'd call it something like the Corvus M.A.C. since it had most of its research on Alpha Corvi 2 here. Call it the C-MAC. Perhaps the "Crow Cannon". Or maybe the Man-Portable High Impact Spearhead Tactical Ordinance Projector (Helmet Enhanced Scouting) . Or M-PHISTOP(HELES) for short.
Or M-phisto, if we want to shave off the end there. Anonymous
>>6253067 Ah I should have said "Spotting" instead of "Scouting". I am truly a failure.
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>>6252986 >>Transport the data and prototypes of evil eye directly to the evac point, leaving the project to continue safely elsewhere >>Give Jorge one of the guns. It'll fuck up the covenant vehicles royal, especially when we link up with the Marines again. >>[Wunderkind]. Having learned a bit about breaking ONI firewalls while training your current pet AI project, erase the black ink and tear away the red tape surrounding Project Evil eye [DC 14. DC reduced by 4 (from 18) through Quality Wunderkind] First, it's fun knowing what's up. Second, if ONI had wanted project Evil Eye to stay a secret, they'd have worked a little harder on lab security. We wouldn't even HAVE the option to peek under the hood if ONI security teams weren't such little bitches against the Covvies.
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>>6253067 >I could never be a sniper, too bad at math. It's only that hard at extreme distance. Anything closer than a mile and you can generally get an instinctual feel for it just by repetition. Human brains are hardwired for it, it's why we're #1.
>I have no idea how they actually name things in canon. It's pretty easy for the UNSC. Come up with a weird ass acronym for the project/program then whatever sounds cool and vaguely fitting. Project HRUNTING produced the Cyclopes and various exo suits prior to MJOLNIR power armor. While Project YGGDRASIL produced the the Mantis, Gyrion, and various other mechs and non tethered APS exoskeletons after MJOLNIR. So on and so forth. The project and rollout names rarely describe the actual subject and end product. For vehicles just name it after an animal if it's for terrestrial use, a bird if it's a dropship, a melee weapon if it's a fighter, or whatever sounds cool if it's a ship.
>>6253070 >Minor semantical error Your only recourse is to an hero. How dare you use a word practically interchangeable with the one you intended.
That said, my vote for the coilgun is 'GAEBULG', also known as the 'belly spear,' or the the spear of mortal death. A counterpart to the Splaser being named Gindell/Gungnir.
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>>6253091 >Your only recourse is to an hero. >mfw >Gay Bulge I would think if we were giving it a contemporary spear name Gae Assail would probably fit better. Not necessarily because it is less lethal, but because ONI did a silly and tried to make a guided projectile to ape the Covie. And Gae Assail is known to never miss its mark. Even if Gae Bulg is the "Fuck you, die" weapon kek and it does sound better when mashed into one word. Though perhaps Areadbhar would work for the whole, aiming assist helmet thing.
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>>6253110 Either way works IMO, and Assail fits as it's Lugh's spear compared to Gungnir being Odin's and both are known for perfect accuracy. Personally I just think the murder pain spear fits an infantry portable coilgun better and sounds cool. And another point in it's favor which you made me realize, a deluge of gay jokes by whoever gets to use it. A perfect fit for any military organization.
Anonymous
Naming it 'Damocles' as a nod to the guy with the sword hanging above his head would be kind of cheeky. There's a theory that that story was created to caution Julius Caesar to not abuse his power, like this weapon is intended to stop rogue Spartans.
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>>6253129 I like it. It even shares historical origins with the Spartans, which is fitting if they're the focal point of the project's development.
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>>6253129 The only way I can think of it fitting is by making the user a massive target as the parable is about authority and the inherent dangers of possessing it. Or maybe I'm just sleep deprived and missing what you mean. I wish Roman/Latin culture actually named weapons in their mythology instead of 'the codpiece of Bigus Dickus.'
>>6253131 Cicero popularized the parable in Rome and by extension our modern understanding of it. Damocles himself is a tyrant of Syracuse, a city in Sicily (Italy) not Greece. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean, it has nothing to do with Spartans.
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>>6253136 I may have gotten things confused given the tale takes place during what is commonly referred to as the classical Greek era. In any case, belay my last.
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>>6252986 >[Maverick] Not wanting to risk one of these guns being turned on your brothers or sisters, covertly scrub the systems clean and funnel all of the data into a single chip, to hand over to Halsey along with the prototypes Anonymous
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>>6252986 >Give Jorge and any of Squad Skua bold enough the go ahead to equip themselves with the prototypes of the Evil eye weapon system >[Wunderkind]. Having learned a bit about breaking ONI firewalls while training your current pet AI project, erase the black ink and tear away the red tape surrounding Project Evil eye [DC 14. DC reduced by 4 (from 18) through Quality Wunderkind] Anonymous
>>6253136 >I wish Roman/Latin culture actually named weapons in their mythology instead of 'the codpiece of Bigus Dickus.' >meanwhile, in chinese culture: the glittering green jewelled sword of long dong zichuan hongbao which fells mountain goats and is approximately 2 ji in length Anonymous
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>>6252986 ignore this vote
>>6252992 and plase use
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 06 Jun 2025 03:50:08 No. 6253557 Report But before you join in the effort to extract the fruits of Project: Evil Eye, you pause as the single red lenses of the Targeting Visor catches your reflection. And the momentary conspiratorial urge to cover up or copy the project data; to ensure the safety of your fellow spartans crosses your mind. Halsey would probably like to dig through the data to find out whose leaked the Spartans performance data, and you expect she'll comb through the archives of every project safely extracted from the black site. So you don't need to hand over a copy of the data personally, she was given the job as Section Three's chief scientist for a reason. The doctor could be remarkably cutthroat when her Spartans were threatened.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 06 Jun 2025 03:51:09 No. 6253559 Report >>6253557 But you didn't stop to admire it, and the moment the last prototype was on board and the research data disseminated throughout the group surviving scientists, you left the Project:Typhone warehouse slash launching bay and made a beeline for the Mjolnir test bed.
And as your squad moved onto it, you got back into contact with Daisy and Shika.
"Held for as long as we could up there. Gave the Covenant one hell of a bloody nose falling back" Daisy says between pants "Turns out, Shika can drive tanks as long as they're Alien tanks"
"Which one of you is injured?" You asked stoically as you waited for the air lock to cycle
"Me" Shika groaned "Took a risk I shouldn't have, tried to take out their leader after I had to abandon the tank. Drew blood, couldn't secure the kill"
"Had to sacrifice the tank we drove over here to get her out of that mess" Daisy explained "Shika managed to cut through three of the Svartálfar guarding the leader of the siege force, but..."
"They had the better blade" Shika growled, in a rare display of anger and frustration "Lost the prototype, but I kept my arm. So there's a bright side, even if that cut disabled it"
"Then you can count yourself lucky" Jorge cut in as the air lock opened with a hiss and you signaled Sergeant Galaz to take point "Those swords can cut through armor and the body wearing it"
"Nearly hit the bone. Sven, tell me there's medical supplies waiting for us at the Evac point" Shika panted, you nodded
"There is. Shika, stay behind and get your arm patched up. Daisy, meet us at the new Nav marker I've set, we'll regroup there as soon as we've collected the classified materials in this lab" You explain
"Understood, Sir. Might bring a few new friends along the way. The Covenant really didn't like losing to our little ghost and have been hounding every step of the way since", Daisy answered before cutting off the COMs. You thought about giving Violet Team a check in, but decided that there were more pressing issues at the moment.
The Mjolnir related research and prototypes, were primarily attachments and minor upgrades or variants to some pieces of the armor system. Supplemental armor attachments, webbing configurations, grenade and ammo bandoliers, soft and hard case pouches, specialized trauma kits and a handful of optical and tactical upgrade modules and wrist mounted tacpads.
However, there was something that couldn't be risked to fall into enemy hands.
An earlier prototype variant of the system, like the in development EOD model Halsey had shown you the schematics of just prior to the beginning of the Operation.
"MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Mark IV/ ARGONAUT Variant" Jorge read off the terminal screen as you stared at the disassembled armor hanging from the mounting system.
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"Says here it is an improvement for the amphibious movement and operation capabilities of the standard Mjolnir suit. With secondary, redundant air tight seal that serves dual function as a buoyancy system, and air jets connect to its increased reserve oxygen tanks" You heard Jorge read through as you looked over the armor. It had thicker forearm and thigh armor, which contained the maneuvering jets and some of the excess air supply and the chest plate was rounded to decrease resistance during underwater movement. The sabatons had two tusked hooks jutting out from their tips and heels and the gauntlets also included a smaller latching hook along the wrist. That might be able to serve as an improvised melee weapon outside of its probable intended use as a secure grip during prolonged underwater activities and a climbing during amphibiously deployed assaults
"Must've been made alongside Typhon, and had that projects data funneled into it" You theorize as you step around the armor, and whistle sharply as one of the security guards gets a bit too close to the armor "Don't even think about it. These suits are as deadly to their user as they are the enemy"
"I don't think I could keep my cool like you two are if that's true, Sir" Ria breathes out as the guard quickly retracts their hand and stares at the armor, as if imagining exactly how it could kill him
"We're specially trained to wear and operate them" Jorge explains "and you're lucky you didn't have to watch what happens to someone who isn't prepared to wear this armor tries"
"And that's all you need to know" You add, tilting up your chin "Let us handle the armor, Skua, for your own safety. You're in charge of the attachments, Galaz"
"Aye aye Sir!' Ria and her soldiers respond with smart salutes and begin to carefully remove the prototype attachments from their housing units as you and Jorge stand before the Argonaut variant of Mjolnir, silent studying its alterations and adjustments compared to your own suits.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 06 Jun 2025 03:53:20 No. 6253562 Report >>6253560 >Just pack up the Mjolnir components and rendezvous with Daisy on the way back to the evac point. >Interface your and Jorge's system with a few of the Up Armored attachments, expecting to Covenant to make a break through the site's defenses > Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead >[ Maverick ]Sacrifice the complete set of Mjolnir Mark IV/ ARGONAUT by using it to set up an explosive trap. The Covenant shouldn't be able to tell the difference between an empty suit and a Spartan.... >Write in option And yes, I know there is a Gen 2 variant of Mjolnir called Argonaut in canon. I just thought the name was fitting for a variant designed for Amphibious assaults/ underwater operations.
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>>6253562 >>Interface your and Jorge's system with a few of the Up Armored attachments, expecting to Covenant to make a break through the site's defenses Never know when you might need to headbutt another alien into a living death.
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>>6253562 >Interface your and Jorge's system with a few of the Up Armored attachments, expecting to Covenant to make a break through the site's defenses Anonymous
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>>6253562 >Interface your and Jorge's system with a few of the Up Armored attachments, expecting to Covenant to make a break through the site's defenses Anonymous
>>6253562 > Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead >write in Here's the plan we send Jorge with them so that he and Shika can begin packing up Project Typhon which was next.
Us and Daisy will be on combat duty. Along the way confirm the routes to the AI core because we need to get her out too
I know it's obvious but be ready for cloaked ambushes. Watch those radar
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>>6253559 >they nearly cut shika's hand off Death. Instant death. Repeated executions and resuscitation. Give a genetic memory of pain to the shitass aliens that aren't even of the same species with the brutality of it.
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>ARGONAUT Boat time. Hell yeah. Jason wwa?
>>6253562 >> Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead As long as they are just pushing carts they should be just fine. If we can stunt the Covie incursion onto the site right here they'll probably have to regroup momentarily before coming in for round two. If these are scout units they probably won't have the heaviest of firepower and will likely want to bring some in when they get stonewalled. And it'll stop them from potentially fucking with other things if they have "free reign" while pursuing Daisy and Shika.
Gotta go fast.
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>>6253562 > Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead Anonymous
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>>6253562 > Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead Shouldn’t be hard at all for em considering how many we saved. Need to take out the Scouts so we can continue loading without too much of an issue.
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>>6253560 >Interface your and Jorge's system with a few of the Up Armored attachments, expecting to Covenant to make a break through the site's defenses Might as well give these some field testing as well
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>>6253562 >Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead Doesn't feel right leaving Daisy alone on a delaying action.
>I know there is a Gen 2 variant of Mjolnir called Argonaut in canon. I just thought the name was fitting for a variant designed for Amphibious assaults/ underwater operations. The name does fit, and the bar is so low for the game version that anything is an improve. The gen2 design from H5 sucks ass. Though why not Oceanic or Mako?
>>6253307 Chinese lit/myth exists only in extremes in this reguard. Weeb power fantasy insert bs like the 'Green Dragon Crescent Blade,' or the bog standard 'Sword of Goujian.' No in-between.
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>>6253573 >>they nearly cut shika's hand off >Death. Instant death. Repeated executions and resuscitation. Give a genetic memory of pain to the shitass aliens that aren't even of the same species with the brutality of it. "Time to go give a nigger some PTSD." Isn't exactly a bad battle cry. Beats "tally ho!"
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>>6253562 >Amphitrite >Trust Squad Skua to transport the gear and meet up with Daisy and buy time for them to start loading on the typhon project prototypes by ambushing the Scouts the Covenant sent ahead cool prototypes, we don't have time to look at them and shouldn't field test them since i doubt there are more copies around unlike the half assed prototypes ONI gifted us at the mission start. Typhon will be the longest to evac so better kill the scouts and then prepare to do a fighting retreat and bait them in a place of our choosing. Why ? The vanguard force of the sieging small army (their numbers are increasing outside, so its a small army by this point), will be far bigger than what was imprisoned inside the facility. And thats why....
>Write-in >"Amphitrite, the Covenant are sending ahead scouts but after we deal with those i am expecting a large assault force to attack. Their army outside does not lack the numbers and neither the zeal to sacrifice them. There is any section of the facility where we can bait them in and drown them with the ocean ?" I want to drown some aliens. The numbers are against us, so we do not play fair. Abandon that mindset.
>Write-in >Order Skua Squad to keep in mind the location of the Covenant troops we ambushed inside the facility. If there is time still, the aliens equipment and corpses there could be taken the close proximity should making it easier to do so... I am not forgetting about all those corpses and their equipment. And unlike others here, i want whatever is on that red officer corpse if not the corpse it self. The opportunity is too good to pass up. In regard to Amphitrite core, we do it last. First those corpses and equipment after the prototypes are secured.
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>>6253593 >The name does fit, and the bar is so low for the game version that anything is an improve My headcanon is that in "canon" the design and prototypes are lost here and the future model is just a side-side-side project trying to reclaim a shred of what this project was attempting to do.
>Chinese lit/myth exists only in extremes in this reguard. For real though. It's kind of endearing. Like being in middleschool again. Shit is either completely over the top or entirely boring.
>>6253618 Imagine sitting in a trench and in the distance you hear someone scream "Give em generational trauma, lads!" right before the explosions start. War is hell.
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I am curious now. Which lore universe are we going with? Bunji’s or 343’s? Really what is asking is were the Forerunners Human or not.
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>>6253901 I'm going to assume it's mostly Bungie lore with the non-offensive 343 stuff thrown in.
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Bit late. Overslept.
4 Votes to up armor your and Jorge's Mjolnir
7 Votes to trust Skua with transporting Mjolnir, re group with Daisy and ambush the Covie scouts
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+2 votes to send Jorge + confirm routes to the AI core
1 vote "Amphitrite, the Covenant are sending ahead scouts but after we deal with those i am expecting a large assault force to attack...cont" +Order Skua Squad to keep in mind the location of the Covenant troops we ambushed inside the facility. If there is time still, the aliens equipment and corpses there could be taken the close proximity should making it easier to do so
Alright so Squad Skua is on cargo dut, and purple team minus Shika is going scout hunting!
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>>6253593 >Why not Oceanic or Mako .....Shit why didn't I think of that
>>6253573 Goood, gooood let the hate flow through you
>>6253901 I do prefer the forerunners to be ancient humans. Pretty sure I've brought this up a couple times lol
>>6253926 Pretty much
>>6253816 Good headcannon!
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>>6254096 >I do prefer the forerunners to be ancient humans. oh neat
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I want to point out we should ahve sent Jorge with them we've made a clear mistake.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 07 Jun 2025 06:16:54 No. 6254115 Report "Skua, my team is going to buy you time to transport Project Typhon onto the Evac Vehicle. You'll be supported by Spartan-108 once after she's received first aid" You tell the security team after you and Jorge have finished packing up the one prototype of Argonaut Mjolnir armor into a hardened case and lift it onto a trolley "We're rendezvousing with -023"
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"I like those odds" He says as you signal him forward into the room, which contains little of note besides turned over and shattered beakers and test tubes, staining or corroding the metallic flooring
"So do I" You say as you march through the abandoned chemistry lab
"Better odds than what we we dealing with topside" Daisy agrees "So what's our ambush plan, Sven"
"Amphitrite, may I request assistance?" You asks politely, bowing slightly towards a security camera
"Already transmitting a superior path through the facility to your armor; that should give you a tactical advantage. And I am doing what I can to force them down the routes I want them to follow. You can expect fire support from the site's automated defenses" She answers, a bit quicker than she did with Jorge
"Does the enemy's forward scouting party have an Elite in white armor?" Daisy presses as you study the new route that the AI has recommended to you, and see that it'd put you directly above the covenant that've managed to get the deepest into the blacksite so far
"Yes"
You can almost cut the tension in the air
"Good" Daisy says sweetly, venom dripping from voice as you can't help but agree.
"Seems its our lucky day" You icily add as you transmit the new route to Jorge and Daisy's systems "They aren't getting out of here alive"
"None of them are, if I have anything to say about it, Sir" Jorge rectifies "Taking this site is going to cost them"
"And all they'll get is an empty sunken lab, if all goes according to plan" You smirk as you clamber up a ladder giving you access to a maintenance walkway
"Rarely does, but improve is what we're best at" Daisy adds as she follows you up, taking your hand as you offer it "Lets finish what Shika started, and take out enemy command"
"Don't make a contest out of it" Jorge chuckles as he scales the ladder in two less steps
"Agreed, lets just kill as many of them as we can, and if we knock off their CO, well we'll figure out who bagged them when we tag them" You state, seriously, switching from big brother Sven to Lieutenant Askeland now that you're minutes if not moments away from springing the ambush
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 07 Jun 2025 06:18:55 No. 6254119 Report >>6254117 >Keep the high ground, spread out your squad and overlap your firing lines with Jorge and Daisy to create a kill zone (Purple Team has the high ground. DC 15. +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, +4 Superior position and automated defenses, -3 outnumbered) >Have Jorge and Daisy provide overwatch, and wait for the first of the Covenant to enter the ambush point, then jump down on top of them (DC 18. +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +1 Infiltrator, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, +1 Scrounger, -1 outnumbered in CQC) >Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) >[ Maverick ] Act as bait and lure the scouts into a dead end, have Jorge and Daisy Pin them down, then disconnect the chamber entirely as you slip out (DC 20. +3 Maverick (A lone human), +3 Bulwark, +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, -5 Pursued by the entire scout force) >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6254119 >Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) That Sangheili in the white armor is most definitely mad as hell. Why else would he enter with the scouting party?
Let's use that to our advantage and get them to overextend, that way the automated defenses can pin them down before the chamber is flooded.
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>>6254119 >Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) lmao, the copium on that CO Elite right now.
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>>6254119 >>Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) Ay split-lip, the one what gave you a facelift is right behind us, come get her. Behold the only thing stronger than Sven, the uncompromising power of the crushing depths. Have fun learning how to swim you fucking tree lizards. Hope the PSI doesn't turn you into mulch before you drown.
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>>6254119 >Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) Anonymous
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>>6254119 >[ Maverick ] Act as bait and lure the scouts into a dead end, have Jorge and Daisy Pin them down, then disconnect the chamber entirely as you slip out (DC 20. +3 Maverick (A lone human), +3 Bulwark, +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, -5 Pursued by the entire scout force) Anonymous
>>6254119 >Step one partially fill chamber with water (allowing us to observe their cloaked units via water disturbances) >Step two >Keep the high ground, spread out your squad and overlap your firing lines with Jorge and Daisy to create a kill zone (Purple Team has the high ground. DC 15. +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, +4 Superior position and automated defenses, -3 outnumbered) This keeps them looking up but more importantly it allows us to have a faux withdrawal at which point when more spill into the "Secure" area.
>Write in "Amphitrite would you be so willing to give them the Thunder"
Route a section of the power through the water and fry whomever is in it, popping shields, cooking the exposed, toasting sensors and so on. From there we just keep shooting from our highground.
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>>6254119 >Keep the high ground, spread out your squad and overlap your firing lines with Jorge and Daisy to create a kill zone (Purple Team has the high ground. DC 15. +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, +4 Superior position and automated defenses, -3 outnumbered) I don't want to accidentally lose the chance to scrounge/recover that high-ranking field officer's body/armor, especially considering that first optional sub objective. Might not be possible if we flood the chamber.
Will also keep the "flood them" trump card up our sleeve if the situation goes bad or for when more of them come in. High ground + kill box + 3 spartans should knock out an overly eager scouting party without going scorched earth.
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>>6254154 I don't see how we could partially flood a chamber. Unless we want to bust a water utility pipe manually since I doubt the fire suppression system in here is liquid based. Probably an inert foam. And when it comes to water pressure usually the moment you get -a- leak you get a collapse. So trying to finagle the system to let a little water in from outside will probably just make it break and let all the water in like it's designed to do anyway.
But if there are pipes for like, sinks and toilets that run through here that could be doable. Probably have to fuck around with wires in the walls, too. Thankfully these suits are mighty insulated. It would definitely short out their cloaking if they have it. And probably strain or outright disable their shields depending on amperage and shit.
ah fuck it
>>6254133 >>6254154 I'll change to back the floor is lava plan. Or just High Ground shooting plan if we can't zap em.
>>6254155 I don't see how flooding a chamber would fail sub objective 1. Troop comp and tactics data are both things we get just from seeing them in action. You don't need to recover corpses or wargear for that. And repelling the covie doesn't necessarily mean the facility is completely intact, either. Obviously less damage is more better but most of the lab being intact and the covie gone is better than all of the lab intact and the covie here. I'd be more worried about it being a secret objective, like he has a dossier or intel on him for some dumbass reason. If these dipshits even teach their young how to read.
Fair on not wanting to show off we can detach hallways and flood rooms though.
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>>6254096 Once again write in fails....
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>>6254119 >>[ Maverick ] Act as bait and lure the scouts into a dead end, have Jorge and Daisy Pin them down, then disconnect the chamber entirely as you slip out (DC 20. +3 Maverick (A lone human), +3 Bulwark, +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, -5 Pursued by the entire scout force) Anonymous
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>>6254166 I'm not saying it would fail sub objective 1. I'm just saying it would be nice to investigate him further, considering that objective. And also because of those secret objectives you mentioned too, of course, but I feel like it's a bit meta to bring that up.
We're also in a pretty good position to grab bodies.
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>>6254119 >[ Maverick ] Act as bait and lure the scouts into a dead end, have Jorge and Daisy Pin them down, then disconnect the chamber entirely as you slip out (DC 20. +3 Maverick (A lone human), +3 Bulwark, +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, -5 Pursued by the entire scout force) WE WILL PROTECT THE LIL UNS! Seriously it’s time to tank Aggro like we made Sven to do. Otherwise why pick Bulwark? Also I don’t want to risk anymore of our Spartans to get an Injury.
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>6254119 >Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded)
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>>6254119 >Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) Anonymous
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>>6254119 >Keep the high ground, spread out your squad and overlap your firing lines with Jorge and Daisy to create a kill zone (Purple Team has the high ground. DC 15. +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, +4 Superior position and automated defenses, -3 outnumbered) Anonymous
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>>6254119 >>Draw the Covenant to commit as many of their troops as they can into the ambush point then tell Amphitrite to flood the chamber as your team falls back (DC 13. +2 Fire Support (Daisy and Jorge), +3 Bulwark, +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II +2 automated defenses, - 4 Outnumbered and surrounded) See if we can't get some water on the floor too.
Does this facility have some kind of sprinkler system, or is it foam?
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>>6254259 >>6254119 Fiiiiiiine. Sine it’s clear no one here wants Sven to do his duty and tank I guess I’ll change my vote to
>Keep the high ground, spread out your squad and overlap your firing lines with Jorge and Daisy to create a kill zone (Purple Team has the high ground. DC 15. +2 Fire support (Jorge and Daisy), +2 Special Quality: Spartan-II, +4 Superior position and automated defenses, -3 outnumbered) 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
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>>6254779 Swore I corrected act as bait to 2 votes, my bad there. It has 2, not 3, since one of them got switched
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Rolled 19 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6254779 Anonymous
Rolled 20 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6254779 lets kill em all!
>>6254782 nice roll
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Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5) >>6254779 >>6254788 wow
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>>6254788 Not as nice as yours
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>>6254790 first time i have rolled above a 10 in this quest
feels good.
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>>6254788 >khornate dubs >kill em all >crit >10+ over dc Well shit I think we got them.
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>>6254788 [ Warning! Warning! General Warning in place! Preferred Candidate has achieved a critical success!]
And launching 12 over the target number. No mercy from Purple Team!
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>>6254798 It would be out of character for Sven to scream blood for the blood god.
But maybe he can yell Odin Owns you all before the massacre starts.
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>>6254802 LETS GO GIVE THOSE NIGGERS SOME PTSD!!
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 08 Jun 2025 06:33:39 No. 6254823 Report Neither Daisy or Jorge say a word as the three of you get into position and Amphitrite powers on the automated defenses, turrets lowering from the ceiling and emerging from the walls. The location chosen for the ambush is an unused manufacturing floor, probably meant for project typhon or to perform regular maintenance on the personnels' vehicles. The flat beds and lifts provide decent cover for your team.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 08 Jun 2025 06:34:40 No. 6254824 Report >>6254823 Then, while the Covenant are confused, half blinded and deaf from the flashbang that went off and pinned down from the security turrets oppressive rate of fire, you team moves further back in the bay as if retreat, taking part shots as you fall back as the Covenant focus on taking down the turrets.
They disable a few, but just as you planned, Amphitrite fakes overloading the remaining ones during the confusion. And just as you'd hoped, that makes the enemy over confident and they push further in. It is a careful balancing act, giving enough resistance to avoid being over-run and surrounded while also giving the enemy the incentive to commit and press forward, thinking they can overwhelm you.
Repositioning constantly, your team lures them further and further in, fighting just hard enough to make them believe they could win with enough effort and just another push. With precision, the three of you create the illusion of mounting panic and failing morale, purposefully missing shots you could've made, or just winging targets that you had dead to rights rather than aiming for their head or centers of mass, while killing just enough of them as they advance and entrench themselves in the maintenance bay to force them to give all they have to try and take advantage of the weakness you're feigning.
It is a slow, gradual retreat. Since the White Whale doesn't show himself until the fire fight has slowed down and stale mated, and his forces were slowly whittled down through attrition and superior squad tactics. Pinning down his troops with pin point accurate fire and the now once again activated her turrets, you give the one eyed freak who hurt Shika a free pass to move through the killing grounds.
And pull back towards the pre-decided fall back point, the white armored commander barking orders and encouraging his troops as he and his personal guard press the advantage you trick them into thinking they have. And, as they push further into the isolated chamber, Daisy signals that the entire scouting party has moved passed the halfway point of the room. Now all that needs to be done is for the Corridor they entered through to be disconnected from the facility and dropped to the sea floor, and all of the Covenant soldiers inside the maintenance bay will drown. And judging from their numbers, they've pulled a second scouting party in with them to share their water graves.
And they're desperate to avenge their fallen, blinded by rage and frustration. And none more so than your White Whale, who recognizes Daisy as the reason the one who took his eye escaped his grasp. Jorge gets out of the room first, while you back up Daisy as, with a few silent signals and messages sent through the FOF indicators on your HUDS, you spring a second trap.
And get the leader of the siege to unwittingly separate himself from the rest of his troops and his bodyguards chasing Daisy, unwilling to let another prize slip away from his fingers.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 08 Jun 2025 06:35:40 No. 6254825 Report >>6254824 He lunges with his energy sword, and you leap into action as Daisy leaps backwards out of the door. You draw the sword you pried from the cold dead hands of another Svartálfar, and parry his strike as he lunges and maneuver to position him right in front of the airlock and in such a way that he blocks the rest of the scouting parties from opening fire and gunning you down like a dog.
"Ægir is awaiting the meal you so generously piled on his plate" You taunt as the White Whale snarls and roars, too enraged by your act of intercepting and blocking what he thought was a killing blow to think, or wonder what you were talking about, if he could understand you "But I think, I'll deny the Sea one dish. You're mine, Squidface"
"POZOLE!" They scream what you're starting to think is an insult as you shuffle back, angling to be able to grapple and throw him through the airlock the moment before the chamber is flooded and the hatch is sealed. And you don't have to pretend to be out of your depth. He is the better sword fighter, since you have no idea how to actually handle one of these plasma blades in a fight. But he is unaware you've kept a winning card up your sleeve.
He thrusts forward, lunging with all his weight and over extending. You swing with your free hand, activate the EMP pulse and keep moving as the sphere of electromagnetic energy rolls out from the small wrist mounted device, giving it a short burst. The White Whale's single remaining eye bulges in confusion as his blade deactivates right before it cuts your head from your shoulders, and brute forcing your powered armor to move as it locks up and halts, you feed its staggered neural interface a sequence of moves by vividly imagining them.
The EMP lock passes, and your suit moves rapidly and painfully, as it runs through the piled up commands and moves your arms and legs faster than you could consciously and on your own. You grab hold of one of the Svartálfar's mandibles, and use it as a lever to pull them forward, snapping it as you snake your sword wielding arm under their arm pit as they try and retreat and leap back. Then, slipping your knee between their legs, you trip and unsteady them before leaning back and suplexing the Covenant Commander through the Air lock in a blur of motion. Then, sore and bruised by your own armor, you roll through the hatch yourself as the remaining troops open fire.
"FLOOD IT!" You shout as Jorge and Daisy surround and restrain the stunned one eyed alien as they struggle to reignite their energy sword or reach the plasma rifle holstered by their hip. Two Spartans against one Svartálfar isn't a fair fight, even when said Elite soldier is swinging around a burning sword of plasma.
He roars and screams and rages as he realizes he's been duped as the corridor metal groans as the weight it bears increases as several thousand gallons of sea water rushes into the now sealed off maintenance bay and drowns two of the Covenant Scouting parties
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"I am honestly impressed you pulled that off, Varangian" Amphitrite admits as you can hear the water rushing in and the doomed aliens slamming themselves against the air lock
"I curse you! Heretics! Heathen Scum! This is not the end!" The White Whale rages, speaking surprisingly good english as he thrashes and tries to claw or bite through Jorge and Daisy's vambraces "Like the vermin you are, we will flush you from this burrow and bring to light your affronts to the divine ones! Your suffering will be legendary! Your dying moments will be..."
"Daisy, shut up the Skravlebøtte" You order, cracking your back and feeling the lingering hurt that resulted from you using the armor lock caused by the EMP burst offensively
"Gladly, sir" She answers, and with a twist of her arms, breaks another of his mandibles, but that just makes him gurgle as he continues cursing and threatening all three of you and the entire human race, switching from English to his own bastard tongue.
"He just doesn't know when to give up and surrender" Jorge grunts through his teeth, so you provide assistance in fully subduing the thrashing alligator by stomping your foot, hard, on their back and pinning them
"He'll learn", you threaten as you check your COMs and plan your next move.
>Restrain and Transport the Covenant Commander to the evac point, and let Shika get a few licks in on him >[ Maverick ]Get Amphitrite to record and broadcast the White Whale's execution as you show him what he's earned for injuring one of your Spartans. And send it to all UNSC forces still fighting, as well as the Covenant on the ground. >[ Diplomat ] Attempt to force your hostage to order his troops to retreat >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force >Write in option If you had got anything less than a crit, Tag'Zutam would've gotten away.
>>6254822 Beautiful.
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>>6254827 >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force Brutal, and well done. That 20 was perfect. And probably gave us a bit of time to finish grabbing everything.
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>>6254827 >>[ Diplomat ] Attempt to force your hostage to order his troops to retreat >>Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force. As far as I know UNSC command still needs Intel, and this fuck can provide. Plus, we still have troops in contact.
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>>6254827 >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force Anonymous
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>>6254827 >>6254827 >Write in option Send Jorge and Daisy with the hostage to assist in the packing up of Typhon and prepping for escape/evac. They need all they can get there help wise but also more SPARTANs as if there are any cloaked units they'll try to save this Whitewhale.
>Write in Solo go to Project Berserker, Once everything is secure we go Straight from Project: Beserker to the AI core, It's a dead sprint now but we'll have a moment as the Covenant attempt to determine how to push in next.
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>>6254827 >"I am honestly impressed you pulled that off, Varangian" Amphitrite admits as you can hear the water rushing in and the doomed aliens slamming themselves against the air lock That makes two of us kek
>Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force On the one hand, I am worried about him telling the rabid hordes outside to FUCK IT WE BALL and bumrush the facility or find a way to depth charge it. On the other, making them back off, even for like, ten minutes would probably give us more than enough time to get damn near everything out of here. I don't expect a zealot to not be suicidally brave or defiant. But even a momentary distraction wins us the day here so to speak. Maybe if we tell him we simply wish to leave and are currently retrieving medicine before we go and then they can just have the fucking facility we can fool him into telling the retards to wait just a moment. The prospect of losing no more men and getting whatever secrets are in here might be enough to get him to stall. We are going into the lab full of chemicals and drugs after all. Could be convincing enough since he knows we have injured. Maybe the dark elf code of honor would make him really bad at identifying the basic strategy of deceit lmao
We should however break both his arms and legs regardless of how everything plays out. We can literally drag him around by his harness, we've got the muscles for it. And we don't have to worry overmuch about him getting a stray bullet or two once his shield comes back online. No half measures.
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>"I am honestly impressed you pulled that off, Varangian" Amphitrite admits as you can hear the water rushing in and the doomed aliens slamming themselves against the air lock >[ Diplomat ] Attempt to force your hostage to order his troops to retreat >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force Forgot to add the option to my damn post. I am supremely retarded.
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Whoa, I was just hoping for a Covenant version of a TACPAD or something off him, but we managed to capture him? Quite an achievement. They might actually be thinking about glassing the place at this rate... or they might start sending in something bigger like Hunters. The grunts are probably pissing their pants and would probably need to be threatened to head down into this death trap, lol.
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>>6254827 >[ Diplomat ] Attempt to force your hostage to order his troops to retreat Any breathing room would be helpful I think.
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>>6254827 >[ Maverick ]Get Amphitrite to record and broadcast the White Whale's execution as you show him what he's earned for injuring one of your Spartans. And send it to all UNSC forces still fighting, as well as the Covenant on the ground. Inshallah we will drop nova bombs on Sanghellios
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>>6254827 >>>[ Diplomat ] Attempt to force your hostage to order his troops to retreat Fear, lies, truth, humiliation. The alien does not know, the alien probably doesn't want to die like this.
>>>Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force. LEGEND
Ah so many Covenant are now one with the sea :)
Capturing a Covenant high ranking officer and getting more energy swords is exactly the cherry on top of the cake of saving prototypes, we needed for satisfy High Command.
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>>6254891 >Write in option >Inform Halsey and Squad Skua of what we did. Once Berserker and Typhon are secured, they should start preparations for take out Amphitrite core with us and set up a timer for a self destruct of the facility. Her use of effective defensive strategies against the aliens, and scientific help with each of the 4 projects are just as valuable to humanity as the prototypes present here. Starting the work early is never a bad idea, beside this fresh news should make everyone more happy
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>>6254827 >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force Sublime nat 20, now we need to hightail and grab everything else. Also, for everyone voting to try and get him to call off this siege, I don’t like that idea. He’s captured, and any Elite worth their salt, especially one with Ultra Armor isn’t going to do anything but tell his troops to glass the base with him inside.
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>>6254891 >Capturing a Covenant high ranking officer and getting more energy swords is exactly the cherry on top of the cake of saving prototypes, we needed for satisfy High Command. High Command's comment when they read our AAR: "MFer, is this guy using cheat codes?"
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>>6254975 On that note, I have to wonder if Ackerson or somebody else reading our report is going to wonder just how far you can take Command Staggering (or whatever our trick with Armor Lock is called).
Imagine if there was a suit or module that allowed you to make use of the same principles without battering the Spartan inside the suit.
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>>6254827 >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force No time to dilly-dally.
>trying to negotiate with genocidal aliens There's a time and place for everything. This is neither.
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>>6254827 >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force I don't trust this enraged Svartálfar to say anything but encouragement to his troops. This wipe out may have enraged them but it definetly has them way more cautious so it bought a lot of time, might just be enough to get everything.
>If you had got anything less than a crit, Tag'Zutam would've gotten away. Good thing we got one then.
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>>6254827 >Restrain and Transport the Covenant Commander to the evac point, and let Shika get a few licks in on him We REALLY do not want to let this dude get away.
Even if we can't get any intelligence from him, at the least we can dissect/vivisect him to learn about Elite weak points and biology.
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>>6255121 Also, I want to add
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>>6254894 too
Don't mention it's an elite, just that we "got someone".
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>>6254894 >>6255123 Amphitrite should already be doing that no? I'll back it if she isn't.
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>>6255121 >dissect/vivisect him to learn about Elite weak points and biology. We do already have that other one we caught earlier. I'm sure that sort of intel would filter out as it came to light since there really is no benefit to ONI to keep it hidden.
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>>6255131 Wait we already caught another?
How did I forget that?
It doesn't hurt to vivisect a second anyway.
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>>6255155 Yeah. Gave him some Glasgow kisses til he took a nap kek. Back on the covie ship boarding action. And yeah, fair enough. It never hurts to butcher more godless aliens.
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>>6255155 previous mission
idk, we had a whole fight in the reactor of the covenant ship. quite cool and iconic.
indeed or more of them. there is plenty of corpses
>>6255125 she is occupied with defenses and helping extract the prototypes i believe. Fundamentally its likely a last decision, but i don't think she can take herself out of her core without authorization. If we tell people we are also going to do this, its better. Our mission officially doesn't require to extract her
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>>6254827 >>Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force Anonymous
>>6254827 >Drag your white whale with you as you hustle to secure Project Berserker, knowing this stunt is going to righteously piss off the rest of the siege force I think its almost worth a little bit of banter with Squidface. do not fear to remove limbs if he rebels.
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>>6255321 Halsey might actually break her foot kicking our ass if we started cutting bits and pieces off of a goddamn Sangheili Ultra. I'm not opposed to teaching this splitjaw the finer points of hand-to-hand combat if he gets uppity though.
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>>6255334 He no longer requires arms. For the safety of everyone near this fucker I suggest we disarm him. At least unhand him. But I would also take the legs so he can't kick. If I had any less self control I would suggest giving him the Cartel video on KHAOZ treatment.
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>>6255345 Why should we do that? Clearly that's Shika's Job. Also, if there's anyone out there that's going do worse to this guy then Sven and co, its ONI. They even got to study the nervous system of the guy before, im sure hooking up a car battery to this guys balls is going to be the tip of the iceberg.
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>>6255384 Shika only has one hand. He could probably wrestle her down at this point. Unless he has no arms. And those ONI guys, while tough, don't have the oomph to actually put the whale down without outright killing him. A knife works, but a gunbutt will probably just tickle. So what's the point in catching him if you can't contain him alive?
I also just really want to keep hitting the piece of shit. Anonymous
>>6255390 No, I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. I’m not talking about the ONI spooks on the transport. I’m taking about delivering this squidface directly to ONI so they can do their check list of crimes against humanity on him before getting to the good stuff. And also referring to letting Shika get in a few kicks on the way there. Obviously all under the watchful eye of big brother Sven of course.
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>>6255401 > I’m taking about delivering this squidface directly to ONI so they can do their check list of crimes against humanity on him before getting to the good stuff. Good thing it isn't human then.
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>>6255401 Ah I see. I have misinterpreted your words, my B big G. I agree entirely.
>>6255405 They never signed the Geneva convention. Big mistake.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 09 Jun 2025 10:11:05 No. 6255529 Report One thing was clear. The walls were closing in. The Covenant were fanatics. Losing their commander would probably only encourage them to throw themselves once more into the meat grinder in an attempt to rescue or avenge them. Time was a rapidly dwindling commodity and pressure was only increasing.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 09 Jun 2025 10:12:05 No. 6255531 Report >>6255529 Your Hostage noticed what was wrong to, and you followed his eyes. Movement on the motion tracker, you spun around. Daisy's head perked up, and she drew her sidearm, Jorge spun around as you wheeled back a few steps, narrowly avoiding being impaled by an energy blade.
You recognized the silhouette of the cloaked figure. They were wearing the same armor as the Elite whose' hands you peeled back to take their energy sword.
And immediately, from their stance and posture, recognized them as a superior hand to hand fighter as they stalked towards you, purposefully keeping your body between themselves and Jorge's line of fire. Daisy cursed, as the Hostage renewed their struggling and began slamming the back of their head into her visor as she tried to get a bead on the newly revealed threat.
The stalker reacted in a flash, moving quicker than you'd seen any of his kind move before.
>[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] > [ Maverick ] Grab one of the syringes full of mystery drug, and keep hold on it as you try and drop the stalker's shields [DC 17. +4 Brawler, + 1 Giant, -2 enemy has a higher brawler rank than you do, DC reduced by 7 (From 24 ) through Special Quality: Spartan-II and Armor MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Open fire! [DC 16 . +1 Jotun, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 23) Through Special Quality: Spartan-II and Armor MJOLNIR Mark IV) >Knowing you're a worse sword fighter than a brawler, draw the energy sword you looted, and buy Jorge and Daisy time to shoot the fucker in the back [DC 18. +1 Scrounger, +1 Giant, +3 Bulwark, -3 Enemy has ranks in Blademaster and Sven doesn't, DC reduced by 7 (from 25) Through Special Quality: Spartan-II and Armor MJOLNIR Mark >Write in option Surprise! Zealot!
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] >Write in option >"Jorge, dogpile!" Drop your heavy and unwieldy ass gun in these close in engagements. Just stomp this fucker's head in. Pin his arms. Stab him in the dick with that other plasma sticker you confiscated. Something. Let Daisy beat the shit out of whitey's dumb ass, maybe shoot him in his retarded knees.
You know guys, if we broke the whale's arms and legs we could just drop him like a sack of potatoes and not worry about him struggling and making it hard to gang up on this other dickhead. :^)
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] Feels in character to take that blow for Daisy without the slightest hesitation,
like Sam for John. It'll hopefully also create an opening for the team to deal with it.
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] Anonymous
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] An injury in exchange, for going in direct brawling melee on the ground away from the drugs. Shika will heal us when we get back. Daisy safety is paramount now, especially with her handling our prisoner. And for other reasons...
>Write in option >"Jorge, dogpile!" >"Daisy break the arms of the White Whale !" >>6255345 >>6255537 Breaking arms and legs is something i had said before to do in previous threads with any Covenant hostages captured, i am glad there is people understanding this. Can't have them be rebellious you know ? Beside they are genocidal aliens. who cares if they will live with stumps for the rest of their lives (in the "worst" case).
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] Out of character to not do it even if tactically unsound.
>Write in option >"Jorge, dogpile!" >"Daisy break the arms of White Whale AND KNOCK IT OUT!" Anonymous
>>6255531 >>6255558 Technically given we've had some more basic time could we activate Jhottun again?
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>>6255531 PROTECT THE LIL UNS!
>[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] >Write in >>"Jorge, dogpile!" >> “Daisy, Break the white one’s legs and knock him out!” Breaking his arms is kinda useless because they’re bound behind his back, I am fully on board with taking away his kneecap privileges though.
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] >Write in option >"Jorge, dogpile!" >"Daisy break the arms of the White Whale !" Might get a bulwark rank from this I guess. And stops Daisy from getting got.
>>6255562 404 never mentioned a cool down timer on Jotunn as far as I can remember or find. I've been going off the assumption of once a mission.
>>6255537 You know guys, if we broke the whale's arms and legs we could just drop him like a sack of potatoes and not worry about him struggling and making it hard to gang up on this other dickhead. :^)
My only requirements to support a good write-in like that is the person doesn't put a space before their question mark, they use the correct amount of dots in an ellipses, it's not retarded, and that I'm actually home/awake to see it. 404's been updating way too early in the morning for me to participate in or read the vote's discussion.
>>6255596 >PROTECT THE LIL UNS! An SM with an Ogryn's protective inclination. I don't like Sven taking hits but it is in character for him to do. Especially for his regular teammates. Don't forget we still gotta grab/help James and violet team after this. Maybe we can do it in style, hoping project Typhoon has an assault boat we can load up into the big sub to do a beach landing if need be. picrel.
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>>6255531 > [ Maverick ] Grab one of the syringes full of mystery drug, and keep hold on it as you try and drop the stalker's shields [DC 17. +4 Brawler, + 1 Giant, -2 enemy has a higher brawler rank than you do, DC reduced by 7 (From 24 ) through Special Quality: Spartan-II and Armor MJOLNIR Mark IV) Anonymous
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>>6255531 >>6255537 +1
you had me at dogpile.
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>>6255531 >>[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] Anonymous
>>6255531 >Knowing you're a worse sword fighter than a brawler, draw the energy sword you looted, and buy Jorge and Daisy time to shoot the fucker in the back [DC 18. +1 Scrounger, +1 Giant, +3 Bulwark, -3 Enemy has ranks in Blademaster and Sven doesn't, DC reduced by 7 (from 25) Through Special Quality: Spartan-II and Armor MJOLNIR Mark Dogpiling is a HORRIBLE fucking idea. If there's one, there's probably more.
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>>6256005 I agree. I would prefer Jorge to maintain position and just shoot in case there are more, maybe switch to his magnum if he needs the accuracy.
Though he does have that machete...
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>>6255531 >Open fire! [DC 16 . +1 Jotun, +1 Fire support (Jorge), DC reduced by 7 (from 23) Through Special Quality: Spartan-II and Armor MJOLNIR Mark IV) WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8JxnmOxbAc Anonymous
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>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required] Anonymous
>>6255531 >[ Bulwark ] Charge into them and tackle them away from Daisy, taking the blow that was meant for them [Sven will be injured, no roll required Has any of purple team actually witnessed Sven go full rip and tear until it is done before?
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>>6256072 I think Shika did that one time he mauled half of Tango Company.
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11 Votes to take the hit
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+ 6 votes for "Jorge dogpile"
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+ 4 votes for "Daisy break their arms"
1 Vote to grab a syringe full of dangerous combat stims and try to break the Swordsman's shields
1 Vote to sword fight the zealot
1 Votes to open fire
Outcome was pretty obvious. Sven is taking the hit, and shouting for Jorge to dogpile the zealot with him
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>>6256075 And they also got premium early access to his Helmet Cam from Fly-Swatter where he went Ape on the first Elite he ever ran into
>>6256048 Always love me some of Reach's OST
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>>6256048 I recently rewatched that cutscene with the dev commentary. There's so many little things I didn't notice when I played.
>the girl explaining in hungarian that there are others, which causes Jorge's head to perk up slightly in an "oh shit" moment a split second before the attack >Carter shoving Kat out of the way >Zealot bopping his head as he runs through the door >Trooper trying to hold onto the door as he's carried away kino
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 10 Jun 2025 13:19:26 No. 6256107 Report >>6256106 "DOGPILE!" You scream, tasting blood as the gouge across your chest armor sizzles and smokes
"Two at once?" The Smug Svartálfar says, speaking far more eloquent English than the troop commander "Very well, I invite you to make use of every advantage you can muster. It will not make a difference"
Daisy slams the White Whale into the wall and then across one of the empty chemistry stations, cursing in every language she knows as she wrestles them down and tries to keep their more intact hand from grabbing hold of anything that could be turned into a weapon. She's lost her side arm, but not her knife.
[ Bulwark 3+ (Taking a hit damage reduction) Reduces Sven's injury from [Severely Wounded] to [Badly Wounded] to [Moderately Wounded], Mjolnir Mark IV reduces Moderately wounded to wounded, but has lost some of its integrity/ effectiveness]
[Bulwark 3 prevents Sven from suffering any penalties from the [Wounded] Condition ]
The sword fighter keeps you and Jorge at arms length, an equally distant apart, eyes apathetically swaying between the two of you, probing your defenses for an opening as the two of you do the same.
>Expecting them to go for the weakest link first, fire your shotgun and lunge at them to try and create an opening for Jorge by acting a distraction (DC 18. +3 Bulwark, +1 Giant, DC reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Turn on one of the energy shield gauntlets, hoping they've recharged by now, and keep the swordfighter focused on you by shield bashing and attempting to break their dominant hand (DC 20. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 energy shield -2 enemy has a higher brawler rank than you do DC reduced by 6 (From 26) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) > [Maverick/ Scrounger] Prime a plasma grenade you pinched in the last engagement, and try to stick it on the bastard's back (DC 22. +1 scrounger, +3 sleight of hand (Maverick) >Write in option 404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO
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>>6256107 >Expecting them to go for the weakest link first, fire your shotgun and lunge at them to try and create an opening for Jorge by acting a distraction (DC 18. +3 Bulwark, +1 Giant, DC reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Shotguns are an effective counter to swords, both in game and real life.
>>6256112 Ah, I managed to miss it then. Thank you for the clarification. Good chance there's more than one Zealot, will probably need it if any more pop up.
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>>6256107 >>6256107 >Expecting them to go for the weakest link first, fire your shotgun and lunge at them to try and create an opening for Jorge by acting a distraction (DC 18. +3 Bulwark, +1 Giant, DC reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) WE ARE TANK. Also let’s hope to get this done fast. Fucking white whale is throwing a hissy fit.
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>>6256107 >>Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) I'm ready to show this motherfucker the basics of CQC. Splitjaws always get too cocky when humans start throwin' hands.
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Surprised he tried to kill our White Whale there. Guessing he views the White Whale's POW status as a massive dishonor and shame on their species, deserving immediate death. Or maybe he just doesn't care about White Whale and wanted to attack what he perceived was the weakest link (Daisy).
>>6256107 >Turn on one of the energy shield gauntlets, hoping they've recharged by now, and keep the swordfighter focused on you by shield bashing and attempting to break their dominant hand (DC 20. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 energy shield -2 enemy has a higher brawler rank than you do DC reduced by 6 (From 26) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) WALL! Immovable object vs Unstoppable force.
Ideally gives us an extra layer of security and keeps him away from Daisy/White Whale. Don't want him slipping past.
With the shield, we can also hopefully keep the damage minimal if we make a mistake against the more experienced opponent.
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>>6256107 >Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) "So much bravado you must think you are blessed by the gods ! Allow us to show you why you are wrong, Svartálfar."
well Daisy is beating the white whale a bit. Too many scaredy cats for order to pacify the white whale properly it seems. When we are done with the zealot i will say it again.
>>6256116 Doubtful there is any more here in the Berserk drug room, if there was more than one they would be attacking us right now (the opportunity is too good, waiting more is just asking for Spartan senses to notice them and put bullets in their cranium). Or better yet, go further inside for skewer a wounded Shika and Squad Skua allowing them to intercept the EVAC.
Its probably a massive gamble from the covenant sieging force that a Zealot managed to get all the way here to attempt to ambush us, even with advance stealth there is still an AI controlling an entire facility with automated defenses, cameras and sensors for find and kill aliens.
If there are more zealots they are further behind, and probably occupied with all the new water or the defenses. If not already drowned.
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>>6256128 >If there are more zealots they are further behind I don't disagree with your general sentiment but specialized Zealot teams operate in advance of typical intrusion/assault formations. I'm of the mind that they'd already be on their way out with whatever they came to grab. The first wave of intruders we dealt with in the cafeteria were likely just a smoke screen for the Zealots. I doubt they're here to ambush us but to grab ONI R&D, something the Covenant started doing early and why Spartans were regularly deployed on burn/denial ops. I don't remember if 404 mentioned it, or if he's changed up how AC works but thermals are the best way to counter Covenant active camo as it produces loads of heat. And MJOLNIR has inbuilt thermals. We should probably jut be running them 24/7 on these sorts of missions were running into stealth elites is likely.
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>>6256132 Maybe the Zealots are equipped with a type of heat sink, like a Prowler, that absorbs thermal emissions to some extent, at least temporarily, making them practically invisible. I'm sure there's some explanation why this guy hasn't been detected by Amphitrite.
If there are others, the majority of them might be focusing on locating Amphitrite and dealing with her first. A few others (like this guy) could be doing recon on this level, identifying and prioritizing targets or locating objects of interest. We might've forced this guy's hand arriving unexpectedly like we did and spotting those prints in the ash.
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>>6256107 >Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Anonymous
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>>6256156 >I'm sure there's some explanation why this guy hasn't been detected by Amphitrite. Plenty of weird holes in the setting for 404 to fix. Maybe Zealot's AC is just more advanced than your run of the mill stealth or spec ops elites, and AC modules.
>We might've forced this guy's hand arriving unexpectedly like we did and spotting those prints in the ash. Agreed. We should probably beeline it to recover Amphitrite soon as we deal with him. Leave Jorge with Shika to protect our exfil and the survivors, and take Daisy with us just in case. Gotta make sure to turn our captured ultra if he survives into a quadriplegic too.
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>>6256107 >Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Snake Remember your rules of training.
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>>6256107 >>Turn on one of the energy shield gauntlets, hoping they've recharged by now, and keep the swordfighter focused on you by shield bashing and attempting to break their dominant hand (DC 20. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 energy shield -2 enemy has a higher brawler rank than you do DC reduced by 6 (From 26) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) If we can get his hand, either by catching it or breaking it, he's done for once Jorge gets his hit in. Assuming he doesn't have a second sword which he probably doesn't. Don't care who you are, Jorge and Sven in CQC both grabbing you? Like having your limbs tied to two horses on crack.
I'm just leery about shooting in here. Don't want to friendly fire Jorge or Daisy and don't want to hit a computer or a sample we need to collect.
>>6256125 I think the zealot was engaging in asset denial as well. Why let your enemy have any intel? And the whale already dishonored himself by being captured so fuck em, right?
>>6256156 The most simple answer IMO is that the internal cameras are not equipped with thermal imaging. It's cheaper to use standard cameras and since the hallways inside are orderly and lack any way to hide or camouflage there is no reason to have thermals. Outdoors where there can be weather or dust or simple distance making it harder to see then thermals make sense. But indoors at short distance where there will be no interference it's unnecessary. The base was probably built with Innies in mind, not Covie, so it probably wasn't built for dudes being invisible since it was something thought not really possible at the time.
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>>6256107 >>Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) I hate this option. I want to use the shotgun - if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying - but dang it, defeating a Sanghelli blademaster in hand to hand is just too cool.
Halsey, Mendez, bear witness to the strength of your creation.
Let us make this ground hallowed, and a place for remembrance.
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>>6256107 >Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Anonymous
>>6256132 >I'm of the mind that they'd already be on their way out with whatever they came to grab Debatable. The place was fully locked up at first with no one entering, then we killed the entire infiltration large force that was imprisoned inside and after that we secured multiple projects in their entirety, and then drowned not one but two entire scouting forces. And now we just grabbed their commander. It would be a bit of an hard time even for them to move out with all of this happening.
>ONI R&D Thing about that is all laboratories where locked up due to the automatic lockdown of the black site. And all of them have their own automatic defenses too. More importantly the facility scientists likely have a list of everything in each laboratory. That means, the Covenant have no idea what to take while we do, beside the obvious objects. The war prototypes are the thing that matters the most here, and most of them are not small stuff to grab either (except Berserker from the looks of it), Typhon, Mjolnir and Evil Eye are all weighty and large/medium size (Typhon is war vehicles outright). The personnel the second most important thing, was all safely away. And now they are protected and in the process of evac. Any digital access would be probably impossible to do in the computers, likely an effect of the black site lockdown. And the zealots would not be able to do shit about that, beside shooting themselves.
I think the reason we or Amphitrite have not seen them until now, is that they where either :
- A comically running around for their lives as each new stealthy position they found, was compromized by a guaranteed death risk, and they couldn't risk detection
- B forced to not move and remain like a statue (like the alien here)
Amphitrite system probably had an additional harder time seeing the fuckers because of the e-war done by the Covenant Sieging Force (which without commander will they continue it ?).
>>6256198 This is a facility with 4 major projects of war prototypes. This place would have state of the art protection and security no way is cheap, the amount of automated defenses present is not small on his own.
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So what I’m getting from all of this is, Nesta is best girl because she can defect the invisible Elites and she should never ever leave our side again.
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>>6256266 >This is a facility with 4 major projects of war prototypes. This place would have state of the art protection and security no way is cheap They also cut and redirect funds constantly. And if there is a way to save money, a government body takes it. The thing they would presumably need the -least- would be thermal imaging for the indoors areas. Because there is no need to have it except in the labs where testing objects which put out a lot of heat would make it useful. That would be the first thing they'd skimp on. Next would be toilet paper. Bet they got fuckin single ply in this bitch. Eurgh. No matter how "top dollar" a project is they are going to cut costs as much as possible to spend as much of that money as they can on things that are more "important". What point is there to full spectrum IR/UV cameras in a lab where they poke people with syringes and watch them bleed through their assholes, right?
I'm not saying it did happen I'm just saying it's completely reasonable to assume it did. See this shit all the time in any place money is involved.
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>>6256107 >Draw your SOCOM and Combat Knife and engage with advance CQC techniques (DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), +1 Jotun. DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Take it down
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I'm not sure exactly what to vote but I want to suggest an add on to anything we do so to speak.>use the energy blade as a roll of quarters in one of our punching hands so that anytime to make physical contant we can turn the blade on igniting it within the enemies body. I'm ripping a bit of a star wars trick here, that lightsaber style everyone in universe hated because ya keep turning the blade on and off to get through defences and generally throw people off
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>>6256293 Given the nature of Sven's body and the MJOLNIR suits, I don't think a sword grip would add a meaningful amount of mass or rigidity to Sven's fist.
Also, going for a risky ass maneuver like Tràkata against a superior swordsman is a recipe for disaster.
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I will say I am surprised the Covie, or at least this one in particular, is aware enough of human vernacular to know what dogpile means. He did his homework. Which makes me hate him even more.
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>>6256457 Zealots are no joke man. Just as NOBLE Team.
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>>6256548 Oh I don't mean to downplay how dangerous they are, just the fact this one took the time to learn the meaning behind the translation. You have to imagine that if you took it at face value the translation would be something like "canine, stack" or even worse "quadruped, group". It's an almost arcane phrase if you don't know the context or have an idea of the preferred hunting methods of dogs. Like this mf hittin the books on his down time.
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>>6256555 He should be glad he took the time to study English specifically. Imagine being one of the scholarly Sangheili who decided to pick up Classical Latin or Ancient Sumerian of all things.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 11 Jun 2025 12:47:50 No. 6256607 Report [ Rebooting....Monitor 404TormentedCache, Back online ]
2 Votes to close the distance with a shotgun, acting as a distraction.
7 Votes to employ advance CQC techniques against the elite
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+1 vote for "So much Bravado..cont"
2 Votes to shield bash the Zealot's sword hand
1 Vote to try and Use Trakata with an energy sword (Fucking love Trakata, btw)
So, Sven is going to give this Zealot an advance course on CQC while double teaming them with Jorge
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>>6256120 Its how Fairbanks managed to kill a Zealot...after they tore through the rest of his unit
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>>6256607 Math dont like this boys, i warn thee
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>>6256611 Nice clutch, anon.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 11 Jun 2025 12:54:24 No. 6256614 Report >>6256611 [SUCCESS! ]
By fucking 1 over target! You were saying anon? What's the opposite of Jinxing? Started to get a little worried there myself. Kickass
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>>6256457 >>6256555 What would the Sangheili version of the Modern Major General song be?
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 11 Jun 2025 13:27:21 No. 6256619 Report A shotgun would be effective, but with the way your opponent was moving, you didn't like the odds of being able to rack and reload before they retaliated and struck. Could take their shield down, at least damage it enough for Jorge to drain the rest of it and open up the Elite swordsman's primary means of defense. Can't wound or injure them until their refractive shielding is out of the picture. Making a split second decision, you sling your shotgun over your back and draw both the combat knife strapped to your shoulder and M6C/ SOCOM secured to your hip. Jorge follows suite, as the two of you begin moving and working in unison out of a pure sense of familiarity with some assistance provided from both of your Mjolnir systems.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Wed 11 Jun 2025 13:28:26 No. 6256620 Report >>6256619 The only coherent thought rattling around in your adrenaline fueled brain was the next movement to perform as you fought and kept up with the swift elegance of the alien's swordsmanship.
It was Jorge that broke his shield, empty his magnum's magazine directly into the underside of their head. You felt a searing pain shoot up through your arm from your shoulder as the Alien over extended as you hopped back and disengaged to reload. You snarled, fighting through the pain and stepped forward and lunged, thrusting your own knife threw their thigh and opening fire, point blank and center of mass.
The Svartálfar stumbled back, eyes blazing as they tested their injured leg and grimaced as it nearly buckled under him. Jorge had a nasty looking gash along the length of his leg.
You and Jorge surged forward together, not giving the Split Jaw time to breathe and knowing a moment of hesitation could mean defeat. And that defeat meant death, and not just your own
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[ Sven is Moderately wounded -1 to all rolls, Jorge is Wounded, Daisy's status unchanged]
[ Zealot sword master is Wounded. Energy shields are down ]
[ Jotun's rage/ Adrenaline Surge can be activated ]
>Grab a scalpel to replace your knife, and continue fighting with pistol and blade hand in hand [DC 16. +1 Fire support (Jorge), + 1 Jotun, -1 Moderate wounds DC reduced by 6 (From 22) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Throw the pistol, and sling draw your shotgun and aim center of mass [DC 14. +1 Jotun, +1 fire support (Jorge), -1 Moderate wounds, DC Reduced by 6 (From 20. Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >[ Maverick] Feint drawing the energy sword, slide past their thrust and rock their world with a Askeland patented Mjolnir backed headbutt [DC 18. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Unexpected Barbarism (Maverick), -1 Moderate Wounds, -3 Enemy has ranks in Blademaster. DC Reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Write in option Anonymous
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>>6256620 >Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Anonymous
>>6256620 >Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) BEAT DOOOOWN!
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>>6256620 >>Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) I expect the zealot here is gonna have to start using his upper body to dodge considering that gimped leg. We're gonna have to lead this dance and get him to overextend so Jorge has an opening to put that leg out of commission. Another good thing to mention is that even if we can't land anything decisive, a parting blow anywhere on his armor should stop his shields from recharging for a few seconds. I just hope we've been smart enough in character to pick up on that.
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>>6256620 >[ Maverick] Feint drawing the energy sword, slide past their thrust and rock their world with a Askeland patented Mjolnir backed headbutt [DC 18. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Unexpected Barbarism (Maverick), -1 Moderate Wounds, -3 Enemy has ranks in Blademaster. DC Reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Dr Halsey cringing every time Sven headbutts something. "Divert all funding to EOD, dammit."
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>>6256620 >Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Jotun's rage activate !
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>>6256628 >Activate Jotun’s Rage. Yeah fuck it, we need to get this over and done with as soon as possible.
>>6256614 Don’t they have a general rank already? I’m sure it’s just that but with shinier armor.
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>>6256620 >Throw the pistol, and sling draw your shotgun and aim center of mass [DC 14. +1 Jotun, +1 fire support (Jorge), -1 Moderate wounds, DC Reduced by 6 (From 20. Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Activate Jotun's Rage We've probably got more fights ahead of us before the op is over. Need to take as f ew wounds as possible right now.
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>>6256620 >Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Activate Jotun’s Rage. man this has got to look wild to anyone who's not a spartan or sanghilie
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>>6256620 >Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >Kick start the Jotun rage Anonymous
>>6256614 >What would the Sangheili version of the Modern Major General song be? >"I've killed species avian, amphibious and quadrupeds..." I'm sure it would be a lot of murder,erasing of heretical ideas and swordplay study kek. Pretty based, actually.
>>6256620 >>Pistol whip the bastard and bear down on them with Jorge, attacking them viciously with your brother [DC 17. +4 Brawler ,+1 Giant , +1 Backup (Jorge, -1 Moderate wounds, -2 enemy has a higher level of brawler. DC reduced by six (From 23) Throught Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Any gun that doesn't also work as a club is an overengineered piece of garbage. That said, Sven can hit a LOT harder than most people. Let's show him physics is still the king of combat. With blunt force trauma!
>activate Jotun Rage May as well. The less injured we get the faster we can move after this is over. I'm sure we're going to have to run.
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>>6256620 >[ Maverick] Feint drawing the energy sword, slide past their thrust and rock their world with a Askeland patented Mjolnir backed headbutt [DC 18. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Unexpected Barbarism (Maverick), -1 Moderate Wounds, -3 Enemy has ranks in Blademaster. DC Reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) >activate Jotun's Rage He's wounded and outnumbered. Just the right circumstances for him to do something stupid.
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>>6256620 >[ Maverick] Feint drawing the energy sword, slide past their thrust and rock their world with a Askeland patented Mjolnir backed headbutt [DC 18. +4 Brawler, +1 Giant, +1 Unexpected Barbarism (Maverick), -1 Moderate Wounds, -3 Enemy has ranks in Blademaster. DC Reduced by 6 (From 24) Through Spartan-II and Mjolnir Mark IV) Activate Jotun Rage for this one
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7 Votes to Pistol whip the bastard/ Jump them with Jorge
3 Votes to feint a sword draw into a very real headbutt
1 Vote to toss the handgun and whip out the shotgun
8 Votes to activate Jotun's rage
So the approach our boy is taking is to employ the classic technique of Pistol whipping and keep dogpiling
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And, Jotun's rage will be activated so....
>>6256715 I'd pay like five bucks to hear a series production along those lines lmao
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 12 Jun 2025 13:15:14 No. 6257097 Report >>6257096 Tch. But a bonus is a bonus and it effectively nullifies the wounded penalty for a round
[Please roll 1d20+4. DC 17. Best out of 3]
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Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4) >>6257097 Rollin
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>>6257103 [SUCCESS!]
Going 4 over target. Actually sighed in relief when I saw this roll
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I love the idea of Sven or the Dragons in general being "Halsey's Fist" so to speak. We've two massive tanks, a medic ninja, a danger sense and so on.
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>>6257103 clutch again
>>6257110 Hey, nice!
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>>6257110 Dude that’s awesome. Nice job.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 12 Jun 2025 13:46:19 No. 6257121 Report That thought alone is acts as a potent anesthetic, numbing the searing pain pulsing out from your cut shoulder and spreading out from the burns along your chest. But by stoking it purposefully, imagining exactly what this split jawed freak would due to your squad mates, your brothers and sisters. What they'd do to Catherine. What losing the research of the facility would lead do...thoughts like these, vivid mental images, stoke the whispers of anger and turn them into a gale force of focused rage; Which briefly, while you can hold onto the thought in the heat of battle, increases the amount of adrenaline already flowing heavily through your body, carried by the red blood in your veins.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 12 Jun 2025 13:49:34 No. 6257122 Report >>6257121 Ignoring the pain and steaming blood starting to sting the corner of your left eye, you kick off the ground, dropping your shoulders and nearly lowering yourself to the ground. The Swordsman's pain weakened eyes spot you, and clear as they realize what you're attempting to do, and flips his blade around after sending Jorge skidding across the floor with a kick from his good leg.
No one wants to die by being gutted like a fish not even aliens, you think numbly through the haze of adrenaline and pain.
[ Roll 1d20. DC 16. +1 Giant, +2 Spartan-II, +3 enemy is badly wounded. Best of 3]
>>6257110 That's awesome! Thanks for the fan art. It shows just how much of a scary and beefy mofo Sven is, and makes Halsey look nearly as intimidating as him.
Really like the lighting and shadows you used here
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got that extra degree, hopefully that does it
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6 over Target!
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 12 Jun 2025 14:27:29 No. 6257143 Report "Let me see the color of your guts!" You scream, edges of your vision turning red from either anger or the blood dripping into your eyes. The Swordfighter, misses his plunging stab by an inch as you roll to the ground, using Capoeira, and throw out your arm as you hop back on your feet. The Svartalfar's eyes bulge, as he spits a mouthful of dark purple blood across your visor, his sword arm going limp as you first look him eye to eye and then lift him a few inches off the ground. The muscles in your arm scream from the effort of lifting him up by the handle of Jorge's machete, burning as you push with all your strength against it. You feel the hot blood spurt out and drench your hands to the wrist, the blade pushing deeper into their guts as the Elite soldier puts a hand on your shoulder and stares deeply into your eyes, as if he was glaring directly at your soul.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Thu 12 Jun 2025 14:28:44 No. 6257145 Report >>6257143 "I'm fine", before pushing away your hand and standing upright "Just winded. They did not go down easily"
"Yeah, I'm more worried the Lieutenant lost an eye and isn't reacting to it, knowing how damn high Sven's pain tolerance is" Daisy chimes in, smacking the side of her helmet. You reach up to the still hot slash across yours
"Don't look like the hanged god yet, Daisy" You chuckle, wincing as you feel the stinging pain from the burn around your ear "...It was a near miss though"
"Glad I was busy restraining our hostage", she remarks as you start extracting all that you can from Project Berserker's Labs.
[ Sven is Moderately wounded, Jorge is Moderately wounded, Shika has reduced her status from Wounded to Injured, Daisy is Lightly injured ]
>Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Send Daisy with Okar to remove Amphitrite's Matrix, and get Shika to patch you and Jorge up while you hunker down in the hangar >Keep Dr Okar at the hangar and send Shika to remove Amphitrite's matrix while you patch up your armor and bandage what you can >Put Squad Skua and what's left of the other teams on escort duty and defend the hangar with your whole team, and have Shika spread out her medical supplies. >Write in option [Optional Sub Objective Conditions Met: Bladebreaker. Unlock Conditions: Beat a Sangheili armed with an energy sword in a duel while armed with one yourself, kill a skilled Sangheili sword fighter in CQC, or Wound or killed a Blademaster during a mission]
[ If accepted now, effects on Sven-033 would be: Guaranteed Access to the Blademaster and knife expert advancement paths, Sven starts to include sword fighting into his training and can, in certain circumstances, a lot a bonus equal to half rounding down of his brawler skill while fighting with a sword/ blade of any size, and will have a greater chance to capture functioning energy swords during combat. However, Sangheili will recognize and prioritize killing Sven in close quarter engagements and skilled swordsmen amongst them may begin to seek him out during OPs]
[ Accept Optional Subobjective: Bladebreaker?]
>Yes >No Anonymous
>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape. >Yes We fuckin did it lads! And High Rank Elites giving up their strategic positions so they can go sword fight Sven? Hell yeah.
>“Commander Theso 'Susam, what in the name of the Great Journey caused you to move your forces from their very heavily fortified position into open killing field?” >“I wanted to fight the monkey with the sword.” Anonymous
>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes We're going to be fighting blademasters again, might as well start making it an even fight if we get caught out on our own. That was a pretty bad ass fight 404, thanks.
>>6257110 Perfect. Put menacing sfx on it and Halsey's got herself a stand.
>>6257159 >Elites giving up their strategic positions so they can go sword fight Sven? Hell yeah. Become the bane of swordfags everywhere. It'll help us when we get caught out by ourselves eventually too. Imagine if Noble 6 had whipped out a sword instead of shooting. Every Elite in theater would have formed a line to feed.
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>>6257145 Got a warrior's death. Fair play to him.
>Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes >be white whale >see green man eviscerate a blademaster >green man is now covered in blood and guts >green man now turns his attention to you >you can't see his face behind that gold visor >"By the Prophets... is it even human?" lol, if he wasn't already thinking the spartans were demons, he surely is now
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>>6257145 >>Send Daisy with Okar to remove Amphitrite's Matrix, and get Shika to patch you and Jorge up while you hunker down in the hangar >[ Accept Optional Subobjective: Bladebreaker?] Hell to the fucking yes.
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes is it wrong i hope the science team saw both fights one to understand that yes Sven did hold back when restraining him self and two how fucking awesome the Spartans are
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>>6257110 fucking based art, well done i like the paint addition on the armor very Sven like
>"Halsey's Fist" sound like a nickname that Purple Team will get after this mission......i mean at least that fucker we punched will call us something like that.
>>6257145 the aliens learned the superiority of humanity martial arts
>Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Write in option >"Daisy you are authorized to pacify further the White Whale as you see fit, he needs to remain alive that is all. I don't want him to be a problem for the mission anymore. Break an hand, an arm, a leg. Anything that you think is enough." >"Jorge grab the alien corpse and his equipment, even if its a ...macabre sight. Squad Skua should have body bags available, throw it in one of them. ONI should appreciate even the second gift. Have Shika patch you up when you get there, she can see to my wounds when i am done helping Dr.Okar." the goodies from the red elite corpse might be too risky to grab now, but the corpse of the swordmaster is right here guys ! also the White Whale needs a lesson.....
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>Yes niceee
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ah no we broke his arm, heh not a problem for humanity medicine
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>>6257173 >>be white whale >>see green man eviscerate a blademaster >>green man is now covered in blood and guts >>green man now turns his attention to you >>you can't see his face behind that gold visor >>"By the Prophets... is it even human?" >lol, if he wasn't already thinking the spartans were demons, he surely is now I just realized...
He's big, he's green, he likes hand to hand, he's powered by rage... All he needs is a bunny.
We've accidentally created the Doom Slayer.
We need little speakers on our armor for a sound track.
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>>6257096 >I'd pay like five bucks to hear a series production along those lines lmao I'd pay ten if it was with authentic sangheili drawl with brute pirate and grunt lady backup singers.
>>6257110 >tfw >>6257143 You fought well, freak. Maybe next time don't be born a splitjaw.
>>6257145 >>Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape Get up, doctor! WE. ARE. LEAVING!
>Yes Sven's personal plasma-sheathed Ulfberht style sword when?
I am kind of worried about taking this one, honestly. Since it'll mean MORE problems. But at the same time it lets him better address said problems in the first place. A Carolingian style sword is fine, too. Skofnung, here we come.
Or Naegling. Surely it won't break on us. Anonymous
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>>6257110 >>6257145 glorious ! death to all aliens !
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes Anonymous
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes White Whale shat himself
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes Anonymous
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >No I like the EMP fist more.
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I wonder what the covenant will call us because we’re going to be like taking much more attention and recognition in Chef here
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>>6257442 Honestly probably still just demon. They called all the Spartans demons. John was just Demon with a capital d.
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >No Anonymous
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>>6257442 We're probably going to have the Silent Shadow/Bloodstars on our ass at this rate, especially with Bladebreaker.
SS have their own ancient mythology that involves a trikala (trident-like weapon) and a nameless god. Kind of ironic given all the sea mythology in this facility, kek.
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>>6257145 >Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >Yes Anonymous
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>>6257145 >>Help Dr Okar remove Amphitrite's matrix personally, trusting the rest of your team to get the Levithan ready for its escape >No meh
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Fri 13 Jun 2025 16:30:13 No. 6257722 Report Quoted By:
Probably not going to be an update today, and if I do managed to find the time it'll probably be later into the night when I'll be able to write one. But most likely, next update is coming tommorrow.
Sorry to miss a day, but I just have too much else I need to do today
>>6257165 >That was a pretty bad ass fight 404, thanks. Glad you liked it!
>>6257258 That'd be even better. But you know what would make it perfect, Prophet Gregorian esc chanting as the backing soundtrack
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 15:21:32 No. 6258153 Report "I'm impressed the two of you are still walking around, looking like that" Sergeant Galaz greets your squad as she lowers her rifle and welcomes you into the warehouse of Project Typhon, eyes shifting to the half dead Svartalfar and the corpse of his nearby would be rescuer
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 15:22:33 No. 6258154 Report >>6258153 "You can't see it, but I'm smiling under this helmet" You tell him as you glance down in his direction "And don't be so fatalistic. It isn't going to come down to that, as admirable as your request is"
"It may" Okar says grimly as the two of you reach the elevator. You allow him a few moments to catch his breath "Especially once the facility's defense systems are brought down completely"
"We'll make it" You repeat, lifting your head up "Just stay calm, and do what is necessary"
"Let the Varangian assist you" Amphitrite's voice hums over the elevator's PA system
"Are you certain" The scientist asked
"Completely"
You nodded and stepped into the elevator.
"We'll finish the extraction process quicker together" You say to fill the silence as the elevator descends into the lowest depth reached by the facility. And explosion rocks the site a moment later, causing the elevator to shake and start to sway. You hold Dr Okar up, and as the lights flicker and then turn off, you illuminate the room with a flashlight attached to your shotgun/
"I appreciate you confidence" He chuckles nervously "Let us just hope we do not get trapped down here"
"I can swim" You dully joke, but the researcher either doesn't appreciate or share you sense of humor.
"I've taken the liberty of initiating the removal process already" Amphitrite says, as a hologram of her self image, magnified to the size of a giantess lounges above a sea of servers and terminals, connected by a complex web of wires and tubes "I hope I do not need to instruct the Varangian on the steps necessary to remove my matrix"
"You do not" You answer, and immediately begin go through the painstaking steps of transferring all of the AI into the physical medium of a single data crystal chip while Dr Okar conducts the process from a single access terminal, sweating and panting from stress as you do the grunt work of physically severing the connection points and redirecting power as he assists Amphitrite in downloading herself into the chip.
The three of you work in absolute silence, not that Amphitrite is able to talk after the initial stages of transferring her digital mind are carried out, but there's just nothing for you or Dr Okar to say as you work to save the AI's life. Until
"She's initiating the site's self destruct protocols" You, stoically, inform her caretaker
"Her last message was"And let them drown upon the fruits of their labor" Dr Okar chuckled "She has given us a generous escape window"
"The other researchers aren't going to like this" You say as you enter a string of code and check the integrity of a group of Amphitrite's processes "and we're going to have to manually move the elevator"
"A simple task after removing an AI from a facility of this side in the time we managed!' Dr Okar said, nodding as the last steps of depositing Amphitrite into a data chip that could fit in the palm of either of your hands were carried out with a few entered codes and commands "Take her"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 15:23:33 No. 6258155 Report >>6258154 You look across at the doctor, and hope he can interpret the look as the "are you sure" you meant it to be
"She seems to trust you. She does not trust easily or without good cause. She'll be safer on your person" He explains
[ Secret objective 1: Earn the trust of and successfully recover the Site's Ai, Amphitrite]
"Understood" You say, as you pluck the data chip as it is ejected from the primary mainframe "Lets get out of here"
And moments later, the lights begin to dim, as the whole of the server cluster is shut down and fried by one of Amphitrite's other commands.
"I think we're actually going to get out of here!" He says as the elevator rises, but the lack of explosions rocking the facility make you suspicious. Just to be safe, you turn on your Helmet's thermals
"Run" You say, as the doors open, and you immediately spot ambushers, and push Dr Okar out of the door as you duck through it. The bearded researcher loses his glasses, but doesn't hesitate to follow your command as you fire a few suppressive shots and lob a grenade between two warthogs in the garage.
Buying enough time for him to get out of the immediate line of fire, you weigh your options.
>Tell Okar to run for the evac point, and you'll hold off the ambushers (Path Difficulty: HEROIC. First DC 15. +1 Jotun, +2 SQ: Spartan-II) >[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] > [Inspiring] "PURPLE TEAM, SKUA! GOT A FEW WANNABE CORPSES GIVING US TROUBLE! IF YOU HURRY, THERE MAY BE SOME LEFT FOR THE REST OF YOU" [ Path Difficulty: Normal. First DC 12. +1 Jotun, +2 SQ: Spartan-II, reinforcements inbound] >Use the last of your grenades to explode the munitions and fuel lines of the vehicles being left behind and use the distraction to get Okar out of here [DC 17. +3 Grenadier ] >Write in option Anonymous
>>6258155 >[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] A question. Do wo know what happened to that lone soldier who stabbed the elite? maybe evacuate that guy also if he's alive?
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>>6258155 >Use the last of your grenades to explode the munitions and fuel lines of the vehicles being left behind and use the distraction to get Okar out of here [DC 17. +3 Grenadier ] well might as well blow shit up while we leave
>>6258160 last 404 said was that the dude was still alive so he's probably on the ship waiting for us to leave
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>>6258155 >>Write in option >"Purple, Skua we are coming. Uglies behind us. Prep a bloody welcome for them." >"Okar Dr.Okar, i am going to run. Jump on my back and use this *give one jackal energy shield, activate it*. You need to put one of your arms behind you for defend your body, use your other arm to lock it on my neck while your legs hold on my core. Hold with all your strength. Ready ? Time to go !" >>6258153 > eyes shifting to the half dead Svartalfar and the corpse of his nearby would be rescuer :) my good boy scavenger Sven !!
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>>6258155 >[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] "Now would be a very good time to leave!"
>>6258160 That's Fairbanks. He's anaesthetized last we heard from QM. So he should be with everyone else.
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>>6258155 >>Use the last of your grenades to explode the munitions and fuel lines of the vehicles being left behind and use the distraction to get Okar out of here [DC 17. +3 Grenadier ] >Write in: Pick up Okar and RUN. Anonymous
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 18:53:26 No. 6258220 Report >>6258155 Ack, just noticed I forgot to include the "-1 Moderate wounds" penalty to the rolls!
My bad!
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>>6258155 >[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] I can't tell if its a AI mapping of his daughters brain or his wife, but I'm going to assume wife.
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>[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating]
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>>6258220 Also I thought Having Bulwark made us immune to the negatives of being injured?
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 21:58:09 No. 6258301 Report >>6258294 No it simply reduces the penalties and makes it harder for Sven to become injured/ wounded (among other effects, like letting Sven shrug off some attacks entirely or remove some injuries mid mission)
When he had rank 2, he had a -2 when moderately wounded. at rank 3, that penalty is now -1 due to that level of bulwark reducing the penalties across the board. And this came up literally last fight
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 22:03:55 No. 6258305 Report >>6258301 Though I understand how you could get confused, caused the way I wrote it could be misunderstood as that.
But [Wounded] and [Moderately Wounded] are two different conditions/ Health states (of which Sven's levels in Bulwark grant him a few additional "steps" compared to the "standard" health bar of a Spartan)
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sat 14 Jun 2025 22:07:34 No. 6258308 Report >>6258305 Also probably didn't help that I forgot to include the -1 penalty in the calculations of the roll to gut the Zealot, which I've also just now noticed.
God I'm such a dumbass
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>>6258155 >[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] The facility's on a timer, it's time to leave.
>>6258308 Shit happens. And forgetting to include a single penalty on a vote isn't particularly bad.
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>>6258155 >[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] Anonymous
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>>6258155 >>[ Bulwark] Shout "Stay behind me!" and run for the evac point, willing to take a few hits if it means not getting bogged down in a prolonged fire fight [DC 16. +3 Bulwark, + 1 Giant, +1 Mjolnir Mark IV, +1 Energy Shields, -3 outnumbered and retreating] Anonymous
I hope Fereydun is still holding up. We need to give the marines a gift for ruining that tank.
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>>6258635 Hopefully the reports of a missing commander at the lab draws some heat off of everyone else. That'd be a fair gift, methinks.
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From here we need to assist James and his team. We might not be able to directly help unless we get into that now spare suit of armour we've got and have shika patch ups up.
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Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2) >>6258674 Take the hits and get outta here!
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>>6258675 >>6258674 we've rolled enough dice...this was finally going to happen. Looks like we're sleeping off the rest of the mission
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Rolled 4 + 2 (1d20 + 2) >>6258674 Dice gods, have mercy on this tall Norwegian boy.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 15 Jun 2025 11:03:42 No. 6258680 Report Quoted By:
>>6258675 [Error Code: RED! A critical failure is predicted! All members of Faculty, take cover!]
Ouch, and 13 under the DC.
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>>6258675 It's been a while, our old friend.
>>6258676 We took a defensive option, so hopefully it's not too bad. Maybe lose our shield... or take a fuel rod to the face, kek
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>>6258681 We're already moderately wounded. Worst case scenario, Sven dies and the quest ends. Best case scenario, we're going to lose a limb or two.
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I'd be keen to pull a Dante-G188, we complete th objective, drop off the VIPs salute and then pass out like a ton of bricks...also feels silly enough to be IC
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>>6258683 Theres still Critially wounded before death.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 15 Jun 2025 11:14:27 No. 6258690 Report Quoted By:
>>6258683 I wouldn't kill you with one critfail. Come on.
That'd be extremely gay.
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Sven the techno viking
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 15 Jun 2025 11:33:12 No. 6258698 Report "Stay ahead of me!" You roar, giving Dr Okar another push after dragging him off the ground and back onto his feet, your other hand frantically tapping the alien symbols on the energy shield gauntlet still strapped to your left hand. The air begins to boil, the darkened garage illuminated in a striking electric blue as the cloaked Covenant soldiers open fire in concert. Display the kind of professionalism and teamwork that can only be taught. Accurate and deadly. You put your body behind Dr Okar and shield his back, risking your own well being for his own.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Sun 15 Jun 2025 11:34:15 No. 6258699 Report >>6258698 Spitting, You drag Dr Okar to the side and behind Cover as your position is turned into a glowing sea of plasma by a precise and sustained fire
You smack the side of your helmet as you force Okar to sit up, trying to get both him and the HUD to work properly but after the swordsman nearly split it in half in the last engagement, its struggling to retain full function. If you weren't under fire you'd rip it off and hurl it at the enemy in frustration.
"Leave me!" Okar rattles through his teeth, stained pink as his stump spurts out blood "Get Amphitrite out of here!"
You cock your head to the side, and frown. Faintly, through the haze of adrenaline and pain worse than any beating Mendez handed out, you remember one of the objectives of the mission. Your mission.
Extract the black site's research personnel and projects. Dr Okar was personnel. The COM unit integrated in your helmet crackles, but all you hear is a bark and whine of static.
[ Sven is Severely wounded -3 to all rolls. Sven -033's suit of MJOLNIR Mark IV is badly damaged]
>Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point >"Understood" And give Okar a grenade, so he can at least go out on his own terms. >"Til Valhalla" and pull off your helmet and swallow a handful of the berserker project's capsules >Pinch Okar's artery closed and play dead, sending an SOS to the rest of your squad >Write in option Anonymous
>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point >Write in: activate the SOS while we run so they can come cover us as we keep moving Before we pass out from this on the ship groan out "I just need a nap"
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>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point Anonymous
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>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point On the bright side, Amphitrite made sure that all these bastards are going to die down here.
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>>6258699 >Write in option >Hand him back Amphitrite so he has something to focus on >Torniquet his leg with a bandolier or a strap available from an ammo pouch or our SOCOM holster/combat knife, or even a belt if he has one >Throw whatever grenades we have left >Pick him up, Cal-style, and haul ass outta there. We have a flashbang or two remaining, do we not?
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>>6258701 I'd rather Sven not pass out until he at least gets word that Violet Team has accomplished their objectives and they have been successfully extracted. He's responsible for them too. Embrace the pain to stay conscious if necessary.
Besides, onboard he should have access to some medical treatment, the best treatment there is really with Halsey being there. Pump him full of biofoam, use a few stim-packs, do some quick field repairs on the armor (maybe swap out some pieces from the argonaut armor), and it might be enough for a second wind. Mjolnir responds to your thoughts. So in theory your body can give out, but you can still keep fighting if the armor stays functional and you have the willpower. John was blasted in the leg by a banshee early in one of the books, almost completely melting his quadricep, and basically just endured the agonizing pain like a badass for the rest of the book.
And Sven's a tough bastard. I almost expect if he passed out or died at some point in the future he'd still be standing upright like Benkei.
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>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point Well, our shit's all fucked and this is the fast track to getting got.
>>6258736 >John was blasted in the leg by a banshee early in one of the books Shadows of Reach. He had Gen3/Mk.7 armor by that point, 30+ years from now and also got medical treatment for the injury within the day of it happening IIRC. We're in the first rolling iteration of Mk.4 before the Mark system is even standardized. I don't doubt someone strong willed enough like Sven could manage it but it would make sense if the armor couldn't handle it just yet.
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>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point >Write in: activate the SOS while we run so they can come cover us as we keep moving Anonymous
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>>6258699 >>Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point >>Write in: activate the SOS while we run so they can come cover us as we keep moving I BELIEVE IN SVEN AND OKAR!!
>>6258701 No passing out, we have a duty to uphold. Shika is there, and her medical skills are above good enough. Have faith.
>>6258736 Shika healed both herself, Daisy and Jorge. I think she will be able to do heal us and Okar, if we can get in the Leviathan.
I regard to field repairs, we have Halsey and some scientists here that worked on MJOLNIR. Something can be done probably, i don't expect miracles but they could make it functional again.
>argonaut armor I don't think they can just swap some parts and call it a day. Its also still one of the war prototypes so its not supposed to be used but sent safely away.
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>>6258699 >>"Understood" And give Okar a grenade, so he can at least go out on his own terms. The dice gods have spoken. The mission above all.
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Don't worry guys, RNGesus just wanted to up the dramatic tension and give Okar a badass robot leg. Everything will be fine. This is just the price of d20s. They giveth and taketh.
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>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point. Good soldiers follow orders. ON YOUR FEET SVEN.
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>>6258699 >Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point. LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO! I love drama and tension in story telling!
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>>6258699 >>Complete the mission, no matter the cost, and drag Okar off the ground and sprint to the evac point Anonymous
>Sven carries back the injured Doctor >Neigh sayers say how come he's injured but we seem fine >Say nothing >Turn around to walk away revealing utterly decimated back >They just hear us scream "SOMEONE BRING ME A FUCKING MEAD!
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>>6259264 >bring a limp almost dead doctor back carried like a sack of potatoes >halsey doesn't even give him a glance as she immediately begins to lecture sven on the tolerances of the armor and general safety procedures >she's definitely not going to give sven a hug when they're away from the doctors and ONI thugs Man I hope the other team is doing okay.
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Votes to Complete the mission
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1 Vote to hand Okar the chip containing Amphritrite and perform first aid, smoke screen with grenades and carry him out
1 Vote to leave Dr Okar
Time for Sven's Big Hero moment
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>>6258883 Hell yeah winter contingency
>>6259264 The Spartans are still fourteen, I don't think Halsey or Command would approve of underage drinking
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1 Vote to leave Dr Okar
Time for Sven's Big Hero moment
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>>6258883 Hell yeah winter contingency
>>6259264 The Spartans are still fourteen, I don't think Halsey or Command would approve of underage drinking
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But through the static, you can hear Dr Okar's increasingly desperate pleas and demands to be left behind to die. His death would be the failure of one of your team's primary objectives. His death would upset Amphitrite. His death would give the Covenant bastards gunning for both of you a win.
This wasn't the place for him to die. His thread of fate hadn't been cut. You weren't going to let him die. You were going to complete your mission. No matter the cost. The damaged COM unit in your helmet continued to spit out static as you knelt down and lifted the struggling researcher, now fighting to ensure he wouldn't weigh you down, that he'd distract the Elite hunter killers for a few priceless moments so you could reach the evac point. The impact of his fists on your back didn't even register as you hoisted him up onto your shoulders, counted down the seconds until you heard the unfamiliar sound of a Covenant Plasma Rifle venting their exhaust.
And took your chance. Your boots thundered on the deck, as you focused and tunnel visioned on the corridor connecting the Project: TYPHON Storage wing. Immediately, the air began to heat up and boil. But if you were hit, the pain didn't register. It didn't matter. All that mattered was the mission. And currently that mission was getting the dead weight on your back to the evac point, it was the highest priority objective you had left.
Sparks and blue white flares of light flashed in front of your optics, your HUD malfunctioning and glitching, a half of it going dark, the boundry between its functional half blurring with static. Warnings blared, but the static cut off their messages as their text painted your vision read. The targeting reticle was gone and the motion sensor showed just how many hostiles were right behind you as you skin on your heels into the hallway. It'd sprung a leak, the ground beneath you groaned and began to buckle under the intense strain of sea surrounding and crushing down on it.
No pressure, You thought faintly as you ran through the ankle high water, hearing...gunshots, directly behind your head. Dr Okar had drawn his side arm and was returning fire. Might've made a good spartan if he was born half a dozen decades later than he was. The door was closed, that was an issue. Or it would've been if you weren't built like an angry aurochs even outside of your armor.
Materials groups didn't build their bulkheads to stop Sven Askeland when his objective was on the otherside of them. Lowering your head, you sprinted, summoning up the last reserves of your strength and leapt. A kneestrike dented the wall in your way, a follow up kick sent the sliding hatch carreening from its track and breaking its seal. Hissing, you felt the lingering effects of an plasma impact to your lower back, just above your waist, but kept on trucking and carried Okar through the gap.
The researcher yelled, a red dot was suddenly ontop of you on the motion tracker
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 16 Jun 2025 19:38:55 No. 6259370 Report >>6259369 A body dropped behind you. You smiled, and realized that your visor was cracked, as you saw Daisy in a prone marksman position. Another red dot, dragged down to the ground, their throat slit by Shika's stiletto knife. You jogged forward, and whatever was left in the corridor was removed from the equation as Jorge covered it with extreme heavy fire, having torn one of the emplaced machine guns from one of Typhon's surface patrol boats.
Catherine looked like she saw a ghost, worst than the video call she had when she was on the maternity bed. Couldn't imagine why she did. You felt fine.
[ Sven is Grievously Wounded. -4 to all rolls]
But your legs disagreed, suddenly liquifying and going like jello as you dragged them a few paces forward. But you didn't stumble or fall. Mission wasn't done. Job wasn't done.
"Dr Okar is wounded. Site Ai is on my person" You reported, nodding to Dr Halsey as Shika followed after you, rummaging through her nearly spent medical pack. You glanced around, smiling a bit more as Jorge lent you his shoulder and helped remove Dr Okar from your back
"Incredible! Incredible! It was like something out of a propaganda vid!" The Doctor cried through his cracked glasses, his beard singed and half of his face looking a little melted. You bit the inside of your cheek. Nearly failed the mission at the last step. That was embarrassing.
"Daisy, help Sven get his helmet off" Halsey ordered as you staggered to the launching hatch of the Levithan's below surface launching pad.
"I'm fine, Doc" You brush off, but she's insistent and as Shika starts pressing a particularly bad burn with Bio-Foam, Daisy pulls off your helmet as you find something sturdy to sit down on. Through the shutting ramp, you could hear water start to rush in as the seal was pressurized, locking all onboard inside
"He...He's just a boy" The wounded Okar says, as Jorge places him beside the other injured, where the surviving security guards are on stand by, manning emplaced machine guns behind sandbags as Halsey's eyes looks you over, a harsh look on her face and in her eyes as you recline back and crack your jaw
"Still got my good looks, right?" You say, and it comes out as a slur as Shika pricks you with what was probably a shot of anesthetic
"Miraculously" Halsey answered, grabbing you by your jaw and turning your head around "These burns at least aren't going to scar. We'll need to peel what's left of your armor off to tell if the others will. You are aware how much those suits costs, Lieutenant?"
You grinned, as Shika wiped the thickening blood off of your brow and sprayed something anti septic along the side of your face that nearly got slashed through by an energy sword. But couldn't think of how to answer so you just shrugged.
"He's going to live" Shika said and Halsey's shoulders visibly relaxed
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 16 Jun 2025 19:40:29 No. 6259374 Report >>6259370 "That isn't a sure thing, that last transmissions we got weren't exactly sunshine and rainbows" Daisy grumbled, as she pulled off her helmet and set it beside yours "And I got to wonder if you have a death wish today, Sven, first you take the hit for me then what? Fight your way through the entire godman Covenant army?"
"That's just how Sven is, he knows how to make himself the easiest target" Jorge cut in "Helps that he's tougher than a Spadehorn, and apparently our MJOLNIR"
"Sir, permission to speak freely? You're a jackass" Daisy say, grinding her knuckle against the top of your head, before hugging your arm "How's patching up our big idiot of a CO going, Shika?"
"Need to get the armor off" Shika hummed "But I can perform a bit of first aid..."
"Should've brought me along for back up" Jorge muttered as he sat down, and only now that the Levithan was out to sea, took off his helmet
"Then you would've stood your ground and fought" Halsey, scolded though more lightly than usual as Squad Skua finally turned to see what Dr Okar was talking about and marveled that the super soldiers they fought beside were a bunch of teenagers "Luckily, Sven knew that was a battle he couldn't win, alone or otherwise"
"It was my fault. Walked us right into an ambush" You sighed heavily and winced as Daisy punched the shoulder she'd been leaning on
"Bullshit it was" She barked and you chuckled before stopping, since it hurt to laugh at this moment "These cowards have active camo"
"Hate it" Shika grumbled "Tch, going to need to cut this"
And that was the one warning she gave before she took a scalpel to the bit of the inner suit that had fused to the skin underneath.
"Work on your bedside manner" You complain through gritted teeth, the fresher pain bringing clarity back to your thoughts "You said the last transmissions were bad, how bad"
Your squad mates go deathly silent
"Violet team have succeeded in their mission" Dr Hasley began slowly, adjusting her glasses with one of her knuckles "No casualties, or injuries as severe as yours, Sven. Both of the spartan field operations, are at this point, successful"
She turned her head towards the ceiling, the lights glinting off of her glasses
"However, the same cannot be said of the overall effort to repel the Covenant invasion fleet". A pit formed in your stomach and the sizzling, lingering heat from plasma burns wash washed away and numbed by a sensation like ice water being poured down your back
"The orbital defenses are faltering, the space battle above the planet isn't going in our favor. The primary population center, Jamshid, is according to the last transmission on the brink of being overrun. As are other major cities, such as Fereydun. The ground war is, similarly, proceeding poorly. Commander Yao has"
"Bitch is ordering the evacuation of all UNSC forces from the planet. New orders. Take what we've got, abandon the colony and any one without a military ID" Daisy said coldly
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 16 Jun 2025 19:41:30 No. 6259376 Report >>6259374 "We believe the planet is going to be glassed" Halsey continued, ignoring the interruption as your balled your hands into fists, and shut your eyes as your thoughts became a jumbled and angry mess. There were no words that could describe the feeling of helplessness and futile rage that was now smoldering inside of you.
"James and the rest are alright?" You ask weakly, your own voice sound a hundred miles away as you struggled to comprehend what you'd just heard and grasp just how bad the situation now was.
"Yao is redirecting a pelican to pick them up. Apparently, whatever they did to capture what the Covenant was digging for, really kicked the hornet's nest" Jorge explain as you felt the uncomfortable and cooling sensation of biofilm sealing and covering one of the burnt patches in your armor
"They actually got the thing?" You ask, half in disbelief and half in pride for James to pull something like that off "What about Blackreef?"
"James was heading to reinforce what was left of the rebel cell when the order came down" Daisy said "Good news, whatever Violet did, drew heat away from Fereydun. Bad news? That heat is heading directly for Blackreef"
"We believe at this time" Halsey cut in, hands clasped behind the small of her back "That in the process of ambushing the convoy carrying the artifact they had extracted, Violet team performed the accidental assassination of a Covenant religious figure"
"Oh shit" You say without thinking, why was a Covenant Bishop or whatever on Alpha Corvi-II to begin with?
"Yeah, The Covies aren't taking that one lying down" Daisy said, occupying her hands by sharpening her knife "Need any help patching him up"
"No" Shika said "Burns aren't too bad. The armor is the problem"
"So...we're just going to leave?" You ask out loud as the reality of the situation finally settles. The defense of the colony was failing. The planned campaign to hold the world. Was failing. Another world was going to be glassed. And there wasn't anything you could do. Even though you'd done your duty and finished your mission
"And leave everyone who isn't in a military uniform to die?", the words come out as a harsh bark that echo through the Levithan's Hangar. No one says a word
"Yao is" Daisy breaks the silence. Halsey's lips part like she is going to say something, but she shuts her mouth and retreats out of the hangar, head hanging.
"We did all we could" Jorge said, sounding more like he is trying to convince himself than anything else. Your head was aching, your heart rate was peaking and the world beneath your feet seemed unsteady. And you weren't sure if it was because of blood loss or hearing that, despite all your efforts, the Covenant's just jumped in more ships and were going to burn another world to ash.
"Halsey is in contact with the Commander" Shika chimed in, flicking up the scalpel in her hand "She wants to speak with you. The commander I mean"
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Mon 16 Jun 2025 19:42:49 No. 6259378 Report >>6259376 To give you the orders to pull out and evacuate the world. Leaving it behind. Leaving it to fall. Letting the Covenant murder all the civilians who hadn't already evacuated. Letting them die with the world. It all felt so awful. It made you feel nauseous the more you thought about it.
But, before you could drown in misery, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. As you realized that there was still time to make a difference. To save at least a few more lives before you were forced to abandon the colony entirely...
>Pilot the Levithan to Blackreef and use it to evacuate the civilians of the city as you rendezvous with Violet team directly. >Assist the garrison in Fereydun in their evacuation efforts by radioing them and "recommending" they flee to the sea to get aboar the Levithan. >Knowing that the evacuation of the site personnel would be a high priority and attract hostile attention anyways, lead the Covenant air force on a wild goose chase with the Levithan. >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet >write in option Anonymous
>>6259378 Fuck…. Do we do the pragmatic thing or the right thing?
Grabbing civilians is the right thing to do, but grabbing the Garrison gives us more troops. Course we could try leading the covenant on a wild goose chase, but even then the civilians would still be fucked, and the risk might be too great. FUUUUUCK this is a tough one. Nice one 404.
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet By this point in the story, even without Blue Team assassinating a Minister, the UNSC Navy was already pulling out. If it's worse than that we need to know how much worse. Could be anything from half a day until a cruiser drops in on us to a picket on top of us right now prepping to glass Fereydun and the black site.
>>6259389 Fereydun is close and small-ish. Picking up the garrison (whom we stole the tank from) and any civilians with them wouldn't be the worst idea and is a morally good option. That said, Purple team is pretty bad off at the moment with only Daisy and George being especially combat capable, Shika being stuck in support, and Sven too wounded to meaningful contribute beyond sitting on a gun. Violet team has their own extract but are otherwise locked out from us unless we prioritize Black Reef, which is an insurrectionist settlement, over Fereydun whom we owe a tank to. The worst choice IMO is needlessly exposing ourselves for a goose chase.
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Aah shit. These options were bound to happen.
Good thing we JFK'd a Perfidia Vermis though.
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Anonymous
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>>6259378 >>Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet If there IS time we should go to the base. As distasteful as it sounds at first, there ARE a number of civilians there or at least nearby, as well as all the non-com personnel at the base which may include contractors and other civies. I just don't think we have enough time to really save that many people in the city due to how disorganized and panicked the population will be. At least with the smaller garrison it'll be less chaotic and hopefully the military there can stay at least a little organized to move quickly.
But all of that is moot if a covie cruiser is lining up to start taking shots at the planet RIGHT NOW. I burn with indignation. These fucking aliens.
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>>6259378 >>Assist the garrison in Fereydun in their evacuation efforts by radioing them and "recommending" they flee to the sea to get aboar the Levithan. we took a tank from them, so might as well get them out.
Man i would want to help them both. Fucking aliens........there will be hell to pay.
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>>6259378 >>Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet >>write in: Buy us time to save both troops and civvies. Send transmissions to present a better target to the Covenant, specifying a target both well defended and inconvenient to get to, meaning the covenant would need to take time to mass forces and approach. Say that a team with several AI, important leaders and absolute priority research remains on world, If we can, wire a drone or recon probe to go there and send SOS signals. Coordinate with remaining troops to meet where we will pick up the civvies and try to make it work in one go. Anonymous
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Right the only way I see this working is if Yao hard focuses the UNSC assets and we go for Violet Team, we pick all all whom we can but on the way install the AI. Once we get them on board we've gotta keep them locked down and stop them trying to steal the ship. From there we gotta break orbit somehow
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Wait fucking Violet team killed a Prophet? What the actual fuck.
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>>6259461 Clearly Nesta just wanted a ride on the funny wheelchair.
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>>6259464 >Oi James. Whatcha bet I can't break the speed limit in the floatin' toilet? >The floating wh- >Too late I already crashed it. There was a worm innit? Ugly plonker. Anonymous
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Violet team killed a prophet? Based.
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>>6259378 >>Assist the garrison in Fereydun in their evacuation efforts by radioing them and "recommending" they flee to the sea to get aboar the Levithan. Anonymous
>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Damn I kinda wished we deployed on the other objective. We could have kicked a grunt into a prophet killing him.
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>>6259481 Naw, we need to develop foot plates specifically for punting them first. I'm talking some Tom Dempsey form factor type shit (if you know, you know)
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>>6259481 look we got both objectives done and hopefully in the long term our actions here will help the war effort enough to change the outcome of reach even by a little bit
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>>6259486 >The covenant after the loss of a spirit leader now take the war more serious. It deploys an Arbiter earlier and sends more fleets Anonymous
>>6259487 Sven vs Ripa Moramee is gonna be one hell of a match up. That hinge-head is huge.
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>>6259487 they lose quite a few leaders throughout the war it dosnt really change the attitudes of the prophet's and their council
hell one gets kidnapped so the UNSC can try an negotiate a peace dosnt reallly work
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet Nesta killed a San’Shyuum? She really is best girl. Also, how much more of a problem do we need to be before th covvies send Xytan after us?
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>>6259491 >hell one gets kidnapped so the UNSC can try an negotiate a peace dosnt reallly work Only prophet to ever be captured by the UNSC was Alo Sebukah in 2553 after the war. He was dumped in Midnight Facility, ONI's Gitmo.
>>6259487 Wonder who it's going to be, if at all. Might be too early for Ripa if he hasn't tried his coup on Malurok yet. If he hasn't then he's currently just some small time fleetmaster putting down Grunt and Jackal rebellions. If he has then Violet Team killing a fleet minister/minor prophet attaché might have Mercy promote him sooner.
>>6259490 Ripa's biggest features are his size and retard rage. His military service record isn't particularly interesting or important, and Halo Wars 2 overblows his swordsman ship on his lore snippet. I hope 404 saves the only guy to ever get promoted to Arbiter for the Spirit of Fire to clown on later. Otherwise an actually competent Elite getting demoted to Arbiter might actually cause problems for the events of Halo Wars.
>>6259517 >Nesta killed a San’Shyuum? She really is best girl. Nesta's starting to get pretty close for me.
>how much more of a problem do we need to be before th covvies send Xytan after us? Depends if he's been exiled yet or not. If he hasn't then who knows but if he has then not much will bring him back outside of us raiding High Charity before the Schism or causing regular First Strike level damage.
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>>6259517 Surely they wouldn't send a fucking 11 and a half feet tall Sangheili after us...right?
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>>6259517 >She really is best girl. Maybe don't say that with a girl currently carving bits of melted undersuit off of us right there.
Also I must oppose your assertion sir, because Shika is better. She actually showers. Anonymous
>>6259546 >Not enjoying the strong aroma of a Spartan-II gal. ngmi. Also, Shika is a close second, but a rabid goblin mode red head just hits too many buttons. Plus she might just bring the head of what she killed back with her considering she said she’d bring us back some trophy’s. You wanna draw aggro? Staple a fucking San’Shyuum skull your shoulder pad.
>>6259542 If we became a big enough nuisance I don’t see why he himself wouldn’t make a quick detour on the way to exile/widened his patrol of the outer fringes if we were in the same area.
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>>6259378 >>Assist the garrison in Fereydun in their evacuation efforts by radioing them and "recommending" they flee to the sea to get aboar the Levithan. Anonymous
>>6259553 It's less about the smell and more about the fact that I am sure we would catch a disease from the caked on Bri'ish filth. You just know some Schwippy Dippy Choingo Timblez named ass fucking sickness is trapped in those pits. You need to rinse off the blood of your enemies, you just gotta. Shika a cute though, unlike Nesta who I am 100% convinced would chew through the wooden headboard if you cuffed her to it.
>try to mount a worm skull to your armor >shit just fucking disintegrates because those fuckers are built like wet tissue Gods I hate those stupid worms.
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>>6259571 >Imagine not wanting to make out in the blood and gore of your enemies. I smell weakness! Not only that, but I give Shika the silver medal for taste and you try to insult best girl? I’ll not stand for it sir!
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>>6259723 That made me retch kek. I have had the displeasure of smelling a large amount of blood only once. New kid at work threw away a gallon bucket of pig's blood in the dumpster. Yeah that shit's supposed to be disposed of a different way for cleanliness reasons. Got a fat fucking wave of hot congealed blood stank a couple hours after he did that when I had to take out some trash.
>I’ll not stand for it sir! Well it's a good thing you're sitting because silver is a far more pleasant color than gold. And Shika is a far more pleasant gal. Boom. Roasted.
Meanwhile, the Nicole-bro in the back :D Anonymous
>>6259795 >spoiler All I'm saying is that a sparring session followed by an unsanctioned trip to Space Jolibee sounds like a great time.
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>>6259796 A chick that knows how to wrestle and roll is an experience for sure.
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>>6259795 >>6259723 While i like this discussion of two of our funniest dragons, i am honestly satisfied with Daisy currently hanging on Sven arm and showing her sweet side ! Worth It all the wounds taken !!!
>>6259374 >"Sir, permission to speak freely? You're a jackass" Daisy say, grinding her knuckle against the top of your head, before hugging your arm "How's patching up our big idiot of a CO going, Shika?" >"It was my fault. Walked us right into an ambush" You sighed heavily and winced as Daisy punched the shoulder she'd been leaning on (＾◇＾)
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>>6259807 >didn't wait to be given the clear on speaking freely >physically abusing her superior officer >jostling and unsettling an injured man Nay mister, she's insubordinate, uncouth AND trying to kill Sven. I can see it.
We still owe her and the boys a trip to see their families. Maybe Agent Pastyface will show up for a debrief again and offer some goodies for doing the secret objectives. I do feel bad for her. I'm wondering if we can't have the eggheads look into something like condensed magnetic fields to block or fuck with covie energy swords now that we've gotten our hands on a few of them. I'm sure a strong enough magnetic field would cause plasma shots to veer off course at least. But the problem then comes in directing said fields well enough and precisely enough that they don't fizzle friendly electronics nearby. If they could make a magnetic sheath around like, a fucking baton or something it'd be better than nothing. A heat resistant alloy or maybe some sort of active cooling system that runs inside of the body of the stick to keep it from slagging while the magnetic quality stops the plasma itself from just cutting straight through it, instead suspending it just slightly away so it has to cook it instead of cut it. Probably need to hook it up to a backpack battery to give it enough juice to work though. Hm.
Well at least the science dorks get to hit things with hot swords while they try to counteract them. Lucky bugs.
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>>6259824 >didn't wait to be given the clear on speaking freely Her affection cannot wait (＾▽＾) !!!
>physically abusing her superior officer Show of care (^o^)丿 !!!
>jostling and unsettling an injured man She doesn't like when Sven blames himself (⌒▽⌒) !!!
>Maybe Agent Pastyface will show up We will see what we can do there, our fellow spartans do deserve it and same for Daisy. I do think someone from Command and ONI will show up after the mission is done, since we put our hands on a covenant land commander, which is a big win (not like boarding and capturing a full vessel but still). I am not sure they will send the same agent, Judas was it ?, the guy might have want another assignment than speaking with us lol. If nothing else we have a friendly ONI agent working with Halsey (the one save during DARK FOREST, Gloria) so that is nice.
>I'm wondering if we can't have the eggheads look As of now we are seeing only in a "faded background" so to speak, what humanity is researching. We see it as the mission end, with the war effort. For this war effort to appear it depends entirely what and how much we bring home, DARK FOREST was more limited in research but the innies pills we recovered managed to evolve in project BERSERKER. In FLY SWATTER all manner of war effort informations showed up and research too. Here i presume we will see more on the Elites and their swords.
With Sven having took a military carrier he is less involved in the sciences. At least for now until he can use his rank for science too. 404 did already show we can influence things even early on if we want, for example we sent Narfi to our da- Mendez for help him with the second class. I think we could nudge things by telling/working with Dimas and Mike for example. Or mo-Halsey. We could also start a friendship with Dr. Okar, and see what that does.
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>>6259461 Halsey only said Violet Team assassinated a "religious figure". That's pretty broad. You've got deacons, archdeacons, vice clerics, clerics and a bunch of other ranks. Some of the lower religious offices can even be held by sangheili and unggoy. It could probably even just be some steward sangheili acting on behalf of some religious figure.
Though Daisy did imply they're pissed off, so it'd probably make more sense for it to be a medium to higher rank, meaning a sangheili or san'shyuum.
If it was a san'shyuum, I wonder if it was a high enough rank to warrant having an honor guard or if it just got overzealous and foolishly went ahead of its security. If Violet Team dealt with an Honor Guard, then holy shit. That's very impressive work from them. Especially since this was an "accidental assassination" as Halsey said and not some planned op, lol.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 17 Jun 2025 21:19:40 No. 6260085 Report Quoted By:
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This thread is about spent, so lets move onto a fresh one and continue the fun in thread 4 [Flight].
Lots of good tactical and funny discussion this round
10 Votes to recieve your orders from Commander Yao, first
3 Votes to assist the Garrison of Fereydun
1 Vote to try and buy time to try and save troops and civies
So its clear that before making any decisions himself, Sven is going to touch base with Commander Yao and hear exactly what's going on, since you can't exactly make plans if you don't know if the planet is still going to be under your feet in the next few hours
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>>6259389 Thanks, been waiting to spring this on you guys since the op started
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>>6259389 Theres nothing hard about it, The war is on. Pragmatic is what matters.
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404TormentedCache !!SbLQkGPnZPO ID:+nKVIaIj Tue 17 Jun 2025 22:30:26 No. 6260124 Report Quoted By:
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>>6259378 >Talk with Commander Yao and hear the finer details directly from her. You can't do anything if you don't know many warships are left in orbit/ how much time there was left to get off the planet We NEED to know how much time we have left
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