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Futuristic The Mobile Infantry


Option 1 was chosen with 5 vote(s) 


 


You decide that your going to fire at the two heat signatures before they kill your squadmate .


You turn off the thermal and the EMR imaging but your are taken back by the sight that greets you.


These beings aren't humans , they aren't even cyborgs or even remotely human .


 


They're reptilian !


 


This sudden realization, just before you whip up your laser , throws you off your mental state slightly. 


But its enough that despite a graceful fluid motion of your laser pistol whipping up and firing .


Your bolt  of white plasma goes wide, nailing a large antenna that explodes spectacularly !


The alien reptile looks at you surprised, then at the antenna, and then back down at you.


Its greenish alligator-face opens with a huge smile.


 


Damn, looks like you still have issues with your aim, must be that poor training with firearms earlier on that hurt your aiming skills during basic.


But at least for now you've got their attention .


 


The other lizard instead of staring at you , reacts faster then anything you've seen possible.


The lizard hefts a large blaster cannon to its shoulder , the one previously aimed at your squad mate  and as it turns towards you, you dive into a nearby ally for cover.


The buildings around you begin to explode as bolt after bolt of green blaster cannon fire lances through the WALLS .


 


Damn, these blasters can cut through concrete as if its nothing.....


 


As you get back up, a bolt of green lazer breaks through the building and strikes you dead solid in your chest and hurls though through the wall.


Your suit's computers scream out multiple alerts.


Your radar is gone and the EMR is gone.


 


You quickly get back up and see that the Power Armor that you have, is damaged .


There's now a impact mark on the chest plate, however the lazer bolt didn't penetrate fully thankfully .


But there's no time to think nearly or even repair your armor as green bolts lance through the building and the walls in front of you.


 


What do you do now ?


 

  1. You launch yourself up into the air, and blast the aliens
  2. You wait, and hide , trying to sneak up on them again.
  3. Try the coms, see if you can call in support , an attack from the Cassanra

 


 


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-14% armor


+ 20% Glory  ( for saving a squad mate and attempting to take on unknown enemy types ) .


 


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Rico's stats :


 


Guts : 13


Leadership :8


Shooting: 10


Fighting: 11


Technical: 11


Stealth :11


 


The state of your power armor : Alpha armor:  somewhat damaged , at 86% armor . Radar and EMR are destroyed.


 


Squad status :  23 Alive . 1 KIA.


 


Squad morale : 75% 


 


How much glory and honor you have earned : +43% 


 


Alignment  : +20% light


 


Bionic implant : Cybernetic Eye


 


Sub-Celestial Harness : Can be used 3 times.
 
I think option 1. They know where we are so waiting is out. Comms have been down this whole time so let's move on from that. Probably didn't help that we blew up the antenna. 
 
Option 1. The (dance) Battle has been opened. I locked and popped hard but failed to stick the ending letting those scaly bastards counter with mocking hip thrusts in my general direction. Devastating strike. Shame burns at my soul. No. I will wipe that smug grin off its snout!
 

Option 1 wins with two vote(s)


 


Coms are down and the enemy knows where you are at , so stealth isn't an option thus through process of elimination, you decide to attack from the air.


  By attacking from the air, it must be harder for the enemy to shoot a shoulder cannon while aiming upwards .


Besides , who doesn't like a good aerial dance , in power armor ?


 


You power up your thrusters and then launch yourself upwards, as you explode through the roof of the building , in a halo of fire and burning debris.


For a brief moment as you hang in the air, you see the shocked, slack-jawed, toothy faces of the two lizards on the rooftop.


 


You quickly squeeze off a shot from your laser before anyone could bring their cannons around to bear .


Your first shot hits the roof right at its feet, which sprays concrete debris all over one of the alien reptiles .


The alien reptile then returns fire, by trying to aim its shoulder cannon.


It fires, but your impromptu maneuver and the concrete debris from the near miss throws its aim off. 
Its laser bolt misses you, wide as if flies off into the sky.


Its partner , another alien reptile  , is also thrown off by the maneuver and also shoots.


The alien reptile is further away and unaffected by the debris but misses you, barely .


You could feel the heat of the shot despite being in Power Armor, as it too flies towards the heavens.


You then quickly readjust your aim and grip on the laser and then shoot three more shots in quick succession and this time, your second and third and fourth shots all land true on the first enemy who tried to shoot you.


Your shots hit the target three times in the cannon , stomach and chest.


The laser cannon is flung off the roof as it clatters on to the ground beside building.


The alien reptile collapses heavily on the roof, dead even before it hits the ground.


 


You quickly take evasive maneuvers in the air the moment you see that you've confirmed your kill , knowing that its partner will fire another barrage of green lasers at you .


Another volley of green lasers fill the area that you had just vacated, a mere second ago as you are forced to land and find any kind of cover.


Again, the bolts start slicing through the ferroconcrete but at least you are not a visible target.


As the chunks of ferroconcrete rain down on you, you quickly drop flat on the ground, trying to make yourself as small a target as possible....


Well as small as one can be in Power Armor.


As the shots start to lance closer and closer through the ferroconcrete walls, to where you're laying on the ground, you grip your laser pistol tightly as the reptile alien attempts to pin you down through a hailstorm of laser fire  .


 


What do you do now ?


 

  1. Unload a massive barrage of missiles and blaster fire ! Try to pin the alien reptile down with superior firepower and then kill it .
  2. Keep moving, and trade shots with the alien reptile . Its harder to shoot a moving target than a stationary one.
  3. Stand boldly in the open and shoot it ! Time to show this alien whose boss .
  4. Use your thrusters to close the gap quickly and fight the alien reptile , hand to hand. These aliens seem to have really impressive shooting skills, lets see what they can do up close instead.



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+ 13% Glory  for killing an alien reptile.


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Rico's stats :


 


Guts : 13


Leadership :8


Shooting: 10


Fighting: 11


Technical: 11


Stealth :11


 


The state of your Alpha Power Armor :at 86% armor  , somewhat damaged ,


Radar and EMR are destroyed.


 


Squad status :  23 Alive . 1 KIA.


 


Squad morale : 75% 


 


How much glory and honor you have earned : +57% 


 


Alignment  : +20% light


 


Bionic implant : Cybernetic Eye


 


Sub-Celestial Harness : Can be used 3 times.


 


 


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Option 2 wins with 1 vote(s), tiebreaker goes to option 2  since its the first reply.


 


As the shots come closer and closer to where you're laying down at , you wrestle with the options:


 


Do you trade shots and move while firing ?


Just as the MI taught you in training .


Fall back on your skills and talent , to stay alive and kill the enemy . 


 


Or do you close the gap quickly using your thursters , its possible that the enemy might be weak at close combat , weaker than someone in power armor at least.


After all your hand to hand combat seems to be just as good as any other elite marine out there , if not better.


 


You decide ultimately to make yourself a moving target while relying on your gunnery skills.


Just as your training instructor said, " Fall back on your training and make it out alive " .


Those misses were just that, something that occurred in the past and shouldn't have an influence on what's going on right now .


 


You time the shots as they punch through the ferroconcrete walls and inch closer raining down on you with pieces of concrete , and then you launch yourself backwards to avoid a massive blast of green energy .


 


You only have a brief moment to see where the lizard is as your twisting in the air and bringing your laser pistol to bear onto the enemy and snap off a rapid burst of three shots.


Your first shot catches the alien reptile in the gut, but your second and third shots miss completely , they both go wide, as they hit the wall behind it and shower the lizard with concrete dust.


 


Unfortunately for you, the lizard also shoots while your firing as well , and those shots land true.


Two shots are fired in your direction as you perform this difficult maneuver .


They hit your armor again , but this time in your left hand and your right metal boot . 


The armor plating in your left hand become fairly loose, if not warped and your right foot aches painfully .


The force of the impact tosses you  through another concrete wall and almost off the roof,  as it collapses inwards and covers the gaping hole that used to give the enemy line of sight to that wounded trooper. 


 


You barely hang on with one arm and pull yourself up quickly, you hear the enemy's barrage has stopped.


You've managed to keep a tight grip on your laser pistol , at least it didn't go tumbling down  the building.


After you've pulled yourself up, you glance around the corner from the pile of rubble and see the alien reptile while leading with your laser pistol with your right hand .


The alien reptile is standing still as  its panting, gripping its bleeding stomach with one clawed hand  and its massive blaster cannon in the other while its still pointed in your general direction.


 


It sees you looking at it and you fire, instantly .


The alien reptile also reacts inhumanely fast, as it swings its energy weapon to bear down on to you , one handed and fires.


 


Your shot lands on the enemy, as you catch the lizard in its chest ,flinging it on to the ground heavily, while the enemy's shot careens towards YOUR HEAD.


Your eyes open wide as you saw death heading right for you, but at the last nanosecond, you wrench your head backwards and fall down on your butt .


The alien's shot barely whizzes past you  as it destroys another chunk of the rooftop , bits of concrete and brick dust rain down over you from behind .


This , was a killing shot, had it connected your family and friends  would have had a closed casket funeral.


Even if the shot didn't kill you outright, at the very least, you would have severe head trauma.
 


Your hands shake inwardly and your sweating profusely from the shock of nearly becoming another statistic in this skirmish.


You take a quick deep breath to recover and approach the alien corpses , your laser pistol trained on both of them, just in case they're somehow still alive.


 


One of the alien corpses twitches and you quickly snap off a barrage of laser fire .


You walk over to the corpses and shoot them in the head, multiple times until they start oozing yellowish fluids ,  to make sure that they're fully dead and not playing possum.


 


Damn, these things are hard to kill , but at least they're able to be neutralized.


 


Looking around, you dig through some fallen masonry, you find a large metal door that leads into the power station.


You wrench it open.


 




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+ 9% Glory  for killing an alien reptile.


-8 % armor , for taking two shots , 1 in the left hand and one in the right boot.


 


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Rico's stats :


 


Guts : 13


Leadership :8


Shooting: 10


Fighting: 11


Technical: 11


Stealth :11


 


The state of your Alpha Power Armor :at 80% armor  , somewhat damaged ,


Radar and EMR are destroyed.


Coms are JAMMED.


 


Squad status :  23 Alive . 1 KIA.


 


Squad morale : 75% 


 


How much glory and honor you have earned : +68% 


 


Alignment  : +20% light


 


Bionic implant : Cybernetic Eye


 


Sub-Celestial Harness : Can be used 3 times.




 


 


 


 
 
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After dealing with the two enemies, you glance at your HUD and see that 23 of your 24 MI troopers are still alive.


Two are wounded, but they aren't critical at least.


Good, your squad is holding up well in spite of all the mishaps and Murphy factors despite fighting an unknown alien race.


 


Before you head inside, you hear something familiar crackling .


 


< static >" ......Lt Rico, do you read < static>,  the Cassanra ,"  < static > .


 


Finally, it seems that they've broken through the jamming somehow , as you hear the ship's senior tech speaking.


You reply back , but apparently there seems to be an issue with the coms still, as you get no acknowledgment, the only reply is static .


 


Blast it to hell, why can't they break through the jamming ?


Life would be so much easier if you could just call down an attack from the Cassanra or coordinate with your troops .


Unfortunately, unlike a Gundam anime or Shounen manga, a skirmish is unpredictable, there are too many variables to account for.


Thus, like the old adage,


"No Battle Plan Survives Contact With the Enemy" .


 


Its time for to do what the MI is known for, react , adapt and improvise.


 


You reload your laser pistol as you decide your next move.
 


What do you do now ? 


 

  1. You head into the power plant, time to rejoin up with your squad before the next firefight breaks out.
  2. You take some time to scan the entry , and the power plant. Better have info if there's another ambush laying in wait.
  3. You stop and take some time to do some field repairs on your armor. Maybe you can fix the armor as well as the Radar and EMR.

 


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Option 1 wins with two vote(s).


 


You decide to, ultimately head into the power plant ASAP for its best to rejoin up with your squad before the next firefight breaks out.
After all, there isn't time to do anything else, if you loiter here doing other things, your squad might become KIA from the next firefight.
Plus, as a bonus you are not a large stationary target out in the open, waiting to be ambushed.

You could repair yourself without any worries inside this massive building that rises up into the cloudy sky and extends for a few city blocks if not more.
You walk up to the metal blast door, that is what used to be a blast door before you tore it off.

Wasting no more time, you go inside.
The entrance opens into a long corridor, faintly lit by one dimly flickering light as it pulses.
You hear the sound of electricity bounce off the walls lightly as the light flickers.
The corridor, about several widths wide and 3 stories tall compared to your power armor, ends in a short flight of stairs.
How, do you proceed ?


 

  1. 1. You enter slowly and stealthily. Its best to approach the dimly lit area without making too much noise.
  2. You charge in, laser pistol out, shoulder missiles ready ! Its better to rush the area and secure it without any more delay.
  3. You roll a grenade down the stairs first, then move to the stairs after the grenade goes off, while holding your laser  pistol ready trained at the stairs. Maybe its better to  make a breaching entry, the enemy might be laying in wait to ambush you at the entrance to the stairs. 

 


 


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Option one , won with one vote.


 


It was an easy decision, you knew that despite being in heavy bulky  Alpha Power Armor, you are able to move very stealthily compared to your cohorts.
Besides, tossing grenades wildly with the squad that might be just around the corner might cause a friendly fire situation and/or  would alert the enemy.
Despite the fact that there was a fight that took place just outside the corridor, you were sure that the battle sounds didn't penetrate the blast doors to alert the enemy, if they were present here.



You creep down the corridor as gently as possible, activating your thrusters, countering the heavy earth quaking thunks that your Powered Armor made when walking.
By now, it seemed to be second nature, and instead tiny metallic clinks were made every time you took a step forwards.
You reach the stairs and then walk down the stairwell, step by step your pistol in your right hand, aimed towards the bottom of the stairs.

Then there's a sound of an explosion that echoes down through the next corridor and shakes the concrete stairwell slightly as dust rains down on you.
At the bottom of the stairs you see one of the reptile aliens ahead, holding what looks to be a large machete and a pistol of some kind.
The alien reptile is looking away from you, towards the other entrance.


Apparently it is focused on the sound that echoed through the stairwell a mere second ago.

How do you deal with this enemy ?


 

  1. You silently approach the enemy and crack it over the head with your laser pistol !
  2. You blast the alien reptile in the back with your laser pistol! Might as well surprise the enemy and shoot at it from a distance.
  3. You wait for the enemy to move away, maybe it is a good brawler given that it has that large machete.

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Option 2 wins with one vote


 


You notice that since he's alone, but armed in a way that suggests that the alien reptile is likely a skilled brawler, you decide to shoot it in the back rather than risk underestimating such a foe.
Taking a weaver stance you aim your laser pistol at the enemy and fire several shots directly at the back of its head.
The shots all land in the same spot and the alien reptile drops immediately, dead even before its brain registered the laser noises that echoed through the corridor.



You walk up to the corpse and see that it had been chewing on something that was laying nearby on the floor.
You see a ragged toy doll lying on the floor, the kind of doll that a child would carry.


A primal chill comes over you and disgustedly you think that these alien beings emptied the colony in search of resources and a food source.


 


A food source that's comprised of human beings.


 


Casting away that ominous thought, you focused  your mind to the task once more and walk up to the body.
Stepping over to the body of the alien reptile you had just killed, you notice that its tail is spiked and has a mass of silvery spikes at the end of its tail.
Besides the spikes on its tail, it looks similar to an alligator, albeit one that's taller and bulkier than any normal human being and far more deadly.

What do you do now ?


 


 

  1.  Inspect the corpse and see if there's any Intel on it and use the oracle to run some scans on the alien . You are fighting blind and need to gather Intel. 
  2. Keep on moving on, you need to rejoin up with your squad before the next fire fight.

 


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+ 9% Glory  for killing an alien reptile.


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Rico's stats :


 


Guts : 13


Leadership :8


Shooting: 10


Fighting: 11


Technical: 11


Stealth :11


 


The state of your Alpha Power Armor :at 80% armor  , somewhat damaged ,


Radar and EMR are destroyed.


Coms are JAMMED.


 


Squad status :  23 Alive . 1 KIA


Squad morale : 75% 


How much glory and honor you have earned : +77% 


Alignment  : +20% light


Bionic implant : Cybernetic Eye


Sub-Celestial Harness : Can be used 3 times.


 


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Option 1. If we can quickly inspect it then get back to the fight, we may gain knowledge to help us win the battle, as well as help the Empire in future battles.
 
1. If a weakness in their physiology can be discovered, we will have a huge advantage.
 

Option 1 wins with two vote(s).


 


You ultimately decide that you need some kind of Intel, besides that was part of your mission wasn't it ? 


The secondary objective that is.


After all, an encounter with a hostile alien species unbeknownst to the empire, data and Intel are needed desperately to help aid the Empire in the future as well as seeing if they do have a weakness , if any. 


So you inspect the corpse and see if there's any Intel on it and use the oracle to run some scans on the alien .


 


As you scan the reptile alien, the oracle chirps back in your helm as it announces in a soft robotic like voice.


" The scans are of an unregistered alien race, however scans show that this is a Sauroid , and is carnivorous due to its teeth. "


You roll your eyes at the analysis , but it doesn't stop there.


" The hunched forwards posture and the large legs imply that it would be extremely fast on the ground , due to its unnatural cartilage holding up the entire frame, they're extremely dexterous and fast. "


" The cartilage is a mixture of calcium , chromium and an unknown material not found in the periodic table " 


" The epidermis is a mixture of zinc and Placoid scales"


" The muscles are comprised of an unknown fiber and component, further analysis is needed " .



Interesting, so that's why they're so bulky and big, but move as if they were a quarter of their size.


Sounds like they're living beings comprised of several metals.


 


As the scan continues, the light blue glow scans over the machete and the oracle continues on.


" The machete is made from same material from the spikes that protrude from its back, "


" The spikes are comprised of an unknown material not found in the periodic table. "


 


Damn, it is a good thing you had engaged this enemy from a distance , who knows what kind of issues you might have run into had you been stabbed by this unknown material.


 


While the scan and analysis is occurring, you focus your cybernetic eye on the pistol like blaster to see if your eye could conjure up any information.


The readout appears and states "  Battlestar MKXV, Gale Technologies, 3099 "


 


Wait a second, these aliens are using the latest projectile weapons that are only reserved for the best units in the empire ??!??!?!


 


But before you could gather your thoughts about the issue, the oracle chirps and pitches in the final part of the analysis.


" The cell structure of this being suggests that it is highly regenerative , and shows that the being's age to be listed at 330 years old. "


 


You perk your eyes up at the final statements, but the oracle finished its analysis, leaving you with silence.  


Interesting, these alien reptiles, despite their age are a dangerous foe to face, yet that nagging thought from before, how were they able to obtain the latest weaponry that the empire had ?


 


Perhaps there's additional Intel that'll explain that nagging thought, you then crouch down and search the body seeing if there is any other clues to explain the conundrum.


Or If it had a mission or anything of that sorts.


Unfortunately, you don't find anything else and you decide to move on to rejoin your squad before any additional fighting breaks out .


 


 


 
 

 


You go deeper into the massive structure , keeping an eye on your  thermal scanner for any more hostiles while heading towards your squad.


Unfortunately , your EMR scanner is still broken .


Your thermal scanner doesn't detect anything in the rooms ahead and you don't hear any sounds aside from the occasional electric hiss that echos further down this area.


You reach the end of the darkened corridor and see that there's an even larger room up ahead .


 


Rounding the corner, you come face to chest with a reptile alien wearing what looks like chromium armor .


If the reptile aliens were massive compared to you even with the alpha power armor, an armored one makes you look like midget .


It has reinforced armor on the shoulders and stomach , and long reinforced helmet built for its head .


The rest of its body is covered with a thin layer of armor .


 


Whatever material that armor is made out of , it has successfully blocked your thermal scanner.


 


It's holding a very large broadsword , and the sword....is glowing blue.


 


The enemy notices you and immediately launches its self at you, stabbing at your chest !


 


What , do you do now ?


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  1. You dive out of the way !  Can't take another hit to the chest again .
  2. You take the hit and punch back at the same time !  Your in power armor, it is going to take more than a fancy 16th century invention to penetrate your armor.
  3. You try to side step the stab and disarm the alien reptile. The best defense is a good offense.

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Rico's stats :


 


Guts : 13


Leadership :8


Shooting: 10


Fighting: 11


Technical: 11


Stealth :11


 


The state of your Alpha Power Armor :at 80% armor  , somewhat damaged ,


Radar and EMR are destroyed.


Coms are JAMMED.


 


Squad status :  23 Alive . 1 KIA


Squad morale : 75% 


How much glory and honor you have earned : +77% 


Alignment  : +20% light


Bionic implant : Cybernetic Eye


Sub-Celestial Harness : Can be used 3 times.


 


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Option 1 was chosen with one vote(s) .


 


It was a snap decision, you decided to step out of the way, no telling what might happen if you were stabbed directly in the chest with that blueish glowing broadsword as you have no idea what its capable of. 


As fast as you are, unfortunately the alien reptile is even faster.


You throw yourself backwards but it readjusts the stab in mid air and nicks your right armored hand .


As the sword makes contact with your armored hand, you feel millions of volts of energy surge through the suit as it connects .


 


Immediately your anti-EMP dampening counter measures kick in and shut the computer down before there's any damage done to it , this also prevents you from being electrocuted alive although there is some significant  chest pain in spite of this countermeasure  .


Unfortunately, this also shuts down your laser pistol as well and other weaponry systems.


The armor in your right hand is now warped heavily and is damaged , but at least you didn't take the attack head on.


If it had connected it would have penetrated your chest armor and delivered a deadly amount of voltage straight into you.


Anti-EMP system or not, due to the huge amount of damage, it would not have prevented the murderous electric shock .


The rest of the armored alien reptile hisses loudly as it sails past you .


 


As you recover, despite your systems being rebooted currently , what do you do now  ?


 

  1. You counter attack, the alien reptile is exposed and you've now had the initiative . Time to put your brawling skills to test. 
  2. You run away !  Clearly the enemy far more skilled and faster than you are and armed with a working deadly weapon

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Rico's stats :


 


Guts : ??


Leadership :??


Shooting: ??


Fighting: ??


Technical: ??


Stealth :??


Systems are being rebooted.


 


The state of your Alpha Power Armor : ????


Radar and EMR are ????


Coms are ????


Systems are being rebooted.


 


Squad status :  ?????


Squad morale : ?????


How much glory and honor you have earned : ????


Alignment  : ?????


Bionic implant : ?????


Sub-Celestial Harness : Can be used ???? times.


Systems are being rebooted.


 


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