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WereGoat
Apr 28, 2017


[LUCINDA / HP: 3/3 / MOVE: 4 / LUXE: 4 / MUTATIONS: FLEXIBLE SNOUT, BATRACHIAN LEGS]

Lucinda looked at the horror mid sentence, and sent some nano-machines out with a gesture. The ground beneath it twisted and dropped.

"...which was embarrassing, but he's fine now. It was a one off so wasnt that much of a big deal, and Rook grew him a new arm which was totally buff! But his other arm was the same size as before so he had to do intensive bio therapy and get synthplants, and in the mean time he was..."

Improvise: 1d6 5- sinkhole
Sinkhole: 1d8 6

WereGoat fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jan 26, 2018

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Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

[BOBBY-JACK JOHNSON / HP: 2/3 / MOVE: 3 / LUXE: 3 / CYBER: Trauma Webbing]

Bobby-Jack couldn't live like this.

To be reduced to a zombie-like torpor of thoughtless nods and affirmations next to a noble chatterbox, only to be then taken by surprise by horrors due to not being his usual observant self. The spikes to his blood pressure had probably taken years of his life already, but at least the kid had managed to contain the threat for now. Bobby-Jack looked on impassively as the monster trashed in the hydrocarbons below the ice it had been dropped into, furiously trying to gain a foothold back on land.

He lifted his rifle in silence, took aim, and let loose a bullet. The resultant roar told him he had probably hit, but it was hard to hit anything particularly vital in a creature that was moving erratically and also partially submerged.

Well, at least they would leave it with something to remember them by.

For LUCINDA
Shooting the Horror with my EZ-Snipe: 1d6= 5
2 Damage dealt

Theantero fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Jan 26, 2018

Olothreutes
Mar 31, 2007

Hideous Dynamics, LLC, is a firm believer in extra mayhem and carnage, preferably created through the liberal application of ionizing radiation to organic and inorganic matter.

But when that isn't possible, more... traditional methods are a good substitute.

Encourage mayhem! Send a Coffin Nail to Midge (GO GET ME US ISOTOPES!!). I think this uses my 5 luxe and then 35 from Midge. If that isn't correct, please correct me.

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?



[CRYO / HP:4 / MOVE: 2 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 002 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA / MUTATIONS: TRAUMATIC SCLERODERMA]

Well, poo poo. "Come to the mountains" they said. "It's way more fun than recruiting a mutant army or investigating the death beacon" they said. Still, Cryo was a rigjacker and by gods she was gonna jack this rig. Just had to zap it somewhere important instead of harmlessly spearing the thick armor plates and.....

Shoot: 1d8 3

gently caress. Maybe Stev could still pull something out, though.... oh gods please let him pull something out...


Wishlist:

H̻E̝͟L͠P̥ ̼͖̺͎̱͍͟M̭͚̠̦̱̞E̖͖̙̜̣ ̨̫̬͖̞͚̭̞B̶̦̬̣̳͎̖̿ͦ̔̎̑ͭ̏́E͇̮͔̎̐C̢̬̰͇̥̹̲̭̝̲͊͒͊́̀Ơ̝̥̪̘͙͖̞̠̭ͧ̿̆͝M̫̯̮̺͍͍͓̫͊ͫ̒̏ͣ̈́͘E̷͉͚̭͓̜̞̿̂ͣͪ̒

The Lord of Hats
Aug 22, 2010

Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?

[STEV ANSAHOK / HP: 4 / MOVE: 2 / 2 LUXE / CYBER: RIG JACK /MUTATIONS: AMYGDALIC HYPERCEPHALY, VOX MUTANDIS]

Holy poo poo, that thing was a beast. Stev felt the bloodlust rising up in him as Cryo took her shot, which deflected off of the thing's armor. A hammer blow wasn't going to bring that thing down, and Stev didn't fancy his chances of going multiple rounds. But running away was not an option. Well then, maybe some improvisation was due...

Improvise!: 1d6 5

Stev hefted his hammer and slammed it into the ground, mighty reverberations shaking the mountain, dislodging chunks of rock and chemical ice, in a mighty avalanche that came roaring down at the behemoth...

Sinkhole!: 1d8 3

But it wasn't enough. The thing was just too drat big for that to work.

"poo poo! Get down!"

Wishlist: Autodoc, Medkit

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

[BOBBY-JACK JOHNSON / HP: 2/3 / MOVE: 3 / LUXE: 3 / CYBER: Trauma Webbing]

Bobby-Jack tightened his coat a bit as the storm picked up, grimacing behind his mask. He glanced towards a cam-drone, looking desolate.

"Don't you just hate it when you're stuck in a murderstorm, being pelleted by melty bits of hydrocarbons and toxic waste? Doesn't that just ruin your day? What is a man to do, in a situation like that?" he reached out his hand melodramatically, "Sure, I hear that Pertinax has state of the art, environmentally nanosealed combat-parkas to use when testing their chemical munitions, superior to competition in durability, flexibility and general sexiness."

He shook his head sadly.

"But what hope has a man like me to lay hands on such a beautiful thing? Alas, I suppose I can rely only on my thoughts for safety and warmth."



I wish for a Hazmat Suit, won't somebody help me..?

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Tablet posting: Bobby-Jack, ask and ye shall receive.

Sorry, been busy all day..

Lux Anima
Apr 17, 2016


Dinosaur Gum

Name: Kal Risso, Veteran Newtype HP: 6/6 Move: 4 Luxe: 005 Fuel: 00 Rad Innoculation: 2
Loadout: Skirmisher, Squidpack, DPM Rifle, Medikit (X), Patient Zero, Brachial Spurs, Nuclear Reservoir: 1

When Kal Risso finally made it down to the basin of the chemical lake, he thought he'd had the wrecked spaceship all to himself. It was an Escort pinnace from a Kronos-D gas tanker, and it was filled to the brim with valuable electronics, telemetry reports, and archival data - everything the sponsors could ask for. As far as Kal was concerned, all that precious scrap (and the bounties tied to them) belonged to him - first come first serve! Kal gingerly hopped onto the ice floes in the lake, being extra careful in his footing so as not to slip into the freezing waters and take a deadly chemical bath. A small crack formed, spiderwebbing across the surface ice.

That's when the rumbling underfoot started. Was it an avalanche, a cryovolcano, or some other kind of tectonic activity?

No - it was the Meth-Maw, surfacing at the sound of Kal's careful approach.

The titanic Titanian ice-worm looked hungry, ferocious and incredibly irritable. It spread its tusked mandibles in an obviously aggressive display and let out a piercing, roaring shriek from its gaping, serrated throat that tore through the canyon and sent ripples though the methane haze.

Kal Risso knew only primordial fear in that moment. He ducked for cover. He'd like to say he'd had the courage to lay down suppressing fire on the enemy's eyestalks, but in that moment Kal Risso didn't want to the monster any angrier.

Actually... Kal Risso scanned his environment. He saw an opportunity to strike, and he took it.

Improvise against the Meth-Maw: 1d6 5 - Sinkhole

Kal Risso extended both his arms and fired off quick shots of his brachial spurs, striking the cracked surface of the lake, hoping to make the ice crack under the colossal worm's weight.

Sinkhole vs the Meth-Maw: 1d8 8

He made for the hills.

[Skirmisher]14.04 -> 14.03

As soon as he had found a good place to camp out the upcoming chemical showers, he submitted the following notifications to all the sponsors that might be watching:

Kal Risso's Wishlist posted:

ATTN: SPONSORS!
Dear [Pertinax Ammo Fabrication Systems / Hideous Dynamics / Virtual Domain Partners]

If you would like to see the [Guidance Computer / Advanced Electronics / Telemetry Database / Crew Archives] retrieved,

Please send Kal Risso the following item: Hazmat Suit (29 Luxe), and soon!

Remember, first come first served! Thanks.
- Kal Risso

Lux Anima fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Jan 27, 2018

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Pertinax to the rescue again. Hell, hazmat suits for all!

Not Alex
Oct 9, 2012

Cut loose before the god eaters show up.

[SCRAMBLE / HP: 3/ MOVE: 4 / PATIENT ZERO / FLEXIBLE SNOUT / VOX MUTANDIS 7 luxe

Scramble reaches her destination. There she encounters a being in an aeropath uniform. She greets the spindly figure with the traditional greeting of the guild, a single finger moving to her mouth and then rising to point skyward.

"Well met."

"...Z level 0020139 Cross front 998..."

"Uhuh... do you have a name?"

"...447009.80 x 993002.14 windspeed 443 k p...."

"Okaaay then..."

"...0 dash 23. Strike Vector. Query? M 177 Celsius Pressure dash ..."

The aeropath's eight fingered hands flash the number ten twice then forefinger and true thumb rub together in another ancient symbol. "...dash rimward spin 87449.2 Strike vector. Query? Toggle m dash 556..."

"Hmmm? Oh! Ohhh I see." Scramble considers for a moment. She can pay him and drop some fun somewhere. She considers her map. She could almost certainly catch a wrecker or two at the nearest shelter to the drop zones. But killing someone unknown from such a great distance doesn't appeal. And the chance of them surviving with a grudge appeals even less. Scramble grimaces.

"'Fraid I don't have the dosh on me, friend." Which was true. "I may swing back and take you up on that though."

With that Scramble tilts her head back and plots her ascent. She should have time to make it up and back before the storm hits. And these ruins look sturdy enough to keep her safe from the acid rain.

Bee Bonk
Feb 19, 2011




1. "Midge Gureyevitch
Retreats to 03.07!


Sponsorship posted:

Hideous Dynamics spends 40 Luxe (5 Sponsor, 35 Midge) on behalf of Midge Gureyevitch for Drone Delivery of a Coffin Nail! It will arrive on Sponsor Phase.


2. "Grumps" McGee

"Midge" Gureyevitch retreats into the hex!

Enemy Rigs attack!
Crawler 1 attacks Grumps! Grumps takes 2 damage!
Crawler 2 misses Grumps!
Enforcer 1 misses Grumps!
Enforcer 2 misses Grumps!

Grumps improvises!
Car tower attacks Crawler 1! Crawler takes 5 damage and is destroyed!
Car tower attacks Crawler 2! Crawler takes 5 damage and is destroyed!
Car tower attacks Enforcer 1! Enforcer takes 5 damage and is destroyed!
Car tower attacks Enforcer 2! Enforcer takes 5 damage and is destroyed!

8 Luxe is added to Grumps' account for Rig Bounty! 10 Luxe is added to Grumps' account for First Kill! 5 Luxe is added to Kalpernicus' account for Completed Challenge!

Shades of Bottom, there.
For a four-pack that goes down easy and won't weigh you down, guzzle you some Carbo-Jax Life! Now in Naga-Mangorita variety, for spicy-sweet effervescent power in your face!


3. Cryo / 4. Stev Ansahok
Cryo attacks Alpha Behemoth! Cryo misses!
Stev Improvises! A Sinkhole collapses! Alpha Behemoth is unaffected!

Alpha Behemoth attacks Cryo! Cryo takes 3 damage (reduced from 5)!


6. Scramble
No encounter orders.


7. Bobby-Jack Johnson / 8. Lucinda
Lucinda improvises! A Sinkhole collapses! Horror is disabled!
Bobby-Jack attacks Hirsute Horror! Hirsute Horror takes 2 damage (3/5)!

Rare Isotope is Breached!
Item lost! Hex is now a Rad Zone!

Sponsorship posted:

Pertinax AmmoFab spends 29 Luxe (5 Sponsor, 24 Bobby-Jack) on behalf of Bobby-Jack Johnson for Drone Delivery of Hazmat Gear! It will arrive on Sponsor Phase.


9. Frau Freiheit
Frau Freiheit assists the Camp...Reputation remains at 3!


10. Kal Risso
Kal Risso Improvises! A Sinkhole collapses! Meth-Maw is disabled!
(Skirmisher) Moves to 14.03.

Sponsorship posted:

Pertinax AmmoFab spends 29 Luxe (24 Kalpernicus, 5 Kal) on behalf of Kal Risso for Drone Delivery of Hazmat Gear! It will arrive on Sponsor Phase.




:siren: Wreckers, take Action! :siren:


Current Sponsor Challenges posted:

Pertinax
1: Kill 10 Mutant Grunts.
2: Kill 4 Horrors.
3: Kill 3 targets with Rampage.
4: Salvage Research Facilities Sigma, Tau and Upsilon (each as separate challenge).
5: Retrieve the guidance computer from the Spaceship Wreck.
6. Salvage Biological Sample from downed Wrecker Kondo.
7. Salvage Aberrant Skull from downed Wrecker Kondo.
8. Claim trophies from 4 Mutant Stalkers.

Hideous Dynamics
1. Salvage as many Isotope units from Facility Sigma as possible.
2. Salvage an Experimental Sample from a Research Facility.
3. Salvage Advanced Electronics from Scavenger Camp or Spacecraft Wreck.

Kalpernicus Risso
1. Explore the ruins of Facility Sigma.
2. Explore both Cryovolcanoes.
3. Be first to attack Kal Risso.
4. First Enemy Kill

Virtual Domain Partners
1. Salvage Research Database from each Research Facility.
+Transmat/Exfiltrate all 3 parts.
2. Salvage and Transmat/Exfiltrate Telemetry Database from Spacecraft Wreck.
3. Salvage Crew Archive from Spacecraft Wreck.
4. Retrieve Community Archive from Scavenger Camp.
+Do not anger the Scavenger Camp.
5. Salvage Transceiver Log from Scan Tower.





Sponsors-Only Map

Bee Bonk fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jan 27, 2018

sheep-dodger
Feb 21, 2013


[Frau Freiheit / HP:3 / MOVE: 3 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 0 / CYBER: Quadlegs]
While the storm was passing, Frau tinkered with her Squid Pack.
Reset Squid Pack

Wishlist:
Highest priority is a proper weapon, otherwise cyber upgrades are always welcome

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?



[CRYO / HP: 1 / MOVE: 2 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 002 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA / MUTATIONS: TRAUMATIC SCLERODERMA]

Cryo smouldered at the bottom of a crater. That's twice today her new skin had saved her from something that would have vaporized her inferior past self. From the peculiar rattling in her chest and the recently liberated arm laying a few feet away, though, she knew it wouldn't work a third time. She summoned up just enough strength for one final action as the Behemoth's canon began to glow again, and weakly clipped the collar on before collapsing.

BECOME: 3#1d20 20 14 5


Wishlist:

H̻E̝͟L͠P̥ ̼͖̺͎̱͍͟M̭͚̠̦̱̞E̖͖̙̜̣ ̨̫̬͖̞͚̭̞B̶̦̬̣̳͎̖̿ͦ̔̎̑ͭ̏́E͇̮͔̎̐C̢̬̰͇̥̹̲̭̝̲͊͒͊́̀Ơ̝̥̪̘͙͖̞̠̭ͧ̿̆͝M̫̯̮̺͍͍͓̫͊ͫ̒̏ͣ̈́͘E̷͉͚̭͓̜̞̿̂ͣͪ̒

Crazycryodude fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Jan 27, 2018

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker

[MIDGE / HP:3 / MOVE: 2 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 0 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA]

He looked at the trashed enforcers, then at the other wrecker.

"Nice kills! Hi, I'm Midge. I know from experience it is better to work together than die alone, yes? I've scanned everything in the area, there's some sweet, very sweet stuff hereabouts that I can guide us both to. There's also going to be an angry Meth-Maw galumphing through here in short order, turning everything valuable to sludge. Now, there should be a promo spot opportunity here, one chance only. My suggestion is this: One of us salvages the rigs, they're worth a fortune, and the other one spins the promo, your choice, then we go a two to one split in your favour with the proceeds, your kill after all, and go fifty-fifty here on in. Sound like a deal?

Actions pending Grump's answer.

Not Alex
Oct 9, 2012

Cut loose before the god eaters show up.

[SCRAMBLE / HP: 3/ MOVE: 4 / PATIENT ZERO / FLEXIBLE SNOUT / VOX MUTANDIS 7 luxe

A rust gnawed pylon cracks and falls away beneath her foot, causing Scramble to look down. It's dizzying to watch the spar clang and ricochet down the skeletal rig. Shells, this is higher than it looks. And the thrice damned wind isn't helping. The air grows increasingly acrid as the storm wall approaches. It's an ugly yellow darkness boiling towards her, playing tricks with her sense of scale. Scramble doesn't want to think about it hitting while she's still on the spire. With renewed speed she climbs the last few meters.

Scan all the things!

Filled with a terrified kind of exhilaration Scramble initiates a scan while clinging to the apex of the dead drilling rig. Rime is spread out around her in all its bleak misery. Everything is the wrong color to her terrestrial eyes, robbing the landscape of even austere grandeur. It seems grimy, toxic, and barren.

Her wristcomp dings even as the wind picks up again. About shelling time! Scramble descends faster than is necessarily safe. She'll review the results in the safety of some burnt out chem tanks she had scoped out before the climb.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

[BOBBY-JACK JOHNSON / HP: 2/3 / MOVE: 3 / LUXE: 3 / CYBER: Trauma Webbing]

Bobby-Jack peered at his jar of precious isotopes. The recoil from his rifle had knocked a cap loose, and bluish, glowing liquid was pouring down into the snow. He seemed rather miffed.

"Great", he mumbled quietly, "Now I'll have to use my winnings to replace all this ruined bone marrow I newly possess."

He sighed, and started making some sort of igloo whilst addressing Lucinda. "You have a prettier face yeah? Do the little promo so that our time here won't prove a total loss, we'll split the earnings half-and-half. I'll build shelter meanwhile."

LUCINDA can check this as always
As my Action I'm making us two Cover from the snow

Theantero fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Jan 27, 2018

Lux Anima
Apr 17, 2016


Dinosaur Gum

Name: Kal Risso, Veteran Newtype HP: 6/6 Move: 4 Luxe: 005 Fuel: 00 Rad Innoculation: 2
Loadout: Skirmisher, Squidpack, DPM Rifle, Medikit (X), Patient Zero, Brachial Spurs, Nuclear Reservoir: 1

Kal Risso pulled out the ice climber's pickaxes he'd attached to his multitoolbelt and set to work hacking out a concavity in the glacier for himself to crawl into. He'd need to hollow out a small semi-dry patch in the glacier to shield himself from the showers of acid rain that threatened to burn holes in puffy fabric of his cryosuit. He'd be frozen solid if his cyrosuit was allows to leak too much heat due to corrosive acid damage!

He needed to protect himself from this hydrochloric acid rain for the time being.

Kal Risso digs in against the acid storm!

Halfway into this thanklessly necessary chore, Kal received an alert that his earlier missive to the sponsors had been received. He'd be able to take shelter under this icy embankment until a fluid-proof hazmat suit arrived with his name on it.

Soon this oppressive world of volatile chemicals and subzero temperatures would be his oyster.

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Queue one MedkitX for Cryo

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


The Big Board composed a symphony of violence in the Sponsors' Lounge, adding a red tinge to its pallid glow, and dragging Jordan Salgado-Said's attention away from the slate-mounted wish list. It would almost be beautiful, in an austere sense, if it wasn't a diagram of one of Titan's wilderness regions trying to eat itself alive and the Academy's duly-wrought knowledge with it. Losing the wreckers wouldn't help.

Jordan's gaze returned to the list, re-arranging priorities to account for events, then back to the board as they happened. The list. The board. The list. Aethelred, the face of Pertinax, blinking off of his holo. The board. The list, newly shortened. Aethelred's holo blinking back in. And out. And in again.

Damnit.

"It's wrecker new year, and those who need don't have, and those who have don't need, and those who have and need are about to get a face full of alpha behemoth." Jordan looked around for the source of the rumble, finding no one else disturbed by it, and realizing where it came from. "... if I'm this frustrated now...."

A blind spot revealed itself in the patterns - two wreckers meeting each other by chance near the ruin Hideous Dynamic had staked as its great prize. Curious that a company whose very business was the law of accelerating returns only helped out the established wrecker - or that none of that help was to prevent the law of accelerating returns from being applied to the wrecker by Rime itself. Jordan tapped in Grumps McGee, Midge Gureyevitch, and Kalpernicus Risso's sponsor account administrator and engaged in a flurry of tactile negotiation with the slate, spinning digits across its surface, tapping off mental math against its back... ending with an open thumb slam on the "Commit" icon.

Jordan just hoped Midge would be okay with helping out his new friend. As for Kal, well, there are costs for spreading yourself too thin.

what the hell just happened posted:

Virtual Domain Partners spends 84 luxe to issue:
a [Medikit] to Grumps McGee
a [Hazmat Suit] to Midge Gureyevitch
a [Hazmat Suit] to Grumps McGee

Virtual Domain's sponsor account falls from [5] luxe to [Zero].
Midge Gureyevitch's account falls from [50] luxe to [Zero].
Grumps McGee's account falls from [23] luxe to [Zero].
Kalpernicus Risso's sponsor account falls [6] luxe, from [13] to [7].

dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Jan 27, 2018

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker

[MIDGE / HP:3 / MOVE: 2 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 0 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA]

He took a second, closer look at the new wrecker. He hadn't realised how badly he was hurt: One more enforcer shot would have ended him. Crap.

Death was coming, on the toxic wings of the storm. Death was coming, and it didn't look like there was a whole lot he could do about it. He looked at the other wrecker apologetically, seemed about to say something, when he got an ominous *ding* from his data-u-matic. His account had been emptied! Every last Iota of Luxe, gone! The hell...?

A slightly more cheery *boop*. Incoming supplies. Hazmat suits, a medikit. He smiled broadly: Someone up there wanted to keep them alive.

"Looks like you get to live! Help is on its way. Hang in there, we'll weather the storm yet."

Midge is perfectly fine with this turn of events.

Nothingtoseehere
Nov 11, 2010



GRUMPS "MCGEE" / HP: 3/3 / MOVE: 2 / LUXE: 1 / CYBER: Bone Lacing]

Well wasn't this just convenient: Grumps does all the hard work, and Midge comes up gratfully wanting the spoils. But on the other hand, that rain is still incoming, so so it's not like Grumps is losing anything.... "Sounds like a deal. Make for Sigma afterwards?"

With that, Grumps turns to the problem of shelter. Seeing the product placement drone hovering above him, he tries his best to make it good. "When you're in the icy wilderness of RIME, shelter can be an issue" Grumps detached his stingers bayonet and puts on a shovel head instead "But with a Lucantrix Detachable shovel, you're never stuck for a good digging tool: no mere -200C ice can stop this bad boy!" With that, the drone is seemingly satisfied, and flies off

The easy bit done, Grumps gets to actually get to digging holes for the two of them. Even the extra beeps on his comm for incoming deliveries didn't distract him from the task at hand.

Dig a shelter while doing a product placement spot



Wishlist As always, experimental cyber or some deployable cover would be nice.

Nothingtoseehere fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Jan 27, 2018

WereGoat
Apr 28, 2017


[LUCINDA / HP: 3/3 / MOVE: 4 / LUXE: 4+11=15 / MUTATIONS: FLEXIBLE SNOUT, BATRACHIAN LEGS]

Lucinda cheerfully step up to the promo spot-spot
"Oh you're the best Bobby-Jack".

Adjusting the nano cloud that created the sealed environment of her clothing, she set the tiny machines to create a dramatic, windswept effect. At the suggestion of Bobby-Jack, another small cloud started melting and shaping the ice into prismatic shelter from the elements.

"Well, let's talk about Rook. Rook are amazing. A. May. Zing. Never mind their biological organisms, which are great by the way, ok so the last two seasons they have died, but think back to the season before. What message do you think they're pushing now with their (organic, ethicaly sourced, vat grown) dead dudes? I think it's clear they are pushing the disposable vat grown line hard. Get them now before the rush, I know I had a whole set on order before I came #downhere.

But yeah, their mutagens are top of the line, and I'm not just talking the ones you see here. I get all of my day to day beautagens from Rook. If I don't like my nose, I can extend our retract it in to the aesthetically optimal size, thanks to Rook. If I'm tired of my eye colour, Rook's line of chromatomods are what I use. And if I want a new hairstyle, like, you think I'm gonna wait for it to grow out? Any good stylist will have a syringe of Rook hair growth serum.

I know the whole auto doc body mod scene is like a thing? But, like, you know they break? EMPs are a thing. Don't add robot parts, just change your flesh to be better.

Choose Rook! For a better you."

Below shared with Bobby-Jack
Cutting a promo: 6d6 22 split 11/11 with Bobby-Jack
Snouty boost?: 1d6 2 split ,1/1 if the flexible about adds 1d6. dig a shelter for two

WereGoat fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Jan 28, 2018

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker

[MIDGE / HP:3 / MOVE: 2 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 0 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA]

Whilst Grumps demonstrated the entrenching tool, Midge turned his attention to the rigs, humming cheerfully as he deftly ripped out the value-chunks.

"Yeah, Sigma is what I was headed for. Give me a moment, I'll uplink my scan data for you. What's your poison for our three north options? Gamma rigs in a toxic rad zone? Muties in plain rads? Muties in the clear? You might want to heal up a bit, too, looks pretty bad from here."

Salvage! 2-1 split in Grumps' favour, if sufficient Luxe, reload squidpack. Salvage! 4 gamma rigs and the baseline.`: 13d6 55 37 to Grumps, 18 to Midge, spend 5 on the squidpack.

"Here." He handed Grumps 37 Luxe.

Wishlist: You've been good to us, I'll be sure to shill your products when they arrive. I trust your judgement as to anything else you wish to send at this time.

AJ_Impy fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Jan 27, 2018

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

[BOBBY-JACK JOHNSON / HP: 2/3 / MOVE: 3 / LUXE: 3 / CYBER: Trauma Webbing / MUTATION: Biolytic Eruption]

Rook, huh? Could do worse, but Bobby-Jack thought this whole thing was a bit inefficient.

"Hey", he told Lucinda, "I've got an idea. How about you show off that nanocloud of yours whilst building our shelter to completion with it, yeah? I'll cork my mutagens meanwhile. Maybe I'll grow something that'll let us survive this hellhole."



New Product Placement ruling makes it an add-on to any other action, so you can make shelter while plugging a product. So please do that, WereGoat :v:


Cracking open my Mutagens: 2#1d20= 3, 8
Picking 8: Biolytic Eruption

Theantero fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jan 27, 2018

The Lord of Hats
Aug 22, 2010

Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?

[STEV ANSAHOK / HP: 4 / MOVE: 2 / 2 LUXE / CYBER: RIG JACK /MUTATIONS: AMYGDALIC HYPERCEPHALY, VOX MUTANDIS]

Oof. That looked rough. Cryo was hanging in there, but not by much... and the storm was on its way, with cover nowhere to be--ah! The avalanche from earlier had knocked some shards of ice and rock such that there was room beneath them. It wasn't going to hold up to a blast from the titan, but it would keep them from getting melted right now. He grabbed Cryo and hauled her into the opening.

"We should be good for now. I think we make a break across the caldera next, see if that can't get us some breathing room. I mean, assuming, well... look, if that turns you into a giant ravening monster, promise me you'll go after the titan first? I'd really appreciate it. And hey, sponsors! Talkin' to you in particular, Pertinax! Some help would be real nice right about now!"

Action: Dig cover from the rain for Stev and Cryo

Wishlist: Autodoc, Medkit, anything to help with the Behemoth

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Aethelred sends yet another package soaring to the grim and frostbitten wastes, this time an autodoc and medikit tagged for Stev Anashok. Enclosed is the simple note "remember Pertinax when other sponsors would leave you without. Don't forget to check your challenges."

Bee Bonk
Feb 19, 2011




1. "Midge Gureyevitch / 2. "Grumps" McGee
Midge Salvages for 55 Luxe! 37 Luxe transferred to Grumps. Squidpack reloaded.
Grumps demos a product while digging a shelter! 25 Luxe is uploaded to Grumps' account for Product Placement!


Sponsorship posted:

Virtual Domain Partners spends 84 luxe (5 Sponsor, 50 Midge, 23 Grumps, 6 Kalpernicus) for Drone Delivery of:
a Medi-kit for Grumps McGee.
HazMat Gear for Midge Gureyevitch.
HazMat Gear for Grumps McGee .


3. Cryo

BECOME? posted:

Experimental Metamorphosis Engine activated!
Techno-Organic Reconciliation...CRITICAL SUCCESS!
Max HP and Move are increased by 1!
HP are being restored (1 per Hazard Phase)! Canceled by another effect!

Cybernetic Augmentation...Sucess! Cyber installed!
Eyegear: All attack dice upscaled.
Threaded Visualizer: Ignore Cover and Squidpacks.

Mutagenic Reconstruction...Failure!
Mutagen is rejected!
HP are being lost (1 per Hazard Phase)! Canceled by another effect!

Trial integration complete. Pertinax Field Research thanks you for your participation, valued tester!

Sponsorship posted:

Pertinax AmmoFab spends 13 Luxe on behalf of Cryo for Drone Delivery of an Experimental Medi-Kit! It will arrive on Sponsor Phase.


4. Stev Ansahok
Stev digs a shelter!

Sponsorship posted:

Pertinax AmmoFab spends 55 Luxe on behalf of Stev Ansahok for Drone Delivery of an Unlicensed Autodoc and Medi-kit! They will arrive on Sponsor Phase.


6. Scramble
High-Altitude Scan Commencing...

02.08: Meth-Maw
02.09: Isotope, Hirsute Horror
03.07: Midge, Grumps
03.08: Icy Manipulator
05.08: Mutant Warlord! Mutant Soldiers (2)
06.06: Alpha Behemoth, Cryo, Stev
06.09: Toxic Zone, Product Placement
07.09: Death Beacon (Kondo), Mutant Elite, Mutant Stalker (2)
09.07: Mutant Manhunter, Mutant Soldier (2)
10.08: Bobby-Jack, Lucinda
12.10: Toxic Zone
13.07: Beta Crawler, Gamma Enforcer (2)
13.06: Frau Feiheit
14.03: Kal Risso
14.04: Meth-Maw

Scan complete.


7. Bobby-Jack Johnson / 8. Lucinda
Bobby-Jack uses Unstable Mutagen! Bobby-Jack Mutates!

Mutatis Mutandis posted:

Biolytic Eruption: 1d8/3 AoE attack, 1 Damage every round until target spends action to recover.
Lucinda demos a product while digging a shelter! 22 Luxe are added to Lucinda's account for Product Placement!


9. Frau Freiheit
Squidpack Reloaded!


10. Kal Risso
Kal digs a shelter!




Acid Rain posted:

The storm rolls on; toxic fumes dissipate.

Rad Zone! Bobby-Jack Johnson's Max HP are reduced by 1!
Rad Zone! Lucinda's Max HP are reduced by 1!





The Wreckers seem to be realizing that they're playing in whole other league from Bottom.
We got heaping-rear end loads of Sponsor love incoming, though, Haze, and they're definitely gonna need every edge they can furtively grasp in white-knuckled claws!
With the meth-maws restless and the Alpha already in play, surviving the next few rounds may be as much of a challenge as taking down Capricorn.
Nah.




Drone Delivery posted:

Midge receives a Coffin Nail and Hazmat Gear!
Grumps receives a Medi-Kit and Hazmat Gear!
Cryo receives Experimental Medi-Kit!
Stev Ansahok revieves Unlicensed Autodoc and Medi-Kit!
Bobby-Jack recieves Hazmat Gear!
Kal Risso receives Hazmat Gear!


Sponsors posted:

The following sponsors receive a 10 Luxe stipend:
Pertinax AmmoFav
The following sponsors receive a 5 Luxe stipend:
Kalpernicus Risso
Hideous Dynamics
Virtual Domain Partners

:siren: Sponsor Flush :siren:
Luxe has been funneled from the accounts of inactive, incapacitated, and incarcerated Sponsors into the Wrecker Retirement Fund, a common account accesible to all Sponsors. Have a nice day.

Current Sponsor account standings are as follows:
Pertinax Ammofab 10
RookEngOrg 5
Kalpernicus Risso 12
Hideous Dynamics 5
Virtual Domain Partners 5
Wrecker Retirement Fund 25

Accounts posted:

Current Wrecker account standings are as follows:
1. "Midge Gureyevitch0
2. "Grumps" McGee 25
3. Cryo 68
4. Stev Ansahok 69
6. Scramble 25
7. Bobby-Jack Johnson 68
8. Lucinda 27
9. Frau Freiheit 5
10. Kal Risso 0

Current Sponsor Challenges posted:

Pertinax
1: Kill 10 Mutant Grunts.
2: Kill 4 Horrors.
3: Kill 3 targets with Rampage.
4: Salvage Research Facilities Sigma, Tau and Upsilon (each as separate challenge).
5: Retrieve the guidance computer from the Spaceship Wreck.
6. Salvage Biological Sample from downed Wrecker Kondo.
7. Salvage Aberrant Skull from downed Wrecker Kondo.
8. Claim trophies from 4 Mutant Stalkers.

Hideous Dynamics
1. Salvage as many Isotope units from Facility Sigma as possible.
2. Salvage an Experimental Sample from a Research Facility.
3. Salvage Advanced Electronics from Scavenger Camp or Spacecraft Wreck.

Kalpernicus Risso
1. Explore the ruins of Facility Sigma.
2. Explore both Cryovolcanoes.
3. Be first to attack Kal Risso.

Virtual Domain Partners
1. Salvage Research Database from each Research Facility.
+Transmat/Exfiltrate all 3 parts.
2. Salvage and Transmat/Exfiltrate Telemetry Database from Spacecraft Wreck.
3. Salvage Crew Archive from Spacecraft Wreck.
4. Retrieve Community Archive from Scavenger Camp.
+Do not anger the Scavenger Camp.
5. Salvage Transceiver Log from Scan Tower.




:siren: Wreckers, get Moving! :siren:




Sponsors-Only Map

Bee Bonk fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Jan 28, 2018

Lux Anima
Apr 17, 2016


Dinosaur Gum

Name: Kal Risso, Veteran Newtype HP: 6/6 Move: 4 Luxe: 005 Fuel: 00 Rad Innoculation: 2
Loadout: Skirmisher, Squidpack, DPM Rifle, Hazmat Gear, Medikit (X), Patient Zero, Brachial Spurs, Nuclear Reservoir: 1

The drone delivering Kal Risso's Hazmat Gear arrived in the nick of time, just as the acid showers began to scatter clear of the hazy sky. The drone daintily deposited the chem-proof care package at the entrance of Kal's temporary shelter and whisked itself off elsewhere, likely to make another delivery. Kal stirred from his cocoon of warmth under the ice and crawled out from his makeshift den.

Kal took one look at the distinctively monochromatic packaging and knew that whatever was inside must have come direct from Pertinax Ammo Fabrication Systems. How thoughtful!

"Pertinax pulls through yet again!" Kal exclaimed as he uncovered the Hazmat Gear and all the assorted patches, goggles, masks and kit that came with it.

It was fluid-proof, chem-proof, and best of all (with the addition of his thermo-suit underneath), it was Titan-proof. Only time would tell if it was Rime-proof.

By the time Kal Risso got it all on, he started feeling strange vibrations coming from underfoot... That's right - that would be the Meth-Maw on the prowl. Time to get a move on.

14.03 -> 13.03

WereGoat
Apr 28, 2017


[LUCINDA / HP: 2/2 / MOVE: 4 / LUXE: 4 / MUTATIONS: FLEXIBLE SNOUT, BATRACHIAN LEGS]

RADIATIATION BReACH, InTEGrITY FailURe

"Ugh, what? That's like, the worst. Oh they uploaded it direct. IOU, right? Anyway, right so he had this arm, and was getting the implants while we were there, the bio-drone was all walking through the pre-preparations and he was all "hey babe" and it was like, totally creepy? We were all like, stop hitting on the bio-drone but he was like "make me" so yeah, when the drone was getting ready to administer his implants it did the whole user agreement thing, he was all like "I think we should try something a little more experimental" and winked? Except he paused before experimental, like, no one is buying the whole pause for effect thing. The. Worst. Chat up line. But yeah, that's not something you should say to a mind-bound bio-drone mid implant, and long story short he didn't have a problem with mismatched arms anymore but his tentacles have made him popular with a "certain crowd", which I suppose makes up for..."

Below shared with Bobby-Jack
Ex- Hydrocarbon transferred to BJJ.
On hand luxe transferred to BJJ. IOU 2luxe. Move to Luxe crucible via same route as BJJ


Wishlist- squidpack sounds amazing, it's the best right? Also biohazard suit, although does it have to be off the shelf?

WereGoat fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Jan 28, 2018

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....

[BOBBY-JACK JOHNSON / HP: 2/2 / MOVE: 3 / LUXE: 7 / CYBER: Trauma Webbing / MUTATION: Biolytic Eruption]

Bobby-Jack was feeling a bit woozy for a variety of reasons. The extensive radiation poisoning was probably part of it. As were all of these pulsing, strange glands he was growing all around his body now. At least, he determined, it made Lucinda far easier to ignore.

He lead the girl onwards on the icy wastes, on occasion nodding, but responding in no other way.


LUCINDA can check this stuff out
Moving to Hex 09.05 via Hexes 09.07 and 09.06

Theantero fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jan 28, 2018

sheep-dodger
Feb 21, 2013


[Frau Freiheit / HP:3 / MOVE: 3 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 0 / CYBER: Quadlegs]
Frau questioned whether what she was doing was the most effective use of her time, but trying to take on the hirsute horrors or meth maws that were native to RIME with her dinky little pistol was suicidal, so she needed to earn some luxe so that sponsors would send her something to shoot with, and the safest way to get that was through the camp's records. So she stayed put and helped them with maintaining their weaponry.

no movement, keep grinding reputation [spoiler]

Wishlist:
[spoiler]Highest priority is a proper weapon, otherwise cyber upgrades are always welcome

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?



[CRYO / HP: 1 / MOVE: 3 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 002 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA, THREADED VISUALIZER / MUTATIONS: TRAUMATIC SCLERODERMA]



Move 05.06>04.07


Wishlist:

H̻E̝͟L͠P̥ ̼͖̺͎̱͍͟M̭͚̠̦̱̞E̖͖̙̜̣ ̨̫̬͖̞͚̭̞B̶̦̬̣̳͎̖̿ͦ̔̎̑ͭ̏́E͇̮͔̎̐C̢̬̰͇̥̹̲̭̝̲͊͒͊́̀Ơ̝̥̪̘͙͖̞̠̭ͧ̿̆͝M̫̯̮̺͍͍͓̫͊ͫ̒̏ͣ̈́͘E̷͉͚̭͓̜̞̿̂ͣͪ̒

Crazycryodude fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Jan 28, 2018

Nothingtoseehere
Nov 11, 2010




GRUMPS "MCGEE" / HP: 1/3 / MOVE: 2 / LUXE: 31 / CYBER: Bone Lacing]

Limping over to Midge, Grumps hands over 8 lux "Here's your share of the ad-shill: As for where we go next, with these suits avoiding the manhunter via the river is a wise idea, but first I've got rest up a bit and make use of this medkit Our Glorious Sponsers have sent down. If you want to go ahead and scout, or wait around with me, that's fine."

No movement: stay still

Wishlist: As always, experimental cyber or some deployable cover would be nice. I have the lux to pay now aswell!

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker

[MIDGE / HP:3 / MOVE: 2 / FUEL: 0 / LUXE: 13 / CYBER: SPINAL ANTENNA]

When Grumps said he was staying put, Midge was crestfallen.

"The Methmaw is coming, you know this, yes? I can try to hold it up."

Move to the hex I came from to intercept the Methmaw.

AJ_Impy fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Jan 28, 2018

Olothreutes
Mar 31, 2007

Hideous Dynamics, LLC, is pleased to announce that an early prototype version of our Muon Creation and Delivery system, the MCAD, is going to be tested on RIME!

Deliver one MCAD Mk0.1 to Frau Freiheit! (34 luxe spent [5 HD, 5 Frau, 18 retirement account, 6 Kal's slush fund])

Olothreutes fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jan 28, 2018

Nothingtoseehere
Nov 11, 2010



GRUMPS "MCGEE" / HP: 1/3 / MOVE: 2 / LUXE: 31 / CYBER: Bone Lacing]

"Wait, there's a Meth-Maw incoming? Screw waiting then, lets move ASAP: Northwest I think, more Gamma's does'nt scare me"

changing movement to 02.07

The Lord of Hats
Aug 22, 2010

Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?

[STEV ANSAHOK / HP: 4 / MOVE: 2 / 2 LUXE / CYBER: RIG JACK /MUTATIONS: AMYGDALIC HYPERCEPHALY, VOX MUTANDIS]

"Right, no point sticking around. I'm sure we can figure something out to handle this thing."

Move: 05.06->04.07

The Lord of Hats fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Jan 29, 2018

Not Alex
Oct 9, 2012

Cut loose before the god eaters show up.

[SCRAMBLE / HP: 3/ MOVE: 4 / PATIENT ZERO / FLEXIBLE SNOUT / VOX MUTANDIS 7 luxe

Scramble looks over the scan data. Time to go. She notices a veritable rain of delivery drones in the distance. Others seems to be playing the sponsor game better than her. Her previous sponsorship seems to have gone dead. She glances around for a camera drone and gives it a mocking bow. "I'll fetch one of your toys, oh starlords. Send mutagens."

07.04 > 07.03 > 08.03

Not Alex fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jan 29, 2018

Bee Bonk
Feb 19, 2011




1. "Midge Gureyevitch
Moves to 02.08.



2. "Grumps" McGee
Moves to 02.07.




3. Cryo / 4. Stev Ansahok
Moves to 04.07.



6. Scramble

Scavenger Camp is NEUTRAL.


7. Bobby-Jack Johnson / 8. Lucinda
Movement halted at 09.07!



9. Frau Freiheit
Freiheit helps around the Camp...
Reaction increases to 4!
Negotiation Action upscaled to 1d8!


Sponsorship posted:

Hideous Dynamics spends 34 Luxe (5 Sponsor, 18 WRF, 6 Kalpernicus, 5 Freiheit) on behalf of Frau Freiheit for Drone Delivery of a MCAD Mk0.1! It will arrive on Sponsor Phase.


10. Kal Risso
Moves to 13.03.

This here's my claim, y'hear?




:siren: Wreckers, resolve Encounters! :siren:

Current Sponsor Challenges posted:

Pertinax
1: Kill 10 Mutant Grunts.
2: Kill 4 Horrors.
3: Kill 3 targets with Rampage.
4: Salvage Research Facilities Sigma, Tau and Upsilon (each as separate challenge).
5: Retrieve the guidance computer from the Spaceship Wreck.
6. Salvage Biological Sample from downed Wrecker Kondo.
7. Salvage Aberrant Skull from downed Wrecker Kondo.
8. Claim trophies from 4 Mutant Stalkers.

Hideous Dynamics
1. Salvage as many Isotope units from Facility Sigma as possible.
2. Salvage an Experimental Sample from a Research Facility.
3. Salvage Advanced Electronics from Scavenger Camp or Spacecraft Wreck.

Kalpernicus Risso
1. Explore the ruins of Facility Sigma.
2. Explore both Cryovolcanoes.
3. Be first to attack Kal Risso.

Virtual Domain Partners
1. Salvage Research Database from each Research Facility.
+Transmat/Exfiltrate all 3 parts.
2. Salvage and Transmat/Exfiltrate Telemetry Database from Spacecraft Wreck.
3. Salvage Crew Archive from Spacecraft Wreck.
4. Retrieve Community Archive from Scavenger Camp.
+Do not anger the Scavenger Camp.
5. Salvage Transceiver Log from Scan Tower.





Sponsors-Only Map

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Not Alex
Oct 9, 2012

Cut loose before the god eaters show up.

[SCRAMBLE / HP: 3/ MOVE: 4 / PATIENT ZERO / FLEXIBLE SNOUT / VOX MUTANDIS 7 luxe

"I require your archives" Scramble accompanies this request with a soothing psionic hum.

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