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Starfall | Below A Thousand Shadows

horrordaily said
Made me think of this for some reason : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIFPupQMtbU

There has never been a more accurate representation of anything.

Starfall | Below A Thousand Shadows

Raptorman said
Are there ventilation ducts that are accessible?

I'm still working on ways in which to represent vent systems on a map, so in this case, the entire facility is ventilated through the floor; all vent chutes lead to the same coolant engine. So basically, nothing you can crawl through. Not in this one :)

Starfall | Below A Thousand Shadows

l337.

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Also I do hope everyone understands the combat premise here. Essentially, all NPCs are treated as if they were player characters. You do not write in their deaths, you write your attacks. I shall be in control of reactions and outcomes and such.

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Synthorian said
Then it's time for surgery,

I both love and detest the very idea of an ass transplant.

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Synthorian said
I'm ready to kick ass and chew bubble gum... Oh look! Here's some gum!

But i'm all out of ass :(

Starfall | Below A Thousand Shadows

SIMULATION

“Greetings, Ephemeral. Today we begin our cleansing of the Starfall Sector, designation MG-271-K. Your mission is to infiltrate the Kolasses-7 Facility and eliminate Star Marshall Hayden Kolac. Kolac, or ‘The Archangel’ as his men call him, is a veteran of the Empire War, famous for his bloody defection to the successful side. In an event known as ‘Kolac’s Frenzy’ he and his one hundred of his most loyal soldiers announced their desertion by killing over one thousand Empire soldiers, though the true figure is estimated to be in the tens of thousands. With such a devastating blow dealt to the Empire under his belt, the Arakath quickly granted him sanctuary within their ranks, and quickly rose up through the ranks to become one of their Star Marshals. He must be eliminated for his traitorous past, and his men must be made an example of. The Arakath do not represent safety, especially for those who are disloyal.

Kolac himself usually dons Mark-XV Ironside Power Armor, augmented with an arm-mounted Ripper on his right arm with an attached personal anti-personnel chain gun. He also carries a monoatomic pole arm which is capable of rending through most armours. It is advised you do not engage Kolac head on as he is a seasoned fighter; doing so results in a 95% chance of being defeated and killed. Advise you strike from the shadows or distract him. Kolac is known as an extremely paranoid individual, who greatly fears the prospect of assassination. Use this to your advantage. It will be possible to throw him into panic, greatly increasing your chances of terminating him.
His powered armour is nearly impenetrable to small-arms fire. The designation, however, leaves a small exposed area below the neck that, if disrupted or damaged, will cause the suit to reactively seize up, eliminating motion and causing the facial panel to open as a safety precaution. It may also be possible to exploit this as a means of eliminating him.

Hayden Kolac

Scans show a guard compliment of approximately 65 individuals. Their initial locations have been marked on the provided map data as the smaller red points.
Be wary of Kolac’s guard compliment. They are highly trained and dangerous, each wielding an Adaptive R-5 combat rifle and R-3 side-arm pistol that are both capable of punching through armour at an alarming rate. Data on these armaments have shown devastating effects on biological tissue with few rounds. Avoid letting them get a shot off at you. All the guards are also battle veterans, with 80% of them being the same individuals who defected with him during the Empire war. They wear simple Bio-steel and Kevlar armour that covers all major areas, with a weaved mesh protecting joints and flexible areas. The armour can withstand a small amount of small-arms fire before it will give way. They should not be difficult to dispatch.

Guards

Kolac has been traced to the Kolasses facility, at the opposite end of the designated drop-point floor. Most rooms are used for storage of both data and unstable compounds. There are many explosives in the larger rooms. You may use this to your advantage, but be weary of attracting attention if utilising such environmental assets.

Kolasses Facility Map

The Iron Hulk has pre-programmed commands to arrive at the drop-off point upon target termination. Elizabeth Colt will guide you back to the Hephaestus as the designated pilot upon reaching the extraction zone.

You are Ephemeral. The Galaxy depends on your success. Do not fail. “

— — — — — — — — — —

Name: Hayden Kolac
Age: 346
Race: Human
Status: Alive - Active
Designated Objective: Terminate

— — — — — — — — — —

And with the distinctive sign-off tone of the Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H, the dropship which carried the deadly team of Ephemeral slowly and subtly engaged it’s inertial dampeners, softening it’s acceleration until it did little more than creep forward with a dull lurch. Touching the lonely corner of the Kolasses facility, which was built into the side of a particularly large asteroid within the inner ring of Tyosis-1, the shuttle finally stopped completely. There was a minor whirr, and a click, and finally a mild drilling sound before the airlock began to depressurise. What was before solid panelling of the outer structure’s wall was now an entry point: the shuttle had accessed and opened a hidden anti-invasion airlock, which would provide a point of insertion and escape for the Ephemeral. The Assassins within quickly exited the cramped entry shuttle as the lock closed behind them.
They found themselves in a small junction corridor, with a northern door and a western door leading out. Somewhere within the facility was their target.

Blood would be spilled this day.

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Pinocchio

The corvette lurched out of the wormhole, shuddering as it reoriented itself with normal space. Alexis had spent most of the time once again battling with the Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H, trying to break through its system to pry something, anything of its plans for the Ephemeral.

It had been a year since Alexis was contacted by the mysterious AI, one of the first chosen to be picked for its ragtag group of freedom fighters and it had revealed little of its plans since. The most Alexis had ever received was a few cryptic hints and what little he could glean from the odd jobs the AI sent him in. While it was nice and all to make sure the universe wasn’t enslaved, sometimes a guy needs to know a little bit more of his employer to make sure they won’t try and pull the same thing.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a series of whirrs and chirps which approximately translated into “Hey, you [poop]head we’re [expletive] here. Now get your [poop] together and get your [expletive] [butt] to the [expletive] briefing room. [Expletive.]”

Alexis' fingers continued to fly across the hard light interface without breaking a stride, still trying to pry whatever he could from H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H, as he replied in a condescending tone, “Now, now Jemini you know there’s no need for such language. Really, I don’t know why you insist on keeping that silly little subroutine.”

The little drone aggressively whirred and chirped in reply.

“Listen Jem, we’ve had this conversation before. Just because you’re older doesn’t mean anything, and you very well know I could attach a voice modulator on you anytime I want. Just not with that mouth of yours.”

Angrier whirring and chirping, followed by successive plasma shots to Alexis’ back.

Having already expecting such an attack, the plasma washed off of the armored titan’s kinetic field, briefly outlining its spherical shape. Normally Alexis wouldn’t have a need to needlessly waste his power, but knowing Jemini and having been the subject of such attacks before, the precaution was needed. It also helped that she did warn him before hand, although the way she worded it wasn’t quite as nice as a simple warning.

Luckily Alexis is a forgiving man, for indeed he had to be considering that this wasn’t the first time, he just clicked his tongue and continued working on pulling anything he could from the corvette’s system about H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H, which disappointedly contained nothing. It also helped that Jemini was pretty much his only friend.

“Now that wasn’t very nice. I know! How about you go to the briefing for me? Meet the new crew. They all seem like a nice bunch of people, if in need of help of some dire fashion advice. I mean, did you look at that girl with the buckles? It’s just tacky. Why would you ever need that many buckles? And that Marc fellow’s gas mask, ugh. I mean, I’ll commend him on his stealth suit but really, that gas mask? In this day and age? And don’t even get me started on that Riftosian.” Alexis shuddered at even the thought of the Riftosian. “But we can talk about their fashion choices later. In the meantime, you have a briefing to get to!”

More whirrs and chirps from Jemini, but the tone of the drone died down a bit, albeit not by much as Jem continued to fire plasma at Alex.

“Okay yes well, you don’t have to. Of course I can hear everything there from my console, but I thought it’d be nice if you went and said hello to everyone. And honestly, you should consider stopping to try and harm me with the pistol that I fitted on for you. You might miss and create a hole in the hull, and then where would we be?”

This last comment seemed to send Jemini into a rage as she attempted to ram him as hard as she could, but Apollo was made of tougher materials than she. There was a loud clang! of rebounding metal, followed by several attempts of attempted bodily harm to the armored suit before she gave up and went grumbling to the briefing room.

"Good girl," Alexis muttered as he continued to try and learn something, anything about H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H. He had never lost before, and he didn't intend on doing so now.

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horrordaily said
I've been up 48 hours, but I'll grab an energy drink and try not to pass out.

You hero.

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