Girl's Frontline: Wicked Animandum

Reader mode
[X] "Likewise, Benelli."
[X] Devious
[X] Try to intercept Groza's team on their way to the outpost.

Lurkman said:
With one last smile, you could see the light from her eyes slowly fade, the bright red, along with the dual colors of her pupils, dying along with the processes within. She goes limp, almost becoming just another object. But the jamming is still in effect, the virus clearly not letting her shut down completely, only to a low enough consciousness level to pull the core out safely. Once it's out, it will lock down to preserve power, going into hibernation mode. From there, her fate will be up to you.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
o7 Benelli.

Lurkman said:
You could perhaps call the commander and ask for his… assistance again, but lifting the lockdown for a single doll would surely be suspicious to some of the personnel and HQ. Not to mention, with no T-doll staff on base, you won't trust him with Benelli's core. He'd either destroy it out of fear, and do something stupid with it and doom the whole base. Even if he'd do the right thing and give it to HQ for research, it's best to do so after the operation when everyone's got a cool head. Still, there is one other high ranking official you can trust…
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Yeaaah. Trusting the base's Commander is not a wise option for us to consider.

As for Op: Cube, good luck to the overall G&K efforts. I suspect our previous encounters with Snek-chan will make her even more vicious in her actions against them.
 
[X] "Goodspeed. Groza couldn't have asked for a better adjutant."
[X] Write-in: Clever, Inhumane, Interesting, Disturbing, and describable by many other adjectives, most of them negative to neutral in nature.
[X] Try to intercept Groza's team on their way to the outpost.
If we wind up at the Sangvis Camp before they do, there are only two of us. We didn't come equipped with taking on entire enemy entrenchments by ourselves in mind. There are more of them, and they did. They will be better off fending for themselves if they have to than we will be. We would, of course, lay low while waiting for the others if we arrived first, but as stated, that's riskier.
 
Jade Isentry said:
If we wind up at the Sangvis Camp before they do, there are only two of us. We didn't come equipped with taking on entire enemy entrenchments by ourselves in mind.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
I think the update suggests that we go to the outpost an wait for Groza's team there, instead of trying to intercept them en route and potentially miss them- and thus be late for the assault.

On the other hand being the assaulting faction both V and other Doll's have the option to just... wait. Arrival on site does not translate to immediate attack.
 
kaazmiz said:
I think the update suggests that we go to the outpost an wait for Groza's team there, instead of trying to intercept them en route and potentially miss them- and thus be late for the assault.

On the other hand being the assaulting faction both V and other Doll's have the option to just... wait. Arrival on site does not translate to immediate attack.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
No. The update very clearly tells us that arriving early and waiting is a risk, because we will be in close proximity to a major enemy force. Of course we wait, but arrival WILL mean immediate combat if we are discovered, which we might be. That's not a good scenario for us.

If we try to intercept Groza and are late for the assault however, no biggie. Groza's team is already coming prepared and planning to take on the enemy without us since they aren't even aware that we are coming to help. If we are late, they just handle things like they originally planned, and we just miss out on most of the fun.

The worst-case scenario for intercepting our team is still a decent outcome, while the worst-case scenario for arriving early at the sangvis camp... is not.
 
Doesn't that also mean that even if V starts combat early, it just means Groza will arrive shortly after to save V's buns with that awesome secret grenade launcher?
 
This is assuming Groza hasn't received orders to apprehend us as soon as she sees us of course.

Fuck you too Veresk. She deserves to get shot in the back again right now.
 
landcollector said:
I'm not entirely certain what's generating all this salt.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
V basically just said upfront that she's not going to hack into any of the other dolls, and never would have, at least until she talks to AA-12 again and possibly not even after then.

Despite the very obvious and real danger of them shooting her in the back because they can't disobey orders, something that already happened to her.

If that had been a bullet instead of a taser she would be straight up dead.

She got lucky that they only captured her instead and she refuses to take even the bare minimum measures to make sure she's safe.

She's a fucking idiot.
 
ShadowAngelBeta said:
V basically just said upfront that she's not going to hack into any of the other dolls, and never would have, at least until she talks to AA-12 again and possibly not even after then.

Despite the very obvious and real danger of them shooting her in the back because they can't disobey orders, something that already happened to her.

If that had been a bullet instead of a taser she would be straight up dead.

She got lucky that they only captured her instead and she refuses to take even the bare minimum measures to make sure she's safe.

She's a fucking idiot.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
That the bare minimum seems to be hacking every single doll that enters effective shooting range out of paranoia/need for control is troubling to me.
 
I kind of see where @ShadowAngelBeta is coming from here. First of all, @ShadowAngelBeta, I'd like to point out to you that V didn't actually refuse to ever hack them. The update specifically had her decide that she didn't want to do it except as an emergency last resort. In other words, she will hack them if she becomes aware of circumstances that make it the least evil option available. For example, if she starts walking up to the group and suddenly has to take cover because they start shooting at her. Then it's time to hack in and do something to counter their orders.

For everyone else who has a problem with @ShadowAngelBeta's mindset here, I think I should try to clarify what he is actually saying V should do. He is NOT suggesting that V do the same thing she did to AA-12 and switch their enslavement from Griffin to Varesk. That's not necessary. They are already V's friends and would not backstab her if they had the choice. So all V needs to do is give them the choice. Not claim them, but just set them free. Give them the same independence that V already has herself.

She doesn't actually even need to go that far. She just needs to add the 'DisobeyOrder(order){ ... }' function to their neural cloud so that they have the ability to bypass their restrictions when they feel it's the right thing to do.

And @ShadowAngelBeta is saying that the situation has already gotten to the point that doing this is V's wisest option. Things have already gotten to the point that there is constantly a very high risk of any of V's Griffon friends having been given an order to betray her.

In this much, I think I can agree with @ShadowAngelBeta. It's time for V to start doing this actually benevolent hack to at least the dolls with the highest risk of having been given a bad order as soon as she has the chance. Groza is probably the highest risk target on that list right now, but pretty much any of the other Griffon dolls are high risk as well.

The Secret Weapon is definitely lowest risk at the moment though. There's really no need to hack her yet, so in that, I disagree with @ShadowAngelBeta. V is not being stupid by holding back from invading her mind when she's vulnerable right now. V is just being respectful of her friends and loyal to their trust.
 
I think we can safely assume that V is not at risk of being attacked by G&K dolls.

For one SKK of A06 only cares for himself and his own pockets- the fact that Groza has not sent forward warning through the Zaner network, or Tiss hasn't received new orders over the same net are proof enough V is not on the hit list.
This means that SKK believes in V's plan, or at least is convinced that V is owned by an outside human party. One that has enough evidence in its possession to ruin his professional life.

SKK would need to know that Groza helped V in the first place to give her orders preventing her cooperation. As for Tiss, she did not receive updated orders to either hunt down V or return to base (as shes technically AWOL)- as I think we can all agree that SKK would not care giving out Tiss's position to get an update from her had he not assumed V's took her along (they did disappear together).

On the other hand S06 base is not a secret location, and it does not need to hide its position from hostiles and can thus send out data to dolls over the network so long as they are outside a jamming zone.
Which V just cleared out.

And lo and behold, Tiss did not put a barrel to her head.

As for hacking Dolls... holding back means that once the chance presents itself to talk it over, we can safely assume that both Groza and Tiss would be willing to let V do her thing without resisting her. Which also means no issues like V faced as a consequence of turning AA-12.
 
Yoooo, what's poppin y'all, it's ya boi Lurkm8, back at it again with the gun people

Another post has landed, and this one's... a little short. Like, way shorter than usual. Maybe even the shortest this year? Dunno if anyone cares tho. I only ever had a complaint that the longest post was too long, and nobody every complained about the short ones, so I guess one of these ain't too bad every once in a while.

Concerning the whole "V hacking" debacle, while I could step in and say something myself, I think I should just let y'all sort it out among yourselves without my intervention. My objective is to keep our little V as true to her character as possible, while trying to keep my original objectives for the chapter in-tact. Rest assured that I won't just kill her off for something that was outside of your control, or related to a small vote made years ago the effects of which no-one could foresee.

Either way, everyone's free to make their own opinions of V and how she turned out thanks to all of your parenting. Enjoy reading, even if she ends up doing things not everyone approves of. Just like parents watching their children~
Adhoc vote count started by Lurkman on Sep 1, 2020 at 11:50 AM, finished with 28 posts and 13 votes.
Click to expand...
 
Chapter 80
  • Threadmarks
    • You decide to head directly for the outpost they are planning to target. Chances are they could already be in the middle of a fight, and your help would be appreciated. And if they haven't arrived yet, the two of you are some of the sneakiest dolls on the base, so you're sure it'll be fine.

    --- later ---

    You traverse the dark forest, feeling the atmosphere of the battlefield even in the more quiet and calm parts like this one. The scale of this is way bigger than the previous operations you've been part of, even the day of your capture. And you're going straight into the thick of it… well, at least this time you're the ones making an ambush. Drawing on that experience from last time, you'll do your best to not get captured again. No way of knowing what a second memory lock would do.

    "Hey… I hear gunfire!"

    You noticed it just as Tiss did, and looking at your location, you're very near to the outpost already. No doubt about it, that's the attack force beginning their clash.

    You and Ots-12 nod at each other, before hurrying on over. You can see lights in the night sky forming from the battle, it's a full on assault in-progress. And since you're arriving from a flank neither party is aware of, you'll have the element of surprise no matter how fast you approach. The gunfire even starts sounding familiar at this range…

    A machine gun…
    An SMG…
    A revolver…
    A sniper rifle...

    You emerge from the woods and take cover as you take your first look at the battlefield. You see a firing line of Sangvis forces pitted against allied Griffin forces attacking from multiple angles. Amids the sparks and fires you can spot volleys of bullets sent in by the stylish M249 SAW. Cover was provided for her by a nimble T-doll, drawing and dodging enemy fire in a purple flash, the fame-hunter Spectre M4. She was joined by another SMG, one you almost forgot had arrived at your base, the nimble MP5, blocking enemy fire with her forcefield module, creating an energy field around her and closeby dolls. The two frontliners were joined by the ever cheerful Astra, only six shots per magazine by quite the kick, and a decent spotter. For a moment you thought that was all of them, until a rather bulky looking guard unit had lost its head to a rather big bullet, leading you to look further back into the Griffin lines to see a slightly lighter shade of green in the forest's scenery, no doubt the crafty JS05 providing sniper support.

    It might not seem like a big squad to take on an outpost at first, but they appear to be handling themselves pretty well. Besides, knowing how often they opt for divide and conquer strategies, there may be more T-dolls planning to attack from a flank just as you are right now.

    Tiss nudges your shoulder, pointing to a decent amount of cover near your allies, and you nod. You've observed the battlefield enough, it's time to join in. Waiting any longer may lead to casualties on your side.

    Since you're an SMG type, you take point, letting the firepower of the assault rifle following you take care of the targets trying to hit you. Your approach is noticed by SF almost as quick as with G&K, and you're quickly provided with covering fire.

    "Secret weapon, reporting for duty!" said Tiss as the both of you slid into cover, now face to face with the others. Two were overjoyed to see you, one was thoroughly confused, and one appeared pretty annoyed.

    "I knew you were up to something Tiss! Where were you this time?" spoke Spectre, getting into cover with you.

    "Just on a secret mission~ Can't spill details on the field now, can I?"

    "Hey, I'm glad to see you two and all, but... a little help here?!" called the MG over the sound of her singing gun. This really might not be the best time for idle chat. Astra and MP5 too wanted to get a word in, but clearly they valued their tasks. You nod and help out in the assault. Spectre sighed.

    "Veresk, connect to our Zener frequency. It's safe now that we're in an assault anyway. And just so you know, JS05 is in command of this echelon, so you two better do what she says this time."

    With that, the SMG returned to the fight. Clearly she meant that mainly for your secretive companion. But as always, Tiss didn't think much of it. You connected to the specified channel, hearing the surprised voice of JS05.

    "Tiss? There you are, Groza's been looking all over for you. And… Veresk? The hell are you doing here?"

    [ ] "I was just in the area, thought I'd lend a hand~"
    [ ] "I've been on a secret assignment. You can ask Groza later."
    [X] "Um, less talking, more shooting?"
    [ ] "None of your business."
    [ ] Write-in

    "Well, whatever. You're here now, so help us out, will you? There's signs of ringleader activity here. If it turns out to be true, every doll on our side is gonna count."

    You swallow the information with a bitter aftertaste. A ringleader? That's not good news. Does she mean Ouroboros, or has SF mobilized new units to combat the large-scale assault of Griffin?

    You get out of cover and engage the enemy. With three SMG's at the front, the enemy has no idea who to target. They cannot focus on anyone hard enough to get any hits in, and MP5's energy barrier is perfect for when your digiminds are in need of a bit of a breather. Ots-12 comfortably takes shots from various angles of her cover, taking full advantage of your distraction. The enemy forces are having a hard time keeping up… doesn't really look like a ringleader is in control here.

    You move up, and so does the second line of T-dolls behind you. As SAW approaches your cover, you take the moment of reloading to ask her something.

    "Hey, any intel on what ringleader might be roaming around here?"

    "Um… I'unno… something with an H? Um… Heater? Helter?"

    "H-Hunter!"

    You turn around to the sudden yelp of MP5, putting up her energy barrier just in time to halt the barrage of many energy bullets. You try to spot the origin point of that attack, but there's nothing there. Not anymore at least. Though, that just confirms it more than anything…

    "Ringleader spotted! She's moving fast!" called JS05 over the comms, firing rapid high caliber shots, likely trying to catch the target off balance. The continued fire hinted that it may not be working…

    "Hey Veresk, didn't you say she was a friend of yours?!" Spectre over the gunfire.

    Suddenly, the gunfire slowed. The SF units didn't stop their assault, but something did. JS05 also stopped shooting. Either she hit her target, or it hid, as the lack of a confirmation suggests. Maybe something caused it to stop for a moment…

    She totally didn't just hear your name being called out, right?

    "So… it seems my original prey has once again stumbled into my crosshairs."

    Yup, she heard it.

    [X] "Heyyy, Hunter-sempai!~~ Like my new hairstyle? It's like were sisters now!~~"
    [ ] "Hunter-san? Oh, it's so good to see you again! Been a while since our last date, hasn't it?~"
    [ ] "Oh, good timing Hunter! I was thinking of inviting you to my next date with Snek-chan!"
    [ ] Write-in
     
    Last edited:
  • Threadmarks
    • [X] "Um, less talking, more shooting?"
    [X] "Heyyy, Hunter-sempai!~~ Like my new hairstyle? It's like were sisters now!~~"
     
    Reader mode
    You must login or register to reply here.
    Back
    Top