ZK-711 fills our quota for adorkable robots.
May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)
- Thread starter Dr. Snark
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ZK-711 fills our quota for adorkable robots.
- Location
- Latvia, Riga
That reminds me, after Kamino and after getting Cheriss new body, who's up for some droid upgrades?
{some ideas:
⊗ upgraded/enhanced processing CPUs that improve their overall capabilities
⊗ Network Upgrade: for specific "groups" large number of droids are linked together, improving their coordination and adaptabilities}
Night_stalker
Slava Ukraini!
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- He/Him
Maybe something like Geth primes?
Massive units that also boost the effectiveness of droids in the surrounding area?
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I'd probably choose Geth-style droid networking.
- Location
- Latvia, Riga
And honestly, those Ciaran's B1 units are the best candidates: Large numbers, relatively cheap (not to mention they would benefit the most from this).
And if we follow Geth-principle they will retain their individuality AND become much more dangerous on the field
:|Scene: Separatist Army attacking one of Ciaran's humanitarian camp protected with Guardians and her's droid army|
*Separatist 'general'*: Squad leader report! Why are our droids fighting each other?! What's going on?!
*Separatist B2 droids*: We're all gonna di*CHRUCH*
*Ciaran's B1 Droid, just after shooting*: We suggest you surrender, Separatist scum.
— — —
*Ciaran's B1 Droid, after Operation: Curbstomp*: Lady Ciaran, the test was a success. We prevailed... Thank you for the Nexus.
Night_stalker
Slava Ukraini!
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- He/Him
Not exactly saying much, B1s are barely a threat to Girl Scouts.
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Resistance is futile."
That's unfair. Girl Scouts are terrifying. They're the reason the Jedi Temple has its own guards.
BTW, I know this may seem like advertising, but looking back at our previous posts I feel this is relevant... Teron has started up a Borderlands Quest.
Operation Skyfall - Explosions
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Tipoca City, Kamino
*BOOM*
A large explosion echoed through the halls of Tipoca City as a group of aqua droids were annihilated in a fiery blast thanks to a hidden charge they didn't notice until it was too late. From behind cover, Scorch admired his good work while Ciaran looked on incredulously.
"I believe I seriously underestimated your passion for demolitions," she dryly commented to Scorch.
"Ma'am, in my experience the answer to 'explosions' is always yes."
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You are Ciaran, and right now this has proven to at least be more exciting than your last visit to this planet, although to be fair planetary invasions do tend to make a visit much more interesting.
At any rate, you and your companion Scorch were moving through Tipoca City towards a Separatist staging point with the simple objective of "disrupt enemy forces."
In hindsight Scorch's open glee at the idea should have clued you in to what you were going to be dealing with.
Still, as you managed to reach a viewpoint overlooking the platform that the staging point was located at you saw a large group of aqua droids on standby while a makeshift command post was nearby, staffed only by a commander droid. Nodding to yourself, you move back with Scorch.
"Do you have a plan besides 'blow all of them up'?" you ask the commando.
"Hey, that's only part of my plan," he replied.
You quirk an eyebrow as he explains the rest of his idea to you.
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To be honest, it had been some time since you had personally done any infiltration missions on your own and it was surprisingly refreshing to be doing field work again.
That being said crawling along the outer edges of the platform to sneak by the droids was hardly the most glamorous of missions, but if Scorch's plan worked...
"Gotta say, I'm kind of amazed that you actually know how to be stealthy. I mean, I know you said you could be but still," you heard Scorch comment over your earpiece.
"Well I'm sure I could say the same about you, you pyromaniac," you quietly mutter so only your comm unit would pick it up.
"Hey, I am not a pyromaniac. Those guys like to watch things burn, I like to watch things explode. There's a difference. About 5 meters to the edge of the command center."
You roll your eyes and continue to crawl until you reach the edge. From there, you quietly move up and over the side, keeping low as you move close to one of the crates that served as a "wall" for the command post there.
"Okay, now be careful because that charge is going to make a very big boom," Scorch says as you begin to plant it. "Just place it right there and carefully punch in the activation sequence."
You do so quickly and move away as fast as you can without raising attention, dropping back over the edge onto the slope. "Am I at minimum safe distance?"
"Uh...probably?"
"I need better than 'probably' Scorch."
"Well you've got the platform between you and it but-oh hell."
"What?"
"Looks like the droids are starting to move, I'm going to have to blow the charge ASAP. If you run you'll definitely be out of the blast zone. You've got ten seconds until I detonate."
As Scorch counts down you abandon all pretenses of stealth and start running along the slanted edges of the platform. You see a few aqua droids start to turn in your direction but it's far too late.
"3, 2, 1, mark!"
You drop and cover your ears just before a loud blast echoes through the air and you can feel the heat and shockwaves from the explosion for a brief moment before you lift yourself of the ground and peer over the edge to see that the field command center had been completely vaporized along with a few of the aqua droids though there are still a significant amount remaining.
Before you can continue observing the situation at hand you see more projectiles rain down on the droid forces which explode and deal even more damage, reducing the enemy numbers to a more manageable number.
"I'm out of ordinance for now, moving up."
Looking around you only see a small amount of aqua droids remaining, then nod to yourself. "I'll keep them busy, then."
"Wait-"
Quickly grabbing a blaster rifle you use the ridge of the platform as cover and begin to open fire on the remaining droids. While you are able to secure a few kills they quickly wheel on you and fire on your position in an attempt to suppress you, though you quickly move around the edge of the platform and continue firing.
You had changed positions twice when you see blaster rounds from Scorch begin to hit the droids, forcing them to split their attention between the two of you. This proved to be disastrous for them as between Scorch's bomb, his bombardment earlier and you managing to whittle down some of the droids there weren't enough of them left to keep the both of you down for too long. Between the two of you, the last of the droids quickly fell to your combined efforts. Confirming that everything in the area was dead, you quickly moved over to Scorch.
"You know, if you had told me how big that charge would be I don't think I would have carried it to begin with," you dryly comment though there's no real malice in your words.
"Oh come on, our job was to cause havoc! Why wouldn't I make the biggest boom possible?" he responds, pretending to be offended.
You open your mouth to continue bantering when you notice through your Force vision that one of the aqua droids had been hiding that it was barely functional and was about to try to shoot you in the back. You hear but don't register Scorch saying something as you reflexively draw your lightfoil and ignite it just as the droid opens fire, allowing you to parry the bolt just in time. The semi-active droid then drops to the ground as Scorch fires a few rounds into it just to be sure before looking back at you.
"So are you some kind of...rogue Jedi or something?"
You smirk. "I suppose that's true from a certain point of view."
Scorch goes quiet for a moment before he asks, "I am in way over my head right now, aren't I?"
"You have no idea."
Perspective Shift:
[] Gulan/Fixer "How much longer will it take for that slice to finish!?" "Well it would help if I wasn't getting shot at as much!"
[] Silencer/Boss "Multiple hostiles on all sides." "Good. It'll make our jobs easier if they come to us."
[] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."
[] ??? "Think you can keep up with me?" "Heh. I was about to ask you the same thing." (Skips other perspectives and moves towards arc finale)
AN: Apologies for this taking so long, I've had a bit of a long week and my muse doesn't really cooperate with me when I get stressed unfortunately. But I did promise explosions, and indeed I delivered.
Anyway, back to the voting, it's still going to be the same options as last time barring the people already seen, though if you want to skip the rest and move on with the plot there's now an option for that should you so choose.
*BOOM*
A large explosion echoed through the halls of Tipoca City as a group of aqua droids were annihilated in a fiery blast thanks to a hidden charge they didn't notice until it was too late. From behind cover, Scorch admired his good work while Ciaran looked on incredulously.
"I believe I seriously underestimated your passion for demolitions," she dryly commented to Scorch.
"Ma'am, in my experience the answer to 'explosions' is always yes."
-------
You are Ciaran, and right now this has proven to at least be more exciting than your last visit to this planet, although to be fair planetary invasions do tend to make a visit much more interesting.
At any rate, you and your companion Scorch were moving through Tipoca City towards a Separatist staging point with the simple objective of "disrupt enemy forces."
In hindsight Scorch's open glee at the idea should have clued you in to what you were going to be dealing with.
Still, as you managed to reach a viewpoint overlooking the platform that the staging point was located at you saw a large group of aqua droids on standby while a makeshift command post was nearby, staffed only by a commander droid. Nodding to yourself, you move back with Scorch.
"Do you have a plan besides 'blow all of them up'?" you ask the commando.
"Hey, that's only part of my plan," he replied.
You quirk an eyebrow as he explains the rest of his idea to you.
-------
To be honest, it had been some time since you had personally done any infiltration missions on your own and it was surprisingly refreshing to be doing field work again.
That being said crawling along the outer edges of the platform to sneak by the droids was hardly the most glamorous of missions, but if Scorch's plan worked...
"Gotta say, I'm kind of amazed that you actually know how to be stealthy. I mean, I know you said you could be but still," you heard Scorch comment over your earpiece.
"Well I'm sure I could say the same about you, you pyromaniac," you quietly mutter so only your comm unit would pick it up.
"Hey, I am not a pyromaniac. Those guys like to watch things burn, I like to watch things explode. There's a difference. About 5 meters to the edge of the command center."
You roll your eyes and continue to crawl until you reach the edge. From there, you quietly move up and over the side, keeping low as you move close to one of the crates that served as a "wall" for the command post there.
"Okay, now be careful because that charge is going to make a very big boom," Scorch says as you begin to plant it. "Just place it right there and carefully punch in the activation sequence."
You do so quickly and move away as fast as you can without raising attention, dropping back over the edge onto the slope. "Am I at minimum safe distance?"
"Uh...probably?"
"I need better than 'probably' Scorch."
"Well you've got the platform between you and it but-oh hell."
"What?"
"Looks like the droids are starting to move, I'm going to have to blow the charge ASAP. If you run you'll definitely be out of the blast zone. You've got ten seconds until I detonate."
As Scorch counts down you abandon all pretenses of stealth and start running along the slanted edges of the platform. You see a few aqua droids start to turn in your direction but it's far too late.
"3, 2, 1, mark!"
You drop and cover your ears just before a loud blast echoes through the air and you can feel the heat and shockwaves from the explosion for a brief moment before you lift yourself of the ground and peer over the edge to see that the field command center had been completely vaporized along with a few of the aqua droids though there are still a significant amount remaining.
Before you can continue observing the situation at hand you see more projectiles rain down on the droid forces which explode and deal even more damage, reducing the enemy numbers to a more manageable number.
"I'm out of ordinance for now, moving up."
Looking around you only see a small amount of aqua droids remaining, then nod to yourself. "I'll keep them busy, then."
"Wait-"
Quickly grabbing a blaster rifle you use the ridge of the platform as cover and begin to open fire on the remaining droids. While you are able to secure a few kills they quickly wheel on you and fire on your position in an attempt to suppress you, though you quickly move around the edge of the platform and continue firing.
You had changed positions twice when you see blaster rounds from Scorch begin to hit the droids, forcing them to split their attention between the two of you. This proved to be disastrous for them as between Scorch's bomb, his bombardment earlier and you managing to whittle down some of the droids there weren't enough of them left to keep the both of you down for too long. Between the two of you, the last of the droids quickly fell to your combined efforts. Confirming that everything in the area was dead, you quickly moved over to Scorch.
"You know, if you had told me how big that charge would be I don't think I would have carried it to begin with," you dryly comment though there's no real malice in your words.
"Oh come on, our job was to cause havoc! Why wouldn't I make the biggest boom possible?" he responds, pretending to be offended.
You open your mouth to continue bantering when you notice through your Force vision that one of the aqua droids had been hiding that it was barely functional and was about to try to shoot you in the back. You hear but don't register Scorch saying something as you reflexively draw your lightfoil and ignite it just as the droid opens fire, allowing you to parry the bolt just in time. The semi-active droid then drops to the ground as Scorch fires a few rounds into it just to be sure before looking back at you.
"So are you some kind of...rogue Jedi or something?"
You smirk. "I suppose that's true from a certain point of view."
Scorch goes quiet for a moment before he asks, "I am in way over my head right now, aren't I?"
"You have no idea."
Perspective Shift:
[] Gulan/Fixer "How much longer will it take for that slice to finish!?" "Well it would help if I wasn't getting shot at as much!"
[] Silencer/Boss "Multiple hostiles on all sides." "Good. It'll make our jobs easier if they come to us."
[] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."
[] ??? "Think you can keep up with me?" "Heh. I was about to ask you the same thing." (Skips other perspectives and moves towards arc finale)
AN: Apologies for this taking so long, I've had a bit of a long week and my muse doesn't really cooperate with me when I get stressed unfortunately. But I did promise explosions, and indeed I delivered.
Anyway, back to the voting, it's still going to be the same options as last time barring the people already seen, though if you want to skip the rest and move on with the plot there's now an option for that should you so choose.
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- Location
- SDF-1,Somewhere In The Multiverse
[] ??? "Think you can keep up with me?" "Heh. I was about to ask you the same thing." (Skips other perspectives and moves towards arc finale)
Jango and the big man? (I forget his name) Man I need to reread the order 66 novels.
[X] Silencer/Boss "Multiple hostiles on all sides." "Good. It'll make our jobs easier if they come to us."
Jango and the big man? (I forget his name) Man I need to reread the order 66 novels.
[X] Silencer/Boss "Multiple hostiles on all sides." "Good. It'll make our jobs easier if they come to us."
[X] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."
...To be honest, I kinda want to read all of them. Definitely way too much fun to skip ahead to the finale.
On the other hand! @Dr. Snark, if you're finding that writing up these snippets is distracting you or depriving you of your muse, then by all means, ignore us and move on. Because as much as I love these interludes, I infinitely prefer to keep the quest itself going steady.
Thanks for writing!
...To be honest, I kinda want to read all of them. Definitely way too much fun to skip ahead to the finale.
On the other hand! @Dr. Snark, if you're finding that writing up these snippets is distracting you or depriving you of your muse, then by all means, ignore us and move on. Because as much as I love these interludes, I infinitely prefer to keep the quest itself going steady.
Thanks for writing!
- Location
- Virginia
[X] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."
[x] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."
Now lets see what Thrawn can do as a Spotter with someone who really knows how to Snipe. I am thinking of shots that create chain reactions since he was always good at finding weak points.
Now lets see what Thrawn can do as a Spotter with someone who really knows how to Snipe. I am thinking of shots that create chain reactions since he was always good at finding weak points.
- Location
- Asia
[X] ??? "Think you can keep up with me?" "Heh. I was about to ask you the same thing." (Skips other perspectives and moves towards arc finale)
These snippets don't have to be this big. I wouldn't mind if the rest of the options were combined into one update. That way we don't have to hold the story progression hostage.
These snippets don't have to be this big. I wouldn't mind if the rest of the options were combined into one update. That way we don't have to hold the story progression hostage.
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Honestly I've been enjoying writing these a lot, the last option is more for everyone else's sake rather than mine. I'm perfectly content with either option.
In_lurk_shadow
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- Location
- here and there
[X] Silencer/Boss "Multiple hostiles on all sides." "Good. It'll make our jobs easier if they come to us."
- Location
- va
[x] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."
[x] Thrawn/Sev "Anything else I need to know before I begin locating targets?" "Just point out whatever needs to die."