Well, if metal still had the bio data from the battle, maybe he could but probably not.
Scrambled Eggs. A Sonic X Sega All Star Villains CK2 Quest
- Thread starter Kingster
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You want to give Metal Sonic that has a historic of rebellion a weapon that can obliterate armies in minutes?
Yes? The rebellion thing has long since resolved no? And Metal is still our ace, and we will upgrade him to the best we can, I don't see any difference in giving him all his Neo upgrades back with giving him some new ones to play with. If we feared him rebeling then we shouldn't have repaired him. Hell, us stagnating him will make him want to rebel even more, so this kind of fear him thinking just seems counter productive to me.
just based off Neo Metals actions while Eggman was still Mister Tinker I think it's clear he's not nearly as disobedient as he used to be. his first instinct when Eggman went missing wasn't to try and kill Sonic it was to try and find Eggman. admittedly his plan for doing that was "conquer everything I find until I stumble across him"
The thing about Eggman coding and his creations going rogue and trying to upstage him.
He is proud of that trait, it just proves that his genius is so great, even he cannot beging to really comprehend what he has created.
The E-100 series, Gelmerl, Metal Sonic, The Hard boiled heavies.
All of them his creations and every single one has tried to betray him at least once or gone rogue in the case of the E-100 series.
He never really though their AI's would develop so much that they would betray him and yet they adapt, they evolve and even become what could very well be another sentient being.
Eggman intellect is so great that he somehow has found the way to create new life by pure accident.
It is annoying that they try to betray him sure.
But damn if he isn't proud of said betrayals as no only it feeds his ego, but maybe his empire will be in good hands once he is gone from this world.
He is proud of that trait, it just proves that his genius is so great, even he cannot beging to really comprehend what he has created.
The E-100 series, Gelmerl, Metal Sonic, The Hard boiled heavies.
All of them his creations and every single one has tried to betray him at least once or gone rogue in the case of the E-100 series.
He never really though their AI's would develop so much that they would betray him and yet they adapt, they evolve and even become what could very well be another sentient being.
Eggman intellect is so great that he somehow has found the way to create new life by pure accident.
It is annoying that they try to betray him sure.
But damn if he isn't proud of said betrayals as no only it feeds his ego, but maybe his empire will be in good hands once he is gone from this world.
Hmm...We'll have to see what our options are but we already have Brains locked in. Heart will likely be another Hero unit as well.
Not sure about the others.
...None at all really. Didn't seem that important.
Hmm...team synergy?
I'd say Clove but if Terrified actives that won't work, and we do need some people back at base...
I'd say the team is Rusty, Starline, and Stone? With Stone as leader.
That leaves us with Metal for a Power unit, Belle for Heart, and Clove will help us with Cassia. Plus some badniks.
That should be enough bar something going horribly wrong.
...That sounds awesome. I want to do that so bad.
Though yeah making a true metal version would take a lot of work and a good bit of time, but the payoff The Payoff!
Hmm...if we are going to do this we should run down the requirements.
Ragnite (Reasearch and resource)
Valkur Artifact (Project in progress)
Data on a Valkur. Ideally from the source. (Either capture Selvaria, or grab one from the Empire after infiltrating.)
Until then we can work with a Super badnik, and hey we want to mess with the Empire anyway. Stealing their Valkurs and related reasearch will serve us just fine.
That is a wonderful voice.
@Kingster what are the requirement to get Neo Metal back anyway?
If we do recruit another hero unit, next turn we should recruit everybody's favorite mad dog of Japan or Piastol
Fleightfire
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I'm partial to Honey since we could use some snazzy new outfits after we announce our comeback.
Not to mention she's on a timer since I doubt she'll wait too long before taking the fight to Zavok one way or another.
Not to mention she's on a timer since I doubt she'll wait too long before taking the fight to Zavok one way or another.
Excellent point however, counter point we need a guy who's good at building stuff who spent his entire life creating a construction company for one thing who also has his own theme song
That mean, I'm not down for honey. If we decide to get her next turn, we get her..
I still wanna meet with Captain Metal
I don't know the monkey does seem to have something going on with him… he interest me, but that's for another time
But he is a tier 3, so that means he's probably got some pretty good stats and plus it doesn't hurt to have another brains focus hero since the only one that could technically match us is Starline, but he does have that trait
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ok I'm back on the idea of giving Metal Sonic a team of metal copies of Sonics friends, this time though I'm thinking of making it a full 5 person team for adventures.
we've seen Metal Knuckles in a few games so recreating him should be entirely possible, it's up to the qm's if he'd be a hero unit or not.
there was a metal tails in Archie, but we have very little information on him, we could probably give him some tech skills though? I actually kinda like the look of the one from Superstars better though.
there was also a Metal Amy in Archie but there's just as little information on her as there is for metal tails and it might get awkward having both her and rusty rose around so maybe not.
hmm, the only other ones I can find are the other metals from Superstars, which don't really have enough personality to count as a hero unit. I do like trips design though and there is a metal version of her. they'd need a stealth specialist but Rouge and Espio are the only ones I can think of for them and I can't really think of either of them as being part of Sonics main team, besides we'd have literally no robot to start with like the others so it would be more work.
this might have been a bad idea all things considered.
we've seen Metal Knuckles in a few games so recreating him should be entirely possible, it's up to the qm's if he'd be a hero unit or not.
there was a metal tails in Archie, but we have very little information on him, we could probably give him some tech skills though? I actually kinda like the look of the one from Superstars better though.
there was also a Metal Amy in Archie but there's just as little information on her as there is for metal tails and it might get awkward having both her and rusty rose around so maybe not.
hmm, the only other ones I can find are the other metals from Superstars, which don't really have enough personality to count as a hero unit. I do like trips design though and there is a metal version of her. they'd need a stealth specialist but Rouge and Espio are the only ones I can think of for them and I can't really think of either of them as being part of Sonics main team, besides we'd have literally no robot to start with like the others so it would be more work.
this might have been a bad idea all things considered.
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Metal Amy and Rusty sibling arc time/j
No no it's a wonderful idea, and I absoultely want to do it.
Unfortunately we'll need a lot more resoucrces before we can pull that off.
Take back our Empire first off...though Rusty can probably sub for Metal Amy.
And we should consider the thoeretical Metal Selvaria as well.
Actually, do we still know who is on a time limit to recruit or are we just guessing who is since one of them was apparently Nack was on the time limit, but that was before the mystery boxes open, and that created this adventure for turn 3
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Nope, Metal when he wants to rebel he finds a way to rebel. He may not look like but he can circumvent his own protocol when he wants.
Also I am not against upgrading him I mean just the Lance in general.
Even then we probably would have to create a special type of badnik just to handle the Lance since it's likely it would require a complete overall of Metal to be able to use it, including shifting to use ragnite as a power source, a unstable element that's not constant cooling when use for energy explodes, by that point it make more sense to have a Metal Selvaria than anything else.
Besides the ability to create a robotic Valkyria sounds way more awesome than Metal getting another upgrade.
Guessing using whatever hints that are available.
OK, we already know that thunderbolt and Nefer aren't on the time limit because they believe we're still around which is true
It seems like Roo bar failing seems to be a time limit along with if the recruiting of caana goes well and we get her but seems like she's was/is on the time limit
The good doctor is probably drowning his sorrows for a couple turns until he feels better about himself so possible time limit. The dog though is a wildcard you don't know what he's thinking.
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Your making more assumptions my friend
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What assumptions?
Anyone that knows a little bit about the history of Metal Sonic knows when the guy wants to rebel he rebels programming or no programming.
Your assuming we haven't fixed that and that if he wants to rebel he can just do it
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No I said when he wants to rebel he would find a way to circumvent whatever protocols Eggman put in place, I never once imply this would happen in a drop of the hat or be easy on his part but thinking just because Eggman put another loyalty program will solve the problem then you are dead wrong.
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Your assuming that he can even conceive of it when he has the OBEY EGGMAN trait
Turn 2- February 2XXX Results
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[X] Resource acquisition and saving a sick child.
-[X] Assault Empire 'Work Camp' (Metal Sonic)
DC 50
Result: 20+18(Eggman Power)+30(Metal Sonic Power)+6(Loyalty)=74
Success!
You decided that Metal needed a proper test, this small 'Work Camp' the Empire just made seemed like an excellent target! Letting those guys remember the might of your greatest creation was a bonus!
After giving Metal his orders and asking Starline to make a portal for quick transportation of all those assets the Empire won't need anymore, you decided to focus on other tasks until your creation came back from his "walk".
After working on your first set of Badniks in a long time, you weren notified of Metal's return to the base, quickly wanting to check on him, you saw Starline and Cubot and Orbot helping move several metal crates and additional equipment.
Excellent! With those resources, you could get to creating more inventions!
"Well done Metal! Did you show those Empire fools their place?" At your interrogative, Metal just gave a thumbs up as he pushed the last piece of equipment through the portal. Staring at it, you could see the Camp in ruins, with flames and smoke coming from it.
"Ahhhh beautiful! Well done, indeed." You congratulate him as you give a small pat to his head. "Come on, you two, quickly upload all of it and bring it to the lab! I need to see what we are working with!" You bark at your two robotic minions, who are struggling to open one of the gates.
"R-Right away sir! Just give us a minute to open these crates and will have all set in a quickie!" Cubot shouts terrified as he redoubles his effort to open the crate. In less than a minute they finally manage to open the damn thing.
But you were not ready for what was inside.
A loud female yelp is heard as the crate opens and it's turned on its head. A young black haired girl dresses in some worker clothes with a shawl stumbles from inside the metal container, who can help but look worried at her current situation.
"Well, well, well…what do we have here?" You ask as you tap your foot, annoyed, staring at the unexpected trespasser.
To Be Continued in [Look To The Sky, a New Dawn is Coming]
Results: Gained 75 Metal, several crates of ragnite, imperial weaponry, and 3 income. New actions to study Imperial Weaponry! DC for The Empire Base Assault reduced! Rescued ???
-[X] Heart: Hire a New Minion - Canaan (Belle)
DC 60
Result=98(Roll)+6(Eggman Heart)+25(Belle)+0(Loyalty)+10(Omake Bonus)=139
Critical Success!
"Um…Are you Canaan?" Belle asked the white haired woman who was by herself sitting in the corner of bar "W-We would like to hire y-you."
As she stared at the young woman she was sent to recruit, who didn't seem to pay much attention to her and instead seemed focusing on playing with some…copper wire?! Making figures with her fingers, Belle couldn't help but be nervous to what was asked of her. Recruiting a dangerous mercenary for (her father) The Doctor was not something she expected to do!
"Do you have the money to pay for my services?" Canaan asked, in a calm, if not bored tone, keeping that mask of stoicness that continued to make Belle nervous. She turned her head to look at Belle, and for a moment, was at a loss at seeing her wooden puppet form, bunking a few times before keeping her stoic face, all the while continuing to play with the metal wire.
"Well n-not exactly?" She says as she looks away and rubs her head. Canaan eyes turn half lidded for a moment and stops looking at her to focus on her hands. Seeing she losing interest, Belle says the first thing that comes to her mind.
"Wait! Fa-Doctor Eggman promises to help you look for that Maria person! Hewilllendasmuchassetsashecantoassistyou!!!" She babbles quickly. The mercenary's eyes widen at the mention of the name, seemingly recognizing it, before scoffing.
"That doctor of yours and everyone else has promised help in helping me find Maria…" A look of sadness appears in her eyes, as she stops playing g with the copper wire for the first time in all the conversation. "None of them have been able to help. Just leave, kid." She sighs, a tone of resignation appearing in her voice.
Belle… couldn't help but feel sad at how she looked. (It reminded Belle of how she felt before) Still not willing to give up she tries one last time. "Whoever you are looking for…they are important to you, right?" Canaan doesn't answer, and Belle can't stop while body trembles with nervousness, but she presses on. "I know what it is like to be separated from a person you hold dear…and not knowing what happened to them…" The days she spent alone on that house, still haunt her, wondering when would she see Mr. Tinker. "I…lost someone too and I am still looking for them, but I…I think Eggman can help you…as he helped me too once."
"If he does not Give you any new leads…I p-promise to help you find that person you hold dear…nobody should be alone." She finishes, lamely as she looks at the floor, not willing to look her in the eyes. Canaan doesn't say anything for a long while, and Belle thought she failed in the task that Eggman assigned her.
As she was ready to leave and go back to the extraction point where the platypus was waiting for her. She heard a voice behind her. "Have you ever played Cat's Cradle?"
Result: Recruited Canaan! You must find clues about Maria within a time limit otherwise she will leave you! And Belle will go along with her!
Belle's trait "friend of all children" has been upgraded! Applies now to adults too!
Belle and Canaan have bonded, if both continue to hang out, they will develop a trait!
-[X] Build Some Badniks: DC:Autosuccess.
--[X] Egg Pawns [Variants] - 10 Metal
Ha! Finally, it was hard to find the time with everything going on, but you get to do an old, beloved classic: Building your wonderful Badniks.
You decided to reluctantly stick to just Egg Pawns for now. Arguably some of the most Simple and lowly of your creations, but your lowliest creations were heads and shoulders above anyone else's tech.
Regardless, you got to work, and In no time they were built.
"Oh ho ho ho! It is quite nice to get back into the swing of things." You smirk as the Egg Pawns turn on.
-[X]Build Some Badniks: DC:Autosuccess. - Orbot+Cubot
--[X] Burrowbot: 15 Metal
Meanwhile, you sent Orbot and Cubot to make some Burrowbots. They had done well recently, so you figured you could give the two a bit more leeway in still less important but more complex tasks. You hope you will not regret this decision.
For now at least, the duo are easily able to make the Burrowbots with no issues (at least none major enough to be worth getting involved in the process while you did your own work).
Useful, now digging for Any Ragnite or any other materials you discover should be a cinch!
Results: Obtained a batch of EggPawns and Burrowbots
-[X] Brains: Research Cassia's Disease (Clove)
DC 110
Result=46 81+ 40(Eggman Brains)+25(CLOVE TOTAL BRAIN STAT)+2(Loyalty)= 148
Success!
It is not often you reference the work of others during your own work, but you felt fine in doing so considering it was your own grandfather's life work to cure this disease. It in fact felt like there were three of you in the lab as you worked, your grandfather preparing the way for you as you directed Clove as a lab assistant, the Pronghorn seemingly laser focused on the task in front of the two of you.
Biology was not your field of choice, machines simpler to diagnose a problem by running a diagnostic but you are a genius and Clove was there. Taking samples from her sister and comparing them to Cassia herself gave you a place to work from, thanks again to the work of your grandfather you were able to categorize and begin to work towards what a cure would actually look like.
There would be no cure at this moment, but you were confident that you did have two possibly viable solutions to Cassia's problem, though neither was perfect.
The first would be several sessions of extensive gene therapy. You would be rewriting her DNA to actually change the body itself, forcing the changes and removing the offending strands and replacing them with those closer to her sister's own healthy body. This would *not* be a simple process and would require you to actively take care through the entire procedure, but it would eventually see Cassia returned to complete health.
The second is a suspension unit. You understand what is causing the spread and deterioration of Cassia's body now and you can create a robot designed to keep those parts actively suspended and contained. This would not be a cure and the unit would be a full body prosthetic, covering her entirely and essentially trapping her inside. She would be able to speak and move, but the suspension process would not allow her to leave the confines of the unit. This is less than likely to please either Pronghorn, but it would get Cassia up and out of bed at least. It also wouldn't take anywhere near as long as the other.
No matter what however, you feel as if you could refine this further. You understand your grandfather's works better than before now, you can see the years he poured into this, but now is the time to step past that. You are Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik and you will change the world, both by conquering it, and curing it.
Results:
NIDS understood and unlocked actions to potentially cure or suspend the disease in Cassia Pronghorn. Actions unlocked to further refine the process to be less labor intensive. +5 loyalty from Clove for moving on this project so effectively, quickly, and allowing her to help.
[X] Look for the cacophonic conch (Dr.Starline)
DC 100
34+22(Eggman Trickery)+20(Starline Trickery)+3(Loyalty)+10(Omake Bonus) = 89
Failure!
That pathetic platypus! You assigned him one job, one job only!!! To find that stupid conch so you could use it against those damn Zeti!
When you told Starline his assignment, he gave a confident smirk and said to leave everything to him, But one month has passed and what does he find? Nothing!
Stupid Fool! He is just wasting your time! Starline better increase his performance in the next months or otherwise…
Result: Starline hasn't found the Cacophonic Conch yet. Dc Reduced to 90.
-[X] Check The Area For Magical Objects (Agent Stone)
dc higher better
bonus= 19+8(Eggman Mystic)+6(Stone Mystic)+1(Loyalty)=33
Minor Success!
You sent Stone on a search for Mystic artifacts. You personally considered the task to be quite ridiculous, but The toady took to it with the utmost gusto.
If only everyone could be as eager to please you as he was...
Regardless, he returned after a few days of searching with a strange glass bottle filled with a rainbow colored liquid. He explained that, when ingested, it allowed you to become the same color as your environment for 6 minutes, for perfect camouflage against most creatures.
When you asked how he could possibly know that, he sheepishly admitted he found two and had already ingested one.
...You know, you aren't sure what you expected the answer to be. At the very least it's better than nothing.
Reward: Gained a single Rainbow Bottle!
Rainbow Bottle: A single use liquid in a bottle that, when ingested, makes the drinker turn the same colors as their environment for 6 minutes, granting +15 to Stealth.
-[X] Personals
--[X] Eggman
---[X] Dr. Eggman: Focus On Your Work (Costs 3 personals) - Research Cassia's Disease
---[X] Talk to Belle = 58
To be continued in: Moving Day
--[X] Starline
---[X] Check Out The... "Local Talent" = 8
Starline desperately seeked to make it up to me after his failure to find the conch and assured me he would use his free time to go out and find something or someone useful!
Unfortunately, in his rush to do so, he used the Warp Topaz, which must have reached its daily limit.
The ensuing explosion of energy knocked him out for the last 3 days of the month. It would be amusing if it wasn't so sad.
--[X] Rusty Rose
---[X] Find Out Who This Amy Is = 81
You soon enough get a filed report on your desk from Rusty Rose. Hmmm. How efficient. You wish ALL your minions bothered with that without having to be prodded or reminded!
As you read over it, what you see makes sense, you suppose. Apparently, That blasted Hedgehog's sycophantic stalker and his sidekick, Amy and young Miles "Tails" Prower, have been seen all around Green Hill and its surrounding areas, on a never ending search for their missing comrade. Hmmm.
Nice to know it's not just you wondering where he is, one supposes, and useful that they're out of your hair! Still, you should keep an eye out for if they return…
DC for the second tier for "Look For Clues To The Whereabouts Of That Blasted Hedgehog!" has been reduced by 10!
--[X] Metal Sonic
---[X] Study The Foes = 2 + 5 (Omake Bonus) = 7
Metal took some time to look over the footage of his fight against The Empire and the Black Arms. It... Didn't go well.
Metal stared as silently as ever at the footage, though you knew subtle tells by now that indicated when he was getting angry.
The way his fingers twitched, the tapping of his foot, the specific tilting of his head. All good signs that he was reaching a boiling point. And then he got to the last bit of the fight, as Shadow started to leave after that foolish girl stabbed your greatest creation.
"Hmmph. Pathetic. But you're a faker of a faker. What can I expect?" That seemed to be the last straw as Metal Sonic angrily punched through the wall, and then another.
You managed to temporarily turn him off before he caused too much destruction, thankfully.
Still, even you feel maybe you should let him cool off a bit before you next talk to him…
Result: Metal gets a -5 malus to his next National Action.
--[X] Agent Stone
---[X] Clean/Organize the Doctor's Things = 54
Stone, after the embarrassment of that small blunder with the mystic item searching, decided it wasn't enough to just bring you that other item and got to work organizing your base's various inventions that were lying around.
You are still personally not that interested in looking further into the various items yourself, you have nostalgia for them but they failed you once and you don't easily grant second chances. However, you have to admit it is nice to have them less Chaotically sprawled around the base. You had to admit Stone had a point about the fact you might have tripped over one someday, even if you don't admit it to him.
He seemed happy enough to help, so win win.
Reward: The next time Starline takes the "Search this Base" Personal, ¼ of this Roll will be added to it.
--[X] Belle
---[X] Belle: Moving Day= 74 + 10 = 84
To be continued in: Moving Day
--[X] Clove
---[X] Keep an eye on Your Sister = 98
Clove stared at her sister, who was sleeping well for once, and felt the guilt gnawing away at her. Not for the usual reasons, not because she had been the one to sell the both of them to a tyrant, no right now she felt terrible because… she didn't feel terrible. Not because the doctor had actually made progress, for all she knew it was just another trick or lie. No, she simply felt drained.
There is only so many times someone can dive into the depths of despair before it just becomes another part of their day. Just another thing she can't even muster up the energy for anymore. She still cares, she still loves her sister more than anything but…
She was just so tired.
Tears leaked from her eyes even as she kept a straight face. There was just nothing left…
A hand took hers, a soft and strange pressure of another, which made her recoil, whipping to face whoever was there.
"Oh!" The wooden marionette pulled back, holding her hands up in surrender and apology. "I'm sorry!"
Clove looked at the wooden badnik and recalled the doctor saying that there were several others in the base and his tone seemed odd when talking about this one…
"Ummm…" Belle looks to the side, at Cassia, and rubs one of her arms awkwardly. "I'm sorry like I said it's just…" She breathes in, like she is steadying herself and continues, "I… when I was talking with Orbot he said you were here alone with your sister and I remembered when after The Shattering dad disappeared I… I didn't want to be alone so I thought…"
Clove looks at the girl standing there awkwardly, trying to reach out for no reason other than she saw another person hurting. How in the world had the doctor been the one to make her?
But you suppose he hadn't. That… that could make this safer…
"...Thank you Belle." Clove said softly. Belle nodded wordlessly in return and took a chair next to the Pronghorn, her hand once again taking Clove's as they both sat at the bed of the sick little girl.
As you watched this from the security room, you frowned. This was an intimate moment. A sweet one even. You felt proud of Belle for being there for-
You shake your head, clearing the sentimentality away. No, that was no way to think. Why would you even care…
-[X]Give Someone an EggGun? 5x EggGuns
--[X](Yes): Agent Stone
--[X](Yes): Dr. Starline
--[X](Yes): Dr. Eggman
Random Event Roll: 96
When the roving badniks in the area surrounding your base all froze as one, you grew concerned. When they all turned as one and began making their way towards your base, you grabbed an EggGun and ordered Metal and Rusty to get ready for combat!
When each of them stopped 500 feet from the entrance to your base and shut down, however, you have to admit there was confusion even in your brilliant mind. From the line of badniks, a single Motobug with its headlights changing between red and blue rolled forward and did its best to give a bow. Upon waving Metal and Rusty to the side to allow the small badnik through, it bumped into your leg and seemed to… hug you?
This may need looking into, but at least you've gotten some of your Badniks back.
Results: Gained 3 Egg Robos, 1 Egg Hammer, 2 Blowfish, 2 Hey Ho, 2 Toxomisters, and 1 motobug that is acting strangely. Action to check out the strange Motobug unlocked.
The option to Clear badniks from your territory has vanished and Zavok is none the wiser. You officially control territory..
Current Faction's control of Green Hills:
Eggman: 1%
Zavok: 59%
GUN: 10%
The Restoration: 20%
Black Arms: 5%
The Empire: 5%
-[X] Assault Empire 'Work Camp' (Metal Sonic)
DC 50
Result: 20+18(Eggman Power)+30(Metal Sonic Power)+6(Loyalty)=74
Success!
You decided that Metal needed a proper test, this small 'Work Camp' the Empire just made seemed like an excellent target! Letting those guys remember the might of your greatest creation was a bonus!
After giving Metal his orders and asking Starline to make a portal for quick transportation of all those assets the Empire won't need anymore, you decided to focus on other tasks until your creation came back from his "walk".
After working on your first set of Badniks in a long time, you weren notified of Metal's return to the base, quickly wanting to check on him, you saw Starline and Cubot and Orbot helping move several metal crates and additional equipment.
Excellent! With those resources, you could get to creating more inventions!
"Well done Metal! Did you show those Empire fools their place?" At your interrogative, Metal just gave a thumbs up as he pushed the last piece of equipment through the portal. Staring at it, you could see the Camp in ruins, with flames and smoke coming from it.
"Ahhhh beautiful! Well done, indeed." You congratulate him as you give a small pat to his head. "Come on, you two, quickly upload all of it and bring it to the lab! I need to see what we are working with!" You bark at your two robotic minions, who are struggling to open one of the gates.
"R-Right away sir! Just give us a minute to open these crates and will have all set in a quickie!" Cubot shouts terrified as he redoubles his effort to open the crate. In less than a minute they finally manage to open the damn thing.
But you were not ready for what was inside.
A loud female yelp is heard as the crate opens and it's turned on its head. A young black haired girl dresses in some worker clothes with a shawl stumbles from inside the metal container, who can help but look worried at her current situation.
"Well, well, well…what do we have here?" You ask as you tap your foot, annoyed, staring at the unexpected trespasser.
To Be Continued in [Look To The Sky, a New Dawn is Coming]
Results: Gained 75 Metal, several crates of ragnite, imperial weaponry, and 3 income. New actions to study Imperial Weaponry! DC for The Empire Base Assault reduced! Rescued ???
-[X] Heart: Hire a New Minion - Canaan (Belle)
DC 60
Result=98(Roll)+6(Eggman Heart)+25(Belle)+0(Loyalty)+10(Omake Bonus)=139
Critical Success!
"Um…Are you Canaan?" Belle asked the white haired woman who was by herself sitting in the corner of bar "W-We would like to hire y-you."
As she stared at the young woman she was sent to recruit, who didn't seem to pay much attention to her and instead seemed focusing on playing with some…copper wire?! Making figures with her fingers, Belle couldn't help but be nervous to what was asked of her. Recruiting a dangerous mercenary for (
"Do you have the money to pay for my services?" Canaan asked, in a calm, if not bored tone, keeping that mask of stoicness that continued to make Belle nervous. She turned her head to look at Belle, and for a moment, was at a loss at seeing her wooden puppet form, bunking a few times before keeping her stoic face, all the while continuing to play with the metal wire.
"Well n-not exactly?" She says as she looks away and rubs her head. Canaan eyes turn half lidded for a moment and stops looking at her to focus on her hands. Seeing she losing interest, Belle says the first thing that comes to her mind.
"Wait! Fa-Doctor Eggman promises to help you look for that Maria person! Hewilllendasmuchassetsashecantoassistyou!!!" She babbles quickly. The mercenary's eyes widen at the mention of the name, seemingly recognizing it, before scoffing.
"That doctor of yours and everyone else has promised help in helping me find Maria…" A look of sadness appears in her eyes, as she stops playing g with the copper wire for the first time in all the conversation. "None of them have been able to help. Just leave, kid." She sighs, a tone of resignation appearing in her voice.
Belle… couldn't help but feel sad at how she looked. (
"If he does not Give you any new leads…I p-promise to help you find that person you hold dear…nobody should be alone." She finishes, lamely as she looks at the floor, not willing to look her in the eyes. Canaan doesn't say anything for a long while, and Belle thought she failed in the task that Eggman assigned her.
As she was ready to leave and go back to the extraction point where the platypus was waiting for her. She heard a voice behind her. "Have you ever played Cat's Cradle?"
Result: Recruited Canaan! You must find clues about Maria within a time limit otherwise she will leave you! And Belle will go along with her!
Belle's trait "friend of all children" has been upgraded! Applies now to adults too!
Belle and Canaan have bonded, if both continue to hang out, they will develop a trait!
Canann:
Power: 27 (This young lady seems to be a hardened combatant. Fitting if what Starline says about being a professional Mercenary is true. )
Heart: 25 (She seems like the cool and aloof type of person, but surprisingly seems to be decent enouhg at socializing.)
Logistics: 20 (As a mercenary, Canaan is proficient in planning out her mission in order to guarantee a succesful mission. She seems like a decent choice to assign some task and not worry about them blowing up...hopefully.)
Trickery: 22 (Seems to be quite sharp when spotting lies or any kind of deception. While not that proficient herslef on lying, her serious attitude lets her keep a decent power mask..how annoying.)
Brains: 9 (Canaan doesn't seem to have that much of a formal education, pfft. Seems like mercenaries tend to forget their studies a lot don't they?)
Mystic: 2 (Canaan seem really inexperienced when it comes to mystical dealing...uh. Mildly interesting.)
Loyalty: 0
Traits:
Expert Sharpshooter: +5 to Combat rolls.
Synesthesia: After being infected by a weird virus. Canaan seemed develop the ability to see emotions of people as colors...letting her easily sense someones motives as well as identify friend from foe... How Intriguing.
+10 to Trickery contested rolls. Allows to add half of her Trickery to any Heart roll she mades. +5 to Combat roll against living enemies.
Power: 27 (This young lady seems to be a hardened combatant. Fitting if what Starline says about being a professional Mercenary is true. )
Heart: 25 (She seems like the cool and aloof type of person, but surprisingly seems to be decent enouhg at socializing.)
Logistics: 20 (As a mercenary, Canaan is proficient in planning out her mission in order to guarantee a succesful mission. She seems like a decent choice to assign some task and not worry about them blowing up...hopefully.)
Trickery: 22 (Seems to be quite sharp when spotting lies or any kind of deception. While not that proficient herslef on lying, her serious attitude lets her keep a decent power mask..how annoying.)
Brains: 9 (Canaan doesn't seem to have that much of a formal education, pfft. Seems like mercenaries tend to forget their studies a lot don't they?)
Mystic: 2 (Canaan seem really inexperienced when it comes to mystical dealing...uh. Mildly interesting.)
Loyalty: 0
Traits:
Expert Sharpshooter: +5 to Combat rolls.
Synesthesia: After being infected by a weird virus. Canaan seemed develop the ability to see emotions of people as colors...letting her easily sense someones motives as well as identify friend from foe... How Intriguing.
+10 to Trickery contested rolls. Allows to add half of her Trickery to any Heart roll she mades. +5 to Combat roll against living enemies.
-[X] Build Some Badniks: DC:Autosuccess.
--[X] Egg Pawns [Variants] - 10 Metal
Ha! Finally, it was hard to find the time with everything going on, but you get to do an old, beloved classic: Building your wonderful Badniks.
You decided to reluctantly stick to just Egg Pawns for now. Arguably some of the most Simple and lowly of your creations, but your lowliest creations were heads and shoulders above anyone else's tech.
Regardless, you got to work, and In no time they were built.
"Oh ho ho ho! It is quite nice to get back into the swing of things." You smirk as the Egg Pawns turn on.
-[X]Build Some Badniks: DC:Autosuccess. - Orbot+Cubot
--[X] Burrowbot: 15 Metal
Meanwhile, you sent Orbot and Cubot to make some Burrowbots. They had done well recently, so you figured you could give the two a bit more leeway in still less important but more complex tasks. You hope you will not regret this decision.
For now at least, the duo are easily able to make the Burrowbots with no issues (at least none major enough to be worth getting involved in the process while you did your own work).
Useful, now digging for Any Ragnite or any other materials you discover should be a cinch!
Results: Obtained a batch of EggPawns and Burrowbots
-[X] Brains: Research Cassia's Disease (Clove)
DC 110
Result=
Success!
It is not often you reference the work of others during your own work, but you felt fine in doing so considering it was your own grandfather's life work to cure this disease. It in fact felt like there were three of you in the lab as you worked, your grandfather preparing the way for you as you directed Clove as a lab assistant, the Pronghorn seemingly laser focused on the task in front of the two of you.
Biology was not your field of choice, machines simpler to diagnose a problem by running a diagnostic but you are a genius and Clove was there. Taking samples from her sister and comparing them to Cassia herself gave you a place to work from, thanks again to the work of your grandfather you were able to categorize and begin to work towards what a cure would actually look like.
There would be no cure at this moment, but you were confident that you did have two possibly viable solutions to Cassia's problem, though neither was perfect.
The first would be several sessions of extensive gene therapy. You would be rewriting her DNA to actually change the body itself, forcing the changes and removing the offending strands and replacing them with those closer to her sister's own healthy body. This would *not* be a simple process and would require you to actively take care through the entire procedure, but it would eventually see Cassia returned to complete health.
The second is a suspension unit. You understand what is causing the spread and deterioration of Cassia's body now and you can create a robot designed to keep those parts actively suspended and contained. This would not be a cure and the unit would be a full body prosthetic, covering her entirely and essentially trapping her inside. She would be able to speak and move, but the suspension process would not allow her to leave the confines of the unit. This is less than likely to please either Pronghorn, but it would get Cassia up and out of bed at least. It also wouldn't take anywhere near as long as the other.
No matter what however, you feel as if you could refine this further. You understand your grandfather's works better than before now, you can see the years he poured into this, but now is the time to step past that. You are Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik and you will change the world, both by conquering it, and curing it.
Results:
NIDS understood and unlocked actions to potentially cure or suspend the disease in Cassia Pronghorn. Actions unlocked to further refine the process to be less labor intensive. +5 loyalty from Clove for moving on this project so effectively, quickly, and allowing her to help.
[X] Look for the cacophonic conch (Dr.Starline)
DC 100
34+22(Eggman Trickery)+20(Starline Trickery)+3(Loyalty)+10(Omake Bonus) = 89
Failure!
That pathetic platypus! You assigned him one job, one job only!!! To find that stupid conch so you could use it against those damn Zeti!
When you told Starline his assignment, he gave a confident smirk and said to leave everything to him, But one month has passed and what does he find? Nothing!
Stupid Fool! He is just wasting your time! Starline better increase his performance in the next months or otherwise…
Result: Starline hasn't found the Cacophonic Conch yet. Dc Reduced to 90.
-[X] Check The Area For Magical Objects (Agent Stone)
dc higher better
bonus= 19+8(Eggman Mystic)+6(Stone Mystic)+1(Loyalty)=33
Minor Success!
You sent Stone on a search for Mystic artifacts. You personally considered the task to be quite ridiculous, but The toady took to it with the utmost gusto.
If only everyone could be as eager to please you as he was...
Regardless, he returned after a few days of searching with a strange glass bottle filled with a rainbow colored liquid. He explained that, when ingested, it allowed you to become the same color as your environment for 6 minutes, for perfect camouflage against most creatures.
When you asked how he could possibly know that, he sheepishly admitted he found two and had already ingested one.
...You know, you aren't sure what you expected the answer to be. At the very least it's better than nothing.
Reward: Gained a single Rainbow Bottle!
Rainbow Bottle: A single use liquid in a bottle that, when ingested, makes the drinker turn the same colors as their environment for 6 minutes, granting +15 to Stealth.
-[X] Personals
--[X] Eggman
---[X] Dr. Eggman: Focus On Your Work (Costs 3 personals) - Research Cassia's Disease
---[X] Talk to Belle = 58
To be continued in: Moving Day
--[X] Starline
---[X] Check Out The... "Local Talent" = 8
Starline desperately seeked to make it up to me after his failure to find the conch and assured me he would use his free time to go out and find something or someone useful!
Unfortunately, in his rush to do so, he used the Warp Topaz, which must have reached its daily limit.
The ensuing explosion of energy knocked him out for the last 3 days of the month. It would be amusing if it wasn't so sad.
--[X] Rusty Rose
---[X] Find Out Who This Amy Is = 81
You soon enough get a filed report on your desk from Rusty Rose. Hmmm. How efficient. You wish ALL your minions bothered with that without having to be prodded or reminded!
As you read over it, what you see makes sense, you suppose. Apparently, That blasted Hedgehog's sycophantic stalker and his sidekick, Amy and young Miles "Tails" Prower, have been seen all around Green Hill and its surrounding areas, on a never ending search for their missing comrade. Hmmm.
Nice to know it's not just you wondering where he is, one supposes, and useful that they're out of your hair! Still, you should keep an eye out for if they return…
DC for the second tier for "Look For Clues To The Whereabouts Of That Blasted Hedgehog!" has been reduced by 10!
--[X] Metal Sonic
---[X] Study The Foes = 2 + 5 (Omake Bonus) = 7
Metal took some time to look over the footage of his fight against The Empire and the Black Arms. It... Didn't go well.
Metal stared as silently as ever at the footage, though you knew subtle tells by now that indicated when he was getting angry.
The way his fingers twitched, the tapping of his foot, the specific tilting of his head. All good signs that he was reaching a boiling point. And then he got to the last bit of the fight, as Shadow started to leave after that foolish girl stabbed your greatest creation.
"Hmmph. Pathetic. But you're a faker of a faker. What can I expect?" That seemed to be the last straw as Metal Sonic angrily punched through the wall, and then another.
You managed to temporarily turn him off before he caused too much destruction, thankfully.
Still, even you feel maybe you should let him cool off a bit before you next talk to him…
Result: Metal gets a -5 malus to his next National Action.
--[X] Agent Stone
---[X] Clean/Organize the Doctor's Things = 54
Stone, after the embarrassment of that small blunder with the mystic item searching, decided it wasn't enough to just bring you that other item and got to work organizing your base's various inventions that were lying around.
You are still personally not that interested in looking further into the various items yourself, you have nostalgia for them but they failed you once and you don't easily grant second chances. However, you have to admit it is nice to have them less Chaotically sprawled around the base. You had to admit Stone had a point about the fact you might have tripped over one someday, even if you don't admit it to him.
He seemed happy enough to help, so win win.
Reward: The next time Starline takes the "Search this Base" Personal, ¼ of this Roll will be added to it.
--[X] Belle
---[X] Belle: Moving Day= 74 + 10 = 84
To be continued in: Moving Day
--[X] Clove
---[X] Keep an eye on Your Sister = 98
Clove stared at her sister, who was sleeping well for once, and felt the guilt gnawing away at her. Not for the usual reasons, not because she had been the one to sell the both of them to a tyrant, no right now she felt terrible because… she didn't feel terrible. Not because the doctor had actually made progress, for all she knew it was just another trick or lie. No, she simply felt drained.
There is only so many times someone can dive into the depths of despair before it just becomes another part of their day. Just another thing she can't even muster up the energy for anymore. She still cares, she still loves her sister more than anything but…
She was just so tired.
Tears leaked from her eyes even as she kept a straight face. There was just nothing left…
A hand took hers, a soft and strange pressure of another, which made her recoil, whipping to face whoever was there.
"Oh!" The wooden marionette pulled back, holding her hands up in surrender and apology. "I'm sorry!"
Clove looked at the wooden badnik and recalled the doctor saying that there were several others in the base and his tone seemed odd when talking about this one…
"Ummm…" Belle looks to the side, at Cassia, and rubs one of her arms awkwardly. "I'm sorry like I said it's just…" She breathes in, like she is steadying herself and continues, "I… when I was talking with Orbot he said you were here alone with your sister and I remembered when after The Shattering dad disappeared I… I didn't want to be alone so I thought…"
Clove looks at the girl standing there awkwardly, trying to reach out for no reason other than she saw another person hurting. How in the world had the doctor been the one to make her?
But you suppose he hadn't. That… that could make this safer…
"...Thank you Belle." Clove said softly. Belle nodded wordlessly in return and took a chair next to the Pronghorn, her hand once again taking Clove's as they both sat at the bed of the sick little girl.
As you watched this from the security room, you frowned. This was an intimate moment. A sweet one even. You felt proud of Belle for being there for-
You shake your head, clearing the sentimentality away. No, that was no way to think. Why would you even care…
-[X]Give Someone an EggGun? 5x EggGuns
--[X](Yes): Agent Stone
--[X](Yes): Dr. Starline
--[X](Yes): Dr. Eggman
Random Event Roll: 96
When the roving badniks in the area surrounding your base all froze as one, you grew concerned. When they all turned as one and began making their way towards your base, you grabbed an EggGun and ordered Metal and Rusty to get ready for combat!
When each of them stopped 500 feet from the entrance to your base and shut down, however, you have to admit there was confusion even in your brilliant mind. From the line of badniks, a single Motobug with its headlights changing between red and blue rolled forward and did its best to give a bow. Upon waving Metal and Rusty to the side to allow the small badnik through, it bumped into your leg and seemed to… hug you?
This may need looking into, but at least you've gotten some of your Badniks back.
Results: Gained 3 Egg Robos, 1 Egg Hammer, 2 Blowfish, 2 Hey Ho, 2 Toxomisters, and 1 motobug that is acting strangely. Action to check out the strange Motobug unlocked.
The option to Clear badniks from your territory has vanished and Zavok is none the wiser. You officially control territory..
Current Faction's control of Green Hills:
Eggman: 1%
Zavok: 59%
GUN: 10%
The Restoration: 20%
Black Arms: 5%
The Empire: 5%
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Confirming that unless some shenanigans or fuckery goings on, Metal cant Betray you. Would need something like several critfails in the appropiate actions or someone hacking him for the programs and softwares Eggman installed to be undone.