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This is the first objectively bad roll you've had when it came to things not related to encounters or getting songs stuck in your head.
Besides, I wouldn't kill the MC offscreen anyways.
Stand In Glowing Ashes (Preliminary Title, Fallout CK2 Quest.)
- Thread starter ninjafish
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- fallout series ck2 quest
This is the first objectively bad roll you've had when it came to things not related to encounters or getting songs stuck in your head.
Besides, I wouldn't kill the MC offscreen anyways.
- Location
- USA
You mean everything since we've stepped outside of the camp?
rofl: But yeah I know, just a little bitter and tired. I enjoy the quest, don't mind me, just going to sleep until I'm less crankyCmd. Frost
The last one standing.
- Location
- The Summer Stretch
[X] Hey, Where's Alessandra? (Alessandra interlude).
- Location
- Nazi prison
[X] You should really try and figure a way out of this (Keep Playing as alexander for the moment.
There is but one right action here, we must tame the beast or I don't know make it like us or something
There is but one right action here, we must tame the beast or I don't know make it like us or something
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] Hey, Where's Alessandra? (Alessandra interlude).
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Alright, that looks like all there is this time.
Vote locked, you guys are playing as alessandra next update.
that next update might take awhile, IRL has been keeping me really busy lately.
But summers coming, that means the kids are gonna be outta school, and should mean a little bit of slowdown at work.
so things should speed back up in a couple of weeks.
Vote locked, you guys are playing as alessandra next update.
that next update might take awhile, IRL has been keeping me really busy lately.
But summers coming, that means the kids are gonna be outta school, and should mean a little bit of slowdown at work.
so things should speed back up in a couple of weeks.
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Just figured I should let you guys know that this is by no means dead, and work should slow down enough for me to start writing seriously again in a week or two.
I'll try to get you guys something next weekend, but no promises.
They'll definitely be something in two weeks though.
I'll try to get you guys something next weekend, but no promises.
They'll definitely be something in two weeks though.
Cmd. Frost
The last one standing.
- Location
- The Summer Stretch
Take as much time as you need, Fallout's like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., we all want a good quest in the setting but very rarely does it happen. You arn't loosing any watchers quickly.
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Hey guys, I'm back...
Yeah that last ban really killed my motivation, and the current update is languishing at only about a fourth of the way done.
So I'm giving you guys a few options here.
I can go back into short quick update mode, and just fucking rush us back to the civ builder parts, but we'd lose out on character moments and other plot/characterization stuff.
I can continue through at the current 1-2k update size, which could better develop our characters... but it would probably take a lot longer to get out of this building and out of the Detroit ruins.
Or can I just write a voteless section that gets us out of this building, with outcomes and loot rolls purely decided by dice and my image of the characters.
please post about your opinion, I'm sorry the delays happened.
Yeah that last ban really killed my motivation, and the current update is languishing at only about a fourth of the way done.
So I'm giving you guys a few options here.
I can go back into short quick update mode, and just fucking rush us back to the civ builder parts, but we'd lose out on character moments and other plot/characterization stuff.
I can continue through at the current 1-2k update size, which could better develop our characters... but it would probably take a lot longer to get out of this building and out of the Detroit ruins.
Or can I just write a voteless section that gets us out of this building, with outcomes and loot rolls purely decided by dice and my image of the characters.
please post about your opinion, I'm sorry the delays happened.
- Location
- Somewhere on the flat earth
Last option sounds good.
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- It/They
he didn't.
he would have, if not for the fact that the monster wants this to be a special kill.
At anyrate I'm gonna let you guys post your opinions for the next day or two, and then I'm starting on the update again, no matter what is chosen.
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- Reno
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Last option sounds fine.
I prefer the first, although the last one sounds good as well.
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
Ditto for me as well.
- Location
- USA
Either the first or third are fine, I just want to get back to the ck2 part of this ck2 quest
Cmd. Frost
The last one standing.
- Location
- The Summer Stretch
third sounds good
Alessandra in Bio-science.
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AN: So My motivation is still kinda dead, but the corpse twitched a bit today, so your getting the first segment of the voteless portion today, I'm trying to force this out, but it taking ages and my free time is not quite as abundant as i'd like, combined with my muse trying to pull me towards other ideas, and this is a challenge.
At any rate there will probably be a few sections like this (3-6? somewhere in that area) and then i'll have you back in your bombed out neighborhood and doing the easier to manage civ builder turns, hopefully before summer ends.
XXXXX
You are Alessandra Gravano, and today has probably been the worst day of your life.
Well maybe not the worst, your pretty sure that nothing can really top the world ending… but today is definitely second place.
Zombie's, car crashes, the guy leading the entire thing turning out to be damn near suicidal, and of course the rogue bio-weapon you were currently trying to find a solution too.
You were freaking out…. A lot, at least it was all internal for the moment.
Yeah, Alex had told you to run if the monster showed up… And technically you had, just probably not where he had intended. Instead of going to get Mannie or anything like that, you had headed straight to the West-Tek Bio-science division.
Perplexingly your intern security password still worked.
Month's after your internship had ended.
If mankind hadn't collectively decided to shoot itself in the foot, you're pretty sure someone would've been getting fired for that.
Well, this particular bit of workplace incompetence had actually been useful, so you weren't complaining.
The Bio-science division looked the same as ever, the mess of terminals, centrifuges, micro-pipettes and various flasks, beakers and petri-dishes still covered the desks and shelves, And the glow in the dark tulips were still up on display alongside the Carnivorous Venus Sunflower's.
None of that helped you at the moment though.
"Alright, if I were data on some top secret bio weapon project… where would I be?"
…
…
"Why I am asking myself that? it's almost certainly on the lower levels!"
Back during your internship here at West-tek, you and your… "Peers" had only been allowed on the top level of the Bio-science division, your supervisor had told you to never venture lower on pain of death by security robot.
But, remembering the logs you and Alex had gone over, there were no more security robots… so there was nothing to stop you from getting at the sweet, sciencey knowledge!
…
…
…
"Okay no, I need to get my Priorities straight, Defeating the horrible abomination against nature and helping Alexander, then I can do SCIENCE!"
You nod to yourself, then, priorities in place, you delve deeper into the Bio-Science division than you've ever been.
XXXXXXXX
"Broken, Broken, Broken… Aha!... no wait its password protected, broken, broken, broken… Finally!"
Turns out most of the terminals had been shattered down in the lower levels of the bioscience division you'd been searching for a while, having already checked out everything in the bacterial research station, you had moved on to what had been called the "Limit 115 Patient Quarantine Zone." Most of everything here had also been broken… Except for this terminal here.
This was the first usable terminal you had found, you could only hope there was something useful on it.
XXXXXXX
June 15 2073
To Dr. A. Marlow
P.V.P finding's from the San Diego facility have presented significant tangential breakthroughs in potential treatment for Limit 115 (colloquially known as "The New Plague, or "Blue Flu") West-Tek upper management has selected your quarantine unit for human testing purposes.
All other research will continue as normal.
Refusal to do will result in immediate termination of employee contract, and the "confidentiality department" will be sent to ensure that the leaking of company secrets will not occur.
Have a Nice Day!
Signed.
West-Tek Great Lakes Division.
XXXXXXX
Limit 115 treatment test results
Overseen by Doctor Andrew Marlow from June 15 2073 to January 21st 2076.
XXXXXX
The terminal went on to list what must have been hundreds of names, most of which simply came with the annotation
"Treatment unsuccessful, Limit 115 progress unhindered." which was inevitably followed by a simple
"Massive External Hemorrhaging, Followed by Death."
And the occasional
"Rapid Cellular Mutation followed by Apoptosis, Failure in several vital organs within thirty minutes of treatment."
This trend would continue until May 2075, where treatments actually seemed to start making progress slowing down the spread of the plague, but unfortunately failing to stop it entirely.
Up until December 2076 where you spotted one particular name with a unique annotation.
XXXXX
Test Subject #843, "Melissa Elwood" Female, Age 26, Caucasian.
Results: "Unauthorized Tampering has polluted testing results. See Subjects personal file for additional information."
XXXXXX
Well… that was kind of ominous.
It was also the closest thing to a lead you had found so far… so you might as well try and check that file.
XXXXXX
Subject Name: Melissa Elwood nee Williams.
Sex: Female
Date of birth: March 4th 2050.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 125 Lb.
No known genetic diseases.
Contacts: Parent's Deceased. Sibling "Wallace Williams" currently deployed in China, Spouse, Andrew Elwood.
Notes: Highly Cooperative, Liked by nursing staff, Seems to be in good health, but has had abnormal fluctuation in quantities of several hormones in her time here.
Concerns: Nursing staff member "Dwight Howell" has shown unhealthy romantic interest in subject, bordering on obsession, significant Belligerence and threats of violence have been recorded after his advances were rejected by the subject. Recommend change of assigned nursing staff.
The following information has been deemed a company secret of significant importance. Unauthorized viewing of this information will result in immediate death upon being located by the Confidentiality Department.
Please confirm clearance with Password #12.
XXXXXXX
That's disappointing, but it wasn't likely this was going to hold anything important anyway. You think about continuing on for a little while before deciding to… on a whim enter a few random passwords
You think back to how lackadaisical cyber security had been here so far and promptly type
"I-Don't-care" into the password box.
XXX
Password Accepted, Loading Document.
XXX
That… that is disappointing on so many levels.
But hey, West-Tek's Incompetence is your gain in this case, hopefully this is useful, because you doubt you'll be able to find another intact terminal down here.
XXXXXXX
AN: You guys got a crit success on the password Guessing roll... I'm actually kind of baffled.
Next Segment: Soon
At any rate there will probably be a few sections like this (3-6? somewhere in that area) and then i'll have you back in your bombed out neighborhood and doing the easier to manage civ builder turns, hopefully before summer ends.
XXXXX
You are Alessandra Gravano, and today has probably been the worst day of your life.
Well maybe not the worst, your pretty sure that nothing can really top the world ending… but today is definitely second place.
Zombie's, car crashes, the guy leading the entire thing turning out to be damn near suicidal, and of course the rogue bio-weapon you were currently trying to find a solution too.
You were freaking out…. A lot, at least it was all internal for the moment.
Yeah, Alex had told you to run if the monster showed up… And technically you had, just probably not where he had intended. Instead of going to get Mannie or anything like that, you had headed straight to the West-Tek Bio-science division.
Perplexingly your intern security password still worked.
Month's after your internship had ended.
If mankind hadn't collectively decided to shoot itself in the foot, you're pretty sure someone would've been getting fired for that.
Well, this particular bit of workplace incompetence had actually been useful, so you weren't complaining.
The Bio-science division looked the same as ever, the mess of terminals, centrifuges, micro-pipettes and various flasks, beakers and petri-dishes still covered the desks and shelves, And the glow in the dark tulips were still up on display alongside the Carnivorous Venus Sunflower's.
None of that helped you at the moment though.
"Alright, if I were data on some top secret bio weapon project… where would I be?"
…
…
"Why I am asking myself that? it's almost certainly on the lower levels!"
Back during your internship here at West-tek, you and your… "Peers" had only been allowed on the top level of the Bio-science division, your supervisor had told you to never venture lower on pain of death by security robot.
But, remembering the logs you and Alex had gone over, there were no more security robots… so there was nothing to stop you from getting at the sweet, sciencey knowledge!
…
…
…
"Okay no, I need to get my Priorities straight, Defeating the horrible abomination against nature and helping Alexander, then I can do SCIENCE!"
You nod to yourself, then, priorities in place, you delve deeper into the Bio-Science division than you've ever been.
XXXXXXXX
"Broken, Broken, Broken… Aha!... no wait its password protected, broken, broken, broken… Finally!"
Turns out most of the terminals had been shattered down in the lower levels of the bioscience division you'd been searching for a while, having already checked out everything in the bacterial research station, you had moved on to what had been called the "Limit 115 Patient Quarantine Zone." Most of everything here had also been broken… Except for this terminal here.
This was the first usable terminal you had found, you could only hope there was something useful on it.
XXXXXXX
June 15 2073
To Dr. A. Marlow
P.V.P finding's from the San Diego facility have presented significant tangential breakthroughs in potential treatment for Limit 115 (colloquially known as "The New Plague, or "Blue Flu") West-Tek upper management has selected your quarantine unit for human testing purposes.
All other research will continue as normal.
Refusal to do will result in immediate termination of employee contract, and the "confidentiality department" will be sent to ensure that the leaking of company secrets will not occur.
Have a Nice Day!
Signed.
West-Tek Great Lakes Division.
XXXXXXX
Limit 115 treatment test results
Overseen by Doctor Andrew Marlow from June 15 2073 to January 21st 2076.
XXXXXX
The terminal went on to list what must have been hundreds of names, most of which simply came with the annotation
"Treatment unsuccessful, Limit 115 progress unhindered." which was inevitably followed by a simple
"Massive External Hemorrhaging, Followed by Death."
And the occasional
"Rapid Cellular Mutation followed by Apoptosis, Failure in several vital organs within thirty minutes of treatment."
This trend would continue until May 2075, where treatments actually seemed to start making progress slowing down the spread of the plague, but unfortunately failing to stop it entirely.
Up until December 2076 where you spotted one particular name with a unique annotation.
XXXXX
Test Subject #843, "Melissa Elwood" Female, Age 26, Caucasian.
Results: "Unauthorized Tampering has polluted testing results. See Subjects personal file for additional information."
XXXXXX
Well… that was kind of ominous.
It was also the closest thing to a lead you had found so far… so you might as well try and check that file.
XXXXXX
Subject Name: Melissa Elwood nee Williams.
Sex: Female
Date of birth: March 4th 2050.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 125 Lb.
No known genetic diseases.
Contacts: Parent's Deceased. Sibling "Wallace Williams" currently deployed in China, Spouse, Andrew Elwood.
Notes: Highly Cooperative, Liked by nursing staff, Seems to be in good health, but has had abnormal fluctuation in quantities of several hormones in her time here.
Concerns: Nursing staff member "Dwight Howell" has shown unhealthy romantic interest in subject, bordering on obsession, significant Belligerence and threats of violence have been recorded after his advances were rejected by the subject. Recommend change of assigned nursing staff.
The following information has been deemed a company secret of significant importance. Unauthorized viewing of this information will result in immediate death upon being located by the Confidentiality Department.
Please confirm clearance with Password #12.
XXXXXXX
That's disappointing, but it wasn't likely this was going to hold anything important anyway. You think about continuing on for a little while before deciding to… on a whim enter a few random passwords
You think back to how lackadaisical cyber security had been here so far and promptly type
"I-Don't-care" into the password box.
XXX
Password Accepted, Loading Document.
XXX
That… that is disappointing on so many levels.
But hey, West-Tek's Incompetence is your gain in this case, hopefully this is useful, because you doubt you'll be able to find another intact terminal down here.
XXXXXXX
AN: You guys got a crit success on the password Guessing roll... I'm actually kind of baffled.
Next Segment: Soon
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Oh my, I wonder what secrets we will uncover. This is great.