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Super Robot Quest G

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A thought that just occurred to me: How pissed do you think Sheol would be if, after confirming its safety, Yukimura decides to upgrade Mercury with K-Class? I mean, if us using it got the bad doctor this worked up, I'd half-expect him to have an aneurysm from seeing kaiju bits stuffed into his mortal enemy.
 
Reading this in one setting I have to say. I enjoy it, it has that campy-energetic 90s feel with the humor and science. Very nice.

Now, we must endeavor to give all the people LASER GUNS.

MORE LASERS, MORE GUNS, MORE DAKKA.
 
Lonosic said:
Now, we must endeavor to give all the people LASER GUNS.

MORE LASERS, MORE GUNS, MORE DAKKA.
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Work in progress. We're mostly working on giving them to our robots right now, but eventually we might be able to scale them down to infantry-scale engagements. Which will likely double as equipment for our Steeds, honestly.
 
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"First, the robot they used in San Francisco...now this. The fruits of my labor, wrought from my hands...the likelihood that they were woven into both of them...tch." His frame began to tremble, a trail of what looked almost like blood seeping from his lip as his eyebrows twitched. "The Union laughed away my research, and the hypocrites now use it themselves!?"
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For reference, this is the research the union laughed away:
Basarin said:
Dr. Sheol's presentation, on the other hand, was drastically different - he proposed a trial run on genetic alteration. It was nothing short of attempting to map - then completely rewrite - an individual's genetic code, all in the name of adapting them to a given profession in life. Yet he went one step further, proposing that the more 'unsavory and criminal elements of society' could have their more aggressive impulses removed. Failing that, he argued that their bodies post lobotomization could be put to better use 'for the rest of productive society.'
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Now, the review board were kind of assholes about rejecting it, but all I'm saying is, this seems like the mark of a wise and well adjusted man that his brain is somehow stapling together 'Eugenics But Worse This Time' to 'Hyper Advanced Super Stem Cells'. I think he's a trustworthy guy!
 
Is it possible to build or acquire more dropships? From what I understand we have 3 Super Robots and 3+ support formations (there's no specific tracker so just basing from memory). We have the one, the pegasus. Having two more even if its just the Storks would help the left capability, having one Super Robot and support formation assigned to one dropship each would really expand the operational capability of the Initiative. Helps go deal with multiple engagements at once.
 
Basarin said:
@Lonosic - welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy the cheesy 90s anime energy I'm trying to cultivate. You all are engaged in building another dropship, so that partially answers your concern there
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SCIENCE.

Ah, must have missed it that or the acquisition for that other dropship was turns ago and forgot that its on going. Neat.
 
I, for one, can't wait for Ozawa's sudden, yet inevitable betrayal when she shots Sheol in the head and dumps him into incubation tanks to be disassembled into component matter.
 
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Basarin said:
Not feeling too great today, so to tide you all over, I'll be putting up a side story. And this time, I'll be putting in links in when these take place.

This takes place in between the end of the Day of Destruction and the beginning of December, Year Three.


???, 26 November, A.D. 2072
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Ozawa Harumi tapped her foot impatiently as the creature's descent into the oceans finally completed. Her constant taps echoed incongruously, the sound of faint metal clashing with that of squishier, repurposed flesh. Nevermind the fact that they were at depths that would have crushed the Titanic into a teensy-tiny ball of metal and broken dreams - Ozawa hated this part for how long it took. "If there were friggin' stairs, I would've taken them," she grumbled.

All she heard was a huff from the creature, as if it were telling her to knock off the backseat driving.

But even her annoyance with the travel time - comforting as it could be given it was something to be annoyed about - couldn't quite overcome a slight sense of dread that descended upon her. She had left the sanctum with three kaiju, a few hundred-ish of the expendables, and a well thought out, planned, and awesome dream. Now, she was just returning with herself - and a bit of brain matter embedded with computer parts.

Never make promises before you leave, she thought to herself glumly.

The kaiju carrying her chose that moment to open its maw, revealing the - Ozawa blinked. The kaiju had taken her straight to the Incubators. That doesn't happen normally. What happened to making everyone walk everywhere? Doubt compounded unpleasantly now with being thrown off of routine as she walked forward, barely even noticing the kaiju's snout snap shut and withdraw, the fleshy walls sealing behind it on its way out.

"So you return." The voice was raspy, yet projected easily across the massive room. Large, transparent and organic vats lined the chamber as various pieces of kaiju floated in amniotic fluids, with twitching, growing kaiju slowly expanding to fill in the void of space in their tanks. More of the weird-ass colors that the unaugmented human eye couldn't see filtered through what the doc insisted wasn't glass (Ozawa still called them windows - what else were you gonna call them?), casting light and shadow in writhing, maddening ways that would have sent an artist straight to the funny house right after winning a gallery prize.

And in the center of it all was Doctor Sheol. What had once been a relatively nice business suit had strewn out into tatters, with bits of woven together biomass extending out and draping around him. Yellow, almost-pupiless eyes framed by papery and green skin peered at Ozawa from beneath wild, wispy hair bleached to bone white. And those freaky shadows were casting all sorts of patterns across his face that Ozawa was decidedly not happy about staring at.

"Yeah." She scuffed the ground with her foot, procrastinating actually approaching the raised platform for just one more moment. But she forced herself upwards, wanting to avoid the judging glare of an old man who was probably going to gig her a bit more severely than 'your term paper was late.' "I'm back. And-"

"You failed."

Ozawa recoiled slightly. Those two words were spoken at almost a whisper - yet all around her, they echoed right back into her, from every possible angle around her it felt like. She knew it was coming - and yet she was still too shocked to try to deny it either. "Y-yeah, I did." Steeling herself, she stepped forward, and presented to the old man the remaining bit of Titanosaur still writhing in her hands. "I-I promised I was gonna tear it all to the ground, and I couldn't."

"Mercury-" The word came out as a venomous hiss, with almost enough strength to melt the console he was obsessing over, "-was deactivated and forced into repairs-"

"Mercury wasn't the only problem!" Sheol glanced back up at her with frightening speed, his eyes now fully focused on her. "L-look, just plug the damn thing in!" Crossing her arms, Ozawa felt a little bit of her confidence return to her. "I was on schedule, but something got in the way long enough for Mercury to come back online, alright? It would've worked if-" Ozawa paused midrant as Sheol slammed the brain matter into the incubator pod with a loud squish. "Uh, gross-"

"Silence, child." Ozawa wisely decided to just cut her loss and stay quiet as the memories of the Titanosaur flicked past the holographic display. It appeared murky, as if someone had spilled oil all across the moving images-

-but the memories backed her up in this regard. "What. Is. This."

"The normies have a Super Robot." Ozawa's tone was as flat and annoyed as her mentor. The image of the broken and battered thing holding up one of the Egg's heads like a grisly trophy was frozen on display. The scene then reversed slightly, separating the image to the side as yet another visual appeared - the flying battleship and the transforming jet fighters, all fighting against the flying swarms, and still firing at the Titanosaur even as it was swatted down from the earth like a fly. Those three images remained hanging in the air, and the silence drew longer and longer. This time, Ozawa fidgeted, not wanting to draw attention by tapping her foot or anything. But she couldn't help but glance nervously at the old man, as -

Abruptly his hands on the controls lurched, and the image on the Super Robot magnified. Further, further, further still, zooming even past Mercury V's face as the bulky robot was getting to its feet from the Yukimura Institute wreckage. And it zoomed in on the open cracks. "...this…" Sheol hissed. The ambient lights twisted suddenly - and the multihued lights began to fade, as deep red slight began to crawl down along the walls slowly. "...that is kaiju flesh." The image zoomed in yet further, revealing the torn carapace link laying exposed beneath the cracks. "That is my work."

There it was. Ozawa had missed it earlier, but when the Titanosaur was smashing it into the ground, there had been giant cracks in it. And now that they weren't in the height of the moment, she could see it as clearly as he could - layers of what looked like kaiju skin, spread just beneath the metal surface as if it were chain mail. And despite how thoroughly smashed it was, the damned thing still got back up on its feet long enough to hit her with that damned cannon.

All at once, the pressure on Ozawa's shoulders were released - and Sheol simply nodded at her. "Despite your failure…you could not have accounted for this one, no." His voice, once raspy and bitter, was now calm. Eerily, flatly calm. "First, the robot they used in San Francisco...now this. The fruits of my labor, wrought from my hands...the likelihood that they were woven into both of them...tch." His frame began to tremble, a trail of what looked almost like blood seeping from his lip as his eyebrows twitched. "The Union laughed away my research, and the hypocrites now use it themselves!?"

"Yeah." Ozawa was looking at the thing even closer - in the heat of the moment she hadn't noticed. "It's like they just wanted to make their own Mercury or something, y'know? Not that it lasted that long or anything."

Sheol's eyebrow twitched - then his eyes grew thoughtful. "Their own 'Mercury,' you say," he said slowly. "Their own Mercury…" It was as if the old man was rolling the phrase around in his tongue.

Sheol leaned back, before a coughing, raspy sound began to wrack through his body as it heaved from the effort. At first, Ozawa thought the old man was having another of his moments - but then the sound just kept escalating, the coughing slowly growing more coherent. Growing into laughter. Mad, directed laughter that washed over all of the creatures, all of his domain in waves, and the creatures yet to be incubated seemed to twitch and spasm as if reacting to their master's state of mind.

"You, uh…" Ozawa raised a finger questioningly. "...you alright, boss?"

"Their own Mercuries!" Sheol's voice boomed, the clearest she'd ever heard since they did a runner from the Union's men. "That is the game they wish to play, do they!? Their own monsters to fight mine!?"

"Are you listening-?"

"They will learn!" Nope, he ain't listening. "They will curse the day they dared to try matching wits with me!" The images of Mercury and the other robot overlaid with one another as his fingers glided across the controls, already sequencing something new. "I will show them the work of the true master!" Strings of kaiju DNA began to flow across the screen, various spare body parts pulled from existing specimens and tentatively being flesh sculpted for his new purposes as spindly fingers glided across the keyboard. "My answer will grind them into the trenches! Beauty, savagery, and insult to injury!"

"I'll, uh, find out about them then," Ozawa said, even though her words clearly weren't getting to the man. "And, uh, just leave. Yeah? Cool?" All she heard back was maniacal laughter booming across the room as she slowly backpedaled. She gave a vague thumbs up, her thumb resembling more of a hooked claw than anything else at this stage in her augmentation. "Cool! I'll get right on it. Good talk, Doc."

Yet even as she left, the very implications of the doctor's new obsession sent a slight shiver down her spine. "Our own Mercury, huh." Ozawa Harumi mulled on that thought. "There was that one walking tank I saw…"

Slowly, her own grin began to cross her face. "Well, I'm sure I could find us a few specimens to get us started…"
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Oh great he's started to make his own version of Gigan or Mecha King Ghidorah. Fantastic…
 
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No, he knew about Beowulf. He mentions it, even. He just didn't tell Ozawa. For some reason.
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No, He knew that there was a Super Robot present, but not that it was Beowulf specifically, Only that there was another Super Robot present. For all we know. He might think that it was Erika's Super Robot that saved the day.
 
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Science Report: Carlson Laboratories, Kaiju Biotechnology Study #4
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    • "Sam Carlson here. We've got a doozy of a presentation for you, so listen up."

    "So! Kaiju. Bane of our existence. The classic definition of giant monsters-"

    <Various kaiju making landfall across different video clips impose themselves over the screen>

    "-with all the collateral damage that it involves. Strong, tough, fast, regenerative in some cases. But     not invincible."

    <The video clips are all flipped over showing various kaiju decomposing from their acidic components. Most show a victorious Mercury V alight with the chill effects of Aeon Particles, and two from the Beowulf Timberwolf formation and the Perseus>

    "We can and do make use of the kaiju's own biology against them. You all know K-Class Materials. Incredibly durable-"

    <A video clip of the Timberwolf being stabbed by the Dragon plays, followed by the Timberwolf not particularly caring all that much>

    "-flexible-"

    <1LT Wilde and SFC Henry's early experiments showing the weaving of K-Scale Mesh over a Jackal's components displays>

    "-and, most important and most marketable -     adaptable."

    <The various products that have resulted from K-Class reverse engineering scroll across the screen. The K-Suits. The very circuitry in the latest models of MMI. And the now ubiquitous layers of K-Scale Mesh that have become all but standard for Super Robots>

    <And one image shows a particularly satisfied scientist with a fork and knife, and a plate full of oddly delicious-looking meat>

    "Paul finally figured out how to make some of the less critical parts of it edible. Go figure. You might want to double check the mess halls later."

    "But so far, we've basically been playing in a sandbox with very specific rules. As you all know, Samples Zero and One have particular temperaments. They do one thing and one thing well, and any derivatives from them had damned well better get with the program. Anything else we've designed from that is in spite of that. But the original kaiju scale Major Devin deep froze along with the Dragon's Horn has been the foundation for the Super Robot program."

    "And now, we just had an entire suite of them fall into our laps. So let me and Ivanna get you up to speed."

    <An image of the Olympic-class kaiju displays in the corner>

    "Let's get the basic stuff out of the way first - this chubby boy's the biggest one on record so far. But thanks to Perseus and Mercury V, we were able to salvage a lot out of it. I'll start with what I like to call the Thunder Lung."

    "Yes. Thunder Lung. It's my Biotechnology Lab, and I get to make the names. Don't like it, find another head scientist."

    <The still image of the Olympic's spewing of lightning clashing with Mercury V's Chill Glare displays>

    "Pretty straightforward, but the devil's in the details here. The Olympic's lungs generates static buildup that then gets focused through a secondary esophagus that links back to the maw. It needs time to 'breathe it in' before it can then focus it out into a shock stream. This is the first time we've seen any kaiju do something like this outside of the Crocalisks, so this is a pretty strong hint that it's not the last time we're going to see it."

    "Next is the brain...and chief, I     do not like what I'm seeing."

    <The various brain matter floating in its own containment jar is laid side by side with a partial reconstruction graph with what Sam thinks the completed structure would look like>

    "This sucker is producing ESP waves. Very, very different from human ESP, but working on a similar idea. Sort of like how two different saxophone players would compare - they learned differently, but they produce mostly the same sound. What this means for us - I have no clue. I have ideas, none of which I like, but I'm gonna need to see more before I can make a solid hypothesis. What this means is that we're fairly sure that this is how the Olympic-class was conducting command and control - literally bossing the others around with its mind. Now, the kaiju behavior didn't radically change until it arrived, so maximum range is probably taking effect here. More testing and more samples are needed."

    "And before you think about it -     I am not incorporating the brain into our designs. There's too much I don't know about to try literal brain surgery with K-Class, so don't bother asking."

    "And on a more upbeat note, here's the real blue ribbon prize -     the leg."

    <The giant, reptilian leg of the Olympic is shown floating in its own vat, perfectly preserved and pored over by Sam's team>

    "It's too early to get anything practical out of it yet, but     I can promise you that this is going to make the Engineers very, very happy people. We now know how the internal muscles of at least one form of kaiju works. It's incredibly dense, full of multiple moving parts and requires a significant amount of blood flow to keep moving. At this stage of study I can conclude that we can emulate a 'small scale' version of it."

    "One caveat that I'm going to bring up, however - at the rate we're going, there's only so much we can push that with our current models of Super Robots before we have to start making some choices. If you want to perfectly emulate the full strength and scale of the kaiju, we're going to see more and more K-Class in there to the point that it's going to be diet-kaiju that can't Configure. Otherwise, we can take the choice bits and emulate what we can, but I'll leave that explanation to the men with the glasses and the beret."

    "With that out of the way, Ivanna?"

    "Thank you, Dr. Carlson. My findings were not quite so dramatic as his, but what I do have is fascinating on its own. I will start with the Crocalisk-class kaiju's remains."

    <An image of the Crocalisk appears, with two particular bits highlighted - its lungs, and the scales>

    "I will start with the scales. For a kaiju of that size, they should have not been able to carry nearly as many Pterawings as they did. My current hypothesis from the battle logs and the video recordings is that the Pterawings were quite literally flash grown into existence the moment the scales exploded."

    <A recording of the Crocalisks 'exploding' early in the engagement shows the scales all but shattering - and the video is frozen as the resolution hones in on one particular sample>

    "The scales in turn are...interesting. They are rather durable, but also hollow and brittle enough to detach from the skin despite also housing enough fluids to provide basic life support for the Pterawings. There also appears to be no method of reintegration, suggesting that Dr. Sheol designed this fully well to be a one-way method of travel."

    "We will need to conduct more research, but...one possible suggestion I have is for a 'pod' or 'capsule' that could be adapted from this material. It would not be a permanent housing unit, but perhaps as a weapons pod or a drop capsule for rapid deployment? We are still unsure of how well this would translate to Super Robots or even support units, so please bear with us on this."

    "As for the...flame l-"

    "Fire Lung, Ivanna!"

    "Dr. Carlson, we need a more-"

    "K-Lungs then! Hurry up, we don't have all day!"

    "*sigh* The...fire incarnation of the 'K-Lungs' operates much the same as the Olympic counterpart. The Crocalisk needed to inhale and concentrate it before effectively vomiting it out. What this means for both versions is that we can create small scale units that can mimic the effects. A more immediate result might be to increase the efficiency of the Beowulf's 'Inferno' mode. In more long term...I will suggest to the Engineers that this might be incorporated into the new melee weapons they are currently developing."

    "Finally, the one finding I have from the Pterawing."

    <The pterodactyl-like creature in flight is shown - and more specifically a close up of the leathery wing>

    "This is incredibly lightweight, yet also durable enough that it could withstand the raw pressure produced by the wing muscles. On its own, there is not much we can do with it - no matter how amusing it sounds, we cannot expect the Beowulf or Perseus to focus on flapping their arms to produce similar lift."

    "My suggestion here is to not think of it as a wing at all. With enough layers of this material, and with sufficient Anti-Gravity solution applied, we might have the beginnings of a flight propulsion system for a potential Super Robot. This will need more testing, however - and might I add, sir, that we will require some direction on this when we present this to the Engineering team."

    "Thanks, Ivanna. There you have it, folks. Quite a lot to unpack today, but another solid and honest month of good Science!"

    SCIENCE!

    "You tell 'em, folks. That's all for now - we'll have some proposals on your desk at the top of the month. This is Sam Carlson, we're done here!"

    You have a lot of new options incoming.
    Olympic-class Brain Sample analyzed. Insights developed into kaiju command and control with troubling implications.
    Olympic-class Leg Sample analyzed. New insights developed into Super Robot limb construction, potential new class of Super Robot theorized. New Engineering and Biotechnology Options available next turn.
    Olympic and Crocalisk-class 'K-Lungs' studied. Potential new elemental weapons systems theorized. New Engineering Options available next turn.
    Crocalisk-class Scales studied. Potential weapons or Super Robot delivery systems theorized. New Biotechnology Options available next turn.
    Pterawing-class wings studied. Potential flight propulsion system theorized from 'K-Wing' materials. New Engineering Options available next turn.
     
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    "Thanks, Ivanna. There you have it, folks. Quite a lot to unpack today, but another solid and honest month of good Science!"

    SCIENCE!
    "You tell 'em, folks. That's all for now - we'll have some proposals on your desk at the top of the month. This is Sam Carlson, we're done here!"
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    I think I missed this the most! That little add on shout to science every time it gives me a good chuckle.

    In other words a lot of progress was made and from the looks of it we won't be able to add all of it into our Robots unless we want mini-Kaiju which I don't. And perhaps we should look into that brain some more, the fact their giving off ESP waves themselves is worrying but at the same time could we perhaps create some sort of ESP Jammer as well to counter said waves?
     
    I am against the Bio Robots since those are too much of a risk. I would rather Sheol not have a chance to suborn our Robots at all.
     
    Bootleg Getter Robo? We just need to discover and research an analog for Getter Rays. Any Super Robot anime with a bio-organic Super Robot if my comparison is incorrect? And no, Attack on Titan is not an acceptable answer, Sheol already has that field down pat.
     
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