Minotaurs Out-Of-Character Thread

Welcome back @Yasashii Fuyu . . .

Sorry to hear that Your health problems are still going bad; Sunburns BEFORE even Summer started properly is a pain . . .!!

1°) The "Angry Hornet" Drones (BLATANTLY stolen from the "Mega Meteor Zonds" seen in the Outrage Manga, defending the Druze Caravanserary, and so more or less 1.5x / Twice the size of the usual Nomads Models !!) are now trying to Tail the Nomads Shuttle. . .

It is a very simple "Tactical Analysis" needing NO Rolls to understand that they want to use the Orbital Dropship carrying You as a sort of Shield against Land-Based Anti-Aircraft Artillery; they are NOW positioning to shoot-down some of the Wing Verniers and Retro-Thrusters of Yours shuttle. . .

It is NOT done to make You plummet, but rather to make far more difficult to maneuver defensively and "Shake Them from Your Tail"; they are (from a quick Scan Analysis of Rear Holocameras) armed with a Ventral Gun that SEEMS some sort of kitbashed together "Drum Revolver Grenade Launcher" (the ones that are Multi-Ammo and with "Easy Selectors") big as the ones wielded by Military T.A.G.s. . .

Also they seem to sport something that suspiciously seems "Open-Up Mini-Pods" in selected 2-3 locations of their Armoured Hull (made EVIDENTLY of Salvaged Junkparts and Armourplates stolen from Naval Scrapyards !!); far smaller than the "Traktor Mul" Pods that the Allied Tactical Armoured Gears of the Minotaurs have installed on the back, they have USUALLY (in Miyu knowledge of similar stuff used in Gladiatorial Exoarmours) a Payload of "Swarm Micromissiles" (doggedly pursuers but EASILY fooled by Holocamo and Passive Defence Hacking) that have Ariadnan Shotgun Warheads kind of Ordnance Damage Level. . .

2°) NOPE the Nomads Shuttle is a Orbital Dropship made for Commercial Purposes, ABSOLUTELY NO WEAPONS (when used for Black Ops usually escorted by the same "Hypermeteors" affixed to the External Hull in 2-4 numbers); this was made to counter the O12 infringements on Ariadnan Blockade of Hitech Smuggling. . .

And this bring Us to:

3°) As for Your Samurai T.A.G. YES, YOU CAN !!! In fact this whole sceanrio was PURPOSEFULLY designed to see if the Player Characters on the Shuttle would have the "Guts" to enter their T.A.G.s and try to exit on the Hull of an Orbital Shuttle re-entring Atmosphere, dogfighting against very Mobile Flying Foes. . . . .!!!

I'm very glad that a Player suggested the idea BEFORE "Deus Ex Machina G.M." did it. . .

@inane.imp Mecha is ALSO ready to be Piloted and exit the Opened Cargo Bay of the Shuttle (that like the ones of our R.W. is Open-Topped "Capote", rather than Ventral Belly-Hatches). . .

For History Roleplaying Purposes, "Balrog", the Mecha of @Danger Rose is TECHNICALLY a mass of "Spare Parts" held in some Cargo Boxes; but if ANY Robotic Drone (Kasa, "Squiddy Backpack", the 2 Zonbots, the Haqqislamite Kameel-Shaytan, the 3 primitive Workdrones of the Shuttle and the two "Attendants" of the Warcors: a Pan-O Tin-Bot and a Yaozao 111) is coordinated and collaborating in "Limited Multiplex Gestalt" they could readily assemble it. . .

And Yes, Dreanna, @Danger Rose Character ACTUALLY have NO IDEA that She owns a Stealth Camo Pyro-Assault Mecha in Her "Baggage" (devious side-plots of Your devious Gamemaster). . .

Very Important Tactical NOTICE: The T.A.G.s of @inane.imp and @Danger Rose are Geckos, Combat Models of Corregidor that DOUBLE as Orbital Work Frames; they have Magnetized Footsoles and Handgrips, Anti-Void / Anti-G Gyrostabylizers and special Shielding; they will be easily able to cope with climbing and grappling the Shuttle Surface; Yours "Pseudo-Guijia" have NOT these "Inbuilt Features"; I HEARTILY suggest to have AT LEAST a Tether-Line Cargo-Wire from the Shuttle Bay to be affixed to the Back of Your Exoarmour (Have You seen the Second "Guardians Of The Galaxy" Movie with the "EVO Exploits" of Drax ???)

4°) As for Kasa and "Squiddy Pack" they have AT THE MOMENT "Generic Helper Drone" stats of the Basic Manual (with Kasa the "Basic Package" of a mildly competent Mercenary Wardiver Hacker); I left them generic to have YOU try to decide their Tactical Prowess. . .

You suggest some possible actions, and I then "Fix" in a Definitive Manner the "Bonus Stuff" that they could do. . .

A little confusing, I know, but at the moment, I have NOT MUCH TIME to properly delve Hours in the Manuals to fine-tune the stuff. . . .

5°) For Love of Tactical Completness, the Nomads Shuttle is now in TOTAL Comm Range of New Knossos Island; the "Airstrip AA Team" and the "Shuttle Passengers" could NOW freely communicate in range (let's assume that Lieutenant Alistair of @Beodren as Future Team Commander, had YET been issued Encrypted Squad Cyphers for the Players Characters' Tacnet !!). . .

The "Main Enemy Force" is the Six "Angry Hornets" Drones, but remember that "Svengali Is Watching You" and could try AGAIN to "Scramble" Your Comms and Hack Your Assetts; the P.C. with Hacking Capabilities (and their "Robo-Attendant / Pets", and Personal Geists, too) will have their Work Cut for Them. . .

The three Hackers of the Biker Gangs are there to be a "Last Line of Defence" upon which Hacking P.C. could "Built a Defence Rampart"; other "Zones" of the Island are under similar Remote Attacks and could not lend a Help (so DO NOT EXPECT some Allied N.P.C. like "Dragonslayer" St. George and H.I.V.E.M.I.N.D. to EASILY come to Your rescue !!); in fact is JUST the Initial Rolls of Svengali Shards went so poorly, and that two of the Biker Wardrivers, have YET faced its "Source Code" in the past that the Airport Mainframe has NOT been suborned !!

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At the moment ONLY @inane.imp had acted and rolled on this New Combat Turn;

@Yasashii Fuyu has asked for possible actions, and I hope to have explained enough Tactical Options to explore for His character. . .

@Danger Rose ?

@oldGregg ?

@Beodren ?

@Golem2God ?

@DaRedOne ?

@loricus ?

@Redwulfe ?

 

@Beodren

As far as Alistair is concerned other Island Locations are ONLY under "Remote Virtual Attacks" by Svengali Forces. . .

But if the "Rogue Criminal A.I." was able to deploy 6 modified customized Paramilitary Remote on the Near Orbit of Dawn, who knows if there are "Nautical Models" that are approaching the Shores of New Knossos; VERY Wise then that Alistair e Uja dispatched two ELITE S.B.S. Caledonian Commandos acting as "Beachehad Sentries". . . . .!!!

@Golem2God . . .

You have a Grenade Launcher under Your Boarding Shotgun; grab some A.P. Warheads OR Pre-Timed Frags and be ready to nail down some indirect "Flak Shots Light Artillery". . .

Or You can try to say. . . . .Take one of the DECINES of H.M.G. , Spitfires, Heavy Sniper Rifles, that are abandoned everywhere or affixed to a Vehicle and start to shoot as soon as possible. . .

A Character that is OPTIMIZED for Close Combat does NOT mean that is USELESS in Long Ranged Engagements (or Daturazis would NOT be armed with Combirifles and Assault Rifles with Underbarrell Grenade Launchers). . .

ONLY "WHEN" (and hopefully ONLY "IF") the Enemy reach "Ground Zero Level" then You could lay down with Vorpal Shuriken, Teseum Halbered or even Barehand Punch the Drones at Your leisure. . . . .!!!

 

Yes, along with potential decisons by @oldGregg that could influence the Shuttle Operations. . .

As for the "Land Team" I think that they Rolled their actions or statted their Tactical Options (Lizard and "Blackjack Pseudoguijia" are on Auto-Pilot). . .

So it is few waiting before N.P.C. Actions and Reactions. . .

 

@loricus . . .

Very sorry to hear of this serious mishap; I don't want to pry, but what happened. . . . .You were at a college studying and there were issues of housing and rooming, or is even worse than this. . . . .???