Silence 2025/11/03(Mon)07:35 No. 1116297 ID: 6d1406
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>>1115512
>>1115517
You choose Klara and get yourself marched out to her post to meet her.

Hey there! Welcome to the shitbox! Ready to stand out here and stare at the horizon for several hours?

Yes.
But don't forget to look up and down too once in a while: We don't know how stealthy the enemy can get.

Well, doing nothing is probably better than getting shot at. We should probably experiment with the alien mech a bit while nothing's happening. See if it has any kind of "mind" at all; like can we ask it to draw art on the ground? If that works at all, we can ask it to draw images of things it enjoys doing.

After everything it will be nice to do nothing for a while
which certainly won't jinx it

Silence 2025/11/05(Wed)07:31 No. 1116395 ID: 6d1406
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>>1116303
>>1116305
>>1116319
You inform Klara you're ready for your shift.

You get positioned out on the south side of the spaceport, staring out at the horizon.

So, you're with Wayne Kowalski right? Always wondered about them, can I ask some questions?

>>1116395
go ahead, but confidential stuff is confidential.

Sure, but there's not that much I know and probably even less I'm allowed to tell.

Don't see why not

Silence 2025/11/07(Fri)06:49 No. 1116530 ID: 6d1406
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>>1116396
>>1116401
>>1116421
You agree, but no confidential stuff.

Great to hear! So, I hear you courier guys are usually indentured because of heavy augmentation, is that true?

>>1116530

Is that not normal? How did Klara get planetside, if not a long term contract and loads of debt?

More just regular debt. I mean we still are down an eye

Silence 2025/11/10(Mon)06:18 No. 1116675 ID: 6d1406
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>>1116544
You ask how Klara got planetside if not for debt.

No I got debt and all, it's just that it's regular debts, I'm a career soldier and merc anyway. My current contract is with Watanabe Heavy Electronics, they provided a shuttle and me and the other mercs under their contract got shipped here. Damn you're really screwed up.

>>1116561
You point out you're still missing an eye.

I noticed! Freaky stuff! So you are heavily augmented, that stuff helps you control your mech right? Most pilots these days have a neuro-jack or two but damn you're like heavy outfitting. What does that stuff do?

She's asking the wrong girl. You just got the stuff you didn't build it. It helps you control the mech yes. It also causes amnesia, so you don't remember much else about it.

You don't know the details of your contract, to be honest, but you know if you work with your handler, you'll have your own life again in no time! You don't know how you know that, though.

Silence 2025/11/12(Wed)07:16 No. 1116835 ID: 6d1406
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>>1116757
You tell her you have some bad amnesia from your surgery and don't remember much about your old life. Just that working with your handler and doing the job here might get you your freedom.

Daaaaaaaaamn. Hannibal right? What's he like, I've only heard stories.

He's strictly business. No personal connections allowed.

But he's been reliable so far

>>1116835
There's rumors that Hannibal is a party animal when he's got some alcohol in him, but we've never seen it ourselves.

Also heard that he's married and has a kid, but we've also heard that he's never been married and doesn't have kids, so we can only speculate that Hannibal is purposely spreading misinformation to hide details of his personal life.

With how he keeps things professional, there's to suspect he lost a charge at least once and wants to avoid attachment since.

Been a very reliable handler, in any case.

Silence 2025/11/17(Mon)09:35 No. 1117103 ID: 6d1406
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>>1116836
>>1116840
>>1116903
You've heard a bunch of conflicting things but Hannibal is a reliable if impersonal handler. You're not certain what else to make of him.

Damn! Well, lucky you got a good handler then. Keeps you up to date on the details and all.

To make things fair, do you have any questions?

How's the campaign been for her?

And how are the corps faring in this? We barely know about our own and its immediate friends/rivals.

Silence 2025/11/19(Wed)06:16 No. 1117275 ID: 6d1406
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>>1117128
Rough. I've been fighting hordes of Box Walkers a lot, the Monarchy has the numbers advantage compared to the ITA and the mercs, those things may not be much of a threat 1 on 1 but they're hell when they get swarming.

>>1117212
Oh that's a deep dive question, the short of that one is they're making money. The slightly longer answer is they're wasting material. See the big ones here are Wilson Scrap, Wantanabe Heavy Electronics, Oroburus Heavy Industries, Cain Electronics, and of course... Kowalski Wayne Mercantile. I've done jobs for all of them so I'm a little locked into the nonsense they spew.

What do you want to know about first?

We've heard a tiny bit about Oroburus Heavy Industries and Cain Electronics, but nothing yet abot Wantanabe Heavy Electronics. So let's start with the latter.

>>1117283
sure.

oh yeah, gossip

Silence 2025/11/21(Fri)08:51 No. 1117390 ID: 6d1406
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>>1117283
>>1117285
>>1117325

Wantanabe Heavy Electronics pretty much has a hand in everything robotics in industry. Those legs your mech is outfitted with are a WE product, from prosthetics to heavy machinery. Where Cain Electronics supplies advanced computers and navigation systems, Wantanabe does all the actual physical stuff.

It's pretty neat. Though they mostly work in industrial stuff, haven't seen them really make weapons.

Ask if she's in her usual mech, and what kind of parts she usually uses

Silence 2025/11/24(Mon)07:54 No. 1117555 ID: 6d1406
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>>1117444
Oh this? Glaive? Yeah it's my mainline mech, it's maintained and upgraded here and there but it's pretty much the same thing. You know by Ship Of Theseus Standards and all. It's just a lightweight speedster with two shotguns, but for the missions I run, it's pretty much all I need.

You notice that your shift is surprisingly, nearly over.

Ah well, time flies when you're having fun. Any last questions before we trade out?

are there any rumors going around about that fancy alien mech?

Silence 2025/11/26(Wed)06:53 No. 1117735 ID: 6d1406
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>>1117605
You ask if she's heard anything about rumors about the alien mech.

Alien Mech?

Seems she doesn't know about it, maybe the amount of people who are in the know are limited. Maybe she's not even from the same Campus you were on, this is a planetary operation.

Tell her the basics: A merc team seized a monarchy train rumored to transport a new mech, and it turned out to be made of alien tech.

Silence 2025/12/01(Mon)07:07 No. 1118211 ID: 6d1406
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>>1117757
You inform her of the basics, keeping your involvement out of it.

Damn, actual alien tech. I know this planet is full of it, but damn the Monarchy actually made something like that? Man my employers would love to get their hands on that.

'pretty sure EVERY corp would. it'd probably start... what galactic war are we on again? 3 or 4?'

I'd say its definitely what we're here for, but we've got it and we're still here. Seems as though the corps think the monarchy has something even better

Silence 2025/12/03(Wed)07:55 No. 1118348 ID: 6d1406
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>>1118213
Yeah, there's always some form of conflict isn't there? Dropdrives kinda fucked that up and let everyone get everywhere huh?

>>1118264
I mean have you seen the giant door down there? There absolutely is something down there even better than a mech made out of alien technology.

What do you think are the odds whatever's in there will drive whoever looks at it mad? The old cosmic terror beyond comprehension

Silence 2025/12/05(Fri)06:40 No. 1118501 ID: 6d1406
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>>1118403
Odds of some big tentacly fucker? Very likely, that's how these things go isn't it?

You can't disagree.

Either way, our shift is up. It's been fun talking to you. Where you off to next? The cafeteria? To the bunks? Maybe the mech bays.

>>1118501
The cafeteria. It's been a while since we've eaten something and we feel like we're starving right now.

Yeah, cafeteria is good.

lunch time

Silence 2025/12/08(Mon)07:02 No. 1118730 ID: 6d1406
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>>1118505
>>1118649
>>1118650
The vote is for the Cafeteria, you dock your mech and return to the interior of the spaceport, entering into a cramped cafeteria section. There seems to be nobody else here at the moment and a singular robot at the ordering section.

You ponder why everyone else isn't here.

Maybe the food is that bad.
Is anyone in the hall outside you could ask?

Ask if there's an alert, or a gathering, etc.

>>1118730
If there's nothing important happening, then take advantage of being first in line so you don't have to wait too long for your food!

If there's an important reason on why nobody else is here, go see what's happening.

Maybe the food is really bad today. Check the menu.

Contemplate public sex

Silence 2025/12/10(Wed)07:13 No. 1118899 ID: 6d1406
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>>1118732
>>1118744
>>1118757
>>1118765
You approach the Drone unit, it's pretty basic, you could probably break it with ease.

>>1118770
No.

Hello. Potential. Customer. Please Make. Purchase Of Food. Items.

Oh it's very basic, most bots have more complex language systems than that for certain.

Today's. Specials are.
- Macaroni Cheese
- Synthmeat Fajitas
- Mystery Pizza
- Big Boy. Steak.

You ask why the place is so empty.

Lunch hour. Has Completed. It is. Late.

Oh, you realized that you did just work 8-9 hours straight and went here. Seems likely the place is empty because nobody else has arrived yet.

Please Make. Purchase Of. Food.

Do you want to make an order, ask more questions, or find out if there's any more options.

Check the news for any potential food poisoning.

Buy pizza.

>>1118899
I'd go with the pizza or the steak.

Get the steak.

Cheese