Ariadne Guardpost Ii: The Evolution

xect · October 2003

[The sheer amounts of bullets fired at the already dying fade leaves it as dead as those things come.]

Just as the fade drops dead, though, a green cloud spreads in the area around the res nodes

zooby · October 2003

"What the hell?? It's one of those flying things, right? Get some cover on those vents, that's where it must be coming from."
[takes an explosive from his waist and throws it into one of the vents.]
"That should do something."

deaincaelo · October 2003

"owwww. ahhh."
*drops gun, ducks*
*pulls out pistol*
[shoots the fricken invisible thing]

Night_Shade · October 2003

Wow did I pick a good time to sleep in. Not <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
*petrified with fear, comes to himself as the fade hits the deck*
"Fuh- Fuh-- **** me. That was --"
*as the spore cloud forms around him, he starts yelling in pain and dives out of the cloud*
"Aaaah! ****, that stings!"
*pulls out pistol and starts looking around, still somewhat shell-shocked*

Lord_Darkness · October 2003

"That Lerk's gotta be around here somewhere! Get to work clearing out those vents!"
"Uh, guys, little help here?"

Khaim · October 2003

*Runs his clip dry and curses under his breath*
*over the comm*"Hang on Xect, we got a Fade here and Eds about to rip that thing into a million pieces with some NyJack rounds!"
*Sprints through the door down the hall to unlock the other door so Xect, Mage and Sparks can get through*
"Hang on unlocking the door right now..."
*slams a few buttons before the door slowly begins to inch its way open*
"Comon, we need to get back there, sounds like we have a lerk there too now!"
*Starts running back towards the nano-sludge room where the others are without waiting for the door to finish opening or Xect to come through with sparks/mage.*
OMG Ed's gone crazy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'> BTW if anyone didn't seem to realize what I was doing, on our way out toward's the node room I locked a door or two, same room where khan/revenge closed the vents <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>.

BlackMage · October 2003

you know i can open doors and flip lights
though, since you locked them i guess it would be faster for you to

*sees door opening*
"CONTACT!"
*drops to one knee and aims already shouldered lmg*
"IDENTIFY!"
*triger finger itching*

P-Khan · October 2003

*jumps behind a crate*
"Damn, I hate lerks. They are fast little buggers"
*sees door opening*
"Come in quick, pass through under that gap. We've got hostiles here"
*reloads Vladstock and holsters it. Takes out LMG*
"Now, where are you?"
*slowly gets out of hidding spot, and moves towards a vent*
"Someone, cove me"
[jumps inside vent, shooting like crazy, with knife between mouths, hopping that the lerk is here]

zooby · October 2003

P-Khan, unless you want to get blown into smithereens, I suggest you jump back out. I threw an explosive in there.

P-Khan · October 2003

*sees explosive*
"HOLY ****"
*jumps out of vent*
"How the **** I didn't see that **** inside?"
*runs out of vent, and takes cover behind a crate*

My bad zooby, must'v read past by that part

Mr_Headcrab · October 2003

*Ed watches as the bits of what was once the fade fall to the ground, as the spore cloud errupts around the nodes, Ed reloads Wynona.*

[Ed, In a bloodlust, Looks for the Lerk, When found, he is going to turn it into a smudge on the wall.]



Quick note: The TSA installed an override circuit on Wynona, i can only fire NyJAck rounds with the commander's approval first, im lacing into these lil buggers with normal, FF enabled rounds, although at a higher muzzle velocity <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

*jumps out of spore cloud, coughing and eyes streaming*

"somebody kill that b*stard"

*reloads lmg*

*hears the pda screaming*

"Bloody AI. Mr darkness, would you mind shutting that damn thing up before i do?"

BlackMage · October 2003

muzzle velocity is determined by the bullet, not the gun. im assuming you put more powder in the bullets then

*hears p-khan*
"friendly!"
*goes under door, gsts up just as explosion goes off*
"WHAT THE F-!?!"
*aims at anything that moves*
*hears mercura*
"a ... girl?"
"where is she?"
"and where's the alpha?"

Jaeger · October 2003

Turn my back for one minute and find you guys started the party without me. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> 
*begins lacing the walls above the deck with his LMG, looking to find a cloaked lerk in the corridors*
"Comm, I hope you have those specs from the R&D boys for our shiny new grenade launchers."
*rests his LMG at the hip, picking his pistol off the floor and firing randomly into the vents, noting for any sign on his biorelay sensors*
"Tag it and bag it before it kills us, wherever the hell it is."

Mr_Headcrab · October 2003

OK, quick bit of info on my gun: the FAMA-P9.0 is a hybrid device, by using regular rounds of EAM 1.87 (EAM has a weird way of naming, the round is simmilar in size to a Miniball [ <a href='http://www.curiogrove.com/relics_civilwar/' target='_blank'>http://www.curiogrove.com/relics_civilwar/</a> ] and considerably more powerful ) ammunition, is capable of increased power. the FAMA-P9.0, is a Fusion Assisted Matter Accelerator, by siphoning off waisted gasses from the previous round fired and converting it into energy using -CENSORED- technology. The energy is then used to power the Matter Accelerator componet, as the shot is fired, the Rail driver, using the intial momentium to its advantage, increases muzzle velocity to the third power, causing massive damage to targets. Although, due to the increased speeds, most rounds are of a construction known as "Infrangable", the bullet turns to a dust on impact with thick (READ: Hull thickness) metal, and "Hard (READ: Bone, Carapace) at slower speeds (sub 400FPS, inital velocity is closer to 2500) (I swear on my honor, these bullets are real, used by police for livefire training, it was on the History channel).

There, the condensed version of "WTH is with Ed's Gun?: The story and Specs of Wynona"

BlackMage · October 2003

that was a good read

just wondering, but can we solidify 343's brew (crystalize, perhaps) and get some hollowpoint rounds form the armory

evil evil evil
fade: rawr
guy with gun: rawr this, [ahem]
*pop, pop, pop*
fade: mommie?

"any hostiles?"
*looks around*
"i could swear i heard a woman talking"
*prepares to re-lock door*
"hurry up, the party's over"

Night_Shade · October 2003

So it's a cross between your average gun and a rail driver. Nifty. That'd sting more than just a little <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
*recovering from shell shock, notices blood dripping from Dea's arm*
"Damn it, Dea's hit! Get that damn lerk so I can do something about it!"
*attaches flashlight to pistol, and starts checking vents and corners*

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

*spots some movement in a vent*

[fires off a few bursts from lmg]

deaincaelo · October 2003

<CLICK CLICK>
*runs out of wepons and ammo*
"geesh, where is it? WTH"
*jumps in CC*
"hey, Mercura. good to see you. could you help me with this comm interface?"
*drops ammo, medpacks. pings the hell out of the base and vents, shows exactly where the frelling enimy is*
[plugs mercuria into the command console]

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

"darnit dea. now i have that thing right in my head."

*rips off helmet. reloads lmg*

Khaim · October 2003

Scan...? We have no obs... o.O.

Venmoch · October 2003

"****!"
*Pulls Gauze over mouth*
(Slightly Muffled) "Commander We need a scan, pinpoint where this damn thing is!"

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

"but we dont have a damn obs. I think it may be gone now"

Venmoch · October 2003

"You know thats a good point, Hey Boggle you seem to know what your looking for."
*Passes Gauze to Boggle*
"One part Gauze, three parts Coolant Fluid, that'll keep the spores out for you, if I get some time I'll make the rest of the squad some."

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

*takes gauze*

"thanks"

*ties some string on to the corners and loops it round neck like a bowtie*

"[i hope this stuff works]"

343_guilty_spark · October 2003

Trust me to sleep during a time like this....

*Heres the encounter going on.*
"How far are we from you guys ? I like to try out my brew."

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

*runs over to door, sticks head out and sees sparks, xect and mage at the other end of the corridoor*

"Guys! Over here. we got a damn lerk sporing us. That means they have three hives. unless thse kharaa have gone screwy too."

xect · October 2003

Boggle, I must admit I don't get what you're trying to do

[The explosive enters one of the vent to the left, and blows up inside the vent]
[Fails badly to enter the vent, considering that they're all up along the roof.]
[Hits the vent to the left. The bullets seem to hit a weak weld along the edge of the vent, because a hizzing sound from the vent pipe breaking open into some maintenance space between is heard in the few seconds before the vent protection lid snaps shut] 
[Hits nothing since the lerk is not visible] 
[The lerk looks out of the second vent, and releases a volley of spikes upon you. Zooby is hit on the left leg with quite a few spikes]

zooby · October 2003

"Ow, that hurts."
*Looks at the somewhat bloody mess on his leg.*
"Ok, that lerk is gonna get owned. I saw it peek out from that vent over there."
*Leans against wall and slowly sits down.*

Venmoch · October 2003

*Looks around the area tying to find the location of the spores*
*Raises Rifle*
[Trys to pinpoint the exact location from where the spores are coming and shout it to the rest of the team]

Ariadne Guardpost Ii: The Evolution

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