r/PvMvT • u/carlos821 • Mar 28 '16
5 Man Test Post: carlos821's gang.
You have been contacted out of the blue with an offer;
“A ship has washed ashore on an unassuming small island about 50 miles northwest of Puerto Rico. There is something inside that belongs to us. It is in a box about 3 meters long, 1 meter wide, and 1 meter tall. You will know it when you see it. We wish you to retrieve it for us. We have contacted you along with a number of other individuals due to your unique skills. You will be working alongside them to retrieve the box. For this, you will be paid one million dollars.”
Along with this message came a time and a place. You have decided to accept, for your own reasons. At the meeting spot, you found a gaggle of strange characters, none of whom you know. You didn’t have much time to acquaint yourself with your new teammates before being ushered into a helicopter.
Some Mechanics
In addition to testing GM coordination, this quest will be using and testing the turn system proposed by CobaltMonkey after the end of the 3-Man quest, which should hopefully allow players to interact more freely and also make the timeline of events easier to follow. Turns will go like this:
I will make a top-level comment to set the stage, and number it so that people can follow along at a later date.
Each player will respond to that comment. If they want to react to something another player did, they will respond to that player's comment instead and tag me.
I make a new top-level comment, number it, and let all the players know.
Repeat 2 and 3 until we're done.
As an example, a turn might look something like:
carlos821:
[1]
Stuff happens.
Player 1:
I do A.
Player 2:
I do B.
Player 3:
I notice player 2 doing B, and do C in response.
Player 4:
I do D.
Player 5:
I do E.
To begin, respond to the comment I have made on this post.
Players for this test are as follows:
/u/liono69—Chance "The Lion" Danyon
[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]
5
u/carlos821 Apr 09 '16
[13]
Chance springs up, vaulting over to a nearby jet. Pulling out your omni-tool, you realize many of this jet’s missiles have been rendered unusable by time and water, but there’s one missiles that has miraculously managed to stay out of the reach of the water. You pull out your omni-tool and get to work. It might take you a minute to jury-rig this missile to fire.
Sol slips off into the shadows of the hanger, ducking between jets and miscellaneous rubble as he moves closer to the turtle. It’s not looking in your direction currently, and as you are unfortunately not an expert in cybernetic turtles, you can’t tell from its body language if it knows you’re there.
The turtle stands, turret moving back and forth like it can’t decide on a target. Its head looks first to Chatterbox standing in front of it, then to the Alkalite with his gun raised, then to Jim flopping around on the ground. It finally seems to settle on Byte, floating nearby. And it just stands there.
The voice stops mid-sentence, then starts again. “Interesting. An armored T-13 standing before you, having just fired on one of your group, and you attempt diplomacy. Perhaps you are not lying. And your’s is… I will offer you one more chance. Who are you, all of you, who are you freelancing for, what are you reclaiming on my ship, and why should I not order the machine to kill you all?”
As the voice finishes, you can hear a grinding noise, like the sound of century-old servos making a valiant attempt to do their job, as the turtle levels its turret directly at Jim, still trying to recover on the floor.
What do you do?
/u/nkonrad, /u/Lanugo1984, /u/Tenyo