[IC] Myriad Reality

[Source]

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I can see. Let's just say that I don't particularly care. This isn't an insult to you, it's just that, well, I am literally unable to.

@Tank O The Lake

Then I hope you can follow orders.

[Armed Forces]

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*I continue running, before jumping up onto a roof and following it by leaping from rooftop to rooftop. The vehicle enters a convoy of similar trucks before its roof-mounted machine gun turns to fire at me.*

@Tank O The Lake

*Catches up to the convoy and leaps up onto the roof of the truck furthest back, then assesses the situation for an additional moment before leaping from car to car toward the one that kidnapped the girl*

[GalaxyRaider]

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Can you get rid of this?

@Source

While it's this small and not unfathomably large like the one before... I think so.
*My armored hands glow purple as I place them against the storm lie it were a solid object. My armor as a whole partially comes apart and turns into an array of devices that stream energy into my hands, expanding a barrier around this side of the storm, but not the entire thing*

[Source]

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While it's this small and not unfathomably large like the one before... I think so.
*My armored hands glow purple as I place them against the storm lie it were a solid object. My armor as a whole partially comes apart and turns into an array of devices that stream energy into my hands, expanding a barrier around this side of the storm, but not the entire thing*

@GalaxyRaider

If not, this won’t be a pleasant attack to deal with.

[GalaxyRaider]

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If not, this won’t be a pleasant attack to deal with.

@Source

I'll destroy this one, just the one time... Maybe. But even then, nothing stops him from doing it again.
*My armor comes apart from me entirely to form an array of new devices all operating on in tandem with each other to maintain the barrier pressed against the storm*

[Source]

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I'll destroy this one, just the one time... Maybe. But even then, nothing stops him from doing it again.
*My armor comes apart from me entirely to form an array of new devices all operating on in tandem with each other to maintain the barrier pressed against the storm*

@GalaxyRaider

Can you end it in future attempts?

[Tank O The Lake]

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Then I hope you can follow orders.

@Source

Don't worry, that's something I can do. So, then...

*The android bows cordially.*

What is required of me?

[Source]

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Don't worry, that's something I can do. So, then...

*The android bows cordially.*

What is required of me?

@Tank O The Lake

We have a single target: namely, the astral creature generating this storm. Everyone else is aligned with our cause. Of that entity, you should focus your attacks on the crystal that drives it. It's unlikely to break, but it will expel energy in the direction of force applied to it. Don't allow it to hit allies if that can be avoided. Keep the man in the suit that controls the storm safe at all costs.

[Tank O The Lake]

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We have a single target: namely, the astral creature generating this storm. Everyone else is aligned with our cause. Of that entity, you should focus your attacks on the crystal that drives it. It's unlikely to break, but it will expel energy in the direction of force applied to it. Don't allow it to hit allies if that can be avoided. Keep the man in the suit that controls the storm safe at all costs.

@Source

There's a fleet of mine in orbit. Would a bombardment work?

[GalaxyRaider]

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Can you end it in future attempts?

@Source

... No.

[Armed Forces]

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*I continue running, before jumping up onto a roof and following it by leaping from rooftop to rooftop. The vehicle enters a convoy of similar trucks before its roof-mounted machine gun turns to fire at me.*

@Tank O The Lake

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*Catches up to the convoy and leaps up onto the roof of the truck furthest back, then assesses the situation for an additional moment before leaping from car to car toward the one that kidnapped the girl*

@Armed Forces

*Reaches the truck, and grabs the machine gun from behind, tearing it from the car and tossing the detached machinery behind me off the vehicle*
How about that?

[Source]

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There's a fleet of mine in orbit. Would a bombardment work?

@Tank O The Lake

How targeted?

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... No.

@GalaxyRaider

What’s stopping you?

[Tank O The Lake]

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How targeted?

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What’s stopping you?

@Source

He was referring to his dispersement of the storm. He wasn't talking about the bombardment. The fleet was designed for expeditions, so the bombardment weapons are for close support in the event of combat. It's not a carpet bombing, since that would kill the expedition team. We've measured it to land within 15 meters of the target, excepting freak wind currents or deflection.

[Tank O The Lake]

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He was referring to his dispersement of the storm. He wasn't talking about the bombardment. The fleet was designed for expeditions, so the bombardment weapons are for close support in the event of combat. It's not a carpet bombing, since that would kill the expedition team. We've measured it to land within 15 meters of the target, excepting freak wind currents or deflection.

@Tank O The Lake

I wonder... would the energy emitted by the crystal go up, towards the gun, or out, towards the source of the shrapnel?

[Source]

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He was referring to his dispersement of the storm. He wasn't talking about the bombardment. The fleet was designed for expeditions, so the bombardment weapons are for close support in the event of combat. It's not a carpet bombing, since that would kill the expedition team. We've measured it to land within 15 meters of the target, excepting freak wind currents or deflection.

@Tank O The Lake

I recognize that. You also lack insight into who is inside the storm right now.

[Tank O The Lake]

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I recognize that. You also lack insight into who is inside the storm right now.

@Source

It's like one of those 'mystery boxes' your kind refers to. Not knowing what you're going to pull from the unfathomable is just part of the fun!

[Source]

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It's like one of those 'mystery boxes' your kind refers to. Not knowing what you're going to pull from the unfathomable is just part of the fun!

@Tank O The Lake

A mystery isn't something we can afford in these circumstances. This is too volatile a situation.

[GalaxyRaider]

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How targeted?

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What’s stopping you?

@Source

I’m about to sacrifice equipment to pull this off.

[Tank O The Lake]

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A mystery isn't something we can afford in these circumstances. This is too volatile a situation.

@Source

Of course. Really, I was pulling them closer to get a good look. If they really were enemy, then I would have them shot into the heart of the storm faster than a man-hunt spills blood.

[Tank O The Lake]

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*Reaches the truck, and grabs the machine gun from behind, tearing it from the car and tossing the detached machinery behind me off the vehicle*
How about that?

@Armed Forces

Careful! Don't let them- no!

*My gaze goes down to a Nightwatch gangster brandishing a rocket launcher and pointing it at the vehicle. Before he can fire, however, I shoot him in the head and the resulting shot goes wide, demolishing a storefront.*

*I then jump down and land atop the roof, crawling down towards the rear doors only to see that not only are they triple-locked, but I have just exposed myself to the truck behind's line of fire.*