OOC: !Aloha! (That means hello and goodbye, pretty cool huh)
I forgot to mention that the security terminal isn’t manned by anyone. On a side note, I really love how you guys are participating with so much creativity. This is awesome. I think doing this, is more fun then playing fallout. Do you guys have icq, if you do, could you post your numbers? Anyway, onwards to the story.
IC: The few (7) remaining men of Santa Anna start to run in the building. They start climbing the main series of stairs that went up to the top story. No shooting went on because when Santa Anna’s men were at the 5th story, Will and Reptile, who were the fastest (Sorry Fang, but you’re wearing heavy Power Armor), just had pasted the first floor. As of Santa Anna’s men stepped on the top step of the 6th stairs, a trapped step goes off. A large explosion goes off, taking the whole story with it. Whoever trapped the step didn’t think of how unstable and weak the building was. The whole right side of the 5th and 6th story collapses. Debris flies everywhere and Delapenyas get seriously hit with shrapnel. “Ohhhhhh Shit” says Max slowly, as part of the massive structure collapses. It was truly an awesome sight.
Max and Geven stay outside to try to stabilize Delapenyas. The surviving (2) resistance troops and the group all race inside the building, trying to save Sargent Squigee and his troops. The main factory room, which was ½ of the building, was 5 stories tall. There were antique manufacturing machines everywhere that were broken beyond repair. The main stairs were destroyed. Everything was quiet for a second until they heard a yelp for help. “Hello… we’re part of the resistance.” yelled Will. “Up here” says an unknown voice. 5 stories up, a small air-vent falls from the 5-floor ceiling. “It’s us,” yells Sargent Squigee. “We reinforced the room we were hiding in, in case we had to fight there as a last resort. Luckily it held from the explosion. The explosion caused the roof to drop to about 3 feet though. With all weight on top, the ceiling is very slowly bending (sinking). We don’t know how long the steel will bend. I very roughly guess 2, maybe 3 hours. If you can hack into the security stop computer, find a map of the 6th level. We are in room 607. The adjacent room, 608, has not collapsed. If somebody had a welder, they could cut a way out from that room. Since our hideout was reinforced with steel we can’t just cut a way out. Watch out though, because you would have to take a ton of detours, which would be a very long way. The main stairs was how everyone got around before this explosion. There always were other stairs, but they were all over in different clan territories. So to help us, get that welder, get the map, and walk up to room 608 and cut us loose. We can’t tell you anything about our plans until you come up here because people will here us speaking.” “We’ll do what it takes to save you”, yelled Fang. They all exited the building to check on Delapenyas.
A huge piece of metal was sticking out his combat helmet. It didn’t look good thought Neo. Max was taking something out of a first aid box and Geven turned to face the group. Geven said “It isn’t as bad as it looks, the metal hasn’t penetrated the skull, but is lodged in the skull. The blood has stopped, but Neo will be unconscious until we get it out. We can’t take it out, or else it would start gushing blood. The injury would require a real doctor to successfully do the operation. Nobody said anything for second. Will then said how Sargent Squigee’s squad had a fully trained medic. Neo then said, “Are ya sure? I didn’t hear him say that.” Will annoyed, said “Well of course you didn’t hear that, you were listening to that MP3 thing… whatever it’s called, that whole trip”.
They decided to go to the general store to try to find a torch so the medic could save Delapenyas. As they walked in, the owner was asleep on a broken and ripped couch. An assortment of junk was crowded around the small store. There was a bare storeroom that had some molding fruit and meat jerky. There was nothing but crap to sell. After Neo accidentally kicked on an empty can, the owner woke up. He pulled out a pistol and started shooting blindly. He was so high off jet, he did not even get close to hitting anyone with his sluggishness aim. “What the hell yelled” Neo. Everyone pointed their weapons towards the owner. Neo’s M16’s laser guide was pointing on the center of his head. Oblivious to the guns pointed at him, the owner tries to block the laser with his hand. The owner has a stupor stare. He mumbles and slurs the following, “Thought tying to steal my… shit. Ya never know when da trying to kill ya.” He closed his for a second said, ”I’m in serious need of jet, everything is uhh… 1/2… no 1/3 off.” “Hmmm…” says Aleho. Knowing this guy is not a source of reliable information and doesn’t have a welder, the group (except Neo and Aleho) exits the store. “Hey what's that” Neo says. He points to a robot half-covered in junk. “Oh that’s something I found a long time ago in the factory,” says the owner still lying on the couch. “Trade ya a jet canister ($50 bucks for jet, when the pre-war price was $6,999) for it”. Neo notices how it doesn’t work, but all it needed was two micro fusion cells and somebody with computer/ robot skills to fix it.
OOC: Here is the description; all its info is inscribed on the inside of one of the robot's compartments. This is supposed to be a close variant of R2D2 from Star Wars.
Robot model: [font color=#0000CC] R2D6
Serial #62305-30022-82670-32
http://fallout.gamestats.com/forum/User_files/3a11bdc62670464b.jpg
Equipped with:
Three wheeled legs (center leg retractable)
Retractable grasper arm
Small electrical arc saw (0.3 meter range)
Small [font color=#FFFF66]welder (0.3 meter range)
Small Display screen
Mall holographic projector, recorder (accepts holo-disks)
Some additional small tools and equipment
Action Points: 5
Skills: 100% Repair
Size: One meter tall
Cost: $6,999 (new)
Neo notices the welder and almost cries out to his friends about the discovery, but then remembers how the greedy owner might make Neo pay a fortune. Neo casually gives the jet addict $50 and then runs over to his Aleho to tell him about the discovery. Neo starts to run after the group, but feels the heaviness of the droid (robot). Neo yells to Aleho, “Dam, this thing is heavy, can you help me pick it up”. They each carry an end and rush over to the group. All they need to do is get a map. (Neo and Aleho are at the general store on the map while the group is near the gun shop.)
MEANWHILE
Geven was getting real board just watching Max and the unconscious Delapenyas just sit. (Remember they are siting outside the factory) Geven gets up and decides to see who lived in the office and the trailer home. He walks over to the trailer home and knocks on the door. Nobody answers and Geven walks in. Geven sees two young (15 and 14 year old) boys sprawled over the floor with a bunch of cards in organized piles. The boys don’t even turn their heads and say, “God dam… for the last time we don’t have jet.” One of the boys quietly mumbles, “Jesus Christ, I’m glad I never got addicted.” to himself. Geven confused for a second, says “No, I’m not here for jet but just wanted to see who you are and if you sell anything.” Geven looks around and sees noting of interest except abunch of pre-war books with the titles: “Tragic the Gardening, the complete collector’s guide to all the cards” and “AD&D 19th edition” and such. Geven knew how much Neo loved pre-war books and those would be heaven to him. The kids say, “Finally some intelligent life out there. Who are you and can you solve the following equation 588 – 45. A little confused, Geven says, “My name is Geven and the answer to your problem is… 543.” The kids, in a nerdish way, tell Geven how other than the kids, he is the smartest person in the city. Geven almost fall asleep while they geekly tell their life story.
Basically to make a long story short, Geven learns how the city was boomed when two kids figured out how to fix and turn on the machines. With the help of the their uncle (their parents are sadly dead), they became extremely rich with the success of selling as what they called “Nuke Cola”. After several months of tremendous profit, Santa Anna took over the plant right before the coke ran out. The city then became under martial law and all the people in charge were killed except for the two kids because the uncle convinced them that a kid could not run a business. Their uncle was carted off to the jail in Alamo. (Santa Anna’s capital) The city quickly died after the cola plant ran dry. Only the unsavory types stayed.
“Our names are Fred and Mike”, said Fred. We’ll gladly come with someone of your intelligence if you can find some more “Tragic the Gardening” cards. We want to increase our deck strength. Obviously, we have very high computer/robot repair skills because were the one who fixed the machines. Geven then replied, “Ok… if we find any tragic cards, I'll tell you.” He laughed at the thought of these nerd kids ever coming with Geven. What would they ever do to enemies… bore them to death? He laughed at the though. He then went over to see who occupied the office building. Unfortunately, Geven had no idea of how important their computer skills would be.
MEANWHILE
The group passes a dirty man on the street, which is walking to Banana Joe’s Shack to get his daily boost of Jet. Fang stops him and very slowly says, “We.. have.. jet, we.. need.. information.” After a few seconds of processing the idea, the man’s eyes perk up.
OOC: Now this where someone can talk about the clans. Remember how I said the clans are very different. There be could be a “Die or join our religion” clan, or maybe a gun-lover clan which ironically are very peaceful type of clan. I don’t want to keep on giving examples or else people won’t have any ideas. Make them weird and have fun. Also I think it’s kind of cool how I left 3 perspectives (Max and Geven), (Neo and Aleho), and (Fang, Reptile, Will, and the two troops). The next person who posts can do as little or as many perspectives as possible. But try not to make them group together instantly. If you have a good idea, ignore that.
Lastly, thanks for all the positive info, it really inspired to write this long post. This is real fun!
!Aloha!
