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Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#1: Nov 13th 2015 at 9:52:09 AM

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It's been six week-cycles since you closed the book on the Chez Henri unpleasantness. In that time, your fragile minds have recovered and new skills have been learned. You have been kept together as a team, and in that time have done many things for the good of Alpha Complex; such as plunging into the bathrooms of ICK sector and plunging out the toilets, removing years of fossilized Bubba-Chew gum from the tables in one of the public dining areas, and captured the dangerous matter-eating mutant Nellie-R-NRV-3 before she could chew and eat any more of Alpha Complex's valuable ink pens.

Anyway, you have just finished the paperwork on the Nellie-R-NRV-3 case when Trace-Y-DIK-3 shows up. "I want to thank you all for the great work you've done for ICK sector. Unfortunately, Friend Computer has decided that you would be more useful in Sector OND. You are to report to Train Station N-17-d to take the high speed monorail to Sec-OND. Someone will meet you at the Sec-OND station with more information."

Trace-Y-DIK-3 goes around, handing each of you a train ticket to Sector OND and an envelope containing sealed orders.

"Good luck." Trace says. "Your train leaves in thirty minutes."

Is there anything you'd like to do before going to the train station?

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#2: Nov 13th 2015 at 9:58:37 AM

Silence gives a thumbs up and informs Dick, "I completely organized the filing cabinents based on case and date. Should be much easier to find past crimes and how current crimes reflect them now."

Other than that, he has nothing else. He is ready.

Lt.BGob The Fantabulous from The Merry Ol' Land of Oz Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Fantabulous
#3: Nov 13th 2015 at 1:33:31 PM

TESLAA picked up Yotsuba from his lounge chair, patted him in a friendly fashion on the head and tucked him under an arm. "Right, always ready for the horror of public transport!" She smiled, still a little unhinged from the previous mission but in Alpha Complex most couldn't tell the difference. She offered a hand to shake with Trace-Y-DIK-3, "Well, it wasa pleasure cleaning up this sector with you - we'll see you at the 5-clone reunion." She tries to remember the best way to the station. [1+BRAINS+AC Knowledge]

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Back after a long hiatus
#4: Nov 13th 2015 at 2:54:44 PM

Lanius stands up from his corner, where he was reading a small handbook with an unmarked cover. "All set here, too. Just brushing up on my languages."

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#5: Nov 13th 2015 at 3:39:24 PM

Rocky stands out in the open, flexing his newborn muscles. The showoff was getting glances from everybody from the room.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#6: Nov 13th 2015 at 8:52:49 PM

Teslaa leads the way to the train station 6, 6, 1, 4, 6, 5. As you walk, all of your internal implants activate.

" -bing- Greetings, Citizens! You are about to travel by monorail! Monorail is the safest method of travel between sectors available at your clearance level! ! While you are walking, please enjoy this poem about rail travel! -bing-"

You all arrive safely at Train Station N-27-D. The station is a large chamber for citizens to gather around a metal track. One end of the track ends at a large, brick wall, the other track extends out toward other sectors.

A large electronic sign reads MONORAIL TRAIN TO SECTOR OND ARRIVING SOON.

As you look around, the sign changes to MONORAIL TRAIN TO SECTOR OND ARRIVAL IMMENINT.

A shiny, gleaming stainless steel monorail train pulls into the station. It is obviously inspired by Art Deco style, with stylized wings and sparkling glass windows. Two doors hiss smoothly open and people begin exiting. Most are dressed in a variety of red, orange, and yellow jumpsuits. Within minutes, the train is empty, awaiting for passengers.

edited 13th Nov '15 8:54:22 PM by Nodrog

Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#7: Nov 13th 2015 at 9:20:01 PM

Lanius, having pocketed his language handbook, decides to step onto the train first.

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#8: Nov 13th 2015 at 9:29:22 PM

Fenix soon follows Lanius.

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#9: Nov 13th 2015 at 10:45:27 PM

Rocky walks in as well and takes a seat.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#10: Nov 14th 2015 at 12:23:03 AM

The large electric sign changes to read MONORAIL TRAIN TO SECTOR OND ARRIVING NOW.

A large, rusty train thunders into the station. Rusty steel metal plates are welded half-hazardly here and there, reinforcing the aged structure. Steam leaks out of various spots on the engine, and on the front is a massive metal cow catcher. The newly arrived train slams into the shiny metal train, crushing the silvery train between the incoming train and the brick wall. The shiny train goes from looking like a shiny metal sculpture dedicated to luxurius speed and now looking like a giant shiny metal accordion.

Inside the shiny train, the three see the oncoming train and try to escape in time. Lanius Violence + Duck + 1: 4, 4, 6, 1 is impaled by a stainless steel metal rod through his side but manages to drag himself out. Fenix 3, 5 staggers out of the train, bleeding copiously from multiple wounds from jagged pieces of glass in his face and chest. Rocky 2, 1, 6, 1, 3, 4, 1 crawls out of the crumpled train, blood dripping from his mouth and wide, gaping wounds in his back. The three of them all are at 25% health. One more solid hit would kill any of them.

The doors on the newly arrived train opens. Bruised and bleeding travelers stagger out of the train. A few fall to their knees and begin kissing the floor in gratitude, but most rush to the exits, desperate to get away form the train.

"Monorail train to Ond!" a voice bellows over a static-y PA system. "All aboard who's coming aboard!"

Several people move onto the newly arrived and still intact train, ignoring the scene of carnage.

Looking around, any of you can see a medical kit mounted on a nearby wall. The first-aid kit is marked Not For Use On Infrared Citizens.

edited 14th Nov '15 12:28:33 AM by Nodrog

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#11: Nov 14th 2015 at 2:51:13 AM

Rocky looks around the room for a med kit that is for infrared citizens.

edited 14th Nov '15 2:51:25 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#12: Nov 14th 2015 at 4:26:14 AM

Fenix sends a slap towards the back of Rocky's head.

"You dolt! We're not infrared! We're orange clearance!"

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#13: Nov 14th 2015 at 4:48:58 AM

Silence is a bit shocked at what just happened.

"What in the name of Friend Computer was that?"

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#14: Nov 14th 2015 at 4:56:51 AM

Angered by Fenix's shocking burst of violence, Rocky retaliates with a swift kick to the groin and an equally quick flurry of three punches. He takes the first aid kit for his own and heals himself. Honestly, the last thing a sane individual would dare do is commit violence on a violence officer.

edited 14th Nov '15 5:03:45 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#15: Nov 14th 2015 at 6:42:34 AM

Fenix tries to slap Rocky for his idiocy. 2, 4, 1

Rocky responds with the homicidal hair-trigger rage that earned him his slot as Violence Officer in the last adventure. 4, 2, 4, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5. Fenix's attempts to evade 2, 3 are futile; Rocky kick to Fenix's crotch paralyzes the man in pain, then the three punches finish the badly wounded man off.

6 "-bing-That is the monorail train to sector OND, which appears to have just crashed the monorail train from sector RTZ, Citizen Silence-O-106-4. I see there are members of your group injured. Would you like me to send a doc-bot?"


Rocky tries to heal himself with the med-kit Brains + Science + 1: 6, 4 and manages to heal himself to 50%.

"-bing-Hello, Citizen Rocky-O-MOR-3. I see you are using one of the public emergancy first-aid kits supplied for non-Infrared Citizens. Please fill out this brief survey about your experience. -bing"

 SURVEY 

 Citizen Name: __________________-__-______-__ 

 Please rate the following statements, on a scale from 0 to 10.
 0 for totally agree and and 10 for totally disagree. 

 I found the first aid kit was located in a clearly visible and accessible location. 

 I used the first aid kit for its intended purpose. 

 I am grateful to Friend Computer for providing first aid kits such as the one I used. 

 I am a Communist Traitor. 

 In the event of further injury, I am likely to use an emergency first aid kit again. 

edited 14th Nov '15 6:59:46 AM by Nodrog

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#16: Nov 14th 2015 at 7:04:56 AM

Rocky fills up the survey with the following answers:

Citizen Name: Rocky-O-MOR-3

I found the first aid kit was located in a clearly visible and accessible location. - 10

I used the first aid kit for its intended purpose. - 10

I am grateful to Friend Computer for providing first aid kits such as the one I used. - 10

I am a Communist Traitor. - 0

In the event of further injury, I am likely to use an emergency first aid kit again. - 10


Friend Computer, are there any other first aid kits nearby? Rocky asks.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#17: Nov 14th 2015 at 7:21:55 AM

"Thank you for taking the time to fill out the survey. Based on your survey, you have been given five stars. Yes, Rocky-O-MOR-3, there are other first aid kits nearby. "

All of you see five traitor stars appearing on your Heads-up displays, floating above Rocky's head.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#18: Nov 14th 2015 at 7:26:58 AM

"Yes please send a Doc-Bot Friend Computer. Maybe two... we may need a psychologist to deal with our extremely violent associate."

Silence sighs and palms his face... er... mask, "Okay that was just unneeded."

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#19: Nov 14th 2015 at 7:28:25 AM

Realizing that he confused 10 for totally agree and 0 for totally disagree, he implored the forgiveness of Friend Computer for this small mistake. By this time he had already taken cover behind one of the metal passenger seats should one make a move. "OH COME ON!" He also scanned the room for first aid kits and observed the position of everyone else so he would know where to aim at them. Drawing his two of his laser pistols, he began breathing heavily from the pressure of it all.

"Guys," Rocky spoke in an intimidating tone that was filled with spite, "We are either going to resolve this with a talk from Friend Computer or I'm going to seriously shoot the hell out of you."

He aimed two of his guns at Lanius and held him in place, he would neutralize the most dangerous threat before he had the chance to fight back. "Don't move." He said menacingly, if Lanius moves Rocky will proceed to fire the entire place to hell. But if he suspects that the others are making a move as well, he will fire and kill Lanius. (Anybody that draws a pistol will immediately attract Rocky's attention.)

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

The situation favored Rocky for the moment, this was a hostage situation which could end badly for one party or the other. He had seized the tactical advantage, and would soon move his way through his weaker compatriots as they would assault his position. There were bystanders to be sure but they weren't likely to be qualified to handle a Violence Officer. Rocky was sure that there would be negotiations one way or another, because there were two ways to get what he wanted. One was simple revenge. The other was amnesty.

(No really, I read it wrong.)

edited 14th Nov '15 8:50:26 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#20: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:51:05 PM

The train station hastily clears out as people realize what has happened. Soon, the only ones left in the train station is the team of trouble shooters and a repair robot, busy picking through the wreckage of the shiny metal train. It picks out a metal pole and begins carrying it past the chair Rocky is cowering behind.

A single brown tumbleweed appears from nowhere, rolling through the deserted station, as dramatic Western music plays.

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#21: Nov 15th 2015 at 2:37:51 AM

(Western Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBkRe_m21Z0 )

The futuristic setting of the train station as well as the Western music blended in as naturally as cookies and cream. If one tasted the very atmosphere he would be in awe of the revolutionary flavor and suspense that inhabited the air. It seemed that nothing beats the smell of glory. Our valiant heroes and our temporary cowardly villain braced themselves for the showdown. As you would have it, Rocky, traitor of Friend Computer, opened fire first at Lanius, (He had already aimed his pistol at him so it would be considered an AIMED SHOT) sending bolts of deadly laser fire at him. He then swiftly shifted his fire towards the suspicious looking repair bot with the metal pole. Obviously Friend Computer was helping them out by sending this contraption against him.

The advantage of cowardice was quite simple, cover. Cover saves your life and destroys others. It was simple common sense; a dead hero is useless to everybody. However, just any villain firing from a defensive position can be more effective than a badass out in the open. Frankly, Rocky could be considered borderline badass due to his position as the Violence Officer. He had a fair chance of beating them all if he was lucky enough.

Rocky tried as best as he could to keep the others from entering the train, if he couldn't fire an accurate shot at them he kept them under heavy suppressing fire so they wouldn't reach the train. He tries to do the same for any cover that might be available for the other troubleshooters. If his own cover was blown to bits he would change seats to replenish the damage brought upon him.

His attack plan involved taking down Lanius first, because he was the next best in violence in the team and had been severely wounded in the train wreck as Rocky had. The second victim of his action plan would be that sneaky robot that was nearing him, for this was the trigger that had alerted him to danger. He would follow up with Teslaa, partly because of revenge and partly because she was also competent at dispatching out troublemakers. The last would be Silence because he had no muscle. The strong shall not be spared today, and the weak may run with their legs between their tails.

Rocky kept his eyes peeled for any first aid kits that might be lurking around the corridors of the train. There may be an opportunity to administer some measure of security from this risky venture. If there were any he would move to that seat to obtain it. If someone were too close to it and he was too far he would shoot the first aid kit before he had a chance to get to it.

Aware of the fact that he was running low on health, Rocky could aim his pistol above the metal chair while keeping the rest of his body safely away from harm. This would have a great effect on the accuracy of his shot, but it was better safe than sorry. He would alternate popping out of cover to shoot accurately and safely point shooting at his target to make himself unpredictable. You had to hand it to the Violence Officer, he was the dumbest player on the team in terms of intellect yet he still had the cunning to outmatch smarter opponents.

If Rocky suspected that his situation would plunge into deeper trouble than it already is he would immediately activate his hidden mutant power, Crisis Adrenaline and run through his former fellow troubleshooters like a hot knife through butter with his dazzling display of aggression. Take care troubleshooters, for you shall witness the naked force of your dear companion and you shall respect him deeply for it either by force of persuasion or by force itself.

Rocky is at his best if he is forced in a desperate situation. Just because he is outgunned, outnumbered, and surrounded doesn't mean that it would be a quick victory. In fact this should be reversed, any wild animal that's cornered fights back with such ferocity that it would slay a lifelong predator. Beware of the beast.

(Consider Rocky your first warm-up boss, he's a glass cannon to be sure but he could also count as a fragile speedster due to skill at Duck. You could call him a combat pragmatist by taking cover behind a metal bench that would offer minimal protection to him, and if the laser bolt could penetrate it he can hide behind it and pop out to fire a bolt. I think I'm going to enjoy this, come at me you bastards!)

The violent man, as unthinking he might be, began to have doubts of the competence of Friend Computer. If a man could be hunted down as easily as this then how many more have fallen due to a blameless mistake?

edited 15th Nov '15 4:36:54 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#22: Nov 15th 2015 at 4:38:56 AM

Silence rolls his eyes and takes a deep breath, before whispering to Rocky's laser pistol to sleep for awhile and to ignore Rocky. It deserves some rest.

Roll Machine Empathy.

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#23: Nov 15th 2015 at 4:53:02 AM

Noticing the effect done to his laser pistol, Rocky immediately denounces Silence for possessing unregistered mutant powers to Friend Computer. Particularly the one that Friend Computer fears the most, Machine Empathy.

edited 15th Nov '15 4:54:56 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Back after a long hiatus
#24: Nov 15th 2015 at 10:03:39 AM

Lanius groans in equal parts pain and annoyance. "Rocky what the shit. Why are you holding me at gunpoint when I am impaled by a giant steel pole??"

edited 15th Nov '15 3:25:34 PM by Tojin

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
Nodrog Since: Jul, 2009
#25: Nov 15th 2015 at 2:44:38 PM

Rocky fires at Lanius 2 4 6 5 4 4 4 3. Lanius ducks, 6 1 5 5 dodging the blast of deadly lasers despite being on his last legs.

Rocky takes aim at the repair robot, just as Rocky's first laser pistol beeps and goes into recharging mode. With a curse, Rocky throws it at the cleaning robot, eliciting a yelp of pain as the pistol hits the robot but does no other damage. The robot then bends down, cleaning up the rubble and the non-functional laser pistol.

"-bing- Citizen Rocky-O-MOR-3, you have accused Silence-O-106-4 of Machine Empathy. You are hereby ordered to stop all other activities and to explain what you have witnessed that makes you suspect Machine Empathy has been used and why Silence-O-106-4 is the one using that ability. "


"-bing- Citizen Lanius-O-USS-4, you appear to be stressed. Please enjoy this calming music. -bing-"


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