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SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45076: Jul 14th 2017 at 9:58:23 PM

Oliver: Yep.

Frontier Militia formed. Took in anyone who had a gun and didn't like the IMC. The idea was that there were a lot of places that couldn't resist them, so the Militia would do it for them. Entirely voluntary service.

But the Frontier grows people tough. And there's not been a shortage of volunteers. We've grown since then, to the point where we have our own war industries. We're building our first Titans, supplying our troops with weapons and equipment we built and didn't steal from IMC supply depots.

edited 14th Jul '17 9:59:21 PM by SpartyMcFly

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45077: Jul 14th 2017 at 9:59:12 PM

Barbara: Why did you volunteer?

edited 14th Jul '17 9:59:32 PM by NeonMoon

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45078: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:06:47 PM

Oliver: I couldn't just... y'know, stand by! I mean, I had to at least do something... something to help out.

-Barbara, roll Sense Motive-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45079: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:07:31 PM

-Barbara rolls a nat. 15 with a + modifier, so 17-

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45080: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:08:59 PM

-He's lying to you-

-From the sounds of it, probably because he considers the truth... too humiliating to let out?-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45081: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:10:49 PM

Barbara: I'll accept that, but there's a funny thing about paladins.

We're living lie detectors.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45082: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:13:25 PM

-Oliver just kind of stands there-

-too stunned to respond-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45083: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:13:47 PM

Barbara: -Leans against the wall-

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45084: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:17:22 PM

Oliver: Um...

Can I say it's... personal?

edited 14th Jul '17 10:17:28 PM by SpartyMcFly

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45085: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:18:27 PM

Barbara: Of course you can. Like I said, I'll accept your explanation.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45086: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:19:21 PM

-Oliver sighs-

Oliver: Thanks. Not something I feel like talking about.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45087: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:21:32 PM

Barbara: We all have our secrets. It's okay.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45088: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:22:19 PM

Oliver: Anyways... where was I?

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45089: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:24:38 PM

Barbara: Militia building giant robots.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
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#45090: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:29:07 PM

Oliver: Yeah.

We started fighting back. Like I said, now we can build our own stuff, but for the past few decades everything the Militia used, they had to beg, borrow, or steal to get. Couldn't get our own fuel, so we raided IMC fuel depots for it. Couldn't afford to mass-produce our own arms, so people used whatever they brought with them. Maybe they got it from a gunsmith, or were the gunsmith. Maybe it was scavenged in the field. Maybe it was stolen from an IMC armory. Hell, we still haven't standardized because of that.

Same went for Titans. For a very long while we couldn't build our own, or even make the parts, so we "liberated" any Titans that got left along long enough.

edited 14th Jul '17 10:29:20 PM by SpartyMcFly

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45091: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:30:22 PM

Barbara: Makes sense. The resources required must be immense.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45092: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:33:27 PM

Oliver: Yeah. Most of what we use is still stolen. But we've gotten basic manufacturing capacity up, so we can resupply and build our own stuff on a limited basis.

Only Titan we've managed to build on our own so far is the Vanguard. Something we're all proud of - a chassis we designed ourselves, and that we built ourselves. We'd been slotting our own homegrown Titan AI into stolen bodies for a while, but Vanguards were built from the ground-up to be self-aware.

So you only see them in SRS, Special Recon Squadron. Only ones doing an important enough job to warrant their use.

edited 14th Jul '17 10:35:05 PM by SpartyMcFly

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45093: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:35:12 PM

Barbara: Yeah, I can see that. The impressive stuff always goes to the elites first.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45094: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:35:43 PM

Oliver: Yeah. It's gonna be a while until we start seeing them in our own ranks. But it'll come some day.

It'll just take a while. We don't have many resources.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45095: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:39:10 PM

Barbara: Keep the faith. The road may be long, but good triumphs over evil.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45096: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:39:43 PM

Oliver: Yeah. That's the Militia for you. We can't win brute force, so we play the long game.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45097: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:42:12 PM

Barbara: Yeah, and one day, it will bear fruit. smile

Apologies, but I must get some sleep.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#45098: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:46:41 PM

Oliver: Thanks for the help. Get some rest, alright?

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#45099: Jul 14th 2017 at 10:47:20 PM

Barbara: My pleasure. Good night.

-Heads to bed-

Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#45100: Jul 15th 2017 at 7:01:07 AM

-Haken is down in the mechbay now, getting some vehicles ready as on the horizon a new city comes into view on the horizon, only it looks different from the merchant city you all have visited before. It seems more governmental/royal just from how it's buildings look-

Haken: we're not gonna be able to enter the city, battleship is gonna have to be a wall.


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