Papers, Please - XXI
I nod. "When in doubt, keep going one's terrible ideas."
Locating the CPU Motherboard Processor Unit by remembering where the drone's core was during my hacking attempt I cause that portion of the drone to become intangible, the CPU Motherboard Processor Unit falling right out of the Survey Drone and into the ground.
Popping my fingers I conjure up a C.L.T.C Motherboard Processor Unit and teleport it into the space the CPU Motherboard Processor Unit had previously occupied. As C.L.T.C stands for Completely Loyal To CaptainNZZZ it's programmed to be completely loyal to me, I prefer not to make another mistake at this critical moment.
The C.L.T.C unit quickly interfaces with the Survey Drone's frame, sending out complex subroutes to both reactivate and take control of the frame as the unit itself remains safe behind layers of cyber-defenses.
Looking over at Cloak I shout, "Get to that control panel, I have a feeling we're going to need it soon!"
Yet as I work to convert the Survey-Drone-MKIV to my side worry begins to full the back of my mind. Despite all the time I've spend in Evacucorp and everything I've done here I still haven't found any of the entities I came here to reclaim. Considering how I feel like this side-adventure will end this is very concerning. Hopefully with the Survey Drone and Cloak using control panel in the Surveillance room we'll manage to reach my entities because otherwise this trip will have been a complete failure.
As everything clicks together, one last check is made: The engraving! It find "property of CaptainNZZZ" engraved on the Survey Drone. Clearly, everything else must be true! The systems are reconciled, and the Survey Drone MKIV is yours.
Cloak runs over to the surveillance cameras.
Cloak: Huh. That looks like a big crowd of... are they... yeah... yeah, they are...
Cloak: CAPTAINNZZZ! INCOMING!!!
You realize what's about to happen, and realize that you'll be pinned down if the fight happens here! You hop into the Survey Drone, and ride it straight through the doors back into the lobby!
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Quite a welcoming party is waiting for you. The lobby is eerily quiet, except for the shifting of machinery. A small army of bots await you, with several elites and special units standing out. The floor is clear as ever, and the wide space and height of the lobby give you plenty of room to maneuver. The people from before are gone, possibly evacuated. These factors combine to make a surprisingly usable battlefield for a lobby like this.
Looks like the full security force has finally arrived.
One of the bots in front, the commander, steps up.
Commandrone 10K: Target sighted. All units. Open fire.
Everyone trains their guns on you, and the battle is on!
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Currently, you're protected by the chassis of the Survey Drone! Looking at the control panel, you see it has several abilities you can call on! Using one costs 1 action, but they don't have any cooldown and can be used as many times each turn as you want.
Call Secu-Droids: Calls a handful (of 3) friendly Secu-Droids to aid the Survey Drone! However, they take a turn to arrive!
Scan: Scans an enemy type, allowing you to learn its weak points! All attacks you make against that enemy type deal double damage!
Beamshield: Forms a shield of light around you that blocks 2 attacks.
Only one problem... this thing doesn't have any main guns. Or standard ways to attack at all. You'll have to be creative! Relying on regular attacks to kill these guys would take a long time!
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Lobby Battlefield:
CaptainNZZZ: 50,000/50,000 HP
Survey-Drone-MKIV: 500,000/500,000 HP (Abilities: Call Secu-Droids, Scan, Beamshield)(Property of CaptainNZZZ)
Level 9000 Secu-Droid: 30,000/30,000 HP, 8,000A
Level 9000 Secu-Droid: 30,000/30,000 HP, 8,000A
Drone Serviceling: 20,000/20,000 HP, 4,000A
Drone Serviceling: 20,000/20,000 HP, 4,000A
Drone Serviceling: 20,000/20,000 HP, 4,000A
Drone Serviceling: 20,000/20,000 HP, 4,000A
Drone Serviceling: 20,000/20,000 HP, 4,000A
Commanddrone: 150,000/150,000 HP, 30,000A, Special: Penetrating Laser(ready in 2!)
Elite Bot Warrior: 75,000/75,000 HP, 75,000A
Anti-Tank Gunbot: 40,000/40,000 HP, 20,000A (x3 damage against mechanical foes)
Anti-Tank Gunbot: 40,000/40,000 HP, 20,000A (x3 damage against mechanical foes)
Players:
CaptainNZZZ(has Charisma)(Ticket #2,423,991,081,321)(has complete Entity Requisition Form, Mop bucket, Janitor uniform, truth serum machine)(Piloting Survey-Drone-MKIV)
Survey-Drone-MKIV: 500,000/500,000 HP (Abilities: Call Secu-Droids, Scan, Beamshield)(Property of CaptainNZZZ)
Rewards:
Confessions of a Paradox Gambler
Orb of Shielding(2 attack shields - free action)
New Battle Sidequest change: Player-team stuff is tinted blue, enemies that need to be killed are tinted red! Does it look okay? Feedback is appreciated!
This might look tough, but creative actions with a tool as powerful as the Survey Drone could allow CaptainNZZZ to do WAY more than the normal amount of damage to these guys.