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Decline, Basketballs and Cleaner Bots-Let's Play DX 2! #5

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No hurry, I'm not putting out the first post of the Nehrim LP till tomorrow afternoon at the earliest, then I'll be updating Hitomi after that. It's not going to be snap updates or anything. Maybe every couple days.
 
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With the other IW LP moving to a digital format, I've decided to revive mine. A second, smaller update will be posted in a couple days and get us the rest of the way through the Order raid. Only two info screens this time, as there weren't too many places where it fit to put the ones I have. So for those who didn't like them, yay for you.


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"Y'know, the scouting I did when you were still snoozing in your room."



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Last time we saw the charming SSC guard assigned to our level, his advice was to stay out of the way and let him do his job. Let's see how that worked out.


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Apparently not so well. Unfortunate, but it looks as if one of his friends is here to take up the slack.

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Now all I need is a couple gas grenades to 'cause irritation to all exposed mucous membranes', and I'd be able to do Paul proud.


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But this will have to do.

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While we requisitioned some gear, our newfound ally was muttering to himself. Here's a bit of it.

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It's a crazy world we live in, my brotha.

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No, that's intent. A plan is developing a series of actions to achieve...nevermind.


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"And the bullets were Nerf."

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On the one hand, I don't want to be a dick to these guys anymore. The woman in the training area (likely) sacrificed herself to let me get away. On the other, they really don't come across as all that competent.

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Invasion of privacy time. Let's see what Klara can donate to the cause.

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Also, the Order are pumping propaganda through the PA the entire time. You'll see more of it.


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Oh Klara, you're too kind.


Inventory check:

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Bustin' heads.

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"Don't tase me
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"We have the bang!"

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"That's not a...oh wait."

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Really, who doesn't prepare for a robot apocalypse with some of these under the pillow?

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If you're caught in the explosion radius, I'm pretty sure they suck away some energy. And they don't distinguish between mechanical stuff on your side or the enemies'. Careful is the word of the day.

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Onward to Leo's soon-to-be-plundered domicile!

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Stack as many of the same thing as you want, but there's still only a limited amount of slots. We'll take care of this in a minute.

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Someone hasn't checked their messages recently. Naughty Leo.

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Naive blonds, dumb jocks and cheap food. Are we in a college dorm?

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Medkit gets added to the pile, while we get ready to clear some space.

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Two birds with one stone. Or one Order flunky with a bitchin' little spider.


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"Spider-chu, I choose you!"


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He hears something.


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Checks behind.


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To the side.




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But still can't avoid the electrical current that's about to ruin his day.

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I'm paraphrasing, but I think his last words were "Arghlbargh grackl."

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Damn I love these things.

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His victory assured, our little champion moves out...

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...and begins...

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..to..

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...dance.


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But you just can't hold it against him.

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Anyway, back to snooping around. I won't be left behind, Billy!

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Always check under the pillow.

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Always. And now we have an empty slot to claim all those multi-tools.

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Sorry generic smokes. I just don't have the space.

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That's right, electrical *and* mechanical locks, as well as various other uses. Wonder-tool of the future to some, evidence of :decline: to others.

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"But if you don't we're totally gonna kill you. So yeah, think about that too."

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:smug: He's certainly more appreciative of my skills than his friend was. It's about time someone recognized-

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:/ Right, right, humility is important. Don't want to be a Jankowski. Phew.

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Most bots will react if you bump into/clamber over them. Spider Bots alone have a bunch of amusing phrases.


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"...into our sights." *Click*


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"While you've been playing with people's email, I've been emptying Tarsus accounts and raiding the emergency armories."

:cry: I just can't win.

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"Am...am I surrounded by perverts? This is just like Bible Camp all over again!"

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I think one of them is a woman. Rape.

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The one who can still hear you.

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"I am not a number, I am a free man!"

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Let me come up and we can all read it together.

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Yes, just wait.right.there.

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How this attack mysteriously restocked my fridge, I'll never know. Billy probably does, though.

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Some see a large repair bill. Me, I see an opportunity.

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Sadly, I had to leave my Light Spider Bot behind, as his pathing is horrible and he got stuck on a fallen door awhile back.:salute: Help our SSC comrade fight the good fight, little buddy.


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Looks like the backroom of a Dairy Queen the Jetsons would visit.

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"Ooh, I see you have a couple razzleberry milkshakes pre-made. I'll take two."

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Swanky checkout interface.

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They did apparently leave a lot of personnel behind in Chicago to get the trainees out. So you can't fault them there.

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So basically we're 50 Cent, inheriting Eminem's beefs as soon as we sign up. Wonderful.

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What column does this attack fall under? Because it seems to check all the terrorist boxes to me.

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Alex, of course, agrees.

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"...and doesn't reciprocate. Holographic tits or GTFO!"

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"What do you think this is, an Oblivion nudie mod?"

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Before we do anything else, let's read up on biomods from the data-pad next to the projector, and the three on the table next to the cabinet. Or don't, and skip ahead a few pics. Your decision.

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Time to make some choices.


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There's no option to upgrade the Light biomod and give Alex a tan, completing his Guido transformation. I know, it shocked me too.

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I've got a different plans for recovering health and scouting, so let's take Vision Enhancement.

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The night cannot save you, bitches.

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At first I was all :smug: about being more efficient than JC, but then I remembered my setup totally ignores skills. : x

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Thermal Masking plays into one of the Black Market biomods I'm planning on taking. And it'll make getting around the hijacked security system much easier.


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Put the last cannister into upgrading Vision Enhancement and...done. Let's test these out.

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My dear Tarsus researchers, who is observing who? Hah.

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To the average schmoe nothing's changed, but to Robocop I might as well be a ghost.

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Felt kind of stupid for not noticing I'd been carrying around a spare pistol all this time. Moved the proximity mine up.

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Well, well. You're not one of the two I saw earlier.



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"Um, hi?"

"Try again."


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Translation: I just want to perv in peace. Also, you're kinda valuable so try not to get shot up or brainwashed.

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"Hope a roving greasel eats you."


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Thanks doc, that makes me feel slightly better about it.


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And now it doesn't. Creeps.


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Oh no, whatever shall I do?!


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What a great idea. Nyah nyah.


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Biohazard=Do not shoot unless very far away. We mean it. Really.


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Now run like hell!


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Phew. Any kind of cloaking mod drains energy like a sieve at base level.


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Just the couple of pervs I wanted to talk to.


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"Or a very large bribe, but I doubt these hippies have any money."


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They don't share Leila's hesitancy to label the Order, apparently.


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The Order certainly seems to know their way around the workings of Tarsus. A bit too much for my liking. Wait a minute...does this mean they took out my two comrades left behind in the dorm?


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Let's check our goals at the moment.


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Hanging around here for much longer does seem to be a terrible idea.


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They never mentioned a reward, actually. Still, if the Order flunkies approaching here did what I think they did, it doesn't matter.

They're all gonna die.


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And here's the perfect weapon for the job.


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On the way over I can hear them killing the scientist trapped behind the camera/turret combo. Shoulda chanced it with me, lady.


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But don't worry.


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I'll get some vengeance for you.


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Mwahahaha.


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Let the show begin.


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Bang, motherfucker!


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And enough voltage to jumpstart my car.


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Normally, I would leave her to sleep it off.


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But she made a big mistake.


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"For Spider-chu. And...that other guy."
 
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This update ended up a bit larger than I initially thought.







Couple notes:

-I've gone back through all my LPs and added chapter lists for easy navigation. Hitomi is the only exception, as that was originally someone else's. If I ever continue it, I'll include an updated chapter list with every new entry.

-Way of the Samurai gets the next couple updates.

-There'll be a few more info screens this time.



Enjoy!



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In other words, the perfect pawn in someone's game of chess.


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"Or am I only going to find out after it tries to kill me?"


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America; If you can't make it here...go live in some euro-trash nowhere country. Pussy.:patriot:


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"You would not believe the amount of smug I had to clean off this thing."


"Is that what your generation called it?"


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The conversation ends, but I click right back on him.

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"I've got this great idea for an upgrade to the Light."

"We're always open to new ideas, and you are the end user. Shoot."


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"Qwik-tan."

"Get out."


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"Yet I'm the one with tenure, and they feel fortunate when the can their dinner came from is big enough to crap in later."


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Patronizing ass.


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"I'm going to program the mod architecture to do something really nasty to your digestive track if you don't stop asking questions."

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No, of course not.


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If your game plan is such that a chunk of the planet's remaining population feels the need to fuck with you, maybe it's time to rethink things. Or at the very least be better at vetting people.


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Forget Leila, I want this lady as my handler in Tarsus.


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When Alex noticed the scientist hiding behind the brightly labeled explosive box, he realized he was obviously dealing with a man of sophisticated intellect.


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And heretofore unseen knowledge. Alright, I get it. The Order are
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"Does it release dogs? Or bees? Or dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees at you?"

"I would have pegged you more as a Jersey Shore type, not Simpsons."

"What's Jersey Shore?"


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Oh shit, not the gold beams.



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Pro tip: If I had taken the Electrostatic Discharge biomod instead of Thermal Masking, we also could have simply smacked the beam emitters. ED shorts them out temporarily and allows you to waltz through unharmed.


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"The pink ones, those are just there to lighten the mood a bit."



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Tarsus too, of course.


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A mere two decades after the scriptures' creation-


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-and already a path of peace has turned to violence due to varying interpretations. This is just like that thing Andhaira was talking about.


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I don't feel like wasting a multi-tool or emp grenade, but how else am I supposed to get out?


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:hmmm:


For now, I guess we just investigate the room.


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Addendum "Aside from the user becoming extra awesome."


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Situations like this are why you don't waste resources on stupid skittle colored beams.


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Yessir.


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Since the Order has decided it's poetic to turn our own technology against us, I think it best to return the favor.


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Limited though my options are at the moment.


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Yeah, definitely not going through that.


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Enough dilly dallying, how are we getting out of here? Oh wait. *Hup* *Crash*


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Yeah this might work.


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Before he goes any further, Alex does a bit of reorganizing of his inventory. Much better.


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Multi-tools are just far too in demand to waste them on security systems.


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It'll also give you a kick like snorting a line of the finest crack off the thigh of a Russian super model.


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We left a door behind, but I can't resist the urge to explore this second access shaft. The first worked out pretty well for us, right?


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"S..Spider-chu? That you?"
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Not Spider-chu! Not-


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"Okay, if that's the way you want to play it, come on."


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""Let me help you figure it out, pretender; I'm scrapping you with a baton made of polycarbon! Taste the alloy!"


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Fortunately, Alex's skin was used to levels of heat and light far exceeding something like this.


"Until you've tried the 'beef jerky' setting in a booth, you don't know what pain is."


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A room patrolled by Seekers who probably thought they'd be getting the drop on me. Once again these access shafts get me ahead of the game.


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Also the perfect opportunity to try out our little gift from that douche we saved awhile ago.


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Down he goes, actually did a bit of a flip when I nailed him in the head. Silencer doesn't seem to affect the stopping power that much. In the original, non-patched version of the game that headshot probably wouldn't have done the job. Headshots didn't really do that much more damage than the rest of the body, and it became just another part of the list of complaints about Invisible War. A patch eventually improved it, but by that point a lot of people had moved on and were trying to forget there was a sequel at all.


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With the Silencer attached, the other Seeker knows there's someone here, but can't figure out where the shot came from. He'll look around his friend's body, then patrol cautiously. Without it (I jumped back to the last save), he'll typically zero in on where you are after you shoot. So yeah, the Silencer is worth it. Especially with what I'm about to do.



That camera to the bottom right scared the shit out of me, by the way.


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While the Seeker continues moving up-


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-I move out to get a better position for the next part of the plan.


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Then pop a shot into the biohazard container across the way. The Seeker tenses and spins around to look.


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Now I don't know about you, but if I saw a barrel with that emblem start bouncing around, I'd likely step away and try to work things through. Not this guy. Maybe he thinks its possessed.


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Another round, and the seals break loose. It's letting out some noxious stuff, but he's still closing in. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the security camera had finally taken notice that an intruder was lurking on the girders.


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For some reason I don't think he's enjoying this as much as I am.
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*Thud*



The alarms went off.


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And the turret in the corner I hadn't noticed started flinging a *lot* of firepower my way.


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""Fuck you, security camera!"


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We need to check out what's behind that door, anyway. One side is closed off by insta-kill beams, and another has a camera/turret combo at the end.


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What will we find? Some experimental weaponry?


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Files proving the Order was right all along, and that Tarsus was really a front for a sinister agenda?



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...Or maybe an empty hallway.


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"How ya doin' in there, pal! Walls closing in yet?"


"Fuck you!"


"Alrighty, see you later."


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Not quite what I was expecting to find in here, but a flying robot is pretty cool.



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Spiffy.


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From this angle, it looks like one of those machines in Shop Class I was always afraid would take my finger. I actually did get taught by a man missing part of his hand. You get tempted to do the opposite of whatever he says, because obviously that advice never did him any favors.


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"Thank you my friend, may I call you Florence?"


*Bleep*


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No specific purpose here, I just enjoy flipping all the switches and stuff.


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Those girders look familiar. I bet there's a camera right around the corner, waiting. His trigger happy friend too.


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Aha! You're not getting me this time.


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I've only got a few seconds of energy left, and I'm too much of a miser to use an energy cell so early. Sprint for the control panel!



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There's the turret. Fortunately Thermal Masking worked perfectly and the security camera never even caught a glimpse of me this time. No alerted camera, no walls of flying lead.


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Time to give Neural Interface a test run. I don't need no stinkin' password, just some time and a bit of luck.



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Great, we're in. But what can we do?


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Hah! No more alarms for you. As a matter of fact, I want to see things from your point of view for a second. Gimme control.


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The way the room is setup, someone crouching is completely and totally out of the camera's sight range, no Thermal Masking required. Seems kinda like a mistake in the planning of the security system. Tarsus staff may be intelligent, but their common sense isn't the best.


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Okay, we'll leave that for later systems.


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Fuck.


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Another mechanical arachnid minion on my side? Yes please.


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"I shall name you Spider-chu Mk II. Go forth, and kick much ass."



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And then the turret, apparently activated by my fiddling with the controls, woke up.



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Blew Spider-chu Mk. II to pieces. (NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo)



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Finished by opening up on me again.


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Obviously this place is a bit too hot for my liking, so I'm getting the hell out.


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But not before this.



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Now we can leave.


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Poor, dumb, homicidal cultish lackey. Bow your heads.


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Afterwards loot him for ammo and get away from the fumes.


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Can it be? Finally?


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*Sigh* Of course there's a holo-projector. C'mon, who is it now?



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Did she just say The Order?


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Oh you've gotta be shitting me.


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"Cause at the moment..."


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Huh. I think I took a wrong turn a few dozen screenshots back. I somehow landed in Bizarro World.


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They can't even control their own followers, and they're trying to act like they're doing me a good turn. I think Lin-May could fit in at the Codex perfectly, she's hiding great big brass balls somewhere in that outfit.


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For the love of science, YES!!!
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Paramilitary police if I've ever seen them. Surely they can help me put this whole mess together.


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That the tip came up before I talked to them is seeming pretty ominous at the moment. From trouble to trouble.


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"U-um, hello occifers. I mean officers."


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"Then I'm supposed to get out...how?"


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"Are you fucking blind? Where did you I just come from? What did I just say? What uniform am I wearing?! Did your mother have an affair behind her brother's back with the neighborhood goat? What year is this? Are 8-track tapes back in style?!"


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:what: "Hey, howzabout fuck you. I don't remember having WTO sewn onto my chest."



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"I don't believe this."
 
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It's sad to see that even how dumbed down and downgraded is this game compared with the original Deus Ex, it still has more options and stuff to do than recent shit like Bioshock. :decline:
By the way, can you try to kill these scientists after you're given you reward? What does happen if you do so?
 
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lightbane said:
By the way, can you try to kill these scientists after you're given you reward? What does happen if you do so?


Sure you can, as for what happens...they die. I mean Scientists<Tarsus Trained, even rookies. You can kill a lot of folks and the game will work things around them. First time I ever played I killed Leo by accident later on, and found out I'd be missing some interesting side-story stuff. Killing him practically guts the background and motivation for the 'Renegade' finale path and ending, though you can still do it.
 

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lightbane said:
It's sad to see that even how dumbed down and downgraded is this game compared with the original Deus Ex, it still has more options and stuff to do than recent shit like Bioshock and Alpha Protocol. :decline:
 

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Genma:TheDestroyer said:
lightbane said:
By the way, can you try to kill these scientists after you're given you reward? What does happen if you do so?


Sure you can, as for what happens...they die. I mean Scientists<Tarsus Trained, even rookies. You can kill a lot of folks and the game will work things around them. First time I ever played I killed Leo by accident later on, and found out I'd be missing some interesting side-story stuff. Killing him practically guts the background and motivation for the 'Renegade' finale path and ending, though you can still do it.

Bullshit.
 
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anus_pounder said:
Genma:TheDestroyer said:
lightbane said:
By the way, can you try to kill these scientists after you're given you reward? What does happen if you do so?


Sure you can, as for what happens...they die. I mean Scientists<Tarsus Trained, even rookies. You can kill a lot of folks and the game will work things around them. First time I ever played I killed Leo by accident later on, and found out I'd be missing some interesting side-story stuff. Killing him practically guts the background and motivation for the 'Renegade' finale path and ending, though you can still do it.

Bullshit.


No, it's actually true. By that point I'd come to dislike the Omar, and while exploring found myself in a perfect vantage point where I could get a clear shot on one of their merchants and his bodyguard...yet they couldn't return fire as easily. There was another person in black patrolling around them, and I figured some kind of initiate. *Cue Sniper Rifle*

It wasn't until later when I made my way over to inspect the bodies that I remembered Leo had signed up with them. "Whoops."
 
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I actually liked the Omar the most out of all the factions. Having Leo on their side helped.


Well in later playthroughs I came to appreciate them if for no other reason than that they don't play mind-games with you. No hiding information, no trying to get you to accept their beliefs and violence if you don't, etc. They're just happy to sell you stuff, and give you the odd errand.


But for some reason they rubbed me the wrong way my first go round. I think it's because I expected they were planning something and would spring it near the finale. Y'know, neutral entity for most of the game, then you find out you helped them piece together a doomsday weapon or something.


I had no idea their strategy equated to 'let everyone else fight it out and claim the world after'.
 
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I noticed that you aren't using the texture packs. Any particular reason? (beyond the fact that they make male Alex look like a retard).

http://www.john-p.com/textures/DX-IW/pa ... hics1.html


You might want to check the first page. I am using the Unified Textures pack, there's even a discussion about it immediately after my initial post. I just didn't use the head replacer for Alex because, as you said, it makes him look like a retard. Dead giveaways I'm using it are the closeups of Alex's uniform, the clarity of the displays on the walls, the revamped appearance of the scientists, etc.
 

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Cassidy said:
lightbane said:
It's sad to see that even how dumbed down and downgraded is this game compared with the original Deus Ex, it still has more options and stuff to do than recent shit like Bioshock and Alpha Protocol. :decline:

this

Actually, I noticed while reading this LP that you can replace every instance of the word "collapse" with "decline" and it all makes perfect sense
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For the love of science, YES!!!
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Genma:TheDestroyer said:
anus_pounder said:
I noticed that you aren't using the texture packs. Any particular reason? (beyond the fact that they make male Alex look like a retard).

http://www.john-p.com/textures/DX-IW/pa ... hics1.html


You might want to check the first page. I am using the Unified Textures pack, there's even a discussion about it immediately after my initial post. I just didn't use the head replacer for Alex because, as you said, it makes him look like a retard. Dead giveaways I'm using it are the closeups of Alex's uniform, the clarity of the displays on the walls, the revamped appearance of the scientists, etc.

:oops:
 

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Genma:TheDestroyer said:
He's gonna have skin cancer before he's thirty. If someone doesn't kill him beforehand for that stupid duckface.

I certainly hope so. Natural selection and all that shit
 
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Wake up, thread!

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It's still going to be awhile. This update is easily the biggest thing I've done in an LP. Half again the size of my first (and last) post in the Nehrim thread, and that thing was a pain in the ass.
 

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