The Shuttlebot is red clearance.
You hop in and tears off down the hallway. After rounding several corners and narrowly missing several other bots going about their business you enter a hall lined with screens advertising various products produced in Alpha complex- everything from laser barrels, to Cold Fun (a soda like beverage), to the latest in happiness medication. Speaking of medication, being bombarded with all the bright visual stimuli doesn't seem to react well with a few team members medication...
Tim and Logan suddenly enter into some sort of seizure like state. Their eyes start blinking rapidly and your bodies begin flaying around wildly. A big grin crosses Tim's face and his eyes roll back in his head. Before anyone can react he falls sideways right off the side of the shuttlebot, bouncing off the floor of the hall. That seems to wake him up. The shuttlebot doesn't seem to notice.
Not far ahead you see a set of sliding double doors. Above it is a big brightly lit sign saying PLC Outfitting Depot #4582.
"Shuttlebot! After dropping us off return to pick up the Troubleshooter that fell off. Do not run over him."
"Now, let's get equipped, Tim will catch up!"
Spoiler for Tru
"Excellent!"
"Now team let's move!"
"Equipment officer, lead the way!"
** spoiler omitted **
"Yes sir, Fearless Team Leader, Sir!"
For the DM's eyes only** spoiler omitted **
The Shuttlebot responds in a peppy voice, "Most certainly citizen!"
It then proceeds to the doors where it stops and you get out. It then starts driving back in the other directions without turning around. The sliding double doors open and beyond you see multiple line ups leading up to a wall that has armored window along it. Behind the windows are the PLC clerks. There are different lines for different colours of citizens. The line for the infrared citizens is by far the longest, but the line for red citizens is also plenty f@**ing long. Cameras in the ceilings monitor the activity in lines and a couple of well equipped guardbots patrol the room, looking for traitors and provocateurs.
Tim staggers to his feet and blinks, looking around. Then he begins to stagger in the direction of the bright Mecca of the outfitter.
For the GM:
Boris
Spoiler for Tim
You notice your knee is jutting out rather oddly, but you are too doped up right now to feel much in the way of pain.
Tim staggers to his feet and blinks, looking around. Then he begins to stagger in the direction of the bright Mecca of the outfitter.
For the GM:** spoiler omitted **
GM:
Tim
Hacking 1d20 9=11
Hacking1d20 9=18
Hacking 1d20 9=18
You seem to be having some difficulty cracking the firewall on the bot. It seems like they recently made some software upgrades making these shuttlebots a little tougher to hack. You also have this paranoid feeling that a tracer program may have be seeking out your PDC.
GM:** spoiler omitted **
GM:
Tim
"CITIZEN TIM-R-PRO, YOU HAVE JUST COMMITTED THE TREASONOUS ACT OF ATTEMPTING TO TAMPER WITH THE PROGRAMMING OF A SHUTTLEBOT. THIS OFFENSE IS PUNISHABLE BY TERMINATION."
The shuttlebot suddenly accelerates and starts driving right towards you. It seems intent on running you down. The doors to the PLC are still open and just a little ways up ahead. If you run fast...
GM:** spoiler omitted **
"Team report to the Outfitter immediately! Tim-R-Pro is on his way! HUP HUP HUP HUP"
** spoiler omitted **
"Team report to the Outfitter immediately! Tim-R-Pro is on his way! HUP HUP HUP HUP"
Tim runs like a bat out of hell!
Jokes? You want jokes, sir? I've got jokes!
A clone walks into a bar.
The bartender says, "I'm sorry, we don't serve clones here."
And the clone says, "But I just came in for a double."
A robot walks into a bar.
The bartender says, "Hey! We don't serve robots here."
The robot says, "Well, I guess oil just go to another bar then."
A mutant walks into a bar.
The bartender says, "I'm sorry, but we don't serve mutants here."
The mutant says, "Oh come on! I just want a Powerade."
Tim comes sprinting through the doors into the Outfitters. He has a look of panic on his face. Just behind him is the shuttlebot. It looks like it is chasing him. It looks like it wants to run him down! The shuttlebot's speakers keep repeating- "TREASON, TREASON, TREASON!"
Boris
Computer: "Citizen Boris our communication network must have been compromised by a treasonous Commie plot. The Commies must be destroyed! Destroy the Commies! Destroy the Commies! Destroy the Commies!"
"Malfunctioning bot! It needs an immediate power-down and reboot before it injures innocent citizens! Help!"
Tim tries to find something sturdy to hide behind.
SMILES
"THANK YOU Logan...that will be enough of those kind of jokes...honestly Logan, a robot, a clone and a mutant slamming face first into a bar, and then talking to it is highly dubious, and how did the bar talk? too many happiness drugs tainted by a communist plot?"
*types on his PDC*
"Shuttlebot! What treason has Tim-R-Gun commited?"
of course then I
and then
taps some more on his PDC
"Team remember to spend spend spend! It's treasonous to hoard credits!"
Logan steps aside so the rampaging bot can get a clear path to Tim.
To Boris: "Communist? Ooh, good suggestion! A communist walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'm sorry, but we don't serve communists here." And the communist says, "But I just came in for a white russian."
How about this one?
A citizen walks into a non-sanctioned drinking establishment full of Internal Security...The clonebank gets a call to activate a new clone.
Logan lets out a hearty laugh. He really is enjoying his new-found happiness.
"Good one, Boris! Okay, okay, I got another one! A Happiness Officer walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'm sorry, but we don't serve Happiness Officers here." And the Happiness Officer says, "But, dude, it's Happy Hour!"
A $%^&#, A $%#& and a #$%^$&& walk into the #$&$%...the #$^#%^& says #$%^$%&# and IntSec swarms in to terminate the traitors!!!!
Logan emits a jolly chortle at Boris' joke. Logan is pleased to see that he is effective at his job of Happiness Officer.
"Boris, as the Happiness Officer, I would like to extend to you an official commendation. Well done! And speaking of IntSec officers...
Three IntSec officers walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "I'm sorry, but we don't serve IntSec officers here."
The three IntSec officers say, "But we just came in for some TripleSec!"
"Haha, good jokes, Logan. I am happier than before."
*Smile*
Continues typing on his PDC
The room you have entered is sprawling and fairly empty other than the lines of people waiting to access the counter with the clerks. However there are pillars regularly dispersed through the room.
Tim Agility Test: 1d20 8=13
Shuttlebot Attack roll: 1d20 10=20
Tim attempts to leap behind a pillar (not far from the line where the rest of you are standing). He doesn't quite make it in time. There is tremendous CRASH as the bot collides into both Tim and the pillar. The pillar is enough to stop the shuttlebot, but the bot pretty much takes both Tim and the pillar out. People in the lines scream. There is much pointing.
The bot has been stopped by the pillar and looks like its been totaled. Tim also looks totaled. There is a lot of blood and he isn't moving. Fortunately, his second clone is on the way
"Malfunctioning bot! It needs an immediate power-down and reboot before it injures innocent citizens! Help!"
Tim tries to find something sturdy to hide behind.
Spoiler for Boris
Check the previous posts. Your new clone was waiting at the briefing meeting. You've been back in the whole time. Sorry, I didn't realize you were unaware of that.
Here was the post (I guess it would have been easy to overlook)
Spoiler for Boris
** spoiler omitted **
Immediately gets in line, even with the fleeing people, Equipment Officer, Front and Center!
A small army of infrared citizens descends on the mess to clean it up. They cart off Tim's corpse and the battered Shuttlebot. A few minutes later a new Shuttlebot arrives. Tim's second clone is sitting in the passenger seat. He looks highly medicated and has a stupid s%~* eating grin on his face.
Spoiler for Tim
"Ull hill du copminker!"
*Drool*
** spoiler omitted **
GM EYES:
<Wanders toward Boris. Gets in line.>
"Hurro Roris."
<Smiles like the drug filled decant he really is.>
GM EYES:
Tru, (The equipment guy) gets to the front of the line. It's a long line. A long slow line. Did I mention that the line was long and slow too?
Eventually you find yourselves at the standing in front of an armored glass window. There is a yellow citizen stationed behind the glass. He has a big grin on his face. Tru is at the front of the line.
"Greetings citizen. I apologize for the long wait. How can I help you?"
Logan gets in line with Boris. "Say, is there a special line just for us troubleshooters?"
Spoiler for Horton
<Wanders toward Boris. Gets in line.>
"Hurro Roris."
<Smiles like the drug filled decant he really is.>
GM EYES:** spoiler omitted **
"Roris? Rut's ry role? I ran't rmemmer ruh reeting?"
GM EYES:
"Ry tips ron't rork."
<Horton tugs at his lips like there's something wrong with them.>
"We need to get outfitted for our mission, show the clerk the number."
"Horton-R-TPK-2 you're comm officer."
"Welcome Back Tim-R-GUN-2"
Boris