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Sector 3: Conflict
DAN
...obtained more information. I knowhe's not the friendliest guy around, and it's going to be dangerous, but -
IJI
Okay, got it. Get the upgrade, find Krotera.
DAN
Are you sure you're okay now? If you don't want to do this...
IJI
No, I'm fine. I can't run around being scared if we're going to save the world.
DAN
Heh, that's more like it. Are you going to trust me now?
IJI
Yeah... I'll try harder to follow orders. Thanks, Dan.
DAN
Don't mention it. Now, to find the upgrade and Krotera, you'll have to get to another building in this complex - Sector 3 is split up between this building and the next one. Head down to ground level and enter the first structure you see.
IJI
Got it.
All right! Destination: Down.
Thanks to the points I put into Cracking, I get access to a random bonus side area! Loot.
I heard someone saying that Elite Krotera is "obsessed" with killing humans, and this would've never happened with Hel Sarie still alive. Give me a break! Krotera knows what he's talking about, and I don't see what these aliens have ever done for us - the "Human anomaly" is the only proof we need that they're just as hostile and brutal as the Komato!
We shot their world to pieces, and people expect them to welcome us as heroes? We have to finish what we started if we want to survive in this place, and hasty action is better than death by far.
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Onwards and downwards!
I'm almost positive that the lifts can't actually catapult you through the ceiling.
Elite Krotera, along with the rest of our leaders, continues to deny any link between us and the "humans". Aren't we genetically closer to Origin than the Komato? I don't like where this is going.
BLIIIITS
One dramatic skylight crash later, I'm on the ground floor!
But we're not movin' on quite yet - I'm gonna head left.
Dropping another 3 points into Tasen nanoweaponry! This gives me an advantage which will become more obvious later...
As an aside, that door on the left is a frustrating situation. It takes a very specific weaponry setup to knock down shield doors from a distance, and I can't kick while jumping.
Okay! Enough dilly-dallying and onwards I go to the second building.
Kicking things through windows: Astoundingly satisfying.
Tasen Soldiers have been added to my repetoire of Things Iji Can Kick!
Also, thanks to my Tasen stat...
Rocket Launcher
Damage: 2 HP
Reload Time: 2 Seconds
Muzzle Velocity: 19 m/s
Requirements: Tasen 6
Ammunition: 1 Rocket
Rather than take the front door, I'm gonna slip in through this suspiciously spacious ventilation system.
I never thought I'd live to see an Alpha Strike. Sure, the one we used on this planet was just a taster of a real, full-force Strike, but the kind of destructive force we wield now is insane. Sometimes I wonder if building bigger weapons every industrial cycle really counts as technological progress... pah, that's flawed logic. We'd neer have been able to defend ourselves from the Komato without the Alpha Strike, so who's complaining? Besides, stolen technology is always cheaper, and it's technically not on our conscience that way.
Hello, Armor Upgrade!
Once I have that, all damage to my Armor is halved.
Dear logbook, this turn I was transferred to a different subsection of this human building. I've been moved all over the place, but I'm still not close enough to my girlfriend. It's hardly rare for girls as young as me joining the army, so it's not like they will treat me better than anyone else, and move me to her just because I want to.
As long as I keep asking to change Commander for personal reasons, I'll end up with my girlfriend sooner or later, but I can't blame phobic disorders forever.
Muahahahaha!
You're not the only ones with overpowered weaponry now, chumps!
Teleporter! ONWARD TO LANDS UNKNOWN
Some kind of new enemy?
Damnit! Me and my men were sent as a scout team to this planet, only to be shot down by the Tasen! That's right, THEY'RE HERE! We've found them at last, on a tiny spot on a tiny planet, but all we can do now is HIDE from them - we're three people stuck in a Tasen-infested building with nothing but expired rations to eat, and with no means of contacting the fleet. I am totally not bitter at all.
We still haven't decided what to do since we arrived here - do we hide until we starve to death, or get out of here and kill as many lousy Tasen as we can? It's not like there's anything better to do, and those damn leeches ain't gonna survive to colonize any other planet, that's for sure! I've had enough of their way of killing everything they come across like they owned the galaxy.
Komato Trooper
Armor: 200
HP: 3
Weight: 6
Security: 5
Height: 1.9m
The Komato are formidable enemies, having the ability to duck heavy weapons like Rockets - which are the best way to deal with them, what with that 200 Armor.
And they bring to bear a variety of weapons I've never seen before!
They are, however, quite killable.
Now that I know about these guys, I'd better start training by skill with Komato nanoweaponry!
Pulse Cannon
Damage: 6 armor
Reload Time: 1/30 seconds
Muzzle Velocity: 27 m/s
Requirements: Komato 3
Ammunition: 1.25 pulse cells / second
I'd use it on this last Trooper, but he seems to have some kind of advanced purple version of the same weapon! A winning proposition this is not.
So instead, I will blow him up.
I don't think the situation is as hopeless as the others say. Don't they remember what planet we've crashed on? I don't think it's a coincidence that we found them here; I rather thing the Tasen would never expect us to come all the way here to look for them. And hey, we didn't, but there's no way they can escape the Imperial Army now. Those lowlife scum will regret ever messing with justice. You want Iosa coming down here? You'll get her soon.
DAN
A Komato scout team? I've read about that race in deciphered Tasen logbooks. The Komato are an interplanetary peacekeeping force who specialize in dealing with the Tason. Hmm... well, we don't have time to wonder what they're doing here, you have to go talk to Krotera. The lift leading up to his room is up ahead, and it's only guarded by a single Tasen.
IJI
Got it.
The situation is getting unbearable. It's hard to keep a straight face when we speak of the humans, and it's impossible getting the Soldiers to understand that if a Komato scout patrol finds us here, we have to kill them IMMEDIATELY before they can report back to their fleet. That's why we need to stay alert and kill ALL resistance - after all, our lives depend on it. We can't take ANY chances with the humans, as we don't know how powerful they can have really grown.
I keep hearing reports of a "Human anomaly", tearing through our troops like she's on fire. She's using Nanotechnology - something we thoguht this low-tech race couldn't possibly have. If all humans we meet have the potential to be this mighty, we're in serious danger. I won't rest until EVERY ONE around our colony is dead. Nothing must stand against the Tasen now that we're down on our knees, hiding from the Komato and barely surviving. This is what Hel Sarie would've wanted - the humans must be exterminated AT ALL COSTS!
What weaklings our troops are. I agree with Elite Krotera; we have not yet assessed the true danger of the human species. The "Human anomaly" is a far bigger concern than the Komato, as she seems intent on destroying us and nothing else. She has been moving in the same general direction for some time, but it's anyone's guess what her true motives and goals are. The only thing we know is that she is as sinister and coldhearted as Elite Krotera tells us, killing our men at an extremely rapid pace.
Our pathetic troops will obviously never be able to stand up to the Komato if they find us here.
Guarded by a single Tasen!
KICK IT TO DEATH
And now, time for some friendly and non-disastrous diplomacy!
IJI
Uh, I, my name's Iji, and I have to speak to you about -
KROTERA
You - You're that Human anomaly!
IJI
W-Wait! I'm just here to tell you that you should leave this planet! So many people have died, and we don't even know why!
KROTERA
HUH! Don't expect me to waste my time with some worthless human when the future of the Tasen is at stake! We're down to our last colony, and I have NO qualms with annihilating whatever's left standing on Origin to make room for us!
IJI
What do you mean, Origin? This is the Earth, we live here, and you just come here and try to kill us all! We haven't done anything wrong, so just... just leave!
KROTERA
SILENCE!
You know NOTHING of the Tasen, and you know NOTHING of the damned Komato - if this is our last chance to escape total extermination by their hands, we're not going anywhere! What are a few human lives compared to a million Tasen? Do you intend to murder us all to save a handful of your own kind, you over-violent LUNATIC?
IJI
But -
KROTERA
SHUT UP! This planet is ours now, so we rule it as we see fit! You should be thankful that yours is the last civilization to ever fall for us... now, DIE!
Tasen Elite Krotera
Armor: 100
HP: 25
Weight: 9
Security: 25
Height: 2.9m
Okay, let's see what we're up against! His normal attack is a double-powered Machinegun.
He's also got Rockets...
And some kind of horriffic super attack that blows the hell out of everything in front of him!
My best weapon against Krotera is the Rocket Launcher, but that is not my true plan!
After all, every boss in this game has a trick to it.
As Krotera takes damage, turrets start to spawn in the room...
...and the turret heads can be kicked into him for 3 HP damage apiece!
In addition to his normal super attack, Krotera can also use a normal killer blue orb attack.
Two at once!
Between the kicked turrets and the rockets...
He's going down pretty quick.
KROTERA
uh...
...
IJI
I, I'm not...
IJI
I could say the same thing about you!
DAN
Iji, it's Dan. Looks like it didn't go very well...
IJI
No. Krotera said something about these Tasen being their last colony, and they came here to escape the Komato. It looks like the Tasen are on the run from them, and they don't even care how many people they kill on the way... he said that the Tasen have ruined entire civilizations...
DAN
Hmmm. So that must be it. Like I said before, from what I deciphered from old Tasen logs, the Komato advertise themselves as a peacekeeping force. Maybe they're some sort of space police, and now there's no doubt that the Tasen are rotten to the core.
I have an idea that might just work.
IJI
Really? I thought you said that this was our last chance.
DAN
No, don't worry. We won't give up yet. There's a Tasen communication area nearby - if I've interpreted the most recent information on the Komato correctly, I know the code to send a distress call to a nearby fleet. With any luck, the Komato will come down here and wipe the Tasen out for us.
IJI
Whoa, is that safe? I mean, more aliens coming down here?
DAN
That's why I was holding this back from you before. I didn't want to worry you. If anyone can take on the Tasen, though, it's the Komato. We have to give it a try... after all, we won't get any further ourselves.
IJI
I guess you're right. Okay, lead the way.
Next: Sector 4!
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