Bots Must Die, Call For New Blood

[Blake Seven]

Following the cunning interception of Robot transmissions and weapons by Pennsif, further investigations have discovered another evil plot by the Robots.

A Robot ship is currently on it's way to the planet to drop off thousands of additional Drones to the bot stronghold East of Jason Centre.

With many experienced Bot killers either captured or engaged in conflicts elsewhere, we need six new fighters to complete this Beacon Mission and scupper this evil scheme.

We are currently enlisting the support of six colonists who have never taken part in a Beacon Mission before to assist The Disturbed Ones Beacon Team.

Rules and Requirements

1. No previous Beacon Experience - compulsory, first timers only please.
2. Available to participate on a Saturday 20:00 to 21:30 MA time, date in the near future to be announced.
3. Armour/Plates suitable to withstand low level Drone attacks i.e Shogun or Vigilante with or without 3B plates or better. This armour must also be in good condition (see below for reasons why) this will be checked prior to departure and participants who's armour is not upto the task will not be able to join the mission.
4. Must have Jason Centre TP (not likely to be a problem for most but if you do need it get it, or ask me to run you there).
5. Have reasonable quality entry level equipment i.e. amped Breer and above (opalo will not be sufficient), FAP capable of 20+ heal, all to be in good repair.
6. Bring 5k rounds of suitable ammo, very unlikely you will need as much as this but come prepared there are no shops
7. ALL items looted must be returned to the team leader at the end of the mission for equal distribution to ALL surviving members, participants who die (and remember we don't want this to happen) will receive loot according to their progress through the mission. In the unlikely event we loot anything of value we will sell this on auction and again any proceeds will be divided amongst the team members once the item is sold.
8. As we establish the seqence of the levels of the particular mission, the Team Leader will allocate floors to be cleared once the Boss is killed. Upon the self-destruct sequence being activated you must return directly to the floor you are allocated and loot the boxes at that level.
9. TDO members will give instructions to other participants with the strict intention of completing the mission successfully with a 100% survival rate. If you are instructed to do something compliance is complusory we want you to have fun but a dead shooter is a no looter on the run back down.
10. The end level Boss will be killed by a TDO member, all other participants will be required to wait at the Boss level TP ready to begin looting once the destruct sequence starts.
11. All decisions made by me or the Team Leader are final. We want this to be a fun experience and rewarding for all.


General Points

In advance of the mission you should have read and understood the aspect of a Beacon Mission as detailed in Pinky's guide HERE.

You should also print off a copy of the Beacon Mission map available HERE, it shows the possible levels and typical storage container locations. A Beacon Mission comprises 6 levels of Drones with a TP at each end to travel to the next floor. There are 7 possible level layouts and we will see 6 of these in random order on the mission, only the first and last levels are always the same. It is therefore improtant to have a copy of the layouts to hand so you can make a note of the order in which they appear.

If you die on the mission it is over for you, you will revive back on the planet and cannot rejoin the mission as the remaining team members will still be in space. It is therefore vital you survive, hence the requirement for an armour that gives some protection against fire arms and why the armour and FAP must be in good condition.

The mission will comprise mainly of Drone Generation 01 bots on the various floors and will have a low generation Warrior end level Boss.

What Next?

If you are interested, reply to this thread and post (or PM me) your equipment levels so we can make a judged decision on team members.

We will try to select the team fairly and as far as possible based on first come, first served however with the emphasis on completing the mission successfully and with ALL members alive we may need to be selective on who comes.

If You Are Unlucky In Being Selected

If this mission is a success then future missions will be arranged, so if you are unlucky with selection for this mission, go out, skill a little more and we'll see you next time.

[Blake Seven]

Mission Full, all places filled.

Successful Applicants:

A-bomb
Tao
Bonna
Eve Venus
Lem
dotc0m

[Mikah]

Blake, awesome idea sweetie, great TDO event for newbies

If you need a helping hand with healing newbies while in the beacon mission, let me know

[Bonna]

Blake :

I'm interested .. I missed a beacon mission a while back and i've never done one before.. looks fun though..

I have full vigi and 6a plus other plates....

I use a ewe 43 guard handgun but my only letdown is my fap 35..

I guess i could buy a better one by the time you arrange it though....

let me nkow if your interested in letting me join..

Ta

Also what are we looking at here in terms of loot..? is it a set loot amount expected or is it just random...

[Stinky]

Just three words to add, FUN FUN FUN

Follow the rules and come with us, we will have a blast.

Stinky




Don' forget your map!!!!

[Blake Seven]

Originally Posted by Bonna

I have full vigi and 6a plus other plates....

I use a ewe 43 guard handgun but my only letdown is my fap 35..

I guess i could buy a better one by the time you arrange it though....

Also what are we looking at here in terms of loot..? is it a set loot amount expected or is it just random...

With vigi & 6a on a 23 ped beacon you are unlikely to need to FAP very much
but if you do get a better one that will be no bad thing.

Loot depends on what MA decide to give us, many storage containers will be empty which is why we need to keep people alive to make sure we look in them all

On a 23 pedder the loot will mainly be pixie/gnome items, ammo and residue. It is also unlikely to make you rich unless we are really really lucky, so don't expect to make anything greater than your ammo cost back and there is every chance you wont make that either. Hehe, it probably wont even cover the cost of the beacon but I have met that so any loot we do get will go to the team members.

However, this Beacon Mission isn't about big loots it's more about giving people the chance to experience one. The chance of higher loots increases with the difficulty of the mission level, this is step one in the experience.

[Bonna]

Cool,

I'm used to killin drone east of jason from 01's to 06's ..

it sounds like fun... As i said i've never done one before so i'm more interested in the activity rather than the loot ..

if you don't mind i'd like to join...

[Lem]

Hi Blake,

If theres room left and I fit your requirements i'd love to come along!

A few things you might want to know...

I've never been on a beacon.

I have vigi with shogun harness (damn cauds just wont give it up!) and 3B plates.

I damage things with my MkII Justifier (hehe ask Pirx Danford about that ) and repair stuff with my FAP 50... which is in need of some TLC but will have more than enough charge to last the mission.

[Blake Seven]

Originally Posted by Lem

Hi Blake,

If theres room left and I fit your requirements i'd love to come along!

A few things you might want to know...

I've never been on a beacon.

I have vigi with shogun harness (damn cauds just wont give it up!) and 3B plates.

I damage things with my MkII Justifier (hehe ask Pirx Danford about that ) and repair stuff with my FAP 50... which is in need of some TLC but will have more than enough charge to last the mission.

Sounds good to me

[that pyro]

This is a great idea +rep Blake for the introduction to beacons for "Beacon virgins" as you put it Gl to you and those that join