Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Eight:

So. The choice of where to go boiled down to the 1.5 skull travel contract to Linhauiguan or 1-skull Joppa (which was a trade hub and also a black market planet).

After a lot of debate, Mylassta decided to risk it and go to the former.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Seven:

First thing, Lynessa had to cancel and re-do a couple of the work orders, so that the Blackjack could be repaired first, then wait a day before taking the next contract.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Twelve:

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Fifteen:

So, next mission would be a 3-skull escort mission for the Taurians (before their reputation dipped below the point it could be taken...)

Mylassta took the Decapitator. Scarlet grabbed the Fair Marauder and Pseekie subbed in for Summer in the Catapult Hammer. After some thought, Mylassta assigned Velina to the Stalker Barrage - she needed some practise if she was to be subbing in for Alarhan as was the intention.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Thirty:

So, as it's gonna be a short one tonight, I'mma going to defer the decision (because I can't be arsed to faff about at the moment) and I'll just get on with the missions where the paladins are. (I'm leaning towards installing Edmon's mod - if nothing else, it makes me much less beholden to RNG. And also means that the entire Arano region is basically not just worthless.)

Lynessa sighed and bought the three +ER medium lasers.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Thirty-One:

Blame the contract RNG for a short session...!

So, I elected to go down the mod route. I figured I might as well, since I will likely play RogueTech at someone, so get that groundwork out of the way now, right?

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Part Thirty-Two

Day Three-Hundred and Thirty-Four.

Bionic leg for Hallie.

Oh. It was a techprof persona core, not a regular persona core. You used it for research, not starship control. Oh well. Use to learn FTL drive then, Stab, arriving back at base, guessed.

More Lenere tribe visitors.

Stab ordered the wall where the ship would go to be thickened up.

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Part 16: HORSE!

Still so much to discover, as I have found...

Thursday, Summer Day 25, Year Two

Illy is dumb. She saw Robin yesterday and forgot to get her to move the mill then (thanks Maru's electricity...) So that can't be used for another couple of days...

Oh, hey, Gunther! Illy doesn't Gunther outside of the Museum, like... Ever...

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Part 19B: Three in Twenty-Four

Autumn Day 21, Year Two

Illy learns to cook crab cakes off the telly.

Uh, okay? I guess kicking Joja Mart out meant maybe Pierre took on more staff? Or does he work every day now (that seems daft...)

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Ever wonder what I write when I'm not writing pony words?

I thought it would be funny to write a a 2000 word fanfic for a tweet-length Discord message: Smart Girls Beating You At Chess.

I have to say, I was expecting a shitpost, but there was actually a pretty fun story here that kind of sort of made sense.
--SigmasonicX

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Part 7: Heavy Things

Onwards...!

(Oh, I should note that this breakneck update pace will abate at least briefly, in about another week, since I'll be away!)

Monday, Autumn Day 15, Year One

Mayor Linkara has left Illy a note to bring nine items to display for the fair tomorrow.

Illy's new corn around the sprinkler has come in, and she finally has enough gold corn to complete the bundle!

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Part 9: Winter is Coming

It's getting chilly in the chilling-out game...

Saturday, Autumn Day 27, Year One

Hardwood, honey, fibre. Well, that's not too unreasonable for a farm warp totem. Illy has a fair bit of honey now...

After chores, which include harvesting all the pumpkins, Illy's first job is go find that basket!

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Part 11: Hard to Sum Up

Shortish one today...

Tuesday, Winter Day 23, Year One

Apparently, the rain totem makes it more likely to rain the next day. Stands to reason...

Leah's birthday is today... First job, then, is to give her a gold crocus.

SERIOUSLY, Marnie?

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Part 12: This is a lot of work...

So this will be the last one for a little bit, since I am out for a week or so, so you can breathe a little!

Sunday, Winter Day 28, Year One

Wow, Mercury just laid an iridium-quality egg!

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Thirty-Four:

Okay. 3.5 skull urban battle for the pirates to distract some Capellans. The same lance as before: Zuranna in the Overload, Mylassta in the Fair Marauder, Natasha in the Bull Shark and Summer in the Annihilator.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Twenty-One:

Short one today.

The next mission on the list was a 3.5 skull polar base capture mission, to deal with a Kuritan research station.

Shelat would take the Decapitator, Scarlet the Bull Shark, Vey the Stalker Barrage and Natasha the Catapult Hammer.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Sixteen:

There were three contracts at Independence - two for the pirates (might as well do them for the reputation) and one for the Canopians.

On that basis, there was no reason to delay moving on with the flashpoint.

The Baumann Group's distribution centre was in the middle of the jungle. The plan was to ambush their patrol lance before hitting the facility itself.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Twenty-Four:

So, the first contract was a 1.5 skull mission to capture a Taurian spy facility in the desert. Lynessa decided, given the danger of the mission, that she would lead this one herself in the Decapitator, with Mylassta in the Fair Marauder, Summer in the Bull Shark and Alarhan taking out the Ballista for its first trial run.

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Six:

First off, five days while the mechs repaired.

(Had an event spawn that wanted 1000000 cbills, would have made Scarlet a criminal... and the reward was ONE part of a Highlander (it might well have been a Star League one, but, hells no. Reload!)

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Bleakbane Plays BATTLETECH, Part Thirty-Two:

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