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Encounter Conditions
Initial Text
As you near the center of the structure you find yourself at an empty breakroom. Nobody seems interested in bothering you, so you could easily have run of the place.
Summary of Choices
- The coffee pot! - Gain 3 of: cup of Joe, horrible black coffee, lukewarm latte, espresso doppio
- Steal the machine - Gain cordless coffee pot, remove the first two choices permanently
- Raid the fridge - Gain 2-3 of: ancient candybar, egg salad sandwich, half of a sandwich & 1 of: grain alcohol, MBR antidote, MBR sample
- Take a nap - Gain 25? hp, Slags cheatsheets. Or, if red alert is active, fight 2 midgard security and 1 drone hound
- Leave it be - Nothing
Choice Text and Results
The coffee pot!
You fiddle with their coffee machine, hitting buttons until it finally produces something resembling a caffeinated beverage. Then it produces another… and another.
None of them look particularly good, but you probably shouldn't expect more from a machine.
You found: 3 of cup of Joe, horrible black coffee, lukewarm latte, espresso doppio
Steal the machine
You poke at the machine some, but the power cable snakes into cabinets and then… somewhere. It'd be easy enough to walk off with if you could cut that cord without electrocuting yourself, though.
(or, with salvaging tools or electrical kit)
There's no way to get at the far end of the cable, but you safely remove it. At least you have most of a coffee pot.
You found: cordless coffee pot
Raid the fridge
You make a no-holds-barred raid of their refrigerator. You grab a whole lot of food and some stuff that looks like it might be food.
You found 2-3 of: ancient candybar, egg salad sandwich, half of a sandwich
You found 1 of: grain alcohol, MBR antidote, MBR sample
Take a nap
Always if you don't have red alert. Sometimes, with red alert.
You crash out in the breakroom. It's not very comfortable, but you feel pretty well rested when you wake up.
As you stretch, you notice someone left a stack of papers with "Don't cram so hard" scrawled on the top page.
You regain 20-25 hit points!
You found:Slags cheatsheets
Or with etheric and red alert, sometimes:
You crash out in the breakroom. It's not very comfortable, but you feel pretty well rested by the time the sound of a scuffle wakes you up.
It's a strange sight to say the least. Two of the facility's guards are wrestling with some sort of… warped mass of crystal or bone in the shape of a dog.
One of them says "Sorry, Doctor, just a glitch, won't happen again," as they drag the creature out of the room.
You regain 20–25 hit points!
You've earned 2 XP in Perception
or, if red alert is active, sometimes
You curl up to take a nap, but your rest is interrupted by voices nearby. You see two security guards discussing what to do with you and calling in reinforcements.
Looks like the time to act is now.
Fight 2 Midgard security and 1 drone hound
or, if red alert and etheric are active, sometimes
You curl up to take a nap, but your rest is interrupted by a strange scratching. You try to block it out, eventually opening your eyes in frustration to find out the source of that grating noise.
A dark shapes leers above you, a twisted mass of crystals in the shape of a hound. Behind it, two guards are arguing in a hushed whisper.
"But what's wrong with it?"
The other cuts him off. "No time! Intruder now, drone later!"
Judging by the way they're circling around the crystalline hound to surround you, the intruder is… you? Surely you're not that threatening.
Fight 2 Midgard security and 1 twisted hound
Leave it be
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