Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Sacrificed for the cause of science
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furrycat
Fri Jun 11, 2004 5:38 pm
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You see there I was on Endor looking for merek harvesters. I'd been up to the Dulok village and beyond. I found a toxic merek battlelord, some delirious merek avengers and even blood-stained mereks. Just no harvesters. Further north I went in my pursuit of the elusive creature. Still it remained hidden from me.
Though I didn't find the creature I wanted I did see various other beasts I wasn't familiar with: assorted mites, bordoks and others. At one point I came across a deranged mantrigue. Now this animal is probably old news to most forum readers but it was the first time I'd seen one and I decided I had to have a sample.
I parked my vehicle, applied mask scent and approached the mantrigue. Sixty-four metres away and he hasn't detected me. Thirty-two away and he hasn't detected me. I'm less than twenty metres away, almost ready to go for the sample then BLAMMO! "a creature has detected you" and the creature is aggroing me. I'm wearing my mask scent clothes, I have 400 battle fatigue, 200 mind wounds, 100 health and action wounds and my centre of being macro isn't running. Not in much of a position to fight back. I fiddle about with my inventory trying to get my intimidate/warcry clothes on while the mantrigue puts in some free hits. Soon enough I'm spending quality time with the floor.
Sixty seconds later and I'm back on my feet. Pausing only to heal myself and mask scent I set off after the mantrigue who has flown away. Seventy metres away, sixty, fifty, forty, "a creature has detected you" - oh yeah forgot the clothes.
Any feelings of resentment I may have harboured against the creature for incapping me were by now dissipated and it was time to draw him into my close circle of friends. Mr Mantrigue I'd like you to meet my good pal Mr Stun Baton. Whack! Whack! Whack again!
Oh. Wait a minute. Wasn't the purpose of the exercise to sample this guy's DNA? Hmm. So ... warcry, run away, peace, peace, peace. Deranged mantrigue in hot pursuit. Warcry, peace, run away. Mantrigue still in pursuit. Peace, run away, warcry. And then: "you stop fighting" and Mr Mantrigue is flapping off at a leisurely pace.
Change back into the mask scent clothes. Mantrigue is about fifty metres or so over yonder. I mask scent and walk towards him nice and slowly. Forty out. Thirty out. Twenty out. I'm reaching for the sample key and ... AGGRO! OK same deal as before. Warcry, run away, peace, peace, peace. Warcry, run away, peace, peace, "you stop fighting" and this time the mantrigue is flying off towards where I parked my speeder. Oh now he feels he's safely out of the action because he's stopped for a rest. Right next to the speeder.
Hmm. Funny he should fly right to the ... HEY WAIT A MINUTE what are those numbers floating above my vehicle? The one I bought three days ago when my swoop blew up on the way to the garage. Quick, open the datapad, "you can't store for 49 seconds" - nooooo my brand new speeder is forfeit. At this point I'm hopping mad. I'm running straight towards the creature and sample or no sample he's going to have a piece of my mind.
By this time I'm in melee range and getting ready to wield the big stick when it suddenly occurs to me that the animal is so totally engrossed in laying waste to my speeder that it failed to notice me get within sampling range. Bang! "Your vehicle has been disabled." Click! "You begin taking a DNA sample." Dum de dum de dum. "You successfully obtain a DNA sample." Let's try again! Aggro! Right that was your last warning. Whack whack whack!
When I next log in I will be riding my bantha back to the outpost, for my speeder gave its life that its owner might sample DNA. A trustworthy vehicle which sacrificed itself. For science.
Though I didn't find the creature I wanted I did see various other beasts I wasn't familiar with: assorted mites, bordoks and others. At one point I came across a deranged mantrigue. Now this animal is probably old news to most forum readers but it was the first time I'd seen one and I decided I had to have a sample.
I parked my vehicle, applied mask scent and approached the mantrigue. Sixty-four metres away and he hasn't detected me. Thirty-two away and he hasn't detected me. I'm less than twenty metres away, almost ready to go for the sample then BLAMMO! "a creature has detected you" and the creature is aggroing me. I'm wearing my mask scent clothes, I have 400 battle fatigue, 200 mind wounds, 100 health and action wounds and my centre of being macro isn't running. Not in much of a position to fight back. I fiddle about with my inventory trying to get my intimidate/warcry clothes on while the mantrigue puts in some free hits. Soon enough I'm spending quality time with the floor.
Sixty seconds later and I'm back on my feet. Pausing only to heal myself and mask scent I set off after the mantrigue who has flown away. Seventy metres away, sixty, fifty, forty, "a creature has detected you" - oh yeah forgot the clothes.
Any feelings of resentment I may have harboured against the creature for incapping me were by now dissipated and it was time to draw him into my close circle of friends. Mr Mantrigue I'd like you to meet my good pal Mr Stun Baton. Whack! Whack! Whack again!
Oh. Wait a minute. Wasn't the purpose of the exercise to sample this guy's DNA? Hmm. So ... warcry, run away, peace, peace, peace. Deranged mantrigue in hot pursuit. Warcry, peace, run away. Mantrigue still in pursuit. Peace, run away, warcry. And then: "you stop fighting" and Mr Mantrigue is flapping off at a leisurely pace.
Change back into the mask scent clothes. Mantrigue is about fifty metres or so over yonder. I mask scent and walk towards him nice and slowly. Forty out. Thirty out. Twenty out. I'm reaching for the sample key and ... AGGRO! OK same deal as before. Warcry, run away, peace, peace, peace. Warcry, run away, peace, peace, "you stop fighting" and this time the mantrigue is flying off towards where I parked my speeder. Oh now he feels he's safely out of the action because he's stopped for a rest. Right next to the speeder.
Hmm. Funny he should fly right to the ... HEY WAIT A MINUTE what are those numbers floating above my vehicle? The one I bought three days ago when my swoop blew up on the way to the garage. Quick, open the datapad, "you can't store for 49 seconds" - nooooo my brand new speeder is forfeit. At this point I'm hopping mad. I'm running straight towards the creature and sample or no sample he's going to have a piece of my mind.
By this time I'm in melee range and getting ready to wield the big stick when it suddenly occurs to me that the animal is so totally engrossed in laying waste to my speeder that it failed to notice me get within sampling range. Bang! "Your vehicle has been disabled." Click! "You begin taking a DNA sample." Dum de dum de dum. "You successfully obtain a DNA sample." Let's try again! Aggro! Right that was your last warning. Whack whack whack!
When I next log in I will be riding my bantha back to the outpost, for my speeder gave its life that its owner might sample DNA. A trustworthy vehicle which sacrificed itself. For science.
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