B.L.A.D.E. Report #6 - Trying Something New (and failing)

Well, how was the last post. Pretty long huh? Sorry about that, but now we have something new! First though, since the last post, we return to NLA to prepare. No missions were completed, but we did find Frye behind Repenta Diner at night in the Industrial District. Apparently, Frye was trying to get drunk but is having problems with that. He can't get drunk on Scotch anymore and is looking for something else. Frye asks for what type of drink I prefer. I don't drink, but I feel that wine makes anything feel special and refined. Frye agreed with it being refined, which was totally not his style. He said that wine is the complete opposite of "cheap Scotch." He then comes up with and idea. Frye decides to make his own wine with Mira's unique resource. He then goes off to make plans for his distillery. Morning comes and we start the video. Unfortunately, we died just as we entered Sylvalum. Not the best start to the video, so here is the second video. Just for some context, we travel to Sylvalum to install a probe at FN site 409. The next problem encountered is the sudden lack of space on my recording device. I unfortunately ran out of space and the video cuts off mid-battle. Be assured that I have made it to FN site 409 and installed the probe. What's next? Well, that's it. We found a place to hide for now, but we'll get moving soon enough.

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B.L.A.D.E. Report #5 - Treachery

                     Beautiful!

Okay! Heads up! A lot has happened in the past week. Once we left NLA, we decide to train in Oblivia. We complete "Taming Tectinsulas," where we were requested to hunt 7 clay tectinsulas. We carry on afterwards,exploring Oblivia and on our travels we fing this!

              TREASURE!!!!!!!!

North of FN site 317 on the shore at the bottom of the cliff is the Beach Side Trove. This is definitely a good place to find items, so go and look for the cave if you wish. I guarantee your satisfaction. Next, we continue exploring, finding and installing probes at FN site 315 in Oblivia. All the way in the NE corner of Oblivia, we challenge the tyrant No-dhor, the Shadowcaster and win. You can find him NE of FN site 316. On our way back, we find a severed Mim arm. After our discovery with Yelv, I think I know who's this is. I can't wait to show this to him; once I find him of course. In celebration of our discoveries and accomplishments in this trip, I finally decide to buy a new Skell. The most expensive one the shop had; XS0730 Amdusias ST-Heavy Type.

       This skell is AWESOME! It comes with it's own E-Scythe!

We then check mission control for any gathering quests. There, we hand in 2 auroran bones to complete Hazmat Hunt. Since it was night, and we were celebrating, I dismiss everyone for the night and take a walk around NLA. By the Central Industrial District I find Irina having a "girl talk," with one of her BLADE companions. I join in, asserting that I can handle the "intensity." Apparently, Irina's really pissed at a BLADE who was hitting on one of her squad members. He seems to be the type of guy who hits on any girl without regard for their feelings. If anything, he's brave for even asking Irina as well. Regardless, his attitude and methods are just terrible, to which Irina agrees. Knowing Irina, I think she will teach him a lesson; with her fist. In the afternoon, I find Elma in the Central Industrial District. I overhear the conversation and learn that Elma is quite the engineer. She knows quite a bit about machines and how they work. After finishing her meeting about expanding the NLA shields, I praise her for her talents to which she disagrees saying that she has few talents; a few years of engineering back on Earth, her vast military experience, and her exceptional fighting skill. I would disagree, but she does bring a good point. Despite her "few talents," she wishes to use them to their highest potential to help others as much as she can. I like that way of thinking and I wish I had a resolve like her. On my way back to the Administrative District, I pass through the Commercial District and meet this Manon girl named Veverta. Veverta had lost her comm device, which is like a cell phone. I recommend her to the Nopon, Cherche to find her comm device. Once I mentioned price though, she did a complete 180 and abandoned her comm device all because she did not want to work. I hope eventually she will come to understand how important it is to work, for the sake of her future. At least we got her of her addiction. We finally get to the Administrative District where in the hanger, Gwin is reconnecting with and old friend from his basic training. After introductions, Gwin asks us to let Irina know that he is going to help his friend's squad install a probe in Oblivia. Having some doubts, knowing how inexperienced they are and how far away they're going, I offer to help them out. Honored, he declines and gains the confidence to go on this trip. I head to the barracks after telling Irina, and just enjoyed the rest of the day.

       Look at the apartment building in the car's reflection.

                     Where is the apartment? 0.o

The next night, Lin decides to ask me for a diner suggestion. I was craving something broiled, so Lin decided to make Tandoori Chicken. As always, delicious! Thanks Lin!Afterwards, Commander Vandham calls a meeting. It seems that Gwin met up with Irina's team and they are currently on a mission to retrieve the piece of life hold. It's only an archive unit, but it was in good condition and is one third of humanity's literature and history (like the last one), so it still has irreplaceable value. The meeting was not just that news though. The meeting was actually to inform us about Irina's request for reinforcements. Considering that their team is a special ops team like ours, the situation must be pretty bad. Once the debriefing was over, we quickly made our way to Ilora Ravine in Oblivia. Since my new skell is barely equipped, I left with my old one instead. Better safe than sorry.

                 This view brings back memories.

At the entrance to the Ravine, we had a run-in with the tyrant, Climati, the Chillng Wind. I specifically found him NW of FN site 318. From there, we made our way to Irina's group. Luckily, we get there in time. I think I heard Irina yelling at the others to run for the Life Hold while she takes all of the enemies alone. We meet up, get caught up on the situation, and offer to act as decoy. Having a skell with us gives us a better chance than Irina's group, so they went after the Life Hold while we revealed ourselves. It was quite a tough fight; six, SIX skells plus extra ground forces! Still, we easily dispatched them. That's when Elma thought something was wrong. There were clearly more troops than we fought; where were the others? Coming to the conclusion that the rest of the Ganlions were after Irina's team. We pass around the mountain, and confront Ferdinand, the Fortuitous. We defeat it and continue on to the Life Hold site. At last, we meet up with Irina's group. Gwin, and another BLADE were standing on guard while Irina and Marcus investigated the Life Hold. We ask Gwin if there were any hostiles, which there were none. Finding it odd, Elma comes to another realization and contacts Irina and Marcus to bail out as fast as they could. Just in the nick of time, the two jump off as a barrage of bullets and lasers destroy the Life Hold. Before we got any time to react, a familiar voice filtered through a speaker reached our ears.

                  This is a really nice view!

                            This one too!

                             Same spot, different angle.

That ganglion womam Goetia, in her Amadal skell, along with two more skells land behind us and she continues to insult and harass us. Her words were full of prejudice and racism. Elma snapped really quickly, though she had every right to, and opened fire. Our large group spit up; Irina's team fought the two back-up skells while we fought Goetia. We fight and afterwards, Goetia is at the disadvantage. Despite this, she continues to chastise us. This started making us question why the Ganglion, an intergalactic gang, are trying so hard to kill off every human, going so far to destroy Earth and chasing us across the galaxy. Goetia just avoids the question and escapes. Once things have calmed down, Irina starts venting out before leaving. Getting curious, I ask Elma if Irina has any personal resentments towards the Ganglion. Elma revels that Irina had a little brother and that he didn't make it onto the White Whale. He was on Earth as it was destroyed. This also affects Gwin as the two were best friends. Elma then concludes by saying that everyone has a story like this. It simply means that we are all in the same boat. It's just makes us even more connected and united. We report back to Commander Vandham at Blade Tower in NLA. We tell him all that has happened and learn that Irina has beat us to the punch, reporting even for us. I'll have to thank her for that later. We then return to the Barracks to eat. After all "no one cooks like Lin!"

          Even if the tower is our life counter, it makes quite the picture in the rain.

We take our time, preparing and equipping ourselves for our next journey. It has been a while since we travelled to Noctilum so that was where we went; along with my new skell. First, we headed to FN site 216 and installed a probe. During our exploration, we finished gathering the 8 H19 ion thrusters needed to complete Noctilum Trailblazing 2. We then install probes at FN sites 202 and 208.

               The falls in Noctilum are just so relaxing...

Mira has the prettiest nights.

Next, we rediscover the Prone base NE of FN site 211 in Noctilum. This base contained many level 25-30 humanoid enemies. In this base, there is the tyrant Demetrio, the Tempestuous who shouldn't be too much of a problem if you can handle multiple opponents over level 35. I do recommend to bring a skell to take and deal the damage to speed things up. We take out everyone and take all the treasure in this fort. At last, we head towards FN Site 224 which was quite the discovery.

                  TREASURE!!!!!! part 2

                                        BOO!



Thank you for reading and please! Tell me if you've found any interesting places to discover. I personally enjoy Scenic locations. Also, how about this? What is your favourite tyrant name or names? The can get pretty creative; who had the time to name them? 0_0 And finally, why do you think the Ganglion are trying so hard to bring our kind to extinction? It could help in future negotiations and I would like to hear your perspective.

B.L.A.D.E. Report #4 - BFFs

Hunting out on a night like this is breathtaking!

Hey guys! I'm back with another post and since last time, we have gained a valuable ally. Who you may ask? Well, the Nopon of course! =^.^= They're sooooooo CUTE! And apparently, Commander Vandham agrees. In that moment, he was such a tsundere. If he only said BAKA, then he would earn all my respect and loyalty.

Anyways, Commander Vandham sent us on a mission to form an official alliance with the Nopon by getting them to sign a treaty. He tasked us to go visit Dodonga caravan and Dorian caravan and get them to sign said treaty. Guessing that Tatsu would want to see his "mamapon" as soon as possible, we go to Dodonga caravan first. As we enter the caravan, Tatsu's siblings, cute as always, welcome us. After things have calmed down, we quickly notice that Koko was missing. The little ones tell us that she went fishing three days ago. We all immediately thought the same thing; WHO GOES FISHING FOR THREE DAYS!!!! Filled with worry, we go looking for Koko around the many waterfalls at the north side of the continent.

Just on the nick of time, we here the voice of a really angry Nopon. As expected it was Koko and and indigen eating a HUGE fish! Seriously! It was bigger than one of us! First of all how did Koko catch that thing? Two, how was Koko not scared. I have to admit; she is extremely devoted to her children. She even threatened to eat the indigen if it didn't leave. Tatsu quickly breaks up the tension and runs in between the two. He begins saying quite some honorable things until he then quickly asks us to kill the indigen for them. With a sigh of disappointment and urgency, we engage in battle. As the indigen falls, Koko states that it's corpse will be their new dinner and thanks us and Tatsu. Before bringing the corpse back to the caravan, we ask if she could sign the treaty. After just saving her, she happily agrees. Once we take the corpse back to the caravan, we head to Dorian caravan in Oblivia. On the way, we defeat Hephaestus, the Absconder and complete his bounty mission of the same name.

              Someday, we'll take down that indigen...

At Dorian caravan, we meet the head, Mujiji. We negotiate and he makes his request. In order to sign the treaty, Mujiji requires 30,000 credits for his caravan. At this point, this large amount of money isn't that much since I'm making so much, so paid the full amount without complaint. It was then that I realize that the caravan tricked us when one of the residents gets exited, talking about getting loopy on pollen orbs. It seems that the money is only going to be used for their pleasure. Well, merchants are definitely merchants.

We finally report back to Commander Vandham and the immigration of Nopon began. The alliance has been made official. To make the most of the alliance, a group of Nopon started a new arms manufacturing group; The Nopon Commercerce Guild. This group focuses on making thermal weapons and larger magazine capacities. To give a good start, I invested a large amount of miranium and they reach their second milestone. Unfortunately, no new developments have been made.

YES! We can all become Heropon of the Nopon!

Last but not least, we complete a bunch of basic missions from mission control. Right after accepting them, we've completed, Skell repairs; gather 5 broken pincers, Coolest of the Cool; gather 3 sharp germivore jaws, Extreme Flufiness; gather 3 green simius manes, No Friend Like Nopon; gather 12 babaco leaves, Must-Have Blob; gather 7 loathsome blobs, and Standing Tall(er); gather 10 spine-o-correctors. Have I mentioned that I love these names? They are so creative, yet so simple. We also accept the bounty quests; Mesgen, the Fairweathered, Ferdinand, the Fortuitous, Purgovent Purge, Lockhart, the Killer of Hope, Culling Caesuses, Laying Lowphids Low, and Ludvik, the Picky Eater. We go and do some hunting to complete some of the bounties. We complete Plucking Auravices where we had to defeat 2 reaver auravices. We also defeat Ludvick, the Picky Eater and Mesgen, the Fairweathered, completing their bounties. We have gained much, and I guess there is such thing as too much of a good thing. On the way to NLA, we ran into an indigen that was way over our heads. Before we could even run away, it took out my entire team and skell in two hits. There goes my insurance. Now, the insurance company will only cover repairs for my skell one more time.

                     If only we could fly...

And that's it! Thank you for reading and please! Tell me if you ever wrecked a vehicle before. Here on Mira or back on Earth. How did you feel when this happened? Where there any specifics or interesting stories you want to share? Feel free to respond here and remember that you are not obligated to respond. If you want to you can.