For those of you who missed it, I am ending Project Bastion. For more details, please go read this post. Thank you for understanding.
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We walked around the perimeter of the massive golem monstrosity, double-checking that, even if it continued to burn completely, it wouldn't spre...
2024-04-11 15:33:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe following day, I woke up later than ever before, at least while in this reality. It was just past noon when I finally slid out of bed, yawning and stretching carefully, still conscious of my surgery. I was still a bit tired, but a quick cup of coffee fixed that up. I didn't usually drink coffee, but this was exactly the kind of situation I made an exception for. I couldn't exactly spend the...
2024-04-10 16:08:47 +0000 UTC View PostSpoilers if you are not up to date on Rise of the Battlemage!
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So, last week, you guys decided that the Skyforged Vanguard would be acquiring a Deep Space Recovery Vessel to function as the fleet's designated carrier. Now, you get to pick just how they are going...
2024-04-10 00:18:11 +0000 UTC View PostProject Bastion was originally an experiment, and while I would consider it to be a success content-wise, it just hasn't caught on like I was hoping. While I consider my own enjoyment a critical majority when it comes to deciding what I am writing, I am also attempting to make this a career, which means I can't stick my head in the sand when something isn't doing as well as I would like.
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2024-04-09 18:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I'm going to be driving around tomorrow, chasing the eclipse, so I figured I would post this today to make things simple! Normal schedule will continue next chapter.
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Ahsoka and I left the scene of the fight at a jog, looking around and eventually finding an alley to slink away in. We knew that it wouldn't take long for the r...
2024-04-07 15:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs the ship got closer, it got a bit easier to pick out details. It was a small ship, smaller than I expected, but its black hull and brutal design screamed edgelord darksider. It made me wonder if the Inquisitors had a hand in designing the ship and how much their influence reduced the original designs' ...
2024-04-05 14:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostWe stood in silence for a handful of seconds, all three of us pretty stunned that we had so easily dispatched both of the golems.
"Huh…" Barry eventually said, kicking at the cracks formed by the partial emerging and subsequent death of the knarled wooden golem. "Guess we are a pretty bad match-up for them."
"Maybe, but that's only going to go so far," I pointed out, shaking my he...
2024-04-04 16:02:38 +0000 UTC View PostSPOILER WARNING! This poll is a spoiler if you are not up to date! (Chapter 12)
Jackson's new AI assistant needs a name!
2024-04-03 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI made it to Vik's without any trouble, from my stomach or from traffic. The route was pretty easy, and Night City's traffic flow was actually surprisingly clean. Having grown up on the outskirts of a big city, and having been forced to drive into said city for anything important, not having to wait in traffic forever was almost worth how broken everything else in this reality was.
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2024-04-03 16:09:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day Barry, Danny and I left pretty early, hooking up the bikes to their carts and heading off. We had a decent trip to complete, and we were supposed to make it back in time for the second team to go out to the library when we got back. Getting up early felt normal at this point, so by the time I was out of bed and heading down to the kitchen, I was ready to go. We left with a healthy ...
2024-04-02 15:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe left the safe house behind at nearly midnight, hoping that the city nightlife, present even during the lockdown, as well as the darkness, would compensate for the obvious suspicion of people being out so late. The distraction group, armed with a bunch of supplies from the safehouse, split off immediately, heading out to the checkpoint nearest our planned crossing point. Meanwhile, Tatnia, Sh...
2024-04-01 15:06:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe brainstormed for a while before coming up with four main ideas for getting of Foless. One was we bought a ship. There were no doubt a few ships worth buying here, and not only could we offload it to the Rebellion when we were done, but this was probably one of the stealthier ways we could try and leave. Unfortunately, in the grand scheme of things, all that stealth probably wasn't going to d...
2024-03-29 15:45:26 +0000 UTC View PostSo, we gathered some ship types, now it's up to you guys to make the final choice! These are in no particular order:
Carrier-modified CR90 Corvette (I would basically handwave ...
2024-03-28 17:20:14 +0000 UTC View PostOnce people had finished exploring and claiming rooms, we started to actually move people in. Most of it was simply grabbing stuff from the temporary setup along the parapet and moving it into the space, but we also went out and around the bastion borders. Previously, while my jump team was recovering from our trip to Resident Evil, the civilians, with some light help from me and a few others, ...
2024-03-28 15:26:31 +0000 UTC View PostSPOILERS - This chapter, and potentially the following chapters, contains spoilers for the universe that Jackson gets his second tech tree from. What that universe is is revealed first, so you don't worry about surprise spoilers as long as you're reading in order.
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Jackie left about an hour after mentioning a new job, and I immediately retu...
2024-03-27 15:58:49 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick message: there will be no Project Bastion post on the 9Th of April. After that, posting will continue as normal. Thank you for understanding!
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We collectively stepped over the several kobold corpses, heading further into the cave. The massive space dwarfed any underground structure I had ever been in and felt like a massive auditorium. As we crossed the...
2024-03-26 15:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostWe moved around the city, eventually making our way to a halfway decent vantage point, an abandoned landing platform for airspeeder, connected to an even older building. It overlooked a considerable amount of the warehouse district, including the abandoned warehouse where our target was supposed to eventually appear. As we settled in, all three of us, Vax, Nal, and myself, did our best to seem ...
2024-03-25 15:32:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe ride to Bestine was, thankfully, a relatively short two-and-a-half-day trip from Omega Station, our transport making good time for its size class. Unfortunately, while the Staggered Bantha was technically capable of transporting all of us on top of our two clone pilots, the interior of the light freighter was cramped and miserable. Our group was clearly pushing what was reasonable ...
2024-03-22 16:16:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe kobolds charged at us, fearlessly attacking us despite our significantly larger size and favorable numbers. Their growling turned to snapping as they jabbed at Barry, whom they reached first, their sharp, dangerous-looking teeth lashing out at him even as they tried to stab him with their spears. Rather than try and fight them both at once, Barry wisely dashed backward, letting both Jessica...
2024-03-21 15:34:57 +0000 UTC View PostSPOILERS! Only read if you are up to date! (114 or higher)
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Hello everyone! So, the Skyforged are going on another mission! Before that, there was mention of procuring another carrier ship, one to carry the V-Wings and their pilots. This is the first stage of selecting that/those ships, the suggestion stage!
Please submit ships that the crew could purchase or s...
2024-03-20 18:12:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe stayed at Viks for another hour or so, discussing the bioware implantation process, what I needed to do, and the schedule. On my side, all I really needed to do was not eat anything the day before the surgery. It wasn't technically required, but it would reduce some risks and made Vik's job easier.
Vik also went out of his way to make sure I understood exactly what having the bio-nanos...
2024-03-20 15:48:26 +0000 UTC View PostWe spent the rest of the day messing around and doing light work. I ended up testing the flame burst spell for myself after grabbing my spear and changing my spell. Charles hadn’t been kidding when he said the spear turned the spell into an actually focused blast. In fact, if anything, he was understating the change. Casting the spell through the weapon resulted in a stream of flame, harsh an...
2024-03-19 15:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostAhsoka visibly sagged at my promise, beyond happy that the rescue operation finally had a chance. After a moment, she looked at me and nodded before we all sat back around the table and focused on the mission. We were on a timer now, one that could go off at any moment. The quicker we could figure out what we were doing and get to it, the better.
"Would inserting on the Starcaller 2024-03-18 14:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
While our restructuring and expansion plan only took a few hours to develop, it took just over two weeks to really implement. I spent most of that time away from the station on the Chariot. We bounced around nearly a dozen planets, picking up supplies for Pola and Miru, as well as buying medical equipment, general supplies, and other infrastructure requirements like furniture.
Wh...
2024-03-15 15:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostWe appeared right where we had left, in the Bastion kitchen. A few people were sitting around, nursing mugs of tea or coffee, all of them jumping a bit when we arrived, but as a whole, the group quickly calmed down. Among them were Charles and Sarah, the other two civilians who had come with us, as well as a few others. George was sitting just a few feet away, wrapped up in a thick blanket, loo...
2024-03-14 15:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo, Jackson is about to meet someone! While I control who, what, when, where and how, its up to you to pick how they look!
(Yes this is the second attempt, lets hope it works)
Jackie and I spent the next few hours testing out all three of my new and improved mag weapons. We burned through just about all of the custom, high-accuracy ammo I had made, putting all three weapons through their paces. By the end of the second hour, Jackie and I were consistently using the mag sniper to tap our furthest target successfully, which was about a thousand meters out. We even star...
2024-03-13 16:09:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe left the restaurant about five minutes after dispatching the canine zombies, a heavy weight pressing down on the group. Logically, we knew that George was alive, especially since Barry had already died during the Die Hard jump. Despite that, waking up to him being mauled to death was obviously a shocking experience. In all honesty, I was only minorly worried about George. Sally had been pret...
2024-03-12 15:35:26 +0000 UTC View PostI took a moment to gather my thoughts, scanning around the room. The troopers all looked healthy and hearty, clearly having recovered from their hibernation sickness. It was hard to tell, but they did also look a few years younger. According to Ahsoka, that was a side-effect of being cured of their accelerated aging.
After a moment, Lieutenant Rider, whom I recognized because of a tattoo ...
2024-03-11 15:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostI only had to wait in the large locker for about thirty minutes before Captain Senita hit the all-hands alarm, the klaxon easily audible through the metal door of my hiding spot. I waited a few minutes past that before pushing the door open and stepping out into the airlock entry space. A quick look around proved I was alone, and I released a long breath in relief. I was pretty confident I coul...
2024-03-08 16:25:15 +0000 UTC View Post