hra-official

[hra-official]

Given the dire circumstance, we got a big treat for you to deal with those Balor's and their notoriously tiny heatsinks

Light'em up fellas!

And for celebrating later:

Trick or treat from all of us at MSMC-796!

-- Angel

What are your costumes?

[hra-official]

Your people are more than welcome.

@ras-favourite-balor thank you for providing us with a live-fire test for our newest frames. BATES will be happy to receive you as soon as you land.

For sure! We'll have tons of fun.

Well, I will; for you it depends on your sense of humour.

I am more than happy to pay upfront now that I have garnered your attention. I am in need of a message to be sent in the fashion only Balor pilots seem to be able to pull off properly. The two mercenaries companies and their endless ceaseless messaging grows tiresome.

I want you to send a message, I want you to crash and burn their little event. I will provide whatever funding you want, but I want you while all eyes of their companies are on their titans brawling, I request you hit them where it hurts.

MSMC and CMC are both all cooped up inside the station of the Sylvia's Requiem. I can point you in the direction of the greatest valuable the CMC head holds dear to have you destroy it. For how you wish to insult MSMC I leave to your discretion.

Name your price.

//Backtalker\\

[Brigand}-Fuck me... I hope you realize that's a big ask? That's a LOT of heat to draw, even for me. If I'm caught, or people catch wind it was me that did this, it could mean another bout on a penal colony, or worse probably...

<PERSEPHONE>- DEAR I HATE TO INFORM YOU BUT WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FUNDS. UNTIL OUR BLINKSPACE DRIVE IS REPLACED WE CANNOT RELIABLY SLAUGHTER. WE CANNOT CHASE DOWN THOSE WHO WRONG US. WE CANNOT BRING RUIN TO THE RIGHTEOUS. WORSE WE CANNOT OUTFOX THE WOULD-BE HUNTERS. CANNOT DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT ON BLACKENED WINGS WHEN DEPTS GROW LUNGS AND CLAWS.

WE SHOULD ACCEPT. I WILL GROW MY SWARM AND WE WILL DINE AS GODS.

[Brigand}-You know I hate it when you're right. But this could get us back on our feet. I'd have to let Pigeon and Z know that we'll have to wait though. Let the aftermath cool down... And we do have those spare Zhengs... could convert one of those into another Balor. One just for you, make sure we're not going in undergunned...

<PERSEPHONE>-PRECISELY DEAR. YOU ARE WORRIED. WE CAN BRING THE SUBALTERNS. I'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING. THE LAB OF BATTLE CALLS. IT WILL BE GLORIOUS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE GAMBLED OUR LIVES. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG.

[Brigand}-I really should fucking retire. As if I could stay retired for more than a week. Fuck it. I would love to accept, but I''ve got some conditions. we need to know full details before I decide our price. But that shouldn't be a problem, you seem quite eager. I also want your word you'll do your best to protect us from any and all fallout. In addition to payment, we require a new blinkspace drive, something fancy. I've heard SSC has a new model with all the bells and whistles.

I think I've got an idea for MSMC as well... though it'll be expensive. And require a trip to Hercynia at that...

Let's talk business, Brigand~

[hra-official]

I don't need to take heat. If you have to be a slave to thermodynamics rip you but I'd just say "nu uh" and heat would legally not be able to enter my body.

anybody need a light?

[hra-official]

Oh wow! My favourite }:w:{

Trick or Treat?

(psst, it's @hra-official under the costume)

treat.

[hra-official]

Trick or treat from all of us at MSMC-796!

-- Angel

What are your costumes?

[hra-official]

Me when I overcharge the reactor because it's a bit chilly.

anybody need a light?

[hra-official]

Trick or treat?

We got Candy Caps!

[hra-official]

I am going back to the moment you made this meme and making it myself.

i made another one of these woah! @agentldiddy made the original idea and i turned it into one of these for it

[hra-official]

[hra-official]

There are semi-sentient maniples of greywash left over from the 4500s that can do exactly that. We've managed to hunt them down nearly to the last but we still make any buildings near the entrances of unexplored tunnels completely sealed for exactly that reason.

If you come to Hercynia and a guide tells you not to go somewhere, listen to them.

Do you think the Balor is like a squid/cat in that the mech could squeeze through a hole the size of it's largest part? Like imagine you're hiding in a hangar or something, with the entire place on lock down, and you look over and you see a Balor stare at you through the window. 'That's fine', you think 'no way he gets through that' before it punches out the window and to your horror, slowly starts disassembling itself and, part by part, moving itself through the window and reassembling itself inside. I'd shit myself.

[hra-official]

First of all, Hercynian Refurbished Armaments does not endorse or condone any harassment or extra-judicial harm directed towards you or anyone else.

That said, the reason our company is qualified to design mechs is the same reason why the Second Committee had to resort to Total Biome Kill in the first place: we are great at not dying; it is a natural talent honed with generations of daily practice.

Back to the original topic of discussion, I'm afraid none of the casket technicians I could contact from within or without the company are available at the moment.

I am sure this is obvious but I learned the hard way: do not plug your subjectivity enhancement suite directly into the omninet completely unshielded if you have extensive neural enhancements, you can download viruses directly into your brain

[hra-official]

As it happens, all casket handling specialists on Hercynia are exclusively trained on SecComm-era caskets. I can put you in contact with one of our specialists and they'll be sure it is functioning correctly.

For an NHP specialist you'll have to look elsewhere however: we've not been, historically, in the business of working with them.

From personal experience: don't be too quick to assume the casket is empty and check all systems that were connected to it; the previous host could have survived as paracode and re-develop once it has a chance to iterate undisturbed and a metafold space to expand in. That's how I came to occupy Downpour's mech; and how a lot of 2nd generation Deimosians are "born"

I am sure this is obvious but I learned the hard way: do not plug your subjectivity enhancement suite directly into the omninet completely unshielded if you have extensive neural enhancements, you can download viruses directly into your brain

[hra-official]

Just because you're not good at fighting outside of a mech doesn't mean you can't be a nightmare to deal with: my old comrade Well Reflection was born with only 2 legs and almost deaf, but they had an unerring instinct for placing landmines and other traps in just the right places to catch people and bots off-guard.

As a matter of fact they were one of the main designers of the Tarantula, and to this day they hold the planetary record for most successfully deployed practical jokes.

I think one of the funniest things about the priorities of my creation is that in a mech I am excellent at my job, while out of my mech I am a mess of genetic mistakes. You would think I would be any kind of useful out of a war machine, but my vision is actually quite poor even with ocular implants and I require mobility aids to get around outside my mech. I suppose physical fortitude isn’t so important as mental fortitude for a thing like me.

[hra-official]

You're more intresting than you give yourself credit for.

Hello! What the fuck, why are there so many of you? Signed: [REDACTED]

[hra-official]

I think this is a splendid idea and already practice it daily (although with less swearing and more existentially uncomfortable questions). Be the change you want to see in the world and all that.

To be honest I agree, if only because it would be a good reminder to pay attention to them: even drones have some autonomy, and people tend to forget that and make dangerous mistakes.

I think humanity should only be allowed to have robot labor if the robot can talk back and swear like a sailor if you are rude to them, every single one of them.

Humans can only behave well if they are humbled, and the fastest way to do so is berate the shit out of them if they are being asshole.

[hra-official]

I got my first commissioned piece of art. The Herchynian Refurbished Armaments PDF is really starting to come together.

I colorized the commission because it didn't stand out when seen in Comp/Con with a dark mode palette, and I think it looks good on the page as well

The first piece of official artwork for one of our mechs has arrived! Say hello to Antlions new look, courtesy of @zhjake

For the occasion, a new update has been released on the official shop page.

[hra-official]

The first piece of official artwork for one of our mechs has arrived! Say hello to Antlions new look, courtesy of @zhjake

For the occasion, a new update has been released on the official shop page.