Part 14

God, what have I dragged you into?

You haven't dragged God into any- ohhh. Never mind.

I'm so sorry... You just weren't meant for this kind of work.

Listen. If you hadn't gotten me out of Bergen, I'd be dead by now. Ark would have seen to that. I owe you a lot. There's no need to apologize.

I know, but...

Leave it be. So, what's the situation here?

Let's see... Well, no sign of government forces.

Hmm.

Wait! I'm picking up a concentrated field of anti-tank mines!

You'd think that would be viewed as somewhat important.

All the way out here? Let's take a closer look.


Be careful!

Seems her radar starts picking up new things every few minutes. Wouldn't it be more useful if it could pick up everything at once?


So, here's your anti-tank mines in a terrain where you'd never find tanks. Suspicious.


These are like mines except they shoot at you. So I guess they're nothing like mines.


Alright! And all it cost me was my face!


This... automatically targets enemies for you, I think. It's a consumable item, either way.


Approaching these mines causes a little turret to pop up and shoot you a few times. All these traps count as kills, with EXP and money, by the way. Not much, though.


Albert!

Then they run towards each other and embrace.

I take it these traps are yours?

Yeah... I'm sorry...

They were a really horrible idea. We'd have never even picked you up with Brenda's incredibly picky radar if not for those.

Did Johansen send you?

No, I...

"Well, yes. But..."

Don't feel bad... If you hadn't rescued me back there... I would have died without ever learning the truth.

......

Thank you, game. I wasn't sure if Albert was actually talking during this monologue, or staying silent.

Now that Johansen's been exposed... it's only a matter of time before our country regains it's sanity. I... I have no regrets. Go ahead! I'm ready!

Albert, stop!

"That gun won't kill him fast enough! Use THIS gun.

You're not really going to kill him, are you?

...You really think I'd do that?


I think Albert says something like "YOU!" here but I missed the shot.


It's a robot conga line I've got going on here.

Your target's right in front of you! Finish the job!


Just establishing that I was shooting him in the chest throughout this entire conversation.

It seems our friend doesn't have much confidence in you. Can't imagine why. Now... get out of the way!

Forget it!

Think you can take me on, huh? Looks like somebody likes living dangerously... Suit yourself. There's no honor to be had in killing you. Johansen's days are numbered either way. As far as I'm concerned, this job's over and done with. Do me a favor and grow up a little before we meet again, hm?

"If YOU ignore orders, you're a rookie. If I do it, I'm cool."


Thank you, Albert! But why did you save me? Your orders...

Look, I know how you feel. I was... driven out of my country not too long ago.

But Emil's still in his country.

I see... Say... why don't you take me with you?

That's not even a request. It's a suggestion.

I appreciate the kindness you've shown me...

Hmm.

"On one hand, he's kind of annoying. On the other hand, I get to boss someone else around."

Besides... I really want to see more of the world! As long as it wouldn't be too much trouble...

He really can't think of any reason why it would benefit Albert? In any other script he would have mentioned his repair Wanzer at least.

Don't mention it. You're welcome to come with us.

Thank you!




Like I said, mines don't give much. They don't fight back much, either, of course.


Thanks for all your help...

Alright, Emil. Rule 1: When you end a sentence, you use one period. Not three. ONE.

Another ally is always welcome.

Don't get too excited. When they find out we've disobeyed orders...

Speak of the devil!

We've found Techernenko! It's in Bolsai, near your current position!

We're to destroy it?

"No, I want you to bake it a cake OF COURSE YOU'RE TO DESTROY IT!"

Even after we blew our "last chance"?

Hmph! I don't have time to go around firing everyone who displeases me.

And the attack on the bank?

What the hell does it matter? You're mercenaries! Start following orders for once!

He has a point.

What should we do?

We can't afford to leave Tchernenko on the loose. Remember what it did to Shadak?

You're right. Let's do what we can.


I have a better idea. Let's go over here and gain some delicious EXP.


I figure I should use him at least once.


Helicopters. These ones are easy to take out. They only shoot at you, and unlike the other ones, they aren't bigger on the inside.


This is... well it's basically the first boss of U.N. Squadron. I used the bazooka on it, but couldn't get any good screenshots.


Dammit, Emil.


Here's what Emil repairing you looks like.




A pretty good run.

So, 2-player. The obvious idea is basically to do some more VLP-ish videos, yes? I'm a bit worried about that, though, because my computer isn't very good and if I make a video longer than about 2-minutes or so with Camstudio I start to get desync. I've spent a lot of time trying to get videos that stay in sync and don't look like crap, but I've never really been able to. I'm considering my options right now.

For the record, I don't want to ever do any major plot points in video alone. I might skip the shots of a boring side area, but I'll always offer both for important things.

Anyway, for now the question is: should I use the guy who kinda shoots enemies a bit sometimes, or the guy who kinda heals me a bit sometimes?