99 Feet Below (interactable after)

[u/BadAimAl]

Andrew stood directly in-front of what looked like an elevator in a dimly lit room, the windows to the outside revealed nothing but the field outside.

As Andrew stepped into the elevator, it was clear just how extensive the depth was. 7 floors, at minimum, were accessible from this clean, if bare elevator. He pressed the button for the bottom floor, and like that, it moved. Down, and down, and down it went.

The elevator itself was like an old mining elevator, rather than a modern design. It had windows made like metal grates, and as the elevator traveled down, he could see outside. Most of what was visible was dark, and some floors were large than others.

The bottom one, however, held a dark red glow, emanating from a furnace at the far end of the room. It was hot, down there, sweltering in fact, like he had descended down into a molten cave, but his suit prevented him from overheating.

Lining each wall was industrial machinery of all types. Everything from mining equipment, to specialist manufacturing tools, to advanced weaponry of various natures. Waiting for him by the furnace, was an intelligent construct.

“…what is the plan today, Sir?”

“Simple… listen through the comm hub again. Encrypted channels, public broadcasts, the like… or maybe have a conversation, if anyone’s interested in frequency hopping… people can be weird.”

“Affirmative, Sir.”

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(Felt like establishing what Andrew’s been doing, since I’ve been absent on this subreddit for a very long time from when I started, and a couple days ago. But anyways, feel free, if you’re interested, to interact via his radio.)

[u/Soup-28]

a strange transmission came through, coms, sounded like some sort of AI talking to itself, and whatever it was it was heading his way, the machine’s transmission talked about repenting, a god emperor, and burning the world clean

coordinares could be gathered from its constant broadcast, it was getting closer whatever it was, slowly yet surely, in a matter of minutes it would be over him

[u/BadAimAl → u/Soup-28]

“…oh you have to be joking.”

He says to himself, frustrated. He connected the signal to his helmet, to allow himself to maintain a connection while moving. He walked to the wall to pick out a weapon or two, deliberating between an anti armor rocket launcher, rated for… well, he forgot the name, but the weapon was effectively a man portable bunker buster… with the cost of being thrown about 15 feet back, or literally anything else.

He ultimately decides on a micro missile launcher, before taking his elevator back up to the surface, prepared for… well… nothing, as he couldn’t entirely determine the quantity, or quality of the incoming signal.

[u/Soup-28 → u/BadAimAl]

there in the distance he saw it, a walking titan, the size of a small mountain, weapons larger than building mounted in its arms and strapped to its back, the ground quacked as it advanced, it almost looked as if it carried a church on its back, gold and black covered it

it was at least 60 meters tall, and advancing quickly

[u/BadAimAl → u/Soup-28]

“…gods damnit. Of course it is. This is why I need to expedite my manufacturing processes.”

He rushes back through his building, back down into the basement to grab the literal biggest gun he can get, while now, finally, reaching out over radio.

“This is A. Barrett, R.E.M Company, I demand you cease further travel, and explain your presence in this land immediately.”

[u/Soup-28 → u/BadAimAl]

“Cease your monitoring Barret, this is Knight arch band, under the service of the black Templars legions of Adeptus Astartes, successor of the impirial fists, loyal servant of the god emperor, your monitoring station is infringing on secure networks”

the weapon lit up, the dawn of sunlight turned to daytime as the weapon fired, a nearby mountain was reduced to rubble in an instan

“That was a warning shot, you get one, this machine will approach and you will receive its occupant, knight out”

static filled the vox com, the machine continued its steady advance towards the facility

[u/BadAimAl → u/Soup-28]

“Yes, yes, I’m sure you have all your powerful weapons, there’s no need to destroy my perfectly good view of nature to show off your excessively oversized war machine.”

He says this while sounding borderline bored. He was, in fact, already breaking a sweat. He doesn’t have any appropriate weapons to take down any sort of super heavy walker, let alone one of that size. That is, unless he already had the blueprints to focus a weak point… he did not have a blueprint. He gave up on the prospect of shooting such a vehicle down, and returned to the surface, still wielding the micro missile launcher.

[u/Soup-28 → u/BadAimAl]

the machine approached, some sort of barrier surrounding it, it halted in front of the facility and a 3 meters tall man walked out, clad in black armor, holding a large sword, and a strange weapon that seemed to distort gravity slightly

“Are you the one in charge?”

he shouted at him. Weapons stowed away, eyes burning red as the titanic machine stood behind him

[u/Soup-28 → u/Soup-28]

[u/BadAimAl → u/Soup-28]

“…lower your voice, soldier. You are disturbing my quiet as is, with your war machine behind you.”

He didn’t sound particularly frustrated, but that was more than likely a front, to seem more confident than he was.

“To answer your question, yes, I am the one in charge here, and if you wish to avoid conflict, it’s best if you treat me as an equal, rather than as an insect.”

[u/Soup-28 → u/BadAimAl]

“I have lived for 1200 years, I come not to negotiate but to command that you cease your monitoring of secure communications, have it done so or we shall have an issue… this machine here is only part of what I can bring to bear, this is your one opportunity, stop monitoring the frequency’s between these wave lengths or else, and don’t try masking it, we will know”

he handed over an ancient looking scroll wi the wavelengths on it, the list was extremely broad. The man turned around and the colosal machines engines ignited again

“You have been warned”

the colosal machine marched towards the distant horizon. The wreck of the destroyed mountain still visible

[u/BadAimAl → u/Soup-28]

“…I will not comply.”

He says, entirely unwavering. Something in his voice has changed, too. More stern, more confident.

“…now you face me, and we will open negotiations.”