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[Hyper dead] tl;dr - A Text Adventure Amalgam

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"Well, I was also informed this world was plaintext, yet here we are with code boxes." Atura shakes her head, and pushes any button.
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Plaintext? Code boxes? Does this ship look like it's made of text? I don-

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A problem has been detected and FleetOS has been shut down to prevent damage 
to the ship's AI.

META_OVERLOAD

If this is the first time you've seen this error screen, 
restart the OS. If this screen appears again, follow 
these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. 
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer 
for any FleetOS updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware 
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. 
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart 
the OS, then press Safe Override to select Safe Mode.

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x00006942 (0x00001337, 0x0000C00C, 0x12358D15, 0x00000017)


It looks like your attempts at metagaming have crashed the ship's operating system. What now?
Try rebooting the system I suppose.
You press the demo button again, then you press any button, then you press any button, then you press any button.

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Attacking and Powerups:

When you attack, you shoot a laser that extends over the 
battlefield at a rate of three tiles per second. You move 
at one tile per second by default, so your default attacks 
move at three times your speed.

As you successfully attack multiple times without getting 
hit, you can earn powerups. The most common powerups are 
bonuses to movement speed and/or attack speed.

Press any button to continue...
Keep pressing any button until I get to something interesting. Read the text though.
You press the button until you get to something interesting, which is once because every page is interesting.

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Defense, Shields and HP:

Your standard Corvette has 5 HP and no defense. Defense 
reduces the amount of damage you take by an amount equal 
to the defense stat. As you advance in the ranks, you 
may move up to better ships with higher HP and more defense.

No ship starts with shields, but shields are unlocked as 
powerups. Shields absorb a set amount of damage (before 
defense reduction) and disappear when they can no longer 
absorb damage. Better shield powerups overwrite lesser ones.

To summarize: 
1. Take the base damage from an attack
2. The shields absorb as much of that damage as possible
3. Reduce the remaining damage by your defense stat
4. That's how much damage you take

Press any button to continue...
Every page is informative. I wouldn't go as far to say interesting.

Continue pressing any button.
Atura: You press any button.

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Practice:

Let's try a practice battle, shall we? Note this is a simulation; the ship controls don't actually work.

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1  |                 | 
2  |  R              | 
3  |            R    | 
4  |      O O O      | 
5  |          O      | 
6  |        € O      | 
7  |    R            | 
8  |              R  | 
9  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| 
            A         

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Atura (A) - Corvette
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HP: 5/5
Movement: 3 spaces/turn
Speed: 1 spaces/second
Attack Speed: 3 spaces/second
Attack Damage: 2
Defenses: 0
Shields: 0

Powerups: None
Ability: You can forgo your attack to
move an additional 2 spaces this turn.


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Ariko: Bored, you pummel the training dummy a bit more. The man returns to the training area, but walks around it and out of sight again towards the commissary.

The man eventually returns with another stranger in tow, and addresses Ariko. "Ariko, this is Lieutenant Jake Montana, he will be in charge of your group of ground units. I will take my leave and keep an eye on Atura, lest she leave the ship AGAIN and wander around in search of cleaning materials. Montana, take it from here." He departs.

Lieutenant Montana salutes you. "Good morning! I have been informed that you have done a fantastic job with the training dummy. We are in a time of crisis, so we must forgo the normal training requirements and weeding out of undesirable applicants and accept nearly all who apply. But I am well-liked among my superiors and I can afford a little leeway, so I can have a slightly more thorough approach to recruitment. Therefore I will judge your ability for myself, in combat.

"Cadet Arikuzaelia! If you fight me, your decision is final. This is your last opportunity to leave without consequences. I will give you the first move." Lieutenant Montana unsheathes a rapier, then takes a battle stance. "En garde!"

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Ariko
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HP: 20/20 | TP: 15/15
ATK: 7 | DEF: 6 | SPD: 4

Continues: 3
EXP: 4/10 | Level 1
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"I see the centipede, but I can't say what the R stands for. Anyway, proceed with the simulation or unlock the controls or something. I think its quite obvious what to do here. Not sure why I didn't just tell that man I had already finished the simulation."
Just spam the laser for the next 10 seconds.
You fire the laser nonstop for 10 seconds without moving. This works out to 4 lasers shot, one a turn. During this time, the Centipede moves down three spaces and blocks a laser with a projectile of its own. The Centipede's other three turns are spent biting your corvette for 1 damage each and moving down as your other three lasers each destroy a head.

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1  |                 | 
2  |  R              | 
3  |            R    | 
4  |                 | 
5  |                 | 
6  |                 | 
7  |    R   O        | 
8  |        O     R  | 
9  |_ _ _ _ € _ _ _ _| 
            A         

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Atura (A) - Corvette
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HP: 2/5
Movement: 3 spaces/turn
Speed: 1 spaces/second
Attack Rate: 1 laser/3 spaces moved
Attack Speed: 3 spaces/second
Attack Damage: 2
Defenses: 0
Shields: 0

Powerups: None
Ability: You can forgo your attack to
move an additional 2 spaces this turn.
zzzzzzzzzzzz

Fly 5 spaces right, shoot and fly 3 spaces right, repeat shooting while keeping the centipede at a distance.
Atura:

Turn 1:
The Centipede shoots to the left.
The Centipede moves three spaces to the left, Atura moves five spaces to the right.

Turn 2:
Atura shoots to the left.
The Centipede moves 3 spaces up, but can't move fast enough to get away from the laser, which destroys its last segment.
Atura moves 3 spaces up.
The Centipede shoots to the right.

S = Shot, moving in the direction shown

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1  |                 | 
2  |  R              | 
3  |            R    | 
4  |                 | 
5  |                 | 
6  |  €     S->      A 
7  |  O R            | 
8  |              R  | 
9  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| 
                     

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Atura (A) - Corvette
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HP: 2/5
Movement: 3 spaces/turn
Speed: 1 spaces/second
Attack Rate: 1 laser/3 spaces moved
Attack Speed: 3 spaces/second
Attack Damage: 2
Defenses: 0
Shields: 0

Powerups: None
Ability: You can forgo your attack to
move an additional 2 spaces this turn.


"Repeat shooting while keeping the centipede at a distance" equates to "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to me while also damaging the opponent", which is not an action that can be automated.

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Ariko:

"Take your time, determine the best angle of attack before committing to a plan."

(SubconsciousEye hasn't posted despite being asked to and told so many times on IRC)
I can probably safely continue shooting without dieing here.
"Huh, you sure about this?"
Perform a Draining Thrust upon the target.
Atura:

Turn 1:
If the Centipede was smart it would approach Atura while hugging the wall to get an extra point of damage in. But it's not, so it wanders the map unable to deal more than 1 damage before it finally gets shot down and dies.

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   ~* TRAINING COMPLETE *~


Please give this code to your
instructor or recruiter:

           woop


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Ariko:

Ariko aims a Draining Thrust with speed and precision. The lieutenant tries to swat your thrust away with his rapier, but he isn't fast enough. The attack deals 10 damage!

"Of course I'm sure, I couldn't possibly test you well enough otherwise. Don't worry about healing, we've got state-of-the-art medical facilities on-base."

With a brandish, Lieutenant Montana jabs at Ariko. It's a glancing blow, dealing 5 damage.

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Ariko
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HP: 12/20 | TP: 8/15
ATK: 7 | DEF: 6 | SPD: 4

Continues: 3
EXP: 4/10 | Level 1
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plaintext is ded
Give the code to the instructor, despite everything being ded, because fuk u.
Perform a normal attack towards the target somewhere.
Suddenly a huge centipede appears and omnomnoms the entire world!

Something like that, anyway.

Nobody knows what happened to Akiro and Atura... Or anyone else here... But I'm sure the survivors will be glad to have graphics.
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