The Last Poster Wins! [V9]

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*If you insist.*

*Apoph goes back to your ships via teleporter to help deploy those interesting Schematics. You will know he's doing it right by the Teleport Anchors deploying the new units.*

*Is there any interest at all in buying Mercenaries? They are powerful units that will last for a few waves due to respawns, then vanish, but you can't hire more than 1 group at a time and can only hire 3 total.*

[Ganyu]

*What are our mercenary options?*

*outside ship; raises a wall of vines encased in ice; genetically-augmented pitcher plants, bladder traps and venus flytraps (all carrying 80% fire resistance and the ability to spontaneously combust with poison upon death) are added (or replace, iirc, we had plant traps, that were most likely ruined)*

*transmutes two Birds and a Spirit to become an Ice Cage Mine, which upon trigger, imprisons the foe in an impervious ice cage; strategically places it...somewhere*

[Sir Sivelos]

Sure. We can hire one now, and then we'll think about another later on. But I agree with Ecrivain, what are our option?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*Your options are as follows:*

*Crockpot: A squadron of Troll-made Imperial Drones turned into fierce combat machines. They're much stronger than regular drones.*

*Halucinogenics: A squadron of modified FIREMEN/ICEMEN to also include TOXINTHROWERS, as well as additional armor.*

*Team Planet: A united front of Aqua and Magma grunts, armed to the teeth. Mostly Aqua grunts for some reason.*

*Gyrokinetic: A dynamic duo consisting of Gryo and Kinetic; they both have the same spatial powers, though.*

*Stuff Killers: A load of overly-generic mercenaries so generic they actually have powers over invisibility because of said genericness making them ridiculously overlooked.*

*The Mad Bombers: TNT-obsessed lunatics. Nevertheless probably the most powerful option on here. Also the most dangerous.*

*Gretio: One guy. You really don't know anything about him, but he HAS to be a bada** to make it on this list.*

*Black Earth: Two guys; one a Terrakinetic Testificate, the other a black-armored human. Both seem to be at least as powerful as Rebecca, and by extension the rest of you.*

*There are loads of others I didn't mention, but these guys have PLOT POWER, for some reason! Who knows? They may stick around more than I implied? May?*

[VeloJello]

*VELO doesn't really know what's going on but trusts SIVELOS, TAZZ, and ECREVIAN because they're generally more reliable about following the story. She begins healing all of the LEGENDS and other units she can, and dishing out buffs.*

[Sir Sivelos]

I have a feeling Gretio might be useful, if he's the only one in his group… Or, THE group, rather. But why's Black Earth bolded? I think Black Earth stands out in some way. Can we inspect the groups any further, or…?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*Nope. That's just text styling. They have the potential to be extremely important, or no more so than anything else. But, it's your choice...*

[Sir Sivelos]

I'm assuming the HALUCINOGENICS are FIREMEN / ICEMEN we captured? I.E., the ones with the legendary weapons?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*No, they are not. These people are all completely new to you in every way. That being said, that would be an accurate assumption as to their level of power.*

[Sir Sivelos]

Hm… Team Planet seems pretty cool… A mix of fire and water, I'm assuming. But I think I'm going to choose Halucinogenics.

Anyone else?

Light Chaos: The Stuff Killers' genericness might give us an advantage… They can wail on the RaGNaK while they go for the bonds. It would be an equal amount of fire from all sides.

Yeah, that's a good point… Storm, Velvetine, what do you guys think?