Sindai posted:

Loyal, let's see how our rickety old space wreck can beat a living god.

Jefepato posted:

Loyal. I think loyalty sounds like the best path for a first run through the game. (And also Luna-Terra somehow winning this fight sounds awesome.)

Although I am a bit curious -- do the "betray" options mean your pilot is deliberately betraying her faction in-story, or is it only a betrayal from the player's perspective (i.e. "this is the option that's bad for your faction")?

While Luna-Terra is obviously not a paragon of loyalty, the two betrayal options we've seen so far didn't really sound like deliberate betrayals. I wouldn't describe throwing a fight as "getting owned" or "getting schooled."

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Much, much more. I forgot what it was like to work this hard.

I'm rusty.

Are you unhappy with your progress?

I don't know.

Are you unhappy?

I don't know.

It's always been very hard to tell, with you. Though I'm not sure if I can answer that question better than you.

I've known you since you were freshly assigned to the first pilot wave.

You were so delicate.

And you've only become more delicate, even as you've become stronger.

I didn't think you'd describe me back then as 'delicate.'

I saw it very clearly, though the other executives thought you were a scrappy pain in the butt.

You were just scared.

There's no point--there's no point in pretending otherwise, you just see through it.

I guess I haven't changed as much as I thought.

Long ago, I saw a strong and delicate girl.

I have worked hard to make you more and more of that. Rather than simply cultivating your strengths, understanding your weaknesses is needed to grow.

Let me ask you again, and this time, focus. Count backwards from twenty. Remember a moment of comfort.

I'll wait.

Are you happy, or unhappy?

I don't know...

...because I feel like I'm on the cusp of something.

It's frightening. Yet, it could be something amazing.

That's a real feeling.

Good girl.

Ahaha, are you blushing?

Jefepato posted:

I wouldn't describe throwing a fight as "getting owned" or "getting schooled."

Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:

Fish Noise posted:

Huh. Roadside Picnic?

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How do you really feel about me coming back to Memorial Foundation?

You were a loyal and efficient ace pilot for Memorial Foundation for the entire cold war, against our alien and ultimately irrelevant Existential Threat from beyond the system.

Then you were perfectly loyal to the pilots left adrift by the decommissioning of the pilot program and colonization project.

Now you're perfectly loyal to Memorial Foundation again. You haven't betrayed our side at all.

That's a generous reading.

You've betrayed plenty of lovestruck pilots, but your political loyalty is impeccable.

So even if Halimede doesn't trust or forgive you, I welcome your return.

That's not going to be a problem? That she doesn't?

Oh, she welcomes your return the most, but keep on your toes.

That one, I don't have any questions about.

Keep your friends close, and your exes closer.

Except, if you're not still suspicious of me for betraying Memorial Foundation, how about her?

Oh, that I'll be mad at both of you about for a very long time.

Please don't worry about it, however, as you've both made each other suffer more than enough to make up for your youthful indiscretions.

Honestly, the two of you hooking up to somehow get at me was the most hilarious part, as you ended up punishing each other more than I ever could have.

Can we talk politics again.

I think I get the picture already.

That's not to say that the two of you don't still have a lot of lessons left to learn from the experience.

Once I'm sure you've learned them, your punishment will be over.