With a mechanically precise flourish, Armsmaster pulled out his own tablet and showed him the fabled Loot Box. The flash of lights and the hum of the choir as Armsmaster opened his Loot Box seemed to lift Kid Win's spirit. But it was when he saw the Three! Uncommon cosmetics and one Rare gun cosmetic flew out that Kid Win's jaw truly dropped to the floor.
"Oh, I seem to have rolled extremely favourable odds." Armsmaster hummed, sounding the most pleased that Kid Win has ever heard him. "You are only guaranteed one Uncommon cosmetic item, but it seems that Loot Boxes have a higher drop rate than normal prize chest. I stand corrected then. It increases loot drop efficiency by 403% not 328%. I hope this answers your question, Chris. Now if you'll excuse me, I must customise my weapons with my newly acquired cosmetics."
All that for just $2.99?
Still absolutely shell-shocked, Kid Win just nodded dumbly as Armsmaster walked off- leaving him to stare into space for a couple of minutes. Before finally, his tablet let out a small ping to notify that a new player had joined the lobby. And immediately after, a 'Sergeant Halberd' joined in doing 360s in front of Kid Win's character. The impressive blue glow of the laser-bayonet on the Sergeant's battle rifle looked amazing on his tablet screen.
Kid Win gritted his teeth.
Even freaking Armsmaster was styling on him now!
So he swore to himself that when he levelled up his character to a level 3 corporal, he was going to spend all his allowance on Loot Boxes! And then, he was going to be the coolest kid on the C4D server!
[Brockton Bay Sanitation Site]
"Electric Artistry Games"
"Challenge Everything."
The tagline of my company haunted me as the latest hotpatch for "Call 4 Duty" was readied for launch.
"Machine-God forgive me for my grievous sins." I prayed as I knelt on the floor- feeling filthy even though I lived next to a literal landfill. The full horror of what I had just unleashed was still filling me with horror even as I watched my seven separate bank accounts all rise to six digits. Each.
And they were still climbing.
It was easy enough to discern the identities of those playing my Call 4 Duty game. Heroes, villains, rogues and normal humans were all frantically throwing their money at me. And everytime the servers would be overtaxed and slow down. The 'Public Relations' account of my company would be flooded with angry emails about how they could not purchase more Loot Box keys.
It was pure insanity.
But I had done only what was necessary for my sacred goal.
500 CP Granted
End-Node User Points Balance: 500 CP
Purchasing further Libraries from the Celestial Forge requires ritual prayer.
I prayed to the Omnissiah and the Celestial Forge.
CELESTIAL FORGE
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-Magos Designation: Cybertheurgy (Warhammer 40k - Adeptus Mechanicus) (100CP)
You have attained and been recognized for your comprehension of some of the Machine God's mysteries. Choose a field of Imperial technology such as genetic manipulation, voidship construction, cybernetics or plasma technology. You are among the noted masters of your purview, and can easily create the most common templates of your field. With time, effort and discretion you could even modify and improve upon your specialty as needed. Those few things beyond your full understanding can still be built and maintained by carefully following STC blueprints.
Cybertheurgy: Magi of the Legio Cybernetica are privy to many ancient secrets from the Dark Age of Technology, a time when the un-living phalanxes of Mankind's creations shattered forgotten alien empires to carve humanity's first empire from the stars.
Although much of this lore has been lost or become expressly forbidden, such fragments of knowledge allow the Magi to fashion and maintain a small, but powerful, cadre of Battle-automata for the Imperium. Such is the nature of the dark arcana of Cybertheurgy, however, that it is not without its risks, as what is awakened may slip the leash of its master's control with disastrous consequences.
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End-Node User Points Balance: 400 CP
500 CP now spent in Warhammer 40k - Adeptus Mechanicus
End-Node User may now obtain Libraries which are not Warhammer 40k - Adeptus Mechanicus
Lore and rituals long-thought to be lost flooded my accelerated mind.
Implacable Battle-automata that could tirelessly and mercilessly wage planetary war for centuries- their blueprints came to me as easily as if they were fond childhood memories as well all the techniques and rituals required to construct them. How to forge metal into a nigh impervious shell that would turn away cannon shots, plasma bolts and the immaterial. How to properly fashion inhuman locomotors in a simile of the human musculature. How to binary-weave the central neural cortex of the Battle-Automata to emulate the approximate thought-patterns of a human mind. How to 'teach' it to fight, to surprise its would-be foes and to kill them in the most expedient manner.
"This was merely the first step in my journey, the first item to be researched. The skeletal frame on which all muscles and organs will cling to." I whisper in quiet reverence. "And with this lore, I can begin my holy research down the tech tree that will eventually lead to the mythical holy grail of all sci-fi technologies: the Perfect Android Vagina."
"Omnissiah Vult!" I praised- my voice echoing off the sheet metal walls of my hovel. The reminder of my ultimate goal was enough to drive away my grief and give me the strength of a million men.
"Now I must prepare and continue purifying myself of the weakness of the flesh." I glanced at the stack of scrap electronics. It will be barely enough to cover my… upgrades. But they will be needed. Sorely.
"Servo-skulls!" I commanded to my bodiless floating servants, "Light the incense, heat the sacred oils and sharpen your bonesaws. We shall privilege those fleshlings of Brockton Bay with the glorious sight of an Adeptus Mechanicus Magos in all his machine purity!"
It will be incredibly dangerous to venture out into the open, but it is necessary. Some things can only be done in person. For only after can I finally return and do the sacred work entrusted to me by the Machine-God's work. To use the capital I have collected and purchase all the things I require to begin constructing my first android.
Because there, in the heart of Brockton Bay, a macabre structure stands just across the city hall. An imposing temple worshipping an evil that has existed since time immemorial. I must enter such a temple and pass the cursed trials within…