However I played for around 4 hours this morning with 2 or so to get everyone in shape and armed with tasa clan weps. Takes a long time to get people to 10 str min (and I actually gave up because it was taking so long so voncrow and dynamics were at 8 and 6 respectively when I set out eventually) along with 10 attack. I took no pics of this time since it was actually not very exciting and just had people taking turns mining, run/walking with 100kgs of iron ore to get str up, switching people on the dummy and me running around to get iron plates to make a new weapon for everyone. Don't worry though.. this is still long as shit with plenty of pics.
So after all of that, we set out to the hive. Initially i was going to mine there for more cats since Tasa Clan was pretty broke. But a couple people had some whiny complaints about the area.
Suck it up dynamics. Its just acid.
Fortunately for my own boredom and for yours, we fought a gorillo who kicked our asses before finally bleeding out. Aw yeah, death of a thousand cuts.
After taking everyone back to the Hub to heal up from that gorillo (who we skinned the fuck out of), decided to head north instead.
With Jona taking up the rear. Not because Jona is slow of course (he is so fucking slow).
Not too long after leaving the Hub, we found an old ruined holy nation outpost. Sometimes dust bandits like to hole up here by the dozens but it seemed pretty empty this time around. So we looted the hell out of it. Might as well get something out of this dump.
After selling our spoils in the Hub, we turned back to keep exploring. We eventually ran into the Swamp. Which had its own certain sense of appeal.
Heskey warned us of dangers in the swamp and tristan just took it like a champ.
Don't talk so bigly Trist. You've been ko'd by pretty much everything so far in this journey. Dynamics just wanted drugs.
Then we delved into the swamp. It was just a sight to see.
Then never see again because its a swamp. Fuck swamps. Except this guy.
That guy was chill. Would wave to as I try to see around the trees and fucking water while avoiding raptor swarms again/10.
There was a reprieve eventually though after about 10 minutes of trying to see around giant trees wondering when one of my guys was going to go into quicksand or be roped up into the treetops by a vine and monkeys attack us with shit bombs.
The swamp village. Why a swamp village? No idea but it was a great sight to see. Friendly people that may have escaped from the united cities since a couple had bounties. Hey whats a bounty between 2 people who just met?
But I decided to leave after checking the one shop the village had and to get out of the godsforsaken swamp. It wasn't so bad even though every single second made me want to cut my wrists. But then a voice came through the vines and brush to greet me and brighten my day.
Just what I wanted. Decided to take him and his groupies back to the swamp village and like lemmings, they obliged. Charged right into the thick of it.
What a day. Some nice loot and better armor (or for some people some armor at all). Then a second group comes along to join the fun.
Trying to snake my loot. Those are my bodies/loot. So I made sure the swamp guards joined in and we cleaned up this group too.
Loot for days. For days! Twas glorious. Pretty much all of it was shit but the armor from the first group was decent to good so I kept that. But the weapons were all bad. Sold for pretty pennies though so that was nice.
But everyone was getting to be pretty banged up (besides me ofc. Skeletons heal up fast as fuark. Master race bb). So I decided to make for the waystation nearby for bed rest. Along the way I drop a history lesson on the area.
But we finally get to the waystation and rest up. Sell some remainders of weapons and armor left over from the great lootening. Stock up on more food and head back to the swamp village. I didn't get my fill of fighting there or of its loot. And Kenshi seemed to know it.
Before reaching the swamp village, a bunch of hungry bandits decide to try and attack us. Just lol at these newbs.
They lost. But did get trist beat up pretty badly. Good going Trist.
We kept pushing towards the village and were greeted by a pleasant sight.
All those dust bandits in between me and the village. What to do now? Lure them to the village and kill them with the swamp guards? Absolutely.
Another great loot harvest began. Tasa Clan's war chest grows. That gorillo from earlier did me a huge favor. So glad I fought it.
But the swamp has more than bandits, red sabres and ninjas. It also has spiders.
And they hurt like a bitch. They have 27 hp but hit for 70. They had their wheaties that morning. Knocked out a couple people before we finished them off.
Fucking spiders. I think voncrow attracts them or something.
So I was going to head back to the waystation but only half the dust bandits followed me to the village and I didn't want to try and fight them with 3 people down. So I headed back to the village and picked up sleeping bags. It was time to go camping.
The local wildlife had seen lady and the tramp recently and was having a romantic dinner for two.
One lonely guy even wanted a taste of spider and crept near us to have a bite.
But after a while of looting and letting people rest, I decided it was time to stop and leave the swamp. Then I ran into this guy. He just wouldn't shut up.
You could tell he was upset. He had his arms crossed and everything.
So for the moment, we are right at the edge of the swamp with a horde of dust bandits in front of us and a very upset, naked dust bandit behind us. Along with blood spiders that will probably eat him eventually. Hopefully.
Tasa Clan has expanded its riches, made better strides in fighting skills and is adding to the map of Kenshi. We will continue to explore until we find the United Cities and we will be adding more people in our ranks. A armoursmith is needed badly. I can make weapons but no one in Tasa Clan can make armor. We will also need to make a base of our own. In time and exploration, we will find our spot then we will hone our blades to strike at the holy nation and carve our names into their territory.