The most badass thing to ever happen in your colony was...

[Element4ry]

This may not be the most badass thing I saw, but definitely it is most recent badassery around this colony.

Raid alert pops up right after the colony was done dealing with some angry tribesmen. Colonists capable of combat are exhausted and wounded, but there is no time to recuperate - bad guys are right on the doorstep. Gunfight starts, two colonists drop dead almost immediately under the rain of the bullets, third one killed two bad guys and forced them to flee. Unfortunately, wolf lurking around finished off the last defender who can shoot at all, then merrily started to eat his flesh.

Raid alert pops up. Third one in a row. It seems like Randy didn't liked my idea of stockpiling human corpses in the obscure fridge:


Here the heroism starts, as there is only two colonists left alive.

Four bandits rushing front door, two of them with molotovs, one with sniper rifle and one with pistol. Colonists waiting inside, only wooden wall and doors separating Zippy, who is colony's main medic, animal trainer and farmer, and Bus - nurse who helps him patch up sick and wounded. She's also colony's tailor.
Bus is incapable of violence and Zippy can't shoot at all, and barely knows how to properly hold a knife in the knife fight.

Bandits throwing molotovs at walls setting fires, and they trying to break the doors. Zippy and Bus repairing walls with whatever they have lying around, extinguishing fires from inside, hoping that bandits just go away or that wolf comes back to eat some different flesh and wreak havoc among the raiders.
None of this happens. Instead, glimpse of luck strikes the colony as the guys throwing molotovs seems to be complete idiots. They set each other on fire just as the serious guy with the rifle breaks down the door.
Man in fiery agony rushes through broken door and finds himself under the Zippy's knife. They fight a short while and the man on fire drops on the ground. Meanwhile outside, Zippy's husky acts as distraction but eventually burns to death.



Bandit carrying a sniper rifle enters quickly through wrecked door, shooting at brave Zippy. Shield is holding, Zippy runs away and hides just few meters away, behind the rocks, only to wait for the bandit to get closer. He strikes when the bad guy is close enough and gets knocked down by his weapon's stock. Though, he managed to make a new hole in the raider.

Bus, the nurse, was peeking around the corner whole time. Terrified, unable to do anything. But as the Zippy falls on the ground something snaps inside her. She rushes toward Zippy, ramming wounded bandit in the way. She grabs poor Zippy and runs away into the depths of the colony complex, to the hospital. Bullets fly around as she runs through the straight path. One bullet hits, but it seems adrenaline rush covers the pain.



In the hospital section, Bus patches up Zippy. They have enough time before bandits find they way to the hospital as the colony don't have any signs around pointing what is where. Bandits have to knock down every door they find, one by one, before they find the hospital. Fortunately it is located in the opposite side of the whole colony.

While Zippy is resting, Bus sneaks around the colony messing with the raiders. She have clear objective in this reckless behavior. Every minute they trying to catch her is one more minute Zippy have to get back on his feet. This plan works. Zippy eventually gets out of the hospital on his own feet. Badly wounded and in severe pain, he knows that he is the only one who can defend their home right now. Or die trying.

Soldiers from the gang known as "The Cutters" managed to destroy generators powering lights on the corridors and less important devices. They were relentless in destroying everything in their path, trying to find man who deadly stabbed one of them and severely wounded another.
In the darkness Zippy went to the armory and found it plundered, but some weapons were still there. He grabbed heavy club with sharp metal spikes sticking out of it. Anger and vengeance were boiling inside him as he walked through the corridors drowned in darkness.
GodD won't seEe whatT is about to hapPen. ClOudss of volcAaniCc asShess in the Ssky are too thickK evVen for hiMm to seeEee... - He whispered.

Zippy easily found two bandits, as they were yelling worst curses and most indecent words addressed to Bus, while destroying everything they stumbled into. Raider carrying the rifle was sure he killed Zippy on the spot with the blow he delivered. He clearly lost his mind too, most probably because of pain and blood loss.

The nurse did good job and lured bandits to the tight intersection of corridors barely lit by light pouring out of the door frame. The delicate glow of the Zippy's shield around him caused bandits thinking they seeing a ghost in the darkness. They held even stronger to this ridiculous concept as the bullets did not affected the silhouette at all.

Man with the rifle was already weakened and couldn't hold his rifle straight. He tripped over something trying to move into barely lit room. Fatal blow was already descending from above and squashed his head like stick squashes the pumpkin.

Female bandit stood there, compulsively pulling the trigger of her hand gun again and again, even after she used all the bullets. She rushed blindly into the darkness of corridor. Zippy knew exactly how to prevent her escape, and he took much shorter path to catch her. And he did.

Woman was trying to kick down door to the unused, empty room at the end of the main corridor. As she noticed terrifying figure walking towards her in the gloom, she emptied whole magazine of bullets in desperate attempt to save life.
Please! Please God! Have mercy! - Woman cried. Cried her last words.
THere are nO GoDd... herEe. I amM. - Figure replied with grievously distorted voice.

[ro.othorick]

Nothing's happened just yet but...

I started a new colony, and our starting pet is a warg. A pet. WARG. From day 1. I guess Randy's pre-gaming.

If we can keep Zane fed, there's going to be some epic goings-on.