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KYBER-PUNK 22BBY Ch.23.5
🕑 Added 2025-10-19 14:55:22 +0000 UTC[HCO-I: Steel Reactions]
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♦ Topic: Official Steel Thread
In: Boards ► Nar Shaddaa ► Night City
GomiPanda (Original Poster) (Nar Shaddaa) (Night City)
Posted On Jan 10th 0029:
I'm going to try and get out ahead of things here with an unofficial official thread. The Gonks have something real new to show the galaxy, it seems. There's a bunch of holo-vids from all of today's violence running around. But they aren't just the usual Hutt flatlines. Nah, there's something else in them, something... steel.
That's what the Gonks are calling it, at least. I think I heard 'Mekton' is the, like, real name, but steel... Yeah, steel captures them really well. Heavier than iron, different than chrome, they're steel.
Feel free to share any holo-vids you can record or find here. I'll start. This monstrous thing straight-up blew through a reinforced wall across from my apartment. Apparently, I was neighbors with a hiding slug without realizing it. I'm certainly not anymore, though...
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A MASSIVE, ARMORED, STEEL BEHEMOTH BARGING THROUGH A REINFORCED BUNKER WALL]
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►Burrito SCOP-lin (Night City) (Chunkin')
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
... What? Just... WHAT?! The frag is that?! The Gonks have wardroids now?!
►ShadeStalker (Mandalore)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
That... is no wardroid. It moves like a vet. Like a warrior. I'd put good money on there being a person inside it, piloting it.
I've been following all of the action here on Nar Shaddaa for a while now... And Night City keeps finding ways to leave me speechless (and wanting to get the kark over there to get in on the fun!)
►ScaleTheBlackwall (Night City) (Voodoo Boys)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
It's gotta be Arasaka BLACK-level chrome, right? Damned corpos keep all the most preem shit to themselves.
►VaultTheMainframe (Night City) (Voodoo Boys)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Even chrome has limits, choom, and I think these things are WAY past 'em.
►Kittytapthat (Night City) (MOX)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Frag! Frag! Frag! I JUST made a thread on this! Ninja'd by @GomiPanda. I've gotta go take that down.
While I do though, check out the holo-vid I got of one of these nova, nova, nova machines. Look at it! It's pink! And has bunny ears! And enough iron to flatline a whole samurai army!
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A PINK AND WHITE MEKTON WITH BUNNY EARS MOWING DOWN A HORDE OF HUTT MERCS]
►D3vious (FREE GONKS) (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
I got one, too! Encounted in the net, of all places! They're not just meatspace giants! They can slice and netrun, too! I'd recognize @CyberkittySash's signature anywhere!
►CyberkittySash (FREE GONKS) (Netrunner) (Nar Shaddaa) (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Busy. Can't chat now. Flatlining Hutts in steel. Just replying to mark this thread for later. (^・x・^) lol.
►GomiPanda (Original Poster) (Nar Shaddaa) (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Damn, close but still no official word from the Gonks. Guess we know for sure that the steel is their work, though.
►OpticalNightmare (Night City) (Kiroshi)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
How, though...? The Gonks and Night City are killing it in the fight, sure, but this... this is on a whole different level.
►ScaleTheBlackwall (Night City) (Voodoo Boys)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
I still think it stinks of corpo. Gonk+Arasaka BLACK project?
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►OpticalNightmare (Night City) (Kiroshi)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@ScaleTheBlackwall - It'd have to be a recent one, then. And tech like this doesn't just spring outta thin air. Or at least, it shouldn't... Can't really deny what we're all seeing, though.
►Dismality (FREE GONKS) (Nar Shaddaa)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@OpticalNightmare - Honestly? Everything that's happened in the past month (MONTH!) has me believing that Atom and all of you out of Night City can do ANYTHING. I'm shocked, but not really surprised. Mostly, just excited for the future they're bringing.
►Jango (Mandalore) (THE Mand'alor)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
... Who do I need to call? I will pay, quite literally, my entire net worth for one of these war suits. Two, in fact. One for me, one for my son.
►Dust-To-Stars (Spacer)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
LOL! When the best bounty hunter in the galaxy wants in, you know you've got something special.
►StruckSilver (Duro)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Dust-To-Stars - ... Cad Bane would suddenly like to know your location.
►Tsukam (Spacer)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A HUMANOID MILITARY WAR-MACHINE SHOOTING HYPERSONIC SLUGS ON FULL-AUTO, EACH SLUG OVERPENETRATING AND EVISERATING TO TRULY GRUESOME EFFECT]
My friend on Nar Shaddaa just sent me this. What the kark are those guns?! They crikking MISTED that Hutt whole!
►Ratrat-of-Rats (Ranat) (Bounty Hunter)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Tsukam - Gauss weaponry, I would say-speak. Yes-yes, overpowered slugthrowers using electromagnets to shoot-accelerate projectiles at super-hypersonic speeds!
►Yasumura (Night City) (Arasaka)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Gauss? Sounds like Womp-Rat-Works territory, then. Which means this steel is BLACKEST-BLACK budget tech, and the Emperor is throwing all of the corp's best resources behind them.
►Tsukam (Spacer)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
... I'll stick to my reliable blaster pistol, thank you. Night City and its 'Gonks' are insane.
►Ratrat-of-Rats (Ranat) (Bounty Hunter)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Yasumura - Womp-RAT-Works ! ! ! Yes... Yes-Yes, this is only right-proper.
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►Kuat of Kuat (Kuat) (KDY)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Hmm, fascinating. Father will want to see this. It's an impressive showing from such a bit player on the galactic corporate scale. Well played, Arasaka. Well played, indeed.
►LadySatin (Mandalore)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
While I abhor the violence... I cannot help but admit that weapons and technology of this kind are something of a guilty pleasure of mine. And this... There is nothing like this in the galaxy, past or present. Night City has created something truly revolutionary here.
►Jango (Mandalore) (THE Mand'alor)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@LadySatin - It's in our blood, Duchess, even yours. True or New, Mandos are Mandos.
►Riot-bite (Night City) (Animals)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Watch this one, chooms! Fraggin' NOVA!
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A BIG RED MEKTON SLAMMING ELBOW FIRST INTO AN ARMORED HUTT CONVOY, DISAPPEARING INTO THE ENSUING EXPLOSIONS, AND EMERGING UNSCATHED]
►Flextro (Coruscant)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Riot-bite - ... Did that thing just ELBOW DROP an armored speeder so hard its reactor went critical?
►Riot-bite (Night City) (Animals)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Flextro - Nah. It elbow-dropped a whole fraggin' convoy! Good form, too.
►I_Burn_Kibble (Nar Shaddaa) (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
These things are piloted, right? They have to be, with how smooth they're slamming it on. Do we know who the pilots are?
►Ada-shifted (Night City) (MOX) (FREE GONKS)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@I_Burn_Kibble - Gotta be the Core Gonks. We know @CyberkittySash is in one. And I'd bet all the scratch that @SignificantAsAnAtom is in one, too.
►StabVlad (Night City) (Poserganger)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A MATTE-BLACK MEKTON MONSTER PHYSICALLY STOMPING ON A FRANTIC HUTT AND ITS DESPERATE ESCORT]
This one is Adam Fucking Smasher. Change my mind.
►The Blackhand (LEGEND) (Presumed Dead)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@StabVlad - Nah, that looks about right for Smasher. He got a new frame. Good for him.
I might have to see about coming out of retirement if this is the kind of weight I'd be moving with the Gonks.
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►PhatBack (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
!!
Blackhand approves!
►Jango (Mandalore) (THE Mand'alor)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@The Blackhand - ... You're still alive, old Legend?
►The Blackhand (LEGEND) (Presumed Dead)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Jango - Heh, alive and kickin', young blood. Been a while, neh? How's old Jaster doing?
►Jango (Mandalore) (THE Mand'alor)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@The Blackhand - He's dead. Death Watch false-flagged the Jetii, and we got caught in the crossfire. I'm the True Mand'alor now.
►The Blackhand (LEGEND) (Presumed Dead)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Jango - Sorry to hear that, then. Jaster was a good soldier, a better solo, and a better Mando, still. I'll pour one out and raise a glass to his memory.
►Jango (Mandalore) (THE Mand'alor)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@The Blackhand - I might just join you for that, Legend.
►AngelsFree (Nar Shaddaa) (Freest Legion)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A STOUT MEKTON WITH A SHOULDER-MOUNTED GAUSS CANNON SNIPING A HUTT TRYING TO USE SLAVES AS HOSTAGES INTO SLUG SLURRY]
The Hutts reap what they sow.
►BustedBlue (Duro)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Stars, those Gauss guns are BRUTAL!
►Chimyra (Yinchorr) (Bounty Hunter)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@BustedBlue - Oftentimes, nothing beats overwhelming kinetic force. If all else fails, you can rarely go wrong by throwing something dense as hard and fast as you can.
►MegaTN (Corellia)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
What the Maw is happening on Nar Shaddaa?!
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►RAVING9009 (Night City) (FREE GONKS)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@MegaTN - History, choom. Keep watching. We ain't nearly done yet. Check it.
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A SINGLE MEKTON, GRAY AND BULKY, BOOSTED SHIELD-BASHING STRAIGHT THROUGH SEVERAL TONS WORTH OF HUTT BATTLE DROIDS]
►RexieRex (Nar Shaddaa) (Gank) (FREE GONKS)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
The hunting is good! All of our predators are getting in on the meat, from apex to fledgling! My pack was lucky enough to bag a whole slug now that we have Night City chrome!
►RZA-FromLevel2113 (Coruscant)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
If these wizard things are 'steel', what's chrome?
►GetchaGotcha (Spacer)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@RZA-FromLevel2113 - Chrome is a wholly Night City phenomenon. Think prosthetics, and then forget everything you think you know about them. Night City takes them to a whole other level entirely. They've got chrome arms and legs, sure, but also chrome NEURAL INTERFACES, chrome INTERNALS, and chrome FULL CONVERSIONS.
Nowhere else in the galaxy does it like Night City. And now, it seems they're adding steel to their chrome.
►N0tF0dder (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Chrome is culture, chrome is power, chrome is chrome. Simple as.
Steel... Steel is new, but nova. It's a sign of the changing times, choom. It's the rising storm, the revolution, the righteous fraggin' violence of Night City standing on its own.
►MegaTN (Corellia)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@N0tF0dder - ... Again, what the MAW is happening on Nar Shaddaa?!
►Sh4dedDis (Nar Shaddaa)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A SLEEK SILVER MEKTON SOARING ABOVE AN INFANTRY BATTLE AND SNIPING THE HUTT AT ITS HEAD FROM MID-AIR]
@MegaTN - Trust me, not even we know. These things kriffing FLY!
►DareToHope (Nar Shaddaa) (The Freed)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Has anyone been checking the Hutt Hit List through all of this? It's being run through at a truly alarming rate. This... might be happening. It might be coming true. Freedom for Nar Shaddaa...
►GlassCeiling (Alsakan)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@DareToHope - I'm sorry, the WHAT?! There's a HUTT HIT LIST?! That... There's no way any of this is real...
►Gutting-G_ood (Klatooine)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
This is impossible. Impossible. Hutts DON'T die like this. They just don't.
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►ChromeBones (Night City)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Gutting-G_ood - You sure about that, choom?
[LINKED HOLO-VID OF A MATTE BLACK MEKTON MONSTER BODILY PUNTING A HUTT UPWARD AND TEARING IT APART IN MID-AIR WITH ITS WEAPONRY]
►Kass-Ultra (Coruscant)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
This. Is. Wizard! So wizard! Metal demigods taking the fight to the oppressive Hutts! I, like, so, so, SO want in! How does a Coruscant Undercity girl join up?
►Fur7ress (Bothawui)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
From the holo-vids shared here, I count 9 individual Mektons. Does anyone want to help me put names to all that steel?
►SunnySuunri (Nar Shaddaa) (FREE GONKS)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Fur7tress - As someone 'in the know' (and the closest thing to Gonk PR with Sasha preoccupied), I'll do you one better. Consider this an unofficially official 'leak'. They're all either Core Gonks or high up at Arasaka. And all of them are active tonight. Atom is determined to finish the last Hutts on the moon for this debut. He's aiming to show both the galaxy and the Hutts that his 'steel' means business.
Big Red - Atom
Matte Black - Adam Smasher
Pink Kitty - Sasha
Pink BunBun - Becca
Sleek Silver - Lucy
Gray Shield - Shaitan
Proto - V
Soldier - Isla
Walking Tank - Podry
►Kass-Ultra (Coruscant)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
Wizard! Call me a subscriber 'cause I'll be following all of those names closely from here on out!
►PLv-Riser (Coruscant)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
... Damn. This is something new. Something insane... Who do you think would win: Mekton or Jedi? I'm equal parts excited and terrified for the terrible day when we might find out.
►SunnySuunri (Nar Shaddaa) (FREE GONKS)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@PLv-Riser - If the Jedi stay in their lane and mind their own business, we won't ever have to find out.
►Jango (Mandalore) (THE Mand'alor)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
... They're Jetii. Fat fragging chance. Good luck, Night City. Ib'tuur jatne tuur ash'ad kyr'amur.
►The Blackhand (LEGEND) (Presumed Dead)
Replied On Jan 10th 0029:
@Jango - Indeed, partner. It's a good fraggin' day for someone else to die. I like to think Night City has always taken that gem of wisdom to heart. Now, we’re just sharing it with the slugs, neh?
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IIIII
[AN: So this chapter wasn't at all planned. Just something I threw together in like half a day after seeing the requests for a reaction chapter from Ch.23's public release. Just think of it as a bit of extra content. I'm even putting it up for free here on patreon, 'cause it'll be going up today on QQ and Webnovel anyway. As the title says, this interlude/omake slots into the wider story between Ch.23-24, and it's not really meant to be anything more than a fun bit of reactions. Ch.28 is still coming along. I'd already started it before quickly transitioning to this, so I didn't really disrupt my planned writing schedule much.
Also, no bonus pics this time, 'cause this really is just something I quickly threw together. But other than that, the usual full chapters and bonus pics and story progress will resume in just a few days :]
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Kz3838
Thank you for the great chapter, love a good PHO chapter. Stay safe out there and keep up the good work!
QuantumServer
Thanks for the fun chapter!
