Lunette

The RPG Lunette was a sequel to the critically acclaimed Acquiring QH-29.

Plot
Two years after the story of Acquiring QH-29, humanity has been making a fairly comfortable living in a network of underground bunkers. However, the old standards of society have reformed, including the more unsavory elements.

A survivor from the events of the previous game, Lunette (widow of the beloved Inaki Arreo) has witnessed a mob hit, and therefore has become the #1 target of the reigning gang in her bunker, the Underground Gambling Gang.

Jumping in to protect Lunette from the UGG were old friends Paco Rubio and Leon Giovanni, along with some newcomers, who organized themselves to rescue Lunette from the mob and transport her to a nearby bunker with no ties to this particular mob.

One of their team, Slicks McGee, was a noted jazz musician, so they chose to disguise the entire team (and Lunette herself) as jazz musicians traveling to the neighboring bunker for a concert. Happily, Lunette already had some basic saxophone skills, so it was easy for her to play the part. To make it more difficult to recognize her, the team cut her hair short and dyed it green. Unfortunately, as they got in a taxi to take them to their destination, one of their team (the unfeeling robot COMM' Prompt) reasoned it was best to minimize the chance of betrayal and tried to shoot their driver and take the taxi for themselves.

This plan did not work. COMM' Prompt missed, and the taxi driver was himself armed, and thus shot COMM' Prompt in return, heavily damaging the robot. The exchange of fire drew attention of a nearby police force, who dragged them all to the station. One of the team (Admiral Tom Summers) was a policeman who tried claiming he was simply on the scene first, but the commanding officer at the station didn't believe his story and locked the entire group up. Needing to verify the identities of this gang, the commanding officer called a higher-up, who (unbeknownst to him) was a dirty cop being paid off by the mob.

This dirty cop lied to the police force, confirming the story that they were all simply jazz musicians, and released them. For some reason, none of the team thought it was suspicious that a stranger showed up, vouched for them, supported their obvious lies, and led them out. How they did not perceive that this should have been a HUGE WARNING FLAG escapes this hiltstorian.

Nonetheless, it soon became painfully obvious this was a trap when they were led into an alley and immediately confronted by 19 heavily armed mobsters. Slicks McGee tried bargaining, which didn't work out well. Leon Giovanni stepped in front of Lunette to serve as a human shield in case things went badly (spoiler alert: they did). These were all fine plans. But none could compare to the final plan.

Paco Rubio, hardened by his years in prison (and his overwhelming fear of toothbrushes), opted to charge directly towards the row of mobsters and fight. This likely would have resulted in Paco's immediate death, were it not for a frankly bizarre development.

COMM' Prompt, apparently not done trying to ruin his teammates' lives, pointed behind the mobsters and shouted "Look! It's Al Pacino!" Why the robot would choose to say this is unknown, as no person named Al Pacino had ever existed in the HILT universe. However, it provided a momentary distraction which allowed Paco to kick a mobster in the gut hard enough to incapacitate him, steal two tommy guns, throw one to COMM' Prompt, and proceed to mow down the row of mob guys. In the incredible fray, COMM' Prompt was tragically killed, though he died happy knowing he had participated in the coolest street fight ever known to the HILT Universe, and had conquered overwhelming odds, because Awesome Trumps Reality. From here, Paco walked off into the sunset with the destroyed husk of COMM' Prompt to claim his newfound destiny, ruling the criminal underworld as Alpaca Rubocino.

The rest of the team took advantage of the opportunity to run, safely getting Lunette into the arms of Fenicia Chevrolet, who definitely was a huge help to the team from here on out, and certainly was not simply a cameo to cash in on the connections to Acquiring QH-29.

From here they got ahold of an armored car (I bet Fenicia helped a lot in getting this done) and bribed a policeman to assist them (who helped? It was Slicks McGee's money, but Fenicia definitely was a vital part of this!) and drove them up to the Chester Chestnut Memorial Tunnel leading to the neighboring bunker city.

Moments before entering the tunnel, a volley of mobsters wielding rocket launchers shot up the tunnel and collapsed it. The team hastily decided (Fenicia Chevrolet was an integral part of making this decision!) that the only way to get across to the nearby bunker city and save Lunette was to acquire radiation suits and drive above ground to access the city in their armored vehicle.

They drove up to the city exit and requested leave using Tom Summers' authority. The soldiers tried to verify his authority but since all communications are disrupted around Tom they simply took his ID at face value. Somehow, this plan worked. They made it and Lunette was saved.

Characters

 * COMM' Prompt
 * Fenicia Chevrolet
 * Leon Giovanni
 * Paco Rubio
 * Slicks McGee
 * Tom Summers (Admiral)