An Audio Visual Journey

[lootsnshoots]

Guess what? Cayde again. And I'm going to do my job. That's right, my friends, I'm here to give you all a FREE Hunter lesson in keeping your guns safe. I know. You're welcome. But without too much ado, let's get down to it!



First thing to know: never stow all your gear all in one place. For one, this keeps you packin' light when you're on the go because you don't need to haul around an LMG if you've already got one stowed away between here and wherever your path takes you. For another, this means that you're never totally empty-handed if, say, an invasion of space rhinos blows up all your choicest stuff like that Gjallerhorn you were saving for a rainy day. Or your friend's Gjallerhorn that he was TOTALLY going to let you borrow. Or everybody's Gjallerhorns.

Anyway.

So what you do is scope out some nice spots to tuck away some nice surprises for future you. Protip the first: look up! Most folk and aliens don't remember to look up. You can hide SO MUCH stuff just by stickin' it above eye level. Rafters? Always great. That little bevel above door frames? Also super good. Very high cliffs. Trees—the sturdy ones of course. You get where I'm going with this. Basically? Be ready to climb. A really good place for your good stuff is if you can crawl your way through some air vents in abandoned buildings.

But don't stop there. Let's say you found yourself a really choice spot for a cache. Mostly intact facility, tons of nooks and crannies, but there are hostiles on sides. Whaaat are you going to do? I'll tell ya: grenades. Grenades is what you're going to do. Flux grenades are best, but tripmines will do in a pinch. Attach 'em to the inside of the door so that they explode in the faces of whatever scavenging vulture comes for your treasure when you're not around. Like so, look, I made pictures:

[Fig 1: Setup]


[Fig 2: Payoff]



Now if you want to get REALLY advanced and have access to some holocamo, you can always disguise your pile of prized loot as worthless junk. Absolutely nothing beats hiding in plain sight.


There you have it. I will accept your compliments and questions.

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[flightforfreedom]

PSA TO ALL IMPORTS:

please do not do this

as hilarious as it would be

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[lootsnshoots]

I'm just sharing what I know works

[flightforfreedom]

effective, yes

i will grant you that

no one is going to get your shit if you booby trap it with grenades

but i'm just picturing the potential wave of destruction, and then me trying to explain to my bosses that no, imPorts aren't terrorists, we just really like stuff and then get ported out after leaving grenades everywhere

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[mostlyprofessional]

I'm all for climbing, but how do you propose making sure the grenades only explode for interlopers and not you?

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[lootsnshoots]

Excellent question. See, there's a trick to it. You gotta crack the door open slowly, and just far enough that you don't actually pull the pin from the grenade. Cut the tripwire and bam, you've saved yourself a grisly death AND you can use the grenade later! It's like recycling.

[mostlyprofessional]

Ah, yes, that'd work, so long as they're not a true surprise for future you and you forget to open it slow.

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[cannotrest]

Cayde, I swear to God, if you've got boobytrapped weapons caches around the base I will melt your brain with my brain.

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[lootsnshoots]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat I would NEVER! This is strictly deep wilds survival strats.

[Meanwhile, somewhere in the base there's a loud THUNK as Cayde drops his feet to the floor from where they were propped up on his desk. He hastily tells Sundance to run interference for him while he goes to take care of some business.]

[cannotrest]

Could've specified that in your post! But good - we don't want anyone on the team taken out by accidental friendly fire in our own base.

[Cayde gets off easy today: It is Ashley's day off, so she's not around to witness any conspicuous running around the base.]

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

[Fortunately other people are already on this post being Boring and Responsible, which frees Jacob up to ask Important Questions.]

So what's a flux grenade? Are they something we could make here?

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[lootsnshoots]

We could make 'em if the whole imPort deal didn't screw with my connection to the Light. Now it could be that it's been a spell since my Bladedancer days, but I can't seem to channel Arc Light. Need arc for Flux grenades. It's a darn shame too, those are fun. They stick to things.

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Sticky, huh. I can think of a few cases where that would be useful. Maybe there's a different way to make Arc Light... Or we could just look at different kinds of glue.

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[posthitch]

Wouldn't it be more efficient to use anti-theft vaults that shock the scavengers instead of blowing up the door that prevents them from entering the room.

The people at the door may be injured but those standing behind them at a distance will be uninjured and capable of claiming your cache.

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[lootsnshoots]

[Well that ... explains what happened to his Cosmodrome cache.]

Yeah. Well. That's a smart idea too. I guess.

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[posthitch]

If you were rather lose the cache than let others have it, Ash-Vaults have ninety percent efficiency at incinerating all weapons inside of them when the lock is tampered with without shutting down the alarm system.

I do not know if they sell Ash-Vaults here on Earth.

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[drivesadesk]

...wow, I hope Yvonne never gets ported in to see this.

She's super into booby trapping her stuff after a few incidents of Reptilians breaking into her house.

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[lootsnshoots]

Sounds like a lady after my own heart. Good on her.

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[storyseeker]

I feel extremely enlightened.

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[lootsnshoots]

I hear the doubt in your voice but I'm choosing to ignore it.

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[sleight_of_hand]

[ Adachi starts... and then stops, and then tries to say something again... but just stops. ]

...okay there's a lot to unpack here, and I'm not even sure where to start...

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[lootsnshoots]

It's okay. Take your time. Find your words.

[forcelight]

I can see the benefits in such a plan. It would definitely keep others from taking your stuff.

But wouldn't it be possible to forget that was there, or have a teammate unknowingly find it?

[lootsnshoots]

Oh yeah, that's why you've gotta leave yourself little reminders. I write myself little notes and I came up with a card system so I could know at a glance what was in the cache.

... But yes I've had "teammates" find 'em from time to time, the thieving scamps.

permavid

[mortalweapon]

[ After a thoughtful pause and a tilt of her head: ]

I like your pictures.

[lootsnshoots]

Thanks. I had fun.