Post by: GlyphGryph on September 24, 2012, 06:10:21 pm
The Hounds of War nip at my heels.
You can simply call me the Captain, for now. My ship, my crew, and myself - these are all that remain of the fleet sent out to crush the insurrection once and for all.
Ah, but let me start at the beginning.
Various rebel groups came and went, over the years. The federation had it's problems, and not all the planets under it's protection appreciated the services it offered. But there was peace, and a large degree of freedom, so these rebellions rarely gained the momentum to pose a serious threat, often being reduced to some sort of local factionalism that had simmered onto the interplanetary stage.
The new rebels were different. Violent, bigoted, and xenophobic, their rise to power was unprecedented in speed and brutality, and the fight against them was long and vicious. They left us tattered and strained from years of war, pulling off seemingly impossible victories and harrying at our flanks. Our allies suffered wherever they gained control, and when we pushed back, they would simply spring up elsewhere.
Finally, we learned the location of their base of operations, and we committed a huge part of the fleet to destroying them, once and for all.
We were fools. The rebels have found a weapon of incredible power, and the war we thought we were waging had merely been a delaying tactic. They had amassed an enormous fleet, and now they are advancing inexorably on the Federation capital, tight on our heels.
We are all that remains. Poorly armed. Under-supplied. But we must share what we know - if we do not reach Federation command, if we can not tell them what we know and figure out a way to stop the rebel fleet, this has all been for nought - the free worlds will fall under the yoke of rebel tyranny.
The gap between stars is dark, and the trip is long, so get ready to jump.
This game will need the following:
Three starting players for crew, race of your choice. Choose from Human, Engi, Mantis, Rock and Zoltan. See the benefits of each below. Positions for more players may open up as the game progresses.
A ship! You will start piloting your choice of the Kestrel or the Federation Cruiser, and she needs a name! Later, we'll go more into weapons and equipment and costs and stuff. The biggest difference is that the Cruiser has the special Artillery Laser weapon, which pierces enemy shields, while the Kestrel is smaller and more agile. Both are good ships.
Hopefully people are interested!
Race Details:
Humans are generally capable, and are seen as the face of the Federation. They have no particular strengths or weaknesses.
Zoltan are energy beings who are more fragile than normal, but double as a handy power source.
The Engi are intelligent, logical semi-mechanical beings who make natural mechanics. Some say they are robots, but they still need to breath like anyone else. Good friends of the Federation. They are not naturally violent, or physically imposing, however - they are not known for their prowess in personal combat.
The Rock are a proud race, most of whom are dedicated to a strict xenophobic religion. You've one of the few who've gotten out to see the galaxy at large. They are large, and very durable, but move very slowly.
The Mantis are a race of vicious fighters and cunning thieves, always looking for an edge, who take joy in the thrill of the hunt and in combat. They are exceptional in combat, and move quite quickly, but are not terribly good with machines.
Post by: mesor on September 24, 2012, 06:12:50 pm
Name : Leon Lurnadis.
Post by: Flintus10 on September 24, 2012, 06:26:41 pm
Either way here is my character.
Name: Eckmanis
Race: Rock
Post by: werty892 on September 24, 2012, 06:37:34 pm
Name:Werty (I KNOW, SO ORIGINAL)
And ship I say should be the federation cruiser.
Post by: mesor on September 24, 2012, 06:42:02 pm
Kestrel or Cruiser?
Post by: TCM on September 24, 2012, 06:42:18 pm
...Ah, waitlist. Darn.
Race: Human
Name: Picderp
Post by: OREOSOME on September 24, 2012, 06:44:21 pm
Name: Nico Halden
Kestrel.
Post by: werty892 on September 24, 2012, 06:47:22 pm
Post by: mesor on September 24, 2012, 07:01:15 pm
Post by: lemon10 on September 24, 2012, 07:07:02 pm
Race: Zoltan (Ideally, but fine being whatever since I might not get to pick since I am on the waitlist, I do know that zoltan is locked at least for now, but it will probably be unlocked by the time I can join, and if it isn't then I am fine being anything)
Name: Bob Barley
Post by: Kestrel_6 on September 24, 2012, 08:28:11 pm
Name: John Smith
Race: Human
ON THE KESTREL! For reasons only Bay12ers could decipher
Post by: Xantalos on September 24, 2012, 08:36:17 pm
Post by: Taricus on September 24, 2012, 08:48:13 pm
Voting for the Fed cruiser too. I mean, who doesn't want an unblockable beam to shoot at their foes? :P
Post by: mesor on September 24, 2012, 08:55:48 pm
Post by: Taricus on September 24, 2012, 08:57:05 pm
Post by: mesor on September 24, 2012, 09:00:38 pm
U gotta hit us before ur laser counts.
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 24, 2012, 09:24:00 pm
Anyways, let's take a look at our ship so far...
The Kestrel
Crew:
Captain Griffin, Human. HP: 10
Eckmanis, Rock. Slow. HP: 15
Werty, Zoltan. Power Source. HP: 7
Leon Lurnadis, Mantis. Double damage in combat. -2 to Repair. HP:10
Now, let's go over a bit how the basic game will work. First, we'll start with moves and actions. These come in to flavours - Standard, and Combat. Standard actions allow you to move to different sections of the ship and accomplish various tasks at will. You'll be hailed and hail others, talk with them, potentially accept quests or do shopping, install things and upgrade your ship.
Combat actions will occur whenever you have ship-to-ship combat with another vessel, and things get a bit stricter. You can choose to man various stations, repel boarders, and generally attempt to tweak the ship to achieve peak performance and destroy the enemy vessel. You can also make it personal, boarding the enemy vessel to attempt to take it by force - this has many rewards, but is fairly dangerous for those who cross over.
The ship's stations have some level of automation - the reactor station will attempt to allocate energy, the shield station will attempt to keep shields at maximum power, the engine stations will attempt to react appropriately in response to the pilots remote commands. However, this automation is weak, and far less than optimal. If you're really short on crew, you can improve the automation quality later for a price. Stations can take damage, rendering them inoperable until they have been repaired. Character's can also gain levels in particular stations, which will occur whenever they roll a 6 while manning that station.
Here's an overview of your basic starting stations, and what you can do with them:
Primary Stations: You will want someone at each of these.
Pilot's Seat: Someone NEEDS to be manning this station (or the automation needs to be upgraded) in order to have any chance to evade incoming enemy attacks. Pilots may also attempt a Extreme Manuevers, to potentially gain a significant evasion bonus this turn. However, it may cause some damage to ship systems, as well as crew that haven't braced themselves in advance.
Weapons: The player in the weapons station decides whether to fire weapons, which weapons to fire, and where to aim them.
Shields: Manning this station allows a player to dynamically react to enemy frequencies, cycling the shields up and down bring shields back up to full power significantly faster after an attack. They may also attempt to Overload the shields, adding additional points of shield on top for this turn, but afterwards immediately dropping it down to zero, and disabling it for the following turn. There's also a chance of it causing some damage to the shield systems.
Secondary Stations: It's nice to have people on these.
Engine Room: This station will grant bonuses by supporting the pilot. They'll also help the FTL jump drive charge faster. They can expend additional units of fuel to trigger the Afterburner, giving an evasion boost.
Control Station: Manning this station makes a character a master of information and gives them system-wide control of the ship. The exact benefits depend on the investment in various ship subsystems, but at the least you control all internal ship cameras, the ability to open and close doors (and lock them, if locks have been purchased), and launching drones, although you don't start with drones.
Reactor Station: Manning this station allows a player to more effectively distribute energy, and make decisions as to which requests should be ignored if stations request more power than is available. You can also swap power much quicker than the system can, and a skilled reactor technician can make it seem as if there's more power available than there actually is. The Zoltan power bonus is doubled in this room.
Unmanned stations:
Camera control
Door control
Life Support
Here's the basic layout of your ship:
Code: [Select]
B
O2 ,----,
,----.----, |----|----. DOOR
,--|----|---,'---| |MED |----,----,--,
|B |ENG |RCT|WEAP|----|----|----|CTRL|C:|
'--|----|---'.---| |SHLD|----'----'--'
'----'----' |----|----' SENS
'----'
B
C: is the pilots seat
B is a Bay - These are rooms that have access to the outside. You currently have a shuttle being stored in the port bay. This is what you'll use for basic tasks requiring moving your crew around to non-ship places.
Post by: mesor on September 24, 2012, 09:26:40 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 24, 2012, 11:51:52 pm
Your ship starts with 8 bars from of power from your reactor, for things beyond the most basic ship functions. Some things, like the control room and pilots seat, do not use much power and run off this system power. The engines, shields, and weapons, however, require enormous amounts of energy to operate.
Shield Lv1 - You currently have one level of shield. Each level of shield takes 2 power and prevents one laser hit (before collapsing) or one level of beam (without collapsing).
Weapons (4 hard points) - You currently have three bars to apply to weapons - but you can choose your initial loadout. More on that later. You can only ever have four weapons at once on the Kestrel.
Engines Lv2 - You currently have two bars towards your engine, which is your max.
You have a level 1 life support (using up your final bar), a level 1 medbay (currently unpowered), and basic doors, sensors (cameras on board the ship), and no autopilot.
You also have a basic retrieval arm for spacework, and a decent amount of hanger space to store things of value (which runs under pretty much the entirety of the ship). Together, these will allow you to collect and store valuable from defeated enemies, which can be traded for ship improvements or new equipment.
About weapons
There are five main types of weapons in this game:
Lasers: Actually more like plasma, these high velocity energy weapons deal a point of damage each, but often fire and burts and generally recharge more quickly than other weapons. They are stopped by shields, but destroy a level of shield.
Missiles: Homing missiles move slow enough that they can penetrate enemy shields. Unlike lasers, however, missiles can not simply be created from reactor energy - they are complex, expensive devices.
Beams: These weapons offer the best damage per time unit return in the game, and they have a small amount of shield piercing. Rather than stopping them, shields merely reduce their effectiveness (and they do not collapse the shield). Few beams, however, are powerful to even penetrate one level of shield, and without something to knock it down they are useless.
Ion Weapons: These weapons fire a special kind of energy that disrupts enemy systems. Hitting an enemy shield disrupts the enemies shield generator as if it was hit directly. Ion damage does not last forever, but it cannot be repaired either - The effect from an ion weapon lasts for four turns.
Bombs: These items get teleported directly into the enemy ship, bypassing shields and other defenses! Unfortunately, they don't carry enough yield to do significant damage to the ship itself, but they are more than capable of killing personnel, setting fires, and wrecking enemy stations and subsystems.
So, let's pick some weapons...
Pick your weapons, and we'll be ready to head out! We have a few options available here, so pick, crew! (Also, claim your starting stations)
Quadgunner: You start with 4x Laser Mark I. These each send out a single laser, and can be fired every other turn. Spreading your offense out over several weapons and hardpoints makes you capable of continuing the assault even if two are damaged, but it does limit your upgrade options - you will end up having to replace weapons instead of simply adding new ones. And you'll have to more a bar of energy from somewhere else to power them all.
Federation Standard: You start with 1 Laser Mark II and an Artemis brand missile launcher, as well as a half dozen missiles. The Mark II uses up two bars of energy, but fires 3 laser blasts in the same amount of time it takes the Mark I to fire once! A definite upgrade. The Artemis missile launcher is a fairly standard model, dealing 2 points of damage on impact.
The Hullfucker: You start with a Breach Missile Launcher, which takes 3 bars and deals 4 damage, in addition to creating a breach state - that means that the hole it creates is simply to big for the ships automated response to close - sucking all the air out of the room struck, and maybe even anyone located IN the room at the time, if they survive the blast. You also get a dozen missiles.
The Ionizer: You gain an Ion Blast Mark II. This weapon can fire every single turn, dealing 2 points of ion damage to whatever it hits. However, your offensive capabilities are limited - most likely, you'll have to disable their defenses and propulsion, and then send a boarding crew over in the shuttle to take the ship in hand to hand combat.
And finally...
You might also want to decide on your starting stations. In a turn of combat, remember, you can move up to three rooms, (except Rocks, who can move 1, and Mantis, who can move 6). At least one of you needs to pilot.
Once your choices have been made, we'll make our first jump!
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 12:02:12 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 01:25:23 am
Post by: Darvi on September 25, 2012, 01:35:19 am
Post by: bombzero on September 25, 2012, 01:51:30 am
Post by: werty892 on September 25, 2012, 05:39:20 am
Post by: Flintus10 on September 25, 2012, 06:19:32 am
And vote Federation Standard weapons.
Post by: Tiruin on September 25, 2012, 06:38:55 am
...Waitlist.))
Bluh bluh why do these things always happen while I'm in bed?^
Spoiler: Who am I? (click to show/hide)
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 07:46:01 am
I vote for the 4 Mk 1 lasers and will go on the shields, cause every zoltan has to be a shields guy. :P And do the skills work like when you get the first full mastery you get a +1 and when you get the second full mastery you get a +2? For example If I get a full shields mastery, do I get a +2 in using shields, or is a different system
There are five available levels, and each offers a +1 to your results.
Post by: werty892 on September 25, 2012, 09:07:43 am
I vote for the 4 Mk 1 lasers and will go on the shields, cause every zoltan has to be a shields guy. :P And do the skills work like when you get the first full mastery you get a +1 and when you get the second full mastery you get a +2? For example If I get a full shields mastery, do I get a +2 in using shields, or is a different system
There are five available levels, and each offers a +1 to your results.
Ah, I see. Well since I got outvoted... AGAIN... Then we might as well start!
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 10:00:06 am
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 25, 2012, 10:02:20 am
Post by: Haspen on September 25, 2012, 10:03:15 am
At least the system uses what we discarded (RTD rules), so it will be still interesting to watch :3
/me PTW's.
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 10:05:12 am
And Haspen, I actually started this figuring if it went long enough, we might even get to do a crossover! :P And yeah, I have the feeling your games feel will be much, much different, and there's clearly more demand than I can handle!
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 10:06:40 am
Crimson Ghost.
( Also can the ship be black with red streaks on it? )
Post by: Haspen on September 25, 2012, 10:07:47 am
There will be only few dice rolls. Also, very lethal to crewmembers. Should load off some players from your games so both will be equally manageable, though :)
The numbers, there's so many numbers ;_;
Post by: Shades on September 25, 2012, 10:13:47 am
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 10:22:07 am
In ship to ship combat do i choose what section of the enemy shit to target?
I wanna try to disable the ships without destroying the part's that could be of use to us.
Mainly i want its gun and its power source's intact to add to our ship or to sell off.
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 10:38:58 am
First: You either need to find data for a ships default layout to know which section is where, board it yourself and check, or invest in advanced scanners.
Second: You can, however, aim at external sections - individual weapons and bays. You can also try to aim for a section of the ship, without sensors, by saying "stern, bow, midship". Engines are almost always in the back, and the pilots seat is almost always in front. Or you can try NOT to hit a specific section. It's pretty loose. Right now, you only have floorplans for Federation Cruisers and Kestrels.
Third: Even if you aim for specific rooms, there's a chance for a partial evasion, meaning the shot goes off.
Basically, you have some control over where the weapons hit - as your ship improves, you'll get more. There's always the chance for the enemy to screw up your plan though.
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 10:39:25 am
Name.Sure, why not. :P
Crimson Ghost.
( Also can the ship be black with red streaks on it? )
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 10:53:39 am
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 10:59:26 am
Followed by the shields assuming i can find them. Then they get 1 chance to surrender before i take out the engines and the weapons and we pull pieces off the ship with them still alive inside :). ))
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 25, 2012, 11:08:55 am
(( Hah o let them try the first thing im going to blow to pieces in the start of every fight is the forward section. Let the little twats evade my shots with no pilot.This is FTL and a RTD besides. Knowing that, you're probably going to start out jumping into a sun or something.
Followed by the shields assuming i can find them. Then they get 1 chance to surrender before i take out the engines and the weapons and we pull pieces off the ship with them still alive inside :). ))
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 11:10:12 am
Post by: Darvi on September 25, 2012, 11:11:18 am
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 11:12:54 am
Post by: werty892 on September 25, 2012, 11:27:30 am
*crosses fingers to not be outvoted*
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 11:35:56 am
Post by: Scelly9 on September 25, 2012, 11:41:14 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 25, 2012, 05:15:04 pm
The Crimson Ghost it is.
Space.
Silent. A vast see of blackness, pierced with points of white light. There is nothing here - nothing of note, anyway. A small trading station, derelict since the war killed off business. The only sign of life the faint blinking of the warp beacon, still operational despite years of neglect.
But the beacon was unencrypted, and that is what was important.
There is a flash, and then chaos.
"We've got fires in aft-1 and 2. Who's on it?" yelled Griffin into his communicator. Lights flashed, indicating life support was failing in addition to the fires and hull damage.
"It's under control, cap. I'm on it." said Eckmanis as he lifted himself out the pilot seat and began making his way to the back of the ship.
"Nevermind, it will take too long. I'm going to vent the rooms. Hold on folks, things are about to get a bit thin - for continued lung operation please avoid traveling aft of the weapons station. Welty, how are those medbay repairs coming?" Griffin flipped a couple of switches, opening the back bay door and some interior doors to the enflamed rooms. The air escaped like a jet into the blackness, a whisp all too quickly diffused, become one with the stellar dust.
The Zoltan looked down at the wires in his hand. The melty, melty wires. Should he put them back in the way they were, or...? "I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, sir."
"Fine, good, keep at it." Griffin sighed. "Leon, please tell me you've got good news. What's the status of the weapon systems?"
Leon twitched his mandibles, and tapped a couple keys on his keyboard. "Lasers are prepared to annihilate pursuers with extreme prejudice, my captain, but I fear the missiles remain craven, and work must still be done to work them into a fervor such that they ache for the hunt."
Griffin opened his mouth to respond, but then thought better of what he'd been about to say. He took a second, and shrugged. "Better than nothing, Leon, keep at it."
He flipped quickly through the cameras. The fire's were already going on, the hull was holding, and... oh god damn. The life support had been failing because THAT was one of the rooms that was on fire. And he'd just vented it's atmosphere into space. He swore under his breath... what where they going to do?
He glanced over his sensors, trying to get an idea of the options available to them - They could always jump again. Except that the engines would take a bit to charge up enough for that, and Oxygen was already running low. Still, one of the three beacons within range claimed to be a merchant and repair station, still active and functional.
He could close the doors, and send someone into the room. Could they figure out what was wrong and fix it in the time it took to hold their breath?
Maybe there was something else they could do. He turned the intercom on general broadcast: "We've got a failing Oxygen system in a room with no atmosphere. There's a potential merchant a jump out... or a pirate pretending to be a merchant. We could just send someone in. Anyone have any bright ideas?"
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 05:20:01 pm
Examine the missile system and attempt to prepare it to fire and say to captain
" Recommend we risk it with the merchant's we need spare part's and if it is a merchant ship ill disable them before they know what hit them and we can take scrap to sell for additional recourses later."
Post by: werty892 on September 25, 2012, 08:19:50 pm
Try to hold the oxygen long enough to get us to safety
((/rage WHY DO YOU HATE ME ARGH STOP OUTVOTING!!!/rage))
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 08:20:45 pm
Im just that kwl and your just well .... not. ))
Post by: werty892 on September 25, 2012, 08:23:13 pm
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Post by: Flintus10 on September 25, 2012, 11:37:48 pm
'We have really got to get some drones on this ship!' Eckmanis was beginning to panic, stomping around in a slow circle. 'Once those engines come back online I'm gona jump to the merchant beacon. Any objections?'
Stay in pilot room and prepare the jump when the engines come back alive.
Post by: mesor on September 25, 2012, 11:45:19 pm
Our 3 options are to head to a nearby repair station but we have little to no money or recourses for trade.
Send somebody into the room to try and fix it manually.
Or theres what appears to be a merchant vessel 1 jump away that we could attack for part's or to try and steal.))
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 26, 2012, 06:09:20 am
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 06:21:37 am
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 26, 2012, 06:48:13 am
(( We have an oxygen leak and opening the ship to it would strain the ships systems to the point that they might overload. ))You got no oxygen leak. You just vented the room to stop the fire, but said fire damaged the lifesupport before you could get to extinguishing them. If you close the exterior bay doors, and open the internal doors, the pressure should equalize, though the athmosphere might become quite thin if you don't hurry.
Besides, your lifesupport is already offline. There's nothing to overload.
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 06:49:48 am
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 26, 2012, 06:53:38 am
(( O fair enough but then opening it is even worse were losing a lot of the oxygen thats left in the portion of the ship we need most. ))Depends, it'll cut down on your oxygen reserves, but it'll allow you to try and fix the lifesupport without being exposed to vacuum.
Post by: Darvi on September 26, 2012, 06:56:26 am
There's worse, like anytime you vent half the air inside the ship in order to douse a fire. I say go for it, send in two people to fix it as quickly as possible. Medbay can fix them up quickly enough if they get out with about half their health.
Upon rechecking the map, there's no breach, just a failing O2 system. That's even better, since it means the air won't actually be drained as fast. The rest of the crew can fix medbay in the meanwhile.
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 07:05:17 am
My character has a -2 to repairs so id be more likely to make it worse leaving 1 person to do repairs.
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 26, 2012, 07:09:55 am
Theres 3 people 1 has to stay as a pilot leaving 2.Nope, what do you need a pilot for? You only need those during fights and when flying around, none of which are happening at the moment.
My character has a -2 to repairs so id be more likely to make it worse leaving 1 person to do repairs.
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 07:10:37 am
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 26, 2012, 07:14:56 am
(( I guess but risking 2 people for a repair when our med bay is non functional could cause problems. ))As would risking an encounter with an enemy ship with no medbay, no oxygen and no missile launcher. Also, engines have a rather long charge)up time.
This is FTL, everything is going to result in your horrible death.
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 07:16:36 am
Post by: Flintus10 on September 26, 2012, 09:20:08 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 26, 2012, 09:46:17 am
Plus your plan is perfectly reasonable. The introduction will probably only be about three scenes, so... more stuff will happen in a lil'bit.
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 09:47:34 am
Post by: Tiruin on September 26, 2012, 09:48:18 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 26, 2012, 04:21:52 pm
Post by: werty892 on September 26, 2012, 05:04:25 pm
(( Knowing my luck ill be the one to die. ))Knowing my HP, and the fact im going into a vacuum, then its probably gonna be me :P
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 26, 2012, 07:38:24 pm
'We have really got to get some drones on this ship!' You are beginning to panic, stomping around in a slow circle. 'Once those engines come back online I'm gona jump to the merchant beacon. Any objections?'
Leon's voice joins in agreement as he fiddles with some dials. "I concur. We should risk it with the merchant's beacon! We need spare parts, and should be a merchants ship, I will negotiate plasma directly into their vital systems before they become aware of our desire to do business! Then, we can take what we require at the most optimal of prices, and surplus can used as leverage in later negotiations on our travels!"
Captain Griffin sighed. "We're not shooting the merchants, no matter how much you hiss about it. But there seems to be general agreement... Werty, what's your take? And be quick about it, we're running low on air..."
Werty: Try to hold the oxygen long enough to get us to safety
Werty, in fact, was already on his way to the Oxygen station.
"Oh shit, I always knew I would go out with a bang, but not this big of one...." grumbled Werty under his breath, his skin pulsing brightly with worry. Activating his intercom, he decided to not bother commenting on the destination - rather, he'd deal with the issue at hand. "I can try to fix it, or atleast leep it working until we get to the merchant. Keep it together out there, close the doors, and I'm gonna try to hold my breath"
"Careful out there, Werty. At the very least, I'm going to open up a couple rooms in that section with air and let it equalize after you take that first breath. It will still be far too thin to do you much good, and we're losing a bit of hair thanks to our shot hull integrity, but it might buy you a couple extra seconds."
"Thanks, Captain. Taking breath... now." You inhale deeply, wrapping yourself around the precious oxygen, holding it in your body as the door slides open and the chill threatens to steal it away. And then you're through, into the near vacuum, scrambling to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it.
Roll: 1
The damage is clear - a laser bolt came in through the ceiling, and melted it's way most of the way through the floor. The ship's reactive armor had already sealed the room, but the left side of the support system was all melty. You look closer... you're pretty sure it's the power regulator that's taken damage... Wait! Maybe you don't even need to fix it, per se... you step up, placing your hands against the exposed innards, and push your energy out of your body and into the systems. The machines grow warm, and there's a faint splutter as the monitors flicker to life.... and then there's pain, and deafening noise. Your breath is knocked from you as you're thrown against the room into the bulkhead, flames lighting the room and licking the ceiling, the life support shattered and in pieces. Werty takes (Roll: 5) damage, and begins suffocating. The fire isn't likely to be good for your health, either, and is crawling across the floor towards you.
Eckmanis' voice over the comms, "Capatain, what was that-" Griffin cut him off. "Leon, drop what you're doing, and get the hell back there. Grab Werty and bring him forward. Eckmanis, jump as soon as the systems charge."
Leon: Examine the missile system and attempt to prepare it to fire
You, meanwhile, have been busily tapping at the screen, trying to get the last of the weapons online.
Roll: 5 - 2 = 3
You're almost sure you've got it, when the Capain's voice comes over the loudspeaker with your new commands. You dash towards the door, when you hear the Captain curse under his breath. "Rebel Ship just jumped in, weapons and shields charging! Holy shit, it's the bloody Tapio's Beard! She followed us!"
Eckmanis:
Explosions. Danger. And now an enemy pursuer. You're all set to panic when the little light blinks on that means "Ready to start jump sequence".
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: mesor on September 26, 2012, 08:03:34 pm
Bring the weapons online and open fire on the enemy command center and attempt to destroy it. If it works request that we dont jump away and that the pilot get us into a blind spot then target the enemies weapons and shields.
Post by: werty892 on September 27, 2012, 06:19:25 am
Post by: Darvi on September 27, 2012, 06:20:49 am
And then werty was the immortal universe-nomming demon.
Post by: werty892 on September 27, 2012, 06:27:07 am
You are already there.
And then werty was the immortal universe-nomming demon.
I was telling my guy to the medbay on the REBEL ship ::) ;D
New Action:Try to fix medbay
Post by: mesor on September 27, 2012, 06:30:42 am
Post by: werty892 on September 27, 2012, 06:32:42 am
Post by: Darvi on September 27, 2012, 06:34:15 am
Post by: mesor on September 27, 2012, 06:38:59 am
Post by: Darvi on September 27, 2012, 06:47:15 am
Post by: mesor on September 27, 2012, 06:48:22 am
Post by: Darvi on September 27, 2012, 06:50:10 am
Or rather, manning the shields is not required, as the shield's presumably still up.
Post by: mesor on September 27, 2012, 06:51:49 am
Post by: Darvi on September 27, 2012, 06:54:00 am
You're all set to panic when the little light blinks on that means "Ready to start jump sequence".
Post by: mesor on September 27, 2012, 06:55:35 am
Have to wait and see how the rolls play out for us. ))
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 27, 2012, 08:33:38 am
You are already there.
I fixed the location. He is not yet in the medroom. :P
Post by: werty892 on September 27, 2012, 09:16:15 am
You are already there.
I fixed the location. He is not yet in the medroom. :P
-_-
Run to medbay, try to fix it.
Post by: 10ebbor10 on September 27, 2012, 10:13:02 am
(( Sequence means time that we may not have if the enemy ship gets a good hit first.I'm pretty sure it means you can jump immediatly, if this game is anything like FTL.
Have to wait and see how the rolls play out for us. ))
Jumping is instantanous, and there's no need not to charge the engine, so it does imply you can jump away immediatly.
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 27, 2012, 10:19:41 am
Post by: werty892 on September 27, 2012, 06:48:26 pm
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Post by: GlyphGryph on September 27, 2012, 06:54:03 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 27, 2012, 08:50:25 pm
Roll: 5
You disregard the order, rationalizing that new circumstances require a new course of action, and open fire with all your weapons. Which, currently, applies only to your laser. As the burst of energized plasma is flung from the ships weapon, the captain comes on the intercom to yell about boarders. And then the world is pulled inside out, and you stagger for a moment after reality returns, the captain continuing with "-pare to ugh, well, I guess that doesn't -" before he is cut off - the sizzle of plasma, a few grunts, and then complete silence. Though the silence may have been a side effect of the door opening, dragging a good chunk of the oxygen out of the already thin atmosphere in the weapons room.
Werty: Run to medbay!
Roll: 3
You run. Or quickly stagger, anyways. Rather than hold your breath, it's now taking the bulk of your concentration simply to hold your body together. Wisps of green energy leak into the air, and you know your outline has grown fuzzy. You're barely hanging on. Just... the end of this hallway, now. And then you're there. The weapons room. A bit of air... but the trek across it seems to be taking forever. Finally, finally, you reach for the door... and the worlds turns inside out. You collapse into the room, your body leaking badly, but at least there's a cool gasp, however momentary, of oxygen as it rushes past you.
Werty takes 1 damage from suffocation.
Werty is no longer suffocating
Eckmanis: Jump
Roll: 4
You flick the switch, the coordinates and details already set, and kick the jump sequence into action. Suddenly, the loudspeaker bursts to life, Griffin's voice sounding harried. "Boarder's, incoming! I repeat, pre"- and then the world turns inside out, and infinity stretches out before you. For a moment, you feel the caress of a blazing inferno and the chill of infinite void, and the gods touch upon your soul, and then the moment is passed. "-pare to ugh, well, I guess that doesn't -" and then there's a grunt and a sizzle and the intercom goes dead. But you're here... outside hangs a medium sized vessel, with the markings of a merchant. And then the sensors go dead, and the ship is blind.
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: werty892 on September 27, 2012, 09:21:28 pm
Rest
Edit:You forgot to update my location again :P
Post by: mesor on September 28, 2012, 03:23:10 am
"Can somebody come and help Werty? I dont want to leave my station incase the merchants are hostile or the enemy ship follows us again
(( Btw how much damage did i actually do to the enemy ship? And more importantly did they manage to board the ship? ))
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 28, 2012, 08:04:25 am
(( Btw how much damage did i actually do to the enemy ship? And more importantly did they manage to board the ship? ))
What good questions.
Post by: mesor on September 28, 2012, 09:09:37 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 28, 2012, 10:08:04 am
You don't know if you did any damage, because you jumped before your burst hit. And you don't know if the boarders got through, because you're not in the sensor room, which has access to all the on-ship cameras.
Post by: mesor on September 28, 2012, 12:23:30 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 28, 2012, 04:02:14 pm
Post by: mesor on September 28, 2012, 04:05:05 pm
Post by: werty892 on September 29, 2012, 08:18:32 am
Post by: mesor on September 29, 2012, 08:30:31 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 29, 2012, 08:39:32 am
Would anyone in the audience be willing to take over Eckmanis the rockman?
Post by: werty892 on September 29, 2012, 09:06:40 am
Post by: Sean Mirrsen on September 29, 2012, 09:08:18 am
I say he Contacts the merchant shit and explains its a emergency and we need help.Let's hope these exact words don't make it through the commlink. :P
Post by: mesor on September 29, 2012, 09:23:22 am
Post by: wolfchild on September 30, 2012, 06:16:57 pm
If i gain controll
Leave the con for now, there is no immediate threat, get into the O2 room as fast as possible to repair it
Rockmen get no penalty to repairs, have more HP to survive an O2less room and are immune to fire damage so it makes sense
Edit: also instead of manning weapons while there are no enemy ships mesor, why don't you take your mantis into the sensor room, chances are the enemy is a human which means you should kick his a** or if there is more than one guy there you're speed should mean you get out safely
Post by: GlyphGryph on September 30, 2012, 09:04:51 pm
Post by: mesor on September 30, 2012, 10:39:08 pm
Or for that matter we don't know that they are not pirates yet.
Post by: Parsely on September 30, 2012, 11:14:03 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 01, 2012, 04:26:43 pm
So it's looking like it's a definite go for update tonight, wooh. But not right now. And boy howdy do you guys need to not roll ones, I gotta tell you, you won't make it much longer at this rate...
Post by: mesor on October 01, 2012, 04:31:07 pm
Post by: Parsely on October 01, 2012, 05:49:16 pm
Race: Human
Name: Jim Yul
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 01, 2012, 07:16:41 pm
Werty: Rest
Roll: 3
You catch your breath, mostly, but even here the air has grown quite thin. You get a hold of yourself, though, do your best to stop bits from floating off and dissipating... but you're still quite ill defined. You lean against the weapon console. Leo glances down at you, then begins typing things into the console. After a moments thought, he calls for someone to come in and help you, since he's busy.
Leo: Target the merchant vessel but do not fire unless they attempt to bring there weapons systems to bear on us. If they do open fire on the center of the ship.
Roll: 2
You type some information into the console, commands for the weapons, and then turn to call towards the bow "Can somebody come and help Werty? I don't want to leave my station incase the merchants are hostile or the enemy ship follows us again."
Meanwhile, the merchants have noticed you aiming and charging up your weapons, and have wisely decided to flee. You see a blur and a flash as they jump away.
Followed by Eckmanis striding into the room.
Eckmanis: Leave the con for now, there is no immediate threat, get into the O2 room as fast as possible to repair it
Roll: 4
You rush, though not terribly quickly, to the weapon room, and notice how much thinner the air has gotten already. Leo looks like he's doing something stupid, and Werty doesn't seem quite all there. Almost like one of them holograms. He still reaches out a hand, and in a faint voice begs you to help him.
"Calm down, kid, I'm busy. Leo, can you please go check the other rooms? The captain said something about boarders."
And then you take a deep breath, and dive in into the o2 room. The cold doesn't bother you, nor does what remains of the fire, barely surviving off the last gust of air and the air leaking from the processor. By the seven stone god of Kaldor, what the bloody hell happened in here? This is... well, no time to worry about it. You won't be able to survive in here forever. You quickly try pulling things together to see if this can be salvaged.
Ekmanis is no longer suffocating.
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: wolfchild on October 01, 2012, 09:08:16 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 01, 2012, 09:16:29 pm
Post by: wolfchild on October 02, 2012, 12:04:20 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 02, 2012, 12:16:03 am
Post by: wolfchild on October 02, 2012, 12:46:51 am
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Post by: mesor on October 02, 2012, 01:48:08 am
Post by: werty892 on October 02, 2012, 09:13:24 am
P.S. now is when I wished we had a crystal person, I will put there stats in a spoiler as they are a secret raceSpoiler (click to show/hide)
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Pull self together, crawl/walk to medbay
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 02, 2012, 09:33:41 pm
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Repair of Life support is 1/3 complete
You suffocate for 1 damage!
Leo: Check the sections of the ship that have air for boarders, if I find any shoot first ask questions later, try to wound if possible.
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
You dash through the rooms, figuring you'll swing starboard to pass through the sensor room, hit the captains chair and double back. Nothing in the store area, nothing in the shield room, noth-holy gods of murder. You freeze, looking down for a moment at the body. Captain Griffin lies on the ground of the sensor room, several laser burns on his body.
Spoiler: Griffin'sRoll (click to show/hide)
So focused are you on gathering in the details of what happened there that you don't here the door slide open behind you - or rather, you don't process it until it's too late to respond aggressively. You can attempt to duck away...
Spoiler: Roll to dodge (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Damage (click to show/hide)
Leo takes 1 points of damage - 1 base in addition to BAD CONSEQUENCES.
Thinking quickly, you attempt to dive for the gun, trying to grab the blaster in your off-hand and get in a position to avoid a second shot from the assailant.
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
What do you do?
Werty: Pull self together, crawl/walk to medbay
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: wolfchild on October 03, 2012, 02:06:55 am
Post by: mesor on October 03, 2012, 03:24:02 am
Post by: werty892 on October 03, 2012, 06:29:39 am
Post by: Haspen on October 03, 2012, 09:09:53 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 04, 2012, 10:18:16 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 04, 2012, 08:32:01 pm
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Repair of Life support is 2/3 complete
You suffocate for 2 damage!
Note to leo: I just realized our entire conversation about your bonuses was irrelevant because your character ability only ever provided a bonus to combat DAMAGE! Still, to not be completely unfair, I did change how your ability works. Rather than double your damage, it adds 2 to damage, and gives you +1 to attacking and dodging. Be happy with that.
Leo: Charge round the corner drive my knee into he's stomach then punch him in the neck as hard as possible
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roll to attack (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roll for damage (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roll to Dodge (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roll for Damage (click to show/hide)
Leo takes 1 damage!
Werty: Try to repair the medbay, be very careful, dont do anything stupid
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: mesor on October 04, 2012, 08:37:11 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 04, 2012, 09:32:12 pm
Again!
Post by: wolfchild on October 05, 2012, 06:00:01 am
Post by: werty892 on October 07, 2012, 11:38:29 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 08, 2012, 02:21:31 am
Post by: werty892 on October 08, 2012, 10:40:32 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 08, 2012, 03:14:52 pm
Leo: Slash the enemies throat, Wrist, Stomach and anything else i can reach and keep slashing until he's a bloody heap on the floor
Spoiler: Roll to attack (click to show/hide)
Leo has taken a point of damage.
The shield system as been damaged.
He uses this opportunity to launch his own attack, throwing an elbow at the back of your skull. You duck under the blow, throwing yourself back from the destroy control panel, before rushing him again.
Spoiler: Roll to attack (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roll for damage (click to show/hide)
Enemy soldier takes 4 damage!
Werty: Again! (Try to repair the medbay, be very careful, don't do anything stupid)
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Today is not a good day.
The medbay is on fire. Werty is standing in a burning room. Enemy soldier is standing in a burning room.
Eckmanis: Keep going (repair that o2!)
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Eckmanics has repaired the o2 room! 1/5 experience to the next level! (Remember, rolling a natural 6 is an automatic +4 experience when repairing!)
You suffocate for 3 points of damage!
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: mesor on October 08, 2012, 04:26:05 pm
Charge into the boarder and knock him into the fire
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 08, 2012, 05:12:55 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 08, 2012, 06:34:17 pm
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Post by: Geen on October 08, 2012, 07:18:42 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 10, 2012, 10:33:31 am
Post by: 10ebbor10 on October 10, 2012, 10:37:19 am
Anyone want to recommend a turn for Eckmanis?Power up oxygen, get to medbay?
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 10, 2012, 10:41:05 am
Post by: mesor on October 10, 2012, 10:45:06 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 10, 2012, 11:13:04 am
Post by: 10ebbor10 on October 10, 2012, 11:14:25 am
((Considering the circumstances, such as the medbay's current status as a flaming wreck... no.))At least the rockguy is immune to flames, right.
(( Who isn't lol? I got my arm shot off and they both almost suffocated. Btw can my arm be put back on in the med bay?))Don't worry. Arm's grow back.
Post by: mesor on October 10, 2012, 11:23:28 am
Dead captain one almost dead crew member one half dead crew member and one 1/3 dead crew member missing an arm. ))
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 10, 2012, 11:03:29 pm
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
You suffocate for 4 damage!
Leo: Charge into the boarder and knock him into the fire
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
The enemy is on fire!
The enemy takes 2 points of fire damage!
You are currently suffering the ill effects of the fire - you will begin taking damage next turn if you do not leave the room.
Werty: RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: mesor on October 10, 2012, 11:09:12 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 11, 2012, 05:46:40 am
Move outside the room and watch to be sure my enemy is dead.((They warped away.))
"Werty get in that chair and set course for the repair station right now the med bay is toast and I need to make sure nobody else has boarded the ship/
((Do I have a laser pistol or something of that kind? And if I open the medbay door a crack how long will it take the fire to spread?))
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 11, 2012, 07:43:40 am
Post by: mesor on October 11, 2012, 08:14:54 am
Post by: mesor on October 11, 2012, 08:18:54 am
Post by: werty892 on October 11, 2012, 11:26:08 am
Pull out hand laser, point at the door
Post by: mesor on October 11, 2012, 11:28:10 am
one of the three beacons within range claimed to be a merchant and repair station, still active and functional.
(( You were saying? ))
Post by: Sean Mirrsen on October 11, 2012, 12:00:16 pm
((He means that the station is within jump range, though "set course for it" kinda implies actually steering. Perhaps "set jump destination" would be a better phrase?))
one of the three beacons within range claimed to be a merchant and repair station, still active and functional.
(( You were saying? ))
Post by: mesor on October 11, 2012, 12:01:42 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 11, 2012, 12:10:17 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 12, 2012, 09:34:18 am
Apparently there is a chance of you dying within a weak of doing so though. Keep that in mind I guess. Still totally worth it.
Post by: Tiruin on October 12, 2012, 09:42:39 am
For the Crew!
((How fares the waitlist?))
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 12, 2012, 10:53:33 am
And at the rate things are going...
Post by: mesor on October 12, 2012, 03:53:41 pm
Post by: Nicholas1024 on October 12, 2012, 04:07:33 pm
Post by: mesor on October 12, 2012, 04:23:57 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 12, 2012, 04:38:42 pm
Post by: mesor on October 12, 2012, 04:40:02 pm
Post by: wolfchild on October 13, 2012, 12:07:24 am
HEad to the medbay
Post by: werty892 on October 14, 2012, 07:35:46 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 15, 2012, 08:59:45 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 15, 2012, 09:16:00 pm
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Eckmanis takes 2 damage.
Leo: Wait at the door to the area with no oxygen, Seal the door once Eckmanis has come through.
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Leo takes 2 points of damage
Meanwhile, the enemy soldier dives out of the flames, tearing off his burning shirt as he scrambles to his feet and chases after you. Seeing you distracted, he tackles you into the wall of the room, and fires at you point blank, dealing a point of damage as he slams into you. "Die, termite!" he screams. You manage to deflect his arm before he can fire, though, forcing him back but failing to find an opening to launch an attack. Only then do you hear the sudden hissing and sizzling, and the dying hum of the door systems - the rebels blaster tore a whole right through the primary control unit.
Leo takes 1 point of damage
The Door System is damaged! The Door System room is now on fire!
Werty: Pull out hand laser, point at the door
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: mesor on October 15, 2012, 09:17:14 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 16, 2012, 06:17:39 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 16, 2012, 10:49:07 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 18, 2012, 04:22:57 pm
Post by: mesor on October 18, 2012, 04:27:50 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 18, 2012, 05:28:25 pm
Post by: mesor on October 18, 2012, 05:40:13 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 18, 2012, 05:49:28 pm
(( Say's the guy who's only accomplishments to date have been nearly dieing on several occasions :P. ))
Ahem, I only nearly died ONCE!
Post by: mesor on October 18, 2012, 06:19:29 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 18, 2012, 07:41:21 pm
(( You almost got shot that makes it twice, next time I'll let you get shot you ungrateful little energy thing. ))
I'm the one whos saving our asses right now, flying us to the merchant, piloting the ship! Don't you dare shoot me!
Post by: mesor on October 18, 2012, 08:45:57 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 19, 2012, 12:10:28 am
Eckmanis: Be the Hero
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Stop drop and roll then put out the fires.
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Leon offers you a hand, and you reach to take it, when a bolt of energy strikes him in the side, just under the arm. His smiling stone face begins to collapse in on itself, and his body falls to pieces in slow motion, the extended arm turning into a line of small stones along the floor, crashing to the ground in a heap.
You turn to see the bloodied, burnt, and bruised boarder holding your own blaster, dropped in the fighting, but that does not slow you down. Your on your feet in moments, bearing down on him, and you leap onto his body, knock his weapon away with your leg as you drive your arm through his chest, once, twice, a third time. The first two, sucking chest wounds, cause him to cough up blood and go limp, and with the last you lift him into the air, pulling him close, whispering into his air that you will personally insure that every one his children burns to death before you die. You then toss him back into the medbay room's fires - but his injuries are so severe that he can't even scream, though the last moments of his life are distilled pain. As you watch him burn, reality begins to warp around you, and the fires swirl their way into your brain... until everything pops back, once more, to reality.
Enemy boarder has taken 10 damage! Enemy boarder has been killed!
Leo Lurnadis has gained a combat level!
Werty: Jump to merchant, make sure weapons are powered down, and broadcast a distress signal
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
And you're in luck.
Not only is the merchant here, but he's moving to service another customer - a federation cruiser that looks even more damaged than your own ship, judging by the large tears in most of the hull. Your distress beacon quickly joins it's own. It doesn't take long for them to hail you, and the voice on the other side even and solid despite the situation.
"Federation Ally, this is Federation Cruiser Saturn's Fury. Estimate: 89% chance of benefits from mutual aid. This being is last remaining crew member of vessel. Requesting status of your crew and vessel."
Taricus has joined the game.
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Post by: Taricus on October 19, 2012, 12:24:19 am
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 19, 2012, 12:33:39 am
A kestral, another federation class survivor, has just jumped to your location, and you've hailed them.
You have several options in front of you. On is deciding on a name. ^_^
Post by: werty892 on October 19, 2012, 05:44:46 am
Post by: Taricus on October 19, 2012, 08:06:33 am
Post by: mesor on October 19, 2012, 10:38:22 am
"Hold on to something this might get bumpy but if we don't get these fires out we wont have a ship for much longer."
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 19, 2012, 11:02:47 am
Post by: mesor on October 19, 2012, 11:24:53 am
Post by: Sean Mirrsen on October 19, 2012, 11:44:44 am
Post by: mesor on October 19, 2012, 11:51:07 am
Post by: Sean Mirrsen on October 19, 2012, 12:52:45 pm
Post by: 10ebbor10 on October 19, 2012, 12:58:33 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 19, 2012, 01:05:56 pm
Post by: werty892 on October 19, 2012, 01:19:40 pm
Post by: Sean Mirrsen on October 19, 2012, 01:28:35 pm
The problem is that the door controls and the medibay are both up near the front of the ship, both are on fire, and the only Rock crewmember had recently become deceased. Short of physically jamming the doors between the DC, the Medbay, the intervening room and the port airlock open, and then somehow blasting open the airlock and somehow making it to the safety of the oxygen room, you aren't likely to contain that fire easily. If it spreads to the control room, the Kestrel is pretty much going to be done for.
Post by: werty892 on October 19, 2012, 08:01:42 pm
"Unit designation is 01001000 01100110 01110000 01101000 01100001. Willing to assist ally: Federation Cruiser. Recommend salvaging parts from Saturn's fury. Financial reward unnecessary."
"Ah, you are a engi. Well that's perfect. Please get on board, and help us put out the fire. Meanwhile Ill try not to die. Good luck."
Post by: mesor on October 19, 2012, 08:03:53 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 22, 2012, 10:08:21 am
You guys are more important than x-com, I need to focus. So this is my COMMITMENT post.
Post by: 10ebbor10 on October 22, 2012, 10:14:48 am
Or you could see if this ship hasn't got any CoČ canisters on board. I mean, most closed spaces, (like for example submarines) can push the oxygen away by adding a useless other gas. The lifesupport system should have some of these.
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 22, 2012, 10:22:49 pm
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
Werty: Send message to him, then try to dock with merchant for repairs
Spoiler: Roll (click to show/hide)
You decide some more diplomacy may be a good idea before you try to dock.
Spoiler: The Crew (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship (click to show/hide)
Addendum:
I've changed Werty's ability - I don't want to deal with power management. Instead, I'm introducing the opportunity to Overcharge a system. Anyone in a system room may choose to overcharge a system - all relevant system effects will be boosted for that turn, as if it were 1d6-2 levels higher, at the risk of a reactor failure (A 1 will kill all reactor systems for 1d6 turns in addition to dealing a damage to the system, and a 2 will simply deal a point of damage to the system). Anyone in the reactor room may attempt to overcharge the system of their choice.
This can even be used on broken systems, to give them a turn of functioning - but failure risks causing major fires in this case (1 or 2), in addition to the normal risk of power failure.
Hopefully this will be a bit more interesting than power management.
Also, Tauricus, please post your official actions in bold so I know what to do with you for next time. :P
Post by: Taricus on October 22, 2012, 10:24:29 pm
Post by: GlyphGryph on October 22, 2012, 10:53:18 pm
;)
Post by: mesor on October 22, 2012, 11:12:07 pm
"Most sincere apologies we had just escaped from an attack and so I thought it prudent to be prepared to defend ourselves should the need arise. I meant no offense to you and did not meant to threaten you with my actions but with the previous events and my ships battered condition I could not risk having the weapons powered down until I was certain you were not hostile, We are here seeking assistance and would be grateful if you would forgive me and help us."
Return to the weapons station if they do not accept this response and power up the laser.
Post by: werty892 on October 23, 2012, 05:39:48 am
Walk back to the cockpit and leaning across Werty send the following message.
"Most sincere apologies we had just escaped from an attack and so I thought it prudent to be prepared to defend ourselves should the need arise. I meant no offense to you and did not meant to threaten you with my actions but with the previous events and my ships battered condition I could not risk having the weapons powered down until I was certain you were not hostile, We are here seeking assistance and would be grateful if you would forgive me and help us."
Return to the weapons station if they do not accept this response and power up the laser.
Oh yeah, great Idea, tell them we are friendly, when they are highly suspicious of us, THEN power up a weapon... really?
Post by: mesor on October 23, 2012, 11:06:11 am
Post by: werty892 on October 23, 2012, 11:30:10 am
(( It does say if they do not accept the explanation man. As in if they decide to forgive us the action does not happen. Plus they did just ask for help with attacking us so if they do not accept it then it's a case of we disable them or they destroy us and I know which option I prefer. ))Atleast try to be more subdle for crying out loud
Wait. Try to regen myself
Post by: mesor on October 23, 2012, 11:32:34 am
Post by: Taricus on October 23, 2012, 11:36:01 am
Post by: TopHat on October 23, 2012, 04:01:27 pm