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"Oh, thank you"

Travis pushes the box into an uninhabited part of the ship, opens the box, and goes through the imprinting process.

Though the advertisement, the main webpage of the website, and even the beginning of the game weren't very impressive, I decided to give this a fair chance, since I love Astronomy.

I've played this for about 3 hours, working my way through the tutorial and up to interstellar travel. I'd like to say, for my impression so far, this is better than it looks, especially if you enjoy learning about space. The premise of the game is to explore other solar systems, set up mining operations, and bring the resources back to Earth. You can have multiple ships, stations, and mining operations under your command. You can also PvP, by raiding other player's ships, stations, and mining ops. Corporations can be formed for unified interests, and I assume eventually corporations could own territory, attacking anyone who enters that does not belong. I'll split up the rest of my thoughts into the good and the bad.



Anyway, if I continue to enjoy this, I'll probably make a B12 Corp at some point. Good job with this. I really do enjoy the exploration feel of it and the information provided.

Good. A perfect body guard.

Travis exits VR and approaches the Armory Master.

"One Gunner Bot please"

Actually, I rolled a die to see which side of the house the grenade landed on. So it was dice on both accounts.

Anyway, everyone has natural psychic powers in this world. You simply have to know how to tap into them. You could either come in like Remalle did or just learn it on the base. Up to Dwarmin how he wants to implement it. Take a look at the psionics spoiler on the main page for more details.

To be honest, I didn't expect you guys to shoot. In a normal circumstance, I'll list the range to a contact. Right now all of you are at medium, don't have a line of site, or are unconscious.

Oh, and also, aliens are all males unless specified otherwise. It makes it easier to write.

((Well, I only injured one person, YAY!))

Well, Crap though Jackson. Then instead of continuing to swear out his teammates stupidity, he grasps a rope, ties it to the Skyranger, and rappels down.

((Did the grenade damage the house? Does it have a hole in it, or a chimney of some kind?))

You tie the rope to a seat on the skyranger, letting the rope dangle down onto the house. Taking a secure grip, you slowly lower yourself as the skyranger moves to and fro with the sudden shifts in the wind and engine output.

You safely lower yourself onto the roof.

(( Hey num nuts come help me lol since you just dropped a bloody grenade on me, ))

Wake up and crawl away

[End 5] You float back into consciousness, your vision a sea of red. A dull thunder of gunfire can be heard off in the distance. Your entire body aches in almost unbearable pain, and you can see a darker red pooling beside you.

[End 1] You attempt to move. Your body sends a cascade of new pain, and you quietly wail out in agony, passing out again as you do so.

"Guys?  The aliens are opening hostilities...  and watch where you lob those damned pineapples!"
Open fire on the aliens now with the auto-shot equivalent!  They're DEFINITELY going to shoot now after hearing the kaboom!
(Sorry guys, but I think you made the hostage a lost cause.)

Medium Full-Auto

[Rifle 1+1][Rifle 6+1]

You click your X-10 into full auto, aiming at the doorway. The sudden unexpected kick from the weapon throws your aim wide, bullets bouncing off all over the house. You get the kick under control and aim the last 1/2 of the burst at the doorway.

The aliens seem unaffected.

"Well," thought Kane, "thats the easy bit done. Now seeing as that chump messed up the grenade throw, how do we get inside?"

Find the largest window on the upstairs floor. See if the shield covers it.

You walk around the roof while bullets whiz by your head as your team opens fire. Bending over and looking at the few windows on the 2nd floor, it appears there's a grand window near the exit of the staircase where the little girl was standing. Huh. She's not there anymore.

[Int 4] You intelligently open your bag and sift through your belongings, finding a ration amongst them. You take the ration, and, while very carefully trying not to fall off the roof, toss it through the window. The ration melts on its way through, quickly cooling and creating a puddle of black solid at the foot of the window.

Theodor was slightly startled by the grenade going off, but the real problem only appeared when the aliens pointed their guns at the group in front of the house.

"Goddamnit. Move to the sides, to the sides! Try to stay our of their line of sight or we'll be toast! Split up! Look through the windows and let's try not to die!" he yelled at the nearby teammates, extending his arm and pointing it towards the sides of the house, hoping the group would not become crispy remains after some hot alien-pistol-on-soft-human-flesh action.

Sprint towards the side, moving away from the aliens' line of fire and towards the side of the house. Shoot one of the pistol-wielding aliens in the face torso along the way. Preferentially the one(s) away from the little girl.

You dash into a sprint, dodging out of the Alien's line of fire and moving to the left side of the house. Being too far to effectively use your shotgun, you elect not to shoot (Medium Range)



"Drop off is getting hot. I'm taking this bird outside the engagement zone. Good luck"

The rope attached to the Skyranger falls momentarily later, and the Skyranger lazily makes its way back to the entry point of the mission.


The aliens, now covered in solidified bits of molten metal, make their move. One walks out of view into the interior of the house, while the other takes a cylindrical object out of his belt. The alien presses buttons and slides other things on the object, and after a moment, the cylindrical object glows blue. He takes a few steps into the 'shield', to the surprise of everyone, and, not melting into a puddle, throws the object.

[Hidden Roll]

The alien fumbles it and it bounces off the roof of the doorway, losing most of its momentum and rolling next to Feanor. The alien then heads back into the house and out of line of sight.

The object, momentarily later, explodes into a shower of plasma. Feanor literally melts before everyone's eyes, as the plasma eats into his very flesh. All that is left of Feanor afterward is a few pieces of bone and flesh.

The plasma also eats into the house, creating a very large hole into the living room.

Instead of a turn, you get psionic mechanics revealed! I was quickly realizing that psionics were becoming a thing much earlier in this RtD than I had planned, so I decided to iron out the mechanics.

The house has a few broken windows, but otherwise no damage was done. I meant to mention that and forgot. There is also no chimney. Basically, it's a two story house with a sloped roof.

I was very busy today, and could only get a partial update done. All I can say is, one of you made a terrible mistake. Cookies to who can tell me what that might be.