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[Orb]

((I took a moment to crunch some numbers.

You spent 4minutes and 45 seconds heading away from the underwater city at 100mph. You only have 30-60 seconds before the debris starts hitting landfall. Your rockets, at max, can only go 500 mph. At the maximum speed and maximum time limit, you can't make it to the dam (I'd imagine it would take a few seconds to start up and point the right direction). Even if you did, you'd have no time to do anything for the cripples. You -might- be able to do something with Faith, but that's still dodgy at best. You'd also be out of rocket fuel.

The time variance is likely for distance, so people at the dam are likely 30 seconds, Faith and other beachers 40-ish, and you're at 60. So pretty much no way to save anyone. I would just turn around and try to get far away as possible, and find some cover.))

[Caellath]

((@Orb: Oh yeah, you are right. I should have stayed closer to the team, maybe around Emp's hiding spot.

@Zako: Yeah, I already considered that. The only able-bodied people so far are Milno, Cog and E. If Cog and E are wounded in some way, that would leave Milno alone, and if Milno is too busy faceplanting debris at 500 mph...

That and the fact the dam is now either totally dry or almost completely devoid of water, and Milno would have to be the one ferrying people to the destroyed building from the shore.))

[Yoink]

((Looks like Milno might end up just having to pick up the pieces after the debris rains down. As long as the brain is intact, you could just- as gruesome as it sounds- lop off the heads of each dead team mate to make them easier to carry on your way out. ))

[Orb]

((If the heads are in no immediate danger, I don't see why he would have to lug around the corpses. Maybe the rebels might axe their heads, but I bet they have bigger problems right now.))

[Caellath]

((If we get the black box and the extraction happens, Milno can just fly around and get the maimed bodies of his squadmates. Staying far away from the rest of the team was tactically sound and the correct thing to do mission-wise. Team-wise, it was a dick move.))

[piecewise]

((...What are the chances of Milno being blown off the face of the earth with an aux roll of one at around 200mph?))

Less then at 500, thats for sure. But still, 200 miles an hour straight into the ground or a rock? You've got armor and stuff but that would save you from that sort of thing.

((And more accurately, how many Aux rolls would I need? I don't know if dodging the debris will ask for dex or aux ones at high speeds.))

one to get there, and a separate one for any debris you need to dodge. It's aux to dodge in air with the rockets like that.

((@Orb: Oh yeah, you are right. I should have stayed closer to the team, maybe around Emp's hiding spot.

@Zako: Yeah, I already considered that. The only able-bodied people so far are Milno, Cog and E. If Cog and E are wounded in some way, that would leave Milno alone, and if Milno is too busy faceplanting debris at 500 mph...

That and the fact the dam is now either totally dry or almost completely devoid of water, and Milno would have to be the one ferrying people to the destroyed building from the shore.))

The lake is far from dry, there's almost 60 miles of water rushing downstream right now in an enormous deluge. It's gonna take a while to drain. Remember that time wise the star exploded maybe 30 seconds ago.

[Spinal_Taper]

((Couldn't you shoot the debris with your gauss rifle?))

[Scelly9]

((Couldn't you shoot the debris with your gauss rifle?))

((Summary of that plan:
*Pchew*
*Plink*
*SPLAT*))

[Caellath]

((@Spinal_Taper: I added that as part of my action as a last-ditch effort, since I doubt a 20mm slug can do much against a very thick piece of supercrete or metal. It would be something along the lines Scelly described.

And now Empyrea has to choose between May or Thomas.))

[Zako]

((While flying at 200 or so mph and dodging the bits he doesn't shoot? Unlikely.))

[Caellath]

((Too late, I am going to sleep. And hopefully Sky'll be back by the time I wake up.))

[IronyOwl]

If it's worth it time wise, grab a crutch or something from the kit, anything that will help me move faster.

Then get behind that boulder.

[Tiruin]

((Reminder: No support teams incoming.))

[Caellath]

((No one mentioned who Emp should save. Thomas or May, May or Thomas? Goddamnit, E's action can wait. Posting Milno's.))

[PyroDesu]

((No one mentioned who Emp should save. Thomas or May, May or Thomas? Goddamnit, E's action can wait. Posting Milno's.))

((Thomas is dead next turn unless someone who can get to him had a medkit. You should just lop off his head if you can (and take it with you), and save May.))