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[Orb]

As for pacing, I will likely give 24hrs-ish for everyone to post per turn.

Also, last two sign ups: You could easily combine your funds for a Prospector's Explorer, with 6k leftover for each of you. The fact that you each got a comm monitor means you only have to buy 1, so that leaves 7.5k leftover. I mention this because I haven't fleshed out any NPC mechanics. I do approve of creativity in actions(such as asking for rumors, which is totally feasible)

"Edit" I just did bad math. Pfffff.

Its actually 6k leftover without any ship equipment, and with just one comm monitor, 4.5k.

[Maldevious]

I have no opinion on where we go... I'm the doctor and alien greeter, not the captain. To infinity, and beyond!

[Toaster]

Well, failing your input, I propose we move to the star past the nebula, K15.  Navigate to avoid said nebula.

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Toaster
Background: Toaster spent a little time in the Space Navy as a tech sergeant, but has since retired and set out in the dangerous world in prospecting.
Skills:  Hacker and Tool Master
Purchases: 1/3 of (Zero K Scout with Laser Battery and Med Bay totalling 18200) : 6067
Laptop : 1000
Laser Pistol:  700
Bio Scanner: 900
Explosives:  500

Total:  9167

[Unholy_Pariah]

im curious about these anomalies/nebulae toaster is so keen to avoid

what kind of rolls would i have to pass in order to successfully navigate them and what kind of riches can i look forward to finding?
...
space monsters?

[ComradeGafarov]

Drive straight through the nebula.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Spoiler: Ukrainian Ranger(M14) (click to show/hide)

Name: Barbara "Black Panther" Carpenter

Traits
Captain: +1 to all ship combat related rolls
Space Pirate: +2 to boarding assaults

Ship: Mundo's Tug!(-1 to all ship related activities, 1 scan radius, 1 movement)
Laser Battery: Ship Weapon
Boarding Tube: +1 to Ship Boarding

Equipment:
Laser Pistol: -2 to LR shots, +1 to short range shots. +1 to 'gunslinger'.

Moneys: 400 Credits

Spoiler: action (click to show/hide)

Move to N15

[Zecro_The_Scourge]

Pariah you heard the gm! Lets combine our mechs so we can defeat the ultra bos- wrong game. Anyway I agree with Gm, lets combine our funding / character ties.

[Unholy_Pariah]

sure why not, if i drop my cryo pods (2.5K) and my comms (3k) that's my half of the ship bought and i can get a laser rifle as well.

guess ill have to change my action then.

bet 200 rupees on interstellar horse racing

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Hoban Wash

Traits:
Ship Navigator: +2 to Ship Navigation
Ship Engineer: +2 to ship repair

Ship: 1/2 Prospector explorer.
Cloaking Field: +1 to escape rolls.
Boarding Tube: +1 to Ship Boarding.

Equipment:
Laser rifle.

Moneys: 200 rupees (inventory) + 200 rupees (gambling)

[killerhellhound]

my spelling sucks normaly so dont worry this is my second forum game though so i may play a little on the safe side
revised items
the crap tug 6k
lazer battery 1.2k
plasma sword 0.9k
lazer pistol 0.7k
simpack and explosives 1k
200 left
same skills and other

[Orb]

im curious about these anomalies/nebulae toaster is so keen to avoid

what kind of rolls would i have to pass in order to successfully navigate them and what kind of riches can i look forward to finding?
...
space monsters?

Perhaps, perhaps. 

As I said, Nebula are the least dangerous. Complete destruction is not possible on the first passage through, but accumulation of damage can. A good roll will get you through without damage.
 I've actually left you guy's mostly in the dark for the mechanics of the game. I want to encourage risk taking, exploration, but at the same time, smart thinking.

Also, killerhellhound, that sign up works. You can post your turn now.

Finely, I'll need a consensus from Toaster/Comrade. Or maybe Maldevious can throw in his vote. If no consensus is made, I'll just roll a die. Also, a clarification: Comrade, do you want to move through the nebula, or just enter it? Moving through would let you detect any riches inside it(or encounter any dangers), but you wouldn't be able to capitalize on the riches next turn since you would be outside the nebula.

Another Clarification: If this wasn't completely clear before, I'll say it blankly now. Once you have entered and scanned a star system(aka, found info on its planets, at the end of your turn), you can warp back to it at any point in the game, within reason. This includes any other celestial body, and stations. You can transmit the 'planet' info to another player, which would allow him to instantaneously jump to that location. Otherwise, they will have to go at subwarp speeds in order to reach the star.

So, right now the only system you can warp to is the station you're on. I didn't list it on your profiles because I didn't see a point of it.

Optionally, once you enter and scan a system's planets, you can name the star system.

[Orb]

I'm going to be writing up the turn in 1hr, so anyone who hasn't posted their turn do so now.

[Zecro_The_Scourge]

Continue zee search for information, must find out if there is any treasurehunt planets ready to go to.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name:Izembarg.
Skills:Ship engineer, tool master.
Purchases:1/3:Prospector explorer with laser batteries and comm monitor(shared). Alien translator, laspistol.

[Orb]

Turn 2

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Key


* = Star
# = Nebula(Is an Anomaly)
$ = Station
~ = Star

Light Gray = Someone's Sensors has received info on that cell.
Yellow = Jammed Sensors
Player Color = Celestial object is occupied by player

Players

Brown = RoryTehNoob
Blue = Ukranian Ranger
Red = Toaster/Maldevious/Comrade Gafarov

A mistake on the map

I forgot to include a certain space phenomenon. While it doesn't affect you much(there was nothing there in the first place), you now know there is indeed nothing occupying those spots from the first map.

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Toaster/Maldevious/Comrade Gafarov

Randomizing Turn Input

You drive straight though the nebula. Exploration and all that jazz, right?

Spoiler: Mechanics Reveal! (click to show/hide)

I will from time to time reveal different mechanics. The damage system for ships work like this:

Light Damage
Medium Damage
Heavy Damage
Destruction

For every shot you take, or unfortunate accident committed, you take damage. The degree of the damage depends on the incident, and how tough your ship is. Damage is accumulative. 3 light damage = 1 medium damage. 3 medium damage = 1 heavy damage. 3 heavy damage = Death. The degree of damage will also depend on the part hit. Parts with light or higher damage are disabled until fixed. Each 2 light hits on a part = 1 medium hit, ect.

Light damage is essentially 1/3 medium. So take 9 light hits at medium damage, and you upgrade to heavy damage.(Woo?)

So, in essence, you will have damage bars on individual parts, and a total ship health. Every hit affects total health.

Light damage can repaired using the engineering skill.

For every level of damage, a space station will repair it for 1/4 the cost of the ship. Got heavy damage? Its going to cost you 3/4 of the original price of the ship to repair it. Ship equipment operates the same way(unless its an essential part of the ship, like the engine, or something. If that happens you're dead in the water anyway, so I doubt repairing that at a station will become an issue).

Selling, of course, reflects damage. Have a heavily damaged ship will only net you 3/4 of 1/4 the worth of the ship(otherwise known as 3/16s). So keep your ship in good shape!

A bad engineering roll will make the damage worse(Think 1-4 roll). 5-7 won't get anything done. 8-10 will repair it.

The nebula is very pretty. And nothing tries to kill you. A job well done! You don't find anything though.

You continue on to K15. A close scan reveals no planets orbiting this star.
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RoryTehNoob

You move one space up. For GLOOOOOOOOOORY.

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Ukrainian Ranger

You arrive at N15 safely.

Unfortunately, this star does not have planets either. 

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Unholy Pariah

You bet 200 credits on a space horse race, relishing in your human heritage.

For humans have always raced horses. Seahorses. Flying horses. And now, with mastery of space, comes space horses. They don't actually particularly look like horses, but these jockeys are still a prime spectator sport.

....

-200 credits

Didn't your mother ever tell you not to gamble?

(I gave you a 30% chance to double it, FYI. What? No one ever said gambling was a fair sport, especially in spaaaaace).

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Zecro_The_Scourge

You go sniffing for rumors.

....

You hear about disappearing explorers at N14. They enter the planet's atmosphere and never come back up. Of course, they're just rumors. Someone probably discovered great riches and doesn't want anyone to take it from him. But who knows, rumors. Rumors.
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No order from killerhellhound

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Zecro/Unholy Pariah: One of you is paying 1/2 the Prospector's Explorer and the other is paying 1/3, based on your profiles. Using my infinite knowledge and wisdom of math, I deduced that did not equal 1. Sort out payment.

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Profiles

Spoiler: Toaster(K15) (click to show/hide)

Name: Toaster
Background: Toaster spent a little time in the Space Navy as a tech sergeant, but has since retired and set out in the dangerous world in prospecting.

Skills:
Hacker (+2 Hacking Rolls + Figuring Alien Tech)
Tool Master (+2 Tool Repair(Land))

Ship: Zero-K Scout(+1 Escape Roll, 2 Scan Radius, 3 movement). Shared with Maldevious + ComradeGafarov
Medbay: Can Heal Extreme Damage
Laser Battery: Ship Weapon

Equipment:
Laptop: +1 to Hacker Rolls + Figuring out Alien Tech
Laser Pistol: -2 to LR shots, +1 to short range shots. +1 to 'gunslinger'.
Bio Scanner: +1 to harvesting foliage rolls.
1 Explosive

Moneys: 833 Credits

Explored Systems:
M14: Exploration Inc. Space Station
K15: Star: No Planets

Spoiler: Maldevious(K15) (click to show/hide)

Name: Maldevious
Background: Looking to ply his medical and cultural skills on a worthy ship in order to earn money to purchase land for his family

Skills:
Combat Medic: +2 to Healing
Culturally Sensitive: +3 to discussing with aliens

Ship: Zero-K Scout(+1 Escape Roll, 2 Scan Radius, 3 movement). Shared with Toaster + ComradeGafarov
Medbay: Can Heal Extreme Damage
Laser Battery: Ship Weapon

Equipment:
Medkit: +1 Healing Rolls
Alien Translator: Allows communication with aliens

Moneys: 1633 Credits

Explored Systems:
M14: Exploration Inc. Space Station
K15: Star: No Planets

Spoiler: Comrade Gafarov(K15) (click to show/hide)

Name:Oscar Gafarov
Background: After being exiled from the Eastern Bloc for massive instigation of cross-country conflict, took the nearest Soyuz rocket off that insipid wasteland in search of great profits in interplanetary prospecting.

Traits:
Gunslinger: Get +3 roll to firing guns first
Ship Engineer: +2 to ship repair

Ship: Zero-K Scout(+1 Escape Roll, 2 Scan Radius, 3 movement). Shared with Maldevious + Toaster
Medbay: Can Heal Extreme Damage
Laser Battery: Ship Weapon

Equipment:
Tool Kit: +1 to nonship repair rolls.
Micro Laser Drill: Allow digging of tunnels and all sorts of things.

Monies: 334 Credits


Explored Systems:
M14: Exploration Inc. Space Station
K15: Star: No Planets

Spoiler: RoryTehNoob(M13) (click to show/hide)

Name: Yror Lebuarts

Skills
Sharpshooter: +2 to LR Shooting
Gunslinger: +3 to firing guns first

Ship: Mundo's Tug!(-1 to all ship related activities, 1 scan radius, 1 movement)
Plasma Battery: Ship weapon. +1 to ship attack rolls, -1 to bombardment rolls.

Equipment:
Sniper Laser Rifle: +1 to LR fire
Laser Pistol: -2 to LR shots, +1 to short range shots. +1 to 'gunslinger'.

Moneys: 0 Credits

Explored Systems:
M14: Exploration Inc. Space Station

Spoiler: Ukrainian Ranger(N15) (click to show/hide)

Name: Barbara "Black Panther" Carpenter

Traits
Captain: +1 to all ship combat related rolls
Space Pirate: +2 to boarding assaults

Ship: Mundo's Tug!(-1 to all ship related activities, 1 scan radius, 1 movement)
Laser Battery: Ship Weapon
Boarding Tube: +1 to Ship Boarding

Equipment:
Laser Pistol: -2 to LR shots, +1 to short range shots. +1 to 'gunslinger'.

Moneys: 400 Credits

Explored Systems:
M14: Exploration Inc. Space Station
N15: Star: No Planets

[RoryTehNoob]

Faster than the speed of the Giant Space Snail! More shiny than the Mud Nebula! Yror's poop-colored Tilde moves victoriously to the South-East!

[Zecro_The_Scourge]

Unholy pariah gets to sort out our payment(s).

To the tavern! We must spread litanies of joy and happiness about this location we discovered, by the time we're done we shall have contingents of meatshields charging the planet for us.