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[Gotdamnmiracle]

change of plan. Strap two dummy missiles to that bad boy after separating it (only if we can't disarm it.) and we will send it their way. If they blow it up prematurely whatever, not much loss anyway.

[Aseaheru]

yep. that was an idea for the grenades too...

[Big_James_B]

Lucas still held a confused look on his face.
"Ok - WHAT exactly are we going to do?"

If we can only cut out a chunk of hull to release the warhead - wouldn't a warhead, plus a few "dummy" missiles on a flat piece of metal sort of...give it away that we're returning their present? I mean, sensors would probably pick it up as projectiles, but if one pirate decides "lets have a look out this window/porthole...oh shit, there's...wait a minute...something's awfully odd about that piece of metal attached to those missiles..."
Although its a good scare tactic. Diana has the high negotiations skill - why doesn't she try and bluff the pirates via dice rolls and such?

[Aseaheru]

because she might fail. AND we dont want them to loose a few hundred dollars.

[Big_James_B]

Here's a possible way of working this scene out.
As Domas, Shia, and Lucas get prepared to remove the warhead and prepare to board respectively, Diana should try and distract the pirates with her negotiations skills. That way - in theory - they wouldn't be as prepared for both the return of the warhead and our boarding party.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Here's a possible way of working this scene out.
As Domas, Shia, and Lucas get prepared to remove the warhead and prepare to board respectively, Diana should try and distract the pirates with her negotiations skills. That way - in theory - they wouldn't be as prepared for both the return of the warhead and our boarding party.

Go ahead. We have multiple things we are doing as well.

[Big_James_B]

Come to think of it we should wait until the new turn is posted then plan and act accordingly.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Come to think of it we should wait until the new turn is posted then plan and act accordingly.

Jaja.

Thank you for singlehandedly defibrillating this game.

[Big_James_B]

I just read RP - thought "yeah been a long time since I did one of these", saw Salvation, clicked on it out of curiosity and was immediately hooked on the first page.

[10ebbor10]

All over the ship, people are working to defuse the problematic situation. What should have been a trivial encounter has suddenly turned into a dangerous situation, and could quickly escalate beyond control if not acted upon correctly. The situation on the bridge is chaotic, and in the end everyone ends up executing his own plan. The pirate is hailed, and told of your (false) surrender. They order you to deactivate the weapons and engines, and drop the cargo into space, so that they can pick it up later. Max complies and shuts down the engines, using the opportunity to tilt the ship slightly, in order to hide the missile from the pirates view.

Meanwhile, the boarding crew's hurriedly preparing themselves. Fitting the suits, connecting the internal air supply, putting on the helmet and making sure that one's sealed to. It's a procedure that would've taken more than an hour with the old suits, but takes less than a few minutes with the newer suits. Your Chief engineer could probably give you a complete explanation in which way's mechanical pressurization is superior to pneumatic, but the important thing is that there's a seriously reduced chance of sudden decompression, while allowing for increased mobility as opposed to the old bubble suits. The team gathers the rest of their assortement of welders and small weaponry, before leaving through the central airlock.

On the other side of the ship, the AI is trying to talk an engineer through the process of replicating the signal. While slightly complicated by the fact that humans don't speak natural binary, finding the signal amongst the background EM radiation is an almost trivial task. However, actually tricking the warhead to accept it is a fair bit harder. After all, there's no way to tell how it would respond to a duplicate signal and as such, the enemy transmitter needs to be deactivated at the same moment the signal is activated.

Outside, the EVA team is slowly progressing towards the impact site. The warhead, apparently a modified mining explosive, is found half embedded into the hull. The team starts to remove it with care, making sure not to upset any possible motion sensors. Removing the hull plate is a little bit problematic, as it has been crumpled up by the impact. However, with some carefull cutting and the appliance of a certain amount of force, the plate eventually comes loose, and the warhead slowly drifts away from the ship. Domas carefully stops it before it gets to far away and asks for a couple of missiles. Apparently, he's got a cunning plan of some sort.

Unfortunately, all this takes time, and the pirates are rapidly becoming impatient. They fire their engines, and are closing in rapidly. Diana tries to talk them off, citing problems with the cargo system and such, and while mostly unsuccesfull, manages to buy enough time for Domas. The improvised contraption launches away from the ship but starts spinning in circles before being detonated. A rain of small, harmless debris bounces of the Salvation's hull, interpuncted by 2 larger impacts. Max attempts to limit the damage with a last minute manoever, but he can't prevent the impact. Luckily, the pirate's weaponry fails to breach, resulting only in a few dented hull plates.

The AI returns fire, severly damaging the enemies bridge. With a significant part of it's hullplating gone, it won't be long before another hit manages to breach. A carefull eye could probably spot the pirates evacuating the bridge just in time, as the railgun shells shatter it's battered windows. This gives you a moment of opportunity, as switching the systems to manual should take some time.

Spoiler: Enemy ship (click to show/hide)

Distance: close (Practically alongside)

Current pirate:
Armour: 1500 tiles
Sensors: Weak
Stealth: Medium
Dodge: High
Armour: Low

Weapons:
    -Missiles
    -Mining Railgun
    -Mining Railgun

Spoiler: Job list (click to show/hide)

An NGO wants you to bring humanitary aid towards the pirate controlled sectors in the libertitas system. Technically, the pirates are supposed to be quarantained and bereft of supplies, but the governement doesn't posses the force to maintain the blockade.

A Mining compagny is looking to hire people to find out what happened to it's mining outpost, which was located in one of the sectors taken over by the pirates. They also have security enforcement options for several other mining installations.

Some civilians are having problem with their spacestation. It was recently hit by a micrometeroid, and they need to gather a lot of spare parts for repairs.

You can probably gather more jobs near the black market, or somewhere else.

Spoiler: Sector Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Assets and reputations (click to show/hide)

Credits: 994
Merchants: Acquinted
MMC: Acquinted
Military: Not trusted
Sector Police: Currently being registered

Spoiler: Salvation (click to show/hide)

A large Alliance Cruiser, dating back to the war. Modified and refitted by the crew. The ship's painted in light blue, with several spots and stripes added to aid in visual deception. There are several fake spots on the wings, and stripes to make the ship appear longer. The Engines are painted in a blue/white combination, matching the color of the engine exhaust(in space, in the air it's quite obvious if the engines are on or not). The top bridge is flanked by 2 stars, painted in orange and black. On the sides, the name of the ship is painted in big friendly letters.

Armour: Depleted, several holes ( 4490 Good(DV:10) . 1220 damaged(DV:6), 310 Teladine(DV: 5))
Structural: 1800/3000
Power supply: 4.75/7 (5/5 storage)
Fuel: 203/2000
Crew: 30
              -2 Pirates [Combat: 4] [Eva: 1] [Piloting: 2]
              -10 boarders [Eva: 4] [Combat: 2]
              -10 Engineers [EVA: 2] [Engineering: 4]
              -8 remaining crew [Varied skills: 2]

Subsystems:
       -Weaponry:
             - 4 Lasers
             Integrity:60/60; Power: 1/2 ; Heat: 0/5
             - 4 Rail guns
             Integrity:60/60; Power: 0/1;Ammunition: 1 slugs, 2 arrow, 20 fighter shells
             - Turrets: [3/4 mounted]
                   Plasma cannon turret
                   Integrity:15/15 Power: 0.5/0.5
                   Quad fighter railgun turret
                   Integrity:15/15 Power: 0.25/0.25 Ammuntion: 400/400
                   Flak cannon
                   Integrity:15/15 Power: 0.1/0.1 Ammuntion: 17/50
                   Pulse laser (AI)
                   Integrity:15/15 Power: 0.25/0.25
             - 4 Missile launchers
             Integrity:60/60; Missiles: 17/20
                    - Tow missile (1)
                    - Mosquito missiles (2)
                    -4 aegis missiles (Very fast, agile, Very low payload)
                    -2 Wasp missiles (fast, unguided, small payload)
                    -3 Dragonfly anti fighter missile
                    -4 Dummy missiles
                    -3 Firelance missiles

      -Control
      BridgeIntegrity: 20/20 Manned; MQ computing system; Cargoship OS (Q:4)
      Automated sensor systems: Online (Sensors: 6)

      -Sensors
            -MQ Passive sensor:online
            Integrity: 30/30
            -MQ Active (Targetting) sensor: online (+2 accuracy Bonus)
            Integrity: 40/40

       -Lifesupport
       Integrity: 60/60;Power use: 1/1; Heat: Normal (0/20)
       Heatsink:  Integrity: 20/20;Heat: Normal (0/5)


       -Reactors
         4/7:Online;Integrity:40/40;
         3/7:Offline;Integrity:2.5/40;
         Civilian Pulse reactorOnline Integrity: 20/20
         Battery Integrity: 10

       -Jumpdrive
           -Jumpcore
            Integrity: 75/80Charge: 50%
            -Jumpcontrol:
            Integrity: 40/40;Manual control;Slow automatic calc
            -Jumpcapacitors
            Integrity: 26/80; Tertiary capacitor only Power: 1/3

       -Engines
            - Main engines (1/2 working)
            Engine one: Integrity: 50/50 Power: 1/1  (Engine strength: 6)
            Engine two: Integrity: 5/50 Power: 0/1
            -Auxilary thrusters
            Integrity:40/80;4/8 Online Power: 0.5/1 (Dodging: 4)

       -Docking bay  (4/4)
               -Cargo shuttle (142/400 fuel)
               Integrity: 80/80;Armor: 200/200; Cargo:000/1000
               -"Red Rocket" (Lamprey class boat) (43/100 fuel)
               Integrity: 60/60;Armor: 60/60; Railguns: Online;Ammo: 100/100 Cargo:0/10
               -Pirate Fighter (20/50 fuel)        [LAUNCHED]                             
Integrity: 60/60;Armor: 20/20; Missiles(2/2): Handmade Missile   Cargo:0/20
               -Pirate Fighter (20/50 fuel)        [LAUNCHED]                             
Integrity: 60/60;Armor: 20/20; Missiles(2/2): Handmade Missile Cargo:0/20

       -Cargo Bays (5)
           -Cargo bay Alpha
           Integrity: 100/100; Cargo:1250/1250
           -Cargo Bay A
           Integrity: 40/40; Cargo:200/200
           -Cargo Bay B
           Integrity: 40/40; Cargo: 200/200
           -Cargo Bay C
           Integrity:40/40; Cargo: 200/200
           -Cargo Bay D
           Integrity:40/40; Cargo: 200/200

      Other:
          -Medbay [0/10 People; Decent equipment. Supplies:5/10] (Quality: 6)
 
      -Habitation
           -Common room
           -10 4 people chambers
           -2 20 people chambers
Cargo: (686.1/2050)

Food:
436 units of food (1 unit per crewmember per day) [109]
HQ rations (=200 rations. Note: doesn't include water and stuff)[1]
1 box of medicine [1]

Plenty of low quality scrap metal and damaged armour/hull plating [135]
5 Cargo protection [5]
44 duranim [44]
5 Teladine [5]
3 Military plating [3]
25 units of cheap electronics[3.0]
Complex electronics [8]
5 units of MQ resources[11]
Weapon scrap [34]

31 spacesuits (Modified emergency suits, not that durable, nor usefull.) [3.1]
1 Mechanized space suit [0.5]
Advanced tools [20]
2 Crawler drones [10]
Automated hand guns [1]
AI core [1]

Crates [2]
      2 GL (standalone) -
      4 GL (attachment)
      6 ion G. reusable -
      20 inc. G
     100 frag G. -
     40 space suits (decent quality)
     20 patches
     10 breaches


475 units of railgun ammunition [Scrap Based, S] [47.5]
25 Hollow rail gun shells [Scrapbased, L] [25]
     -Water [25/25]
8 ballista arrows [Scrap based, M] [4]
10 ballista arrows [Scrapbased, Hardened arrow head ,M] [5]
9 HD slugs [Scrapbased, L] [9]
1 Hand made missiles(Slow, unguided, Medium payload) [Unreliable] [3]
10 mosquito missiles [5]

Damaged Original reactor [200]

Spoiler: Fuel Use (click to show/hide)

Short use (Dodging, in area short movement)
- Cargo shuttle: 5 fuel
- Lamprey: 1 fuel
- Auxilary engines: 1.25 each
- Main engines: 10 each
Medium use(Exploration of sector, moving between relatively close sectors)
-Cargo shuttle: 10 fuel
- Lamprey: 5 fuel
- Auxilary engines : 2.5 each (Note, even at the best of times you can only use 4 due to their placement)
- Main engines : 15 each
Long term use (Moving between relatively far away sectors)
-Cargo shuttle: 25 fuel
- Lamprey: 10 fuel
- Auxilary engines : 7.5 each (Note, Even at the best of times you can only use 4 at once due to their placement)
- Main engines : 25 each

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

-John Gibson (TylerTheCreator)
     -Gunner
-Promtho (Terra 162)
     -Engineer
-Diana Banks (Ukrainian Ranger)
     -Diplomat
          -Negotiation: 9 points
          -Information gathering: 5 points
          -Computer Skills: 2 points
-George William Gyralt (GreatWyrmWold)
     -Doctor
-Legion McCaffee (Dariush)
     -Mechanic
Max Lukasson (Tophat)
     -Pilot
-Baxter (Hubris Incalculable)
    -Computer Technician
Charlie Phelps (The Card)
    -Field medic
Shia Trotsky (GotdamnMiracle)
    -Recon
    -Lightweight armored EVA equipment (+4 defense, fire resistant)
David Chapel
    -Head of personnel
Domas (Aseaheru)
   -EVA
   -Pulse rifle
        -EVA: 8
        -combat:5
        -mechanics/ whatever you call building in space:3
Lukas Knight (BigJames_B)
      -Engineering - 9 points
      -Laser Pistols (Proficiency and Maintenance) - 3 points
      -Smuggling Knowledge - 4 points
AI
   -All actions : 4

Spoiler: Memoranda (click to show/hide)

If you want an action executed by the crew, just type and bold it. If you want it to be done by your character, please explicitedly state so, and use bold +Italics.
Character actions might be ignored during conflicts or for secret GM reasons.

Spoiler: Memo (click to show/hide)

You might or might not have noticed, but I decided to overhaul the entire roll system behind this game. This should add some variation in the mix.

As such, all players get 16 points to divide over 3 different skills

Spoiler: On RP (click to show/hide)

Frankly, I don't care. Just make sure the action is legible and understandable. If you want some rules, have them.

1. Be nice, respectfull, whatever ... (Obligatory common sense rule)
2. RP is encouraged, but not required/
3. Try to keep IC and OOC seperate. Don't answer OOC to IC questions. (The reverse is fine, but confusing, so maybe better not)
4. Make sure people can tell the stuff apart.

[Aseaheru]

Domas watches the wreckage of the improvised rocket thoughtfully.
Well that could have gone better. Anyone up for a good old fashioned boarding? who knows, we might find a group of AI's this time.

[10ebbor10]

((Just as a note, you did little more that shooting in the windows of bridge.))

[Aseaheru]

of the bomb. i might want to fix that...

[Big_James_B]

((Just as a note, you did little more that shooting in the windows of bridge.))

Yeah from that description we've given ourselves a minute or two, possibly killed one or two pirates and gave them a good scare. Now we need to quickly travel over and board the ship and force them to surrender.
I wouldn't be surprised if they begin to arm themselves after being "forced" out of their own bridge.

Wait - from the sound of the quote...perhaps it wasn't as effective as I thought...
Another thing - I was just wondering - how rules lite are RPs? The RPs I've been in were mostly just that - role-playing and mutual "yeah, that'd happen if you do that".

[Gotdamnmiracle]

"Get us over there, Max. Drop us in the now empty bridge. Ready boys?"