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[USEC_OFFICER]

TURN 5

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

The "Floating Coffin" fires several laser bolts at the "Nerlin"! (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 5 -> 1:3)

[3] The laser bolts do only cosmetic damage to the armour of the "Nerlin".

The "Magnum" fires its lasers at the "Nacome". (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 5 -> 1:3)

[3] The "Nacome" manages to avoid the lasers just in time.

The "Cirow", "Terin", "Vergino", "Vaszack" and "Quetitelo" launch warheads from their holds!

A swarm of PPSR torpedoes intercept the "Watchful Vigilance" at (15, 12)! (Attack: 12 vs. Defence: 2 -> 4:1)

[2] The "Watchful Vigilance" manages to out maneuver the torpedoes for a while, but it's quickly engulfed by the swarm. -1

The "Watchful Vigilance" has been vapourized!

A set of BT-1 Mines and 1-B Torpedoes collide at (08, 12) and destroy each other.

Some 1-B Torpedoes detect the "Hi Wa We" at (08, 12) and move in to intercept. (Attack: 10 vs. Defence: 10 -> 1:1)

[4] Large chucks are gouged out of the carrier's armour, but the interior of the ship remains perfectly safe. -1

Spoiler: Sensor Readings (click to show/hide)

Bump

We are all ready right?

Yes, I'm just a lazy bastard. It's getting to be obvious that we probably won't complete all 10 scenarios, but at the very least I'd like to finish this one and then figure out where to go from there. Probably that RPGish idea I've been toying with. We'll see.

Oh, and I've formally decided that mines/torpedoes will go for each other first, then the largest enemy ship they can attack. Obviously that means they can only attack once, and not every ship on the hex. Just for future reference.

I cannot, however, see a way yet to enter orbit around the sun without using fuel.

If I remember correctly Lenglon figured out a stable orbit around a star, but it's definitively a bit odd. Check the USEC thread if you want to see the details.

[mastahcheese]

Bump for awesomeness.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Doomblade seems to be away again, so we're waiting on him.

[mastahcheese]

I suppose the delinquent player thread would spoil too much for the other side, and it's too in-depth unless you know what you're doing.
Maybe a vote from the USEC players?

[Doomblade187]

Working on my turn now.

EDIT: Done.

[USEC_OFFICER]

TURN 6

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

COMBAT

The "Qutitelo" aims its sights at the "Magnum". (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 5 -> 1:1)

[3] The "Magnum" swoops ungracefully, but manages to dodge the incoming fire.

The "Magnum" fires its laser pulse cannon at the "Qutitelo"! (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:3)

[1] The"Magnum" should get better gunners. Its shots go wide and completely miss the "Qutitelo".

The "General Ted" unleashes a hellish barrage from its WMC-4 and two 1-R Cannons at the "Qutitelo". (Attack: 12 vs. Defence: 4 -> 3:1) (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1) (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1)

[1] [5] [5] The "Qutitelo" somehow manages to avoid the WMC-4's deadly blast, but is smashed to pieces by the cannons. -2

The "Qutitelo" is now a floating pile of junk!

The "Vergino" fires upon the "Floating Coffin" with its railgun. (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 2 -> 1:1)

[3] The "Floating Coffin" barely machines to dodge the incoming slugs!

The "Floating Coffin", in a last-ditch move to save themselves, fires upon the "Vergino". (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 2 -> 1:1)

[4] The shots manage to connect, striking the "Vergino" in its hold. -1

Despite safety measures several mines in the hold detonate, ripping the "Vergino" in half and destroying it!

The "Beous Erie" points its railgun at the "Floating Coffin". (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 2 -> 2:1)

[1] The shots manage to miss the "Floating Coffin" by a hair!

The "Teakass" and "Nerlin" warm up their Mac Cannons. (Attack: 8 vs. Defence: 2 -> 4:1)

[6] [4] The "Floating Coffin" is hit. -4

The "Floating Coffin" is vapourized.

The "Hegi" fires at the "General Ted" with its Railgun. (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 8 -> 2:3)

[3] The shots almost seem to bounce off "General Ted"'s armour.

The "Dashing Brilliance" fires upon the BT-1 Mines at (14,11). (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 2 -> 1:1)

[2] Several mines are lost, but more than enough survive to ruin the day of any ship they meet.

LAUNCHING

The "Dick Shafter", "Driller", "Blunt Instrument", "Vasack", "Ebjini" and "Beous Erie" launch items from their holds.

INTERCEPTION

The missiles launched by the "Blunt Instrument" fly too close to the star and fall into the its gravity well.

A two swarms of BT-1 Mines detect the presence of the "Western Fields" at (08, 09). (Attack: 10 vs. Defence: 10 -> 1:1)

[5] [2] The "Western Fields" is too slow to respond, and the mines score several direct hits. -1

Spoiler: Sensor Readings (click to show/hide)

Let me know if anything is wrong, because I'm almost certain I've messed something up.

Also: Best thing about combat? Less ships to check for sensor readings. Figuring out those readings probably takes up half of the time working on the turn.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Right. Doomblade is gone for a while and Lenglon and GreatWyrmGold don't seem to want to give his ships any orders. So, are there any folks watching this that want to fill in for Doomblade? It's either that or we wait until he gets back.

[Rolepgeek]

I wanna play! I don't know what's been happening in the game, but I want to play!

[USEC_OFFICER]

I wanna play! I don't know what's been happening in the game, but I want to play!

Excellent. Read the rules in the opening post, and then head on down to the USEC Thread. You'll be commanding Doomblade's ships until he comes back in a couple days.

[Doomblade187]

Back. Rolepgeek can keep my ships if I'm late again, though.

[USEC_OFFICER]

TURN 7

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

The crew of the "General Ted" receives congratulations and recommendations for medals.

The "Admiral Wilson" suffers a incident on its bridge with an escaped prisoner. First Mate Rolle Giek temporarily takes command.

COMBAT

The "Daring Escape" and "Resolute" charges up their capacitors and fire a barrage of lasers at the "Hegi"! (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:3)

[5] [5] Several centimetres of armour are burned off the "Hegi"'s frame, but not much else.

The "Spitfire" spins on its axis to bring its railgun and lasers to bear on the "Hegi". (Attack: 4 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1) (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1)

[1] [1] The helmsman is a bit too enthusiastic, and the "Spitfire"'s guns swing away before they can make a good shot.

The "Magnum" decides to take on the "Hi Wa We" with its laser cannon. (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 10 -> NaN)

Obviously the "Magnum"'s shots do almost nothing to the "Hi Wa We"'s armour.

The "General Ted" also trains its guns on the "Hi Wa We". (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 10 -> 1:3)

[1] [1] The shots rebound off the carrier's thick armour, barely denting it.

The "Space Falcon" takes careful aim with its laser cannon at "Beous Erie". (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:3)

[5] Large, ugly chunks are gouged out of "Beous Erie"'s armour, but nothing critical is damaged.

The "Blunt Instrument" swivels to face the "Hegi" with its cannons. (Attack: 4 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1) (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1)

[4] [1] The "Hegi" must be cursed with the devil's luck, for it only suffers damage to its bow. -1

"Driller" and "Dick Shafter" try to finish off the "Hegi" with their pulse lasers. (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:3)

[4] [2] Unsurprisingly the lasers fail to hit any critical systems, though the "Hegi" is definitively looking worse for wear.

A screen of mines part at the "Ebjini" aims at the "Dashing Brilliance" (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 5 -> 1:1)

[4] The shots fly true, severely crumpling the ship's armour. -1

Several crew aboard the "Ebjini" lose control of their bowels as the "Admiral Wilson" points its charged WMC in their direction. (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 4 -> 1:1) (Attack: 12 vs. Defence: 4 -> 3:1)

[4] [4] [4] The "Ebjini"'s armour is ripped apart by shots from the "Admiral Wilson"'s railguns, before the WMC fires upon its exposed core. -3

The damage causes the fusion plant to fail, with its human operators are unable to respond in time. The damage is minimal, but without power the "Ebjini" is little more than a floating wreck.

The "Strike Breaker" starts to snipe the mines at (14, 10). (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 2 -> 1:1)

[4] The crew manning the laser cannon prove themselves and quickly shoot the mines out of space. -1

The crew of the "Vaszack" sense their impending doom, and try to fend off the "Dashing Brilliance" with their railgun. (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 5 -> 1:3)

[4] The "Archen" railgun lacks power, and fails to do much against the USEC ship.

The captain of the "Dashing Brilliance" giggles with glee as the Missile Launchers aim at the "Vaszack". (Attack: 8 vs. Defence: 2 -> 4:1)

[1] [5] A calibration error causes many of the missiles to miss their target, but an equal number hit the minelayer. -2

With the explosions from the missiles and its fuel tanks rupturing, the "Vaszack" is now a large chunk of scrap metal.

The "Dashing Brilliance"'s takes a few seconds to cheer their success before trying to hit the "Bermadour" with their pulse laser cannon. (Attack: 2 vs. Defence: 2 -> 1:1)

[5] The tiny vessel tries to dodge, but without a compensator it can only accelerate so fast, and takes several laser shots against its bow. -1

Being little more than a repurposed EN-42L, the bridge and most of the crew of the "Bermadour" are vapourized, leaving the vessel in no shape to fight.

The "Beous Erie" attempts to avenge their fallen comrades, and fires at the "Dashing Brilliance". (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 5 -> 1:1)

[1] A malfunction with the railgun cuts its barrage short, but the problem is quickly resolved.

The "Hegi" fires a barrage of shots at the "Hi Wa We". (Attack: 5 vs. Defence: 10 -> 1:3)

[2] The shots go wide, possibly due to the bounding the "Hegi" has received.

LAUNCHING

The "Terin", "Lidloh", "Cirow", "Teakass" and "Nerlin" all release objects from their holds.

INTERCEPTION

The "Strike Breaker" pasts too close to the mines at (15, 08). (Attack: 10 vs. Defence: 6 -> 3:2)

[6] The "Strike Breaker" manages to make it through the mines in a cloud of debris. -1

PPSRs from the "Nerlin" fly towards the "Space Falcon" at (10, 08). (Attack: 12 vs. Defence: 5 -> 2:1)

[1] The torpedos' electronics appear to be faulty, and almost all of them explode harmlessly.

Spoiler: Sensor Readings (click to show/hide)

I'm an idiot for not realizing earlier that the USEC could easily snipe the Union's scouts without much fear of retaliation. Sorry about that. Next mission will probably drop sensor readings altogether, since it's a lot of work for me to do yet seems to add very little to the game.

Sorry about taking so long with the turn. Nobody wanted to give orders to Doomblade's ships, and then I was busy with family things and general laziness. But at least it's finally up and we can start playing again, especially when combat is heating up nicely.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Turn removed at Lenglon's insistence.

[USEC_OFFICER]

-snip-

*cough*Wrong thread*cough*

[GreatWyrmGold]

Oops.

[Lenglon]

Oops.

> so edit it out! don't just leave it there! tick tock tick tock!