((Other than this used to be your char being sent on dangerous missions that will likely get you killed for an oppressive totalitarian government, and now its about being sent on dangerous missions that will likely get you killed AGAINST a oppressive Totalitarian space government no, I dont currently know what is going on, but I could get caught up and post by the end of the night [Aka I don't know what a sod team is, but if it gets me gaming sooner than sure =P] =D as for any questions, I'm the kind of person who asks as they come up? So I don't really have any for now. I like the tips and tricks though =D))
Some supplementary info on sods that DP missed- they're
extremely skilled. Pretty much, they are perfectly accurate with any weapon they're trained in, know all the weaknesses and vulnerabilites of anything the UWM fields, and are generally masterful at combat. But they are incapable of creative thought; hand them an unfamiliar weapon, ask them a question they haven't been programmed to answer, or tell them to think up a plan, and they will blankly stare at you.
As far as the current mission: We captured Hephaestus, one of the UWM's main factory worlds, thanks in large part to Steve sending all the ships that usually guard it off on a wild goose chase. Anyways, the guards are back now. They've already tried to retake the world through a ground invasion, but we repelled them (barely). So now the ships are basically just sitting in orbit as a blockade.
Since we're low on spaceships, we decided to board them instead of just shooting them down. We've already fired all the boarding pods except for two sod teams, so you can't join a boarding party in person, but you can command one of those sod teams.