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[Rolepgeek]

((I've been rather busy lately, so I still can't post fluff, or update my sheet, really, though I'll try to get around to it sometime after Friday, which is my birthday))

((Some patience would be nice. >.>

It's not like you're going to attack me anyway, and have three things trying to kill you instead of 2))

[GiglameshDespair]

Work on increasing the range to all the weapons

[10ebbor10]

Burrow Crystals are to dig in the airship,

You are attacking me. I'd like to know with what.

[Eric Blank]

I thought he was talking about the island, or his airship.

[Rolepgeek]

Burrow Crystals are to dig in the airship,

You are attacking me. I'd like to know with what.

Dig my airship in.

To the ground.

Dig the airship into the ground. I'm burrowing. They aren't weapons, they're utility.

[Rolepgeek]

Name: Hive Cruiser Aeros Beta

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Color: #FF7F50 (aka coral)
Theme/Background: Biomechanical hive of workers, designed for air travel and labor. Excellent genetic engineers and breeders, subspecies are made into mindless biomachines or pack-animal-esque creatures/steeds for use, and grown into specific roles and configurations, thanks to a staggering amount of genetic diversity. No actual hive-mind, just a 'for the good of the hive' mentality. Ruled democratically, actually, thanks to scent markings and a basic telepathy systemMostly Plant hybrid stuff, with liberal amounts of Insect, Bird, and Fungus. Crystals play a heavy role in technological half, and are frequently grown as part of the biological half to assist in interfacing. The hive itself is pushed by what translates as 'gravity swings' which screw with the laws of physics.
The current hive is rather small and weak by hive standards, but it will grow. Currently, it primarily consists of hangar bays which double as storage, accomodation units for workers, and construction units that travel the ship, connecting in and converting nutrients and growth material into functional grown material.
Starting present: Antigrav Productor
Stats:
Propulsion: 1
Structure: 11 / Integrity: 11
Shield: 0
Population: 13
Luck: 3
Growth [power]: 4

Weapons:

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Assault Squadrons (5 squadrons total, each with the following stats)
8 Destructiveness
8 Massiveness (SPECIAL: TAKES UP SPACE WHEN NOT IN USE/REFUELING/REARMING, RATHER THAN WHEN DEPLOYED; takes up small amount of population when deployed instead) (unknown whether applicable)
12 Speed
10 Stability
6 Specialization (destroying enemy drones/fighter squadrons, and targeting specific emplacements on enemy vessels, particularly disabling weapons, as their weapons are mostly too weak for doing major structural damage)

Siege Squadrons: (3 squadrons total, each with the following stats)
16 Destructiveness
14 Massiveness (SPECIAL: TAKES UP SPACE WHEN NOT IN USE/REFUELING/REARMING, RATHER THAN WHEN DEPLOYED; takes up small amount of population when deployed instead) (see above)
4 Speed
6 Stability
10 Specialization (long range area bombardment and heavy weapons fire; these guys are the ones doing actual structual damage, most of the time)

Boarding Squadrons: (2 squadrons total, each with the following stats)
12 Destructiveness
9 Massiveness (SPECIAL: TAKES UP SPACE WHEN NOT IN USE/REFUELING/REARMING, RATHER THAN WHEN DEPLOYED; takes up moderate amount of population when deployed instead) see above
8 Speed
8 Stability
16 Specialization (Boarding enemy vessels and wreaking havoc/taking control)

Refractor Beam Array: 3 Total Arrays; only two can be fired at the same target at any one time.
8 Destructiveness
6 Massiveness
8 Speed
8 Stability
4 Specialization

Gravity Arc Cannon: Projectiles treat their targets as the gravity center that they fall towards after being fired. 2 Total; Artillery type weapons; very slow, very powerful, nearly impossible to avoid(if you do, it's probably orbiting you instead, and you don't want to move)
18 Destructiveness
20 Massiveness
2 Speed
12 Stability
8 Specialization

Shard Point Defense Systems: Laser targeted, fire crystal shards. 4 total, very short range (would these be better as a Defense? Maybe I should switch them and Interceptor Squadrons...)
4 Damage
3 Massiveness
14 Speed
6 Stability
8 Specialization

Construction Bays may be able to produce additional squadrons, and additional Hive armament patterns are currently in storage, awaiting Growth when necessary.

Defenses:

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Interceptor Squadrons: (4 squadrons total, each with the following stats) (should these be a weapon, instead? I feel like they'd fit better as a weapon)
Specialization: 12 (take a guess )
Integrity: 6
Massiveness: 10 (SPECIAL: TAKES UP SPACE WHEN NOT IN USE/REFUELING/REARMING, RATHER THAN WHEN DEPLOYED; takes up small amount of population when deployed instead)

Stasis Projection Crystals:
Specialization: 6 (like forcefields, best against plain kinetic weapons, but essentially freeze the projectile or whatever in spacetime until the ship's not in the way anymore; or at least delay it until it can be safely destroyed by whatever else would be best to deal with it, but limited holding capacity and time)
Integrity: 16
Massiveness: 12

Energy Magnet Crystals:
Specialization: 16 (absorb incoming energy weapons fire and convert it to energy for use by the ship)
Integrity: 6
Massiveness: 12

Mirage Crystals:
Specialization: 12 (makes it harder to hit ship by morphing the outward appearance of where it is)
Integrity: 12
Massiveness: 12

Reactive/Adaptive Plating:
Specialization: 8 (SPECIAL: AS INTEGRITY GOES DOWN, SPECIALIZATION INCREASES (maybe?))Unsure if applies.
Integrity: 16
Massiveness: 16 (cannot be undeployed, only destroyed)

Additional Defenses may be be possible to be Grown, and existing defenses may be improved and Adapted to existing threats.

Spoiler: Utility (click to show/hide)

Foraging Parties x2
Burrow Crystals
Assimilation Vessels
Landing Gear

What I believe the airship will look like after the current turn resolves.

I apologize for the still heinous lack of fluff text for weapons/armor/utility as to give a better idea of what they do precisely to achieve the effects, but I will try to fix that tomorrow or this weekend.

[Aklyon]

after the current turn resolves.

Its not taking superlong from it being a complicated turn, but mainly from me having the same kind of problem as RAM was having.
I could post the turn I have partly-done currently (it has dice, and very bla text), but it sounds boring.

[Rolepgeek]

Wasn't accusing you of anything, was just trying to clarify that since my ship is changing over the course of the current turn, and will be over the course of the next one, what it was formatted for.

[Aklyon]

I know, it was just a good quote to use

[Aklyon]

RAM, I'm just going to leave the hugeness as a general bonus, and be more specific later.
Turn 9

Event roll: 1
Everyone is attacked by a pile of oranges and end up somewhat more citrus-scented.
As the sun moves on to midmorningish, the wind considers changing direction but ends up not doing so. Still blowing north.

The castle is ours! Are any of us good at piloting? Besides that, let us commence the adjustments! Grazing space for everyone!

So...hi. Not sure where the baron went. Guards got too hungry. Castle taken over by navy blue chickens. Sorry for the abrupt sentences, but what else is there to report on, really? Don't even have a proper broadcaster here, just the radio I picked up on the way out.

Fluxxstone makes it to K8, continuing to bludgeon its way against the wind as the Massive Rock is cracked in two, as it was too big for a single Orbiting Fluxx. +1 Raw Fluxx

Kolima, after much hmming and hauling to get to a reasonably safe spot, land on Dr. Coggington! The inhabitants pushing Kolima climb back up, sicne you don't need to push while landed!

Dr. Coggington remains in the cloud and dedicates the entirety of their efforts to analyzing the comet and assessing the possibility of capturing it. After some significant time spent triangulating possible impacts and narrowing it down, you you have a good idea of where it'll land: somewhere within a rectangle with corners at F18 and J13, before midnight.

Hive Cruiser Aeros Beta transforms its mobility into a bit of structure as it digs in and begins exploring/assimilation things upon the island. Forager teams are sent out to ruin the ecosystem the researchers were about to study in favor of acquiring biomass, while the Assimilation crystals work on converting the dirt and the rocks. The odd signal begins showing back up after an unusually structured rock layer is broken into; Its much too symmetrical, for one thing. The signal is still as weak as it was previously however.

Krarkkus smells the potential for more destruction in the air, and begins augmenting its sight so it can see further clearly. More range would be advantageous, but one must be able to see one's target to be able to use more range.

Castle Zipworld, now with giant fan to maneuver with, hangs back and prepares to evade any incoming attacks. Hopefully there aren't any, but in the meantime, someone caught a warp crystal.

Heaven's Acropolis, now properly realigned in its targeting, readies the artillery as a squad of drones is recalled to keep important functions going. The engine crew go full force on the propulsion to get out of the gas asap. The capacitor is dumped into the engine in an attempt to close the distance and finish of the destructive airship, and while it is a great effort (+8 total), it doesn't quite make it, still being fairly out of range, and the drones still out there will have quite the flight to reach the target.

The Devastator Airship does not flee. However, it does require a tactical repair in a less exposed area, and prompts the blink drive to make it so. The Massive Volcanic Rock does not have to kind of materials that could be thrown into the flames of repair for metal after breaking it open, but you do discover a significant quantity of obsidian inside it, along with other kinds of rock. The structure is repaired and the integrity is patched up, but before work starts on the defensive ruins an alert is raised by the targeting systems: The drones are returning with probable aim at the weapon systems. Its hack of their communications with the controllers is far from perfect, but its certain on this point, and repairs are halted to prepare to intercept the drones if possible. If not, at least theres favorable odds for burning down the new threat at E18, and the shots will be fired before they arrive anyway.

Spoiler: Dicestruction! (formerly labeled 'Rolls') (click to show/hide)

---Hit---
Incinerators x10 vs Zipworld: 12+20-1 (31) vs 1+0 (1) hit! (-1 from actively evading target)
Poison Gas Launchers x14 vs Zipworld: 7+20-1 (26) vs 9+0 (9), hit!
Aerial Torpedoes x2 vs Drone Squadron D: 5+20 (25) vs 13+15-3 (25), weapons tie. See Speed section for result. (HA has -3 to hit from extended-range attack)
ClF^3 Torpedoes x4 vs Zipworld: 2+14-1 (15) vs 20+0 (20), disabled by the warp! And then turned into trees.
Drone Squadron E vs Incinerators: 14+15-3 (26) vs 5+20 (25), struck!
Drone Squadron F vs ClF^3 Torpedo launcher: 18+15-3 (30) vs 3+20 (23), struck!
Artillery vs Retribution Capacitors x2: 20+18-3 (35) vs 14+20 (34), hit!

---Speed---
Gas Launchers are not under attack, and they got a 40 anyway. They're going first. (20+20)
Aerial Torpedoes vs Drones D: 18+20 (38) vs 19+10 (29), Torpedoes strike drones.
Incinerators vs Drones E: 10+10 (20) vs 10+18 (28), Drones hit first.
ClF^3 Launchers vs Drones F: 4+1 (5) vs 5+10 (15), Drones hit first.
Artillery: 1+7 (8 ).

Resulting attack order: Gas Launchers, Aerial Torpedoes, Drones E, Incinerators, Drones F, Artillery, ClF^3.
---Crit---
Gas: 18, no crit
Torps: 9, no crit
Drones E: 14, no crit
Incin: 1, no crit
Drones F: 15, crit!
Arty: 18, crit!
ClF^3: 20, no crit.
---Damage---
Gas launchers x14: 14 damage (I'm not going to type out 14 1's, but thats what you got here), doing 14 Castle Integrity damage to Zipworld and killing 4 population.
Aerial Torpedoes x2: 8,8 = 16 damage, wrecking a lot of the squadron. See below for resulting stats.
Drone Squadron E: 14 damage to Incinerators! See above, or skip a step and see below instead.
Incinerators x10: 2,4,5,2,3,2,3,1,1,1 = 20 damage, doing 6 castle integrity damage and 10 Structure damage (and 4 overkill), destroying Castle Zipworld!
Drone Squadron F: 14*2 = 28 damage to the chemical launchers! See below!
Artillery: 15*2= 30 damage, destroying both capacitors but with no damage leftover to hit the newly repaired hull.
ClF^3: Disrupted (and would've been overkill anyway), see below.

The Devastator Airship makes quick work of the mostly defenseless Castle Zipworld, burning it down and blowing things up with the power of massive quantities of flammable gas! The fire eventually hits the new warp crystal someone had found, and King Portsummon (along with the royal ham radio) finds himself warped into a rather cramped car full of people he doesn't recognize. Eventually a security guard makes his way back into the compartment and asks him for his Acropolitan ID, how he appeared like he did, and why he brought a ham radio aboard the evac craft.

Meanwhile, the drone squadrons, after an extensive and fast flight, do not all meet with success. One of them meets with torpedoes, and is forced to turn back without doing any damage to prevent losing the entire squad. The other two do completely differing amounts of damage; One strafes the Incinerators for some damage but with no outward results, while the other hits the unstable torpedoes and causes a monstrous explosion! Somehow the Devastator Airship manages to remain airborne, but only barely. A significant amount of crew were killed in the blast, the parts that were not thrown overboard quickly being collected and hurled into the fire to patch up critical craft areas as a rain of ballistic projectiles miss said critical areas and hit the retribution capacitors, crushing them and leaving more useless scrap metal.

Spoiler: Below (click to show/hide)

Stats are from the top down, Destructiveness first and special last.

Drone Squadron D: took 16 damage. Resulting stats: 14/11/9/0/0
Incinerators: took 14 damage. Resulting stats: 5/4/10/20/6
Chlorine Tri-Fluoride Torpedo launchers: Took 28 damage, which wipes out the spec. stat on one and damages the stability of it as well. However, since they are unstable weaponry it explodes when destabilized, setting off the other three as well!
Damage rolls: 20, 4, 1, 10 = 35 damage, which, while it doesn't kill you exactly (you have 1 structure left), the Devastator Airship essentially is no more.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Color Legend (click to show/hide)

Krarkkus: #555555, a gray
Laputa: Purple
Castle Zipworld: #7F0000, dark red
Dr. Coggington: Purple, yellow trim
The Fluxxstone: #0f6e63, greenish
Heaven's Acropolis: #FFCC00, yellow
The Devastator Airship Ruins: Red
Kolima: #40824C, earthy green
Hive Cruiser Aeros Beta: #FF7F50, coral

And there ends the Laputa siege, and it getting part of the turn unless ansontan shows up. I'm considering it as part of the scenery.

[10ebbor10]

Do weapons attacks bypass defenses?

Do we respawn, with new vessels?

[Aklyon]

Well, most weapons don't explode when hit, they just get harder to aim, or lose bonuses and fire slower, and so on; its more of an inconvenience than actual damage to the skycastle. The only times you'd actually damage a skycastle through weapon damage is if you had shot apart the entire weapon system and somehow had damage leftover, or if the weapon blew up because it was unstable or had no stability left when fired.

[10ebbor10]

So for weapon attack, all stats are used as health?

On a side note, 3/4 of 30 is 7.5, so one of the capacitors should still be operational, right?

[Aklyon]

Agh, I thought I'd done everything this time!
The second capacitor is just damaged, yes.

[10ebbor10]

So before I plan my heroic sacrifice by plowing into the Heaven's Acropolis utilizing a heavily damaged capacitor*, do we get to respawn?

*shouldn't that one have exploded as well?