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[AzyWng]

After an uneasy silence passed, Andel decided to go and pilot the ship, as he was the most skilled pilot onboard. He'd follow the orders of the other crewmembers regarding movement.

[AkumaKasai]

((I'm still here, just a bit lazy.))

I'm done waiting. Let's kill the whale and be done with it.

Shoot the whale with three normal rail gun rounds aimed for the center of mass. Stop shooting, and wait to fire again until either it tries to attack us, or its been a few minutes and the whale's still moving.

[AzyWng]

Well, I guess the best way to figure out how something's gonna react is to test it.

If the whale attempts to retaliate in some fashion, attempt evasive maneuvers (if possible).

[The Ensorceler]

In for a penny, in for a pound...

Add to the barrage by using the harpoon turret. Aim for a flipper, if possible.

[Coolrune206]

Edward, with a stupid smile, goes and re-attaches himself to the harpoon he was previously launched from. He gives a thumbs up to anyone in the general area, and declares he wishes to be launched into combat.

[The Ensorceler]

Oh, no you don't!

Fire before Edward gets a chance. He can zipline down this time.

[Person]

As an aside, I figured I'd answer this since I apparently forgot to before.

(Does our ship have any kind of drop-pod technology standard? Even a kind of escape pod or life pod?)

Drop pods? No. Escape/life pods? Yes. They're not really something that's likely to get any use, but they're there. The thing is, if you need to abandon ship there's pretty good odds that whatever broke the ship is going to go for the pods next, which makes the whole exercise rather pointless. You've got no ship, and it is rather unlikely you'd fight off a whale without it. However, in the hypothetical scenario where the ship is destroyed and a call for help succeeds, I'll definitely go to the trouble of showing them off. It'd certainly be suspenseful at any rate.

As an alternative, it may be possible to load possible invaders into a life pod and shoot them off into space. I hadn't really thought about them until after the first whale hunt so sorry about that. Kinda weird how easy it is to miss obvious design features, eh? Then again it is a bit of a junker after all.

[AzyWng]

Person? Are you all right?

[Coolrune206]

Person? Are you all right?

That's a bit... personal... don't you think?

[Person]

Actually no. Haven't been all right. Am better now though. Should be able to update soon.

Edit: btw nice pun

[Coolrune206]

Sorry for bumping, but this game was great; a ridiculous concept, and a good execution. I'd like to see it continued

[Person]

(Is this the Let's Players'/Commentator's Curse? Man, I really should avoid making promises in the future. There's really no excuse for why this is so late, especially after I bumped. crazyabe isn't here but screw it, I really gotta get this show on the road. I'm sure he was just waiting for actual combat. )

After an uneasy silence passed, Andel decided to go and pilot the ship, as he was the most skilled pilot on board. He'd follow the orders of the other crew members regarding movement. If the whale attempts to retaliate in some fashion, attempt evasive maneuvers (if possible).

Andel makes his way to the pilot seat, making himself more familiar with the controls. He'll be more than ready to avoid an attack, in theory.

Shoot the whale with three normal rail gun rounds aimed for the center of mass. Stop shooting, and wait to fire again until either it tries to attack us, or its been a few minutes and the whale's still moving.

Tired of waiting, Anna sends a rail gun round flying towards the whale! It isn't the best shot given that they're still in orbit. Despite this, it makes a bee line towards the whale and... is deflected? By what? She can't really tell from this distance. The whale starts moving to engage, but the rail gun has plenty of time to charge for a second shot... Or it would if it didn't start overheating all of a sudden. Deja vu eh? It'll be ready next turn.

I will wait by the laser. if we decide to attack, I will use the laser.

Techni fares little better, all of the lasers being either off target or absorbed by the planets atmosphere.

Add to the barrage by using the harpoon turret. Aim for a flipper, if possible.

This is unfortunate outside the harpoon turret's range. Techni will be more than ready when the whale approaches though.

Edward, with a stupid smile, goes and re-attaches himself to the harpoon he was previously launched from. He gives a thumbs up to anyone in the general area, and declares he wishes to be launched into combat.

Fire before Edward gets a chance. He can zipline down this time.

Or he would be if he didn't change his mind due to dire circumstances. He fires the harpoon, and decides to wait before reeling it in.

Edit: Edward easily grabs onto the cable and follows it down, aided greatly by his jetpack.


The whale slowly begins to approach rising into the lower atmosphere. It is a lot more visible to the rest of the crew now, and any scans should be more effective in theory.

Statuses:

Spoiler: Ship (click to show/hide)

Ship class: "Protsvetanie" Medium Whaler
Ship name: Hyperious Interstellar Border Occurrence Peequod Pod
Credits: 760

    Hull/Structure:
    Fore: 7/7
    Aft: 7/7
    Port: 7/7
    Starboard: 7/7
    Dorsal: 7/7
    Ventral: 7/7

    Processing System: 8/8
    Propulsion System: 8/8
    Communications System: 8/8
    Sensors System: 9/9
    Control System: 8/8
     Dedicated Tracking System: 6/6
    Storage Bay: 705/900 units free.

    Weapon status:
    Kinetic Harpoon Turret-8 (Fore): 8/8
    Ram Blade Mount-1 (Fore): 1/1
    Railgun Mount-2 (Dorsal): 2/2
    Compression Laser Turret-1 (Ventral) 1/1
    CIWS-1: 1/1

    Storage:
    Jackbot-5(10u) x2
    Kinetic Harpoon-8(1u) x 70
    Explosive Harpoon-1(1u) x9
    Tranquilizer Harpoon-1(1u) x 9
    Railgun ammo-1(10u) x 3
    Tranquilizer Railgun ammo-1(10u) x3
    Gauss rounds-1(3u) x9

Spoiler: Techni Caliope Shuna (click to show/hide)

Player: Ozarck
Name: Techni Caliope Shunal
Appearance: Adult and Human. Male.

Health: Perfectly Fine.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength:6+2
Agility:7
Toughness:9
Intelligence:10
   Skills:
Weaponry:11
Piloting: 0
Technical skill:11
Medical skill: 0

Inventory:

Battle Suit-2 (Currently worn)
Jet pack Suit-3
Compression laser-1
Compression laser-1

Spoiler: Anna Lyudmila Petrov (click to show/hide)

Player: AkumaKasai
Name: Anna Lyudmila Petrov
Appearance: An adult woman. Shortish, athletic in appearance, looks vaguely Caucasian.

Health: Perfectly Fine.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength: 6
Agility: 9
Toughness: 10
Intelligence: 7
   Skills:
Weaponry: 11
Piloting: 0
Technical skill: 11
Medical skill: 0

Inventory:

Standard Suit

Spoiler: Edward Tivrusky (click to show/hide)

Player: Coolrune206
Name: Edward Tivrusky
Appearance: Male human adult. Edward has brown hair, which is neatly tucked. His kind blue eyes do an excellent job at hiding the insanity inside of him.

Health: Bruised gut, battered gut. Bruised ribs.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength: 7
Agility: 8+3
Toughness: 8
Intelligence: 8
   Skills:
Weaponry: 11
Piloting: 0
Technical skill: 6
Medical skill: 6

Inventory:

Jetpack Suit-3
Harpoon Reel Rifle-3
Kinetic Harpoon-8 x5
Sealant Pack-1 x5
Explosive pack-4 x6
Gunbot-4 Named Frank, strapped to Edward's back. Frank is holding a Kinetic Harpoon-8.

Spoiler: Dr. Alexander Violant (click to show/hide)

Player: crazyabe
Name: Dr. Alexander Violant
Appearance: Adult and Human. Male.

Health: Perfectly Fine.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength: 6+5
Agility: 6
Toughness: 6
Intelligence: 15
   Skills: (Distribute 20 points)
Weaponry: 15
Piloting: 0
Technical skill: 0
Medical skill: 6

Inventory:

Power Axe-10(Probably better than your harpoon for some tasks. I'd ask you not to cut off your team mates legs but I doubt I can stop you.)
Power Suit-5
Kinetic Harpoon-20
Kinetic Harpoon-1 x4
Harpoon Reel Rifle-5
Length of Cloth

Spoiler: Andel Dieter (click to show/hide)

Player: AzyWng
Name: Andel Dieter
Appearance: A light-skinned male with brown hair and brown eyes. About early 20s age, pretty tall.

Health: Perfectly Fine.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength: 9
Agility: 7
Toughness: 7
Intelligence: 9
   Skills:
Weaponry: 6
Piloting: 6
Technical skill: 6
Medical skill: 5

Inventory:

Standard Suit
Kinetic Harpoon-1
Kinetic Harpoon-8(In use)
Compression Laser-2

Spoiler: Maja Lukic (click to show/hide)

Player: The Ensorceler
Name: Maja Lukic
Appearance: Young adult and human. Female, with pock marks down part of her face. Would perhaps be fat if she weren't also quite tall.

Health: Perfectly Fine.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength: 5+3
Agility: 8
Toughness: 6
Intelligence: 12
   Skills:
Weaponry: 4
Piloting: 0
Technical skill: 6
Medical skill: 9

Inventory:

Power Suit-3
Explosive Harpoon-1
Tranquilizer Harpoon-1

Absent:

Spoiler: Telyor (click to show/hide)

Player: The Moonlit Shadow
Name: Telyor
Appearance: Adult and human.

Health: Perfectly Fine.

Credits: 0
   Stats:
Strength:4
Agility:20
Toughness:6
Intelligence:4
   Skills:
Weaponry:15
Piloting:0
Technical skill:7
Medical skill:0

Inventory:

Standard Suit
Sealant Pack-5 x1
Kinetic Harpoon-8
Kinetic Harpoon-10 (In use)

(I'll let Edward decide if he wants to ride the cable down anyway retroactively, since that's probably the sort of decision that should work that way. I'd just make him do it but I don't want to assume.)

[Coolrune206]

Of course Edward does the stupid thing and rides it down.

[AkumaKasai]

((Glad to see you're back Person.))
Fire as soon as the railgun is ready.

[Ozarck]

If there is no pilot, order one of the jackbots to keep the whale at medium distance. Meanwhile, once the whale is roughly out of the atmosphere, fire the lasers again!