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[Dwarmin]

Well wasn't such an in depth post to wait for huh.


What is the plan, team? Sorry for the series of questions to follow, it's just I don't want Aubrey to die:

We could wait until the transaction is done, and jump on them - but then we'd have to chase two fleeing in different directions, presuming he doesn't just kill us all.

If we got there before him, we could go to his room and steal it off him then somehow kill him. But it could be trapped.

It would require a considerable feat of timing to get there just as it goes down.

He could always end up dead or damaged in the apparent ambushed the goat purchase is leading to.

I can't think right now what is best.



Also - are we going to have like an away team? Who is going to face him? What are our combat strengths?

I'm not really a fighty sort of person (I'm not sure if I can be useful in combat without a bunch of weird artifacts which I may or may not have), but it seems to me everyone going in there is walking into a trap, based on the evidence we have. Trap, plus all the other mercies are gonna have a big brawl. Ironically he's walking into a trap as well. So my idea is we would go in and observe, beforehand. Look for anything suspicious. Maybe strike up a deal with a fellow mercy crew+agree to split profits if we can trust them. Assuming they're not all nimrods, they probably got the same idea...even if we end up double crossing one another later, we can at least work together to get rid of the other competition first.

It's pretty clear that all of us are getting set up for something...so let's find out what. I'd prefer not to walk into whatever they have planned for us.

Also, someone should do some research/ask some questions on the Ciccio Ranch and it's current owners. Unless said mysterious agency behind all this killed them all, and/or hacked/duped their signal, they are a front for whatever is going on. Since they had broadwaved the signal, pretty much like ringing a dinner bell.

...

As for tactics, Khate, Kesari and Scarlet are all direct soldier types. The rest are specialists-Aubrey is an infiltrator, Sadish is a field medic, and Boris is a combat engineer. We pretty much need everybody in, though Boris could potentially sit it out if we want him to fly/maneuver the ship.

[lawastooshort]

Tactics: yes. I think I need to learn how much I can use Aubrey's powers i.e. mindhack. I can disrupt what is a key feature of the target's tactics.

Also I think you probably need to inject us all with a vaccine as you suggest as quick as possible.

edit: I edited my action to ask about Ciccio and also buy a jump calculation if within budget.

[lawastooshort]

Dwarmin - I don't think we can get there before the deal goes down, as it was in 22 minutes whilst Aubrey was talking...

Also nothing interesting about Ciccio.

Perhaps tactics would be for Khate, Kesari and Scarlet to be the first line with Aubrey (hopefully doing something to his enhancements) and Sadish (with the plasters at the ready) as back up - not sure about Boris.

Since we can't get there first, the sensible thing to do might be to get there last OR to intercept him on the Flounder. The only thing is it could lead to him destroying the whole place, which would be bad PR for us. If we try to get to the farm last, we might miss him and he'll fly off, and we'll have to chase him across the galaxy.

[Digital Hellhound]

Boris is happy to fulfill either a combat or support role, but I did just obtain delicious high explosives that could come in handy. He's also encased in a heavy-duty industrial exoskeleton modified to suit a conquering king, so if need be he can hit people with fists built to smash walls.

...which doesn't make it intended for combat, but such little details are beneath Royalty. You stop caring after a certain age.

[lawastooshort]

We should implant Boris into the Flounder station, and have him pretend to be a decorative piece of armour, like in many a cartoon I have seen. Then at the critical moment, as the target admires this antique piece of armour, BAM! fist built to smash walls in the face!

[Digital Hellhound]

We should implant Boris into the Flounder station, and have him pretend to be a decorative piece of armour, like in many a cartoon I have seen. Then at the critical moment, as the target admires this antique piece of armour, BAM! fist built to smash walls in the face!

This is now the plan. You all can work out all the details, I'll just get ready and prepare to POW.

[Tiruin]

[...]

Which station? Bear in mind that space station is sort of like 'city' or 'he/she', it's fine as long as it's unambiguous- though I probably don't have room to throw stones on that count.

The Reunion has little to no sensor capability beyond the solar system she's in (unless you do something clever), so you can't just bounce a signal off Flounder. Also, more than cursory scans tend to make people 'nervious'. It's like asking a person how there day is. A little bit is fine between strangers, but you start asking when they get off work and whether or not their route home takes them through any dark alleys and they're probably going to start edging away.

In short, a scan of Deliria will be blocked and a polite paragraph about the station's public information will be fed back. The Flounder is still light years away, and thus beyond your typical reach.

Oops! I keep misinterpreting things due to epic tiredness!

I'm happy to know the usual protocol being taken here if we're being intrusive Thank you formality and reasonable people. I do believe the current plan is 'everyone get back on ship; we're buying ourselves our target, then commence the battle'.

In the least a few projected and most likely scenarios are:
> There are other mercs that softened up our target
> We arrive just in time (how long is bore travel? That goes with preparations and such--is it connected to how good our engine is too?), and then plan from there
> We arrive just with a few minutes to spare and in range of our target that we can reach them if we take initiative
> We arrive but need to spend time moving to our target, although are in the same system.

Possible worries:
> Some of our characters don't know the full scope of our target's abilities (ie I don't think mine does know what the...how the tech works and how to counter that [OOC, I am pretty afraid of someone who can teleport next to you and do stabs That's knowing a snippet of action for you.])
> I've no idea how little or much time works Like, how fast can a ship move in a system in space, and does it matter or is it figuratively taken care of based on if you say so?
> Personally, Kesari isn't that useful at close-range or closed-spaces due to her requirement of space for speed (and thus mobile gun platform capabilities) or generally a way to build up speed for her to work her soldier-skills.

[Draignean]

Well, Khate's personality has now become heavily linked to Buffy in my head, to the point where I'm reading her the same voice.

[Tiruin]

Well, Khate's personality has now become heavily linked to Buffy in my head, to the point where I'm reading her the same voice.

If you mean a certain Vampire Slayer, I'm all for this if IO is.

[lawastooshort]

Draignean - do we need to be a bit more concrete about what we want to do before you can proceed?

[Dwarmin]

Draignean - do we need to be a bit more concrete about what we want to do before you can proceed?

*GM posts 3000 word essay 20 minutes later*

[Draignean]

Draignean - do we need to be a bit more concrete about what we want to do before you can proceed?

Hroom. I have proceeded, it just takes time. Because I write stupid long updates, and today will be busy with the annual "NOT DEAD YET" festivities.

EDIT:

Draignean - do we need to be a bit more concrete about what we want to do before you can proceed?

*GM posts 3000 word essay 20 minutes later*

Yeah. I'm a dick like that.

[lawastooshort]

Oh! I assumed the delay was due to our responses being somewhat vague, and that you were therefore taking advantage to write dream sequences for Dwarmin

[Draignean]

If your responses are too vague I'll leave a message here (or send a PM) and come into your house at night wreck up the place.

[Tiruin]

Draignean - do we need to be a bit more concrete about what we want to do before you can proceed?

*GM posts 3000 word essay 20 minutes later*

Yeah. I'm a dick like that.

You remind me a lot of me (until anxiety made a road block that I'm still clearing to the tiny bits). :I Keep doing that please!