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[zchris13]

Give me some zoom on that ship please. I need a bigger picture of him.

[Akigagak]

What, Redds'?

Try the second to last one.
About my ship, I've made a missile launcher that fires 300 missiles a second.
Does this count as moar dakka?

[zchris13]

Flee quickly, south.

This is specific to my ship.

[Sensei]

What, Redds'?

Try the second to last one.
About my ship, I've made a missile launcher that fires 300 missiles a second.
Does this count as moar dakka?

Yes, but it's also imbalanced and not terribly creative, to say nothing of its potential effects on framerate. No you fool, it's a Macross Missile Massacre! Do you know nothing?!
Also, the flunky (I love how everyone's taken to calling him that ) was one of the racer ships from early in the game. Not only was he underpowered to begin with, he decided to get up close to shoot at Shadowdump.
Also, the Dieterling has been nerfed slightly- consider inefficient Dieterling Devices to be known story background for your characters. Anyway, time for violence!
You advance, taking the first shots. OOC, I really wish i could give commands to the enemies...


He's quickly outmaneuvered the party, having warp-jumped out of the way of a missile. Red takes the brunt of the volley.

The fire is fierce! The Mauler knocks out Redd's missiles with a hail of flak- for now. Redd is circling the party.


Redd is hit by RAM's laser beams, in a critical fastener! A cascading explosion tears off his right section, destroying three of Redd's engines!


Shortly thereafter, Redd is space dust, before your mob of ships. Looks like he should have brought backup.
No-one is seriously damaged, although RAM lost one of his lasers and the other is badly damaged. Those can be replaced. There might also be an engine upgrade in store for Shadowdump, so that he can close in with his flamethrower. A missile launcher is found as well.
Blah, I'm still trying to find a balanced, difficult-but-not-impossible encounter...
Update sometime tonight regarding ESD and Von, probably.

[RAM]

Woohoo, I can move! And shoot! And separate myself from the suspicious pile most everyone else has formed...

Let's go back and check on the prisoner...

I am going to have to add some reenforcements to my weapons...

[Sensei]

You manage to salvage a mostly function Wil Wheatonx1 from the debris.

He is inside a refrigerator. "It worked, didn't it?"
"I have forbidden you from reminding me of that movie! Such insolence!"
Ed meets you in the backroom of his diner.
"Good job out there. You showed you really know to handle your ship- which means you just might be up to moving some goods for me. I've got some Chill Pills- not even illegal, normally. They ship to Yarogolek. Which is now blockaded, soon the Ion Corridor might be as well. There's a war brewing. Anyway, if you can push the pills in, you'll turn a tidy profit- plus, you'll keep my uncle joey from flying off the handle. Which would be saving my ass tenfold."
Ed starts to leave for an order, but Sensei holds him up. "One last thing- we learned the other day that your grape soda is flammable. Very much so."
"Well, you see, it's got a lot of-"
RAM interjected- through the comms, as was his wont. "I am ob_servINg high q_ua^ntiTIES of be_ta radi^ati_on."
"You know what, Ed- I don't even wanna know. I seriously do not want to know."
"I'm still drinkin' it." said CJ "Besides, it means I'm always armed."
"I just try the orange soda..." said Sensei.
Back at the base, most of the crew is excited (if that even works) for a short break and rest. Shadowdump, however, eagerly rushes to the laboratory section, like a child on Christmas morning- who actually thinks they might get the military grade weaponry they've put on their wish list.
"Hey, Von!"
About half of the considerable team of men looked up, with a chorus of "Ja?". There must be a lot of 'Von's.
"Eh- whoever called?"
Richthofen ordered the rest of the lab back to work. "Ah, I vas looking to see you! We 'ave som of zee new weapons- more dachka" (he has great difficulty pronouncing the onomatopoeia), "as you say. Vehold!"

[RAM]

*veholds*

[SHAD0Wdump]

*veholds*

Also,engine upgrade? YES!

[RedWarrior0]

Veholds!

[Spartan 117]

*veholds*

[Zorgn]

*veholds*

[Sensei]

You vehold the machine gun.

After a dozen seconds or so, your eyes get pretty dry, so you have to blink (RAM excluded).

Richthofen, already tired of speaking english, has his apprentice inform you that more of these can be made, and used in place of blasters or machine guns. They do more damage per-second than blasters, and aren't interceptible. The small version is similar, only with smaller rounds and less range. The smaller one in particular has a tendency to spray.

Shadowdump's engines will be upgraded to as fast as they can go for with his current chassis and weapons. A ship designed entirely to close on enemies with the flamethrower may be a later consideration.

...now that you're done veholding, you may want to decide on an action.

[RAM]

Run the blockade!

[SHAD0Wdump]

Well I'd certainly like to have the two of my wing blasters replaced by these.

As for what next,lets do Ed's job eh?

[Keita]

posting to track thread.