While I do not intend to do more than one turn per day, out of respect for schedules and time zones, everyone's actions were posted so I wrote it up. If you would like to order PAL, do so before midnight tonight and it'll count for this turn. Deadline for next turn's actions is not midnight tonight but the midnight after.A bomb?!? I scan as much a I can
You jack in to the Pyrrhus's systems [5]. It is natural, as if the entire ship were your own body. [1] You step on PAL's toes a bit in the process. You then scan Mars and Deimos [hidden rolls]. Mars looks normal, but not Deimos.
Deimos is about 6 kilometers in diameter, which is normal. However, its surface is completely smooth. Looking closely, you see a bit of debris from Phobos's destruction approach Deimos, only to disappear. [hidden roll] You spot the same bit of rock on the opposite side of Deimos, it has been teleported! Such technology does not exist in your time.
[hidden roll] Under it's surface, Deimos is completely honeycombed by small conduits. [hidden roll] There are faint readings suggesting a running matter-antimatter reactor, yet none of the tell-tale signs of antimatter storage.
That's all you get, if I roll again you might get another 5. Insane rolls. Tempting to show them to you.
I angerly berate my crewmates on not listening, completely not voicing my suspicions that transcended energy beings are likely to attack soon.
[6] Warning klaxons begin to sound. For an instant PAL looks like a shield, then he is again a flaming battleaxe.
"Heroes, to arms! Unknown entities have boarded, without disrupting the shields or hull! As terrifying a concept as this is," he is again a shield for a mere instant
"try to control your fear, and use it against these foes!"Sometimes you hate being right.
[3]
"Whatever they are, they are currently in the outer ring, near the laser batteries' batteries."A diagram of the Pyrrhus flashes, showing that it is basically composed of 5 rings (in 2D). From outer to inner:
1) Hull - armor, lasers, launchers, shield generators. Also the docking bays
(your location)2) Habitation - living quarters, equipment and food storage, and the command center
(not your location)3) Secure Storage - The Bombs, collected antimatter, and the Black Cube.
Loads of turrets and alarm systems.4) Physics - Houses the antimatter reactor and the time-travel device.
Kinda important.5) Mass Driver - The hollow firing tube at the center of the ship, exposed to space on both sides, plus the accelerators and ammunition.
Find oxygen pack. Because I intend to blow shiz up HARDCORE.
[1] Oxygen packs are in ring 2, Habitation. You better hope you blow shiz up better than you find oxygen, because stuff is about to try to blow up you.
Order PAL to alphastrike mars, i work on manufuacturing extra ammo for my shoulder mounted launcer (just to let you know, i saw them as mini incendiary missiles)
PAL reminds you that an alphastrike of lasers is unlikely to harm Mars beyond superheating a portion of the surface. Also, it turns out there's an emergency situation!
You all may still order PAL to take an action before the deadline at midnight. You can even laser Mars if you like.[1] While your shoulder launcher is armed with 2 rockets (Good thing you checked your weapons last turn), you have no means of manufacturing extra ammo. Maybe one of your friends can help, or you could find some in ring 2, Habitation (and equipment storage).
I tell PAL to mass driver Deimos's antimatter generator, as well as to fight the boarders using energy weapons to disrupt their photonic resonance..
You give the order, and PAL acknowledges. You do notice Bob (Nirur Tor) and Sirrush (Wolfchild) giving orders of their own.
[4] Unfortunately ring 1 is not equipped with automated security systems - energy and space are dedicated to the weapon and shield systems. However, PAL has determined that the intruders are likely corporeal, given that some systems in their path have been sliced apart.
PAL currently has limited access to the sensor systems, as Aigas is using them.
Again, if anyone wants to order PAL, just do it before midnight tonight and it will count for this turn.But please wait until tomorrow to post actual *actions* for turn 4. Discussion is fine, but it's easier for me if you post your actions tomorrow.