Iron Stars - Fleet battle

The CBSS fleet prepares for battle as its captains issue final standing orders to their ships. The fleet is prepared and all that remains is to fight.

4:20 PM

)I need to get a fleet tracker together so we will start combat tomorrow when I’m more present at a computer )

(ok for pre-combat banter/planning, or hold off until everything is ready?)

(pre combat banter is great)

CBSS fleet comms crackle to life. "This is Parsnips here, reporting in from the Motherland 1. Looking at the threat board, I'm thinking we're going to want both offensive and defensive lines. Our priority is protecting the transport. Let's make sure we've got at least two frigates on escort duty, one on either side. The rest of us should stay out in front of it until we can make a hole in their defenses big enough for the big guy to safety get through. Sound good?" (edited)

The enemy craft are enemy cruiser , a pair of heavy frigates and ten support craft split between patrol boats and destroyers occupy the system all painted in Ascension Cult purple and blue. They spread out in a loose screen between the shipyard and the planet trying to block your path.

9:14 AM

(lets get initiative for our personal ships, then snips and I can roll up the rest of the CBSS fleet and enemy, and we can divy up control)

(4) - Sickle 7 (edited)

(5 for me, just let me know what I'm rolling for everything else)

A crackle comes in response to Motherland 1's hail "Sickle 7 here, I volunteer for the escort. Just keep their Cruiser busy as you can while we try and maneuver here. As well there are so many tasty prize ships if were lucky. "

9:29 AM

"I also suggest we request their surrender. Even Zealots have moments of doubt and the less bloodshed the more men we come home with."

“Can’t hurt, I suppose. Wouldn’t get your hopes up though. We’ve seen folks with worse odds stick it out.”

9:45 AM

“Probably makes sense to wait until we’ve killed their cruiser first, though”

(8) - Motherland 2

9:51 AM

"I agree, lets focus our fire power on the cruiser. Comerade Parsnips, I propose we engage it from two sides, to maximise our cruisers effect"

"I agree, comrade Maxim. If we pound that cruiser with our heavy hitters from all sides, we can probably take it out of the fight early. That will basically only leave cleanup"

"Plus it will distract it so we only will be worried about their smaller craft vs out heavy frigates. Hope you can capture it though. The addition would be immense to the navy."

(just going to wait for Eggix to catch up)

(speaking of catching up i just am thinking now as to if we are rolling for our npc fleet or you and how is all the npc firepower going to work today? Like do we control them or you?)

(I've left several messages on this both in this thread, the parent thread, and in the CBSS council thread)

Nekosmash

(I've left several messages on this both in this thread, the parent thread, and in the CBSS council thread)

(found it thanks)

Shutton

(speaking of catching up i just am thinking now as to if we are rolling for our npc fleet or you and how is all the npc firepower going to work today? Like do we control them or you?)

(we're going to divvy the NPC ships up amongst ourselves so Neko isn't rolling half the fight against himself.)

(I suggest we split the npc ships in a way that fits the combat groups Like one player rolls all transport escorts and so on)

( I have star captian at lvl 1 so where do we want me on? Star Captain You have a tremendous natural talent for ship combat, and can make any starship you captain a significantly more fearsome opponent. You must take the captain’s role during a fight as described on page 117 of the Ship Combat rules in order to benefit from this focus. Level 1: Gain Lead as a bonus skill. Your ship gains 2 extra Command Points at the start of each turn.) (edited)

1:29 PM

(lead at 2 as well)

(those extra CPs are going to be huge. That is only going to apply to the ship you're actually on though, not the ones your just rolling for. If it's not too late, it would be better to have you in one of the cruisers with that foci)

(

oh! Was not expecting that answer. Okay, I can do that. Long as Neko is okay with the switch)

(that's fine, so the new cruiser and both motherlands are here)

(So we have three Cruisers right?)

(That’s right)

3:50 PM

@Eggix Thasmard

(Reading now)

(5)

(Okay. Snips let’s get a flat d8 for the rest of the Cbss ships. We are just rolling the destroyer and the frigates, except for the one eggix is on)

6:15 PM

(I’ll do mine and I’ll get an order together

(Rolled an 8. Are we doing that as a group, or should I roll for each of them?)

(Each ship. We aren’t doing groups thats too hard we have done that before )

6:21 PM

(That’s why I deleted the message )

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(Gotcha. That 8 will be for the destroyer. 9 sickles coming up

6:27 PM

Sickle 1: 7 Sickle 2: 5 Sickle 3: 6 Sickle 4: 2 Sickle 5: 8 Sickle 6: 6 Sickle 7: 7 Sickle 8: 3 Sickle 9: 8

6:29 PM

(High roller tonight)

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(we using the Corvettes too?)

(There are not corvettes here. I’ll roll opposing fleet when I get to my computer )

Maxim CBSS Hammer Destroyer (9/30 HP) ~~Sickle 5 (0/50)~~ Sickle 9 ~~Deacon Patrol Boat 1~~ Sickle 7 Preacher Corvette 1 (2/4 Ammo 6/30 HP, disabled) Sickle 1 ~~Preacher Corvette 2 (2/4 Ammo, 4/30 HP)~~ ~~Evangelist Ascension Cruiser (4HP Remains)~~ ~~Deacon Patrol Boat 2~~ Deacon Patrol Boat 3 (Disabled) Sickle 3 Sicke 6 Parsnips Eggix ~~Preacher Corvette 3 (4/30 hp)~~ ~~Preacher Corvette 4 (6/30 hp)~~ Sickle 2 ~~Deacon Patrol Boat 4~~ Lubya Sickle 8 Sickle 4 Deacon Patrol Boat 5 ~~Preacher Corvette 5 (4/30)~~ (edited)

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One word goes off across the fleet-wide comms channel. Engage. (Maxim first)

"Divert all power to the weapon systems, prepare to engage"

1:38 AM

(fire all guns)

1:44 AM

(7 to hit charged particle caster/ 11 to hit spinal beam cannon/ 3 to hit Flak emitterbattery all on cruiser) (edited)

1:44 AM

(fire one gun)

1:45 AM

(12 SPinal beam cannon on cruiser)

1:48 AM

(we have 5cp if I remember correctly)

1:48 AM

(So fire one gun again on cruiser)

1:49 AM

(14 Spinal Beam cannon)

(You’ve got 5cp ThAts right. Is that 14 a bit hit roll or a damage roll?)

(Can we use boost engine to reduce speed, or just to increase?)

(Just increase )

6:52 AM

(Don’t forget above actions like above and beyond and all that too’ NpC ships can’t use it but players can) (edited)

(Can NPCs still use Support Department?)

7:02 AM

(It’s a captain action , you can still do support department )

(oh shit, sorry! I just realized Maxim's turn wasn't done)

(The 12 was a to hit roll so that missed and Maxim is finished. I just looked. No more command points this rounds)

(sweet, cool if I take the Destroyer's turn, or will that mess up orders?)

(nope, go ahead)

Nekosmash

(You’ve got 5cp ThAts right. Is that 14 a bit hit roll or a damage roll?)

(Hit)

(go ahead snips, AC15 on the cruiser, hd to look up the block)

The CBSS Hammer rumbles as its volley capacitors roar to life, its guns vibrating with the extra power surge (+4 CP to gunnery from VCs). Not satisfied, the captain orders even more auxiliary power redirected to gunnery (Support department, -2 CP for Fire all Guns). Now charged almost beyond its limit, the gunners rush to line up shots on the enemy cruiser (9 CP Total, Fire All Guns x3) Fire All Guns 1 (-1 CP, 8 Remaining) Torpedo 1: 19/15 (7/8 shots remaining) Torpedo 2: 18/10 (7/8 shots remaining) Fractal Impact Charge: Miss (7/8 shots remaining) Fire All Guns 2 (-3 CP, 5 CP remaining) Torpedo 1: Miss (6/8 Shots remaining) Torpedo 2: Miss (6/8 Shots remaining) Fractal: Miss (6/8 shots remaining) Fire All Guns 3 (-3 CP, 2 CP Remaining) Torpedo 1: 15/21 (5/8 shots) Torpedo 2: Miss (5/8) Fractal: 16/7 (5/8)

9:19 AM

(still have enough juice for a fire one gun, gonna shoot at Corvette 1) Torpedo 1: Miss (4/8)

(just doing the math quickly, we've got 10 NPC ships to divide between 4 of us. I've got the Destroyer. If I take one of the sickles too, that leaves 2 NPC sickles for everyone else, plus 2 more we'll have to figure out. Alternate is I just take the destroyer and everyone else gets three NPC sickles plus their PC ship.)

(would it be easier on you to do less rolls? That destroyer seems heavy on its own. I dont mind having more npc's to roll but I dont wanna take away your fun) (edited)

(that's the only round that's going to look like that. Volley Capacitors can only be used once per combat)

(ahh. Then you probs should get that extra sickle just to have more rolls of value then. I personally am okay being the odd man out with one less Sickle)

Three torpedoes smash into the Cruiser, damaging it heavily. It is aflame from bow to stern and dozens of gashes across its superstructure show crew, gasses, and fuel venting into the blackness of space. An aurora of greasy fire streams from the stricken craft as it tries to limp free of the growing debris field around it.

9:54 AM

(sickle 5)

(Did we each get NPC ships assigned to us? I dont have any PM's on here about it besides that we would split them. So we just grab ships when they come up or something else?) (edited)

(different people kept chiming in with ways to split them and nobody decided on anything)

10:03 AM

(you guys decide what's fair, and if we can't I'll just do it)

(I'm going with the path of least math. I'll take the destroyer, everyone else grab three sickles) (edited)

(I am here rn with Eggix and Maxim gone ill take the next three 5, 9, 7)

(okay, so go ahead)

(I am planning on doing a target system against the Cruiser with Sickle 5. Could I target its Engines or another suitable target?)

10:19 AM

(Nvm im just gonna shoot it)

10:22 AM

Sickle 5 Evasive Maneuvers (2 CP) Fire One Weapon - Torpedo (2 CP) at Cruiser (edited)

10:29 AM

Evasion: Fail 7/9 Torpedo: Miss (6) Sickle 9 Evasive Maneuvers (2 CP) Fire All Weapons (3 Cp) At Cruiser Evasion: Success 10/9 (+1 Armor) Weapons Fire: Miss (4) (edited)

(I need pilot/int or dex chacks for those evasive maneuvers, you never posted the results of those)

10:31 AM

(I see the post has been edited now)

(the 7 and 10 were the results and I only edited to make bold)

(on fire all weapons you roll for each weapon individually)

Sickle 5 and 9 both fire the first of their torpedoes and miss the target, impacting where the cruiser had been and not where it is now. (fire all guns, fire one gun) Deacon Patrol 1 lines up its many plasma beams, targeting Sickle 5 (miss, miss, 21/ 6 damage, AP 10 vs 10 armor, so the damage goes through)

10:34 AM

(Sickle 7 up)

(ah, I will note that for the future then!)

10:39 AM

Sickle 7 Defeat EMC (2 CP) at Cruiser Fire All Weapons (3 Cp) At Cruiser EMC (9) Weapons Fire: Torpedo (4) Flak (9) Charged (14) (Possible Plus 1 if the EMC goes off)

(13 v 9, ECM fails)

(I think I dont hit anything so sadly

)

Sickle 7 fires a round of ordinance into the night, and misses the limping cruiser.

12:15 PM

Preacher Corvette 1 seeks to double down on the wounded sickle frigate, trying to buy time for the flagship to reposition. Its single torpedo launcher sends two rounds toward the CBSS heavy frigate (fire one gun x2, 1cp wasted) (miss, 17/15 AP20, 2/4 ammo left)

12:16 PM

(Sickle 1 is up)

(so that'll be either Eggix or Maxim)

(Im eating right now, so if anyone wants to roll instead of me, I’m fine with it)

(There's no harm in waiting, not in a hurry to blow through this)

(Fire all guns -3cp all hit CPC - 10 dmg / AP 15 torpedo - 15 dmg /AP 20 Fire one gun -1cp x2 CPC x2 both miss)

(which target?)

(Oh sry Cruiser)

The cruiser is electrified as the CPC shells and torpedo slam into it. It rolls over onto its belly before exploding in a cascading fireball of debris. Nearby ships fire their engines and move to new positions to avoid getting caught by the debris.

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"Nice Shots Sickle 1, Cruiser is down!"

(I'll roll preacher shortly)

(Transmission on the wide-band so the enemy may hear the offer like we said we would offer.) "To all Ascension Cult Craft and followers of Salvation. Your fleets heart has been cut down and you are hopelessly outmatched. All ships that power down and quit the field shall be allowed to exit the combat unharmed and boarded peacefully, with the crew taken as Prisoners of War. I implore you take this option for we are in the advantage to strike true and dearly against your ships. Your lives hold more value alive."

A torpedo salvo from Preacher 2 towards Sickle 1 is their reply. There will be no surrender it seems. The two torpedoes miss (fire one gun x2) , running long on incorrect angles and exploding prematurely.

2:36 PM

A pair of the Deacon patrol boats likewise try to return some fire to avenge their fallen flagship. Unable to square up with the cruisers, they focus fire on the wounded Sickle 5. The heavy frigate sails on, beams blackening its armored plating or sailing past it narrowly into space as it continues holding its place in the CBSS battle line. (Fire all guns and then fire one gun , miss x3 for Deacon 2. and same for Deacon 3) (edited)

2:36 PM

(Sickle 3 is up)

(who wants to do sickle 3)

(Makes sense to keep things in order, so I'd suggest you take 1,3, and 6, and then Eggix gets 2, 8, and 4)

3:17 PM

(rather than jumping all over the place and trying to remember who has what, everyone will know when their 3 are up)

( ^ )

(what is the Ac of the corvette?)

(13 )

3:24 PM

(normally I dont give the AC of enemies we fight but given everything else we need to track we can in this case)

(Sickle 3 on corvette 3 fire all guns 10 dmg torpedo 20ap fire one gun 16 dmg torpedo 20ap fire one gun 9 dmg 15ap)

3:28 PM

(Sickle 6 on corvette 4 Same orders as Sickle 3 2x torpedo hit 23dmg ap20)

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(Even with knowing the AC, it is still good to post your attack rolls that would hit. Just for ease of ensuring everything is kosher)

(I was about to ask for that myself. Thank you)

5:10 PM

(I’m sure it’s all above board but it forces me to check the roll20 anyway and try to compare rolls to damage and it’s a rather messy process )

5:11 PM

The two corvettes are badly wounded by the Torpedo fire. It won’t take much to push them over the edge as the stellar dance of blackened steel and debris choked skies continues

5:13 PM

(Parsnips up)

(Sorry, will remember to Post hit values)

As the Motherland lurches forward and maneuvers into position, Parsnips stands from his captain's chair and speaks into the ship's internal comms. "Comrades! A moment of your time as we make our final approach. There is no glory in killing. No honor in ending life. No, these are unfortunate necessities when the forces of repression, brutality, and greed refuse to step aside as liberty and egality march forward. These enemy ships don't stand in between us and our pursuits, no. They stand blocking thousands, if not millions of workers from their liberation!" Parsnips almost switches off the comms before adding "so, you know, let's shoot the fuck out of them!" (Above and Beyond on talk/cha 13 v 9, success , +3 CP - just want to make sure this is kosher before proceeding)

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(Yep you nailed it!)

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Fire All Guns on Preacher 1 (-3 CP, 5 Remaining) Flak: Miss Spinal 1: Miss Spinal 2: Miss CPC: Miss Fire All Guns on Preacher 2 (-3 CP, 2 Remaining) Flak: 20/8 AP 10 Spinal 1: Miss Spinal 2: 14/8 AP 15 CPC: Miss Fire 1 Gun on Preacher 3 (2 CP, 0 Remaining) Spinal: 20/27 AP 15

2

Preacher 2, who had caused damage on one of the glorious CBSS vessels is moderately damaged. Preacher 3 already close to the point of death simply stops moving as power is suddenly cut. It begins to float, stern tipping downwards before the spike drive inside catastrophically detonated

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7:28 PM

(Eggix )

"Death before dishonor it seems." Lyuba mulls over darkly.

Eggix flies into battle "Captain Eggix here, let's put support to our gunnery and fire all weapons"

12:30 AM

Fire all guns on Preacher 4 (-1CP, 4 remaining) Torpedo: 8 Flak: 21 (6) CPC: 20 (8) Fire all guns on Preacher 1 (-3CP, 1 remaining) Torpedo: 3 Flak: 17 (7) CPC: 13 (7) Fire one gun on Preacher 1 (-1cp, 0 remaining) Torpedo: 4 Flak: 14 (4) CPC: 17 (6) (edited)

(Flak and cpc hit preacher 4, flak and cpc hit preacher 1 on both sets of shots )

6:46 AM

(Just edit the post with the damage rolls when you’re able to roll them)

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(updated the damage in parenthesis)

Heavy damage spreads across Preacher 1, its hull peppered and burned from the Flak and CPC hits. The thin armor of the corvettes is little protection against such concentrated fire. Several systems burn out from the charged CPC attacks, and another blow from them might disable it. Preacher 4 crashes into the wreck of preacher 3 as its bridge detonates from a concentrated round of fire. A second explosion rips through both wrecks and their orbit begins to drift toward the planet. (Sickle 2)

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(Sickle 2, support to gunnery, fire all weapons on preacher 1) Fire all guns on Preacher 1 (-1CP, 4 remaining) Torpedo: 9 Flak: 3 CPC: 19 (8) Fire all weapons on Preacher 2 (-3CP, 1 remaining) Torpedo: 20 (9) Flak: 9 CPC: 4 Fire one torpy boi on Preacher 2 (-1cp, 0 remaining) Torpedo: 16 (7)

(Preacher 1 is disabled )

5:44 PM

Preacher 2 takes more damage as two torpedoes score glancing hits off of it. It’s Ecm generator fires , slagging one of them with the last of the ships power

5:44 PM

Preacher 1 floats without weapons , engines or drives

5:45 PM

(I’ll roll deacon 4 when I’m at my computer )

Deacon 4 does its best to try to concentrate fire on the wounded sickle, and the plasma beams batter its exterior, causing the first CBSS casualty of the battle as the drive core chamber is ruptured by super hot plasma fire.

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6:02 PM

(18/16, 21/15, miss)

6:02 PM

(Lubya up)

As Sickle 5 burns in the screen of Lyuba his eyes go distant and cold reaching for their command console. He calls for the gunnery department with only a few words in monotone fire. "Let their heads roll!" Captians Department: Support Department (0 CP): Gunnery Gunnery Department: Fire All Guns (1 CP): Gunners fire all weapons mounted on the ship, designating targets as they wish. Fire All Guns (3 CP): Gunners fire all weapons mounted on the ship, designating targets as they wish. Fire All Guns (3 CP): Gunners fire all weapons mounted on the ship, designating targets as they wish. (In order from top to bottom of listed weapons on the ship sheet) 3/miss 7/miss 11/miss 16/hit 8/dmg CPC 8/miss 7/miss 18/hit 12/dmg CPC 4/miss 17/hit 7/dmg Flak (all dmg at Deacon 4)

(I'm not accepting any hits for this. You can't declare a target after you see what hits and doesnt)

6:39 PM

(Sickle 8)

(Sickle 8, support to gunnery, fire all weapons on preacher 2) Fire all guns on Preacher 2 (-1CP, 4 remaining) Torpedo: 18 (14) Flak: 19 (4) CPC: 17 (12) Fire all weapons on Preacher 5 (-3CP, 1 remaining) Torpedo: 5 Flak: 21 (5) CPC: 9 Fire one torpy boi on Preacher 5 (-1cp, 0 remaining) Torpedo: 15 (16) (edited)

(preacher 1 is disabled and can be boarded if we want, they won;t be able to fix it before battle end)

(Good)

(if you want to just kill it we can kill it though, up to you. Your last hit was with the CPC so its disabled instead of destroyed, let me know how you wanna resolve that Eggix)

(I figured since it's disabled I'd leave it floating around helplessly but boarding it sounds awesome

)

(you shot it again with your first spread of shots, which would kill it) (edited)

6:53 PM

(so did we want to direct that toward another target?

(oh sorry let me update that, I meant that to be preacher 2)

Preacher 2 falters under the hail of deadly ordinance fired against it. The torpedo cracks the vessel in half before flak and CPC fire annihilate the two drifting sections of the ship. Any cult crew inside would have been atomized in this brutal display of overkill.

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1

Eggix cheers on in bemusement.

(flak for 5 doesnt get through armor, and torpedo for last shot ill resolve in a sec

7:01 PM

A torpedo strikes Preacher 5, damaging the vessel but it remains int he fight for now

7:02 PM

(sickle 4)

(Can sickle 4 go and board the disabled vessel?)

(We can do the boarding action as an in person mission when the battle is over so you guys have something else to do)

(Alright)

(The other two missions will probably not be done by the time you get space superiority. You guys are all rolling hot dice. ) (edited)

(Eggix especially, killer)

2

1

(Does 14 hit for flak on a preacher?) (edited)

(yes)

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Sickle 4 sets it's eyes on one of the last remaining preachers and speeds in to the attack. (Sickle 4, support to gunnery, fire all weapons on preacher 5) Fire all guns on Preacher 5 (-1CP, 4 remaining) Torpedo: 5 Flak: 14 (6) CPC: 11 Fire all weapons on Preacher 5 (-3CP, 1 remaining) Torpedo: 10 Flak: 19 (8) CPC: 3 Fire one torpy boi on Preacher 5 (-1cp, 0 remaining) Torpedo: 3 The captain of sickle 4, clearly drunk, pulls out after a dazzling display as he slurs loudly into the comm line "Yooooooooo hoooooooooooo"

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Preacher 5 takes light damage from the flak and continues sailing on, trying to keep its place in a rapidly crumbling battle line. Losing the cruiser in the first fifteen minutes of the fight spelled disaster for the Ascension fleet

7:57 PM

Deacon 5 begins turning its plasma turrets to a new target , trying to bracket the destroyer before it unleashed another rain of chaos onto the fleet Firing all its guns and then a snap shot from the bow turret after (fire one gun ) it seems several shots connect with the destroyer (18/16 ap10, and 16/9 ap10, final shot misses)

7:57 PM

(My computer is updating to windows 11 so I can’t get into the spreadsheet. Let me know how we are looking as far as damage on the destroyer then I’ll roll my last ship and then new round) (edited)

(Not 100% sure how the math works. Destroyer came in with AC 12 with an HPO and HP 30)

(Okay. So we shave two damage off both of those shots. So 18/14 and 16/7)

(Leaves the hammer with 9/30)

Preacher 5 begins its salvo of two torpedoes aimed at the cruiser Maxim is aboard. One misses just barely but the second catches the turning cruiser amidship and sends a powerful explosion through the lower decks. (Miss, Crit/35)

8:19 PM

(Up to Maxim with round 2, we can elect to take a crisis instead of the 35 damage if we want to, but there’s no guarantee on it being less severe than this)

(will take the damage for now)

6:11 AM

(I think its my turn then?)

(Yes. Round two, with you up first )

(The +3 cp are still acctive?)

(If you used your volley capacitors they’re just once per battle. You can use support department every turn though which reduces the cost of one move by 2cp)

With Cold hate in his eyes Maxim waits for the ship to recover from the hit. He salutes the fallen comrades on the lower decks. "Their deaths shall not go unavenged. I want every bit of power, be it man or machine on the weapons. We will make them pay." Fire one gun - 1cp at Preacher 5 (11) Spinal miss Support department 0cp - Fire all guns (3-2) 1cp (19) Spinal beam at preacher 5 (14 dmg/ AP 15) (7) Spinal Beam miss at Deacon 4 (5) CPC miss at Deacon 4 (3) Flak miss at Deacon 4 Fire all guns - 3cp (1) Spinal beam at Deacon 1 miss (nat20) Spinal beam at Deacon 1 crit hit (10) CPC at Deacon 4 (hit/miss?) (2) Flak at Deacon 4 miss (edited)

6:42 AM

(crit is double damage right?)

(Just the raw damage dice. You don’t add the modifiers again )

(40dmg ap 15 on Deacon 1)

6:45 AM

(does the 10 hit the patrol boat?)

(It misses)

6:47 AM

Deacon 1 is utterly shattered by the intrude barrage of fire headed its way. The patrol boat is reduced to just a drifting lump of fused and abused metal.

6:48 AM

(Hammer is up)

(Is the corvette 5 down too?)

(It’s using its ecm generator on that hit , forgot to add that )

Lighting one of the Chairman's cigars amidst the blaring klaxons and swirling chaos of a nearly dying ship, the Hammer's Captain gives his orders. "No sense in running now. Might as well see this to the end, whatever that looks like. Maybe kill a few more of these bastards on the way. Line us up broadside and keep us steady so the gunners can work their magic." (Support Department: Gunnery) Fire All Guns 1, Target Corvette 5 (-1 CP, 4 Remaining) Torpedo 1: Miss (3/8 remaining) Torpedo 2: 19/17 (4/8 remaining) FIC: CRIT/13 (4/8 remaining) Fire All Guns 2, Target Deacon 2 (-3 CP, 1 Remaining) Torpedo 1: 12 (miss?) (2/8 Remaining) Torpedo 2: CRIT/31 (3/8 Remaining) FIC: 19/7 (3/8 Remaining) (Editted to remove mistaken last move) (edited)

7:21 AM

(shit, did the speed differential wrong for the Deacons. I don't think it changes any of the hits though)

(It does not change anything)

(great, thanks. Sorry, I forgot to adjust after rolling on the Preacher)

(Also the last attack doesnt count as you dont have enough CP. Fire One Gun takes 2 CP)

Preacher 5 and Deacon 2 are caught in the spread of torpedoes and are unable to power away in time without hitting the wreckage around them. New explosions rip through the rapidly depleting Ascension battle line and mayday calls go out to ships who are in no position to save them. (sickle 9)

Eisheru, et al.

(Also the last attack doesnt count as you dont have enough CP. Fire One Gun takes 2 CP)

(erk. I knew that too and lost it. Thanks for looking out. Going to edit so I don't lose my torpedo count later)

7:34 AM

(Sickle 9 is Lyuba?)

(Yes, they were online when the first moves of the battle was going so they assigned themselves the first few ships for expediency) (edited)

(thanks, I couldn't read my own handwriting on my notes. I really gotta just start keeping all of this on a googledoc)

(sickle 9 on deacon 4 Rollin in a moment)

(Sickle 9, support to gunnery, fire all weapons on Deacon 4) Fire all guns on Deacon 4 (-1CP, 4 remaining) Torpedo: Nat/20 hit 13 dmg Flak: 18 hit 4dmg CPC: Nat/20 hit 15mg (-3CP, 1 remaing) Torpedo: 18 hit / 9dmg Flak: 12 hit /9dmg CPC: 10 hit / 8dmg (-1CP, Target Systems w/Torpedo) Torpedo: 4/Miss (I belive this is all correct now. Sorry for slowness doing from phone)

Deacon 4 is buffered dozens of times over by heavy fire from Sickle 9. Disabled by the CPC, a finishing torpedo with a second volley collides with the patrol boat, causing it to explode violently. It's loss opens up a clear run at the planet for the transport/

11:34 AM

(sickle 7)

(firing on Deacon 3)

(Sickle 7, support to gunnery, fire all weapons on Deacon 3) Fire all guns on Deacon 3 (-1CP, 4 remaining) Torpedo: 14 hit 9 dmg Flak: 4 miss CPC: Nat/20 hit 3dmg (Fire one Weapon -2CP / CPC) CPC: 16 hit 15 dmg

12:38 PM

(Firing on Deacon 5)

12:39 PM

(Fire one Weapon -2CP / CPC) CPC: 15 hit 12 dmg

12:40 PM

(I belive I am done) (edited)

(How did you get a 3 damage on a critical hit torpedo? the lowest you could score is a 6)

(Ah! Gotcha, didnt double it. It should be 6, playing too many games lately that dont use the crit system)

(rolled three ones for that hit)

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(ouch)

(my rolls all battle have been. Super swingy)

(trip 1s on a crit is tragic. The numbers have really been nuts today!)

(here for it tho I say my first actual space battle in this game is going fairlu interesting)

1:41 PM

(fairly*)

Deacon 3 is disabled as a CPC hit manages to send its electronic systems into a frenzy of white noise and failing diagnostics. Its exterior lights shut off one by one. Inside, its crew is no doubt preparing for the eventual boarding. Deacon 5 is lightly damaged but not enough to take it out of the battle

1:42 PM

(sickle 3)

(is sickle 1 out of combat?)

(isn't that the one you just rolled?)

(no Sickle 7)

(1 then)

"To kill or capture this last ship... they deserve damnation. Yet should we stand higer than them and strike death only when nessisary..."

(there's still a fully functional ship we have to worry about before we decide on kill or capture the disabled ones)

(PB 5 is still going)

(PB 5 is the ship im talking about. sorry for not being specific, it made sense to me. its all alone and I think if we all focused fire at it with CPC its a high chance of taking it out since so many of us are before it.)

2:47 PM

(but Lyuba is pissed about our lost ship so there is a little room for vengance kills idk yet)

(that's in the hands of whoever has sickle 1, and it is currently their turn)

(100% just explaining my thoughts to yalls questions)

(gotcha. was that out loud so we could all hear IC, or just inner monolouge?)

(yeah out loud, hes having a general chang from star trek moment on his bridge looking at this last PB)

(Gotcha, I’ll respond IC then). A response crackles back over comms from Lyuba’s rumination. “We already gave them a shot to get out of this in one piece. They responded with plasma beams. Our responsibility is to get our ground team down and back safely, and to the refugees. These assholes in the way can burn in hell.” (edited for clarity) (edited)

Eggix echoes "YEAH BURN IN HELL, over"

Maxim opens the comms to the ships under his command: "No prisoners this time"

Sickle 1 Support to Fire all weapons - 1cp all on (15) Torpedo (11 dmg/ ap 20) (14-4 clumsy so miss) CPC (18) Flak (7 dmg/ ap 10) Fire all Weapons - 3cp (18) Torpedo (10 dmg/ ap 20) (8-4) miss CPC (16) Flak (8 dmg/ ap 10)

5:30 PM

all on deacon 5

5:31 PM

(Is that enough to bring it down?)

5:32 PM

(otherwise I would roll the next ship)

Deacon 5 explodes as the battery of fire weighed against it overwhelms its meager armor. It joins the other drifting wreckage here, while Preacher 1 and Deacon 3 prepare to be boarded. Rescue efforts are underway to rescue sailors from the wreck of Sickle 5, and thus far things are not promising.

As poor as the chances are Lyuba looks at the wreak and coms the rest of the fleet "I am going to be attempting to see if I can save some lives today my fellow captians. I wish you well on your boarding actions and luck securing our fleets new prizes." (If he can do anything to boost rescue efforts Lyuba would do so.)

Maxim orders for double rations of Vodka and extra breaks, aswell as a minute of silence to honor those that have fallen, not only on his ship, but on all cbss and enemy vessels. Over all non critical comments channels blares the internationale to celebrate this victory. (edited)

2:13 PM

(Do we have some sort of national anthem?)

(I think we just use The Internationale)

(Very fitting)

After a respectful silence, Parsnips chirps over the comms. "Alright, let's make sure the lives we lost today weren't for nothing. Let's bring this on home. I'll approach the Preacher for boarding. They'll probably have the toughest defenses, so if someone wants to back me up, that would be great. The Deacon shouldn't be too rough, I think that's safe for one boarding party"

„I will join you comrade parsnips, if you don’t mind“

"Just like old times, eh, friend? It would be a pleasure"

(Maybe Maxim and parsnips each board a vessel and lubya tries to rescue survivors from sickle 5?)

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(That works too. What about Eggix?)

(Corvette is pretty big and a lot more angry marines. Wanna double up?)

(As far as I understand it, atm we have Lubya on rescue mission, me and parsnips for the corvette and eggix for the Deacon)

(since Eggix is our newest player on this mission, I'd like to let him decide whether he's up for a solo boarding action yet)

(Agreed, I wanted to give Neko an overview of the situation atm, not make a decision. I have no problem doing the solo boarding if you want to take on the corvette with eggix)

(Catching up on this shortly, just getting my kids set up for chinese school)

(no worries, when eggix gets settled in and makes a decision I'll know what to set up. )

(if I could get some help that'd be swell, don't want to tackle boarding alone)

(All good, buddy. Come along with me)

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(We all interrupted current missions to do this, I'll probably end up making more threads here)

2:20 PM

(That work?(

(I feel good to do so personally)

Sounds good

Yep

(Okay. I’ll set some up, and will get deck maps. Thanks for the patience I got worked like a mule today irl)

(Sorry to hear that Was invited to a wedding today where I knew no one that was fun too)

(My wife is visiting a friend in North Jersey tonight so this is my only opportunity to get high an watch Dune. Taking full advantage)

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(Sounds amazing, watched the old version not to long ago and ngl, you don’t need any drugs to feel like you are high when watching that) (edited)

David Lynch will do that to you

4:49 PM

(Shit, forgot the parentheses. Now I’m picturing Parsnips just yelling that out to no one on his ship, and the whole crew just being like “what? David Lynch? We’re in the middle of a space fight, this is no time for Twin Peaks!”

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(I Imagine there just suddenly starts a conversation between the captains about lynch movies, in the midst of a space battle)

4:52 PM

(Anyways, have fun with dune, I’m drunk and need to go to bed)

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(no problem I'm looking for deck plans I like. I didn't expect the battle to go with quickly. You guys had some hot dice)

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(Im honestly just happy we only lost one ship through this)

(3xp and 5000 more credits to you guys here )

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