Stars Without Number - alcibiades-space

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 11:40 AM

Cornelius enters the Steel Sky moves to the bridge and sits down at his seat at the sensor station familiarizing himself with the controls, and screens in front of him. "Well, can't do worse that last time... I hope." (edited)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 03-Mar-19 12:35 PM

Aboard the Lady Valeria, Calidorius paces the bridge, hammer in hand, waiting for the battle to begin

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 12:42 PM

At the Steel Sky's bridge, Ricardo takes one last look at the (not yet wholly familiar) UWN panel layout. Not sure I'm ready for this, but I guess we'll just have to see. Allowing himself to relax a bit, he leans back in his chair, nodding at Cornelius as he walks in. (edited)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 12:50 PM

the captains begin boarding the vessels, taking their seats in the center of the busy bridge crews. Compliments of Armsmen aboard each check their weapons and gear, one final time, before the ships depart

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 12:55 PM

Robert wanders onto the bridge of the Lady Valeria, taking a seat at the helm. He flexes his hands a few times, then runs through the paces of the various controls in front of him, getting used to the systems, ready for combat. Once he feels ready, he reclines somewhat, sighing. "I hate war..."

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 03-Mar-19 01:30 PM

Cal, overhearing Robert, goes and introduces himself. "You might hate war, but this battle is one we need to win. Tell me anything I can do to help and ill do it"

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 01:40 PM

Cornelius relaxes a bit at Ricardo's nod then gives a small wave. He tries to assume a similar relaxed posture, but it seems a bit forced as he turns back to his screen.

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 01:50 PM

"Okay, Nancy," Desmond asks. "Is the Lone Star

ready?"

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 01:50 PM

"Ready as we will be Provost."

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 01:54 PM

The submarine lines and conning tower of the spaceship pull into position.

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 01:59 PM

15 points of light prick the edge of Gudrun system space, as the fleet jumps to its first leg, Aslief. THe night world turns below, a day later. Well wishers from the ground beam up transmissions and prayers of hope.

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 02:14 PM

A tense day passes in spike space, before the assault fleet arrives at the edge of Alcibades system space. A titan anchors the enemy response fleet, in system to provide some muscle to lesser vessels that normally choke the orbital lanes here. A carrier is also in accompanyment. Standard Remnant deployment from the look of it. A spread of corvette escorts fills the space between. Alarms begin to sound, signaling battle stations. The enemy force begins to close in, still an hour from firing range (to give us time to RP/Prepare)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 02:16 PM

Desmond calls over the comms, “Lady Valeria and Steel Sky, Good to see the UNW being brought together for the moment by the crisis. This is Desmond O’Shea of the Lone Star

.”

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 02:20 PM

(any of you can answer too, open comm network, i dont want to stop RP just because you're doing a deck job)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 02:24 PM

"Hello Captain O'Shea, this is Cornelius Hardt currently manning sensors on the Steel Sky. I'm glad to see we're not alone." (edited)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 02:39 PM

"Cornelius! How long you serve on the Steel Sky or are you new to Gudrun?"

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 02:43 PM

(Space view for those who are not at roll20. Enemy fleet on the north side of the screen)

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(the ten circles in a row are fighter tokens i have on the map for myself if they become necessary from the carrier)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 02:49 PM

"New to the Sky, I've been around for a while, but I spent some time in the hospital, and refugee camp. I was brought with the sick from Rawhani." (edited)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 02:51 PM

"Melora and I did a relief mission to Rawhani. Terrible what the Corporations did there."

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 02:54 PM

Cornelius hesitates a moment. "I agree, though I was still in recovery, I heard what eventually happened to Stack City." (edited)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 02:56 PM

"Wha† happened? I was only there for a week of work."

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 02:59 PM

"Though it was supposedly worms I suspect the corps were involved somehow at the very least. They never liked having a place not owned by them being so close."

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 03:07 PM

"The town is now a lifeless husk."

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 03:08 PM

"Terrible...sorry that your people have to live through that."

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 03:18 PM

"Thank you for your kind words. I think Rawhani will suffer until the last corporation has faced justice and it has joined the UNW as a partner world, only then will they be able to truly move forward. "

Cornelius coughs, and collects himself for a moment. "That is another fight though for now we would be better served focusing on this one."

"Any advice? this is only the second time I've been on the crew of a vessel, and the first of a starship."

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 03:40 PM

"You know as good as me. Follow the strategy and do your best. We won the last battle I was a part of, hope this holds true for this one." (edited)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 03:46 PM

"Well, at least you got through them."

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 03:47 PM

"You'll do fine! You've got a great ship and all I've got is a suped-up Free Merchant."

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 03:52 PM

(Lets get Initiative. Ricardo can roll for his ship. Cal or Robert for yours. Whoever is around. )

Chris Fury (Desmond) 03-Mar-19 03:53 PM

(2)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:03 PM

(should I roll for the ship if Ricardo isn't here?)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:10 PM

(I do have alert.)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:16 PM

(I was gonna give him a chance to make his first roll as a new member of the game)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:16 PM

(Ok, sounds good,)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:17 PM

(Remnant fleet has a 4)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 04:34 PM

(heya)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:35 PM

(In case you didn't know there is an initiative clickable in the top right of the sheet. I'm mainly mentioning it because it took me way to long to find it lol.) (edited)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 04:36 PM

(8 with alert)

"Good luck, comrades. Stay focused, stay alive. Winning this battle won't do the UNW much good if it hasn't got any ships or crew left."

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:39 PM

(Ricardo I think you were supposed to roll initiative for our ship.)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 04:40 PM

(rolled a whooping TWO... with a +1 modifier)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:40 PM

(better here than in health like me, and it can only go up)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:44 PM

(task force got a 3

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 04:44 PM

"Steel Sky gunnery here. Locked and loaded and ready to go. See you all on the other side."

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 03-Mar-19 04:45 PM

(Rip) (edited)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:45 PM

(Shriven with a 2. Letnme get the order up)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 04:45 PM

(So I can't see the map on my phone and can't make out details on the image provided, can someone provide a higher res image of the battle map please?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:48 PM

Robert-8 Admiral Billy- 6 Remnant - 4 Seung- 3 Ricardo- 2 Ad-Astra -2 Desmond-2 UNW Fleet- deceased (edited)

Pinned a message.

(I'll see what I can do, not sure how much cleaner i can get it)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 04:50 PM

(Sorry about this I am trying as hard as I can to get internet in my house)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:51 PM

(nope its worse on my laptop.)

Garion 03-Mar-19 04:51 PM

I've got you

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 04:51 PM

(Thanks guys)

Garion 03-Mar-19 04:52 PM

(that any better?)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 04:53 PM

(Much better yes. Which vessel is Lady Valeria?)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 04:54 PM

(Thanks it's easier to get an idea of the fight for me this way for me also. I think we're the little corvettes in front?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 04:56 PM

(yes, that's right)

(i didnt realize the nameplates werent showing up for you, hang on)

(hang on, im fixing it now)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 04:59 PM

(Are we using the ship combat rules in the main book? I should really check them out in detail if yeah haha)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 05:01 PM

(I see them now. Ok we are the top right of our fleet)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 05:02 PM

(fixed it, if we want to try them again, and how this works is the captains will issue orders, ill make it narrative and you can roll your check, ect)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 05:03 PM

(Cool, we aren't captains so we just sort of wait right?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 05:03 PM

(I'm going to get going in a second here i wanted to fix the map first)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 05:03 PM

(No worries I just didn't want to slow down the game with confusion later)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 05:11 PM

The captain of the Lady Valeria presses his hands into the plush arm-rests of the command chair. "Helm," he says, turning to Robert, "evasive maneuvers, lets see what we can do to break up their firing solution" (pilot/dex or pilot/int)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 05:12 PM

"Aye aye, Cap'n." Robert cracks his knuckles and gets to work.

(9)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 05:13 PM

(adds your pilot skill to the ships AC)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 05:13 PM

(Pilot skill of 2)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 05:15 PM

(good to know thanks!) He yells "Fire all weapons! Target corvette 1!" (you can roll this one too, d20+5 after modifiers)

(has a plasma beam and a torpedo launcher, both can fire)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 05:17 PM

(9 and 12, oof)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 05:20 PM

"Good try gunnery! We'll get em next volley!" he does his best to remain confident behind the helm. Lord Admiral Rigers is next, upon his return to the game

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 06:47 PM

"Congratulations. We have fired the first shots, let us also fire the last. Gunner let's show them how it's done. Bridge, send all power to the guns. Make our statement." (Lead/Wis 8) "Gunner, fire all weapons." (This round the gunner is spending 1cp for each Fire All Guns, meaning he's shooting a VTI 8 times. Look boys you better disable some guns bc they can do this too.) "BUCKLE UP!"

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Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:00 PM

(4 hits to the Titan: 12, 54, 78, 62)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:02 PM

(Taking a crisis for the 78). The Titan is surrounded by a bubble of reflective white light as the other crippling shot is turned aside.

(It’s ap20 billy?)

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:03 PM

(Yes)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:20 PM

The blue halo of light at the rear of the titan flickers, once, twice, and then a third time before finally guttering out. (engine lock for the crisis, cannot take bridge actions until resolved) The engine block is disabled by the punishing salvo.

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:23 PM

"Take out their fleet! Loose the fighters. There are more guns on the smaller ships than this Titan. I'll do my best to keep it disabled."

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:24 PM

The Remnant fleet finishes assembling their gunline, and begins the laborious process of opening fire

The Carrier, transponders declaring it the airblade begins opening its flight decks, two fighters slipping free into the void

(hang on, gotta get my stat blocks from my gmail)

The two Barony-class heavy frigates square up with the Task Force cruiser, their captains hoping together they can inflict some damage on the heavier tonnage vessel

Garion 03-Mar-19 07:32 PM

(Nice 1's there)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:34 PM

(not natural 20 for one plasma beam, 22 for fractal impact charge bomblets, 8 dmg AP 10 for the beam, 10 dmg ap 15 for the fractal charge)

Saxony-class corvette 1 and 2 are going to fire their torpedoes at the battleship, their captains running out the guns, but like the Lady Valeria, the torpedos ran wide

Evasive maneuvers on corvette 2 take it into a twisting corkscrew hoping to foul any return fire

The remaining missile boats, seeing the battleship wreck havoc on their command vessel also fire their own torpedo spreads

(10 dmg, AP 20, so it all goes in)

(asusming you dont do anything fancy)

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:39 PM

(My armor is 30 though so only the Fractal charge does damage

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:39 PM

(the frigates were shooting at seungs cruiser)

(the heavy frigates)

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:39 PM

(nvm!)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:40 PM

(the corvettes were firing torpedoes at you, all six, one hit

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 07:40 PM

(Sweet merciful Odin)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:41 PM

Finally, the titan

The admiral decides to ignore the engine damage for the moment and likewise concentrate fire on the very powerful UNW battleship. "Fire for effect!" the captain yells (treats armor as 1/2 for this salvo), and the two mass cannons fire. (One hit, 16 dmg, AP 20) The plasma beams each lash out at a corvette, one at TFP corvette 3, the rest, one each at a UNW corvette

(task force, the lady valeria, and the steel sky hit for 12 dmg, aP 10) Aboard the corvettes, sirens wail. (Ricardo/Cornelius, and Calidorius/robert, you guys can decide to take a crisis if you want rather than suffer damage from the hit)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 07:47 PM

(I'm on comms right?)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 07:47 PM

(uh what would be the smart play here?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:47 PM

(yeah theres an open channel between all vessels)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 07:47 PM

(I think you said sensors, but I couldn't find that in the book.)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:48 PM

(its comms)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 07:48 PM

(Ok then I'd take a crisis since I can be helping with those, and I think a 0 program can't do much at comms) (edited)

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:49 PM

(So... I also put Hardened Polyceramic overlays on that ship and there was never any discussion on limits to the build. So not only does it have 30armor, but it reduces AP by 5. All of this is bouncing off regenerative shields and armor and shit. If this is too powerful you may nerf/change at your liesure of course. I just want to be consistent.)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:50 PM

(as long as its within mass/power its legal)

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(here is the corvette stat block, for the steel sky, and lady valeria,

(8/20 would be your health total without taking a crisis,which leaves you at 20/20 and we roll a d10 to see what kind of shipboard emergency there is instead)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 07:53 PM

(I pick crisis then)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 07:53 PM

(yeah the crisis sounds better than being 1 shot away from obliteration)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 07:53 PM

(Also gives Cal something to do)

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 07:53 PM

Billy's knuckles turn white as he grips the bridge of the ship, the barrage bouncing off shields and deflecting off of the reinforced armor. He releases a huge breath and cries out. "It worked, it fucking worked! Shit shit shit, it worked."

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:55 PM

(D10 Ricardo and Robert)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 07:57 PM

(1)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 07:57 PM

(add anything?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 07:58 PM

(No it’s just off a table to see what the result is)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 07:58 PM

lucky 7

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 07:59 PM

(oof)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 07:59 PM

(Nothing lucky about a hull breach

)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:01 PM

(so this could kill us too or how would hull breach damage work?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:02 PM

Aboard the steel sky the armor is hit and a critical piece over the primary spike locomotor is slagged. “Damage control!” The captain shouts, looking at calidorious and the deck hands. Go! Go!” Aboard the lady Valeria a non critical section of the hull is peeled open to the void. Two crewmen are spaced, unlucky as they are. “One of you needs to get on that before that hole widens! It’ll tear us apart!” (Damage or crisis for the task force cruiser. Seung can decide when he’s back, and then the task force fleet is up) (edited)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 08:02 PM

(Cal and I are Lady Valeria)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:03 PM

(Right ships wrong people)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:03 PM

(yes)

(we wait to respond on ship initiative right?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:06 PM

(Yes. But you can rp who’s going to handle it, running down there. Ect)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 08:06 PM

The ship trembles as it gets hit. "Cal! Go deal with that now! I'm not dying out here!" Roberts eyes never leave his console, and despite his yelling his movements are cool and methodical.

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:07 PM

(wait aren't the ships also wrong. Steel sky got the hull breach)

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Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:08 PM

(I think so, but we understood it I think. Does Ricardo have vac suit based armor?)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:10 PM

(You’ll have a ship suit available to use if you don’t. I feel like that’s standard issue for a spacer)

Billy Rigers 03-Mar-19 08:11 PM

(Should also just be on a space ship somewhere.)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:11 PM

(The ships are right the results are just similar)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:11 PM

(I do anyway)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 08:12 PM

(I rolled armour loss though?)

(A 1)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:13 PM

(that's what i said, you got the crises mixed up)

(crisesis?)

(crisii?)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 08:13 PM

(Cresis)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:13 PM

(Gotcha. On track now)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 03-Mar-19 08:13 PM

(Thanks buddy I know you have a lot to keep track of)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:15 PM

(Cornelius do you want to take care of the hull breach or should I? I do have fix lv1)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:16 PM

(I have level 0, but +1 int, and I was going to try to grab a multi tool or something hopefully)

(would we act now of after next ships I think we're a little lower on the initiative?)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:19 PM

(we are later)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:19 PM

(On turn. The task force fleet is next. Seung has to decide damage or crisis on his cruiser, and the he’s got some shooting to do)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:19 PM

(I'm going to try and fix it, I can't promise it will work, but I think we have one more turn, before things get too bad. )

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:20 PM

(Yeah. If by the end of next round it is not resolved then it’s bad)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:21 PM

(would I be able to grab something like a multi tool etc. or would I have to run all the way down to engineering I did not buy one probably foolishly.)

(also is the breach even on the bridge, I thought that is where comms and weapons and thus we would be.)

(Sorry I know you'll probably answer once you resolve npc stuff but I thought I would ask.)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:23 PM

(I’m just trying to give you guys different things to do so you’re not sitting there rolling the same dice over and over)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:23 PM

(no this is awesome, I just am trying to respond.)

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:24 PM

(maybe i should take this? i roll at +2 for fixing. 10 is a scary high number for a 2d6)

(oh god were gonna die in space)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:25 PM

(I mean is this something we could both try on or would I be better of jumping on the guns? could I even do that? I'm not sure about all the station stuff in space combat.)

Nekosmash 03-Mar-19 08:25 PM

(It’s close enough to the bridge to make it your problem. One pc can deal with the crisis, the other one can still fire)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:26 PM

(alright I'm thinking I'll fire while Ricardo fixes since he's better at it.)

"You're the pilot go plug that hole. I'll take care of those remnant bastards."

lictorseverian 03-Mar-19 08:29 PM

Ricardo curses at his comms upon hearing the sirens and seeing the damage report. "Shit! I did not come all this way to die. Keep the guns hot for me, willya? I'll see what I can do about this" he says making his way to the hull breach

(also i am not the pilot, just gunner)

Merle Horník (Corn) 03-Mar-19 08:31 PM

(well better pilot than me, and sorry I thought you were going for pilot.)

"Don't worry I don't plan on missing.""No promises though kid." Cornelius mutters under his breath as Ricardo goes to fix the breach. (edited)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 04-Mar-19 12:03 AM

Aboard the lady Valeria Calidorius finishes putting on his vacc suit before sprinting to the breach. He searches round for a tarpaulin or fire blanket on route that he can use to seal the vacuum

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 04:52 AM

Two downed engineers mates are lying next to an instapanel. A rivet gun softly whines in one's hand, trigger slightly depressed. (we will see how successful this is top of the round)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 05:21 AM

Desmond calls over the comm, “Lady Valeria this is the Lone Star

, you need us to head your way?”

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 04-Mar-19 06:01 AM

"We took a big hit but it doesnt seem to have caused any internal damage. Never say no to some help though" Cal huffs through comms as he sprints

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 06:01 AM

(The breach is on steel sky. the primary spike locomoter (armor halved until fixed.) is the problem on the lady. Just trying to help avoid mixups. Sorry for the awkward wording) (edited)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 06:09 AM

(I know what I did, I honed in for some reason on Robert saying 'better than a 7, and my tired brain got him equated with having rolled it, not Ricardo)

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Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 04-Mar-19 06:10 AM

(So cal is sprinting for the spike locomoter?)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 06:11 AM

(yeah, but its still fire/melted metal/general sadness, so your post is not an incorrect thing to be doing)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 06:15 AM

(Either way this is a pretty awesome space battle, especially for my first one.)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 06:16 AM

(yeah i was exhausted , not an excuse, but i see where i got twisted up)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 06:18 AM

(That's ok at least you have the excuse of doing interesting extensive stories for everyone I get tired and confused just playing my role.) (edited)

(On the miniscule chance this does go wrong though could the boarding tubes or wraith shuttle be used as escape pods?)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 06:24 AM

“Steel Sky,” Desmond transmits. “Do you need assistance? I see you have a hull breach.”

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 06:27 AM

(If I left comms station would they still be open on our side?) (edited)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 06:34 AM

(Ok, so there are teleporter pads, I think Neko said we could use them as long as there were friendlies on the other side. I'm not sure about how quickly a crew could move through them though, which ships we should end up on, or what state we(us the crew and the ship) will be in by the time we decide to use them.) (edited)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 06:35 AM

(Thorn, are you running the stealth shuttles?)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 06:36 AM

(thorn is doing the shipyard mission, I separated the phases for a reason)

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Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 06:37 AM

(sorry if I got something wrong I was just trying to go off of the stat blocks that were given to us, and wasn't sure about all of the extras the ship had. Plus I'm sort of flitting back and forth between that and the space battle rules in the book to try to make sure I do the actions right, and look up the fittings.) (edited)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 06:47 AM

(task force fleet is up, Seung I can give you a rundown if needed, got a couple decisions to make)

lictorseverian 04-Mar-19 06:54 AM

(say I am en route to the hull breach. can I still use ship-to-ship comms?)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 06:57 AM

(absolutely) (edited)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 07:08 AM

"If you could keep them from taking another shot at us it'd be much appreciated Captain O'Shea."

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 08:56 AM

“Steel Sky,” Desmond responds. “Lone Star

will attempt to stop their next attack.”

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 09:11 AM

"Thank you Lone Star, hopefully we'll take them down before they get the chance."

(I was returning fire at the ship that blew open our hull if that was unclear.)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 09:17 AM

(its not your turn. I'll give it a bit more time, and I'll roll if need be, Just want to give everyone a chance) (edited)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 09:21 AM

(Sorry I think I misunderstood what was going on with the factions in the initiative order.)

Billy Rigers 04-Mar-19 09:22 AM

@Severus Thatcher (Seung)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:25 AM

(He is getting his shots and such together now, I am prepared for all my ships to die)

Billy Rigers 04-Mar-19 10:26 AM

(Dude TFP4LYFE) (edited)

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Severus Thatcher (Seung) 04-Mar-19 10:32 AM

(Alright so ship to ship because there is a bit.) Agata being built into the ships systems captains all 4 ships as admiral for the TFP while Seung is away leading the separate captains. On the ship he's built in the Cruiser it uses his pregaming prowess to aid around the human crewman fixing human error where it can. (Above and beyond 12) After the Cruiser fires all weapons twice at the Heavy Frigate. (if ac is base 15 2 hits on salvo 1 18 and nat 20. Grav cannon for 18 dmg 20 ap Flak emitter for 13 dmg 10 ap. Salvo 2 2 hits again nat 20 and 16. Both Spinal Beam Cannons the crit for 42dmg and the other for 23 at 15 ab.) After Agata continues to push using the comms tower to link with corvette 6 and 5 to attemp to crash systems. (Program/int 14 and 15) (edited)

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Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 10:34 AM

(Wow!!! )

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:34 AM

(9 and 10 to defeat the program checks, which fail, let me total up on the heavy frigate you fired on)

quantum.mango 04-Mar-19 10:35 AM

(hot damn)

Cayne Neverwinter 04-Mar-19 10:35 AM

(Y’all wanna talk about big dick energy? That’s it)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:36 AM

(3 goes through from flak, I'm going to take a crisis for one of those crits from the grav cannon)

(the worse one)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 04-Mar-19 10:37 AM

Corvette 1 TFP is going to fire all weapons twice at corvette 1. (Plasma beams 2 per salvo at base ac 13 3 hits. 1st salvo 1 hit 22 to hit for 12 dmg at 10 ab. 2nd salvo 23 and nat 20 for 13 and 16 dmg at 10 ab.)

Corvette 2 TFP is going to fire all weapons twice at Corvette 2. (Same weapon systems. at 13 base ac 2 hits 1 per salvo. Salvo 1 24 for 9 dmg. Salvo 2 22 for 13 dmg.)

Corvette 3 tfp is going to use crash systems 3 times with Agata leading it against Heavy frigate 2 Heavy frigate 1 and Corvette 4. ( 16 17 15)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:40 AM

(tied the last one, which still goes to you, I believe)

lictorseverian 04-Mar-19 10:42 AM

(I have no idea what is going on)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:42 AM

(I'm going to summarize)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 04-Mar-19 10:42 AM

(Alright so you didn't take the 42 but took the rest of the 51 dmg.) (edited)

lictorseverian 04-Mar-19 10:42 AM

(but i hope were winning)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:49 AM

A storm breaks across the Task Force Phoenix section of the fleet spread. The Remnant Heavy Frigate- The Iron Duke, takes heavy damage (5/55 health left). It's comm system shorts out, and its bridge goes dark. Emergency power does not click on until the third try. From the outside, the entire rear 2/3 of the ship is engulfed in flame. On the bridge, an iron girder falls, killing a deck rating standing right next to the captain. "We die in silence and light" he says, under his breath (cannot be reduced to less than 1HP until their next turn, can't do it again this battle, one of the special orders the crack-fleet here can do) Remnant corvette 1 and 2 take damage (both at just under half, with crises taken) 1's targeting systems go haywire, unable to calibrate properly, the second has heavy damage across its command and control systems, also tampering with fire commands. Mass electronic attacks hamper the remnant fleet

(Enemy status- Heavy frigate 1, crashed systems, comms officers cant act, die in silence and light, cant go under 1 until after their next turn. Heavy frigate 2, system crash titan- 1/3 damage, engine lock Carrier- OK fighter 1- ok Fighter 2-- ok Corvette 1, haywire systems- half damage Corvette 2, target decalibration- half damage Corvetet 3- fine Corvette 4- crashed systemed corvette 5- Crashed systems (edited)

corvette6 crashed systems

Ricardo and Cornelius are next

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 04-Mar-19 10:53 AM

(heavy frigate 2 is also crashed)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 04-Mar-19 10:53 AM

(Smash that Titan boys!)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:53 AM

(thanks!, Cornelius and Ricardo are next)

lictorseverian 04-Mar-19 10:55 AM

(am I correct to assume that in order to fix the hull I have to beat a DC10 fix test with 2d6 + 1 (fix lv1))

(i have 13 int but i forgor that is still a +0)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 10:56 AM

(there will be fix check, im going to make it not beyond your reach as a lvl 1 character though)

(dont worry about the DC)

(I want you to feel like you have efficacy over what you're doing)

lictorseverian 04-Mar-19 11:02 AM

Looking through the hullbreach from the safety of his vaccsuit, Ricardo catches a glimpse of the carnage outside. "Well, I suppose it could be worse for the Steel Sky. Now let's see what I can do", he says, grabbing his tools

(11 for fix, bring on the DC)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 11:05 AM

Packed with emergency supplies ahead of time, you’re able to find everything you need to repair the damage

(Crisis solved. Cornelius is next on the guns)

(Was vs 8 so you completed the handily)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 11:10 AM

Cornelius takes a quick calming breath. "Aye captain, firing plasma and torpedo." (Plasma, attack: 16 damage: 11 (ap 10)at the more damaged corvette, and Torpedo attack: 20 damage: 20(ap 20) on the titan.) (Sorry about that I was trying to make sure everything was right and as clear as possible.) (edited)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 11:26 AM

Already in crisis, corvette 1 is just a slight push away from death, the plasma beam cutting a red-hot lance of damage down its left side.

The torpedo runs true, impacting the titan head on. It sails through the explosion, bent iron maw like teeth

(The Ad-astra vessels under @Rey Messi (Shriven) are next, when you're ready bud) (edited)

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Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 11:36 AM

Cornelius breathes a sigh of relief. "Scored two direct hits captain." Cornelius then turns to Ricardo. "Told you I wouldn't miss kid, good job on the patch."

lictorseverian 04-Mar-19 12:29 PM

"Good job, gramps. Now step aside - I'm itching for some payback"

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 12:33 PM

Cornelius moves aside smiling and goes back to the comm station. "If you think you're up to the task kid, and careful not to burn your hands on those guns." Cornelius laughs at his own joke before looking back at the sensors.

Rey Messi (Shriven) 04-Mar-19 01:29 PM

The Ad Astra fire all the torpedos at the Titan, (23,8,22,21 for 13,miss,16,13) then overwatch fires the flak gun at the fighters (25, 18 flak rolls 2x taking the best of either vs fighters.) and then turns the plasma guns at the corvette that was damaged. (23 10)

(Next, CP spent on all weapons and individual shots.)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 02:34 PM

The titan is wreathed in flame as more torpedos run home, their range and heading now sighted in by other ships. Corvette 1 continues moving forward, but the power flickers out, and slowly, a debris clouds begins to expand. (ship kill)

The flak clouds deter the fighters away, one of them peeling off, the other, unlucky, hitting the wall of solid projectiles

( Desmond and the Lone Star are next)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 03:20 PM

Fired a torpedo at Corvette 2 (10)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 03:21 PM

The evasive maneuvers previously taken foul the shot Nancy lined up. “Sorry provost. Recalculating now”

(Last is the UNW Cheshire which I’ll roll for in a minite)

(And If Desmond has any command points left he can use them)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 03:29 PM

(How many command points am I given?)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 03:34 PM

(5. Fire one gun and fire all guns have different costs, and you may have enough left to do something else too)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 03:36 PM

(Could I use fire one weapon twice? It talks about it on pg 115)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 03:39 PM

(Yes you can)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 03:40 PM

(7, another miss..damn)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 04-Mar-19 03:41 PM

(I feel your pain)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 03:41 PM

The Cheshire hoped to capitalize on some of the crashes systems and opens fire on corvette 2

(Missing with it having evasive maneuvers going. Barely)

Robert and calidorious are up. Round 2)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 04-Mar-19 03:44 PM

(Are we still taking orders or handwaving decisions as orders given?)

Billy Rigers 04-Mar-19 03:45 PM

(I think you get to be the boss. Not taking orders from NPCs Do what you have to do to kill the other side or whatever you think best for your ship.)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 04-Mar-19 03:49 PM

(Does our ship have 5 command points as well?)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 03:50 PM

(It does. Now that we are a round in and you see how it works you can decide what to do.

(And Yes you have 5)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 04-Mar-19 03:51 PM

Robert moves his hands deftly over the controls, maintaining the frequent and seemingly random trajectory adjustments intended to prevent the ship being hit by enemy fire. (Evasive manoeuvres!)

(Pilot+dex 13, pilot skill 2 added to AC)

The full suite of weaponry on the Lady Valeria is once again brought to bear, this time against the enemy Corvette already suffering from UNW fire. (Fire all guns at corvette 2)

(20 for the plasma beam, 11 for the torpedo launcher)

(14 damage on the plasma beam, and 18 from the torpedo on the off chance it hit)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 04-Mar-19 04:00 PM

"Great shot!" Desmond calls out.

He looks as the beam lances out from the Lady Valeria.

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 04:05 PM

(Ac 15 for the enemy ship. Torpedo misses. 2 shots left, corvette 2 will take a crisis)

(Haywire systems -2 command points for it)

(Admiral rigers is next)

Billy Rigers 04-Mar-19 04:26 PM

Admiral Rigers surveys the battlefield. Cold calculating seconds cross across his brow. "Activate Volley Capacitors" (9CP this round) "We need to finish this soon. Send a message. End the Titan." (6 shots to the Titan [Technically the smart cloud is going off 3 times as well but that only affects attacking fighters])

The VTIs boom, shaking the ship in consecutive shots straining the excess power. Four of the six strikes lay into the Titan ship. (13, 35, 60, 37)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 04-Mar-19 04:29 PM

(Cal still needs to try and end the crisis in our ship, can he do that when he gets back as if it was on our turn?)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 04:42 PM

(Yeah I was planning for that. We likely won’t get too much further in space tonight anyway, to stay in line with the ground teams. So far so good just wanna keep it on pace)

(Let me see about this Titan now)

(That’s the damage billy?)

Billy Rigers 04-Mar-19 04:45 PM

(Yes)

(The to hit was 12,29,29,31,12,29)

Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 04:46 PM

(fucks sakes talk about all or nothing)

As the ship falls apart around him, the Remnant Adrmial knows the end is near. Men, electronics, air filtration, everything dies around him. He looks around at the handful of surviving bridge crew. "Make them remember us. This will be our finest hour..." A beacon of inspiration at the heart of the storm, the crew admire the magnificent bastard that is their captain. (titan down to 1 hp, and will die at the end of the round) (edited)

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Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 04-Mar-19 04:55 PM

(Billy your ship is insane)

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Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 04:56 PM

(I want to give calidorius the chance to fix the ship issue before i complicate things with another round of Remnant shooting)

Merle Horník (Corn) 04-Mar-19 04:57 PM

(He's Lord Admiral Rigers for a reason.)

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Nekosmash 04-Mar-19 04:58 PM

( @Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) , when you're up and ready, fix/int, at a +2 since you RP'd some extra measures to help fix it all. ) (edited)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 03:06 AM

(11. The luck of the fix dice continues!)

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(Those sad times when I don't have a plus 8 to my fix rolls anymore

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 03:15 AM

Calidorious, using fire proof blankets and the fallen engineers tools is able to fix the armor loss crisis.

(I’ll fire the Remnant stuff when I get to work and computer access is easier)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 04:13 AM

"Great job Cal, get ready for the next salvo. I get the feeling that Titan is going to dish out some punishment before it's destroyed."

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 04:26 AM

"I'll get myself central, so I can respond quicker" Cal says as he makes his way to the geographic centre of the ship

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 04:28 AM

(Is support department an action I would be able to take next round?)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 04:29 AM

(Yes)

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Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:13 AM

The titan, on the verge of death itself, pledges to make something of itself, and fires all weapons. The four plasma beams impact the Cheshire. (even with a crisis i cant save it, all hit, 40 damage) The mighty vessel, that saw on-Gurdun action during the underhill war, was the first pulled from the bottom of the northern planet sea, that saw executor Dorlin as the first Taros ever aboard a spacecraft, silently dies as power fails. Lifeboats deploy, heading for friendly vessels. "Silence and light" the bridge officer of the Vox Finalis says, taking off his cap in respect. The Titan's two mass cannons fire at the Task Force corvette, hoping to gain some measure of vengence for the electronic attack that sundered its fleet. (first shot misses, 20/16 for the second, AP 20)

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The volley overloads what few circuits are left, and the Titan's bridge explodes with a fireball that looks strangely beautiful, the local sun glinting off the beast's back. (gotta do the rest now) (edited)

Stricken, and of a similar disposition itself, the Iron Duke hopes to follow up on the successful hits, also bracketing the Task Force Cruiser. The fractal impact batteries fall silent for good as the hulk begins breaking apart, (Fractal impact charge hits for 7, plasma beams miss)

The second Heavy Frigate, fires all weapons at Task Force Corvette 3 (edited)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:18 AM

(How close to the Vox Finalis do the fighters need to be to be hit by my smart cloud?) (edited)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:19 AM

(once they fire on the fleet they'll take damage from it, which I'm going to do for them once i finish this next frigate, im just rolling by class so i have the stat block in front of me and then can close it and open the next one)

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(22/9, 21/10 AP 10 both on TPF 3. Fractal impact misses)

The fighter squadron zooms in, seeking to strafe the lone star

(whats the smart cloud damage?)

(some might get swatted before they can do anything)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:27 AM

(The cloud only targets fighters that have attacked in the last round but the drone cloud attacks all of them for 3d10. Your fighters are safe rn)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:29 AM

Three fighters, mutlifocal lasers blazing, strafe the lone star (19/4 , 17/3, 23/1 )

(I'll summarize at the end of all this as well)

The remaining corvettes, those still able to fight, each square off with one of their own class in the UNW fleet.

One fires a torpedo at the steel sky (22/9, You haven't been hit since you took a crisis last round, and can do so again, if you like, otherwise 11/20 health left) The second, fires a torpedo at the Lady Valeria The shot glances (15/5, same situation, full health right now since you took a crisis last time, can do it again, or be at 15/20) The third, fires at TFP 3, Also striking home (15/9) The final torpedo runner hits critically on the insight (nat 20, 28 damage with torps)

Corvette 5, under electronic attack, resolves the crisis aboard deck this turn

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 05:36 AM

(Lady Valeria has 17 AC from evasive maneuvers)

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Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:36 AM

(You're good then, full health no crisis, let me summarize)

(Task force Cruiser, 7 damage, AP 15- fractal impact charge (Task Force Cruiser, 16 damage AP 20- Mass Cannon (Task Force Corvette 3- 9, and 10 damage, AP 10- Plasma beams (Task Force Corvette 3- 15/9- AP 20- Torpedo (Lone Star, 4,3, 1 damage, AP 20, Multifocal lasers (Steel Sky 22/9- AP20 (Insight- critical hit, 28 damage ap20- torpedo

(if your vessel has been hit, you may take a crisis to cancel damage from one hit only)

Seung, and the Task Force Phoenix fleet under his robot companion Agata, are next.

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 05:52 AM

The sheer carnage on display throughout the battlefield is thrown up on the screens of the bridge of the Lady Valeria. After barely dodging an incoming torpedo, Robert glances up to see destruction on both sides of the battle. "This is hell..." As his face darkens, he directs his focus back at his controls. "Captain, I believe I can sync our maneuvers with the Plasma Cannon so that it doesnt need to waste time trying to get a firing solution every time it recharges while the ship moves about. I won't be able to engage in evasive maneuvers while I do it, but it'll give us a few clean shots at one of those corvettes." (edited)

(Requesting permission next round to perform a pilot/dex check for an Above and Beyond action)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 06:34 AM

(I’m going back to doublecheck my math. I think there was one hit that did get through to the battleship because you halved the armor first. So half of 30 is 15. Hardened poly reduces their ap from 20 to 15 negating it and the Vox Finalis actually took 16 damage that round.)

(Everything else was ineffective though. Battleship indeed not invincible.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:40 AM

(for those of you who took hits, let me know crisis or damage, and then we will move on with Seung and his fleet)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 06:47 AM

(Before I take a crisis for us both I'd want to check with Ricardo is that ok? Or should I decide now, also are we still under orders since its first space fight and all mainly asking so I can be looking at possible actions ahead of time possiblly if necessary.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:52 AM

(Now that we are a round into the battle and you guys have seen how it works, you two can decide together what your ship is doing)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 06:58 AM

(How does that work with command points and npc captain/dept heads and characters or would we just decide it then you roll the rolls for them?)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:02 AM

(yeah, ship has 5cp total)

(base)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 07:04 AM

(Cruiser is going to take crisis on the 16 and the corvette on the torpedo[that’s only one right?] so 2 dmg to the cruiser and 9 to the corvette[putting that for my book keeping])

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:06 AM

(cruiser took 2 hits, impact charge and mass cannon, corvette 3 took 3 hits, 2 plasma beams, and one torpedo)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 07:07 AM

(Yeah so negating one hit on both and putting the dmg after armor there the cruiser having 20 and the corvette 15. as for crisis the cruiser has engine lock and the corvette crew lost

time to try to save some folks.)

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Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:08 AM

(alright, noted! Looks correct to me now. Ready for you to ruin my fleet lol)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:14 AM

(morning lads. Beautiful day to die. Lets take a crisis)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 07:23 AM

(Doing this on mobile so bare with me.) The TFP cruiser fires all weapons twice at corvette 3 and 4. (For corvette 4 at base 13 ac 3 hits 24/7 20 ab 23/14 15 ab and 18/5 at 10 ab. For corvette 3 3 hits if base ac 15/6 20 ab 24/9 at 15 ab 20/11 at 15 ab.) (edited)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 07:34 AM

Corvette TFP 1 fires all weapons once at corvette 2 and heavy frigate 1. (All shot’s hit with one crit per volley. Against corvette 2 18/7 at 10 ab nat20/19 at 10 ab. Against Heavy frigate 24/15 at 10 ab nat20/25 at 10 ab.)

Corvette TFP 2 fires all weapon at corvettes 4 and 3. (At base ac 1 hit against 4 and 2 against 3. Against 4 23/9 at 10 ab. Against corvette 3 18/10 at 10 ab and 14/6 at 20 ab.)

Corvette 3 Agata uses his construction programming to give orders to those on board to patch potential breaches before crew can be voided. (Fix for deal with crisis 15)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:48 AM

(passes! I can summarize once youre set)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:59 AM

The Iron Duke (heavy 1) crumples as the damage pushes it over the edge. Its front section falls away, gutted by internal fires, as the headless wreck keeps plowing forward

Corvette 2 takes another severe hit (taking a crisis for the 19, its at 2hp- armor loss) (edited)

Corvettes 3 and 4 are swiftly dispatched, unable to keep up with the volume of fire. (crisis only negates one of the hits, they're still taking 3 between cruiser and corvette 3). Flames gut the wrecks and they collide in a listless ruin of tangled metal.

(let me summarize what's left)

Carrier- ok Fighter 2,3,4 ok Corvette 1- Damaged, Crashed systems, armor loss Corvette 2- Damaged, Haywire systems Corvette 5- ok Corvette 6- ok Heavy Frigate 2- ok The Lone Star has taken (Lone Star, 4,3, 1 damage, AP 20, Multifocal lasers) and may elect a crisis for one of the hits, rest going through as damage The insight has taken a critical hit 28 damage ap20- torpedo, can elect a crisis

Chris Fury (Desmond) 05-Mar-19 08:11 AM

(Okay So Lone Star

took 5 damage?)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 08:11 AM

(it took 8 total, one fighter hitting for 4, one for 3, and one for 1,)

(you can take a crisis if you want to ignore one of the hits)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 05-Mar-19 08:11 AM

(No, we’ll take the hit)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 08:12 AM

Ricardo and Cornelius are next

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 08:13 AM

(Chose crisis rolled 2)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 08:15 AM

The hit has gored open a cargo bay, threatening to dump the hold or expose delicate contents to ruinous damage. If not resolved by the end of the next round, lose d10*10% of the ship’s cargo

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 08:24 AM

(oh no not the precious UWN cargo)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 08:25 AM

(yeah for you guys it would be like small arms ammo and rations and stuff, i dont know how big a deal you want to make it right now)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 08:39 AM

(I am going to assume that it would not be a priority in the middle of a space battle)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 08:40 AM

(I think that is a fair assumption)

(as far as a crisis goes this is one of the more gentle for the situation you're in)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 09:00 AM

(neko can you give us a quick rundown on remaining targets and their hp? I cant see anything on roll20 on my tiny phone)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 09:08 AM

what enemy ship statuses are, ill repost it

Carrier- ok Fighter 2,3,4 ok Corvette 1- Damaged, Crashed systems, armor loss Corvette 2- Damaged, Haywire systems Corvette 5- ok Corvette 6- ok Heavy Frigate 2- ok The insight (friendly ship) has taken a critical hit 28 damage ap20- torpedo, can elect a crisis

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 09:17 AM

(sorry, i must have missed the earlier message)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 09:17 AM

(all good bud, this is current status)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 09:33 AM

Ricardo takes a look at the status rep on one of his screens, looking for vulnerable foes - locking target on the two damaged corvettes, firing plasmas and torpedoes at once. "Watch and learn, gramps!"

(corvette 1: 20 to hit, 12 damage) (corvette 2: 13 to hit, will use warrior ability if miss, whooping 3 damage on a 3d8)

(not sure about AP and armor)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 09:34 AM

(warrior needed for second shot)

(AC is 15 for them)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 09:35 AM

(would not have used it if I knew the damage lol)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 09:36 AM

( plasma 10 ap Torpedo 20 ap)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 09:36 AM

Corvette 1 is a kill, the ship simply ceasing to be in an expanding cloud of wreckage, its spike drive going critical

The torpedo glances the second, detonating prematurely, but scoring a light hit

(and then you can issue whatever other actions with youe remaining cP)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 09:37 AM

(i am famous for my shitty rolls)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 09:38 AM

(Evasive action and possibly deal with crisis or do your duty depending on if explained help was good enough.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 09:39 AM

(alright, evasive action is a pilot dex or int, if none of you want to roll that as your characters i can, the crisis is a fix int)

Rey Messi (Shriven) 05-Mar-19 09:56 AM

Insight takes the crisis (2 for crisis) cargo loss which removes 16 torpedos that were in the cargo bay. Knowing that they won’t be lasting that long they let them float into space. All the ships blast out their torpedos at the heavy frigate. (9/9,25/13,18/10) and the plasma beams from overwatch also fires off. (9/9) and the flak emitter fires at one of the fighters (23/11)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 10:00 AM

(Ok I will roll both and post results.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 10:02 AM

One of the fighters is swatted handily, the pilot dead before he has a chance to eject. the second heavy frigate weathers the torpedo volley. Back twisted, it charges through the explosive clouds, on its current course (no reason to take a crisis just yet)

Desmond and the lone star are next

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 10:10 AM

( 8 on fix 5 on pilot)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 10:12 AM

The cargo hold is patched by the deck apes, though the hole in the ship and needing to keep it steady prevent evasive maneuvers. The inboard pilot assistance releases the mass-lock as the hole registers patched again

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 10:24 AM

Cornelius is pretty familiar with makeshift patches himself. He gets on the comms to the cargo bay. "If the racks and containers are getting sucked out anyway why not use them to structure the patch?" (not sure if I needed to describe the help.)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 05-Mar-19 10:24 AM

(You can roll for me. I won’t be able to get on Roll20 for two hours.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 10:25 AM

(what would you like to do though, so i know what im rolling)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 05-Mar-19 10:26 AM

(Two torpedo attack’s like last time at Corvette 2)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 10:30 AM

(2 hits, the 17 is going to go through, going to take a crisis for the other one)

(crew loss)

(Actually, doesnt matter, was heavily damaged already)

Corvette 2 dies as the torpedo run cores its bridge. There is no chance for lifeboats to deploy Carrier- ok Fighter 2,3,4 ok Corvette 5- ok Corvette 6- ok Heavy Frigate 2- damaged (edited)

Top of the order, half an hour into the battle. Robert and Calidorius are up

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 10:40 AM

(So to clarify we both get separate actions?)

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That was Roberts action (Maybe roll for him as he'll be down under)

Cal will spend his turn using his strength with the gunners helping to load the ammunition into the weaponry so that they can unleash hell on the remnant (do your duty action)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 10:48 AM

(thank you!)

The captain authorizes the maneuver. (cal, whatever else you wanna do with the CP that is left, go for it)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 10:58 AM

(I think the plan was to fire all weapons on one of their ships and if we've got any left go for sensor ghost)

(Unless I have to roll for sensor ghost)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 11:00 AM

(there is just enough command points for maneuvers, firing, and sensor ghost. He didn't roll for shots either, which if you want, the crewmen can do it, d20+4_

(1 shoot, 2 ab, 1 dex)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 11:01 AM

(20/9 and 23/13) (edited)

(Correct me if that's wrong but that's 2 shots, one for plasma that did 9 damage and one for torpedo that did 13)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 11:07 AM

(yes)

(one of the corvettes I'm assuming?)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 11:07 AM

(Yeah all smashed into corvette 5)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 11:08 AM

(taking a crisis for the 13)

Carrier- ok Fighter 2,3,4 ok Corvette 5- Damaged- target decalibration Corvette 6- ok Heavy Frigate 2- damaged

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 11:10 AM

(so what happens if my ship goes down to 0? do we get instantly vaporized or are there life boats etc)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 11:12 AM

(it'll be assumed the fix check against exploding is automatically passed, you'll hop on lifeboats to one of the other ships and continue the fight from there)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 11:13 AM

(But when all our ships go to zero. That's when it gets interesting)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 12:09 PM

(just kidding, lord-admiral @Billy Rigers is next)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 01:17 PM

(He open a coms link to all ships in the area.) “Lord Admiral Robert J Rigers speaking. I am sorry for your losses. I do not wish to continue but I will destroy each and every one of your ships if I must. The Fleshshaper threat is here and they will demolish you if we leave you defenseless. That is not good for any of us. Get in your lifeboats and eject. I believe peace talks are in order lest you be crushed between two sides. Humanity has been through too much.” Billy’s hand rests lightly over the big red fire all weapons button.

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 01:18 PM

The enemy fleet does not show signs of changing behavior.

(Billy just has a button labeled staples, because he makes it easy)

4

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 01:20 PM

(Everything needs a label when you’re the best engineer in the world. He carry’s around a baggy of screws labeled “Screws Vothe Probably Never Needed But Just in Case.”)

(Also, he knows he’s second best to Charles Trivedi.)

4

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 01:21 PM

(damn right)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 01:21 PM

“All power to the gunnery.” He says saddened. (edited)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 05-Mar-19 01:22 PM

(Its all about those 4d6 in fix)

3

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 02:12 PM

(All power to guns does not pass. Fire all guns 3cp, Fire 1 weapon 2cp)

Corvette 4 (18/37) Corvette 5 (14/40) Corvette 6 (19/45)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 03:49 PM

The wreck of corvette 4 takes additional damage, exploding violently. Already under crisis and heavily damaged the crew of boat 5 can do nothing but accept their fate

Ship six accepts the loss of some crew to support the handful of ships left in the fight. “Sir!” The comms officer calls from the battleships crew pit. “The orbitals are bracketing the fleet!”

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 03:51 PM

(I'm not sure what that means lol. sorry)

(They're about to shoot us out of the sky yeah?)

Billy coms to the infil crews. Both land and ground. "Alright teams our time is running out! We better get out of here. What's your status?"

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 03:55 PM

(The platforms are coming online yes)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 03:59 PM

(Are we relatively in the same timeline? And can we move out of the range of the orbitals? I believe my turn is over, but we might want to start moving out.)

Rey Messi (Shriven) 05-Mar-19 04:00 PM

(3 turns to retreat right?)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 04:14 PM

(How nasty are those orbital platforms anyway?)

1

2

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:15 PM

(Pretty)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:15 PM

(Fuckin)

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:15 PM

(Nasty)

quantum.mango 05-Mar-19 04:16 PM

(are breaker gun *arrays listed anywhere damage wise) (edited)

Rey Messi (Shriven) 05-Mar-19 04:16 PM

(They don’t do ship damage. Just when you are trying to land they do 4d6/round for 3 rounds) (edited)

quantum.mango 05-Mar-19 04:17 PM

(then what about these platforms?)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 04:18 PM

(Hey at least they don't have the meteor guns, do they?) ( I hope they don't)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 04:21 PM

(Should we be withdrawing completely?)

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:21 PM

(Bye guys!)

(Waves from ground)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:22 PM

(We are calling down (you probably missed it.))

I'm unsure of the time line up here.

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 04:23 PM

(You all live on this planet now bye)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:23 PM

(Not leaving you. To catch back up to the timeline...) "Calling ground and shipyard teams! Orbital instalations are coming online. Your time is running out! We will hold the line as long as we can. Battle is in our favor at the moment."

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:27 PM

Cyrus comms back a minute or so later the sounds of shot in the background incredibly prevalent. "Do what you've gotta do Billy, we've hit some resistance" Theres a wet cough as if to accent the point "But we're gonna push through, still got a job to do. Our shuttle should be good, it can hardly be picked up."

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:28 PM

"Copy. We'll see if we can shoot them down too."

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 04:29 PM

(so uh should i be worried here)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 04:29 PM

(So do we know if those things are manned or automated?)

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:30 PM

(They are manned, peerless class stations)

quantum.mango 05-Mar-19 04:35 PM

(dang)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 04:35 PM

"Lord Admiral, the Lady Valeria is willing to fight on if you can bring your guns to bear on the stations. We can handle the smaller craft. Godspeed."

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:36 PM

“Aim to disable their guns” I don’t want to completely destroy them and leave them defenseless against the fleshshapers.

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 04:38 PM

"Understood, Admiral. We will do what we can."

Rey Messi (Shriven) 05-Mar-19 04:39 PM

(If we are withdrawing might want to let everyone know in the theater chat.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 04:42 PM

(The missions are on about the same timeline actually. The ground team landed, flew to the facility, did some scouting, snuck into the walls and are now fighting in the courtyard. So maybe a little short but not really. The station team flew over, was on the roof setting up charges and looking to place line shunts, and then actually went inside, we had a few combats and some looking around

(So again maybe a little short but nothing serious and the space round isn’t over yet so it’s only been like 35-40 minutes since the battle started)

(We are still in Initiative so the Remnant will be firing in a moment.)

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:55 PM

The Comm crackles back on. "Billy, we've got an issue. The base has ECM, means we won't be able to do a remote det of the device unless we are inside the bubble. Got any thoughts?"

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:57 PM

"Did you bring your own ecm?"

Garion 05-Mar-19 04:57 PM

"Nope."

"Can we rig this thing for a timer?"

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 04:58 PM

"We could do a timer... Old school."

"That can be caught and disabled... Unless we corrupt the device itself and make it unstable. That could be sort of a timer, but it would be less predictable."

"You'll be overwhelmed if we wait too long. What do you wish? I'll walk you through it."

Garion 05-Mar-19 05:04 PM

"We aren't there yet. Just needed to confirm what I thought. I'll let you know when we start planting. Cyrus out."

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:05 PM

"Your coms won't work inside the ECM Cyrus."

"We have to rig it before you go in."

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:06 PM

(can we take this into the ground channel so i can do the remnant turn)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:06 PM

"Unless you feel confident that you have it on your end. I'm not sure. Thought I'd offer." Billy steps sidewas as another strike hits the battleship.

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:06 PM

(its going to get broken up weird otherwise)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:07 PM

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:07 PM

(also, my three fighters that attacked last turn, how much do they take from the smart cloud)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:09 PM

(They are self directed drones, am I rolling to hit or is it more like an evasion save? )

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:09 PM

Carrier- ok Fighter 2,3,4 ok Corvette 6- ok Heavy Frigate 2- damaged Peerless 1- ok Peerless 2- ok

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:09 PM

(Oh one attack on each target.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:10 PM

(i think its rolling to hit and they can hit whatever has attacked already)

(fighters 2,3 and 4 attacked last round)

Rey Messi (Shriven) 05-Mar-19 05:10 PM

(They only get clouded if they targeted that ship.)

1

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:10 PM

(oh awesome, thanks!

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:11 PM

(That's what I thought and why I didn't roll before. Good thing too. I rolled well. I pinged some tiny asteroids with it.

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:11 PM

The carrier launches 2 more fighters, Fighters, 2,34,5 and 6 buzz the task force corvette 3

(21 and 16 for 3 and 3dmg, ap 20, the other shots miss)

The two spinal beam cannons (4 total) on each platform target the battleship

all shots miss, (didnt get above a 10) as the nervous crews get their ranges logged in

Corvette 6 fires a torpedo at the steel sky

1

It runs long, and it fires its final shot (fire one weapon, twice) at the Lady Valeiria

(also a miss)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 05:18 PM

(hurray)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 05:18 PM

(Let's take the fight to them, knock out those weapons)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:18 PM

The heavy frigate hopes to do the same

firing its two plasma beams at the Lady Valeria

(12 damage, ap 10, and hopes to finish off the vessel that's slain two of its comrades with a fractal impact charge

(and missed)

and the carrier, who has not fired thus far (because i forgot i put a gun on it) also fires its spinal beam cannon, same target

3

and miss

(the god favor you lol)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 05:21 PM

(The carrier pilot was part of the resistance.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:21 PM

(Seung's fleet is next, TFP corvette 3 is damaged, as is the lady val)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 05-Mar-19 05:22 PM

(Val takes crisis, 3, crew lost)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:22 PM

(Seung is up)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 05:54 PM

(How much dmg have my ships taken over the round before I go.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 05:55 PM

(3 and 3 both ap20 from fighters)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 06:10 PM

The Cruisers turn opens with Agata once again taking up some of the slack from the human side to aid around the ship to ensure human error is accounted for at the interface level. (Programing above and beyond 15 v 9) And then helps the comms with defeating the carriers ECM. (17 rolled strength whoops. Need an apposing roll.) (edited)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:13 PM

(10)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 06:14 PM

(so +8 to hit this round and 9 cp to fire

)

1

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 05-Mar-19 06:21 PM

The Cruiser opens fire with all weapons on the carrier 3 times bombarding it with everything it's got. (So with that 8 only one roll was below 18. Going to go weapon to weapon. Grav Cannon 22/15 24/12 33/17 at 20 ab. Charged particle caster 1 Nat20/25 27/9 16/16 at 15 ab. Charged particle caster 2 33/9 28/12 28/12 at 15 ab. Flak Emitter 22/7 29/6 26/5 at 10 ab.)

TFP Corvette 1 fires on corvette 6 firing all weapons twice. (Firing plasma beams at 10 ab. 14/14 17/4 for the first 15/7 14/10.)

TFP Corvette 2 is going to fire all weapons at the fighter group in front twice. (Plasma Beams 10 ab each. 19/15 7/15 and 9/10 18/7)

TFP Corvette 3 is going to fire all weapons on the fire group as well. (Plasma beam and sandthrower. for the plasma beam 23/5 21/12 at 10 ab and the sand thrower 12/4 19/7 flak)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:39 PM

(Lemme total this all up lol)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:53 PM

(going to take a crisis for the crit, carrier is at half health, just a pinch under) (Corvette 6 is destroyed, and the fighters have been swatted)

The remaining corvette is unable to cope with the volume of fire coming in on it, and despite the captain working feverishly to keep things running, the power system fails. The fighters fare little better, the squadron swatted as it tries to run the gauntlet of AAA from task force ships

The carrier suffers a hull breach, but hangs on.

(cornelius and ricardo are next, targets are the 2 peerless platforms, damaged heavy frigate 2, and the carrier)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 06:57 PM

(what is a peerless platform?)

Billy Rigers 05-Mar-19 06:58 PM

(Oddly enough. It’s one of the cheaper stations.)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 06:58 PM

(also based on my general knowledge of spacecraft which of those targets do my frigate weapons have a chance in hell of harming?)

(i can roll pilot or int or w/e)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:59 PM

(the torpedo can hurt the carrier, and the heavy frigate pretty handily, partially effective against the platforms.

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 06:59 PM

(also are we still on disable weapons only orders?)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 06:59 PM

(your plasma beams will be partially effective against the heavy frigate)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 07:00 PM

(if so we need only do any damage at all right?)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:00 PM

(we're under orders?)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:00 PM

(the plasma beams will do partial, torpedo will do full)

(billy suggested trying to disable the platform weapons, but the ground team is nearly done, you wont be under fire for long)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 07:01 PM

(Not technically I could just ask in rp I am on comms)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:01 PM

(alright i will attack the carrier)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:02 PM

Ricardo, behind the gunnery controls, sets his sights on the burning capital ship

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:05 PM

"Time to wrap this up." (plasma 3 to hit, torpedoes 15 to hit + 17 damage on carrier)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:05 PM

The carrier lurches again as it takes another hit it can ill afford to

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:06 PM

(2cp left for cornelius, you can fire another torpedo i think)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:06 PM

(yea, then the launcher needs to be reloaded)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:06 PM

(fire 1 weapon 2cp, will be our last torpedo If im counting right)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:06 PM

(yeah)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:06 PM

(oh we can reload? lol)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:07 PM

(yeah it just means you cant fire it that round as your gunnery dregs reload the gun)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 07:09 PM

(Can I just coordinate the shot calling other ships to verify targets for a do your duty to save points and add one cp for 3 extra next turn?) (edited)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:11 PM

(battle wont last that long. act as if this is our last round)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 07:12 PM

(Ok then I'll fire to I guess if possible.)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:12 PM

(doing do your duty for 3cp, the plasma beams can fire, torpedo launcher is out)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 07:14 PM

(Ok fire plasma targeting heavy frigate right it's the only thing with a chance of taking damage?)

lictorseverian 05-Mar-19 07:15 PM

(carrier)

Merle Horník (Corn) 05-Mar-19 07:16 PM

(isn't carrier armor too high?, whichever though carrier then.)

(doesn't matter anyway attack 5 damage 16)

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:25 PM

(Carriers armor is too high unless you roll almost max damage)

The attack misses, the guns of the ship overworked, now almost 45 minutes into the battle

The ad astra ships are next

Rey Messi (Shriven) 05-Mar-19 07:26 PM

The ad Astra fleet all fires all the torpedos it can out at the heavy frigate (22/14,13/16,19/16) and the plasma beams at the corvette that is damaged (26/11) and the flak cannon at the fighter 3 (25/10) then using their remaining CP try to disengage from the battle <7+4+2=13 escape (roll+speed+speed bonus for mod)>

Nekosmash 05-Mar-19 07:30 PM

The heavy frigate is pummeled into nothingness as two more well aimed torpedos hit home. The fleet then turns and begins moving to disengage

(Desmond is next. Carrier and the two defense platforms are left)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 06-Mar-19 01:01 AM

(Torpedos 9/9, 15/10 )

(at Carrier )

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 02:50 AM

They run long, unable to strike true.

(It’s ac 18)

The UNW no longer has npc ships. Robert and calidorious are up. Now a full 45 mins into the battle

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 06-Mar-19 03:38 AM

Calidorius is going to spend his turn trying to deal with the crew lost crisis by carrying wounded crewmen to the medbay (exert check?). The Lady Val will fire all its weapons at one of the defence platforms (12/12 and 17/15)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 06-Mar-19 04:08 AM

Robert resumes evasive maneuvers. (9, 17 total AC for the Val)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 04:48 AM

(Exert/con)

(for cal)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 06-Mar-19 05:02 AM

(11)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 05:04 AM

Calidorious draws on his prodigious strength, saving crewmen everywhere he can. Many owe their continued lives to the brave warrior of the knotted wheel

Lord Admiral @Billy Rigers is next

Chris Fury (Desmond) 06-Mar-19 06:59 AM

( Calidorious

)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 07:28 AM

(Billy gonna savage the enemy fleet now lol

Billy Rigers 06-Mar-19 07:35 AM

"Keep excess power in guns. Reroute Engine 8b to VTI give 6c a rest." (lead/wis 4 fail) "Damn, that won't work. Ok let them rest we'll overextend them with these readings. The engines should hold with three shots on that heavy frigate." (27/38 15/37 23/24)

"Corvette 6 I advise abandoning ship."

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 07:37 AM

There is nothing in reply, but with the extent of the damage it is hard to tell if they cannot, or will not, reply to messages

The heavy frigate exploding nearby them illustrates the twisted metal of the hull on corvette 6

Billy Rigers 06-Mar-19 07:39 AM

"Fleet members be advised. Aim for the gunnery on those stations. We don't want to leave them defensless."

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 08:03 AM

(Alright, Remnant is up)

Realizing a total victory here is largely impossible, the platforms shift target priority, targeting the smaller boats with their spinal beam cannons

(14/19 13/18) on TF 3 as the first salvo of spinal beam cannons hope to capitalize on previous damage. (27/25) The carrier likewise fires its own spinal battery at the TF 3. Fighters 7 and 8 launch from its bay, strafing the lone star (one miss, 18/ 2 for the other, AP 20) The Lady Valeria and Steel sky, both accounting for a kill thus far, are likewise targeted (one shot each) (missing lady val, 17 on Steel Sky for 17 dmg AP 20) Corvette 6, in its likely final act, fires on the Lady Val, with its last torpedo, and misses.

Merle Horník (Corn) 06-Mar-19 08:15 AM

(I can just roll the crisis right since if anyone wants it, it happens?)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 08:16 AM

(sure)

lictorseverian 06-Mar-19 08:17 AM

(yeah i was about to say we take a crisis, roll away)

Merle Horník (Corn) 06-Mar-19 08:18 AM

(4 Engine lock still seemed better than 3 hp left)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 06-Mar-19 08:19 AM

(Corvette tfp 3 is dead.)

(Was dead on the first salvo but extra dead on the second even if I took a crisis.)

4

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 08:20 AM

(wasnt sure with the armor/AC, i knew one of them was different)

(i did that last battle)

(had your phoenix wright moment)

(task force fleet is up, if you want some vengeance ) (edited)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 06-Mar-19 08:28 AM

(So whats’s left the carrier and platforms?)

Billy Rigers 06-Mar-19 08:29 AM

(Corvette 6 has no more torpedos and is limping with a hit point or two.)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 08:31 AM

(of actual significance, the half dead carrier, and the two Peerless class platforms)

(neither of which has sustained damage. There are also 2 fighters that launched)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 06-Mar-19 08:34 AM

The Cruiser with Agata is going to start with once again Agata trying to pick up the slack of human error and trying to defeat the carriers ecm. (Above and beyond defeat ecm 12 and 13 .)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 08:53 AM

(7 and 11)

(double fail)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 06-Mar-19 08:53 AM

(The 12 was for above and beyond lol but thx.)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 09:00 AM

(ECM is downnnnnnn , yeah i just did program checks)

Severus Thatcher (Seung) 06-Mar-19 09:04 AM

The cruiser fires all weapons three times on the carrier after defeating the ECM. (Weapon to weapon the grav cannon 20 ab 29/ 7 34/34 32/13 first of the other cannons at 15 ab 30/16 28/13 15/14 second cannon at 15 ab 31/9 19/14 34/22. Finally flak battery 10 ab 23/8 16/7 18/4)

(I gotta get back to work if you wanna roll the other two ships just firing their two plasma beams at the fighters twice. 2 fire all weapons.)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 09:33 AM

The carrier takes heavy damage, its captain imperiled as a console blows out in front of him, taking his hands in the blast.

(VIP imperiled crisis for the worst hit)

The fighters are swatted by accurate AAA fire, and the two tiny explosions dot the air around your formation. Ad-Astra follows up, beginning to fire on the platforms. Their armor is thick, and superficial damage is caused on each Seeing the Fleet in trouble the Ad Astra Fleet blows their reserves and hits all their Volley Capacitors. (4 extra CP to fire with) Overwatch Fires all guns 3 times (Torpedoes to Carriers 10/12,14/17,20/14, plasmas to corvette 9/11,23/7,21/13 and flak going towards different fighters 20/7, 19/7, 20/9) Insight then fires off 4 torpedoes at the station 1 (fire 1 weapon 4 times 12/15,21/11,11/5,10/13) as does Anamem but at station 2 (leaving them with 1 torpedo left each 24/12,17/15,16/17,22/12). (edited)

(Desmond and the lone star are next. Targets are Remnant carrier, peerless 1, and peerless 2)

lictorseverian 06-Mar-19 09:39 AM

(i think you skipped us)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 09:40 AM

(I did, go ahead)

(Targets are carrier, which you can hurt)

(and platforms which you can partially hurt)

lictorseverian 06-Mar-19 09:44 AM

Ricardo targets the enemy carrier with both weapons. (Plasma 21/12, torpedo 4)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 09:46 AM

The carrier is grazed by the plasma shot, inching closer to death. (edited)

(2cp left i believe)

Merle Horník (Corn) 06-Mar-19 09:50 AM

Cornelius steps away from the comms "You keep blasting them kid I'll see if I can help get those engines started back up." Cornelius heads down to engineering trying to find a tool kit along the way. (Resolve crisis Int/fix?)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 09:51 AM

(fix/int, yes)

Merle Horník (Corn) 06-Mar-19 09:52 AM

(5)

lictorseverian 06-Mar-19 09:52 AM

(resolve crisis is 0cp right? Can we have a npc fire plasma again at +0 with the remaining 2cp?)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 09:54 AM

(resolve crisis is 0, and yes if you dont want to use it for anything else, you can certainly fire again)

lictorseverian 06-Mar-19 09:58 AM

(18/10)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 10:48 AM

The carrier is hit but the armor stops the beam. The captain aboard is thankful that for once his ship has done its job

(Now Desmond and the lone star)

Chris Fury (Desmond) 06-Mar-19 11:11 AM

Desmond shakes his head. He wishes they had surrendered. “Firing Torpedoes!”

(I’m at work. Please roll for me if you can.)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 11:18 AM

(will do)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 01:04 PM

The torpedos prematurely detonate, unable to pierce the capital ships thick armor (should have been higher than the modififer i used, off the mark with the correct one)

Calidorius Odenburg (Charles) 06-Mar-19 01:35 PM

(in case im asleep when my turn rolls back around Cal will use do your duty again. I'll let Robert decide ship options as I got to do the last round)

1

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 06-Mar-19 02:39 PM

Robert once again maneuvers in sync with gunnery to allow them to line up more shots on the carrier. (Above and Beyond pilot/dex, 15, adding three CP for a total of 9.) (edited)

The Captain yells at Gunnery. "Give that carrier all we've got!" (Support department for Gunnery, giving them a total of 11CP to use this round.) (edited)

The Lady Valeria fires it's plasma cannon as rapidly as it can at the Remnant carrier, with five shots flying through the void towards it, along with a torpedo. (Fire once on plasma cannon four times along with fire all weapons once for 11CP.)

(10, 15, 11, 23, 10 for plasma cannons and 23 for torpedo launcher)

(I'm assuming 2 hits from plasma and one from torpedo for damage. 8, 11, 12 on carrier)

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 02:51 PM

(Which damage was the torpedo. The beams are partially stopped by armor)

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 06-Mar-19 02:57 PM

(Torpedo was the last one, the 12)

Billy Rigers 06-Mar-19 04:28 PM

(Billy is taken by the live feed of Cyrus' bodycam.)

Rey Messi (Shriven) 06-Mar-19 04:28 PM

(It’s epic!)

1

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 04:37 PM

(Gotcha) The torpedo, and the two beams overwhelm the carrier, and a chain reaction begins deep within primary munitions storage for the fighter wing

Chris Fury (Desmond) 06-Mar-19 05:07 PM

“That ship Like a Star going supernova,” Desmond says to Nancy.

Nekosmash 06-Mar-19 05:07 PM

(the ground mission is going to vastly fall behind, as ships dying means turns go faster/this speeds up, going to let them get a bit further before we continue

Bartholemew Thrace (Robert) 06-Mar-19 05:08 PM

(Sounds fine to me)

Merle Horník (Corn) 06-Mar-19 05:08 PM

( I think everyone was watching them anyway lol. No pressure guys) (edited)

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Billy Rigers 06-Mar-19 06:17 PM

(This is the part in the movie where laser beams slow motion fly between ships with explosions and sparks going everywhere. We fly through an exploding remnant ship and follow a torpedo along through space into the unfortunate TFP Corvette and fly through the ball of fire and floating bodies of the crew. Finally we pan in through the observation deck of the Vox Finalis past a zooming cloud of drones and zoom in on admiral Rigers standing there in aw. We close in on him, a reflection of motion in his eye and then we go through his pupil and into the scene on the ground where the AI crawls down from the ceiling.)

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Cayne Neverwinter 06-Mar-19 06:21 PM

(Cornelius: hey guys, no pressure, but we're all watching you to see how badly you screw this up)

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Merle Horník (Corn) 06-Mar-19 06:21 PM

(I have faith in you, but I had faith in my dice rolls as well so...) (edited)

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Nekosmash 07-Mar-19 08:08 AM

(we can move this some more, @Billy Rigers is up, enemies are just the two orbital platforms now)

Billy Rigers 07-Mar-19 08:49 AM

“Remnant forces, This is Admiral Billy Rigers. I repeat. Your fleet is destroyed. Cease fire and you may save your stations. Save yourselves from us and the Fleshshaper threat. Until then.. -all power to guns.” (Rolling in a min)

Billy Rigers 07-Mar-19 09:22 AM

(All Power to Guns Fail. 3 shots on station 1)

(26/42 26/31 16/25)

Nekosmash 07-Mar-19 09:40 AM

(AP 20?)

(I actually get some protection this time lol)

Billy Rigers 07-Mar-19 09:42 AM

Yes

Nekosmash 07-Mar-19 09:50 AM

Fires break out on the platform but it looks resilient, and holding firm. The cannon arrays on both begin tracking the battleship

Ships rising from settlements on far side of the planet begin transponding remnant codes, the rest of the fleet Cyrus had seen here on recon.

It will be some time before they can join the battle proper

The shuttle pilot from the ground team reports the final team has been picked up, and the combined fleet is waiting only on the order to disengage

The comms officer aboard the ship leads the fleet in an emergency spike drill, back to Aslief

(9xp, 50,000 credits for space and ground teams, shipyard team got theirs already)

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Chris Fury (Desmond) 07-Mar-19 10:54 AM

(Great Battle!)