Traveller: Life in the Marches - A ship of our own

Banjo

"Drill pods eh? No problem. It just means we have no control over which parts of the ship theyll board and in which order, and with Glenn struggling to get a bead on them this renders our entire plan completely pointless. They'll very quickly realise that the only 2 things of value on board are hostile, they'll probably bug out and leave or nuke it.

**** it. I say we abandon the plan to requisition their ship, let's just fire a couple of nukes at them and use the launch to mask an Mdrive kick so they can't track the point of origin, meanwhile let the drones spread out and approach, targeting their missile launch points so we can detonate a warhead of theirs in close proximity and take them out. Opinions?"

Baggly

'We can take on five Intruders. Let's fight them.'

Banjo

"I suppose. If you really want to."

Evan begins to improvise a drill pod to fire Dhinor from the Grandfather's Hammer, past the pirate ship and onto the Vainglorious.

Baggly

OOC: OK I had forgotten they weren't attacking our new ship but I'm 100% on board with heading over there and fighting them.

Necro

Pter wrote: »

OOC: OK I had forgotten they weren't attacking our new ship but I'm 100% on board with heading over there and fighting them.

OOC: I'm waiting....:p

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

"I suppose. If you really want to."

Evan begins to improvise a drill pod to fire Dhinor from the Grandfather's Hammer, past the pirate ship and onto the Vainglorious.

With the assistance of the Grandfather's Hammer crew, Evan and Nestor easily write and install the software into the boarding pods on board to set them to drill pod configuration. Only minor mechanical tweeks are necessary from Evan to ensure efficient drill pod functioning.

The two pods sit loaded near the common room for deployment.

Baggly

Dhinor grabs everything he needs, secures TN and hops in a pod.

Mollyb60

Verne ensures his axe is securely strapped to his back and gets in the other pod.

Baggly

'can you target us at the pirate ship instead of our old scout ship?'

Fourier

Gospis does some final checks of the oxygen supply to the pods and keys in the firing coordinates to the pirate ship.

"Ten minutes until their nuke hits, you'll see a bright light maybe, but I've adjusted the flight path so you won't see it directly, otherwise you'd go blind.

You'll take forty minutes to reach their ship....good luck"

He releases the manual lever for the pods and suddenly Verne and Dhinor see themselves fall away from the Grandfather's Hammer rapidly, within half a minute they can't even see the ship.

All they can hear are muffled noises as if they were under water. Verne's pod spins to face Blue's sun, his mane golden in the light. Dhinor sees a bright flash, enough for his eyes to shut on reflex.

They dive on through the void....

Fourier

Pirate Ship:
Kaakraa sees the console light up. Two more heat signatures.

Mollyb60

[OOC: oh god, we're gonna die]

Baggly

Mollyb60 wrote: »

[OOC: oh god, we're gonna die]

OOC: Be grand

jasonb

OOC: Fourier, I'm a little unsure of the timeline, has enough time passed for it to be worthwhile to try Remote View again? And how soon before I could telelport? Thanks...

Banjo

Watching the pods disappear into the void, Evan muses to himself "I may have taken that sarcastic response a tad too far..."

"Well, captain Gospis, every single part of our original plan has gone to ****e and even if Glenn gets another shot at trying to blink into that ship, the two guys he was going to carry over are gone so it's a little pointless. So... What were you planning on doing to defeat them before we showed up? "

Baggly

OOC: Roll again sure just in case. Pop over to the pirate ship though. Only things heading for the scout ship are nukes.

Fourier

jasonb wrote: »

OOC: Fourier, I'm a little unsure of the timeline, has enough time passed for it to be worthwhile to try Remote View again? And how soon before I could telelport? Thanks...

OOC: Basically twenty minutes have passed, nuke travel time. You can roll again, this time +2 overall because they are closer.

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

"Well, captain Gospis, every single part of our original plan has gone to ****e and even if Glenn gets another shot at trying to blink into that ship, the two guys he was going to carry over are gone so it's a little pointless. So... What were you planning on doing to defeat them before we showed up? "

"We weren't sure of a pirate presence here until we met you....report them to the Imperium Navy is the usual recourse."

Banjo

"Thanks cap. Good chat. "

Evan heads to engineering, checks the fuel situation and if there's a jumpsworth starts prepping calculations. Just in case.

Then he looks at whether or not any of the payloads for the ships arsenal are accessable without a spacewalk and if yes, he has a little chat with Glenn

Necro

OOC: Four do you need me to post to progress or... ? dun dun dun :P

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

"Thanks cap. Good chat. "

Evan heads to engineering, checks the fuel situation and if there's a jumpsworth starts prepping calculations. Just in case.

Then he looks at whether or not any of the payloads for the ships arsenal are accessable without a spacewalk and if yes, he has a little chat with Glenn

All nukes and thermal bombs are accessible within the ship.

Reports from the fuel tank reports near full fuel capacity, the logs indicating the ship hasn't jumped in four years. The calculations for the baby universe's shape get underway.

Fourier

Gospis shouts out.

"I have two nukes heading toward the pods....will I...fire counter-nukes Master Droyne? Evan?"

Fourier

Gospis gets nervous and fires off four nukes at the two heading for Verne and Dhinor.

Fourier

The nuke heading toward Verne arrives first, as he is taking the shorter arc to the pirate ship.

Verne first sees it approach as only a faint orange light, the reflection of the sun on its carapace. It then rapidly pulls away from Verne, heading toward the Grandfather's Hammer.

Dhinor's missle has no such intent, his pod sensor's light up indicating only three minutes until impact.

Fourier

The first two counter-nukes head straight toward the nuke originally aimed at Verne. They do a complex zigzag as they swing for it, it activates dodging subroutines, and they turn around. Eventually though the Grandfather's Hammer wins the dance as one of their nukes slams into the pirate ship's nuke.

The other nuke recalculates its flight path and deactivates path correction boosters as it speeds to the aid of the two defending Dhinor.

Banjo

Ooc : how are they targeting us, out of interest?

"Sure, fire away. Glenn, I've a warhead here I've fitted with a timer. It's dhinors alarm clock. Anyway, instead of jumping drones to the ship, take this and we'll nuke them from the inside. Obviously after you're back. We're going to jump before that incoming missile hits us though."

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

Ooc : how are they targeting us, out of interest?

OOC: Ramjet scoops on nukes picking up exhaust fumes from pods and following them backward.

Fourier

Dhinor sees the missile head for him and three other nukes come into view, one of them at a massive speed.

The sensors in his pod go wild showing their flight trajectories. However the Newtonian physics of the situation is obvious. Two of the Grandfather's Hammer's nukes will impact the one from the pirate ship. Unfortunately it'll be close enough to Dhinor for him to receive a huge dose of radiation.

All he sees is the void and then white, white bright enough that he sees the bones in his hand.

Fourier

Gospis alerts the others that the pirates are on the Vainglorious now, drilling into its hull.

Fourier

Verne feels a thud as his pod smashes into the side of the pirate ship. The vibrations from the drill beneath his feet shake the interior of his pod.

The meditation has focused his mind. All there is now is the kill.

Baggly

Fourier wrote: »

Dhinor sees the missile head for him and three other nukes come into view, one of them at a massive speed.

The sensors in his pod go wild showing their flight trajectories. However the Newtonian physics of the situation is obvious. Two of the Grandfather's Hammer's nukes will impact the one from the pirate ship. Unfortunately it'll be close enough to Dhinor for him to receive a huge dose of radiation.

All he sees is the void and then white, white bright enough that he sees the bones in his hand.

OOC: It wouldn't be gamma radiation would it?

DHINOR SMASH

Banjo

2 drones on VG advised to move if their location is being drilled.

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

OOC: It wouldn't be gamma radiation would it?

DHINOR SMASH

OOC: Yes, but the non-cool real life kind. Hulk in ER.

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

2 drones on VG advised to move if their location is being drilled.

The drones report back dodging the incoming drill and a kill. Ballistics weapons killed pod inhabitant at common room.

Fourier

Dhinor's vision is only restored shortly before he hits the pirate ship hull, pod scanners indicate severe genetic damage and radiation sickness, medical treatment necessary within three hours.

Looks like he's drilling into the engine room. He can even see Verne's pod drilling into the gunner's hatch.

jasonb

OOC: Ha! Have spent bloody ages trying to sign in and get Rolz to behave itself on my phone, and when I finally rolled I got another bloody 5! I think teleportation is off the menu...

Mollyb60

Fourier wrote: »

Verne feels a thud as his pod smashes into the side of the pirate ship. The vibrations from the drill beneath his feet shake the interior of his pod.

The meditation has focused his mind. All there is now is the kill.

Verne unsheathes his battle axe and says a prayer to his god for strength and courage in the coming battle. He breaks through the hull (or goes through the airlock - still not entirely sure how this thing is working) and lands in the pirate ship ready for action. He quickly surveys his surroundings and heads towards the nearest warm body he can sense. There will be no negotiating today.

Baggly

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Verne unsheathes his battle axe and says a prayer to his god for strength and courage in the coming battle. He breaks through the hull (or goes through the airlock - still not entirely sure how this thing is working) and lands in the pirate ship ready for action. He quickly surveys his surroundings and heads towards the nearest warm body he can sense. There will be no negotiating today.

Dhinor swings the negotiator at some part of the engine that looks important.

Fourier

jasonb wrote: »

OOC: Ha! Have spent bloody ages trying to sign in and get Rolz to behave itself on my phone, and when I finally rolled I got another bloody 5! I think teleportation is off the menu...

OOC: With the +2 it's a 7, so it can be a success with a consequence, you choose...

Glenn focuses his mind with all his strength, his vision of the pirate ship is almost perfect enough to teleport, but the distance is making it hard. He focuses, but he just needs to push a bit more....

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

Dhinor swings the negotiator at some part of the engine that looks important.

Klaxons sound throughout the pirate ship.

WARNING FUSION ENGINE HAS UNDERGONE CRITICAL CONTAINMENT RISK.

Baggly

Dhinor checks a console for reference and heads to an escape pod, aiming it for their new ship.

He was gagging for a fight but radiation sickness won't have him killing many today.

Baggly

Not with his sword anyway....

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

Dhinor checks a console for reference and heads to an escape pod, aiming it for their new ship.

He was gagging for a fight but radiation sickness won't have him killing many today.

The ships captain turns the corner with a laser rifle.

"Looking a bit sun burnt there pal."

Fourier

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Verne unsheathes his battle axe and says a prayer to his god for strength and courage in the coming battle. He breaks through the hull (or goes through the airlock - still not entirely sure how this thing is working) and lands in the pirate ship ready for action. He quickly surveys his surroundings and heads towards the nearest warm body he can sense. There will be no negotiating today.

One of the pirates runs straight for the Gunner Station has Verne cleaves open the hull.

He stops briefly in shock, the massive Aslan towering over him.

Verne however does not pause. His hind legs allow him to leap past the young pirate in one bound, before the pirate can turn his neck it's separated from his shoulders in one clean movement.

Verne stands in the corridor with his axe a lovely red. He sees the door for the bridge and the ladder for the drive room.

Baggly

Fourier wrote: »

The ships captain turns the corner with a laser rifle.

"Looking a bit sun burnt there pal."

Dhinor rolls his eyes to heaven and throws his sword at the captain hilt over blade as hard as he can. He throws himself to the side after he does so, just in case the captain gets off a lucky shot.

Fourier

OOC: Blade[Dexterity], Diff: +0. +2 overall.

Fourier

Fourier wrote: »

The ships captain turns the corner with a laser rifle.

"Looking a bit sun burnt there pal."

The ship shakes.

ALL ENGINEERING CREW REPORT TO THE DRIVE ROOM. HYDROGEN LEAK IN PROGRESS.

Banjo

Evan drinks a cup of tea. Improvised tea, naturally.

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

The ship shakes.

ALL ENGINEERING CREW REPORT TO THE DRIVE ROOM. HYDROGEN LEAK IN PROGRESS.

KaaKra picks up his rifle and heads straight for drive room. The hulking K'Kree is angry.

Mollyb60

Fourier wrote: »

One of the pirates runs straight for the Gunner Station has Verne cleaves open the hull.

He stops briefly in shock, the massive Aslan towering over him.

Verne however does not pause. His hind legs allow him to leap past the young pirate in one bound, before the pirate can turn his neck it's separated from his shoulders in one clean movement.

Verne stands in the corridor with his axe a lovely red. He sees the door for the bridge and the ladder for the drive room.

Fourier wrote: »

The ship shakes.

ALL ENGINEERING CREW REPORT TO THE DRIVE ROOM. HYDROGEN LEAK IN PROGRESS.

Verne makes his way towards the bridge, killing all crew that pass him.

[OOC: assuming that was a ship wide communication which verne would've heard]