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

Fourier

Dhinor's blade flies toward the captain, the disintegrator field searing away flesh, as it tend pierces into the wall.

"Arrrrgggghhhh, what kind of weapon..." he says pulling out a laser pistol. He fires at Dhinor, hitting him in the shoulder with enough force to break the bone as they both fall to their feet from the vibrations in the drive room.

Dhinor darts past, first to his feet and grabs the Negotiator, lifting it up and swinging it down on the captain's torso, the disintegration field leaving a burnt smell in the air. He says...

Baggly

'Pleasure negotiating with you'

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

'Pleasure negotiating with you'

The Negotiator's field flays skin from muscle, muscle from bone, exposing the rib cage, which is shattered by the force of the blade. The pirate captain is no more.

Dhinor can see the escape pods near him, but then hears banging upstairs. The sound of Verne breaking skulls no doubt.

Baggly

Dhinor comms Verne. 'I am not in good condition, friend. With a broken shoulder and radiation sickness i wont be able to help you. Their captain is dead and their engine is damaged. Get to an escape pod quickly. If we escape the day is ours'

Dhinor makes for the escape pod and sets it to head back to the new ship, comming Evan of the situation and that he will be incoming (please dont nuke me).

'Have Nestor ready to treat me.....again'

Necro

Necrominus wrote: »

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

On the way, he opens the emergency locker and pulls out his favourite toy...

Mollyb60

Pter wrote: »

Dhinor comms Verne. 'I am not in good condition, friend. With a broken shoulder and radiation sickness i wont be able to help you. Their captain is dead and their engine is damaged. Get to an escape pod quickly. If we escape the day is ours'

Dhinor makes for the escape pod and sets it to head back to the new ship, comming Evan of the situation and that he will be incoming (please dont nuke me).

'Have Nestor ready to treat me.....again'

'Go be safe my friend, I can handle things here'

Fourier

Mollyb60 wrote: »

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

Necrominus wrote: »

On the way, he opens the emergency locker and pulls out his favourite toy...

Two middle aged humans rush from the bridge as Verne bounds down the corridor, but they've never seen an Aslan move.

Verne leaps onto the ceiling, axe in hand and swinging back down behind both of them, he drives the axe through one into the other and then into the wall. A nice human shish kabob.

He pulls his axe out and turns toward the bridge, but stops.

Standing at the door is a massive male K'Kree. War training told him he was looking at a herd alpha, muscle upon muscle covering the herbivore's body. However this one didn't rely on the gifts of nature as the Aslan did. He held a Fusion Gun Man Portable, the flame from which was hot enough to melt any metal, to say little of the effect on flesh.

But Verne had agility and quicker reactions and a greater reach.

The two massive aliens stood looking at each other in the corridor lit red by the emergency lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO9x0y5lqD0

Mollyb60

Verne does not run from battle. He charges the K'Kree, axe held high.

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

'Have Nestor ready to treat me.....again'

Dhinor sits himself into the pod. He feels a pain in his stomach and vomits as the doors close.

He passes out as he falls away from the pirate ship, Verne was on his own...

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Verne does not run from battle. He charges the K'Kree, axe held high.

'DIE ASLAN!'

KaaKraa fires directly at the Aslan's head

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

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

Evan notices a heat signature from the pirate ship. A massive one, a stream of superheated matter.

Fourier

The white pulse of fusion matter comes streaming out of the gun. This is what Verne meditated for. He holds his breath, no fear, no sound, no feeling toward his opponent, there is only the challenge. He opens his eyes to a world that seems almost frozen. The white hot beam coming toward him, he simply skips to the right as it slowly undulates past him. He approaches the K'Kree and knocks the gun upward, it tears through the upper ceiling.

He then grabs the K'Kree's face and drives them both into the bridge with all his might.

This is what the elders spoke of. Aokol, perfect harmony with the world.

Suddenly though he is brought back to normal awareness, air rushing out of the ship through the hole carved in the corridor roof. The K'Kree, shotgun in hand, steadying himself.

And one escape pod prepped for launch behind him.

Mollyb60

With the K'Kree off balance, Verne rushes at him to knock him off his feet.

Banjo

Fourier wrote: »

Evan notices a heat signature from the pirate ship. A massive one, a stream of superheated matter.

Inspired, Evan devises a tap for the Mdrive for frothing milk for cappuccino with pure plasma.

Fourier

Verne rushes at the K'Kree and slams into him knocking the shotgun free, which gets sucked through the air leak out into space. The K'Kree presses its enormous hooves into the bridge floor steadying itself, walloping Verne in the face, who stumbles backward.

They stare at each other once more. Air is running out as the ship shakes.

Mollyb60

We can die together or live together K'Kree. This ship will not last long.

Necro

KaKraa looks at the escape pod.

He looks back at Verne.

'Your crewmates... will kill me if I go with you.'

Fourier

Grandfather's Hammer:
Yispa, the one who does every other job on the Grandfather's Hammer, rushes into Nestor's quarters with Dhinor on a stretcher. White as a ghost and bleeding from the ears and mouth.

"He's dying!!"

jasonb

Fourier wrote: »

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....

OOC: Sorry, I should have said, it was 5 including the +2 (2+1+2). So I’m pretty useless in this fight unless the Pirates reach the ship I’m on. Remind me, has anyone shot at us?

Glenn talks to Evan and the rest of the crew on the ship, “What’s the status of the Pirates on our crippled Scout ship, and our drones, are there any more Pirates over there to worry about? And what weapons do we have left, missiles, nukes etc.?”

Fourier

The drones report that three of the five pirates have been taken out.

Mollyb60

Necrominus wrote: »

KaKraa looks at the escape pod.

He looks back at Verne.

'Your crewmates... will kill me if I go with you.'

'You have my word that I will not allow you to come to any harm. As long as you vow to abide by our rules.'

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote: »

'You have my word that I will not allow you to come to any harm. As long as you vow to abide by our rules.'

KaKraa sighs.
He reslings his rifle.
'To the pod then, Aslan. Although... it could be a tight squeeze. I will not give up my weapons, know this.'

He makes for the pod and opens it up.

Banjo

Through luxurious if slightly Industrial smelling milk mustache, Evan shouts "bagsy the sword of he dies!" before giving Glenn a shrug by way of a status report.

If the drones are down, blow the charges and fire the plasma thrower in the main corridor. If the pirates are down, recall the drones.

Mollyb60

Necrominus wrote: »

KaKraa sighs.
He reslings his rifle.
'To the pod then, Aslan. Although... it could be a tight squeeze. I will not give up my weapons, know this.'

He makes for the pod and opens it up.

'I respect a being who respects his weapons. We'll make it work.'

Verne gets into the pod.

Baggly

OOC: Suggestion for mood music

https://youtu.be/x6QZn9xiuOE

Fourier

Support beams on the bridge collapse, Verne falls in as he begins to run low on air.

KaKraa enters the coordinates for the pod, pulls the lever and jumps in shaking the pod.

The bridge console fizzles and shorts, reports indicate explosions. Goodbye old girl!

They fire off into the void. Verne falls asleep and KaKraa just watches them spin in the black. Even if they fought, what K'Kree doesn't like company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wNyTSn3Zrk

Fourier

The Pirate ship explodes with a blast strong enough to outshine the sun from the Grandfather's Hammer.

Baggly

Dhinor grabs whomever is beside him......it's hard to tell who it is with all the blood.

'Give the sword to Verne. Not Evan. Never Evan....'

Dhinor splutters as he struggles to get the words out.

OldGoat

Fourier wrote: »

... 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.

Nestor checks the med kitas for anything that will help. There is a light course of chemo that will help but it's not enough. She scours the med supplies and finds some hydrogen peroxide. "Nice." The then scours the janitors supplies and gets some toilet cleaner. "Perfect." With the peroxide and the sulfuric acid of the cleaner she makes iodine to hit at the thyroid poisoning.

Fourier wrote: »

Grandfather's Hammer:
Yispa, the one who does every other job on the Grandfather's Hammer, rushes into Nestor's quarters with Dhinor on a stretcher. White as a ghost and bleeding from the ears and mouth.

"He's dying!!"

"Get him into engineering, it's shielded. Then get some buckets and mops, this ain't gonna be pretty. Keep everyone out of here till we find out how dirty he is."
She administers pain relief and the first round of chemo with an iodine scrubber for afters.
In the background the radiation detectors beep incessantly...

Banjo

In a nearby stateroom, Evan chuckles to himself. Engineering is going to be destroyed by blood and **** and puke and weird skin-flesh milkshake. Thank Odin it wasn't his engineering.

He removes the pretty bonnet and petticoat he had been wearing as a disguise, sips a latté that's the perfect balance of foam and steamed milk, then sets the cup down beside the Negotiator, clips on his anti statics and picks through his toolkit. Where to begin, what to do first.....

Baggly

OOC: Thats bs Banjo. You can't just take it.

Banjo

Pter wrote: »

OOC: Thats bs Banjo. You can't just take it.

Ooc : should I just put it in a cupboard or make it go repeatedly to the bathroom or can only special people do that? I didn't set the precedent.

Fourier

Nestor wheels out a low berth pod on medical settings. Dhinor is within, flesh scraped off, with the tank slowly rebuilding the muscle beneath. Tumor suppressant tubes have been hooked up and are doing their work.

The radiation damage is quite severe, it may be necessary to place him in an encounter suit until a planet with the technology to completely heal him is found.

Necro

KaaKra worries about the people on the other ship and their reaction to him.

He looks over at the sleeping Aslan and considers slitting his throat, taking his chances with slaughtering all on board... such is his way.

But he deigns against it. The Aslan gave his word, and KaaKra would now live - or die as a result of it.

Baggly

OOC: Encounter suit?

That's like Iron Man armour, right?

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

OOC: Encounter suit?

That's like Iron Man armour, right?

OOC: Slightly closer to Darth Vader.

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

KaaKra worries about the people on the other ship and their reaction to him.

He looks over at the sleeping Aslan and considers slitting his throat, taking his chances with slaughtering all on board... such is his way.

But he deigns against it. The Aslan gave his word, and KaaKra would now live - or die as a result of it.

The escape pod is clamped by the Grandfather's Hammer and connected to the main iris.

Verne wakes up.

The Iris opens and a smaller than average human opens the iris.

"Hello Ve....eh Mr. K'Kree" he says backing off.

Necro

KaKraa draws his sword and looks at Verne.

'You gave your word - do not go back on it or there will be a slaughter before I die.'

Mollyb60

Necrominus wrote: »

KaKraa draws his sword and looks at Verne.

'You gave your word - do not go back on it or there will be a slaughter before I die.'

'Maybe let me out of the pod first friend. I didn't catch your name earlier?'

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote: »

'Maybe let me out of the pod first friend. I didn't catch your name earlier?'

'My real name... would cause most people to have to dislocate their lower jaw and rip out their own tongue to pronounce.

So most people call me KaKraa.

And you, Aslan?'

Mollyb60

Necrominus wrote: »

'My real name... would cause most people to have to dislocate their lower jaw and rip out their own tongue to pronounce.

So most people call me KaKraa.

And you, Aslan?'

'I am Verne, it is nice not to be killing you KaKraa. We had a K'Kree friend a while back.......or forward actually. Eh......best not think about it. We lost him in tragic circumstances and are trying to make amends. As I said before we left your ship, if you respect us, I guarantee your safety with the team.'

Baggly

Dhinor opens his eyes in his new 'suit'.

'Hold on a minute.....someone has taken TN.....'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s

Necro

KaKraa nods.

'Once my own customs as K'Kree are respected, you will have no trouble from me unless you, or any of your crew - wish to make it. Given you once had a K'Kree in your party I trust you understand our customs.'

He calls to the crewmate backing off.

'I trust there is adequate lodgings for someone of my stature.'

Mollyb60

Necrominus wrote: »

KaKraa nods.

'Once my own customs as K'Kree are respected, you will have no trouble from me unless you, or any of your crew - wish to make it. Given you once had a K'Kree in your party I trust you understand our customs.'

He calls to the crewmate backing off.

'I trust there is adequate lodgings for someone of my stature.'

'Understood.' Verne sheathes his axe and climbs out of the pod with his hands raised.

'This K'Kree is with me. Anyone harms him will have me to answer to. Everyone ok with that?'

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

Dhinor opens his eyes in his new 'suit'.

'Hold on a minute.....someone has taken TN.....'

The loud echo of the encounter suit's steps as Dhinor exits the pod terrify Gospis. A stream of morphates keep the pain at bay, but with the suit Dhinor stands at seven feet tall. Only the eyes and the flayed skin near them are visible beneath the exterior mask.

Fourier

OOC: Dhinor looks roughly like this, but with eyes visible.

Mollyb60

[Ooc: Hes Robocop!!]

Baggly

OOC: Any stats buff from the suit? Also can I have a gun come out of my leg like my leg is a holster.

Fourier

OOC: Can't believe this is the second time I've had to use this. Join the BandyLegs club, it's RoboDhinor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_AkU8wJ1ZA

Fourier

Pter wrote: »

OOC: Any stats buff from the suit? Also can I have a gun come out of my leg like my leg is a holster.

OOC: Strength +2