>>24986548
>A. Suggest to Steel-Arrow to begin the boarding procedures.

>>24986548
A

>>24986548
>A. Suggest to Steel-Arrow to begin the boarding procedures.

>>24986558
>>A. Suggest to Steel-Arrow to begin the boarding procedures.

"Let's get inside," you bark over the comms.

"Acknowledged! Readying boarding pod now. See you on board!"

You ask Burning-Scythe to ready the combat umbilical, and ready yourself to perform one last strafing run against remaining point defenses.

Do you:

A. Head to the bridge, and board there.
B. Attempt to breach the ship at its midsection.
C. Proceed to the rear, where the reactors and engines are.

>>24986673
C

Let's see them fight in the dark.

>>24986673
B

>>24986673
>C. Proceed to the rear, where the reactors and engines are.

Humans tend to greatly dislike it when you break their power supplies.

>>24986673
>B. Attempt to breach the ship at its midsection.

>>24986692
>>24986692
Sounds like a plan to me.

>>24986673
A.
The self-destruct and weapon controls will be located at the bridge. Once it's secure, we can go after the reactors.

>>24986793
I don't think they'd actually be stupid enough to build a ship with a self destruct button...

C) Compare yautja penis sizes in a dick to dick tribal honor battle with Steel-Arrow

>>24986812
Well... it IS Weyland.

But honestly, "self destruct" usually means "overload reactor, cause boom" rather than something silly like a dedicated self-destruct explosive actually built in to the ship. So taking out the reactors should curtail any plans to self destruct the ship.

>>24986673

C, disable engines, get the hell out and let the fleet take care of the rest. Where is our flagship anyway? Can we check where they are right before we go in?

>>24986812

Well it is WY...

>>24986790
>C. Proceed to the rear, where the reactors and engines are.

You hug the ship and streak along it lengthwise, while strafing point defense turrets along the way with your gatling cannon.

You bring your nose sharply down as you reach the stern, and align yourself with the rear section.

Burning-Scythe's voice booms over the intercom. "Umbilical ready."

You steady the ship and order, "Fire!"

The ship shakes as the launch bay doors open, and the umbilical is propelled outwards. It latches solidly onto the hull and the plasma drill on the other end begins to work. You are now tethered to the rear of the battlecruiser.

Do you:

A. Board the ship with all three of you.
B. Leave Burning-Scythe in charge of the ship.
C. Ask Sharp-Strike to be in charge of the ship.

>>24986845
Actually, it could also be scuttling charges as well.

>>24986861
A.
And remember to lock up behind us.

>>24986850
>Where is our flagship anyway?

Oh, you mean the GIANT CAPITAL SHIP leading the GIANT FLEET?

They're cowering under cloak well outside of the battlefield, because Admiral Betrayal is in charge. Apparently the giant military fleet wasn't here to, ya know, actually FIGHT anything.

>>24986861

A, but check to see if our "fleet" did anything in response to our boarding.

>>24986861
A

>>24986861
>C. Ask Sharp-Strike to be in charge of the ship.

Sorry kid, but with the Fleet-Master seemingly determined to fuck us we need somebody on the ship to keep us updated on whats happening outside, and to keep the engines running in case we need to escape.

>>24986887
You quickly check your mentor's homing beacon. The Night-Prowler capital ship is still lurking in the shadows, far from the wreckage of Weyland's fleet.

You try to raise your mentor on his private comms, but receive no answer.

>>24986920
>but receive no answer
That tweest. Fuck.

A

If all 3 of us were on the ship admiral faggot could blackmail us by threatening us with destruction.

>>24986962

Possible they're on blackout or our mentor is busy with infiltration, let's not assume the worst just yet.

>>24986872
You order your teammates to follow you to the umbilical. As you reach the rear of the ship, you see Burning-Scythe suited up and waiting for you by the airlock.

"Do it," you tell him.

He taps the controls and the airlock opens with a hiss. You place your palm on Sharp-Strike's back and shove him forward, face first. "Just like we practiced," you shout after him.

Burning-Scythe follows suit, and leaps into the umbilical. You set the airlock to auto-lock after your departure, and dive forward yourself.

A gust of pressurized air propels the three of you forward. You travel along the tube, unaided by gravity, and pile feet first around the drill on the other end.

The drill has already breached the outer hull. On the other side is some sort of storage bay.

Who do you ask to lead the breach?

A. Yourself
B. Burning-Scythe
C. Sharp-Strike

>>24987033
Does Burning-Scythe have any experience with Boarding?
If yes B if no A

>>24987058

Yes.

>>24987033
>B. Burning-Scythe
He's the most experienced.

>>24987033

B

>>24987033
>B. Burning-Scythe

He's got the most experience.

>>24987077
>>B. Burning-Scythe

You tap Burning-Scythe on the shoulder.

He acknowledges, and deactivates the drill. The plasma conduits whine to a halt. The suction clamps slam shut, and the airlock bolts retract with a sharp crack.

He hits the release button, and the door is blown violently forward. It smashes inwards through the gaping hole made by the drill, and crashes against the ship's interior.

Burning-Scythe dives forward into the breach. You follow.

You hear the crackling of his plasma caster go off multiple times in front of you. You propel yourself off the ledge and join the fray.

You see several corpses litter the ground around you. Two are synthetic, and two are human. All are armed with combat shotguns. Four more synthetics approach from your left.

Do you:

A. Open fire at them with your plasma caster (DC: Easy)
B. Rush at them in melee combat (DC: Medium)
C. Throw your disc at them (DC: Medium)

__________________________

(There were a few suggestions made in the last session regarding fairness of throws, etc, so I'd like to try something.

Let's first vote on the option we want to take, then roll for it. It may result in longer turn-around time, but will hopefully address some of your concerns regarding fairness)

>>24987257
>C. Throw your disc at them (DC: Medium)

>>24987257
>A. Open fire at them with your plasma caster (DC: Easy)

We're here to do a job, not take trophies.

>>24987257
A
Time for trophies later, lets get this mission done as soon as possible and follow Burning-Scythe's lead.

Rolled 13

>>24987257
C. Throw your disc at them.

>>24987257

A.

We don't to be in Burning Scythe's field of fire in melee rnage, and caster is just better than disc here.

>>24987257
A

>>24987312
A it is.

Now, roll!

FFS guys, there's DCs attached, roll some goddamned dice.

Rolled 19

>>24987331
pewpewpew

Rolled 4

>>24987331

Rolled 4

>>24987329

>>24987333
>You in charge of reading

Rolled 19

>>24987331

Rolled 9

>>24987331
Too bad your shiny new gun conked out. Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational plasma caster.

>>24987337
Plasma Caster continues its glorious rampage, destroying all in our path.

I love this thing.

Rolled 11

>>24987331

pew.

>>24987351
Huh, guess that changed. My bad.

Rolled 12

>>24987337
>>24987352
great success

>>24987333
I'm gonna assume you didn't read the post where op stated we would vote for a result BEFORE rolling.

Rolled 13

>>24987331
We still good with this gun?

>>24987337
>>A. Open fire at them with your plasma caster (Pass)
You snap your targeters to the incoming synthetics and open fire. Your shots slam into the first two synthetics blow them apart. The second pair attempts to raise their shotguns, but you take them out with two followup shots.

Behind you, Burning-Scythe lifts his heavy plsama pistol from his holster and vaporizes two more synthetics on the other side.

"Three-Claw," you hear Steel-Arrow's voice over your comms. "Seeking-Eye and Quick-Shadow are onboard. I'm with my ship."

"Right," Seeking-Eye joins in. "We landed near the hangar. Resistance is minimal."

Do you:

A. Ask them to join you at the reactor.
B. Ask them to fight towards the bridge.

>>24987486
B

>>24987486
B.
We'll take the reactor, they'll take the bridge.

>>24987486
B

Rolled 11

>>24987486
>B. Ask them to fight towards the bridge.

>>24987486
>B. Ask them to fight towards the bridge.

Too many preds in one place would probably just be overkill, or we'd end up getting in each others way. Attacking on both fronts means they can't focus their forces and swarm us.

>>B. Ask them to fight towards the bridge.

"Take the bridge. We'll secure the reactor," you tell them.

You scan the corridors with your visor and plot out the optimal route to the reactor room.

Suddenly, nozzles extend from the ceiling above you and you find yourself sprated by a thin mist of water vapor. All around you, the ship's intercom begins to blare a warning. Your visor translates it for you.

"WARNING. WARNING. FIRE ON DECK SIX. FIRE ON DECK SIX. VAPOR EXTINGUISHERS ACTIVATED. WARNING."

Your cloaking systems flicker from the water mists.

Do you:

A. Take the short route and sprint across the corridor leading to the reactor chamber.
B. Drop down to one of the maintenance tunnels and reach the reactor chamber through the ventilation shafts

>>24987486

B, we're already back here.

>>24987630
A

Fuck tunnels and shafts forever.

>>24987630
B

Taking the easy route is just asking to run into emplaced autoturrets.

>>24987630

A, this should be shock and awe, we'll probably meet the same resistance by the time we make it to the reactor through the vents.

Also... this ship hasn't been hit yet, has it? Where did the fire come from?

>>24987630
B
>>24987684
What if they know that our cloak doesn't work with water?

>>24987630
B
>>24987656
We're a kunnin' OPredator so we shuld be all sneaky-like.

>>24987630
B

>>24987684
>Where did the fire come from?

Most likely our flurry of Plasma shots set something off.

That or Weyland knows water disrupts our cloaks so they manually triggered it to dick with us.

>>24987715
But what if they weaponized their metal tubes?

But yeah, B seems good.

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>>24987745
then we're fucked

>>24987630
B, let's not barrel headlong into an ambush.

Also, I'm liking the idea of choosing an option and then rolling on it.

>>B. Drop down to one of the maintenance tunnels and reach the reactor chamber through the ventilation shafts

You quickly confer with your team, and agree on the apporach. You rip open one of the maintenance covers and the three of you duck inside.

You crawl quickly through the winding shafts, guided only by your visors, until you find yourselves underneath the reactor chamber.

A gout of flame billows inwards from up ahead, fortunately dissipating before reaching your face.

You quickly crawl forward and peer into the reactor chamber.

Several crew members and synthetics are frantically attempting to put out various pockets of fire. The entire chamber must have been aflame at some point. It seems the crew has the fire under control now.

Do you:

A. Pop out and assault the chamber (DC: Medium)
B. Stay still and listen in on their comms.

>>24987854
>A. Pop out and assault the chamber (DC: Medium)

>>24987854
B
Seriously? A single Disruptor Torpedo and their entire Engineering section is aflame?

>>24987854

B for a little bit.

>>24987854
B, always good to observe before acting.

>>24987876
Most likely has to do with the reactor overloading while trying to power up their new toy

>>24987876
My guess is that when they tried to fire that massive plasma cannon, something blew out in their engine. They'd probably never tested it.

>>24987854
B

>>24987876
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that trying and failing to fire their giant plasma caster knockoff overloaded their reactor.

>>24987908
>Not testing experimental alien energy weapons before sticking them on your starships.

Quality Wey-Yu science.

>>24987930
this likely *was* supposed to be the test.

>>24987930
The whole "weapon being ejected from ship" kind of screams they tried to fire it and something went horribly wrong so the jettisoned the whole section because it may have been about to explode

>>24987854
B, hit them while they're still recovering - they've seemingly just got it under control.

>>24987957
It wasn't jettisoned off. It just powered down.

>>24987939
But they could have at least tested reactor draw at a station.

>>24987982
My mistake, it sounded like it was jettisoned

>>24987854
B
we should stay awhile and listen

>>24987922
>>B. Stay still and listen in on their comms.

You enhance your mask's scanners to pick up both ambient audio and comms frequencies. You filter through the conversations until one catches your interest.

Crew: DAMMIT Captain! I told you we shouldn't have tried to fire it. It wasn't ready!"
Captain: You told me, Doctor Sandler, that you understood the technology.
Crew: Understood? Yes. Ready to apply? No. Do you have ANY idea how much energ...
Captain: DOCTOR! Our backs were against the wall. Now get that goddamn reactor back online!

You hear commotion in the background.

Captain: And SOMEBODY kill those goddamned intruders.

The comms channel is closed.

Do you:

A: Leap out and assault the reactor chamber (DC: Medium)
B. Wait for the other team to secure the bridge.

>>24988070
A. Time waits for no Yautja.

>>24988070


A, and that's our queue.

Rolled 19

>>24988070
A)

>>24988070
A

>>24988085
Shame we aren't rolling yet.
But yeah, A.

>>24988115
A wins.

Roll!

>>24988070
A

Rolled 3

>>24988124
>>24988115

Rolled 17

>>24988124

Dey see me rollin'

Rolled 3

>>24988124
Rolling for effect.

>>24988085
yesss

Rolled 14

>>24988124
SUDDENLY PREDATORS

>>24988145
New rolling method, we decide on actions before we roll.

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Rolled 10

>>24988124

>OP making engagements one or two rolls

Alright, what are you planning OP? Just how fucked are we about to become?

>>24988141
Still SUDDENLY PREDATORS

>>24988156
oh, right.

>>24988185
We should've timed out assault so it was simultaneous, now they probably have the option to flood the engine room with plasma or something

>>24988125
>>24988141
A: Leap out and assault the reactor chamber (Pass)

On your signal, the three of you burst out from the shaft below. You charge the nearest synthetic with your wrist blades and shear his arms off before he could raise his gun. You hear a loud crack behind you, as Burning-Scythe looses a round from his plasma pistol. You turn to see a sythetic charge towards you from behind, wielding a fire extinguisher.

Sharp-Strike intercepts him, however, and neatly decapitates the synthetic with a well timed swing from his combi-stick.

Several engineers and crew members begin to evacuate the chamber as more armed synthetics close in. You take two down with your plasma-caster, but three more take their place.

You quickly glance around. There are two entrances to the chamber, one on each side. A number of Synthetics begin to assault from both directions. Getting flanked would prove disasterous.

Do you:

A. Cover one entrance with Sharp-Strike and have Burning-Scythe cover the other.
B. Cover one entrance and have Burning-Scythe cover the other leaving Sharp-Strike in the middle.

>>24988124

>>24988349
b

>>24988349
To be honest, I'd kind of rather have Sharp-Strike help us.

Burning-Scythe seems to know what he's doing.

>>24988349
B.
Us and Burning-Scythe are experienced and have plasma casters; Sharp-Strike can help if one of us starts to have problems.

>>24988349
B

>>24988349
A, Burning-Scythe can handle himself.

>>24988349
B: We have something we need to do here beyond just fighting an endless wave of synthetics. Have Sharp-Strike make with the reactor-ectomy.

>>24988349

B, we don't want to accidentally shoot Sharp-Strike.

>>24988349
B

>>24988385

Wait, if we're controlling the bridge, then why do we need to kill the reactor? Hell, the reactor is already dead and will probably stay that way, they tend not to fix themselves.

>>24988349
B, Sharp-Strike can help either us or Burning-Scythe if one of us starts getting overwhelmed.

>>24988421
>Gain control of bridge, but not reactor.
>Reactor crew goes "well, we're not regaining the ship, time to turn it into a bomb".
>10minutes later full reactor meltdown and big explosion.

>>24988421
Taking down the lights would be good; we can fight well in the dark, humans not so much.

>>24988448
Sharp-Strike doesn't have a mask though he won't be able to see in the dark

>> B. Cover one entrance and have Burning-Scythe cover the other leaving Sharp-Strike in the middle.

You order Sharp-Strike to remain with the reactor and find some way to wrest control of it as you and Burning-Scythe get into position.

You take down several inbound synthetics with your plasma-caster and dispatch another with your disc.

Suddenly, you hear a sharp whine. You glance backwards and notice two guns drop down from the ceiling behind you, near the reactor.

One turns quickly towards you. But before it can open fire, Sharp-Strike leaps upwards and jams his combi-stick into its mounting. He hangs from it for a moment, and with a hard push, yanks the entire turret out of the ceiling.

The second turret begins to track Burning-Scythe. You bellow out a warning, but it may be too late.

Do you:

A. Snap a plasma-caster shot at the turret (DC: Medium)
B. Quickly throw your disc at the turret (DC: Medium)
C. Draw your speargun and take a precise shot at it. (DC: Easy)

>>24988534
B

>>24988534

A, it hasn't failed us yet!

>>24988534
>A. Snap a plasma-caster shot at the turret (DC: Medium)

>>24988534
B.

>>24988534
A

>>24988534
B. Less likely to damage the reactor if we miss.

>>24988534
C, gotta be sure it doesn't get our buddy.

Also go Sharp-Strike! Kid's doing awesome.

>>24988534
A

>>24988534
Where's D: repeat Sharp-Strike's quick thinking with a combi-stick?

>>24988578
C might take too long, though.

>>24988534
>>24988574
Or damage the hull if we hit. Agreed, B.

>>24988581
You're a bit too far.

Sharp-Strike was near the reactor when the guns deployed.

>>24988581
throwing our stick ends up badly for us

>>24988606
Ah, OK. I'll say B then.

>>24988534
B

Plasma might cause too much collateral damage. The reactors are already pretty FUBAR, don't want the slash damage to hurt them any more.

>>24988589
Good point. I'm changing my choice to B.

>>24988612
*splash damage

>>24988613
B wins by 1 vote, it seems.

Okay! Roll!

>>24988620
Too late.
>two predators going at it
>destroying the reactor in the throes of passion
>slash damage

Rolled 5

>>24988634

Rolled 1

>>24988634
MURDER-FRISBEE GO

Rolled 17

>>24988634

Rolled 1

>>24988634

Weeeeeee

Rolled 20

>>24988634

Rolled 8

>>24988634
More than that, by my count.

Rolled 1

>>24988634
Fast!

Rolled 19

>>24988634
Wait, are we using the regular disk or the upgraded one we got?

Rolled 18

>>24988634

Rolled 6

>>24988642
>>24988649
>>24988658
FFFFFFFFUUU-

>>24988642
DAMN YOU DISK

>>24988654
wheee!

>>24988642
>>24988649
>>24988658
You people. Never roll again.

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>>24988642
NO

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>>24988642
>>24988649
Please refer the the chart for the current ITS HAPPENING status.

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>>24988642
>>24988649

Rolled 12

>>24988658
>>24988657
>>24988654
>>24988649
Guys. what.

>>24988642
>>24988649

RUH ROH

>Not using pasma caster of mass destruction

That's what you get.

>>24988642
Ah! Critical fail. write-up incoming!

Predator Quest is laughing maniacally.

>>24988697
>rolling a 1 with the disc
>rolling a 1 with an overpowered plasma caster

I know which one I'd prefer.

>>24988711
Double critical fail, even. Three 1s, one of them canceled by a 20.

>>24988712
http://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=nT-vSeWCYhE

>>24988711
out of curiousity, what happens if there are both nat 1 and nat 20 in the first three rolls? First one counts? They balance each other out?

OK, summing up:
Three Claw's performance against:
Xenos: great
Synths: decent
Ships: AWFUL
Fis: AWFUL

>>24988719
The one that won't decapitate ourselves?

>>24988746

I like the balance out option, with the third roll being the sole determinant.

>>24988750
>Plamacaster going KB right on our shoulder

>>24988746
A single 1 and a single 20 cancel.

>>B. Quickly throw your disc at the turret (Critical fail)

You quickly whip out your new disc, activate its power field, and throw it forward in one fluid motion. The mono-molecular blades whine as they spin up, and the disc sails forward.

Burning-Scythe quickly turns upon your warning, and attempt to dodge.

Your disc slices across its control cables and slice them in half, but not before it looses one last burst. Two slugs stich across his front and thump mutely into his armor. Another round slams into his left leg and another into his hip. He crumples to the ground, in pain.

Two synthetics rush through the door, guns raised.

Do you:

A. Order Sharp-Strike to hold that entrance
B. Order Sharp-Strike to hold your entrance and rush over to aid Burning-Scythe

>>24988760
My idea was we'd ignore them and take the remaining roll.

>>24988840
B

>>24988840

B, we've handled worse.

>>24988854

Right.

>>24988840
A

>>24988840
B.

>>24988840
A

>>24988878
>>24988887
>>24988880
What good is rushing in to hold him in our arms? Let's finish the fight and attend to him when it's over.

>>24988840
B, we need to make up for our mistake.

>>24988840
We can see a bit of the way into the corridors; have Sharp-Strike go to whichever one has fewer assailants at it. If we can't easily tell, then:
B.

>>24988924
Rushing to help defend him, not immediately ignore the threat to tend to his wounds.

>>24988887
>>B. Order Sharp-Strike to hold your entrance and rush over to aid Burning-Scythe

You bellow to Sharp-Strike to hold your position as you rush over towards Burning-Scythe. You loose several plasma shots and kill the two synthetics running towards him.

You crouch beside him and immediately inject him with a disinfectant hypo.

"I've been hit worse," he coughs and mutters.

The rounds were heavy, however. His chest armor stopped two, but it doesn't look like he'll be able to use his left leg until you get him back to the medbay. Burning-Scythe raises his pistol and fires at a synthetic behind you as you work quickly to staunch the bleeding.

He waves his hand at you. "I'll be alright," he tells you, "Go help the kid."

You glance across the room. You see Sharp-Strike impaling a synthetic on his combi-stick and using his corpse a shield to protect him from a mass of shotgun fire. You peek outside the entrance nearby. It looks quiet.

Do you:

A. Remain and guard Burning-Scythe's entrance
B. Rush over to help Sharp-Strike

>>24989016
A) let sharpstrike get his murder on.

>>24989016
A, we can still assist Spike's entrance with our caster from here anyway.

>>24989016
A

>>24989016
B

>>24989016
B

>>24989016
A

>>24989016
A. Sharp-Strike is doing fine. Let him keep it up, and help Burning-Scythe whether he thinks he needs it or not.

>>24989016
A.

This entrance is unprotected.

>>24989048
>>A. Remain and guard Burning-Scythe's entrance

You adopt a combat stance and aim your plasma-caster's targeting beam at the entrance.

You hear a howl from the other end. You turn to see Sharp-Strike charge forward with his synthetic as a shield and bowl both the corpse and his combi-stick into a second synthetic. The remaining synthetic assualting his entrance is taken aback by the sudden charge. He raises his gun to aim, but Sharp-Strike quickly jams his wrist-blade into his throat. With a twist, he yanks the synthetic's head loose and tears it from the neck.

The room is quiet, for now.

You hear Seeking-Eye's voice over the comms.

"We're outside the bridge. Assaulting now."

A few moments of commotion later, his voice booms again. "Bridge... under control. No casualties."

"Reactor chamber under control. Burning-Scythe is wounded, but alive" you answer.

Sharp-Strike rips his combi-stick from the two corpses and joins you.

Do you:

A. Ask Burning-Scythe to look over the reactor.
B. Ask Sharp-Strike to tend to Burning-Scythe and look over the reactor yourself.

>>24989198
B

>>24989198
>B. Ask Sharp-Strike to tend to Burning-Scythe and look over the reactor yourself.

>>24989198
B

>>24989198
B

>>24989198
Presumably we're trying to get the reactor back online now, since we control the ship.

In which case, I think we ought to have whoever is the strongest technician look at it. Is that Burning Strike, or Three-Claw? I'd guess the former, so A.

Reactor, get the ship under control, then start searching for human porn for Archivist. Gotta have priorities.

>>24989198
B

>>24989198

Damn Sharp-Strike.

B, we can ask Burning Scythe questions if necessary.

Also ask Steel-Arrow what's going on outside.

>>24989198
Whatever we choose, make sure Sharp-Strike grabbed that synthetic head he ripped off. Trophy for his blooding. He did very well.

>>24989198
A

We'll man our post while Burning scythe checks out the reactor.

>>24989198
A.

>>24989198
A, have Burning-Scythe look it over with the other two helping him.

>>B. Ask Sharp-Strike to tend to Burning-Scythe and look over the reactor yourself.

You ask Sharp-Strike to tend to Burning-Scythe as you perform a detailed scan of the reactor. The last bout of energy must have overloaded all of its conduits.

Burning-Scythe points to a panel on the side of the reactor housing, which was blown loose during the fighting. "What's that?"

You walk over and yank the plate out. You find a mess of conduits underneath, and something else. You part the tangle of wires and notice something inside.

"This is Yautja technology," you mutter.

Burning-Scythe drags himself closer and peers inside. "It's not an imitation either. This is a plasma amplifier from a Yautja ship. How did they get this?"

Do you:

A. Ignore it and try to bring the reactor online.
B. Attempt to part it from the reactor and take it out for a closer look.

What if admiral incompetence is selling tech/ destroyed ships/ corpses to the WY?

>>24989344
B, but veeeeery carefully.

>>24989344
B. It's now or never.

>>24989344
B

>>24989344
>B. Attempt to part it from the reactor and take it out for a closer look.

Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll have something we can use to identify where it came from.

>>24989344
No DC attached to B? B then.

>>24989344
"Property of Clan Night-Prowler. If found, please return to..."

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>>24989354
This will be the last thing he sees

>>24989344
It better not be the weapon the Queen tore off our ship back on Pandora.

>>24989344

B

>>24989354

That...is a strong possibility. I still don't think Admiral Asshole could plan a betrayal like this in a day or two though, we're probably safe for the moment.

Can we ask Steel Arrow if anything is going on outside?

>>24989435
I can't see how it would be. Even WY isn't that fast at reverse-engineering. Its only been like two weeks.

>>B. Attempt to part it from the reactor and take it out for a closer look.

You reach into the mess of cables to try and expose the amplifier, but you're not sure where to begin.

"Careful," Burning-Scythe cautions you. "Better let me." He taps Sharp-Strike. "Here kid, take these tools." He unbuckles his utility belt and lays it down next to him. "Take the electrospanner... that's the one... and do exactly as I say."

You hear Seeking-Eye raise you on the comms.

"We have master control. Most of the armed guards are dead. Some crew are still scattered here and there, but we have control of the ship's security systems. They won't be able to do anything. Shall we hail Night-Star?"

Do you answer:

A. "Yes. Let's raise him on the comms."
B. "Not yet. Give us a moment. We're checking something."

>>24989435
She tore it out of it's socket, but it was still attached

>>24989474
B

>>24989474
B

>>24989474
B. Night-Star might just decide that our ships and the frigate were sadly lost in battle.

>>24989474
B, totally B

>>24989474
>B. "Not yet. Give us a moment. We're checking something."

If this is what I think it is, we might have a Night-Star related problem.

>>24989474

B

>>24989435

You can't integrate technology THAT fast. This is probably from another encounter.

>>24989474
B

We've been jamming the WY comms right?

>>24989474
B, and if this isn't a secure comm (which is probably isn't), be more circumspect about it. "One moment, locking down a situation down here."

>> B.
"Not yet. Give us a moment. We're checking something," you respond.
"Right," he replies.

You watch with interest as Sharp-Strike slowly lifts the large device from its makeshift housing under instructions from Burning-Scythe.

"Alright, kid. Bring it here. Let's see... there should be a holo-registry printed under the stabalizer coils... There. What's that say?"

You lean over and examine the holo markings. "Duskbound Flight, " you mutter.

"That's the ship it belonged to," Burning-Scythe tells you. "Not from my clan..."

Do you:

A. Check with your teammates to see if they recognize the ship.
B. Leave it be for now and try to raise the reactor.
C. Leave it for now and contact Night-Star

>>24989569
>A. Check with your teammates to see if they recognize the ship.

>>24989569
B. We don't know who to trust yet.

>>24989569
A

>>24989569
A. The Night-Prowler on the other team might recognize it. (Assuming we don't remember it from the file we read.)

>>24989569
A, as soon as the reactor is up Night-Faggot will take over the operation.

>>24989569
B

We'll discuss this in person, after we've secured the ship.

>>24989569

B, let's work of the assumption we're not on secure comms for now.

>>24989612
Good point. Changing my vote
>>24989592
here to trying to raise our mentor on secure comms again, and if that fails then B.

>>24989569
A

>>24989569
B

>>24989569
>A. Check with your teammates to see if they recognize the ship.

>>24989569
A

>>24989593
>>A

You open a secure channel to your team. "Duskbound Flight. Anyone recognize the name?" you ask.

You hear Quick-Shadow's voice. "Did you say Duskbound Flight? That's my friend's ship. The one I told you about - the one that was lost to solar storms two years back."

"Well, we found a piece of it stuck in this reactor," you tell him.

He's silent for a moment. "Solar storms don't leave ships in one piece for salvage," he tells you. "The fleet-master's been giving humans... Yautja technology?"

Do you respond:

A. "Let's not jump to conclusions."
B. "Seems that way."

>>24989690
PANIC MODE

>>24989690
>B. "Seems that way."

If it looks, walks, quacks, shits, and tastes like a duck, odds are its a goddamn duck.

>>24989690
B
But stay calm we must prepare our anuses as Night-Star is gonna try to rape us

>>24989690
B
Trust noone.

>>24989690
A.

We secure the ship first then we investigate.

>>24989729
You do realize that, if we are right, as soon as we secure the ship we are getting stabbed in the back.

>>24989690
B, but we need to keep this QUIET until we can use it to being Admiral Jackass down. If he learns we have it early, he'll try to kill us and make it look like an accident.

>>24989690

B

Ah. This makes more sense, a pirate fleet would require willing crew to go along with mass treason against their clan/society, isolating themselves for years, stocking and maintaining the fleet in absolute secret, and contriving scenarios where they disappear. Whereas this requires only the last part.

Interesting.

Hold on, is this destroyer the last one in the fleet? What happened to the flagship?

>>24989765
We are on the flagship.

>>24989765
This is the flagship.

>>24989765
This is the flagship of the W-Y fleet. Everything else is in varying states of blown up.

>>24989747
I'd hope that our mentor would help us out with that on the Admirals end. And it's precisely because we may get stabbed in the back that we need to secure this ship. If they were expecting us then they may have dudes waiting to kill us on board.

>>24989721
>>B.

"It seems that way," you respond.

"Then we have a problem. There's no chance he'll let us take what we've seen back home," Quick-Shadow surmises.

"There's no way we can duel his flagship," you tell him.

"Well, we need to think of something fast," Steel-Arrow says.

Do you:

A. Ask Burning-Scythe if he can get the experimental cannon operational.
B. Try to raise your mentor again on your private comms.
C. Raise Night-Star
D. Order Sharp-Strike to get back to your ship.

>>24989816
A

>>24989816
B

>>24989816
Let's start with B.

>>24989816
Can we do a combo of A+B+D?

>>24989816
B) we cant fire on night stars ship with jackal still there... unless he's been captured and we need to give him honor.

>>24989816

Mmm, A is not likely, even a highly experience engineer is not going to figure out a completely alien system in the timeframe we're looking at.

B is worth a try.

>>24989816
>>24989841
This, we have 3 people we can do 3 things.

>>B. Try to raise your mentor again on your private comms.

You try your mentor once again on his private comms, still with no response. However, a moment later, you receive a brief message on your wrist-computer.

"Can't talk. On bridge. Too quiet. Trouble?"

Do you:

A. Do nothing.
B. Send "Yes"
C. Send "Night-Star supplying humans with Yautja tech."
D. Send "Beware. Night-Star betrayal imminent."

>>24989816
B.

>>24989873
C

>>24989873
D

>>24989873
C

>>24989873
C

>>24989873
C.

>>24989873
C+D

>>24989873
B

We can't guarantee he hasn't been compromised and this is Night-Star spoofing a message. If its actually him, he'll get the gist of it since he knows whats up.

>>24989873
B


secretly, i'm still hoping that Night Star is actually a good guy and all of this evidence is being planted to set him up.

>>24989873
Hold on guys, while it's possible that it's teacher, he could have gotten captured/killed and it's night star using his wrist-computer. Ask him something only he'd know.

>>24989902
>>24989905
this

>>24989873
B. Just in case it's not actually our mentor.

>>24989873
B.

>>24989873
B

Because MUH OPSEC

>>24989909
Hmm, good point. I'm gonna go with B, and ask him to tell us something only the two of us would know before we tell him more.

>>24989909
>>24989902
fuck
changing my C to a B, don't know which one is my post

>>24989873
>>24989909
Damnit, you're right B

>>24989816
B

>>C.

You send "Night-Star supplying humans with Yautja tech."

You wait a moment, and your mentor responds with a simple acknowledgement.

You turn to Burning-Scythe. "Can we do what the humans cannot and bring the cannon online?"

He peers at the reactor. "Not likely. The power draw is simply too large. I should be able to bring the reactor online without a problem and power the existing weapons, however."

You turn to Sharp-Strike and inform him to head back to the ship with haste and await your instructions. He acknowledges and rushes out. You shout for him to wait, pick up the synthetic head he ripped off a moment earlier, and throw it to him. He catches it, thanks you, and continues his run.

"Incoming comms," you hear Seeking-Eye shout, "It's Night-Star."

Do you:

A. Answer it.
B. Have Burning-Scythe cycle up the reactor.
C. Wait.

>>24989931
>>24989933

Oops! too late.

>>24989963
B, then A

>>24989963
B followed by A

>>24989963
B and A, in that order.

>>24989963
B, then A

>>24989963
B and A. Oh, and see if Sharp-Strike could pilot a ship home. Or actually, tell Quick-Shadow to get our of here and back home. Someone needs to know what's happening.

>>24989963
B.

Incoming betrayal.

The USMC is over 225 years of romping, stomping, hell, death and destruction. The finest fighting machine the world has ever seen. We were born in a bomb crater, our mother was an M-16 and our father was the devil.

Each moment that I live is an additional threat upon your life. I am a rough looking, roving warrior of the whole damn globe. I am cocky, self-centered, overbearing, and I do not know the meaning of fear, for I am fear itself. I am a green, amphibious monster made of blood and guts who arose from the sea, feasting on anti-Americans throughout the globe. Whenever it may arise, and when my time comes, I will die a glorious death on the battle field, giving my life to Mama, the Corps, and the American flag.

We stole the eagle from the Air Force, the anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army. On the 7th day, while God rested, we overran his perimeter and stole the globe, and we've been running the show ever since. We live like soldiers and talk like sailors and make both of them look like fucking pacifists because we are the mother fucking American samurai. We are the Spartans of the modern fucking future, and nobody can outfight, outdrink, outfuck, outman the fucking Marines, because we are PT GODS! Warrior by day, lover by night, drunkard by choice, Marine Corps by good Goddamn luck! SEMPER FI MOTHER FUCKERS!

>>24989994
>>B and A, in that order.

You turn to Burning-Scythe. "Power up up the reactor," you tell him.

He nods, connects a few cables to his wrist computer, and taps it a few times. The reactor hums and begins to light up.

"Weapons are online," you hear Seeking-Eye tell you.

"Right. Patch him through."

You hear Night-Star's voice over the comms. "Is the ship secured?"

Do you answer:

A. "Yes, it's fully secured."
B. "No, we still need some time."
C. "Yes, but you'll need to explain right now why there's a Night-Prowler plasma amplifier powering this reactor."

>>24990021
A, let's not tip our hand yet.

>>24990021
B

>>24990000
wouldnt it technically be the USCM for United States Colonial Marines?
also
nice get

>>24990021
A

>>24990021
A
Now is not the time to be rash or look like a fool.

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>>24990000
>tfw Hudson

>>24990021
>A. "Yes, it's fully secured."

HE KNOWS, OH DEAR GOD HE KNOWS

Play it cool. Don't want to tip our hand, and if we try to stall he might get suspicious.

>>24990021
A. No reason to do otherwise.

>>24990021
B delay this guy to give us more time

>>24990021
A) but if we're forced into firing on night star ship there's absolutely fucking no way it turns out well

>>24990151
No matter how real shit gets, we are NOT firing on Night Star's ship. Our mentor is there.

>>24990021
We could always bluff: "Yes, but the humans seem to have completely destroyed their reactor."

>>24990151
We can always wait until he comes closer to claim his prize then ram the fucker. Rogue Trader has taught me two things:

1. No one expects ramming
2. Ramming is always a good idea

>>24990040
>>A.

"Yes, it's fully secured," you answer.

"Excellent," he responds. "Well done."

"They're de-cloaking," Seeking-Eye informs you.

"Dark Cloak. Sleek Steel." He calls out his two escort destroyer captains. "Proceed back to base and inform the Matriarch our friends have secured the ship."

The Dark Cloak captain protests. "Sir, the Matriarch's orders were to esco..."

"I AM the fleet-master, and this is my order," he stresses. "Now go. I will handle it from here."

The two destroyer captains acknowledge, and engage their foldspace.

"Now," Night-Star returns to you. "I'll be taking the ship now. Thank you for your efforts. Kindly evacuate the ship. I will be sending boarding shuttles shortly."

_____________________________

END Episode 20.

Thanks for playing everyone!

SHEEEIT.

This is all about covering his tracks isn't it? Which means all of us are marked for death, our mentor too.

>>24990203
Well, we don't mind him having the frigate, as long as we grab the Yautja plasma amplifier. The question is whether we can successfully bring that home via one of our ships, or whether Night-Star will fire on us and declare our ships lost.