SA DEMO - MISSION 3

[jazzs3quence]

Ground Troops
Adam Bowyer, Oliver Kirkland, Rosalind Clements >> F8
Rosalind Clements use IV Drip on Rosalind Clements, Oliver Kirkland
Beth Knox fire twice @ I
Tanya Morse, Andy Fuller >> E7
Tanya Morse fire twice @ U
Andy Fuller fire twice @ Z
Kay Hanson, Eugene Wells, Thaddeus Gillian >> F4
Kay Hanson, Eugene Wells fire @ M
Thaddeus Gillian fire @ J

Cordelia
Forward 6
Fire @ Coyote ROE 8

Arial
Overcharge engines
Forward as far as steam allows
Fire @ Grunwald ROE 10

[Gravedust]

Hey hey. Got started a little late on things yesterday, ought to have the writeup by tonight-ish.

[Gravedust]

-Charger-
Captain Fain<Radio>: Stay right there Oakes boy! I got somethin' for ya!

*Charger streaks by Coyote as is truggles to lift off, cargo doors still open. As the marauder crosses behind it it looses a cannon shot that smashes into the upper decks*

-Coyote-
Captain Knauss<Radio>: Damn you, the review board will hear about this!

-Charger-
Captain Fain<Radio>: Yeah, I hope! You can tell 'em all about you and yer pathetic lot were pushed off by a single Marauder, some unregistereds and ...What looks like a garbage hauling rig! Provided you live long enough!

-CA-258-
Bosko: Captain, give me mic. Please.
Captain Rothechilde: *sighs* Alright.
Bosko<Radio>: What you call garbage rig!?

-Charger-
Captain Fain<Radio>: Hah! It speaks!

-Cordelia-
Terrence Hopper<Intercom>: Captain, the Sylph is making a run for it.
Captain Whitney<Intercom>: I see it. Do what you can to stop it.
Terrence Hopper<Intercom>: Aye sir.. Gunners, on my mark.

*Cordelia's broadside thunders,peppering the Coyote's thin flanks with shells, with one or two misses chopping up the surrounding forest as the ships runs flat-out just a few feet above the deck. One of the shots clips through the large vertical stabilizer in the back, and the Sylph waggles awkwardly for a moment before continuing on*

Terrence Hopper<Intercom>:Looks like we've snagged up their rudder. They're locked on that course.
Rosalie Pratt<Intercom>: Me! That was mine, thank you. Did you see that?
Jake Glenn<Intercom>: I saw when you missed the second one...
Rosalie Pratt<Intercom>: Shut up!

-Iron Shrike-
Griz: *coughs* Get it under control! I have to see to the Pressure tank! Don't let the fire spread forward, whatever you do! That engine is just barely hanging on, and if it blows it could take the deck with it!

Stitch: *hacking* I can't breathe! Help me!!

Midge: Stay low, you idiot! Get something over your mouth so you don't suck in the smoke! And help me! The forward fuel bins are burning, we have to dump them before it spreads or gets worse! Come on!

*Twin waterfalls of fire erupt from Shrike's sides as some of her burning fuel is jettissoned through emergency hatches*

Midge: That's helping, With a little luck we can get this under control...

-On the ground-

Andy Fuller: Hey, looks like they chased off that Coyote.. That's some good luck.

Tanya Morse: Yeah, it's a start...

Andy Fuller: Another ship's passing over! It looks like.. Whoa. WHOA.

Tanya Morse: ...Do you think we should tell McCullough his ship is pissing fire?

Andy Fuller: ...I dunno.. I think he's got enough to worry about right now...

Tanya Morse: ..Agreed..

Bill Addison: *wiping his blade off on a sofa cushion* I believe that's the last of them in here...

Captain McCullough: Good work.. How are we?

Jim Reynolds: Nnff.. There's a whole mess of browns outside, I expect they'll be headed this way and we'd best be ready for them... I Got an extra hole on the way in here. Lizard too... We're holding up, though.

Lizard: Does... Does this mean I get some rum later...? For Painkilling purposes?

Bill Addison: Kail... I'm afraid we've lost one of our Concordiat friends. The rifleman did for him.

Captain McCullough: ...Damn. Let's see to it we take an extra pound of flesh from these bastards to make up for it, then.

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::NOTES::

The Map got a little messed up, the text by Coyote is supposed to say RUDDER JAMMED. ...I would fix it except it's late and I'm tired. -_-

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:: CRITICAL MISSION OBJECTIVES:::
Recover Doctor Mengler's Lab Equipment
----
::BONUS MISSION OBJECTIVES::
- Time is money ($30,000 completion bonus, reduced by $1000 per round)
Destroy or chase off Furie ($10,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Destroy or chase off Grunwald ($10,000)
- Destroy or chase off Coyote ($6,000)

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::OPPOSING FORCES::


FURIE=====================
Vagabond class mercenary vessel
-OUT OF COMBAT-
=====================


GRUNWALD================
Vagabond class mercenary vessel


-Left
[D1C2 damaged: (9)]
[D2C2 Damaged (12)][D2C­3 Holed]
[D3C1 Holed][D3C3 damaged (12)][D3C4 Holed]
[D4C1 Holed][D4C2 Holed]


-Right
[D1C2 damaged (10)]
[D2C3 Holed][D2C3 Holed][D2C4 damaged(9)]
[D3C1 damaged (10)]
[D4C1 damaged(6)][D4C2 Holed]
==========================


COYOTE================
Sylph class mercenary vessel
-On fire (D1C1)

LEFT
[D1C1:(3/15)][D1C2:(15/15)]
[D2C1:(15/15)][D2C2:(3/15)][D2C3:(15/15)][D2C4:(15/15)][D2C5:(15/15)]
[D3C1:(15/15)][D3C2:(15/15)][D3C3:(15/15)]

RIGHT
[D1C1:(3/15)][D1C2:(0/15)]
[D2C1:(15/15)][D2C2:(15/15)][D2C3:(15/15)][D2C4:(15/15)][D2C5:(15/15)]
[D3C1:(3/15)][D3C2:(15/15)][D3C3:(8/15)]

BACK/FRONT
[D1:(00/20)] -------- [D1:(20/20)]
[D2:(20/20)] -------- [D2:(17/20)]
[D3:(20/20)] -------- [D3:(20/20)]

TOP/BOTTOM
[C1:(5/5)][C2:(5/5)][C3:(5/5)][C4:(5/5)][C5:(5/5)]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[C1:(5/5)][C2:(5/5)][C3:(5/5)][C4:(5/5)][C5:(5/5)]



CHARGER================
Marauder class mercenary vessel




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:::Round 11:::

[Kail McCullough]Elite Captain][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Leadership][Jet Pack][Sapper Bomb (1/2)]
[Jim Reynolds][Veteran Musketeer][4/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Cutting Torch]((-15 to tolls))
[Elizabeth "Lizard" Reynolds][Regular Musketeer][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]((-10 to rolls))
[Bill Addison][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]
[Alek Belov][Regular Swashbuckler][0/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-KIA-))
[Oleg Nikoliev][Regular Swashbuckler][6/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-5 to rolls))

-------

[Andy Fuller][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][S. Bombs (2/2)]
[Kay Hanson][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]]
[Tanya Morse][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][None]
[Rosalind Clements][Elite Medic][7/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-IV Drip][Parachute][Item2]
[Oliver Kirkland][Elite Roustabout][4/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - 2nd Strike][Parachute][Grenade]((-15 to rolls))

--------

[Eugene Wells][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][S.Bomb][Jetpack]
[Thaddeus Gillian][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Grenade][Jetpack]
[Beth Knox][Regular Swashbuckler][7/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Cutting Torch][Jetpack]
[Adam Bowyer][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][None]



====================





STEAM PRESSURE: 2380/20k (+9000 Boiler)(-1380 Flight) = [10,000/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [16/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [12/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM


:::: CREW ::::
[Dallas West][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Eli Marsh][Veteran Pilot][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Pilot's Goggles(+10 Piloting)]
[Cheri Richmond][Veteran Engineer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Tyler][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Gary Kline][Veteran Cannoneer][8/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Wayne Gray][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lillie Ellisson][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]


STEAM PRESSURE: 5430/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight) = [13,050/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [16/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [14/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [18/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [2/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Daryl Whitney][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Item1-Parachute][Item2-None]
[Elias Graves][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Extra Evasive][Parachute][Item2]
[Terrence Hopper][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Rosalie Pratt][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Jake Glenn][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lucio Glass][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lionel Potts][Elite Engineer][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Glass][Regular Medic][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]




STEAM PRESSURE: 7090/16k (+5200 Boiler)(-1260 Flight) = [11,030/16k]
ENGINE POWER: 4000 (-1260 Flight) = [2740]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [14/24]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 8] [1400 steam] [AMMO [29 /35]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]

::CREW::
[Kieran Rotheschilde][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
----
[Bosko Serghei][Regular Pilot][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Kazimir Alber][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Nicolai Samuil][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Yaro Jozef][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Pavel Oslov][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Lidia Ozipov][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]





STEAM PRESSURE: 11,280/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight)(-880 Steam Leak) = [17,740/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [13/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [20003 steam] [AMMO [16/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [13/22]]
SIDEGUN AMMO [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[D3C2 Fire! (Severity 31)
[D3C2 Steam Leak (-880 steam) (Severity 9)
[D3C3 Fuel Fire! (Severity 68)]

• Reinforced 4
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM


::CREW::

[Six][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-Firing Platform][Parachute][Item2]
[Midge][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Jukka][Veteran Cannoneer][9/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Shin Kizami][Veteran Cannoneer][6/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Sun Kizami]][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]
[Roban][Elite Engineer][7/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Griselda "Griz" von Sozer][Elite Engineer][6/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Damage Control][Parachute][Item2] ((-5 to rolls))
[Stitch Finnigan][Regular Medic][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2] ((-10 to rolls))

[brendur]

(( quick question, is Griz's elite skill "Damage Control" being taken into effect for her compartment? Or is that not automatic and I have to declare an action for it? ))

[Gravedust]

((Damage control only works when a Malfunction occurs in a compartment the character is in, it doesn't have an effect on a Malfunction that's already happened.

Soooo for instance if the compartment takes a hit and makes a Malf roll, the result of that roll is reduced by an amount. Basically it's the port of a SP! special skill (that I'll proabaly be removing, now that I think about it.)

Buuut now that you mention it, that kind of sucks for purposes of this game, so I can retcon the ability if you want.

We can have it just passively reduce a Malfunction's Severity by 10 per round. It the case of multiple malfunctions it would split itself between them evenly. 5/5 for 2, 3/3/3 for 3, etc. (the remainder disappears) This wouldn't cost an action, just standing in the compartment would do the trick. The ability would proc in the compartment the character is in at the END of their turn.

Sound good?

Also fires aren't technically malfunctions, even though they are listed there. >.> so it won't work on that.

But anyway, Griz's adjusted Elite skill would take care of the Pressure Leak in the compartment she's in, though. so she could use 2 actions on FF.

(It should be noted for purposes of me being nice I automatically arrange firefighting rolls to be done in order of highest skill to lowest, since lower skills can be 'wasted' trying to fight a high-intensity fire. They have a better chance of having an effect if the fire's severity is lower. The roll is basically:
[D100]+[Firefighting] - [Fire severity] = Amount Fire Severity is reduced by.

So you want your big rolls up front and the little ones later, since (hopefully) they'd be dealing with a lower severity) Anyway, I've been doing this automatically, so yay me.

Also remember the fire gets bigger at the beginning of each round, so the 88 became a 96 (which you didn't see, but it's in the log) and then got knocked down to a 68)

*deep breath*

Anyway. You're doing pretty well considering you're dealing with literally the worst fire possible under the rules. >.>

[Gravedust]

Okay I just ninja'd in the new Damage Control ability. >.>


Also, there are a few other changes I've been working on. This is going in my blog post for today also...

(SA/SP!) - Shipbuilding Alterations (V1.3)
Well, I've done it again, I'm altering the pricing structure of the ships, so some of them (well, all of them, probably) will be getting a little more expensive once the changes go through. I'm thinking I may also alter some weights, but I'm trying to avoid that. Changing price is simple, weight means I have to recalc most of the ships again. If I do change the weights it means ships will get slightly slower/heavier. The problem being that some compartments (Cargo/bunks especially) were simply too light and cheap. The weight and cost of some compartment accessories (Cargo hatches, emergency hatches, etc.) May also be increased slightly.


(SA) - Ground Combat Revisions
I'm thinking of altering the way ground combat works a little. Right now I'm vacillating somewhat on what exactly needs to be done, but once I get a clearer idea I'll explain what I intend and maybe ask for some input. Or maybe I won't do anything, I'll probably need a few more rounds of combat to decide.


(SA/SP!) - Ground Bombardment
On the positive side, I think I'm going to revise the rules for airships firing on ground positions.

Hovering directly over the ground square you intend to shoot at allows you to place cannonshots as called shots. (this is basically how it is now) This neutralizes your ship's evasive modifier, since it requires you to remain steady over the target.

You can also fire on a ground square from any height and distance you like, however if you do so the shots will hit randomly (Each ground square has 100 compartments total, so I'll just roll a D100 and -bloop- that's where the shot lands So you can bombard ground squares from a distance if you want to, but there's no telling what you'll hit, basically. Also your shot power will be degraded by range as normal.

The timing of the bombardment is determined during the ground phase, using the SHIP'S Air Tac score interposed into the ground phase's Com Tac Chain.

I.e
Ground Combat Chain:
Guy 1: Com Tac = 90
Guy 2: Com Tac = 80
Ship: Air Tac = 75 <---Bombardment happens
Guy 3: Com Tac = 50
Guy 4: Com Tac = 40
Etc.
Etc.

Meaning there is a chance you can move your characters out of the line of fire, if their Com Tac is high enough and you expect a square to be blasted from the air.
The Ammo and steam cost of the bombardment shots is deducted when the ship does the firing, the effects just aren't calculated till later.

Later on I may add actual bomb bays for ships which will allow for called-shot-like attacks to be made against a ground square without the ship having to halt and lose it's evasion modifier. The attacking ship just needs to cross over the target ground square at any height. Dropping bombs will not cost steam, and bombs do not suffer from range-based damage reduction.



(SA) - Jetpacks Expanded!
Jetpacks can now be used on the ground. They do not work indoors (for hopefully obvious reasons) But outside they can be used once per round to travel double the normal distance covered by walking and can bypass squares blocked by enemy characters.

There will be an Agility roll (Diff 30, I think) which if not passed, basically your character lands on hir face, takes 2 damage and gets posted to Failblog).

In light of this new functionality I may also be assigning Jetpack charges. (20/20?) 1 Charge per use on a ground map, and 5 charges to cross a square at Airship scale. (Ship-to-ship jump) Meaning that you can now actually make a jump to a ship up to 4 squares away.. though you're not getting back. >.< Difficulty for a ship-to-ship jump is an Agility roll. (Base difficulty of 20, increased by 10 per every square travelled before landing.) Failing this roll means you miss your target and take the express route to terra firma. You can save yourself with parachute. Otherwise, ~le squish~

Unlike grenades or other equipment though, Jetpack Charges will be replenished fully between missions. I may also be increasing their price. <-==-(I've ninja'd this in already))


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ALSO

Basically it takes me a full day to do a round now, depending on how much work I have to do at work.

The Ground phase goes pretty quickly, but the Air phase in some cases can take a lot of time, especially when dealing with a lot of shooting and damage and other fun stuff. it still gets faster by a little bit every time I do it, I'm learning some shortcuts and not being as detailed with the Log. But the amount of time it takes is such that I can't just do the writeup the same day as the round expires. I'd be posting at 2 or 3 in the morning. : /

So, unless something massive happens in terms of simplification (super unlikely) when dealing with complicated battles you can probabaly expect so see the round go up the evening AFTER the round finishes. I.E. if you get your turns out this evening you can expect to see them Friday night.

So in order to get 2 rounds a week in we may need to adjust when the rounds close. So far I'm looking at:

Monday: Round (From previous Friday) Closes
Tuesday: I do stuff, post update in the evening.
Wednesday: Y'all look at things, think about things.
Thurs: Round Closes
Friday: I do stuff, post update in the evening. (or maybe sat, depending -_-)

So yeah the new round end days would be Monday and Thursday.
..Actually basically how it is now, huh?

..Anyway. Yeah.

[brendur]

(( The new damage control ability sounds sweet. ;D Thanks muchly. Also since we haven't had any in a while, some mood music


On the ground.

Kail McCullough: Jim! Lizard! Fall back and make yourselves some cover! We're gonna turn our entry point into a choke hold. The objective is to give our sister crews time to find what they need.

Bill Addison: You know if you wanted, you could say that prayer again.

Kail McCullough: I'm afraid the time for prayers has passed Mr. Addison. From here on out, God's only listening for gunshots.

Lizard: Wow...this is just like the penny dreadfuls...only more painful...ow..stupid bullet.



Iron Shrike

Jukka: (Intercom) I can see into the courtyard sai! More men are headed for the building.
Midge: (Intercom) I am...*cough* dealing with...*cough cough* something here!
*rabid tapping starts coming over the intercom*
Jukka: (Intercom) Whats that?
Shin: (Intercom) It Morse code! Six giving order!
Jukka:(Intercom) Well what's she saying sai?
Shin and Sun in eriee unison: (Intercom) FIRE NUMBNUTS!

Orders

Six lateral movement west, descend 1 and hover.
Jukka fire twice upon the ground called shots to D7 and C7 Respectively.
Sun go to D2C4, overcharge cannon.
Shin fire twice upon the ground called shots to D7 and B7 Respectively.
Roban fight fire twice.
Midge fight fire twice.
Griz fight fire twice.
Stitch head to D2C4, attend to Shin.

CA-258
Yaro and Pavel overcharge engines
Bosko turn 45 degees counterclockwise, ahead full
Lidia fire twice upon the Grunwald, RoE 3


On the Ground
Lizard and Jim move to F6
Kail fire twice at Enemy V
Bill, and Oleg move to F7

[jazzs3quence]

Captain West: Now where do you think you're going?
West: <intercom> Gunners, wipe that smirk off that Vagabond's face, will you?

Bill Addison: Kail... I'm afraid we've lost one of our Concordiat friends. The rifleman did for him.
*Rosalind's head perks up after the firefight dies down momentarily at Addison's words*
Rosalind Clements: <whispered> Alek...
Oliver Kirkland: You better get moving. You can patch me up better on the ship.
*Rosalind gives a curt nod and helps her crewmate to his feet.*
Rosalind Clements: Stay here. I don't want to lose anyone else today if I can help it. And don't try to give me any lip about it or I'll see to it that the Captain cuts your booze rations.
Kirkland: <grumbles incoherently>

Cordelia
45 deg turn R
forward 4
descend 3 (should be hovering over A1-ish)
All guns fire @ C7 (more or less)

Ariel
Forward 2
45 deg turn R
Forward 4
all guns fire @ Grunwald

Ground Troops
Beth Knox >> I8
Andy Fuller, Tanya Morse >> E8
Andy Fuller fire twice @ Y
Tanya Morse fire twice @ AA
Adam Bowyer, Rosalind Clements >> F4
Oliver Kirkland, collect Valuables
Terry Gillian, Kay Hanson >> E3
Eugene Wells >> F3

[Gravedust]

Hurk. almost done with the log, but I want time to do a decent writeup, (and I wanna enjoy my fri. night a little. =P) so the next round prob. won't be posted till tomorrow evening. sorry for ye delay.

[Gravedust]

*The high tops of trees scratch and thump against Coyote's belly as it makes its bid for escape, running hard with Charger on it's heels. The Legion ship nevertheless closes the distance, and after a moment of careful aim her gun fires, steam jetting from both sides of the barrel vent like an angry snort. The shot shoulders it's way through the ship's rear armor, tearing open it's boiler in a flash of red before continuing on to explode in the bridge, bursting the entire compartment outward in a shower of wood and metal and sparks.Coyote dips into the trees, their heavy trunks battering the nose and pulling it down until the craft flips end over end, cartwheeling through the forest before the hull cracks open and disintegrates into a blaze of fire. Torn free from the ship the pressure tank hurtles away like a rocket, before crumpling against a granite outcropping and exploding volently into a massive steamcloud, expanding with enough force to bowl over a dozen nearby trees.*

Captain Fain<Radio>: Heh. Ahehe.. Hehah AHAHAHA!! AHHH-HAHAHAHAHAA!!!![/color]

-Ariel-
Captain West: ...And that right there would be why I stopped seeing her.
Eli Marsh: That's understandable.
Captain West: Well we can all be horrified later. Let's get to settling accounts with our last dance partner.

-Cordelia-
Captain Whitney<Intercom>:We're moving into position to help our forces on the ground. Pick your targets, but do not put fire into the house itself until we've got what we came for. Let's hit them where it hurts.
Rosalie Pratt<Intercom>: You know for that I usually just need a boot, not so much a cannon.

-On the ground-
*Cordelia's arrival on the scene is punctuated by a ripple of cannon reports followed by a series of ear-shattering explosions as shells burst against the ground. The building rattles on it's foundations and one of the chandeliers in the main hall crashes to the floor. The soldiers outside throw themselves to the ground, which helps little against the intensity of fire.*

((Dramatic reenactment!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0hVdTP8ro&feature=related ))

Andy Fuller: Well, looks like the Cavalry's arrived.
Tanya Morse: *rubbing ears* WHAT?
Andy Fuller: LOOKS LIKE THE CAVALRY'S ARRIVED!!
Tanya Morse: CAVITIES? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?

-CA258-
Captain Rotheschilde: We're not doing much out at range, Bosko, take her in close.<Intercom>Lidia, see if you can get some shots in.
Lidia Ozipov<intercom>: Yes Captain.
Captain Rotheschilde: That's good Bosko.
Bosko: You say you want close. This not yet close.
Captain Rotheschilde: It's good enough.
Bosko: Bah, you watch.
*The assault craft deftly slides in front of Grunwald as it's in the midst of a turn, flying directly into it's path just as it begins to pitch forward to pick up speed. The Vagabond abruptly levels out, leaving the two ships hovering in place. Grunwald's cannons fire, but the unexpected maneuver makes the shots go wide.*
Bosko: See, this close.

-Iron Shrike-
Midge: I've almost got this locked down... Stitch... Dammit you're only getting in the way.. Head updeck and make yourself useful!
Stitch: Fine! About time you saw sense!
*The doctor climbs up the stairwell only to be confronted by a blaze burning in the forward bunks as well*
Stitch: Fire!! Fire on deck two!
Midge: Damn it it must have spread up the stairwell! Get forward and help Shin. We'll deal with it when we can.
Griz: Little one, whatever were going to do, we have to do it quickly! We haven't much more fuel to lose and- *With a loud -PANG- a rivet shoots loose from the pressure tank, ricocheting around the compartment like a bullet. A thick white jet of steam marks it's point of departure.*
..And things are starting to come apart down here! Listen! I'm going to bypass the tank safeties and vent the compressor! I need you to open the utility hatch so the pressure has somewhere to go! With luck it'll be enough of a shock to basically just blow the fire out!
Midge: Will that work!?
Griz: Probably! I don't know! Either it will and we'll be fine, or we'll both explode or burn to death. But we haven't got a whole lot of choice here! Are you ready?
Midge: ...As I'll ever be!
Griz: Good then three, two ONE! GO!
*A geyser of smoke and compressed air is suddenly forced out of the Shrike via a hatch in her side normally used for loading in fuel and water for the boiler. The craft shudders and loses a little altitude with the sudden pressure drop. After a second however, the flow of air is choked off.*
Midge: Oh.. My.. It worked! Ha! It worked!
Griz: Whew.. That it did! Good job!
*A few moments later Shrike's cannons rumble as it settles into a hover next to Cordelia. The cannonshells further decimate the rear yard, throwing up clouds of dirt and debris, and again putting the faces of the Oakes security forces downin the dirt. One shot veers from it's intended point and crashes through the roof of the manor, exploding in the kitchen amidst a horrible din. The kitchen door is stripped off it's hinges and propelled halfway down the hall, as the wall it had been formerly attached to collapses into ruin.*

Bill Addison: Well that was a shade close... What happened to the.. Oh, they moved into the larder.. lucky for them... Kail we're left with three that I can set eyes on. Swords all.
Captain McCullough: Alright, we'll find a way to deal with them if we have to.. Everyone else, we need to search this house! I don't want to be here when they scrape up more reinforcements! Find our medical parts!

-Storytime-
To the south side of the building, Beth Knox pushes through a door into a large and opulent bedroom, expensively furnished. Two men occupy the far side, the first wears the brown uniform of an Oakes employee. The other is a handsome man whose slicked black hair stands in sharp contrast to his pale skin and brilliantly white suit. He looks down his nose at Beth as she enters

"Vell. Zis is to be my rescue? ..Disappointing, after such a fuss." He sniffs.

"I told you, Doctor Mengler. You aren't going anywhere." The Oakes man draws his sword in a businesslike fashion, his stance casual though at the same time it looks like he might spring into action at any instant.

"Who said anything 'bout a rescue?" Beth cautiously edges further inside, scanning the tables and desks for anything resembling what she was told to look for. Nothing.

"But of course zees eez a rescue." Mengler scowls, gesturing impatiently. "Vhy else vould you be heer? If you vanted to keel me, you could have done so from ze air. So ze only reason for you to land es iv you vanted me, personally. No doubt some old aristokrat vants me to save heem from father time." The Doctor grinned. "It's touching he vould go to so much trouble."

"We ain't here for anybody. Shut up." Keeping an eye on the men she crouches to check under a table. Still nothing. This was too fancy to be any sort of lab anyway.. There wasn't enough storage or workspace. Still...

"Take one more step closer to Doctor Mengler and you'll die." The Oakes man took a step forward, his sword held out. His name-plate said Cobane. "Leave now. This is the one and only warning you'll get."

"Hey, take it easy there, ripper." She backed up a step nonetheless. Something in the way Cobane moved made her think there was a good chance he could make good on his threat. "We ain't here for him. We just want his medical gizmos. You stay out of our way and there's no call for more blood."

Cobane's stance didn't change in the slightest, but Mengler's brows furrowed. "My eqvipment... Fools! zhey are useless vizout me! Unless.. von of my pupils.. Perhaps.." His eyes flashed and he turned his gaze back to Beth.
"Listen! Take me vis you! I still have hidden accounts and I vill pay dearly for my freedom! Thirty thousand! All yours if you get me out of zis hellhole!"


((note he doesn't actually have a gun, that's just how I drew him.))
===============================================
::NOTES::


Just a little something; in order to make life a little easier for me when giving orders for ground troops and peeps aboard ship could you pretty please use this format:

Name of Character:
>Action 1
>Action 2

i.e.

Joe McDemoguy:
>Move to A2
>Shoot at Some Dude.

It saves me a little time having to parse things and makes it less likely I'll screw up. =P

For things like moving an airship or firing guns, you can just state the maneuvers as you have been doing.

I.e.

Fire on Ship X, ROE ##

Or:

Forward 4,
Ascend 1
Etc.

But unless they're a ship pilot or gunner, the
Name:
>Action
>Action
Format is best, since I usually transcribe it to that for the log anyway.

Also: I found a cool way to show compartment explosions on the ship diagram! I can't wait to show you! ...not that I want your ships to explode or anything... Nope...

I may expand this a little to show things like shellbursts as well, as soon as I find a good way to do that visually.


===============================================
:: CRITICAL MISSION OBJECTIVES:::
Recover Doctor Mengler's Lab Equipment
----
::BONUS MISSION OBJECTIVES::
- Time is money ($30,000 completion bonus, reduced by $1000 per round)
Destroy or chase off Furie ($10,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Destroy or chase off Grunwald ($10,000)
- Destroy or chase off Coyote ($6,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Rescue Dr. Mengler ($30,000)

===============================================
::OPPOSING FORCES::


FURIE=====================
Vagabond class mercenary vessel
-OUT OF COMBAT-
=====================


GRUNWALD================
Vagabond class mercenary vessel


-Left
[D1C2 damaged: (9)]
[D2C2 Damaged (12)][D2C3 Holed]
[D3C1 Holed][D3C3 damaged (12)][D3C4 Holed]
[D4C1 Holed][D4C2 Holed]


-Right
[D1C2 damaged (10)]
[D2C3 Holed][D2C3 Holed][D2C4 damaged(9)]
[D3C1 damaged (10)]
[D4C1 damaged(6)][D4C2 Holed]

-rear-
D1 damaged (10)
D4 Holed

-Front
D1 damahed (25)
D3 damaged (2)

==========================


COYOTE================
Sylph class mercenary vessel
-DESTROYED-
((really it would have crashed next round, but whatever. =P))


CHARGER================
Marauder class mercenary vessel




=====================================

:::Round 12:::

[
[Kail McCullough]Elite Captain][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Leadership][Jet Pack][Sapper Bomb (1/2)]
[Jim Reynolds][Veteran Musketeer][4/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Cutting Torch]((-15 to tolls))
[Elizabeth "Lizard" Reynolds][Regular Musketeer][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]((-10 to rolls))
[Bill Addison][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]
[Oleg Nikoliev][Regular Swashbuckler][6/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
-------
[Andy Fuller][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][S. Bombs (2/2)]
[Kay Hanson][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]]
[Tanya Morse][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][None]
[Rosalind Clements][Elite Medic][7/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-IV Drip][Parachute][Item2]
[Oliver Kirkland][Elite Roustabout][4/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - 2nd Strike][Parachute][Grenade]((-15 to rolls))((Carrying W:20,V:$5k))
--------
[Eugene Wells][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][S.Bomb][Jetpack]
[Thaddeus Gillian][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Grenade][Jetpack]
[Beth Knox][Regular Swashbuckler][7/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Cutting Torch][Jetpack]
[Adam Bowyer][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][None]





====================





STEAM PRESSURE: 1990/20k (+9000 Boiler)(-1380 Flight) = [9,610/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [15/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [12/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Dallas West][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Eli Marsh][Veteran Pilot][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Pilot's Goggles(+10 Piloting)]
[Cheri Richmond][Veteran Engineer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Tyler][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Gary Kline][Veteran Cannoneer][8/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Wayne Gray][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lillie Ellisson][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]




STEAM PRESSURE: 70/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight) = [7,690/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [15/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [12/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Daryl Whitney][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Item1-Parachute][Item2-None]
[Elias Graves][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Extra Evasive][Parachute][Item2]
[Terrence Hopper][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Rosalie Pratt][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Jake Glenn][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lucio Glass][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lionel Potts][Elite Engineer][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Glass][Regular Medic][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]



STEAM PRESSURE: 5350/16k (+5200 Boiler)(-1260 Flight) = [9,290/16k]
ENGINE POWER: 4000 (-1260 Flight) = [2740]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [13/24]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 8] [1400 steam] [AMMO [28 /35]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]

::CREW::
[Kieran Rotheschilde][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
----
[Bosko Serghei][Regular Pilot][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Kazimir Alber][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Nicolai Samuil][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Yaro Jozef][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Pavel Oslov][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Lidia Ozipov][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[/b]




STEAM PRESSURE: 8,250/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight)(-880 Steam Leak)(-1250 Steam Leak) = [13,740/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [9/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [20003 steam] [AMMO [14/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [12/22]]
SIDEGUN AMMO [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
D2C3 Fire! (Severity 37)
[D3C2 Steam Leak (-880 steam) (Severity 3)
[D3C2 Steam Leak (-1250 steam) (Severity 28)
• Reinforced 4
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

::CREW::
[Six][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-Firing Platform][Parachute][Item2]
[Midge][Regular Roustabout][5/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-10 to rolls))
[Jukka][Veteran Cannoneer][9/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Shin Kizami][Veteran Cannoneer][6/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-5 to rolls))
[Sun Kizami]][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]
[Roban][Elite Engineer][7/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Griselda "Griz" von Sozer][Elite Engineer][5/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Damage Control][Parachute][Item2] ((-10 to rolls))
[Stitch Finnigan][Regular Medic][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2] ((-10 to rolls))



[/size]

[jazzs3quence]

Beth Knox: Uh, I'm not really the person to...aw hell...<shouting out the open door> Guys? I, uh, found the doctor and he's looking to be, uh, rescued?
*Kay Hanson & Terry Gillian exchange a glance, and shake their fists 3 times. After the third shake, Kay's fist becomes a flat palm while Terry's fist remains.*
Kay Hanson: There in a minute.
Rosalind Clements: Maybe I should...?
Adam Bowyer: If Beth found the equipment with the doctor, she would have said so. Elsewise, we need you to look for what we came for. We can all sit down and shoot the shit later.
Rosalind: <nodding> Right, of course.

Captain West: Look at that dipshit, sittin' there all nice and pretty. Eli, box that fucker in.
Eli Marsh: On it.
West: <intercom> Gunners, light 'em up!
Lillie Ellison: Damn damn damn damn damn!

Ariel
45 deg turn R
Forward 4
Gunners traverse & fire ROE 1

Ground Troops
Terry Gillian
>Open door
>Go to E3

Eugene Wells
>Open East door
>Go to F3

Rosalind Clements
>Go to F4
>Open South door

Adam Bowyer
>Go to G3

Kay Hansen
>Go to F7

Andy Fuller
>Fire @ AA
>Fire @ Y

Tanya Morse
>Fire @ AA
>Fire @ Y

[brendur]

Orders

Iron Shrike
Griz, repair pressure room, overcharge
Midge move to D2C3, fight fire
Roban move to D2C3 fight fire.
Six Ascend two verts.
Shin, fire twice on the Grunwald, ROE 5
Sun overcharge Shin twice.
Jukka fire twice on the Grunwald ROE 5

CA-258
Lidia traverse to starboard port, fire on the Grunwald ROE 2

Ground forces
Kail, Bill, Oleg go to E7 Kail attack enemy Y Bill and Oleg attack enemy Z
Lizard and Jim move to F7, attack enemy AA

[Gravedust]

Ugh. I seem to have the brain worms at the moment. I'm working on the round now, but in the off chance I'm incapacitated later, the round might not show up tonight. I'll do what I can, tho. Sorry for the delay. : /

[brendur]

;D sorry couldn't resist, kill the brain worms with something suitably alchoholic....or just take the day off

[Gravedust]

Hehehe.

I'm pretty sure it's caffiene withdrawal. I think I had a Rockstar every day last week... Last night I slept for 12 hours and today I have a nasty headache and just generally feel like total crap. : /

If it's not that then it's either a pressure related headache or I'm getting sick again. Or both maybe. : /

I don't do very well at writing or other creative anything when my brain hurts, but I'll squeak through it if I can. ;D

[jazzs3quence]

((man I wish I had a whole bag of those that I could just throw out whenever it was appropriate. Would be great to use in client emails, too )

[Gravedust]

-Ariel-
Captain West<intercom>: All right, let's close in on him. Wait.. What's he doin- Eli! Hard to Starboard!

*Grunwald rears into a tight turn, cannons blazing as it comes to bear quickly on a new heading and pours on speed, charging to the north. A cannonshell slams into Ariel's bow, cutting a jagged path through most of the lower deck before bursting against one of the rear bulkheads.*

Captain West: Son of a bitch.
Captain West<Intercom> How are we?
Adela Tyler<Intercom>: Nngh... Felt that one.. Compartment's holed. Engine's still turning, but.. I'm smelling smoke..
Captain West<Intercom> You're still alive?
Adela Tyler<Intercom>: Mostly. I've felt better. ...Is this normal for a first day?
Captain West<Intercom> ...Depends on the day, honestly.

-CA-258-
*Lidia brings the hammer down as fast as she can on CA's little cannon, scoring hits along Grunwald's front as it turns. As the larger ship pirouettes, it's rear turret comes to bear against the former Concordiat vessel*
Bosko: ...Uh-oh.
Captain Rotheschilde: What?
Bosko: I may have made mista-
*Grunwald's rear cannon flares, pounding home two overcharged shots almost simultaneously and 258's forward engine pod disintigrates, exploding outward in a wave of shrapnel and twisted machinery as the engine within tears itself apart in an eyeblink. The ship bucks wildly, nose rising and falling like a boat in heavy seas*

-Charger-
Captain Fain<Radio>: Whoa!

-Ariel-
Captain West<Radio>: Holy shit! CA, CA come in! Are you still there?

-CA-258-
Captain Rotheschilde<Radio>: Still... Here.. Down a pilot, and there's a fire below.. *Coughs* I've got the wheel but there's not much of a bridge left. Controls are jammed. Power is.. Just barely enough to stay up and mobile. Looks like we'll have to find another ride home for the boys on the ground. If I set this thing down it's not going to get back up again.

-Iron Shrike-
Roban: What was noise?
Midge: I don't know.. Hope it was one of theirs. <Intercom> Fire's out! Griz, how are things below?
Griz<Intercom>: I just got the boiler sewn up tight again. Giving her a bit of extra pressure now.
Shin<Intercom>: Brown ship just hit troop carrier! One engine down!
Midge:<Intercom>: Damn... Six, take us up.. Shin, Give 'em hell!
Shin<Intercom>: Okay!
*Shrike's forward cannon hammers out two shots, one of which connects with Grunwald's side*
Stitch: ...Do any of you smell smoke?
Sun: I though was you!
Stitch: Oh god!<Intercom> Fire! Fire in the forward cannon!
Midge: AAAAAH!!! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!

-On the ground-
*The three swordsmen charging towards the house are greeted with a fierce fusillade of fire that drops two of them and turns the last back before the entrance.*
Captain McCullough: Nicely done! How's the search going?
Thaddeus Gillian: Drawing a blank. But there's a door that leads out back here.
Eugene Wells: I've found some bright and shinies here! No medical equipment though.
Rosalind Clements: This door is stuck! I need a hand!
Adam Bowyer: Hang on, lemme put a shoulder to it, darlin'. *Crack* There, se- Shit!
Rosalind Clements: Shit!

-On the other side of the house-
Jack Cobane: If you think I'm going to let you just stand there and talk about taking my charge away from me, you've got another thing coming!

*Swords clash and after a brief struggle his opponent slumps to the floor*

Dr. Mengler: Hm. How droll. Ah vell. I'm sure zey brought more.
Jack Cobane: Shut up, doc.

===============================================
::NOTES::


Well the situation with CA is pretty much as follows:
It can hover and fly (very slowly) but it hasn't got enough juice to ascend. So like Kieran said, if you land it it won't be able to take off again. The rudder is jammed, which means (in this case) it'll do a 135 turn to the left at the beginning of every round. (actually a 45 degree turn since it doesn't have enough power left to do a full 135 or even a 90 >.< ) and won't have really enough power left over to do anything else so you're effectively rooted in place till you can get it fixed.

Kieran gets 2 turns like everyone else. Captaining takes 1 turn and Piloting takes another. So you can have him stop one to try and make a Repair. Replacing his Captaining action will just remove his Air Tac bonus from the ship. (Like Shrike is now. Actually I've been counting Six as captain but since she doesn't have any Air Tac the effect is the same..))

If you choose to land the ship and evacuate the crew you will lose the ship and (in this case) there is a 75% chance per crewmember that they will manage to make it back later and rejoin you.

If you manage to get the ship off the map then you get to keep the ship and crew and all else. ..I can tell you now that CA's forward speed will be ~1 square per round, though... After paying flight cost it's left with 740 power.
(If the mission ends before CA makes it all the way off but it looks like you'll make it it'll just give it to you.)



===============================================
:: CRITICAL MISSION OBJECTIVES:::
Recover Doctor Mengler's Lab Equipment
----
::BONUS MISSION OBJECTIVES::
- Time is money ($30,000 completion bonus, reduced by $1000 per round)
Destroy or chase off Furie ($10,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Destroy or chase off Grunwald ($10,000)
- Destroy or chase off Coyote ($6,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Rescue Dr. Mengler ($30,000)

===============================================
::OPPOSING FORCES::


GRUNWALD================
Vagabond class m­ercenary vessel


-Left
[D1C2 damaged: (9)]
[D2C2 Damaged (12)][D2C3 Holed]
[D3C1 Holed][D3C3 damaged (12)][D3C4 Holed]
[D4C1 Holed][D4C2 Holed]


-Right
[D1C2 damaged (10)]
[D2C3 Holed][D2C3 Holed][D2C4 damaged(9)]
[D3C1 damaged (10)]
[D4C1 damaged(6)][D4C2 Holed]

-rear-
D1 damaged (10)
D2 damaged (11)
D4 Holed

-Front
D1 damaged (25)
D2 damaged (8)
D3 damaged (8)
D4 damaged (2)
==========================

CHARGER================
Marauder class mercenary vessel




=====================================

:::Round 13:::

[Kail McCullough]Elite Captain][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Leadership][Jet Pack][Sapper Bomb (1/2)]
[Jim Reynolds][Veteran Musketeer][4/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Cutting Torch]((-15 to tolls))
[Elizabeth "Lizard" Reynolds][Regular Musketeer][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]((-10 to rolls))
[Bill Addison][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]
[Oleg Nikoliev][Regular Swashbuckler][6/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-5 to rolls))
-------
[Andy Fuller][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][S. Bombs (2/2)]
[Kay Hanson][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]]
[Tanya Morse][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][None]
[Rosalind Clements][Elite Medic][7/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-IV Drip][Parachute][Item2]
[Oliver Kirkland][Elite Roustabout][4/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - 2nd Strike][Parachute][Grenade]((-15 to rolls))((Carrying W:20,V:$5k))
--------
[Eugene Wells][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][S.Bomb][Jetpack]
[Thaddeus Gillian][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Grenade][Jetpack]
[Beth Knox][Regular Swashbuckler][0/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Cutting Torch][Jetpack]-KIA-
[Adam Bowyer][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][None]






====================





STEAM PRESSURE: 4330/20k (+9000 Boiler)(-1380 Flight) = [11,950/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [14/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [11/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
D3C3 - Fire (9)

CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Dallas West][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Eli Marsh][Veteran Pilot][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Pilot's Goggles(+10 Piloting)]
[Cheri Richmond][Veteran Engineer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Tyler][Regular Engineer][3/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-20 to rolls))
[Gary Kline][Veteran Cannoneer][8/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Wayne Gray][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lillie Ellisson][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]




STEAM PRESSURE: 7,690/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight) = [15,310/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [14/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [12/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Daryl Whitney][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Item1-Parachute][Item2-None]
[Elias Graves][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Extra Evasive][Parachute][Item2]
[Terrence Hopper][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Rosalie Pratt][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Jake Glenn][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lucio Glass][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lionel Potts][Elite Engineer][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Glass][Regular Medic][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]



STEAM PRESSURE: 6490/16k (+5200 Boiler)(-1260 Flight) = [10,430/16k]
ENGINE POWER: 2000 (-1260 Flight) = [740]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [12/24]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 8] [1400 steam] [AMMO [26 /35]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
D2C4 - Rudder Jammed (Left turn 135)(Severity 7)
D3C4 - Fire! (Severity 27)

::CREW::
[Kieran Rotheschilde][Veteran Captain][2/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-25 to rolls))
----
[Bosko Serghei][Regular Pilot][0/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]-KIA-
[Kazimir Alber][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Nicolai Samuil][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Yaro Jozef][Regular Engineer][0/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2] -KIA-
[Pavel Oslov][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Lidia Ozipov][Regular Cannoneer][4/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-15 to rolls))





STEAM PRESSURE: 8780/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight)= [16,400/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [8/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [20003 steam] [AMMO [14/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [10/22]]
SIDEGUN AMMO [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
D2C4 Fire! (Severity 20)

• Reinforced 4
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

::CREW::
[Six][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-Firing Platform][Parachute][Item2]
[Midge][Regular Roustabout][5/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-10 to rolls))
[Jukka][Veteran Cannoneer][9/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Shin Kizami][Veteran Cannoneer][6/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-5 to rolls))
[Sun Kizami]][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]
[Roban][Elite Engineer][7/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Griselda "Griz" von Sozer][Elite Engineer][5/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Damage Control][Parachute][Item2] ((-5 to rolls))
[Stitch Finnigan][Regular Medic][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2] ((-10 to rolls))

[brendur]

(( really busy day at the office, won't be able to get a post in at 5, later tonight though I think I can sneak it in))

[Gravedust]

Mokay, thanks for the heads-up.

[brendur]

Orders

The Iron Shrike
Six turn 90 degrees clockwise, ahead full
Griz overcharge Boiler
Roban head to D3C4
Shin and Sun, fight fire twice
Stitch head to bunkroom 1
Jukka fire upon the Grunwald twice, ROE 7
Midge head to D2C4 fight fire.

CA-258
Nicolai and Kazimir head to D3C3
Lidia fight fire twice
Pavel Oslav head to D2C2
Kieran hover.

Ground Troops
All forces attack z and head to F7

[jazzs3quence]

Capt. Whitney: <radio>God damn it, Ariel, the fuck is going on over there
Capt. West: <radio>Uh...
West: <intercom> Tyler, get that fire under control, make sure it doesn't spread into the pressure room.
West: Motherfu--
West: <radio> Uh, yep, we're holdin' up. We're awfully lucky he shot us before we did what we were about to do, otherwise we might not be having this conversation. I underestimated that Vagabond's pilot for an idiot. Turns out, he's a pissed-off idiot. Now let's go make him hurt.
Whitney: <radio>Thought you were keeping all the fun to yourself this go-round.
West: <radio>Oh yes, I always like taking your buckshot holes for you.

*Two shots ring through the air from the room Kay Hanson last heard Beth's voice.*
Kay Hanson: <whispered>No...<reaching the room>Eat pig shit motherfucker!

Eugene Wells: Hey Thaddeus, c'mere a minute. I think the Bowyer kid might've found something...Back off children, let me show you how you treat a sticky door...

Ground Troops
Kay Hanson
>Go to H8
>Fire @ R

Andy Fuller
>Go to H7

Tanya Morse
>Go to H7

Rosalind Clements
>Go to F3

Adam Bowyer
>Go to F3

Eugene Wells
>Go to F4
>Use sapper bomb on door
>Go to E3

Thaddeus Gillian
>Go to E4
>Toss grenade into G4

Ariel
Adela Tyler >> D3C3, fight fire
Cheri R >> D3C3
Forward as far as steam allows
Fire @ Grunwald ROE 6

Cordelia
Ascend 3
Dive 1, forward as far as steam allows
Fire @ Grunwald ROE 6

[Gravedust]

Heyas. ;D

Kind of a busy day today and I (hopefully) have plans tonight so the round probably won't show up till Saturday sometime.

I'm sure you are shocked and devastated by this news.

[jazzs3quence]

0:54

(alternately, THIS)

I could try to imitate Billy Crystal's accent, but I'm afraid it would get lost in the translation of voice to text...

[Gravedust]

For +1 Internets: You can link to the middle of a youtube video!

Add zee following code to the end of the URL:

#t=1m15s

M for minutes and
S for seconds

So this addition points the player to 1 minute, 15 seconds:

If your time is before one minute, just omit the M part.

..I'm not totally sure if it works off the site though.

Mostly I learned that so I could link this.

[jazzs3quence]

that was, uh............

I knew you could link within a clip but I didn't know how you went about it, so gracias. And I updated the embed...lesse if it works...

Update!!! It doesn't.

[Gravedust]

Ehehe.. the Demonix was the runner-up page for my interoffice browser homepage changing spree.

Perhaps wisely I went with this instead:
nyan.cat/

..Since I figured I might get shitcanned for putting the other thing on people's computers. I think it would have been grand though, if you can imagine people coming back from lunch and opening their browsers:

"Wat? youtubes?"

and then:

"WAT NO JESUS WHY AAAAAA!!!!!!"

I know they'd have their sound on too, since they listen to Pandora all day and fuck up our bandwidth. >.<

Incidentally, don't ever listen to speedcore/splittercore/terrorcore Unless you like music that hates the people that listen to it. Dubstep is pretty much where I draw the line, I've found in terms of things I can listen to at that range and actually sort of enjoy unironically.

Anyway ima stop derailing my own thread now I think. Yep.

[Gravedust]

((Hurgh.. I'm very sorry but I'm not feeling so hot, so I'm just gonna do the cliffs' Notes version:

-Ariel gets a shot off that hits Grunwald in it's lowest deck, causing an impressive amount of damage, but unfortunately there's nothing vital down there.
-Charger semi-narrowly avoided getting her bridge shot out then chased after Grun. Grun's aft armor was relatively undamaged so nothing made it through despite Charger's persistent and spirited donkey-punching.
-Shrike manages to get the fire taken care of, (finally)-
-CA hangs in there (by a thread) however Lidia was unable to get the fire out and a malfunction caused by fire damage has put the cannon out of commission permanently. Kieran would like to take this opportunity to fervently pray that the next fire spread roll result isn't 26-50, because if it is they're pretty borked.

===============================================
::NOTES::

Whew. This was a wierd round.. A lot of really lucky rolls and a lot of really unlucky rolls. : / But Shrike finally stopped being on fire!

Well just to cover a couple of things: Sapper bombs don't injure characters in SA, they just blow through walls. Also you can huck grenades thru doors just fine. ^^ Sorry if either of these points weren't clarified.

And while it may look like Grunwald is trying to flee the map, it isn't.

Also:
IMPORTANT
I'm adding the ability to indicate a Max Range for cannons using Targeted fire. If the target is outside the max range given, the gunners won't bother to fire. (Because wasting ammo and steam on long shots that won't do much damage even if they do hit kind of sucks.)

You can set a Max Range like so:

Targeted Fire on Dummyship, RoE 5, Max 10

I think that might help the shooting be a little more flexible, especially when dealing with fast ships.

ALSO IMPORTANT:

Since ground combat is horribly broken I'm implementing the following changes. I was going to wait till the end of the mission, but Ehh.

-Musketeer Ranged Damage is reduced to 6 (because right now they are too awesome. This may go back up depending on how the other changes effect things.) (there is still a 'soft critical' increased damage effect for rolling 100+ on a ranged attack)
-Non-musketeer ranged damage is 4.

-The way Melee attacks are made has been modified (because right now they suck)
The new formula is:
D100[+Attacker's Swashbuckling] - [Defender's Swashbuckling]
Basically I'm removing the D100 component from the Defender's roll, so it's the attacker's roll vs. a static number.
Meaning that melee attacks will do a lot more damage a lot more consistently. Especially if we have a Melee guy hitting a non-melee guy.

-Melee fighters will now make Attacks of Opportunity-
Basically if they have a spare action and an enemy is within range they can make an attack.
This applies to circumstances where their target retreats to a different compartment, putting them out of range. If there is an available target the Swashbuckler will hit that instead. Attack of Opportunity targets will be chosen at random.

-L33t Captain combat stats are being nerfed: (Because they are FUCKING RIDICULOUS )
-Musketeering is now 80
-Swashbuckling is now 80
-Air Tac is now 80

-THERE IS NO MORE COMPARTMENT BLOCKING-
I.e. Anyone can move anywhere regardless of whoever else in occupying the compartment.
Also note that MELEE ATTACKERS MUST NOW BE IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT AS THEIR TARGET.
I will be changing the Infiltrator Elite skill to something else to compensate. I'm thinking this:

Elite Skill: (Stealth) There is a 40% chance that a musketeering or swashbuckling attack made against this character will automatically fail due to their elusive nature.

Sooo.. Let's try that and see how it works. ^^

If you have any questions about anything, let me know. And if you have any observations or suggestions, about the combat system, let me know again.

===============================================
:: CRITICAL MISSION OBJECTIVES:::
Recover Doctor Mengler's Lab Equipment
----
::BONUS MISSION OBJECTIVES::
- Time is money ($30,000 completion bonus, reduced by $1000 per round)
Destroy or chase off Furie ($10,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Destroy or chase off Grunwald ($10,000)
- Destroy or chase off Coyote ($6,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Rescue Dr. Mengler ($30,000)

===============================================
::OPPOSING FORCES::


GRUNWALD================
Vagabond class m­ercenary vessel


-Left
[D1C2 damaged: (9)]
[D2C2 Damaged (12)][D2C3 Holed]
[D3C1 Holed][D3C3 damaged (12)][D3C4 Holed]
[D4C1 Holed][D4C2 Holed]


-Right
[D1C2 damaged (10)]
[D2C3 Holed][D2C3 Holed][D2C4 damaged(9)]
[D3C1 damaged (10)]
[D4C1 damaged(6)][D4C2 Holed]

-rear-
D1 damaged (26)
D2 damaged (11)
D4 Holed

-Front
D1 damaged (25)
D2 damaged (8)
D3 damaged (8)
D4 Holed
==========================

CHARGER================
Marauder class mercenary vessel




=====================================

:::Round 14:::

[Kail McCullough]Elite Captain][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Leadership][Jet Pack][Sapper Bomb (1/2)]
[Jim Reynolds][Veteran Musketeer][4/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Cutting Torch]((-15 to tolls))
[Elizabeth "Lizard" Reynolds][Regular Musketeer][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]((-10 to rolls))
[Bill Addison][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]
[Oleg Nikoliev][Regular Swashbuckler][6/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-5 to rolls))

-------

[Andy Fuller][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][S. Bombs (2/2)]
[Kay Hanson][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]]
[Tanya Morse][Veteran Swashbuckler][7/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][None]
[Rosalind Clements][Elite Medic][7/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-IV Drip][Parachute][Item2]
[Oliver Kirkland][Elite Roustabout][4/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - 2nd Strike][Parachute][Grenade]((-15 to rolls))((Carrying W:20,V:$5k))

--------

[Eugene Wells][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Sapper.Bomb(1/2)][Jetpack]
[Thaddeus Gillian][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][None][Jetpack]
[Adam Bowyer][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][None]



====================





STEAM PRESSURE: 3570/20k (+9000 Boiler)(-1380 Flight) = [11,190/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [13/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [9/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
D3C3 - Fire (4)

CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Dallas West][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Eli Marsh][Veteran Pilot][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Pilot's Goggles(+10 Piloting)]
[Cheri Richmond][Veteran Engineer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Tyler][Regular Engineer][3/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-20 to rolls))
[Gary Kline][Veteran Cannoneer][8/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Wayne Gray][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lillie Ellisson][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]



STEAM PRESSURE 9350/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight) = [16,970/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [13/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [11/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [1800 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
[None]
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Daryl Whitney][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Item1-Parachute][Item2-None]
[Elias Graves][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Extra Evasive][Parachute][Item2]
[Terrence Hopper][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Rosalie Pratt][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Jake Glenn][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lucio Glass][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lionel Potts][Elite Engineer][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Glass][Regular Medic][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]



STEAM PRESSURE: 9710/16k (+5200 Boiler)(-1260 Flight) = [13,650/16k]
ENGINE POWER: 2000 (-1260 Flight) = [740]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [11/24]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 8] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/35]] -DESTROYED-
-
MALFUNCTIONS
D2C4 - Rudder Jammed (Left turn 135)(Severity 7)
D3C4 - Fire! (Severity 33)

::CREW::
[Kieran Rotheschilde][Veteran Captain][2/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-25 to rolls))

----
[Kazimir Alber][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Nicolai Samuil][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Pavel Oslov][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Lidia Ozipov][Regular Cannoneer][3/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-20 to rolls))





STEAM PRESSURE: 10630/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight)= [18,250/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
-
FUEL REMAINING: [7/27]
-
FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [14/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [8/22]]
SIDEGUN AMMO [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
-
MALFUNCTIONS
• Reinforced 4
-
CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

::CREW::
[Six][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-Firing Platform][Parachute][Item2]
[Midge][Regular Roustabout][5/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-10 to rolls))
[Jukka][Veteran Cannoneer][9/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Shin Kizami][Veteran Cannoneer][5/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-10 to rolls))
[Sun Kizami]][Regular Cannoneer][9/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]
[Roban][Elite Engineer][7/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Griselda "Griz" von Sozer][Elite Engineer][5/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Damage Control][Parachute][Item2] ((-10 to rolls))
[Stitch Finnigan][Regular Medic][2/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2] ((-25 to rolls))

[brendur]

Iron Shrike

Midge: *Pant, Pant* Well...that looks..like the last of it...I hope.
Shin: Woooo good moves short stuff.
Sun: Hoo yah...though..where you get coat?
Midge: *looks at the singed and crispy coat in her hands* ummm....Six...
Shin: Very funny! You dead woman!...hey can I have bunk?
Sun: No fair! I want that bunk!
Midge: ..can't have my bunk but You can be captain if you take this back to Six.
Shin: We look stupid?
Midge: Yes.
Sun: She got you there! Very Funny!
Shin: Quite stupid! You look like me to!
Midge: I am SO dead...

Orders

Iron Shrike

Six turn 45 degrees clockwise, Ahead full
Griz overcharge boiler
Roban Overcharge engine twice
Jukka fire at the Grunwald twice, Roe 7
Shin fire at the Grunwald twice, Roe 7
Sun overcharge Shin twice.
Kierzan ahead full.

Ground Forces
All forces to H7

CA-258

Nicolai and Kazimir to D3C4, fight fire once
Lidia fight fire twice
Pavel to D2C4

[jazzs3quence]

Ground Troops
Kay Hanson
>Fire @ R
>Fire @ R

Andy Fuller
>Go to H8
>Fire @ R

Tanya Morse
>Go to G8
>Melee attack R

Eugene Wells
>Fire @ O
>Fire @ O

Thaddeus Gillian
>Fire @ P
>Fire @ P

Adam Bowyer
>Go to F4
>Fire @ O

Ariel
Forward as far as steam allows
Fire @ Grunwald ROE 6 Max 10
Adela Tyler fight fire
Cheri Richmond fight fire

Cordelia
Overcharge engines
Forward as far as steam allows
Fire @ Grunwald ROE 8 Max 10

[Gravedust]

*Charger narrowly wriggles it's way around Grunwald's canon arcs, putting a shot into it's bow before screaming off to the east.*


-Charger-
Captain Fain<Radio>: Bah! Dammit dammit dammit. I was tryinna pick out his rear engine. Guess not this time.

-Cordelia-
Captain Whitney<Intercom>: Ahead full, gents. Gunners prepare to engage.
Elias Graves: Ariel's up ahead.
Captain Whitney: Not to worry. He'll alter course.

-Ariel-
Captain West<Intercom>: All right.. Let's close in and choke this guy off. We've got a bird hurt and I think I'm tired of playing games for today.
Eli Marsh: Cordelia's closing from our starboard flank.
Captain West. Eh, he'll alter course.

*Cordelia's forward guns rumble, followed in short order by Ariel's. Most of the shots strike home, rattling the Grunwald and savaging it's rear armor as it begins to come about. The aft turret compartment is blown partway open and collapses in on itself, clearly out of commission. Meanwhile the two black ships have flown dangerously close to one another.*

-Ariel-
Eli Marsh: Holy hell they're almost on us!

-Cordelia-
Elias Graves: Ah! Dammit!

*Both ships take evasive action, bringing themselves up short and hanging awkwardly in midair.*

-Ariel-
Captain West<Radio>: Come on, man! You have the whole sky to choose from and you take the tack that puts you in front of our nose?

-Cordelia-
Captain Whitney<Radio>:We had a firing solution!

-Ariel-
Captain West<Radio>: WELL SO DID WE!


*Meanwhile, the Shrike opens up with its guns. Striking through rear of the weakened upper decks, the fire savages the bridge, punching clean through the forward armor. Stricken, the ship wobbles and dips forward, beginning to lose altitude.*

-Iron Shrike-
Shin<intercom>: You see that?!
Jukka<Intercom>: I did. Good work.
Sun<Intercom>: I help!
Midge: Whoo! Eat it!
Stitch: Ah thank god... Where's the booze?

-CA-258-
Nicolai Zamul<Intercom>: Fire under control!
Captain Rotheschilde<Intercom> *coughs* Excellent.. Now we just need to do something about this spin..
Pavel Oslov: Looks like steering gear is caught.. I can fix.. What happen here?
Captain Rotheschilde: Took a shell... Up in the engine, I think. Blast came down through the floor. ..Wrecked everything. I'm.. I'm sorry about Bosko. ..And Yaro.. There was nothing I could do...
Pavel Oslov: Sure they understand. I understand too. But. Work first, regret later, eh? Keep holding wheel.
Captain Rotheschilde: Don't worry, I've got it together and I'll get us all home. I've just never lost anyone before.

-On the ground-

*Two fierce fights break out at opposite ends of the compound. In the West, Thad Gillian and Eugene Wells open fire on the two swordsmen guarding the study. One goes down under the hail of bullets, but the other charged through the fusillade ina n unexpected direction; into the guest room. She nearly collides with Adam Bowyer as he heads through the door himself, and in a brief scuffle she wounds him in the chest before scuttling through the door.

In the East, gunshots and the ring of steel on steel fills the master bedroom. Cobane fights like a man posessed, using the furniture to stay out of harms way while he attacks. He slides under a low coffee table rather than going over or around it, coming up to swipe at Kay Hanson as she is changing clips. She collapses to the floor with a cry. Dr. Mengler sees fit to hide himself behind a thick wardrobe and wait out the rest of the excitement.*


===============================================
::NOTES::

Grunwald's bridge is gone so it'll be going crunch next round sometime...

===============================================
:: CRITICAL MISSION OBJECTIVES:::
Recover Doctor Mengler's Lab Equipment
----
::BONUS MISSION OBJECTIVES::
- Time is money ($30,000 completion bonus, reduced by $1000 per round)
Destroy or chase off Furie ($10,000)(COMPLETE!)
Destroy or chase off Grunwald ($10,000)(COMPLETE!)
Destroy or chase off Coyote ($6,000)(COMPLETE!)
- Rescue Dr. Mengler ($30,000)

===============================================
::OPPOSING FORCES::


GRUNWALD================
Vagabond class mercenary vessel
-CRASHING-

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CHARGER================
Marauder class mercenary vessel




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:::Round 15:::

[Kail McCullough]Elite Captain][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Leadership][Jet Pack][Sapper Bomb (1/2)]
[Jim Reynolds][Veteran Musketeer][4/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Cutting Torch]((-15 to tolls))
[Elizabeth "Lizard" Reynolds][Regular Musketeer][5/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]((-10 to rolls))
[Bill Addison][Veteran Swashbuckler][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]
[Oleg Nikoliev][Regular Swashbuckler][6/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
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[Andy Fuller][Veteran Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][S. Bombs (2/2)]
[Kay Hanson][Veteran Musketeer][0/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][Grenade]] -KIA-
[Tanya Morse][Veteran Swashbuckler][7/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Jetpack][None]
[Rosalind Clements][Elite Medic][7/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-IV Drip][Parachute][Item2]
[Oliver Kirkland][Elite Roustabout][4/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - 2nd Strike][Parachute][Grenade]((-15 to rolls))((Carrying W:20,V:$5k))
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[Eugene Wells][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Sapper.Bomb(1/2)][Jetpack]
[Thaddeus Gillian][Regular Musketeer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][None][Jetpack]
[Adam Bowyer][Regular Roustabout][3/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][None]((-20 to rolls))



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STEAM PRESSURE: 7,190/20k (+9000 Boiler)(-1380 Flight) = [14,810/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
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FUEL REMAINING: [12/27]
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FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [7/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
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MALFUNCTIONS
[None]

CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM


:::: CREW ::::
[Dallas West][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Eli Marsh][Veteran Pilot][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Pilot's Goggles(+10 Piloting)]
[Cheri Richmond][Veteran Engineer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Tyler][Regular Engineer][3/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-20 to rolls))
[Gary Kline][Veteran Cannoneer][8/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Wayne Gray][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lillie Ellisson][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]




STEAM PRESSURE 7860/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight) = [15,480/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
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FUEL REMAINING: [12/27]
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FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [9/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [17/22]]
SIDEGUN [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
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MALFUNCTIONS
[none]
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CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

:::: CREW ::::
[Daryl Whitney][Veteran Captain][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Item1-Parachute][Item2-None]
[Elias Graves][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Extra Evasive][Parachute][Item2]
[Terrence Hopper][Veteran Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Rosalie Pratt][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Jake Glenn][Regular Cannoneer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lucio Glass][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Lionel Potts][Elite Engineer][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill - Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Adela Glass][Regular Medic][10/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]




STEAM PRESSURE: 9710/16k (+5200 Boiler)(-1260 Flight) = [13,650/16k]
ENGINE POWER: 2000 (-1260 Flight) = [740]
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FUEL REMAINING: [10/24]
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FORWARD TURRET [Damage 8] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/35]] -DESTROYED-
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MALFUNCTIONS
D2C4 - Rudder Jammed (Left turn 135)(Severity 7)

::CREW::
[Kieran Rotheschilde][Veteran Captain][2/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-25 to rolls))
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[Kazimir Alber][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Nicolai Samuil][Regular Roustabout][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Pavel Oslov][Regular Engineer][10/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]
[Lidia Ozipov][Regular Cannoneer][2/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Item1][Item2]((-25 to rolls))




STEAM PRESSURE: 10630/20k (+9000 Boiler)(+0 Stoke)(-1380 Flight)= [18,250/20k]
ENGINE POWER: 6000 (-1380 Flight) = [4620]
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FUEL REMAINING: [6/27]
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FORWARD TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [13/22]]
AFT TURRET [Damage 16] [2000 steam] [AMMO [6/22]]
SIDEGUN AMMO [Damage 20] [1400 steam] [AMMO [0/6]]
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MALFUNCTIONS
• Reinforced 4
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CARGO
[0/6] AFT ROOM
[0/6] FORWARD ROOM

::CREW::
[Six][Elite Pilot][10/10 Health][-/- xp][Skill-Firing Platform][Parachute][Item2]
[Midge][Regular Roustabout][5/10 Health][0/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-10 to rolls))
[Jukka][Veteran Cannoneer][9/10 Health][1/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]
[Shin Kizami][Veteran Cannoneer][5/10 Health][2/5 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2]((-10 to rolls))
[Sun Kizami]][Regular Cannoneer][9/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Grenade]
[Roban][Elite Engineer][7/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Reinforce][Parachute][Item2]
[Griselda "Griz" von Sozer][Elite Engineer][5/10 Health][-/-xp][Skill: Damage Control][Parachute][Item2] ((-10 to rolls))
[Stitch Finnigan][Regular Medic][2/10 Health][2/3 xp][Skill-None][Parachute][Item2] ((-25 to rolls))