Wow, that was a nice retelling, there, Dark. It reminds me of some of the wonderfully swashbuckling space opera I've read. :)
Teresa “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”—Groucho Marx On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:18 PM, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that has to qualify as probably the most epic space battle ive been > through in a long time. > > I was in the Westwind system carrying out special forces missions in my small > shadow cat corvette, when what should hove into view but a Shark class > destroyer piloted by the dread pirate Black Morgan, ---- no that's what he > called himself on the scanner. > > I wasn't really sure whether engaging this massive ship was a good idea, > sinse while the bounty was amazingly huge, so was the risk, and taking out > larger ships is a very dicey proposition. > > Nevertheless I thought I'd give it a try. unfortunately, as the battle > started it seemed that the sun of Westwind was disapproving, sinse repeated > solar flares threatened to stun both my ship and black Morgans' with an Emp > pulse, forcing me to take lots of extra time (ie two extra action points each > turn), to calculate correctly to avoid. > > The battle therefore didn't go well, my particle cannons weren't scratching > Black Morgan's hull, and despite all my best maneuvers he'd got in some lucky > hits and my shields were at %50, and I had to really get lucky to Avoid > Morgan's big and nasty missiles, one hit from which would've destroyed my > ship in one go. > > Then it came to me, to use my skill as a duelist to Suppress Morgan's ability > to dodge the solar flares, thus resulting in his ship being hit by Emp. This > let a couple of my own missiles strike hope, and let me rain in hits with my > particle cannons, ---- but Morgan's shield was so huge, that the fight seemed > to go on forever, even when his shield was registering zero he was able to > launche a missile. > > But with one last lucky shut morgan's shield finally collapsed! > > I have to say that is one of the most awsome rpg battles I've had for some > considderable time, it even sounds like something out of startrek. > > I was not initially too sure about the s5 invasion combat system, because > though the random hand of skills was a good idea, at the same time it seemed > nearly impossible to take out a bigger ship than yours, and not infrequently, > one the same class as yours as well. > > Well the balance has been fixed by improving some of the skills and powering > down others, and also the duelist skill is just awsome! > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
