Main - Chapter 7.2: Neptunia

They will stay safe and irrelevant in the background, don't worry. I am using GM powers in here. Let's not bring back those complications.

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Edit: I understand they are expensive and easy to take, but I don't want to risk writing their reactions, you thinking about giving or not guns to them, spotlight time, etc.

So, GM power it is. Let's keep them in the background.

They are shipboard equipment. Good. Thanks!

So, where are we grouping up? The airlock. In various locations to hit with crossfire out of range of the traps.

Where are we staging? The airlock.

Where should the non-combatants be? Handwave? Armed and on the bridge?

Who's gonna direct the activity? Not much to direct at this point. It went have a Corbin who has in game expierence and a captain.

Are we gonna try for the Free Merchant or just go pure defense? I say we try for it.

If we go for the Free Merchant, do we all go on board, or just a couple? (Really, only one is needed.) I think two or three go, I will volunteer Mercer and think someone with Fix or Pilot and then maybe another combatant. (Maybe Douklan for his skills? I assume Corbin will be busy. )

How are we running this? Successfully I hope.

Any other notes everyone? Disagreements?

We should all note that we have a barricade, and any other prepared cover. That will give us a large edge in this fight.

I was going to good with leaving the non-combatants on the bridge, but that just turns them into hostages. The pirates just take them and then we either surrender or they die. They need to be with the rest of the crew, but in as defensible a position as possible.

I agree. If we can't have at least four people/dummies in view of the airlock so that it looks like maybe we've complied - for even so much as a second - I think everyone should be hidden out of sight, with the combatants ready to pop out and open up as soon as enough pirates enter (NOT as soon as the airlock opens - give them a few moments to come in) and the non-combatants staying under cover nearby.

I will keep this in mind when asked for Trap Placement.

What else do we need at this point?

Since Boost Engines won't last until we need it, it looks like another Emergency Repairs (engines) is in order so the engines can be boosted to Spike 2.

Nice! Now we get another chance to get away. Sure the pirates are gonna be pissed whether we succeed or not!

@PhoenixScientist: Only Go Above and Beyond if you are using Talk. If you can't think of anything let Hank do it instead with Program. Please. We need that third die in the roll.

more than one person can do Above and Beyond, so there isn't an instead.

Yes, more than one can do GAAB, but we need four CP, plus the Captain's 2CP reduction. A successful GAAB means that everyone else can DYD and we get what we need. A failed GAAB means that we need two successful GAAB to make up for the one failed one. That's bad odds. Or, with a failed GAAB we just DYD and don't get the chance for BE.

So, yes, it is "instead" a failed GAAB makes the odds that round much worse. And making sure to only use a Specialist skill means that the chances of a successful GAAB goes way up.

Fair question. However, @htech has already said we still retain our two Escape Points. So, we don't need to do it three times again. We just have to successfully do the sequence one more time to escape. Now, this does require three successful rolls: GAAB, BE, then EC. And the opponents get to oppose the EC and probably get their two shots off again.

However, they probably won't be any madder at us for trying to run away again than they will when we start to shoot to kill the moment we see them. But, it is a fair point that they might be more aggressive on their boarding attempt if we do try to escape again. But ... our fighting the boarding will be, at a minimum, 2-to-1 manpower disadvantage.

I am all for giving the one more attempt to run away. But then, I was also willing to just flat out surrender, too. So I doubt I am part of the consensus view either way.

What kind of drive do they have to get 15‽ Are they that much faster than us?
Worrying. ..

They have Speed 4. The CV has 0. With a boost engines maneuver, they get a total of +6 to that roll.

Speed (used during combat) is not Spike Drive (used out of space combat, for pursuit and interplanetary traveling). They are distinct stats, my mistake.

I fixed my rolls now, I was using 3 but it should have been 4. I won't retcon nor change what already happened, we will use that only forward. =)