I'm waiting till last in line so i know whether or not to begin sabotage

So I wasn't sure how to do the Area Damage Effect, do I roll a CD for it, or just use the result of the Damage Dice rolls?

Your a beast.
Here is how the Book says it is done

AREA: The attack affects a wider area, and can affect
several targets at once. The attack automatically affects
any character or damageable object within Reach of the
initial target, and then one additional target within Close
range of the initial target for each Effect rolled, starting
with the next closest (as determined by the Gamemaster).
If one or more Complications is rolled when using
an Area attack, the Gamemaster may choose to use
Complications to have an ally in the area affected by the
attack. A target cannot be hit if it would have been more
difficult to hit than the initial target


You did 5 damage with 4 effects, so depending how close they are you should pound them hard

Charge allowed you to do
Charge: The weapon has an adaptable energy supply,
allowing its potency to be scaled to various levels. If
the character performs a Prepare Minor Action before
attacking with this weapon, they may add one of the
following weapon Damage Effects to the attack: Area,
Intense, Piercing 2, or Vicious 1

Okay, cool, so from here it's up to the beneficent GM to determine how many I've humiliated!

I'm holding back to see what the results are; no point in firing at random until I see what targets are left.

Same here. Also, I believe an NPC has initiative now.

Yep yep, I am just reading and re-reading how combat works on my end. Give me a bit of time as this is a new system for me.

Ditto, so take your time! :D

yeah, have fun.....

So I think I would prefer everyone to just post their actions and not worry about initiative orders. You can specify things like “do me last” or contingency things like “if someone is injured...” or “spending momentum to get another player to go” but as most people are just taking cover and firing I am going to handle turn order on my end. I can’t post frequently enough to do alternating turns. Combat will last for weeks and weeks if you try posting in order and waiting for me. If things come up that dramatically change things I can always pause and give people the chance to react but in general if we are just shooting or other straight forward stuff then everyone just post ASAP and I can sort out the details in my updates..
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 00:34, Thu 18 July 2019.

is david blackfield the GM? o.O

lol no that is the name of an NPC from a superhero game that autofilled in for some reason...

I hate to do this, but real life has taken a bad turn. I need to drop out of the game. Sorry all - I was having fun.

I'm sorry to hear that we'll miss you Cheng

Good luck Cheng! Hopefully we'll get to write together sometime in the future!

   I hear that have been having a few RL difficulties here as well - I'm keeping the hounds at bay - just, at the moment. Good luck with RL, Cheng. Hopefully, your absence will be short.

Apologies for the delays. I hope to get a combat round updated today.

@Sarah: You guys are basically defending the center of a star and the romulans are coming down the spokes. In order for them to get to the machine they'd have to shoot their way past you guys. Hope that helps with determining your actions

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@Laila: Need you to decide what you're going to do

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@T'Saen: Waiting for your round action

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@Everyone else: Give me your round 2 actions

   Find cover and if any Romulans come close - shoot 'em.

Is there anything that can be shot that might fall & block a passageway, or explode and take out several Romulans without killing everyone? If not, I'm just going to pick a target and try to get a lucky shot in.

Those would be attempts to create advantages I would say. While the hallways themselves are indestructible there is probably equipment from the settlers that can collapsed. Anything you create would only be temporary. As discussed before there is no way to seal off the chamber permanently.

Hey all, I'm sorry, but I need to drop from the game. I wish you all the best!

That explains that. I'll get an update out shortly. In the meantime I'm not too worried about losing players. There will be an opportunity to bring on new players and characters so no worries.

I mentioned that there would be an opening to one of the STA Storytellers i play under...but they havn't said if there interested yet.

Right now it looks like we could use a science officer and a pilot.

Round 2 is up. Waiting for Laila and Ylis' actions.

Cheng and T'Saen both took 5 pts of damage resulting in an injury. As their players are AFK and you have no momentum to spend I took the liberty of knocking them out via injury mechanics.