Hey All.

I was in an accident a couple of weeks ago.  Nothing serious.  But the meds they have me on have kind of been making me loopier than usual.

Taking today off as I am trying to flush them out of my system.  Will reply to posts tomorrow.

Thanks.

Sorry to hear it and no worries there. My work has been crazy so it's been about a week or so since I really had posting time.

In reply to Captain (msg # 549):

Hey All.

Will be back in the saddle tomorrow.  Sorry for the delay and any weird posts/PMs I may have put up over the last week.

Thanks for your patience.  Greatly appreciated.

Sorry, quick clarification. While Ledo/Tepha are screwing around with the radio, what are the other ships doing again?

One or both pirate ships are trying to run away? The Itchy is trying to ram them? Or are they trying to ram the Tia? Just need a quick position check before launching my next attacks.

In reply to Captain (msg # 551):

Yeah, it's confusing.

Four ships in total.  Tia.  It Itches.  The Pirate Yacht.  The Pirate Fat Trader.

Yacht and Trader had been going after It Itches when you showed up.  The Yacht then peeled off and swung back around to attack Tia.  The Trader kept after It Itches.

Your guys shot the heck out of the Yacht.  It started showing signs like it was going to make a break for it.

It Itches suddenly sped up and shot past the Trader, which is firing on it.  It Itches seems to be heading at the Yacht.

As it stands now, the Yacht is trying to get enough engine so it can make a run for it.  It Itches is headed your way.  The Trader is still firing on It Itches, but it's hanging back, apparently as confused as you are by what's going on.

Hello All.

I am working on answering posts, but wanted to give all my games a heads up.

I will be traveling the 31st through about the 7th.  Will post if I can, but it is looking like my internet access may be sporadic.

Will try to post each day until then.  And should be back online by the 8th.

Thanks.

No worries! Hope you have good and safe travels :)

In reply to Captain (msg # 554):

Hate to say this after I just got back from vacay, but I have to appear at a trial next week.  I will probably be offline again the 13th through at least the 15th.

My apologies for the numerous abscences so far this summer.  It's not the norm for me.  But when it rains, it seems to pour.

I appreciate your understanding and patience.  Should be able to get back to regular gaming schedule after the 15th.  God willing.

No worries. Hell I've been sick with COVID for the last week so I get it. Stuff happens, just happy to know you're still in it to win it!

FYI when you have more time for it, lets talk about leveling up. I think they've been partying around long enough to justify a bump or two.

Tepha could use some help with brokering and electronics operations.
I think Ledo is going to get a bit of a combat upgrade.
Silver...possibly some gunnery or maybe some larceny style skills.
Rig I think will expand his engineering knowledge to more specialties given he is now solely responsible for everything.

In reply to Captain (msg # 557):

Sorry folks.  Have to hit the road earlier than I thought.  Will be back later this week.

In reply to Captain (msg # 557):

Don't let me forget about leveling up.  I need to refresh myself on XP with Travelers.

Are the ship weapons for PD good enough to pick off this guy? Should BB be rolling to take a shot?

I had assumed that ship weapons would be a bad idea but now that I think about it, if they're designed for point-defense...a person is like missile sized, right?

In reply to Captain (msg # 560):

That's actually a topic that raises a lot of debate.

I would say you could give it a shot (no pun intended).  But if you miss...there could be consequences.  Rig and Silver are pretty close by.

Bombed 7 of the last 8 rolls holy crap, lol. I've had dry runs but this is ridiculous :D

In reply to Captain (msg # 562):

I think it's the Tepha Curse.  After we resolve this fight, we do need to work on leveling these guys up.  Remember, I offered once before.  But soooooomeone said, "Oh no!  Not for me!"

Seriously, you should get some XP coming your folks way.  I need to figure out how much.

That's because before I thought it was too early. Now it's been like 6 months or so which makes it feel right for them to be getting grounded in their new roles.

In reply to Captain (msg # 564):

I figured.  But I saw an opportunity to be snarky.  And how can you pass up an opportunity to snark?

I'm doing some AI art generation of the crew. I'm still looking for what I consider my real final versions but so far here are a couple of decent ones:

Ledo: https://i.imgur.com/5WhYLn8.png

Tepha: https://i.imgur.com/hUntoga.png

I've added pics to everyone's description except for Silver. The scarring on the face is going to take me a little while to get looking right but otherwise I'm really happy with how the rest turned out.

In reply to Captain (msg # 567):

Tepha's is still the same.

Ledo looks a little older than I thought he would be.  Though it makes sense.

Nailed Nero, Rig, and BB.

Oops, broken link. Fixed it for Tepha. Still working on Silver though.

In reply to Captain (msg # 569):

Now, that's Tepha.

Silver's up. All in all pretty happy with how they all turned out.

In reply to Captain (msg # 571):

That is definitely Silver.

See if you can do Fritz.  I'm curious what an AI thinks an AI looks like.