In reply to Iita Tsetsegma (msg # 931):

Thank you!

The Baron: "YOU REPRESENT THE MIGHT OF THE IMPERIUM! THE FATE OF HUMANITY LIES IN YOUR HANDS"

The Crew: "All hail Queen Jacqueline! Let the limbo contest begin!"

me : it's a typo. Baron's player means "bimbo", as in "Jacqueline shall dance as a bimbo too"
me (checks the dictionary) : oh, limbo is a dance !
example use in sentences in the dictionary :
"They were dancing the limbo, using a broomstick." - what?
"We're having a limbo party tonight - be sure to wear trousers!" - WHAAT? ;)

Two people hold the broomstick and you have to lean backwards and pass underneath it. Once everyone does (or gets knocked out by touching the limbo stick) the dance gets lowered.

Because you're leaning waaaaay back, have a wide stance and possibly falling backwards skirts might show a little bit more in the process than intended.

In reply to Baron Thenroy Reziilka (msg # 935):

thanks for the explanation, I did not bother looking up :D
Now Baron, what kind of dance does Ensign Jansen dance (alone) ? Because for the limbo one needs two persons to hold the stick, and all hands are cleaning the place ! :)

Pole dancing works. It's like limbo but sideways :D

In reply to Baron Thenroy Reziilka (msg # 937):

*Giggles* Oh dear.

Are the enemy ships clustered in a group or spread out?

We could also do the old tactic of "charge into the middle of them and hope they shoot each other in the crossfire"

:D

In reply to Baron Thenroy Reziilka (msg # 939):

I think space is too big for that to really work.

By sheer force of WILL the Baron will MAKE it work!

Also haven't you seen Star Wars? Everyone knows lasers and missiles only have a range of like 50 feet so you've got to get suuuuuper close to the other ships :D

In reply to Baron Thenroy Reziilka (msg # 941):

I think that makes me Leia, hopefully I'll look good in the gold bikini.

Still, I think that our GM is waiting for the Baron to decide on the strategy, may be to roll the most important roll of his life: Tactics:Naval. It's a no-brainer that the Captain-Baron will keep the element of surprise (again), sending messages to the enemy ships along the lines of "what are you doing here? OK, I'll eat your excuses". Maybe - once the Rosax ships explained they reinforce the security of the race, the captain would convene the other captains to a meeting aboard our cruiser - and seize them.

Now, what would be the target of our first, surprise, unopposed attack? Attacking an enemy cruiser will wound it, but not kill it ; whereas, attacking a smaller ship and destroying it in a single, powerful, salve, would impress the opposite Commanders.

But, am I dreaming? During the battle of Taomina, many Rosax ships escaped, so they have warned the others...

Captain, please expose your thoughts and your battle plans...

Hmmm. With the element of surprise I would say unleash a powerful alpha strike on one of the heavier cruisers for 2 reasons

1) They represent the bigger threat. If we can knock out or even just cripple one of the heavier ships it will swing the fight a lot more than destroying a smaller ship

2) No chance of overkill. If we unload a full salvo on a smaller ship but we only needed a half salvo to kill it then that is wasted combat potential during a surprise attack.


So I'm thinking:

1) Sneak attack to cripple a cruiser. I would say focus on their engines because then we can just move the fight out of range of their weapons and come and clean them up at our leisure.

2) Then focus fire on the smaller ships to knock them out while soaking hits from the other cruiser.

3) Angle the ship so that every gun has a target at all times.

4) Clean-up. With one cruiser down and the other ships hurting I'd expect the remaining Rosax ships to disengage and then we can go back and mop up the crippled cruiser.


Thoughts?

Well in Taomina, we thought we had the element of surprise, then we gave them the spiel while approaching, then they fired at us, first. I wouldn't count on the surprise.

What we could have anticipated, though, is the likely positions of the enemy ships (given that they want to ambush the racers).

Then we'd have computed where our ship shall get out of hyperspace (Roll for Astrogation, Yune!), very near to a heavy cruiser (collision is unlikely : space his huge).

The second we jump out of hyperspace, we inundate the space with ECM, and rush toward the nearest HC (Roll for pilot)

The rest of the Captain's plan (steps 2,3 & 4) is as valid as any plan when the battle begins... ;)

Do we have any idea how strong the mercenary crusiers are relative to us?

They're 800 dton spaceships. The Sharshana is a 75,000 dton capital ship.

In short: not very. ;)

And Thenroy’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Hate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war!

Let's roll (the dice)! :) Tell us what to test, O GM!

Well, let's see Thenroy's orders (and anyone else's sub-orders) in-character first...

Okay, for now we'll just need Thenroy's Leadership result. Given the nature of his appeal, Soc-based.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:47, Tue 23 May 2023.

I am currently reading "Honor among Enemies" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_Among_Enemies a novel in David Weber's "Honorverse".

It's all about chasing pirates. Absolutely relevant ! ;)

In reply to Iita Tsetsegma (msg # 951):

Oh, I really enjoyed that one. I was in an Honorverse roleplaying game here once-I was Deborah, a Masadan-born engineer with some serious issues from growing up on her theocratic homeworld.

In reply to Jacqueline Yune (msg # 952):

you played an engineer in an Honorverse game ? (what's the link?) :D
But the Honorverse is all about naval officers ;)

Do you want Yune to roll for something like "lie undetected" ?

Note down a bonus for Iita's Damage Control management (on top of the Redoubtable trait), since she demanded the team be ready?

Can the pilot use again the Greyhound trait - even though it's written as "once in the mission"; shouldn't it be "once per mission segment"? :)

Quirks & Traits : Link back to this game
This message was last edited by the player at 08:56, Sat 03 June 2023.

It's not so much about making a roll as about making decisions right now. Given the new observations, how will Thenroy proceed?

In reply to Iita Tsetsegma (msg # 953):

Engineering officer, RMN.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/p...re?term=A+routine+cu