>>18478405
It's 0700 Hours and you're on a transport shuttle up to one of the repair docks in orbit. Five hours of sleep isnt the greatest but its enough.

You recieved a call to head up to orbit early, something to do with equipment fitting for your ship. Chief Kavos is waiting for you as the other passengers exit into the waiting area.

"Welcome back to space Pilot." Kavos greets you warmly. "We've been busy. You?"
"Whenever I wasnt getting my ass nearly shot off or my face slapped by superiors, not really."
"Heh. You remember that ship you ordered the marines to board when we were clearing the way for that convoy?"
"Vaguely." you wince trying out one of the stim drinks available from a vending machine and finding it unpleasant. There's no expiry date listed on it you note. "The Cruiser we fought in our first engagement."

"Well that ship is here." The Chief stops you in front of a window facing a repair dock. Worker arms are everywhere, most moving metal plates or crates of cargo around and into the cruiser class ship.
"The salvage fleet recovered it and brought it here for repairs just before the battle started. If we hadnt crippled that super heavy when we did this station would have been lost. I think some of the engines and the FTL had already been repaired by that point so the Pirates might have tried to retake it."

>>18478474
>Requisition screen.
"Here's your requisition options. Since you and and the guys put a salvage claim on that ship it'll only cost the resources put into repairing it so far. You should ask Alex and Mike to sign on that they're okay with you having it, they'll get some requisition in return."
Kavos points to what look to be weapon mounts on the ship.

"Not all of the weapons are replaced yet, you'll have some fitting options if you do decide to grab it. The engineers told me it should be ready for launch today so you'll need to make a decision soon. They'd like to know what weapons to put on it now so they can get it done before the squadron is scheduled to depart. The head engineer also wants to talk to you about the damage to the ship and the repairs they've done, so you might want to see him about that before you decide. You choice though."

Info on your pad show the ship has 6 empty weapon mounts, 2 of each size category.
Spinal Mounts: Heavy Pulse /or/ Beam Spinal
Turret Mount: Standard Beam /or/ Pulse cannon
PD mount: Point defense turret /or/ leave empty

[ ] Talk to Engineer first
[ ] Requisition now
[ ] other

>>18478550
-What kind of cruiser is that thing, exactly.
-See if we can contact Alex and Mike about the cruiser.

Otherwise, I'm fine with
>[X] Talk to Engineer first

YAY!

FOR HOUSE AND DOMINION!

>>18478594
Seconding this.

>>18478594
Indeed
Talk to the Engineer.

I am still fancy the Dominion attack corvette , since it would allow us to form a nice uniform flight, but the cruiser seems to be a very good bargain.

>>18478550
the requisition form has forgotten about starfighters. Or are they now free of charge?

>>18478594
>What kind of cruiser is that thing, exactly
"It's an attack cruiser designed to be built dirt cheap for use by irregular forces. Most of the weapons are placed to fire in the forward arc of the ship to maximise the chances of something getting through the shields on a tougher opponent. The idea is to deal as much damage as possible using the superior engine power to get in close fast then escape quickly. Cheapest things the Terrans ever designed and the systems are compatible with most technologies.
Propblem is they made them so easy to build Pirates have always taken an intrest in them. They cant turn as hard as a corvette but it should keep up in straightline acceleration."

>-See if we can contact Alex and Mike about the cruiser
You cant seem to raise Mike so you leave a message. Alex is unhappy to have been woken up.
"Please tell me the briefing hasnt been moved up. They said we didnt have to be there untill, what, 1100 hours?"
You ask if he's okay with you having the ship.
"I'm fine with it. Had some plans to upgrade the hell out of my corvette and I think Mike wanted an Attack Corvette."

>>18478774
Starfighters are not currently available due to losses sustained in battle. All fighters and their pilots are earmarked for Carriers and PDF ATM.

>>18478808
>attack cruiser
Bummer, I had hoped it would be a proper cruiser and not one of those 1500RP rust buckets.

It doesn't seem like much of an improvment over our corvette. How much RP would we get if we didn't take the ship?

"Yeah I'd better talk to him first." you tell the Chief.

The head dock engineer is a burly Dro'all male, possibly the most muscular member of the species you've ever seen.
"You one of the ones that trashed this ship?" he asks.

"Yeah that would be me."

"If you'd done any more damage it would have blown up. They these things can be tough bastards but they're not that tough. Overhauling it would have been a pain in the ass if it wasnt for the battle giving us plenty of scrap to work with. With the Weapons and engines it turned out easier just to rip them out so they can be worked on seperately. They'll have to be rebuilt which would have quadrupled the refit time. Instead we're slapped in some sublight drives of the same size and output that were recovered off of other ships. Wish I could talk to the asshole that designed this class, because who the hell thought it was a good idea to put so many engines on an attack cruiser?"

He points to a display showing readyness of all eight sublight drives. Manipulator arms are still installing one of the drives into the ship's main body, the rest are showing green.

"FTL systems were good for the most part, just needed some parts swapped out. It'll need a shakedown hop to be sure. Shields have been repaired, repulsor/tractor plates replaced where they needed it, inertial compensators needed tweaking, and the hull is patched. Theres some minor internal damage that still needs work but its not essential, it's just a bit of a safety hazard and looks ugly inside."

You hope that doesnt mean there will be a jagged piece of metal where the helm is.
>Cont.

>>18478883
"Good news; the 4 light phase cannon arrays on the wings and the bow torpedo launcher survived with only minor damage. The nav computer is also good, there's some techs from intel still striping the databanks and making sure they arent rigged to drop the ship into a star. You know minor stuff."

>It doesn't seem like much of an improvment over our corvette. How much RP would we get if we didn't take the ship?

"You're kidding me right? If the House bought one newly built it would be worth about 10k in requisition. You'll likely get about four or five thousand for her in its current state I imagine. Those stupid Aries Attack Cruisers are only really worth 9k but only certain shipyards build them and they're a brand name."

The engineer points to what looks like a cargo door on the bow.
"The launch bay isnt huge by any margin but its bigger than what some Light Cruisers get. It can carry a maximum of 4 shuttles or 8 fighters."

>what do?

>>18478961
That doesn't really add up with the 1500RP price tag. Did you forget a 0?

>>18478961
No shield upgrade?

>>18478550
What are the advantages and disadvantages of beams compared to phase cannons or vice versa.

>>18478991
It was captured, you (or more accurately your marines) cleared the ship of anything dangerous a salvage team might encounter. You then put a salvage claim on the ship giving you the option or aquiring it for the cost of the repairs thus far rather than the cost of the ship.
You'll have to requisition new weapons to replace those that have been removed.

>>18479023
Phase beam cannons AKA 'Beams' fire a two second sustained beam at a target. They have good range and are easy to maintain.

Pulse cannon are similar weapons but unleash their enegy in rapid pulses, the shock of which deals more damage for the same power output. They also have a higher rate of fire. On the downside they have a shorter range and are more expensive to maintain.

>>18479111
-Do we get billed for the maintenance cost of our ship?

-Can we take upgrades like the armor upgrade and the shields multiple times?

>>18479175
>Do we get billed for the maintenance cost of our ship?
It can become more time consuming for your ships engineers. If ship damage is serious enough it may incur RP charges.

>Can we take upgrades like the armor upgrade and the shields multiple times?
Yes to an extent but they will increase in RP cost.
Additional armor upgrades will effect the performance of a ship. Going for better quality armor (not available at this time) instead of more armor will require more time in dock.

I say we take it.

How much should we pay Mike and Alex?

I am thinking 750 each... some extra for letting us have it. we could go with 500, but why should we.

this makes the total purchase cost at 3000c

with 2500c we can get some spinal mounts, armour and shields upgrades, more PD, and perhaps some more engine or power out the wazzoo to keep up with our corvette flight.

1500 Cruiser
0500 2x heavy pulse cannon
0370 2x standard beam
0110 2x point defence turret
0400 shield upgrade
-------
2880 in total

Leaving us 2620RP.

What would the price for an additional shield upgrade be? Will the fusion drive upgrade be available for the cruiser?

>>18479277
I think they'll get their RP from our house.

>>18479305
actually we have to buy them out, and perhaps a bit of extra for their fighting and salvaging it.


my counter proposal

1500 Cruiser

0500 2x Heavy pulse cannon
0400 2x Beam spinal mount
0310 4x point defence turret
0400 shield upgrade
0300 armour upgrade

3110
+
1500 for the both of our wingmen and we have
spent
4910

leaving us
690.

I'd buy Fusion Drive upgrade too, but somehow the grey colour scares me.

>>18479277
Mike and Alex would be allocated RP automatically, though if you wanted to give them more I'm sure they wouldnt object.
>>18479305
>I think they'll get their RP from our house.
That is correct.

>What would the price for an additional shield upgrade be?
Another 1200 RP would get you above average quality shields. If your main shield fails a secondary less powerful shiled will buy time for it to recharge.
>Will the fusion drive upgrade be available for the cruiser?
Fusion drive upgrades are currently greyed out and are not available in this system. They may be available in the Dreminth system when you get there.

wait, is the ship we have salvage claim on a Vengeance Attack Cruiser or an Aries Attack Cruiser?

>confused by the bit about it being a brand name

>>18479420
we dont have to buy them out?
sweet.

that means we are left with 2190, not 610 from my proposal.

and once in Dreminth 300 for fusion and thrusters, making a total left of 1990

>>18479392
>0310 4x point defence turret
See:
>>18478550
>Info on your pad show the ship has 6 empty weapon mounts, 2 of each size category.

>>18479420
Could we take the upgraded shields with us if we move on to another cruiser?

And will we get an RP back for the improved shield we installed on the corvette?

>>18479444
I'd love to install those additional shields for 1200. We weren't exactly too luck with our rolls in the last few threads.

>>18479392
>0500 2x Heavy pulse cannon
>0400 2x Beam spinal mount
I'm sorry but Heavy pulse cannon require a spinal Mount.

The ship has 6 empty weapon mounts, 2 of each size category
Spinal Mounts: Heavy Pulse /or/ Beam Spinal
Turret Mount: Standard Beam /or/ Pulse cannon
PD mount: Point defense turret /or/ leave empty

>>18479467
So we can take 2 pd turrets per weapon mount?

>>18479448
>Could we take the upgraded shields with us if we move on to another cruiser?
Unfortunately no, but it would increase the trade in value of your cruiser considerably.

>And will we get an RP back for the improved shield we installed on the corvette?
Again, sorry but no. As a training/starter ship its trade in value is zero but the ship will be available to you later if you should want it.

>>18479508
Okay, thank you.

Here's my proposal:

1500 Cruiser
0500 2x heavy pulse cannon
0370 2x standard beam
0110 2x point defence turret
0400 shield upgrade
1200 +1 shield upgrade
-------
4080 in total

Leaving us 0920RP.

I'm not really sure about the armour. How much of an impact would it have on our cruiser?

We might want to consider purchasing a few torpedoes as well.
Btw, can this ship fire the news we managed to salvage a bit back?

>>18479500
You can take a maximum of 2 PD turrets on your ship total.

...but that doesnt mean you couldnt try for a more powerful point defense turret. The current standard one has 4 particle beams that fire in sequence. There is a slightly larger one with 8 particle beams that has a higher rate of fire but is twice as expensive. You wouldnt have a discount on any of these.
If you want to see if a quartermaster can find one roll 1d100.

rolled 81 = 81

>>18479572
>rolled= 1
Well, let's see if he has one.

>>18479546
>I'm not really sure about the armour. How much of an impact would it have on our cruiser?
"Well the armor on this ship is pritty old. Trit is tough stuff but it gets kind of brittle over the years as its exposed to radiation from FTL jumps. Usually takes a few hundred years before it has any noticeable effects."
>Btw, can this ship fire the nukes we managed to salvage a bit back?
Nearly all ships can mount nuclear missiles in external racks or cells. Only certain ships have dedicated launchers that can be reloaded. we had what, 3 of them?

>>18479631
2, I think. Give me a few mins to check the archives.

What's the difference between beam and pulse weapons, again?

I say we max out everything and laserspam anything that gets in our way to death.

>>18479681
see
>>18479111

>>18479681
forgot my pic

>>18479652
Ok, found it.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17844554/
>The armory of your ship currently has a single torpedo and a pair of nuclear warheads you had the Marines salvage from the pirate Cruiser.

We gave to torpedo to Alex. So it's 2 nukes, unless we picked another one up later on.

>>18479700
If I recall correctly, Bittenfeld failed, and Reinhard told him off for it.

Oh man I missed some stuff last week. didnt even think the thread would be around the next day.

>Probably the higly prestigious "If you ever talk about this again you'll wake up dead" medal.
I loled.

>remember unshielded objects can go through shields
Requires a low enough speed relative to the target. Think Jack O'neill throwing a knife at Heru'ur.

>>18479695
Well in that case with the ship's powerful engines it only makes sense to take MORE DAKKA and blitz anyone we see.

>>18479716
If i recall correctly, the enemy won't have Mircale Fucking Yang on their side.

Guy's the navy version of Creed.

>>18479743
Don't count on that.

>>18479728
I'd like to keep beams on the turrets. Longer range weaponry seems to be good to keep smaller and faster stuff from flanking our cruiser if we're without cover. Everything in front of us will probably either die in seconds or be something way above our own weight.

>>18479743
They don't need him. We have /tg/-dice on our side...

What does everyone think about joining the Knights Errant?

Okay so final check:
1500 Cruiser
0500 2x heavy pulse cannon
0370 2x standard beam
0200 2x Heavy point defence turret
0400 shield upgrade
1200 +1 shield upgrade

Remaining RP = 1330

-Armor upgrades y/n? we can always get them later.
Be aware fusion drive upgrades are the cost per individual engine. You have 8, thats 1600 total. You could just pick up 4 now if you wanted.

>wait, is the ship we have salvage claim on a Vengeance Attack Cruiser or an Aries Attack Cruiser?
Sorry I missed this, Vengeance is the one we have salvage claim on.

>>18479789
On one hand, I want to follow the Tim Taylor philosophy of MORE POWAR. On the other hand, I know the typical results of that creed.

>>18479789
Will the upgraded armour make the cruiser noticeable more sluggish? If not, then why not? 300RP sounds okay in that case.

>>18479720
the going through shields is due to the fact that missiles and early terran impactors were able to do so.

If i remember your fluff right.


This means that the impactors were rendered obsolete by ship velocity that makes them in-aimable except perhaps with a shotgun configuration and even that at close range. A speciality weapon that armour most likely defends against, at least before impactors became totally history.

still the suggestion we use starfighters as delivery systems in capital ship hangars is uneconomic. a well guided missile could do the same.

although the idea of having a nuclear warhead on shuttles just in case the boarding does not go well does have merit.

>>18479789
But seriously, would upgrading the engines increase our menuverability, or just foward thrust? If it's just forward thrust, we might only want a couple, as having too many would turn us into a glorified lance, I'd want to focus on upgrading our maneuvering thrusters as that'd allow us to bring our main weapons to bear on other targets faster.

>>18479822
>although the idea of having a nuclear warhead on shuttles just in case the boarding does not go well does have merit.

For some reason, I'd guess we'd have a hard time finding marines for our ship if we did that.

>>18479835
We can't get any engine upgrades in the current system.

>>18479836
I don't think we'd have a hard time finding them. They'd just be the type of person you don't want on a shuttle with a nuclear weapon anyway.

>>18479842
I thought he just said we could get 4 fusion drive upgrades, as it stands now, we sould like we're a faster version of the Ion Cannon Frigate from homeworld, with more speed, but just as shitty maneuverability, meaning we'd get into range pretty quickly, but we'd have a hard time against spread out foes.

>>18479862
see
>>18479420
>Fusion drive upgrades are currently greyed out and are not available in this system. They may be available in the Dreminth system when you get there.

>>18479813
>Will the upgraded armour make the cruiser noticeable more sluggish? If not, then why not? 300RP sounds okay in that case.
Shouldnt be very noticeable.

>>18479835
The engines redirect thrust for maneuvering so you would have more power for whatever you chose to do. Just be aware that yes you'll accelerate more quickly at full burn meaning you'll need to use more power to change your course.

>>18479874
Thanks, I got confused when op said:
>Be aware fusion drive upgrades are the cost per individual engine. You have 8, thats 1600 total. You could just pick up 4 now if you wanted.

>>18479886
>armour
Thanks. In that case, let's go with this>>18479789 plus full armour for 300RP.

>>18479890
I think he just wanted to clarify we don't have to upgrade all our engines.

>>18479886
Sweet, this might allow us to do hit and run attack then, I'm kinda iffy about the Beam PT turrets though, as our higher speed sounds combined with a shorter range for our main guns mens like we'd wind up getting into their range pretty quickly, rendering the main advantage of beam PDT moot.

I say we take pusle everythign and then go Harlequin on everything and dance around the battlefield.

1500 Cruiser
0500 2x heavy pulse cannon
0370 2x standard beam
0200 2x Heavy point defence turret
0400 shield upgrade
1200 +1 shield upgrade
0300 Armor upgrade

Remaining RP = 1030

Is this acceptable or do you want to get rid of armor upgrade to see if you can get 4 fusion drives in Dreminth? Last chance.

>>18479940
Let's wait with the armour upgrade, then.

>>18479940
indeed we go with the armour upgrade. well buy the 4 engine upgrades after a new RP gain.

>>18479940
We can actually still afford the buy 4 fusion engines with our 1030RP.

>>18479968
4 engine upgrades are 4x200=800.

after a new RP gain we will not have 1600 needed for all eight engines.

Could we roll to see if we can get engines here too, like with the PD turret?

I say we get pulse everything, it sounds like one of our biggest advantages our of ship is speed, we should use that speed to close in to any enemy crafe, nail them with pulse weapons, and quicky retreat, taking beam PDT's means we'd likely be wasting their better range most of the time, and pulse PDT's would help us fend off attack better when we get into the thick of it.

We should either take a fast ship and use rapidfire weapons, or take a slower ship with more room and take longer range weaponry.

>>18479991
nah. long range beam in the medium mounts is fine. just in case we need range. you never know.

>>18480005
Yes, but our main weapons will have a shorter range then them, meaning we'll have to close in to be able to use them, nullifying our range on our PDT's.

Since our main weapons are shorter range, we'll have to get closer to the enemy, meaning we'll increase the chance of getting swarmed, which is where the Pulse Turrets come in handy.

>>18479977
I cant math today I have teh dumb.
Wait a second, those heavy PD turrets were supposed to be 200 apiece.

>Could we roll to see if we can get engines here too, like with the PD turret?
No. All available engines in system are being rebuilt, repaired or being put into other ships.

1500 Cruiser
0500 2x heavy pulse cannon
0370 2x standard beam
0400 2x Heavy point defence turret
0400 shield upgrade
1200 +1 shield upgrade
0300 Armor upgrade

Remaining RP = 830

-800 RP in Dreminth for 4 new engines.

Acceptable.

>>18480014
correct. but they are rather crap for targets of opportunity or shooting on the perpendicularly in case something has matched our velocity and is doing orbits around us outside our main range.

they will swarm us, but once they realize that we are only short range , corvettes and attack fighters will stay out of pulse range if they can help it and wear us down.

>>18480016
Our current crew will move to the new along with us, right?

Having Beam turrets just means we'd get a few shots off before we get into close range, afterwhich their preformance would be outstripped by Pulse Weapons.

I say with either A: Get all pulse weapons, or B: Get a fast ship with all turrets and fight Mongol-style, or C: Get a slow ship with heavy weapons and engage everything from far away.

>>18480016
Now that we're done with that, could we check our bank account?
I hope we got a bonus for our promotion. We still need to pay Linda her money back.

>>18480030
I thought our ship's role would be a hunter killer, rapidly closing into equal sized ships and taking them down quickly before leaving.

Going by the discriptions, our ship's speed is significantly higher than its size class, the only ships that'd be able to kite us would be vastly weaker than us, and should be left to our wingmen, while we focus on the bigger game.

>>18480016
Should have read
>Acceptable?
Also you didnt requisition any Torps.

>>18480054
>Our current crew will move to the new (ship) along with us, right?
You make a mental note to ask the Chief about that.

>>18480079
Your ship is fast compared to most Light Cruisers and there are already 4 light beam turrets on the ship which cant be swapped out. If that makes any difference.

>>18480135
Okay, then, the 4 light turrets will engange anyone out of range of the pulse turrets, and the pusle engage anyone in their range.

We're a fast ship with Spinal mounted weaponry, we'll be pretty much doing the bulk of our fighting close range, which is where pulse turrets come in handy.

>>18480135
>>Acceptable?
Very.

>beams
I want to keep the additional turrets to keep us from becoming a one trick pony and for the odd chance if we should face a ship with only short-ranged guns that's got more dakka than we do.
It would allow us to keep our distance and still do some damage.

>>18480161
Out ships main weaponry is a Spinal mount, if we try and kite them, we can't bring our main weapons to bear, if we do engage a stronger close-range ship, we disengange, and fight easier pickings, using our superior speed to get away.

I'd agree with your philosophy if all our weapons were turrets, but since our big guns are spinal, we should be using them as much as possible.

>>18480185
No, I do not agree with you on that.

>>18480185
neither do i.

unless we are always going to fight in concert specialization is a death kneel.

>>18480201
If we try playing horse-archer with any enemy we'll be spending most of the time with our big guns cold, if we were to engage another ship in a turret-only fight, we'd likely be outgunned, we use the beam turrets to deter anyone trying to kite us, and pulse for anyone trying to close in.

Our ships going to be spending most of the time in close range anyways, we might as well prepare for that, and let our wingmen handle anyone outside our range.

>>18480225
Except we're not going to be fighting solo, we have wingmen backing us up, besides having only beam turrets leaves us equally open to being swarmed by enemy craft.

>>18480243
Dude, you can argue as much as you want but I still won't agree to your preferred turret configuration.

So, can we please move on to something other than discussing our 2 medium gun mounts?

newcomer here, what thread contains the info on different weapons types?

Also Op said here;
>>18480135
That we already have 4 beam turrets already installed, we're only going over *empty* slots.

We should get 6 pulse turrets since we're going to be spending the majority of our time in close combat, using our main guns, and and the 4 beam turrets should handle anyone outside their range.

If we're going to be engaging every enemy like the Parthian's, we're using the wrong type of ship, as our two biggest guns are *spinal-mount*

You tell the engineering head the weapons loadout you want. (Which may be retconned later if enough people agree and provided you dont spend that last 30 RP.)

"So you're taking it? Good, I wanted it out of here today and it might not have been otherwise. She's currently listed as the 'Buckaneer Billy' formerly under a private registry. Do the universe a favour and rename it.
One of the boys did some back checking. Between the remaining part numbers on the hull and old records they show she was built late Faction wars, got half blown up by Kavarians. Was salvaged 50 years later by some minor House that doesnt exist any more, served a century with them, before being captured by a mid level House. Bounced around before being sold to a private colony as a system patrol ship. Colony got wiped by Pirates 90 years ago and they took the ship. Never got the proper repairs it needed to be top of the line.
If this thing's history is any indicator keep your sidearm close at all times."

"Thanks I'll do that."

You leave the repair dock and head back to the main station sections.
"So what did you decide?" Asks Kavos when you return.

"Totally keeping it. Do you know what's going to happen with the crew?"

"Some of the crew will transfer over from your old corvette. These things can run on a skeleton crew of fourty if needed. I'm sure Linda wouldnt mind moving up a ship size, it'll get her closer to that civilian job provided she makes it to retirement."

"What about you?" you ask.
"Well that's your decision. You still want me around giving you, an officer, advice?"

>Do you want Chief Kavos to transfer?

>>18480292
This post:
>>18479111

>>18480293
>there are already 4 light beam turrets on the ship which [b]cant be swapped out[/b].

>>18480296
>>Do you want Chief Kavos to transfer?
Absolutely. He probably saved our ass more than once and judging from our career so far, we really need a voice of reason close to us.

>Some of the crew will transfer over from your old corvette
We'll take anybody we can get. They've been a good crew, we'd love to keep them around.

We were the only corvette wing that didn't lose one of its ships, after all.

>>18480274
And I refuse to see the point in weaking our main weapons loadout on an off chance while we *already have wingmen to do so for us*

We have wingmen, AND 4 beam turrets already installed to hold offf any enemy out of our range, since we're going to be trying to get into close range to use our spinal pulse cannon, we should be focusing on improving our preformance on what we'll be spending the majority of our time doing.

If we find enemies who fight out of our range (No gaurenees, btw), we can use our 4 beam turrets AND wingmen to hold them off, if we fight an enemy with longer range we close in, if we find ourselves outgunned, we disengange, and find a new target.

I find it more likely that we'll be swarmed by sheer numbers in close combat than being kited by longer ranged foes.

>>18480324
>Info on your pad show the ship has 6 [b]empty[/b] weapon mounts, 2 of each size category.
Spinal Mounts: Heavy Pulse /or/ Beam Spinal
Turret Mount: Standard Beam /or/ Pulse cannon
PD mount: Point defense turret /or/ leave empty

I'm asssuming by empty, that means we already have 4 beam turrets already installed and a further 4 to choose from, or you wouldn't've mentioned choices for them in the fist place, correct?

>>18480324
Okay, I'm confused, do we have 8 turrets total, 4 beam (which can't be swapped out) and 4 empty, or do we just have 4 empty?

>>18480324
For clarification on this, there is no room on the ship for 6 pulse turrets, only 2.
To assist in this matter that last 30 RP is currently reserved until either of you can convince others (not each other) of supporting your weapon choice. Until we get a 3rd player supporting either side discussion is over as you have both made your respective cases.

there are three players out here. the namefag, me and another anon.

I said HPC and beams.

he also said HPC and beams. he or she should show up again and say it again. or change his mind. whichever. this constant diatribe over personal preferences is driving me mad.

>>18480396
Info on your pad show the ship has 6 empty weapon mounts, 2 of each size category.

Spinal Mounts: Heavy Pulse /or/ Beam Spinal
Turret Mount: Standard Beam /or/ Pulse cannon
PD mount: Point defense turret /or/ leave empty

2 Spinal mounts + 2 turret mounts + 2 point defense mounts.
That equals 6 mounts divided between 2 of each size category.

The 4 light turrets that were not mentiond were the ones you are not being given a choice on.

>>18480412
We do actually have 2 players supporting the beam load-out.
>>18480225 and myself.

But to be finally done with this whole situation I'd suggest simply rolling d3. On {1,2} we install the beams and on {3} we install the phase cannons.

That way every side has at least a chance to get their load out. And if the stuff we chose proves useless in the next battle, we might still try to trade it in for the other choice.

rolled 3 = 3

>>18480460
Whoops, used a capital D

>>18480412
Sorry about that, I don't know where I pulled the number six out of.

So we'd have 4 light beam turrets we can't modify at all, 2 spinal, 2 turret, and 2 PD?

If so, the 6 light beam turrets should be able to handle anything until we manage to close in and pulsespam anything.

I just want pulse turrets because I beleive we'd likely get swarmed by any ship rather than being kited.

And if we DO have 4 beam turrets we can't swap out, we'd be able to fend off enemys from afar AND close-up.

(Sorry I was namefagging, it was from the last thread.)

>>18480481
See, the namefag got his wish.
Can we please move on now?

>>18480493
Indeed. It was becoming annoying more than half an hour ago.

I have 1 in favor of getting Kavos onboard. I'm going with that unless there are overwhelming objections.

>>18480296
Yes, we are not so proud we won't accept advice, so experience is always appreciated

>>18480510
I say we should bring as many of the old crew with us as possible, we've already worked with them, so it'd save us having to acclimate to a whole new crew.

>>18480510
The age old philosophy of playing to your strengths or covering your weakness.

>>18480547
Stop it!

>>18480560
Bwahahaha

Your next few hours are spent collecting the few things you had aboard your corvette and trying to find the briefing room that had been temporarily assigned to your unit. Turns out its in use by another unit until 1000 hours so you grab some breakfast before heading back.

Knight Lt Dayton is the next to arrive after you, seeming surprised you're here.

"Couldnt sleep?"

"Had to take care of some issues with a cruiser my wingmen and I crippled and boarded back in the convoy fight."

"Right, I think I remember reading about that. Your boarding teams recovered some intel."

"Well we also put a salvage claim in and I decided to take the ship."

Your CO stops and blinks for a moment upon hearing that. "I'm sorry what?"
"I took the Cruiser. Sir."

Dayton shakes his head and sets about organizing his things.
"Well you just keep on doing what you're doing pilot, er Flight Leader."
"Yes sir."

"Whats the name of your ship?"

>Whats the name of your ship? (New name, keep the old one?)

>>18480604
Name it Bittenfeld, after all the forceful penetrations we'll make with it!

>>18480604
"I haven't really thought about it, sir."

Well, what are the ships of our house usually named after?
I'd suggest "Star of Petras", after our homeworld.

Hmm something suitable fierce for an attack cruiser. What animal is associated with our house?

>>18480647
Seconding this. Bittenfeld needs some love.

"Dunno Sir. I am thinking it over. At the moment i am thinking 'Gentle Kitten'. "

>>18480651
>What animal is associated with our house?
The House Crest is a Quartered shield with the 7 point Dominion star, a crowned Lion, a black eagle, and Diagonal bars alternating between white black and gold.

An Eagle or a Lion? Never a griffon, its considered bad form.

Two for Bittenfeld

>>18480727
Lion?
>>18480691
kitten sounds kinda related.

>>18480691
>>18480742
>Naming our GLORIOUS WARSHIP after something weak and harmless.

"This is our last deployment together everyone." Says Dayton to the assembled squadron. "It's just a short hop back to Dreminth. I'm sure nothing could *possibly* go wrong."

A few of the pilots grumble or mutter about him having jinxed them all.

"No I'm being serious, if anything goes wrong we shoot first and ask questions later."

"Once we've docked back home anyone that is going to should requisition a new ship immediately. There are other training squadrons that have been running around doing things in our three or four day absence so they may try and grab the new gear before you can.
When that's finished meet up at the briefing room at the base where some officers will be helping me get you all assigned properly. Once you recieve your assignment you may be asked to depart immediately so be sure your ship is ready first just in case."

He calls up an image on the main screen.
"Most of you have two or more options available to you; the Expeditionary force being rallied by the Dominion is made up of ships and crews from every House. Our House is looking for volunteers for our contribution.
While that's going on we do need people to stay at home, both in case rival Houses dont feel like honoring the current truce and to train new ship crews. I personally will be staying to get new squadrons ready.
Some of you, and you know who you are, have been offered positions outside of our House. You'll be able to contact those individuals from the terminals we'll have set up. Any questions? I wont have time for them when I start going through transfer paperwork later."

>>18480776
I find your lack of Irony, Disturbing.

>Vader.jpg

>>18480785
Actually, with this whole nobility and quasi feudalism thing going on, it might just make us a mockery at court.

>>18480782
Hmm on one hand, we could be turning the tide of a battle or some shit, on the other hand, the expidition coul fail miserably and we can pull off a Helm's Deep.

Decisions, decisions.

>>18480782
So it's basically:
-Join the expeditionary force
-Join the home fleet and training squadrons.
-Join the knights errant.

We should probably discuss that with Alex and Mike, I'd prefer it if we would stay together for now.

"Sir, the expeditionary force. Is it a one way ticket or is there a history of success with these missions?"

Let's go with the expedition. As for ship name I'm partial to Talon of the Eagle.

>>18480782
Is the offer from the knights only good for a very limited time, or could we still accept it after/during the expedition?

Lets talk to our wingmen. see what they would like to do.

me, id like to stay. For the glory of the House!

You guys are nerds!!

>>18480832
>We should probably discuss that with Alex and Mike, I'd prefer it if we would stay together for now.
"I sure wouldnt mind staying together." Says Mike. "I still havent shown either of you how to survive an alley fight yet."

"I'm up for that." Agrees Alex. "But I cant afford to be staying home, its either the Knights or the Expeditionary force for me."

>>18480853
"I think the offer was limited to a week or two." Says Alex who had spent the most time talking to the Knights. "If we join the Expeditionary force we might not be back inside Dominion space for weeks or even months."

>>18480835
"Sir, the expeditionary force. Is it a one way ticket or is there a history of success with these missions?"
"I'm not going to kid you, it could be a one way trip for a good number of people. Expeditionary forces tend to be powerful though and it wont be just us either. The Terrans, Rovinar, and Kavarians are each sending their own and the Krath are supposed to be providing cloaked ships to scout ahead. The Pirates have spent decades building up their fleets and we still dont know for sure where they got their super heavies. They wont be pushovers."

>>18480960
Well, are the benefits of the higher ranks of the navy compared to what the knights can offer?
Will we still belong to our house if we choose the knights?

>>18480989
Nope.

We wont be in the house. we will be outside of the houses. political independence tip toeing.

I say we go on the expedition. perhaps claim something for the house, and for ourselves.

>>18481045
Would we get to rejoin once we're done being a knight errant?

I've got a question about the expidition fleet, since they'll be gone for months at a time, what happenes to damaged ships? Are there mobile shipyards or the like going with the fleet or something?

I'm not eager to be gone for months at a time without the means to repair/upgrade the ship, but I do want to see how it preforms in combat.

>>18480989
Dayton walks over to talk to you.
"Knights, or at least the Knights that belong to Houses, are eligible for some important duties officers are not. The highest ranking Knights are Barons which is not just a military position. A Baron is the lowest political rank that is permitted to rule a House. Errant Knights... they're not really considered suited to rule a House but its not impossible."

"So we could return to our House someday if we wanted?" Asks Alex.

"Even if you could it might be a few years before they would let you go back I imagine. I dont know enough about them. Its why people are becoming nervous about units like these recruiting from still existing Houses."

>>18481075
Well, it's probably best to do some research on those knights before we decide, then.

The captain of the ship we didn't rescue and who we have actually never met should have some insight into intergalactic politics. Do we have any way to contact him?

Nerdsss!!!

>>18481074
"Most of the Factions have Mobile docks for heavy repairs, anything minor it'll have to be taken care of by your crews. Our Heavy Cruisers can be used as mobile docks if necessary but its not something the Admiralty approve of."

Daton walks back to the podium and flips through some images before stopping on what looks like one of the super heavy cruisers you fought. It looks different though, parts of it have been built up with modular sections, some mounting turrets others docking station big enough for corvettes, frigates and even cruisers.
"The Major Houses will be deploying seven of these ships with the Expeditionary force for emergency repairs. The ruling House are deploying three rigged specifically for combat. The Terrans and Rovinar recieved many more of these as war reparations, we dont know how many they're sending. If necessary you should be able to recieve repairs from the other allied Factions but dont count on it."

>>18481158
What is our house sending so far?

>>18481103
You'll be able to talk to someone from their unit when you're back at base

>You'll be able to contact those individuals from the terminals we'll have set up.

Great lets get back to the base.

Kill the troll too.

Perhaps pick up fencing.

>>18481170
"We've promised A minimum of one medium cruiser, a battleship, five Carriers and Twenty five cruisers. Frigate and corvette contributions will make up the mainstay of what we're sending but we dont know how many yet."

>>18481158
We should just get as much information about the expeditionary forces and the knights errant as we can.

-Whom would we serve under?
-What's the pay.
-What are our chances for advancement.
-What kind of service will be expected from us.

>>18481220
These are good questions.

I'm leaning towards knights because space opera politics are fun as hell.

Say we don't go errant, what are the prospects on becoming a knight for our house?

>>18481153
I want to know if we'll be able to repair/upgrade our ship while on the expidition or not.

>>18481282


Well get knighted if we serve with distinction , gain wealth and find some in with someone influential.

Favours, Blackmail, Bribes, Compromises, Alliances of Convenience.

>>18481337
So we have to pick between immediately becoming trollknight with no house and getting free reign on allies and junk, continuing with what we got going and becoming knight of the house at some point, or staying in the regular navy forever like a total chump and end up captaining a desk (haha no)

>>18481385
I'd wait for a post from OP on that topic.

>>18481332
Short answer is yes.

>>18481385
You could still become a Knight of your current House while fighting with the expeditionary Force.

You tell Mike and Alex you want to talk with the unit the Knights Errant are with before you decide.

It's 1300 hours by the time you and the rest of the crew begin to transfer over to your 'new' cruiser. The exterior repairs are complete for the most part with the dock crews now moving the heavy pulse cannons into position.
"I sure hope they dont take too much longer." You say aloud.

As the engineer mentioned the interior hallways are in rough shape. Wall panels are missing in places to allow access to power conduits and other machinery, half of the lighting is missing and in some places there are gaps in the floor covered by armor plates acting as impromptu bridges.

"I've seen worse." Kavos says optimistically. "As long as the bridge and main engineering are in better shape we'll be fine."

The Bridge does seem to be in better shape. There are stations for six gunners around the perimeter and a panoramic monitor positioned around the helm much like on your corvette. Communications, ops and sensors are facing the rear. Most of the seating has leather padding except for the navigators seat which seems to have started its life as a wooden rocking chair.

"Bonus points for style." Says the Chief.

Linda is annoyed but says nothing, instead looking for something to use as padding.

I think we'll get that fixed for her. Kinda funny.

>>18481422
Add a nicer chair to the shopping list.

Let us try to find the previous pirate captain's stash of booze, provided then engineers aren't already into it.

>>18481422
>Navigator's chair
"Probably karma for the first few jumps... Don't worry we'll get something better at the next station."

yep. new chair for Linda

And voting on expedition. Glory for the house!

Two hours of system checks later the dock crews give you the green light.

"Main systems are good. Your spinal mount weapons are on solid, they're not going anywhere. Just remember to take it easy for awhile." Their engineers warn you. "Nothing is going to break off but there could be minor electrical glitches. Your crew and the computer should be able to find and fix any problems fast, just go slow and steady on your way back to base."

While the checks were being finalised Linda has found some silver tape, spare padding and a crash restraint from somewhere else.
"I'm ready to go and the nav system seems in good shape. I'm a little nervous about trying out a whole new class of ship though."

Upon undocking the LT sends you the squadron rally point location out beyond the asteroid belt. Not everyone has made it there yet. Second flight has only just undocked and is headed their way.

Your flight plan?
[ ] Slow and steady, entire ship is babies.
[ ] Highway to the dangerzone
[ ] other

>>18481570
ship is babies

>>18481570
>[x] Slow and steady, entire ship is babies

We can gun it while shouting CRY SOME MORE when we're sure the ship is ready for it. Right now, let's take the advice of the people whose job it is to fix this shit.

>>18481570
Let's gently bump the closest ship to us that's smaller than we are. To establish dominance.

Let's take it slow otherwise.

>>18481570
>I'm a little nervous about trying out a whole new class of ship though

"Don't worry, you've improved a lot in the last few weeks."

>>18481617
I like your style.

>>18481617
>gently bump

Why do you have to remind me of the things I can never have again?

Newbie here, sitting in and lurking. This sounds pretty boss so far, how do you get in on it...?

>>18481838
read the op. speak your mind.

read these. at least the posts by That slow typing guy, since only that is what matters.

>>18481838
>How do you get in on it?

>Best way
Read the archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=house+and+dominion and contribute with intelligent posts.

>Good way
Read this thread and contribute with intelligent posts

>Fast way
Simply make anime references.

>>18481838
You should at least skim the archived threads so you know our history.

>>18481838
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=House%20and%20Dominion

Make suggestions and listen to other people's suggestions.

>>18481868

somebody said to tell you guys the OP is banned

>>18481919
Oh lol something about engines and the wordfilter again.

Is it two hours or will we have to wait for tomorrow? Or can he reset his IP?

>>18481913
Hell, one of the reasons to watch LOGH is because it's so damn FABULOUS.

rolled 20 = 20

Ok OP is continuing over on foolz.

http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/18478405/#18481868

Asked for a d20

>>18481933
They reduced word filter bans to 2 hours? Last time I manged to get one, it was 24 hours long.

>>18481933

didnt say, sorry

Gonna repost here as an image.

>>18481955
They last until midnight. So he should be unbanned by 24:00, but the quest will probably have stopped by then.

>>18481989
>>18481974
God, we really need to get that ship renovated.

OP wants y'all to know he got banned for typing an evil, evil url.

>>18482076
We're pretty much flat broke as far as actual money goes. I dunno if we can spend RP on cosmetic upgrades.

>>18482091
I'm still surprised we didn't get any cash boni for our promotion and/or medals.

>>18482086
OP, can you post that link on the foolz archive? Just for... research purposes.

>>18482143
Ah, it's just the filter being crazy again.

Will you send an email to moot about this?

>>18482401
Nope, we have no clue which words set off the filter.

It would probably make it too easy for the spammers the filter is supposed to prevent from posting to circumvent the whole thing.

>>18482374
Guess we should hold off on writing home until we figure out which career path we are going for.

>>18482374
>Checking through your mail you find a letter from your parents

Did... did they send us dragon dildos?

Lets go with the 4 new high output ones and trade in the damaged one and three of the Questionable Manufacturing brand ones.

What's the difference between the GE and DHI engines?

Can we get a better chair for Linda while we're at it?

>>18482872
Let's go high output for now.

>>18482872
Yeah, agree. True, the GE engines can be made by a large manufacturer- but labels don't always mean everything.

High output means more power, even at the cost of reliability... DHI Engines sound like the way to go.

>>18482872
Iet us buy the engines from GE

Test post.

I'm liking the sound of this Knight gig.

>>18481220
>What's the pay.
"The pay is not be as extensive as Houses with dozens or hundreds of worlds could offer but your ships will eventually be owned by you outright as personal property. The Ruling House may on occasion grant Knights of our order land or other concessions. Even the Major Houses do this on occasion, often in the form of as bribes, though it is up to the individual weather they accept them. As I often say the real pay is the gift of battle and the fame a glory that go with it."

>What are our chances for advancement
"Quite good, there are few to compete with and depending on what happens to the expeditionary fleet our order may expend."

>What kind of service will be expected from us.
"We confine our operations within the borders of the Dominion. That doesnt mean we cant deploy beyond its borders, it just hasnt been necessary."

>>18483826
As am I.

>>18483826
Same here... Compared to the others, this sounds pretty decent. Live combat will do the crew good, and will let us stretch out our legs a little in our new ship. That, and making friends with these influential types... Lets see what happens?

>>18483839
Welcome back, That slow typing guy. Glad they let you back on!

Mike arrives finally and you call him over.
"Took awhile to get that new ship with all of the trainees in the way." He tells you.

"Knight Koppel, this is Flight officer Mike Serth, he's the third pilot in our squad." Alex says.

"Ah yes, good to meet you. I take it all three of you wished to join?"
"Yes sir." you answer.

The Knight looks off screen at something then turns back. "Uhm, your name isnt on our list."

"He should be on the squadron roster." you offer.

"Yes he is but he's not on our list of possible candidates. Tell me Mister Serth uh I dont know how best to put this but were you born middle class or lower class?"

Mike frowns and crosses his arms. "Lower class."

"I see. We have a strict advancement policy in line with many of the Major Houses. One advancement per generation. You Pilot Reynard are of Middle class birth and would be advancing to upper class by becoming a Knight. Mr Serth can only be advanced to middle class in his lifetime and our unit takes only those that would reach the rank of Knight."

>>18484029
Ain't that some shit.

Possible ways around? Endorsement from one of those nobles we've impressed?

>>18484029
> Mr Serth can only be advanced to middle class in his lifetime and our unit takes only those that would reach the rank of Knight.

What the crap? I say we find the Dominion's version of Cao Cao and join up with him then, I'd rather be working for someone who judges people based on talent an abiltiy rather than what class they were born into.

>>18484029
Dammit he's a good enough pilot and they are hurting for applicants.

Maybe they mixed up some paperwork along the way and there was an oversight, if they know what we mean.

"I am sorry, not all of us agree with this rule but it not one that can be repealed.
Mr Serth can not become a Knight by promotion within our unit. That does not mean you wouldnt be able to achieve that goal within your own House. Many minor Houses are more lenient in that regard, but it would still take some extrordinary acts. You could still become an officer of good standing, there is nothing stoping you from that but that is not what our order is for. I'll give you all some time to make up your minds."

The screen goes dim with a flashing call icon.

"Well now what?"

Which of the following do you wish to join?
[ ] Knights Errant Order, Mike Leaves party
[ ] Expeditionary Force, leave your homeland behind
[ ] House/Training forces, Alex Leaves party

>>18484249
I still want to join the Knights Errant, but ask Mike how he feels about it.

>>18484249
Knights.

Advise Mike to stay with the House forces, he can do his thing here and maybe catch up with us in the future if he proves himself a total badass.

>>18484249
I say expidtionary force, if we do well enough we might even be able to forum are own house.

Disregard Nobility, Acquire Talent.

>>18484292
We can do that with the Knights too apparently, and we get the benefit of fast track to noble status and no specific House affiliation.

>>18484315
But I don't want to lose Mike /frown

>>18484335
That is fair.

Two for knights, one for expedition.

Not sure if there are any other people here to vote.

Waitaminute, is there a way we can join the Expidtionary Force, get all of us promoted to Knights in our house, THEN have us 3 join the Knights-Errant?

I kinda want the knights as well. If we somehow become house head we can actually CHANGE things.

>>18484370
Time limited offer to join the Knights Errant.

House would probably be pissed if they gave us ships and promoted us and then we ran off.

>>18484370
I suppose if all of you lived long enough to become Knights you could, but by that point why bother? Your House will have given you Land and wealth and who knows what for brining glory to the House, perhaps even increasing the Houses standing by that point.

With the namefag I count three for knights and one for expedition.

Fine, I retract my vote for Expidition, sorry Mike it was nice knowing you. *Stab*

taking a chance here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzIX7cKOqdQ
You stare at the screen long and hard, knowing this is something you wont be able to take back.

"Mike?"
"Yeah?"
"...I'm sorry."

He doesnt respond for awhile, not believing his ears.
"Son of a bitch. You guys are leaving just like that, what happened to sticking together?"

"My Father was lower class, he fought his way up from the infantry so that some day his kids might have a better chance than he did. I cant pass this up."

"And I'm supposed to just do the same huh? I didnt even want to join up but a fight up here is better chances than one on the ground. I'm leaving too, I dont even want to but I'm going with the Expeditionary force. I'll either come back with enough medals and shit to make you guys think twice or not at all."
Mike heads over to the officer giving out assignments for the Expeditionary Force. Dayton looks up from his desk at him then back at you and Alex.

You tap the screen and resume the conversation with Knight Koppel.

>>18484679
Ouch right in my feels

Tell him we'll compare medals when he gets back.

And I am out for the night.

See you guys next week.

>>18484729
Thread archived on suptg

See you then.

>>18484679
NOOO!..

I went to sleep, and voted expeditionary before that!

right here!
>>18481497


Damn It!

I dont want to loose anyone. not yet.

>>18485889
Well when I voted for expidition, it seemed it was 3 against 1, and I didn't want to rehas the pusle cannon debacle again, so I conceded to save time.

>>18486133
>Stiffeld cries.

But i want to have bot Mike and Alex , at least for a while.

And mike has not thought us how to street fight.

And we gave him the boot for stuck up knights?

>>18484679
I missed the last few hours after we bought the engines because I had to get some much needed sleep. But I'd like to cast my vote for joining the expeditionary forces instead of the knights.

Leaving Mike behind isn't worth it. And it certainly isn't something I'd imagine Sonia would do.

I know quest characters need to be rather pliable but this simply doesn't add up with the way we played her in the last 12,13 threads?

I'd very much appreciate if we could have a vote on this again next thread.

I know there's no way to proove this, but I've been around this quest since thread 2 and there were times when it was basically OP, some other anon and me for the whole thread. Sometimes it even felt like it was only OP and me, like when we rescued that special ops cruiser.
And this is very much of a deal breaker for me.

>>18486704
I too would like to go expedittion to keep mike

> Tears dont stream al over my cheeks

i followed the quest on archives since february. just joined in march . the time is rather awkward for me. I get the beginning and the end due to time-zones, and last month was exam month.

>>18486746
We can only hope OP reads the archives and reconsiders the whole thing.

>>18486746
>>18486813
Yes, Well get Mike back!

For the House!

>>18486846
If things work out alright, we will have never lost him.

>>18486851
we can only hope.

Yes. Expedition!

I agree, Sonia doesn't need no knight rank, she gets through on PURE GUTS AND SKILL, and wouldn't abandon her bros.

expeditionary force all the way!

So its agreed ?
We stick with our mates, fight pirates for house and dominion, salvage ships and sex up Linda.

bump

I pull my robe and wizzard hat on.

The Knights Errant of Helscion Ten sall forth to do battle in th name of the Emperor, the Ruling House and the Dominion! What new Dangers and adventures will they en-
*Record Scrape*
Wait what? Oh shit. Glad I didnt delete those storyline ideas for the Expeditionary Force just yet.

So the current vote is what 3 for Expeditionary vs 2 for Knights Errant?
Or are either of those numbers higher?

>>18492736
I also vote for Expeditionary, sealing the deal at a total of four.

We're keeping our chum, Mike, for a little longer I think!

>>18492736
>Btw, wouldn't we lose our crew and ship if we chose to join the knights? Those are more or less house property, right?

>Knights Errant
If they're willing to recruit Mike as well I've got not problem with joining the knights.

If they're unwilling to bend the rules for our flight, then they can't be that interested in recruiting us in the first place.
I wouldn't want to fly for an organisation that's willing to squander talent for such stupid reasons anyway.
We'd probably have to deal with a lot more guys like Windsor as well - "Oh, you're just middle class? My daddy bought me this cruiser armoured with diamonds for my 5th birthday. Look at me! Lol, you poorfags need 4 months to earn what I piss away at the local bars and brothels in 1 evening."

Mike has proven himself while fighting at our side since we started our career. I'm not willing to abandon him just because somebody doesn't like where he's from.

Additionaly, I don't want to have Sonia end up like that noble who sold us out, just so he could avoid some punishment by his uncle(?). Even after we risked our life for this ungrateful fuck's planet.

You stare at the screen long and hard, knowing this is something you wont be able to take back.

"Mike?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry."
He doesnt respond for awhile, not believing his ears.
"Son of a-
"But you're gonna be stuck with us for awhile longer if I have anything to say about it!" You shout.

Mike exhales hard. "Dont ever do that to me again."

"If you guys are sure about this it doesnt really matter to me." Adds Alex. "No offense Mike."

You tap the screen and resume the conversation with Knight Koppel.
"We've decided we're going to stick together." You tell him.

"I'm sorry to hear that, you're certain you wont reconsider? Mr Palaiologos, you're of Noble birth."
Alex bows. "I apologize for wasting your time."

"Well, that leaves that Windsor fellow as the only other person from your unit we'd considered but after looking at his record we dont want him. I wish you all well in your travels. Knight Koppel out."

The three of you head over to the officer giving out assignments for the Expeditionary Force.

>>18493720
>gang back together again
>quest running on wednesday

Yes.

>>18493720
This pleases me immensely.

>>18493720
Next session:
>rolled 1=1
>Mike dies during the first engagement we're in
>ಠ_ಠ