Yeesssss time for PredQuest.
>>25167294
>A: Suggest the flagship engage full stealth while you take your ship to scout it out.

>>25167294
>A: Suggest the flagship engage full stealth while you take your ship to scout it out.
Run silent, and make them think we've already left.

>>25167294
A) Stealthmode engage. If we're really, really lucky we can avoid a fight entirely.
also:
>large ship
>about our size
Aren't you guys glad we saved that fission torp?

>>25167294
Welcome Back, OP!

A.

>>25167294
A

>>25167294
A

>>25167294
A

>>25167340
>>A:

"Go silent. I'll scout it out," you suggest.

You put your own ship into stealth mode and turn in the direction of the foldspace disturbance, and push forward.

Your sensors detect something - traces of radiation from recent usage of a foldspace engine - snaking through the nebula. You close in on its source, and stop your ship just beyond its weapon range.

It's a Yautja capital ship, of a design you do not recognize. It has the size of a large frigate but the energy signatures of a light battleship. Though it's about the same tonnage as the Night-Prowler flagship, it's far better armed.

It has not detected you yet, and so you take the time to scan it from prow to stern. It has no clan signatures. You suddenly notice a marking towards its midsection, which marks its home port.

It makes the ship as from Yautja Prime, the seat of the empire's power. If it is indeed the case, it's a long way from home.

Do you:

A. Remain out of range and follow it through the nebula.
B. Attempt to open a comm channel with its bridge.

>>25167480

B, I can see no way this could possibly go wrong.

>>25167509
A, because this man is dumb.

>>25167480
Oh boy, the conspiracy goes all the way to Yautja Prime. What have we stumbled upon.

A.

>>25167480
B
Time they spend talking to us and finding our position is time they don't spend looking for Night-Star's ship

>>25167480
A.

inb4 this is actually some elite SpecOps unit from the Empire trying to take out Night-Star on the down low, and this is all a HORRIBLE misunderstanding.

>>25167480
>A. Remain out of range and follow it through the nebula.

>>25167480
>It makes the ship as from Yautja Prime, the seat of the empire's power. If it is indeed the case, it's a long way from home.
Oh, Damn. The King is after something.

>>25167480
>A. Remain out of range and follow it through the nebula.
Well, we wanted to know how high the conspiracy went...

>>25167542
That...would be amazing.

>>25167542

That's... entirely possible actually. They could have been prompted to appear by the fight, and the actual "kill fleet" is still some ways away.

>>25167563
There are no yaujta kings - it's a matriarchy, though males can get rather high positions if they're damn good at what they do.

>>25167480
A.

We should have our team hail them, and if they attack the Night-Prowler ship we always have a surprise nuke for them.

>>25167542
>>A. Remain out of range and follow it through the nebula.

You slowly tail the ship as it powers up its engines and falls into a searching pattern. You maintain a certain distance behind it, using its engine trail to mask your already faint energy signature.

It is slowly but surely heading towards your flagship. At this rate, it'll make contact in 25-30 minutes.

Do you:

A. Drop back and warn your mentor of what's coming.
B. Continue tailing the ship.
C. Drop out of cloak and fire a disruptor torpedo
at its engine. (DC: Medium-Hard)
D. Drop out of cloak and fire a fission torpedo at its engine. (DC: Medium-Hard)
E. Attempt to hail it.

>>25167592
It's not a matriarchy. The ruling class are all Hunters.

"Adjudicators: The adjudicators are the administrators and law enforcers of the Yautja. They are world leaders and the ruling class in Predator society. Less than 1% of Yautja are adjudicators, due to their massive worldly role. At this point, they simply no longer have time to hunt off planet, but often foray into the underground hunting grounds, where younger hunters train in order to lend experience to the young ones. Adjudicators are always the leaders of a clan and no adjudicators have ever risen to that position without first having completed at least five Hive cleansings."

Though, this is assuming that the Op is sticking close to the shit described in the wiki and EU.

>>25167631
>A. Drop back and warn your mentor of what's coming.

>>25167631
E

>>25167636
You don't know your yaujta lore very well

>>25167631

A. The flagship can move while stealthed, can't it?

>>25167631
A. He needs to be ready just in case.

>>25167655
Who's to say it's me who doesn't know his lore. Hell, the wiki backs me on this. Can you source backing for your claim?

>>25167631
No sense in trying to be a hero and end up An Hero-ing ourselves.

We can probably play cat and mouse in the nebula until our FTL is back online.

>>25167705
Er, that should be a vote for A.

A.

>>25167667

>>A

You drop away from the large ship to a safe distance where you can open a comms beam to your flagship without risking detection.

You make your message brief.

"Large ship from Yautja Prime. Inbound your direction."

You receive a simple acknowledgement. It would be too risky for your mentor to respond with anything more detailed.

Do you:

A. Return to the unknown capital ship and continue tailing it.
B. Return to your flagship.

>>25167724
A. But I think we should ram a torpedo up its' arse, just to be safe.

>>25167724
A.

>>25167724
>A. Return to the unknown capital ship and continue tailing it.

>>25167724
A

Continue lurking. We want to be in position to torp them if it looks like a fight is going to start.

>>25167724
A

>>25167691
Depending on which wiki you use, the accuracy could be wildly varying.

I'm sourcing this quest based on three chief sources:

1. Movies
2. Novels
3. Comics

... In that order. Mostly, I use material from the novel Alien vs. Predator: Prey which has the most information about Predator politics. There, it makes mention of an "Empress" who leads a conglomeration of clans, governed individually by "Matriarchs".

While it's true that males DO have significant influence in Yautja politics, they lead military matters and uphold the various complex rules of honor. But when it comes to politics, it is usually the females who perform these duties.

>>25167763
>>A. Return to the unknown capital ship and continue tailing it.

You return to the unknown ship and resume tailing it. You follow it as it snakes through the nebula, slowly but surely narrowing its course towards your flagship.

Suddenly, your sensors warn you of two additional foldspace signatures falling in from the distance.

The ship in front of you must have detected the same thing, as it brakes its engines hard, and turn quickly towards the new contacts, almost 90 degrees from its current heading.

Do you:

A. Continue to follow it.
B. Scout out and investigate the new signatures.
C. Return to your flagship and get ready to jump.

>>25167724
A

We should attempt to contact them. We have no idea who they are, and any information we get is beneficial to us. Also, we can try to buy time for the flagship to get away.

>>25167849
A

>>25167849

>>25167542 might have called it.

>>25167849
B

>>25167849
>A. Continue to follow it.

>>25167849
>B. Scout out and investigate the new signatures.

>>25167849

A, can we contact them?

>>25167849
B

>as it brakes its engines hard, and turn quickly towards the new contacts, almost 90 degrees from its current heading.


Oh shit. Oh shit oh shit oh shit.

I have a bad feeling I was right when I said >>25167542

If they were expecting backup, they wouldn't be reacting like that. There are three factions in this nebula, and its 50/50 whether or not we've been shooting at the right ones.

>>25167849
A

>>25167863
>A. Continue to follow it.

You adjust your ship to match its course as it turns.

Do you:

A. Continue to follow in silence.
B. Attempt to hail it.

>>25167918
>A. Continue to follow in silence.
Lets wait until we see if the ships that just jumped in have clan markings.

>>25167849
A

>>25167795
I should also point out that there are a quite a few discrepancies between sources, and very few of them actually go into specifics in how Yautja politics work.

So I've been using some creative licensing to fill in the blanks.

>>25167918
A

>>25167918
B

>>25167931
Don't worry too much about it, I'm having fun, and based on the response, so is everyone else in the thread.

>>25167918
B. I think it's a good time to see who we're dealing with here...

>>25167918

B. It's entirely possible these two contacts are the third party, and this flagship is the one attempting to destroy us. However, the ships we were just up against we unmarked, unlike the flagship, which makes it marginally more likely this flagship is our friend.

>>25167918
B

>>25167944
>>A. Continue to follow in silence.

You quietly trail behind the large ship as it ploughs through the gaseous nebula. As you approach the two contacts, you're able to glean more information about them from your sensors.

Both ships are destroyer-sized vessels, slightly smaller than your capital ship. A quick analysis of its radiation composition shows that it's carrying a large number of anti-ship torpedoes.

The ship before you suddenly dims its engine and coasts to a stop.

You detect a comms beam going from the unknown ship to the two destroyers far in the distance. They are speaking.

Do you:

A. Wait patiently for them to finish.
B. Veer to the side and attempt to intercept the comm beam. It will not be an easy task, however, as the nebula is heavily interfering with your sensors. (DC: Medium-Hard)

>>25168039
B

>>25168039
uh, dunno when you started writing, but only 2 A's were linked to your last post, whereas 4 B's were linked

>>25168039
B is for BEAMS.

>>25168039
B. Veer to the side and attempt to intercept the comm beam. It will not be an easy task, however, as the nebula is heavily interfering with your sensors. (DC: Medium-Hard)

>>25168039
B

>>25168060
Sorry about that - I saw 3As and 2Bs when I started writing.

>>25168039

A, I think we get the gist of what they're talking about. Can we hail all three crafts without being detected, or would that give away our position?

>>25168039
B. We need a better picture of what's going on.

>>25168092
It helps to actually check what the posts are linked to to see if they are legitimate votes...

>>25168096
It would indeed give away our position to all three crafts.

>>B

B wins. Let's roll!

>>25168039
B

Rolled 14

>>25168121

Rolled 9

>>25168121

H-h-here I go.

Rolled 8

>>25168121

Rolled 18

>>25168121

Rolled 4

>>25168121

>>25168146
fuck, 15 seconds late and now we fail

>>25168127
Unfortunately, we fail, against a DC of 15.

>>25168155
Sooo close. Damn.

>>B. Veer to the side and attempt to intercept the comm beam. It will not be an easy task, however, as the nebula is heavily interfering with your sensors. (Fail, with DC: 15)

You slowly veer to the side and attempt to intercept the beam, but the nebula interference is simply too strong. You are unable to intercept the comms beam with any success.

Suddenly, you detect the beam break, and several dozen new signatures appear in the distance, hurtling through the nebula towards the frigate beside you.

They're torpedoes.

The frigate lets loose with its dense array of point defense cannons. It would have shot them all down, were it not for the nebula's effects on the ship's tracking systems, but two torpedoes strike the frigate head on.

The impact rocks the nebula and the resulting shock wave throws your ship backwards. During the chaos, you detect the two destroyers in the distance enter foldspace and escape.

You turn to the frigate. It shows significant damage to its lower frontal decks, and one of its ten bore cannons seem to be inoperative, but is otherwise unscathed.

Do you:

A. Attempt to open a comm channel with the frigate
B. Drop back to your flagship and get ready to leave.

>>25168202
yep, 15 seconds would have saved us

>>25168277

B, let's get the fuck out of here.

>>25168277
A.

this is the frigate from Yautja Prime right? im thinking they are the good guys

>>25168277
>A. Attempt to open a comm channel with the frigate

I honestly want to know what the fuck is going on here.

>>25168277
A

>>25168277
A

>>25168277
A

>>25168277
>A. Attempt to open a comm channel with the frigate

>>25168277
A

OOPS, WE DUN GOOFED

>>25168314
>>A. Attempt to open a comm channel with the frigate

You make an attempt to hail the frigate beside you.

Several guns on the frigate suddenly turn in your direction as you reveal yourself. A few moments later, the scarred face of a male appears on your holo-screen.

"Identify yourself. Now."

"This is Three-Claw, of clan Cloud-Viper."

Do you:

A. Ask them if they're allies or enemies of Night-Star
B. Ask them what their intentions are all the way out here in this nebula.
C. Demand they identify themselves.

>>25168362
A. we dont have time for drawn out conversations

>>25168362
>A. Ask them if they're allies or enemies of Night-Star

>>25168362
C

>>25168362
C

I showed you mine, now you show me yours.

>>25168362
B
A is too direct

>>25168362
C

>>25168362
B.

>>25168362

D: "Night-Prowler flagship is under Cloud-Viper coalition control, Night-Star and crew are in detainment for treason."

They're probably not the kill squad as we haven't been blasted into atoms yet, but it can't hurt to word neutrally. The conspirators already know this information, and we want to make sure they don't disable/destroy the Night-Prowler flagship.

>>25168397
>>C.

"Now, I think it's time you returned the favor. Who are you?"

"Classified, pup. Now, I take it you're not with the idiots who shot at my ship, but I can think of no reason why you should be out here aside from being in league with someone I'm after. So what do you say we have a nice conversation in my brig?"

You suddenly detect a strong tractor field tugging at your ship.

Do you:

A. Gun your engines and attempt to escape the tractor field.
B. Ask him if that someone he's after is Night-Star.
C. Let yourself be pulled into the frigate's hangar.

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>>25168362
C

We potentially just made a fuckup there by identifying ourselves. Our mentality should be a bit more like this... but less stupid

>>25168491
>B. Ask him if that someone he's after is Night-Star.

"Because if it is, he tried to kill us so we kicked his ass and took his ship."

>>25168491
B.

>>25168491
>B. Ask him if that someone he's after is Night-Star.

>>25168491
B)

>>25168491
B. Ask him if that someone he's after is Night-Star.
Mention that we have him detained if he is

That ngiga earlier, that nigga called it.

>>25168491

Oh thank Christ, not the kill squad.

B.

>>25168491
B

>>25168509
>>B. Ask him if that someone he's after is Night-Star.

You scowl, and click angrily. "That someone you're after - it's Night-Star, yes?"

The male's face darkens. "That's one of his names, yes, that's exactly who I'm after."

Do you:

A. Tell him you've got Night-Star in the brig of your ship.
B. Tell him you'll tell him where Night-Star is if he releases the tractor beam.
C. Tell him you'll lead him to where Night-Star is.

>>25168543
A. we dont want to fuck with this dude

>>25168543
A

>>25168543
A

"Our ship" as in the flagship that we currently own, right? Cause we don't have him on THIS ship.

And yeah, if his identity is classified and he's looking for Night-Star, its probably some kind of SpecOps. We most likely do not want to play games with these guys.

>>25168543
Be careful, this could all be a ploy to rescue night-star...

>>25168543

Looks like our matriarch decided to raise this matter to the heart of the empire.

A; "Night-Prowler flagship is under Cloud-Viper coalition control, Night-Star and crew are in detainment for treason."

>>25168543
A) "He attacked me, I murdered my way through his crew, then I beat him until he submitted. He learned that there is no prey deadlier than that with three claws"

>>25168543
A. Tell him you've got Night-Star in the brig of your ship.
By our ship you mean the flagship right?

>>25168543
A

>>25168543
>A. Tell him you've got Night-Star in the brig of your ship.

>>25168579
Thats one hell of a ploy, considering in the time it took them to turn around, talk to the destroyers, and eat a face-full of torpedoes we could have just ran away and been long gone.

>>25168579
Could be, but I think that if they were the kill squad, they'd know who we are and probably not waste time with questions like that.

>>25168605

Yes but they don't know where the flagship is.

PQ, did the destroyers have any markings on them?

>>25168554
>>A. Tell him you've got Night-Star in the brig of your ship.

"He tried to kill my team. I defeated his boarding team and have him incarcerated in the brig of his own flagship, which is under my hunting teams' control."

He clicks in amusement. "That's a tall story, pup. Where is this ship? Let's find out if we..."

Suddenly, half a dozen foldspace signatures light up all around you. The two destroyers from before plus an escort carrier and three corvettes emerge. They lock on to the frigate and begin to fire.

You feel the tractor field dissipate as the frigate begins combat manoeuvres. The chaos of combat erupts around you. The frigate launches several volleys of its main cannons at the nearest destroyer. Simultaneously, a swarm of torpedoes rise from its back.

Do you:

A. Engage stealth and return to your flagship.
B. Remain and observe the combat.
C. Attempt to aid the frigate

>>25168670
>A. Engage stealth and return to your flagship.
Lets try to bring our flagship to bear and help these folks.

>>25168670
C.

can we call for backup from our flagship?

>>25168670
C

Either this is the single most elaborate ploy ever, or this guy isn't part of Night-Star's conspiracy. Lets build up some good will by blowing up our mutual enemies.

>>25168670
C we brought those fission torpedoes for a reason

also lets send a msg requesting backup

>>25168670
A

>>25168670
C
Anyway to contact our flagship without going back?

>>25168670
Is it possible to hail the destroyers?

>>25168670
>A. Engage stealth and return to your flagship.
Our foldspace engines should be online by now.

>>25168670
C!
>maybe we're helping wrong guys though
Like it matters, it's SPACE BATTLE TIME!

>>25168703
I second this before / during choice C.

>>25168670
A
Its time to flee

>>25168670
A. we can bring the flagship to bear here

>>25168689
>>25168695
>>C. Attempt to aid the frigate

You open a comms beam to your mentor and requests he bring the flagship to your position.

"On the way," he tells you. "Ten minutes."

You bank hard as a corvette fires a missile which narrowly streaks past you, to be shot down by the frigate's point defenses. The frigate returns with a volley of its own missiles, which smash into the corvette, blowing it to pieces.

In the distance, the escort carrier begins to launch wings of interceptors.

Do you:

A. Gun for the two destroyers.
B. Try to take down the escort carrier.
C. Stick close to the frigate and help defend it against small craft.

>>25168758
D. Launch torpedoes at the escort carrier while doing C.

>>25168758
B) Fighters are bad.

>>25168758
B

>>25168727
>>25168758
Good call.

A might take a lot of power from them, but
I think we could do C most effectively, while they pour out.

So B prevent more fighters from coming it battle.
Brrt

>>25168758
B. Don't we have a nuke?

>>25168758

C, taking down Yautja ships are considerably more difficult than human ships.

>B
FUSION TORP AWAY!

>>25168758
>B. Try to take down the escort carrier.

>>25168802
*coming into battle

still B

>>25168809
>>B

You set your heading straight for the escort carrier and blaze your engines. An interceptor wing of three fighters veers towards you. You open fire with your Gatling cannon and shred its leader with the deadly hail.

Your comms window suddenly opens, and the scarred captain of the frigate appears. "I'm guessing these aren't friends of yours."

"No," you tell him.

"Wonderful. Let's take them out."

The escort carrier's point defense cannons begin to track you as you approach within its range.

Do you:

A. Initiate an attack run to get closer. (DC: Medium)
B. Remain at stand-off range and fire your fission torpedo. (DC: Medium-hard)
C. Remain at stand-off range and fire disruptor torpedoes (you have 3 remaining) (DC: Medium)

>>25168890
C.

may as well use them now

>>25168890

B, we managed to fix our torpedo bay?

>>25168890
C)

>>25168910
Yes.

>>25168890
B)

>fox two

>>25168890
C

>>25168890
B. Honestly I don't see the good in disabling it.

>>25168890
C. Guess we can save the nuke since we have 3 EMP missiles (that's what the disruptors are right?)

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>>25168890
>B
It's time

>>25168890
C

We only have one nuke, so if we fail the roll and it gets shot down we'll have to do this the old fashioned way anyway.

>>25168948
C looks like it's ahead

Roll!

Rolled 6

>>25168963

Rolled 8

>>25168963

Rolled 7

>>25168963

inb4 another jam.

Rolled 19

>>25168963

Rolled 16

>>25168963

Rolled 16

>>25168963

Rolled 20

>>25168963

>>25168982
goddamnit I hate /tg/ dice

>>25168973
>>25168977
>>25168981
THIS.
SHIP.

BPWRGIHPWBBHIBQ#IPB@IWBIWBEBFGRAAAAAAAAh

>>25168973
>>25168977
>>25168981
okay you 3 are banned from rolling, thats twice in a row you've invalidated our good rolls

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>>25168973
>>25168977
>>25168981
>>25168982
Fuck, nigga. We seem to always be just one roll too late.

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>>25168973
>>25168977
>>25168981
>>25168982
>>25168983
>>25168984
>>25168989

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>>25168982
>>25168989
>too late
The dice gods hate this quest?

>>25168989
if only late crits counted for something :'(

>>25168948
>>25168930
True, but we are skilled taquita!

>>25169015
They hate it when we try to use ships for their intended purpose.

If you remove the ship-related rolls they're pretty good to us overall.

>>25168973
>>25168977
DC was 10, so we fail, unfortunately.
>>C. Remain at stand-off range and fire disruptor torpedoes (you have 3 remaining) (Fail vs.DC 10)

You lock on to the carrier and fire a disruptor torpedo in its direction. The torpedo streaks forward, but disintegrates as steams of plasma bolts from its point defence guns knock it out.

The escort carrier begins to turn in your direction. further missiles will be more difficult to penetrate its defensive screen.

Do you:

A. Initiate an attack run to get closer. (DC: Medium)
B. Remain at stand-off range and fire your fission torpedo. (DC: Hard)
C. Remain at stand-off range and fire disruptor torpedoes (you have 2 remaining) (DC: Medium-Hard)

Rolled 18

goddamnit, wasted my nat 20

>>25169050
A
fuck you dice gods, is this what you want?

>>25169050
A

>>25169050
A

This is what we get for attempting to use anything other than plasma-based weaponry ever. Lets just do it the old fashioned way rather than wasting more torps.

>>25169070
we need to make plasma torpedoes and guided plasma missiles, just so we dont have to deal with the shit roll we get on traditional ballistics

>>25169070
A wins.
Okay! Roll!

>>25169050
D. Ram it
Watch us get a nat 20.

Serious reply: A

Rolled 11

>>25169089
Drunk powers ATCIVATE

Rolled 13

>>25169089

Rolled 12

>>25169089

Rolled 19

>>25169089
You have cursed us enough, oh Gods! Bestow some fortune upon us!

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>>25169105
>>25169103

>>25169120
AHAHAHAHAH

>>25169097
>>A. Initiate an attack run to get closer. (Pass: Vs. DC 10)

You roll and dodge through the enemy fire to close in on your target. You bank hard to avoid a hail of plasma bolts and take down two seeker missiles closing on you head-on with your gatling cannons. You are now within range to use your cannons.

What do you target?

A. The hangar's launch bays.
B. Its missile bays.
C. Strafe its point defense guns and try to disarm it.

>>25169178
C.

we can proceed to wreck its shit slightly safer then

>>25169178
A. The hangar's launch bays.

>>25169178
A

>>25169178
A

>>25169178
A

>>25169178
A) It's a carrier, the most important thing is its launch bays

>>25169178
A

>>25169193
>>A

You target the hangar's launch bays and line up your guns. You depress the trigger. Your main cannons shake the ship as they roar to life. Two brilliant plasma bolts streak through the nebula and strike the hangar bay head-on.

The hangar explodes outwards and turn into molten slag. The escort carrier can no longer launch fighters.

Suddenly, sharp warnings echo in your cockpit as several wings of intercepters shift from attacking the frigate to attacking you.

You are forced to bank hard and peel off your attack.

Do you:

A. Return to the frigate and attempt to shake off the interceptors.
B. Lure the interceptors away from the carrier and its point defenses and fight them. (DC: Medium)
C. Ignore them and continue to tackle the carrier. (DC: Medium-Hard)

>>25169292
B

>>25169292
>A. Return to the frigate and attempt to shake off the interceptors.

>>25169292
B

>>25169292
B. Lure the interceptors away from the carrier and its point defenses and fight them. (DC: Medium)

>>25169292
B

>>25169321
B wins.

Roll, now, to see how we did.

Rolled 14

>>25169332

Rolled 4

>>25169332

>>25169342
Well, that was close.

Rolled 2

>>25169332

Rolled 4

>>25169332

Rolled 96

>>25169332
terrible.

Rolled 15

>>25169411
also the wrong dice as usual

>>25169340

>>B. Lure the interceptors away from the carrier and its point defenses and fight them. (Pass, vs. DC 11)

You bank away from the escort carrier and strafe down an enemy interceptor with your gatling cannon. As you pull away, your sensors report a large silhouette inbound from the distance.

It's the flagship.

You bank hard to avoid an incoming missile and shred another interceptor in the process.

You scan the battlefield. One of the destroyers is bleeding plasma from a gash along its side and the other is missing an engine.

Two corvettes are still making strafing runs at the frigate, which seems to have taken on severe damage along its right flank.

You hear your mentor's voice on comms. "We're here. How can we help?"

Do you:

A. Suggest he pit the flagship against the escort carrier and take it down.
B. Suggest he move the flagship to support the frigate.

>>25169440
B.
We can take the escort

>>25169440
B. Suggest he move the flagship to support the frigate.

>>25169440
B

We seem to have things under control here. Get those corvettes off the frigate's ass.

>>25169440
B

>>25169440
B
Broadside volley time

>>25169456
>>B.

"Support the frigate. I'll keep the carrier busy," you tell him.

Your mentor acknowledges. He drops the human battle-cruiser at the edge of the battlefield and gun full throttle for the frigate. Before he leaves, however, he launches a volley of seeker missiles at the interceptors pursuing you. A few are shot down but most manage to hit. There are now only 3 interceptors in pursuit, and the carrier isn't likely to be able to launch more.

After a gruelling dogfight, you're able to take all three down while suffering minimal damage.

You turn back to the escort carrier. It has turned around, and is attempting to escape the battle. You notice the escort carrier is quite agile for its tonnage.

Do you:

A. Disable its engines with a disruptor torpedo (you have 2 left) (DC: Medium-Easy)
B. Pursue it and fire your main cannons at its engines. (DC: Medium)
C. Pursue it and fire a fission torpedo at its reactor. (DC: Medium-Hard)

>>25169515
B

>>25169515
B.

>>25169515
B

>>25169515
B
fuck torpedoes

>>25169515
>>25169515
A and then B later on when it has stalled.

>>25169515
B. BRRRRRTTTT generally doesn't fail us.

>>25169536
B it is then.
Roll!

Rolled 8

>>25169568

Rolled 9

>>25169568

Rolled 7

>>25169568

Rolled 2

>>25169568
GO

>>25169577
No need to noko anymore.

Rolled 8

>>25169568
dice hate us today :(

Rolled 10

>>25169568
BRRRRRRT

>useless beeThem
Goddammit captcha, don't be prophetic here,

>>25169560
>generally

Rolled 14

>>25169568

>>25169581
Unfortunately, we fail against the DC of 10.
>>B. Pursue it and fire your main cannons at its engines. (Fail vs. DC 10)

You gun your engines in pursuit. The carrier is fast, but you close the gap steadily. You line up your guns with its engines. You depress the trigger and fire. The two plasma lances sail through the nebula, but before they make contact, the space around the carrier warps and expands violently. It enters foldspace, and your two shots sail into the ether beyond.

You turn your ship around and head for the frigate.

Your flagship has swatted one of the corvettes down with a fission torpedo and is closing on one of the destroyers. The frigate, though suffering heavy damage to its right flank, nonetheless turns to deliver a broadside to the other destroyer.

The remaining corvette, its engines on fire, attempts to escape the battle, hurtling headlong towards you.

Do you;

A. Destroy it with your cannons.
B. Disable it with a disruptor torpedo (2 left)(DC: Medium-hard)
C. Ignore it and aid the frigate in taking down the destroyer.
D. Ignore it and aid the flagship.

>>25169646
>B
Surely one of our missiles will get through!

>>25169646
C
Might as well just let that corvette go. There are witnesses.

>>25169646
A. Brrtt.

>>25169646
A
I believe in the heart of the >dice

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>>25169646
DESTROY THE WEAK

>>25169646
A. Destroy it with your cannons.

>>25169646
A.

>>25169646
C

The Carrier already got away, the damage is done. Lets just mop up their remaining forces as quickly as possible.

>>25169646
A

>>25169646
C

>>25169646
A

>guns guns guns

>>25169646
A
any enemy escaping this battle could potentially mean a plasma ball to our back
not to mention DEATH TO THRAITOR SCUM

>>25169702
>>25169729
>>25169679

It's on the way, if we somehow miss we'll just move along to the next target.

>>25169700
>>A. Destroy it with your cannons.

You fire your cannons at the severely damage and turn it into a plasma fireball.

You speed past the wreckage in time to see the frigate loose its broadside against the destroyer. Withering firepower slam into the destroyer and tumbles it bow over stern through the nebula. It re-orients itself and fires a volley of torpedoes at the frigate.

On the other side, you see the flagship trading blows with the destroyer, each launching missiles and attempting to penetrate the other's point defense screen.

Do you:

A. Attack the destroyer targeted by the frigate
A. Attack the destroyer targeted by the flagship

>>25169646
A.

And guys, I think we need to stop flying ships. We suck at them.

>>25169758
>A. Attack the destroyer targeted by the frigate

The frigate has taken some punishment already, so we should probably relieve it first.

>>25169758
A. I believe the frigate needs the help.

>>25169758
A. Attack the destroyer targeted by the frigate

The frig is in worse off condition.

>>25169758
A.
The frigate is damaged.

>>25169758
A

Help the frigate, it's more heavily damaged than our flagship.

>>25169758
A
flagship is HUGE and didn't get any damage yet and thus will survive it for sure

>>25169758
A.

>>25169786
>>A. Attack the destroyer targeted by the frigate

You turn towards the frigate and position yourself between it and the destroyer. You supplement your ally's point defenses with your own.

The incoming missiles are vaporized by a combination of your efforts, and the enemy destroyer begins to turn tail and run.

The frigate, however, has no intention of allowing the escape. It fires another barrage of plasma bolts straight into the destroyer's rear, setting off its reactor and turning it into a nuclear fireball.

You turn to the second destroyer, in time to see its point defenses collapse as 3 fission torpedoes slam into its side, destroying it.

The nebula is once more calm.

You open the comms channel as the frigate's captain hails you. "Thanks for you help," he says, "I owe you a debt of honor. I am Flame-Mantle, and this is my ship, the Kraken-Slayer. Those ships are here to recover Night-Star. My mission is to bring him into custody. I would like to extend an invitation to you and your team to board my ship and have a discussion."

Your mentor speaks to you over a second, private comms. "Foldspace engine ready to go, but I can give you a pretty good guess on who these guys work for. Don't anger them."

Do you:

A. Accept his invitation.
B. Decline.

>>25169895
A. But we keep Night-Star, he tried kill us in his treason and insulted our honour, it is our duty to bring him back to the empire

>>25169895
A.

>>25169895
A

>>25169895
A. Accept his invitation.

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>>25169895
>Kraken-Slayer

>>25169921
>>A.

You accept his invitation. You land your ship aboard his hangar. A few moments later, Steel-Arrow arrives on his ship and step out with your mentor.

The three of you are greeted by Flame-Mantle, as he leads you to his observation deck. As you walk through his ship, you see several damage control crew members busy running back and forth.

"We've been hit pretty bad," he tells you. "Would have fared better, but that alpha strike they delivered to spring the ambush was devastating."

The four of you sit down in the observation deck. He takes something from his belt pouch and puts it down on the table.

Your mentor picks it up and examines it. "It's a sigil from the Empress," he tells you.

"I trust this is sufficient to prove the gravity of my mission. I'm here to take Night-Star for questioning."

Do you:

A. Tell him you'll agree to transfer Night-Star to his custody.
B. Tell him Night-Star needs to stand trial for what he has done, and you will not relinquish him.

>>25170027
A. Tell him you'll agree to transfer Night-Star to his custody.

As much as I'd like to keep him, this is clearly outside our reach. Lets not make fools of ourselves

>>25170027
A

We don't NEED Night-Star for any particular reason, and we don't want to piss these guys off.

Lets let the super secret black-ops dudes deal with him and get back to our actual mission.

>>25170027
A

defiantly not a conspiracy
pretty certain

>>25170027
A. Because it's the fucking Empress.

But ask him if he'll give us time to communicate with our Matriarch on this matter. I feel like it is something she would best be able to decide on

>>25170071
This if possible.

>>25170027
B) Night star is our captive, We'll turn him over to the empress herself if thats what it takes but we're not letting him leave our sight

>>25170027
A
Maybe that guy can give us something to prove we helped him or something, would make the explanation back at home easier

>>25170100
We should just have a conference call with Flame-Mantle and our Matriarch

>>25170108
Sure, anything to prove we are the good guys.

>>25170047
>>A.

"We will aid the Empress in her request," you tell him. "We can transfer him to you now."

He stands up.

"Thank you for your coop..." Suddenly, another warning flares up.

"Captain! More foldspace signatures inbound!" A lieutenant shouts over the intercom."

"Dammit!" Flame-Mantle mutters. He turns to you. "Right. We all need to get out of here. I'm coming with you aboard your ship to make sure the VIP is secured."

"Lieutenant Commander," he shouts over his comms. "You have the bridge. Enter foldspace and them away from us."

The four of you quickly sprint to the hangar.

Aboard the flagship, Burning-Scythe and Quick-Shadow have already re-tethered the human battle-cruiser and powering up the foldspace engines.

In the meantime, the enemy begins to close in.

________________________________

END EPISODE 24.

Thanks for playing everyone! See you next time!

>>25170152
Thank you!

Maybe next time we'll roll a little better.

>>25170152
is it finally time to walk on the ground again? as fun as the space combat is, i enjoy the terrestrial segments more

>>25170152
FUCK these guys are tenacious.

Good thread.

>>25170183
yeah, me too

>>25170183
We also fuck up less on the ground.

>>25170288
the water though, thats a different story

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