Re: CLARENT - A BSF Quest
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:51 am
Let's get our sack de la bitchslap open for the crippleship. I don't want any disabled assholes ruining our nice clean asteroid field.
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"We have enough time. That's all I'll say."SInce I don't know how long it will take for those pirates to reach us,
"We're a couple terawatts short of power output. Even if it were possible, using it again would be inadvisable. We have reason to believe that it just randomly slung us half-way across the galaxy. It would be very painful if we get teleported into a sun, a planet, an asteroid, or god forbid, deep space."I'd check if we have another teleport handy, and have the AI prep it quickly...
You squint at the task on hand. "Damn. This is gonna be hard."Viking-class Frigate, ASV Orpheus
Choose two parts from the following list:
Viking's Port Gunwale
"It's composed primarily of ablative armor. It's a great defense against high-powered weapons, and I swear one of those junkers had an ASM Launcher."
(800kg, 1 medium hardpoint*)
Viking's Reactor Shielding
"The ship's reactor was fried by a power surge. However, the high tech stealth shielding that kept its signature low is still workable. If we retrieve it, we can possibly evade the junkers entirely. It's also very durable, especially against rapid-fire weaponry."
(600kg)
150MW Pulse Beamer
"It doesn't have the rote damage output of any Colonial beam weapons, but it can reliably dump a lot of power into fast-moving targets." "Looks like it could tear through those junkers like a hot knife through a small dog."
(150MW, 700kg, medium*)
60mm Autocannon
"In spite of its incredible fire rate, this little pea shooter seems to be sturdily built. It would make a good alternative (or additional!) weapon."
(80MW, 500kg, small*)
*Weapons must be mounted on hardpoints of an equal or larger size. If no such hardpoint is available, the weapon can be welded directly onto the hull, but it will not be able to pivot.
No no no. Bad. Bad idea. Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad. Not nearly sneaky and resourceful enough.Da_Dooley wrote:i agree, gunwale and beamer, and slap it on the front. then investigate the bigger drifter. try to contact it and make friends with it, and if that fails, blow it to hell, grab some crap, and take on the junkers.
There's nothing interesting about that. You suck.Silverware wrote:But lets do this the INTERESTING way.
Reactor Shielding, and the Beamer welded to the side of the ship facing foward...
or just welded to the ship will do =P
Additionally, Clarent has managed to recover some of the information that was in the main computer's buffer before the power surge destroyed it. She plays what remains of the captain's log for you. It's barely half an hour old.Viking's Port Gunwale
(800kg, 1 medium hardpoint)
150MW Pulse Beamer
(150MW, 700kg, medium)
Ship Summary:
Displacement: 5,300kg
Total Thrust: 6,250kgf
Energy Usage: 450/900MW
Max Velocity: 118ms-1
Turning Speed: 0.35°s-1
Acceleration: 4ms-2
TAPS Setting: 400m, Flanking
"I don't get it", the AI says, tilting her head to the side. "It's pretty badly corrupted. Did you catch any of that?""ASV Orpheus s̙ͮ͋ͧ̂ͨ͋͢ţ̻̹̩̩͍͙̆â͒͏͙̩͚̥̞͓r̻̘̩̬̆̽ͥ͐̽̽̽́d̹̯̠͉̪̦ͫ͋ͥ͟a̦͎̭̖͌ͯ͑̅͂t̖̭̫͈̤̞̮̓ͥ̀̎̓̚eͮ̈ͣ ͎̪͈̋ͪ͑̇̈ͤ̀1̋͡9͔̺̥̉̀̂ͣͧ̇̀͝2̩͈͙̞͔̯͕ͨͣͯͯ̂̽̏1̲̖̣̺̬ͪ̂̃̑͊̂̍
We've been tailing thḛ̖̯̠̌͆̀̌̃i̲̳̰̰͚̻͒̀́l͇̗̭͔̣̟̔̒͐l̟͖͔̔ͭ͠ͅḛ̢̟̙̳̭̃͐ͅͅg͕̮̙̝̉̑́̍̔͆ͅá̝̞̖͔͇̯ͨl͎͕̫̜̉̏ͩ̏̐ ̵̦̼͇͚ͩ̇c̨̱͖̘͎̣̉ò̖͓̥̦̤ͩͫ̔̽ͬ̅͘n͖̠̫̳ͨt̶̽ͣ̈́͑r̗̹̭ȁ̪̙̤̬̜̻̮́̍̏ͧb̌̓ͧͥͤͫa͔̺͂ͩͩ̋̊n͇̙̓̓̆̔̓͠ͅd̮̖̩͖̞̓̾̊ͩ̈ ͖̱̝ș̨̦͗̒̊hͦ̓͌̅͐̔͏̝̥̩̪̣̙i͖̎͑̌̈́̂̒̊p̞̱͗͌͊̚p̟̖͓̠͉̙͛̍̀ͭ̚͡ͅě̅̓ͥ̔̌҉̙͇̲̠̞r̟͑͂ͩs̝̯͍͔͛́̂ ͧ̃҉̠̞̼̭̤̖͈since yesterday. E͉̼̳̬͙̟̍ͯ̈ͫ̀͗n̨̞̩̹͍̳̳̞͉̂ͧ̓̒̆ͯṭ̵̸̟̗̥̭̪͓̉ͮ͛ͨ̂ͬ̏͡ͅē̼̮̞̰̺̈́̚͠r̮̫͍̘̮͐̉ͤ̂͘ͅĩ͒̍̐̓͏̸̙͎̠̯͔̲n̵̆҉̬̱͚̠̝̀g̛̟̦̞̩̾̐͜ͅ ̨̺̹̓͝a̡͙̜̹̮̮͈̻̯͚ͨͥ̅͂͗̂͗̕͢n̦̖̪͔͙͎͓̋͊ ̻̼̤̱̼̳ͤ̓ͬ͗͡a̛͖̗̜̦̒̏ṡ̸̛͕̱͔̗̳͉̹̐͂ͨͪ̍̆ͦ̀t̷̻̰̱̰͛̈́̈́͌͠e̸͍̟̳͓̦̦͕̬ͫͪr̶̡͕̳̰͇̺̪͚ͫ̇͝o̊̀ͣ̌͋ͫ҉̫͚̻̮̻̩͙į̰̪͓ͬ͐ͯ͂d̸̲͖̬̪̫̒ͮ̾ͫ̍ͩ̔͘͞ ̝̦͍̯̳͖ͤͨͯ͝͝f̸̝̤͌̎̒̂́͐̾͋́i͍̤̩̥͚̱̻͖ͦ̒̊̎͆ͫ͜ê̷͔͓l̐̅̓̋́ͩ̌͛̌̕͏̫͙ͅd̶͔̟̔ͯ͠.̼̬̙͕̣̬͙̔ͪ̏̿ͫͧ͑ͅͅ ̷̪͙̫̞̺͓̺̹̑ͮẂ̭͙͇̟̭̌ͪͯ͝ͅe̸̮̖̊ͥ͝'̡̩̱̰̝̼͔̬̣͌͊͌͘͜rͯ͗̐͌̐ͪͭͯ̀҉̺̞̼͖̖̀ē̹̯̘͔͐̇͜ ͚͎͇̪̭͍̬̖ͤ͒̎b̲̩̦̪ͤ̃͌̀ͯͥ͘l͎̮̲̫̦͕̥ͤͬ͌͟͟͡i̳͍͎̣̫͕̽͑̈́ͦ͗ͦͣ͐͘͝nͯ͂̿͐̓̉̑͂҉͈̘̝͔̪ͅd̫͗́̀͝,͗̆ͮ̉ͣ͏̣̜͇̰͚̀͠ ͈͎̭̘̓ͤm̦̝̺͈͕̣̟̔ͧ̇̉̔ͬͫư̅̒̀͏̻͙̘̞̲t͂҉̟ę̛̣̣͎̳̾̿ ̶̷̡̯̪͓͉̯̱̭̊ͬ̊͆ͥḁ̸̛̠̗͎͈̫ͪ͐ͩ͆͗̅̈̚n̵̡͈͐͝ḑ̴̟̞̜͚̰̈́̐ͨ̄͗̉ͦ̚ͅ ̪̝͋̌̏͜d͙͖̄̄͒́͢ͅẽ̑̿ͤ҉̸̥̜̲̕ȁ̭͍̂͌̓̋̿͊ͫf̸̥̙̻̹̝͕̝̬ͫ̊̆ͦ̀ ̸̢̮̪̩͓̝̞̬̜̤͐͒̆ͨ̇̾̀̐i̽̐͑ͬͭͩ҉̛̪̞̬̯͓̲̜̗ṇ̨͈̞̯͎ͨ ͙̞̱̣̘̍͗̈́ḩ̘͖̊ͧͨ̽̀ë̛̼̝̘͈̹͈̰́ͧ͗̔́̇ͤŕ͉̝̟̠̹͓̇̒͐̇͘͢e̡͕̎͋ͮ͌͐ͩͅ.̺ͤ̃͟͝͠. Ī̩ͣt͔̩̋̚'͍̰͕͎̘̗͋ͨ̍̇ͯ̚s̬̼̭͒̿̆͒̄͗́ ̝̯̼̥̎̍́b͌ͨ̊ͥe̳̜ͮe̶͎ṋ̶̳ͮͯ ̳̳͓̭̝̖̗̊ͥ̊ͪ̈ͫͨa̞̙̰̫͍̐̒̆͊̑ ̡̬̜̲͍̯ͩ͗ͮͤ̀ͮ̉l̵̪̙͙̰̲̱ͬ̃́̑o̼̰̳̫ͥ͜n̩͕͗̎̇̾͊̀g҉ ̲̬̥̭̫͋̓rͥ̉̀͒̓ͮ̚o͖a͕͚ͨdͮ̃̂̈̾̒.̺̜͉̳͚͈̽͂̎"
"Captain, w̯̰̔̍̑́̚e̥̪̹̭̩͆ͦ͗̉̚͢'̧̻̈̏͌͆͒͛v̰̳ë͎̞̤̫̹͕͍́̌̂̌̿̅̾ ̫̦̙̳̮̬̅ͣ̀́m̷̼̳̼̫͐ͧa͔̝̜͇͈͆ṅ̷̫̻̝̲g̝̖̥̬̬͈̾e̲̘̗͖̜̪̎̓ͮ̂̊͂ͯd̐̉́ ̮͕͕̹̄͗̒́tͤͧͥ̃̍̅̚͏̯̦̖̩̬o͔͖͎͇̺̠͚͌͂ ̬̹͉̘̲͉̜̀̃̆̃g̪̦̱̀̓̂ͫ̇̚e̳͈̙͛̈́̏̈́̓t͇̖͇̝͎ͫ ̭͚̝̝̪͙̑́͒͋͐̓͜t̳͖͍̱̠̺͛̈́̿̿͋h͎̜̣̲ͪ̆͑͛͆ͩe̮͉̗̞͈̤̹ͪ͐̊͠m͛ ̢̣͙̀ť̹͚̩̥̝̱͙̈́o̾͊ ̫̬̖̘̫̳͕̐ͧ̕p͌͐̊ͧ͜u̳̹͍̎ͤͣͅl̺̮̳̩l̥̣͐ͭ̓ͮ ̬̝̘̺̱̓ͬ̇͋ͨ̀ͅò̻̤̹̗̖̗̳͒ͫ͢v̵̫̗͚̭̬͍ê̸̙͚̮ͨ͒̉͆̄r̺̖̖̍͌̽̈́͆̆ͯ͟."
"Bring us ̴̦͙̻̤̼̰ͬí͊҉̮̻͍͙̳͍n̤̬̮̳̫͋̌ͥͮͅͅ ̹̥̺̕closer."
"They're r͂̀͆҉e̜͚̠͆͑͠l͇̬̣̘̈́͊̊̾̇̈̂ḛ̹̖̘̄ͯ̃̓à̖̯̘̹̊̓ͬ̍s͓̽̒͆ͨ́i̝̐ͯ̔͐̅̔͆͞n̟̤̝̜g̲̮͓͔͍̝ͥ͋ͩ͊ one of the containers!"
"Shit! Bomblets! Take e̟ͫ̔͛̊͢v̥̗͍͈̠̰̾å̭̩̱͚̞̩̣̐̇ͨș̫͓͂̃i̷͉̫ͪ̔̊ͮ͆̇v̢̻̻ͧ̅ě̮̥̱ͬ̂̈ ̆ͫ̓ͦ̌̿a̩̗͔̐͂̈͛̚͜c̱̬͂ͮ̈ͩ́t̞̯̺͕͑ͣ́i̳̫̙̙͋͒̑̚ǒ̢͓̣̩̾͊ͣ̐n̟̙̻̼--"
"Hey", you pipe up. "Does the station the hauler was going to take us to actually exist?"Junker Corvette A
Choose one of the following:
Junker's Gunwale
"This is a small piece of misshapen ablative armor. Not sure if want."
(300kg)
120mm Autocannon
"A high-caliber autocannon constructed from components from various manufacturers. It's a pretty dirty gun, but it deals a nasty sum of damage either way."
(80MW, 600kg, medium)
Junker Cutter B
Choose one of the following:
Bow Shield
"A small piece of armor. It also comes with a medium hardpoint; a great bonus."
(450kg, 1 medium hardpoint)
Junker Engine
"This is a shitty engine in terms of power, but its jury-rigged TVC allows us to turn much faster."
(90MW, 3,000kgf output)
Junker Frigate
Choose one of the following:
"Bolo" ASM Launcher
"Do I need to remind you how painful this thing was?" " 'Whoops, there goes your shiny new pulse beamer. Sorry broseph.' "
(120MW, 1,000kg, large)
Junker Engine Block
"The engine itself is unworkable, but the extra armor and the medium hardpoint should be okay."
(450kg, 1 medium hardpoint)
Baleen-class Hauler, S/N Renegade
Choose three of the following:
Medium Plasma Cannon
"Don't we already have one of these?" "It's served us well so far, and two guns are better than one."
(110MW, 800kg)
Baleen's Frontal Armor
"A bigass piece of composite armor. Excellent heavy-duty protection against almost anything."
(1200kg, 1 medium hardpoint)
Large Mount Servo
"Nothing to see here except a specialized hardpoint for large weapons. It's best to stick it behind some armor if we pick it up."
(100kg, 1 large hardpoint)
Modular Freight Container
"An intact freight container full of controlled substances. This would explain why the hauler tried to rub us out; they were the illegal contraband shippers described in the Orpheus' logs. We could easily use this to store spoils if we jettison or sell the cargo."
(300kg)
Medium Engine II
"A mid-sized engine of a different make from our current one. It has produces more thrust for less energy. It's essential to pick this up if we want to have any hope of coming out of this alive."
(90MW, 7,250kgf output)
Standard Fold Drive
"Clarent, we need a fold drive. We have to get home." "We don't have jump codes for any of the nodes in this system, unfortunately. We don't even know where the nodes are."
(200MW, 1800kg)