"Who puts a laser trap in a drawer? There is a 19.47% chance an organic will forget which drawer contains the lasers, and that probability just keeps going up. Not to mention friends coming over and looking for snacks!" The android goes on as she begins to help disable the trap.
Rover watches and tries to remember the techniques used before he looks over.
"You know synthetics can have the same issues, but the percentage chance is lower"
DR34-M12 is just able to disable to trap and open the drawer.
The dresser contains the cultists’ collection of armor upgrades and weapon fusion seals:
a brown force field
a mk I electrostatic field
a bleeding fusion seal (6th)
a vicious fusion seal (5th).
as you move into the finally room you see three rows of mostly bare shelves stand along the southeastern end of this wide room. Here and there, a dilapidated pistol or longarm sits on a dusty shelf. Three humanoid robots stand near the north wall; each is hunched over and covered in scorch marks, occasionally emitting puffs of sickly gray smoke. you recognize these bots as the same model you dispatched in the armory.
Handsome begins casing the room meticulously and discovers a strange technological device covered in leathery gore. Any one looking through also notices a few battered, but serviceable weapons.
a pulsecaster pistol
a red star plasma rifle
a tactical acid dart rifle
a thunderstrike sonic pistol
a utility scattergun
all weapons are unloaded and broken but can be repaired.
Necrotech is commonly available on Eox and quite popular among members of the corpse fleet..
"Hmmm..." Handsome looks over Justin's shoulder and says, "That looks like a sonic pulse protector. And the paraphased paraphoretic manipulator has liquified. Also, the optical oxygen interface has oscillated out of alignment. So you thinking what I'm thinking this is??
Rover still a bit tipsy from his drink looks over the stuff and taps his chin. They are familiar but even then its a thought just stuck in his brain.
"Like I said, credits on the Eoxians." Dreamz circuits hummed with satisfaction.
"Like anyone else would be crazy enough to install THAT for a ten percent discoun...they're already fighting over it aren't they? "
"Huh? Wut?" says Handsome as he very obviously tries to slip the necrograft into a pocket that could never possibly fit...
Unfortunately this particular graft is no longer useable, however it definitly means whoever was here last may be missing one.
"Maybe we check with that Eox diplomat guy first, Give-a-lark Snore? Unless we know someone on Eox?"
"I hate Eoxians, like why live on in a horrible husk! Also no booze, smokes or sex..what kinda life is that!" he says chuckling.
"Also Captain I think you need to get to more open space to you know send messages. though I could be wrong, you could have a super-genius slap shot engineer like that mac..whatever form the old vids" He says looking at his communicator and noting its ability to connect to the interstellar network.
Handsome nods to Rover, "Yep, I believe you're right!"
Handsome takes one last look around and finding nothing else of value, says, "Welp, anyone want to steal... errr... reappropriate anything else here?"
"Is there anything left that isn't rotten or bolted down?" Dreamz asked as she begins another scan.
"Remind me to have Justin innoculate all of us for gods know what could be on this stuff, I mean rotting flesh and food, Lizard entrails, acid, and you know used cultist gear, that I am pretty sure had bodies that never heard the word soap"Rover says taking up a few things too, as the lower gravity made it easier for him.
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"Mmmm mmmm MMMMM!!! Nuttin' compares to mom's cookin! Say, we're already in the Diaspora. Mum is just a hop, skip and a jump away! Shall we swing by? Y'all wanna taste of Mama Gob's Glorious Guts Gumbo???"
Carrying your loot is easy enough in the low gravity of the astroid, and you are able to get back to the ship unbothered. The engines fire up once everyone in onboard and the ships flies away from the astroid.
Moments later warning lights and klaxon's begin blaring! The view screen comes up and shows 2 fighters speeding out of the darkness of a smaller astroid, weapons locked!!!
SHIP COMBAT ROUND 1:
DR34-M12's synthetic reflex's pay off once again as she waits for the fighters to make their move before executing any maneuvers!
Enemy Helm phase:
Both fighters crisscross each other and flyby The Sunrise Maiden!
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"If dat wuz Momma, we'd be ded by now! Fire at will!!"
"Buckle in and someone get the signature's on those fighters!" Dreamz yelled as she lurched the ship in evasive maneuvers.
"Nothings broken yet may as well add a little more dakka"
"Ain't we popular" he says slipping his booze back in his pocket and then firing up the sensors.
"Okay ladies lets see whats you are packing" He says as he fires up the sensors to read the fighter jets.
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DR34-M12 maneuvers to give Hi-C the perfect double shot! Simultaneously Justin diverts power to the guns for an even more effective shot and Rover scans the ship to discover several things!
Both ships are Death's Curtain Necrofighters!
The Death’s Curtain Necrofighter is an innovation of the Corpse Fleet’s secret shipyards. A two-crew fighter, this sleek vessel is often piloted by a trained elebrian assisted by a ghoul or skeletal gunner. An integrated tactical computer—a rarity among Eoxian-designed ships—allows for the pilot to coordinate effectively with her gunner. The hull is derived from the Death’s Head Necroglider, but it does not have formal ties to the Eoxian manufacturer.
Living crew: 0
Tiny fighter
Speed 12
Maneuverability good (turn 1)
AC 17; TL 16
current HP: 45
Total HP: 45
Shields: basic 40 (forward 10, port 10, starboard 10, aft 10)
Power Core: Pulse Brown (90 PCU)
Forward Arc: light particle beam (3d6)
ATTACKS:
Both ships fire in on your forward shields but your shields are holding for now and Hi-C returns fire, shredding the Blue fighters starboard sheilds and blasting bits of bone and metal into space!
ROUND 2:
Sunrise Maiden:
F:23
A:40
S:40
P:40
HP:65
Blue Necrofighter:
F:10
A:10
S:0
P:10
HP:24
Red Necrofighter:
F:10
A:10
S:10
P:10
HP:45
INITIATIVE:
The red fighter flinches but the blue fighter isn't phased by DR34-M12's fancy flying!
Red fighter blasts past your ship again!
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Seeing blue coming around to an optimal firing position, Handsome broadcasts, "When I wuz jus a half year old, my momma took me huntin da likes o you for bone stew ingredients!! Muahahahaah!"
"Well that was useless. How about I help blast these things and you all can do the fixing!" Rover says taking another drink from his flask after he hits the side of the sensor monitor a couple of times.
"Get to their rears and shoot is generally an applicable strategy to most space combats...all power to the engines "
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With a flurry of movement on the command console, Dreamz send the ship barreling towards the blue ship while a dark synthetic bass started blaring. "Their starboard shields are down, blast them!" The android shouted over the music as she brought the ship close to the blue enemy ship.
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Rover gets into the turret and smiles."Hello again ladies missed me, Yeah you missed me, don't worry I'll make sure you get those nasty fighters"
he moves his hands over the barrel, touches Iggy and begins to play 'Welcome to the Jungle' on its speakers. Next, he flips his goggles down and begins to follow along watching for the monitors to show him a great shot.
The ships buzz around the Maiden, both of them firing as they flyby, exchanging fire with you! Handsome really gets under blues skin, and Justin boosts the engines for the edge!
The Blue fighter hits once while the red fighter hits with both its forward weapons, but Hi-C continues to punish the rear of the Blue ship, nearly ripping it to shreds as Rover leads blue into Hi-C's fire. The blue ship has several visible holes and only seems to be held together by a few bones at this point, but it is still flying.
the two fighters are able to punch through the forward shields and are able to land a hit on the aft weapons!
ROUND 2:
Sunrise Maiden:
F:0
A:40
S:40
P:40
HP:50
Blue Necrofighter:
F:10
A:10
S:0
P:10
HP:4
Red Necrofighter:
F:10
A:10
S:10
P:10
HP:45
Round 3:
initiative:
This time both enemy pilots are able to hold their actions until after DR34-M12!
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Dreamz once again sent the Maiden barreling towards the blue fighter, laughing as she did so. "I need to try dancing in our next firefight and see if it's as much fun as this!"
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"Hi-C, take that blue fighter down! Justin, shields! Get the shields back up! Rover balance those shields! Put em wherever those fighters will hit us!"
"I'll fire on red!" Handsome pulls up the turret control and fires on the red fighter!
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"Well gorram flegrit shen" he curses leaving the turrets to go and help try to fix this mess.
Rover flips up his goggles and begins to type fast following the patterns for the fighters and when they make a pass Balances the Shields!
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