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Satisfied that the shields have been stabilized, Radokama takes a moment to monitor the course of the battle on a wall-mounted terminal. Seeing that the crew could use all the help the ships's computer could possibly offer, he boosts the priority of all combat subroutines in the processing queue and pauses all non-essential systems.
K'ssatak-Sul uses the scanners to predict the probable paths and ranges of the fighters and transfer that information to Monstruwacan.
Zoomer targets the front of the fighter during the flyby and blasts away the shields before peppering the hull with bullets.
Both fighters perform flybys, but Red gets too close and fails to avoid your weapons.
[u]Round 3 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red, hull damage, both weapons glitching
Fighter - green, hull damage
Drake - Shields 10/10/9/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
Power core glitching
Missiles hit your starboard side during the flyby attack, but your shields hold up.
[u]Round 4 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red, hull damage, both weapons glitching, sensors glitching
Fighter - green, hull damage
Drake - Shields 10/10/4/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
[u]Round 4 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red, hull damage, both weapons glitching, sensors glitching
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core glitching, aft weapon glitching
Drake - Shields 10/10/4/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
K'ssatak-Sul continues to feed information to Monstruwacan.
[u]Round 4 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red, hull damage, both weapons glitching, sensors glitching
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core glitching, aft weapon glitching
Drake - Shields 10/10/10/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
Both fighters launch rounds of micromissiles, but only the ones right in front of you hit. Again, your shields absorb the damage.
[u]Round 4 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red, hull damage, both weapons glitching, sensors glitching
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core glitching, aft weapon glitching
Drake - Shields 3/10/10/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
[u]Round 5 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core malfunctioning, aft weapon malfunctioning
Drake - Shields 10/10/10/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
K'ssatak-Sul continues to feed information to Monstruwacan.
The remaining fight heads straight towards you missiles at the ready.
[u]Round 5 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core malfunctioning, aft weapon malfunctioning
Drake - Shields 9/10/10/10; 70/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
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The Monstruwacan launches the 5th missile against Green.
Then he gets on the comms: "Alright, that w-will be our only warning missile and shot. Now g-give up and go rescue your companions… please".
To his party: "That was the l-last regular missile, I’ll have to use our emergency stash now. Thanks f-for the help, K'ssatak-Sul".
As the fight nears its inevitable end, the Brilliance fight finally does some hull damage.
[u]Round 5 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core malfunctioning, aft weapon malfunctioning
Drake - Shields 0/10/10/10; 68/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
With the fighter lucky to be alive, we enter round 6.
[u]Round 6 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core malfunctioning, aft weapon malfunctioning
Drake - Shields 0/10/10/10; 68/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
Forward shields are back in place, but far from full power.
K'ssatak-Sul continues to feed information to Monstruwacan.
[u]Round 5 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core malfunctioning, aft weapon malfunctioning
Drake - Shields 6/10/10/10; 68/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
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The enemy comes around for another run at you, but can't quite catch up. Instead they try to evade your missiles.
Your shields absorb another round of micromissiles to your port side.
[u]Round 5 - Engineering, Helm, Gunnery[/u]
Fighter - red
Fighter - green, hull damage, power core malfunctioning, aft weapon malfunctioning
Drake - Shields 6/3/10/10; 68/70 HPforward/port/starboard/aft
With the fighters disabled, you make your escape and return to Absalom Station without further incident.
Upon arriving at Absalom station, you return to the Lorespire Complex where Historia-7 eagerly awaits you. A team of Dataphiles data operatives take the stolen files and begin to decode and record their contents. Historia-7 seems almost pleased by your successful extraction of the data - a rare sight indeed.
“The mission is a success, and you are to be commended. All of you deserve some time to rest before your likely return to a more typical Society assignment.” Historia-7 speaks, momentarily pausing after making her declaration. The android’s eyes stare off past her data visor, as though she were contemplating some additional information. “Interesting… This data you’ve uncovered is… very… interesting. For now, I’ll ask you to depart. I need to summon Zigvigix of the Exo-Guardians. It appears one of his recent offers now aligns with what this data may require us to do. How… unfortunate.”
Later in the week you each receive a message from Envar. It is a digital invitation to his 24th birthday party, described as an all-inclusive trip to a pleasure yacht in high orbit over Verces, with a note, “Join me for an encore performance of our glorious victory!”
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"Thank you, Historia-7, it was a p-pleasure to serve the society, and a honor to w-work with you all. See you around… well… yeah… bye".
The Monstruwacan awkwardly shakes hands and appendages before moving out. As he approaches the local public transportation, he starts checking his backlog of holovids that accumulated while he was away, a tiny smile on his face.
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Chetna sets up a script on an anonymous computer terminal to keep sending that Vesk bodyguard of Razor a few more recruiting messages over the next two weeks in order to keep up the persona.
"I have a feeling Razor and her thugs might pop across our paths again. Might be a good idea to keep your personas up to date in case you need to pull them out again."
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Later in the week you each receive a message from Envar. It is a digital invitation to his 24th birthday party, described as an all-inclusive trip to a pleasure yacht in high orbit over Verces, with a note, “Join me for an encore performance of our glorious victory!”
The Monstruwacan is laying low in his tiny one-room apartment, surrounded by film memorabilia and makeshift holoscreens, when he receives the invitation. "Huh. I guess our disguises didn't fool Envar Tamm after all", he thinks to himself. And starts looking into the price of a starship passage to Verces...
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After the battle, Radokama surveys the engine room. Extra power cables crisscross the room between discarded schematics, circuit diagrams, and spent fuses. Coolant pipes have been patched with ion tape, and the power core flashes warning signs across the board. "Guess is time to clean up," he says to nobody in particular.
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The ship is in good repair by the time it arrives back at Absalom Station, and has a note taped to the bridge listing materials needed for final repairs. Radokama seems almost reluctant to leave, but goes with the others to the debriefing anyways.
After the group turns over the hard-won data to Historia-7, Radokama feels a tension lift that he hadn't realized was there since the party first departed. He grins at Chetna and Monstruwacan and says, "Razor and Envar might or might not know who we are. Might or might not find out. But was no personas we used; when fought crest eater was real deal."
He gestures at the group as a whole, "If ever need backup in gladiator fight to death again, will come to you all first. Can think of no others would rather fight alongside."