"Don't we have two gunners?" Morvruul barks from the captain's chair. "Fire our forward arc and turret weapons at them!"
He then glares at Cha'mon Cha'mon and sneers, "Those are the orders of a true captain, which is why I am in this big chair and you are sitting over there. You only wish that you could conjure the strategic military genius that I now display. Sit back and maybe you can learn something about starship combat."
Female CN Tiefling Biohacker 3 | SP 21/21 HP 22/22 | RP 3/3 | EAC 18; KAC 17, 5 cold, electricity, fire resistance | Fort +4; Ref +5; Will +3 | Init: +8 | Perc: +10, SM: +8 | Speed 30 ft | Biohacks 4/4 | Fiendish Gloom 1/1, Applied Knowledge 1/1 | Active conditions: none
Seggas gives a small look back at Morvuul rubbing Cha'mon's face in the fact he's not captain and leans over to Rilynn, stating in a loud, clearly meant to be over heard tone, "Don't you find someone who can't take wins gracefully such a turn off? I especially hate it when they clearly rub it in."
Sturmvanger would never admit it, but Morvruul is right about what needs to happen, at the moment.
He jumps into a seat and pulls up the control system for the forward laser cannon, leaving the coilgun to Rilynn. He knows how to use his strength and size to hit someone face-to-face but it's much different trying to hit something through the medium of digital controls, after all. He lets the computer aid him a bit, while he's at it.
What, how... how did Morvruul know what I was thinking. Is he a telepath? Did he somehow implant a device in my brain that can read my thoughts when I least expected it???
Turning around Cha'mon Cha'mon says, "Morvruul, just because you are sitting in a big chair doesn't suddenly make you an expert at anything. I suggest you press that big red button on the side of said chair labeled eject."
F Lashunta Technomancer (3), Operative (1) | HP:25/25 SP:21/21 RP:3/5 | EAC:14 KAC:14 BAB:+2 INIT:+1 PER:+8 | F+1 R+4 W+4 | 1st Lvl Spells: 0/5+1 | Living Staff, Tactical +3/1d6+4 B | Boons: Envar's Gift, Dream Whispers, High Society Influence
Engineering:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
Divert Power to Restore Shields, +7 points back to the forward arc.
With Seggas' success at the Science station, Rilynn reroutes power to the foward shield arc of the Loreseeker. She knows this is a battle of attrition and every bit helps.
Cha'mon Cha'mon, throws the Loreseeker in to a series of evasive maneuvers as the River Rat makes an aggressive vertical move in order to gain the upper hand.
I'll move the Loreseeker after you move the River Rat.
Unfortunately Twila-5 misses (using what I believe is a corrected bonus of +5) but Sturmvanger burns through the aft shield and does another point of damage on them. (-8)
Female CN Tiefling Biohacker 3 | SP 21/21 HP 22/22 | RP 3/3 | EAC 18; KAC 17, 5 cold, electricity, fire resistance | Fort +4; Ref +5; Will +3 | Init: +8 | Perc: +10, SM: +8 | Speed 30 ft | Biohacks 4/4 | Fiendish Gloom 1/1, Applied Knowledge 1/1 | Active conditions: none
Seggas, seemingly to have been skipped last round flips a switch on Miss Sci and has her route commands into the back-up engineering bay. She starts adding power to the weapons arrays.
For Round 2 Engineering:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
She gets some extra power flowing with ease, but as I just realized it does little to boost the already good damage rolls.
She tries again, just in case there's extra need for fire power.
Engineering:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
This time the pathways of Miss Sci already seem to have integrated with the engineering systems and with a squelch, pusles power to the gunner stations.
Clearly their opponents know that they won't last long if they leave their weaknesses exposed. But in starship combat, unless someone gets lucky or unlucky the fight is generally one of attrition. Very rarely does a ship get destroyed with full shields in one quadrant and none in another.
So, what matters at the moment, as what matters in any combat is...not missing.
<Are you the reason my gun controls are purring at me when I have a target in my sights?>
I'll leave the +1 from the computer and the flyby attack to Twila-5. Does the bonus she gets from Morvruul apply to the flyby attack, meaning she can use it to hit the rear quadrant or does it only apply to the normal attack she gets to take this round?
In reading the rules on flybys, it doesn't look like we get an extra attack. It just lets us zoom right by them to fire at close range without triggering an AOO, so to speak. Am I reading that right?
All our attacks this round go against he aft quadrant of the enemy ship because of the fly by since we are firing our weapons in our front and turret arcs. Twila-5, will get her normal +4 in addition to the +4 from Morvruul and the +1 from our ship's computer.
That's 15 points of damage because of the divert power to the weapon systems.
We've taken about 2 damage to the hull. We had 7 in the front shields in round 3, but you didn't roll damage for your attack so we still need to calculate that.
Cha'mon Cha'mon, grits his teeth and sends the Loreseeker zooming straight at the River Rat in an extremely aggressive maneuver designed to keep the team on the offensive. Fly by
Piloting (Fly By):1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 20I'm taking one of the ship's +1 bonuses for this action and leaving one for a gunner.
"We've got the angle on them again. Let those rats have it!'
We can fire on their aft quadrant again will both our attacks this round.
Female N android death touched operative 6 | SP 43/48 HP 40/40 | RP 8/8 | EAC 21; KAC 21 | Fort +7*^; Ref +10`; Will +6* | Init: +7 | Perc: +13 | low-light vision; darkvision | Speed 40ft; 30 ft Fly | PRR: 8 | SAP: 20 | TRP: 21 | CF: 4/10 | HC: 1/1 | Active conditions: none
Well, the last shot was good, despite not thinking too hard about it, so Twila-5 decides to use the same tactic again. Relying on pure instinct, she allows her fingers to squeeze the trigger when they choose.
Coilgun:1d20 + 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 + 3 + 1 = 18 Includes her RANK in Piloting, her Dex modifier, and +1 computer bonus. Damage:4d4 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 3) = 13
Female CN Tiefling Biohacker 3 | SP 21/21 HP 22/22 | RP 3/3 | EAC 18; KAC 17, 5 cold, electricity, fire resistance | Fort +4; Ref +5; Will +3 | Init: +8 | Perc: +10, SM: +8 | Speed 30 ft | Biohacks 4/4 | Fiendish Gloom 1/1, Applied Knowledge 1/1 | Active conditions: none
Sturm:
<PURRING?! I don't think it should be. I doubt Miss Sci has reached that far in her... *MENTAL COUGH* Uh, no it shouldn't be. Are you sure you don't have an accidental kitten hidden in there with you?>
Seggas once again uses Miss Sci to push some extra power to the gunners.
Engineering:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
However, the console gives a small kalxon of pain as she integrates a little too much with the power grid and gets shocked for it. "Miss Sci! You're not supposed to reach that deep!"
We've taken 6 points of hull damage. We have 7 shield points in our front quadrant and 0 in our aft now. Did you move them on the map? I'm assuming they shot us in the aft based on their current positioning.
Morvruul can still take his captain's action and Sturmvanger can take his shot with the light laser cannon.
"Open a channel!" Morvruul demands. With communications open, he warns, "You are too slow, Mr. Smiles. When we are through with you, you will either need a new moniker or face bankruptcy due to dental expenses!"
Intimidate to Taunt in Helm Phase:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21 If successful (DC = 15 + 1½ × the enemy starship’s tier), each enemy character acting during the Helm phase takes a –2 penalty to all checks for rounds:1d4 ⇒ 3
As both their shots go wide, Sturmvanger wonders if the Starfinders' luck has turned. But a moment later, the River Rat misses, too so it just seems that the gods of accuracy have turned their attention elsewhere.
He does what he can to get them to pay attention, again.
Female N android death touched operative 6 | SP 43/48 HP 40/40 | RP 8/8 | EAC 21; KAC 21 | Fort +7*^; Ref +10`; Will +6* | Init: +7 | Perc: +13 | low-light vision; darkvision | Speed 40ft; 30 ft Fly | PRR: 8 | SAP: 20 | TRP: 21 | CF: 4/10 | HC: 1/1 | Active conditions: none
Ha! Cue conspiracy theory about pockets of dead zone in which no one can shoot anyone else! The inner smirk doesn't make it to Twila-5's face, but it lifts her mood as she fires again.
Which means Sturmvanger's shot adds another six points of damage to the River Rat's hull (-43)
ct:1d100 ⇒ 78
Since that means that the River Rat's one and only weapon is malfunctioning, plus it looks like they're going to need a lot of duct tape to put their hull back together, they fire all thrusters and flee deeper into the asteroid field.
Even thr0ough the vacuum of space, you all swear you can hear Mr Smile's torrent of cursing as they head off.
You are then contacted by Ezra Silverbrew, a female dwarf, and the Society's liaison with the Silverbrew mining clan.
Nice flying, Starfinders. That ought to teach those skulking thieves to keep away from what isn’t theirs! Now then, as promised, we’ll send you the one chunk of the tablet they didn’t get their grubby little paws on. And after you get that, we get to sweep the station for any other 'surprises’ they might have left behind.
