[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[BrenTenkage]

Just gonna point out that while there is a boarding operation going on the Pelican, there are 3 Slug ships in active combat. Probably armed with missiles and stuff and they've disrupted engine and medical power.

"What do you mean the cargo ship is a trap? We'll just kill the escorts and..."
"Yaarrr! Come back here so I can have your liver with a side of salt and fava beans!" came the reply over the comms.
"Oh..."

Bren sighed, "Well time to get to work, looks like one of them think they can take us" He said heading to the cockpit and charging up the weapons as the smallest ship came towards him

"wish I could see the look on their face when we fire everything at them at once" he said chuckling

[stylesrj]

The Slug ship was probably thinking the same thing as it revealed its Halberd Beam and Mk.I Burst laser as it made a pass towards the Robin, firing both shots before attempting to sweep with the beam once the shields were disrupted.

What they didn't count on however was the fact that when they bought that particular model of ship was to knock down some walls and add a door to their engine and life support sections.

[BrenTenkage]

The Slug ship was probably thinking the same thing as it revealed its Halberd Beam and Mk.I Burst laser as it made a pass towards the Robin, firing both shots before attempting to sweep with the beam once the shields were disrupted.

What they didn't count on however was the fact that when they bought that particular model of ship was to knock down some walls and add a door to their engine and life support sections.

(so you saying its the old model oh goody)

Bren's slug companion piped up, "Aim for their engines and life support thats an old model ship, no way in from the inside"

"Seems like a real design flaw" Bren said firing the crystals at the life support and the three laser shots at the engines and weapons

"Yeah, it was built on the cheap, surprised these slugs are dumb enough to use that ship, very easy to disable and get yourself killed off in"

[stylesrj]

Considering the story is set before the Flagship Era, that model of Slug ship is probably considered to be "new."
Hell those Slugs probably started making them around this time as a scam.

[BrenTenkage]

Considering the story is set before the Flagship Era, that model of Slug ship is probably considered to be "new."
Hell those Slugs probably started making them around this time as a scam.

Bren watched as the ship struggled to move, "So why would the slugs make this sorta thing?" he asked

"Mostly to scam other pirates...guess they got scammed" Gorlag said chuckling

"Hold on I'm getting a hail, I think they wanna surrender" he said

"Please...let us go, just wanna get out of here, please"

"What do you offer?" Bren asked

"Umm everything in the hold...look just come by let us repair the ship we won't cause any trouble, please"

Bren didn't noticed something but Gorlag did

Blue Event Activated

Gorlag spoke up

"BEHIND US!"

Bren checked the scanner and right behind them coming out of cloak was a fourth ship, and it fired 2 missiles at Bren, Bren barely had enough time to get out of the cockpit before the missiles hit him and caused a hull breach

"Thanks Gorlag...owe you one" he said panting as the doors sealed shut

He checked his tablet and nodded his head, the ships autopilot system would work for a bit, it was a pair of hull missiles to make sure he was dead, but still.

"Clever bastards, hiding cloakers just in case" he said running to the weapons room

[JakeCollins]

"I AM SO GOD DAMMED TIRED OF SLUGS." Jake screamed at the sensor monitor. "The fog in this part of the nebula seems to be of normal density, deploy the defense drone!

The reason I made the nebula 'too dense' before was because there was a ship firing at us while concealed. If the ship was visible, that would mean the fog was a normal FTL density - so you could use defense drones with it. But since the ship could conceal itself, it just made more sense for the nebula to be "Higher than in-Game FTL density." This explains why you couldn't see that ship, but you can see ships in normal FTL.

Now, this raises another scientific question: Why was that part of the nebula too dense? (Time travel effect from the Mystery Ship?The usage of Black Holes in a nebula?)

The defense drone, dubbed "Sparky 2.0" worked perfectly, establishing a synchronic orbit around the spacecraft. Jake did feel... a connection, in his mind. It was subtle, barely tangible - like something was brushing against his thoughts. Suddenly, a huge missile came out of nowhere, flying directly at piloting.

OH SHI- Jake felt a pang of fear, and suddenly the missile exploded harmlessly, about a kilometer away. The defense drone shot it down. Thanks Sparky 2.0! Jake thought, smiling. Weapons were online, and Jake railed at the enemies. A shot at one ship, a shot at another. Hull points were dropping fast.

[stylesrj]

Realising that the situation was going badly, the Slug Pleasure Cruise began spinning up its FTL and started to retreat away from combat while his associates were getting slaughtered.
He didn't get far however as a barrage of lasers slammed into the helm, followed by the Pelican zooming in and pulling up close to teleport onboard.

Lux followed behind the cannibals as they tore through the remaining Slugs onboard who had drawn out blasters and blades in an attempt to fend off the crazy pirates. The Slug Captain even tried to attempt to persuade them to turn on each other with his telepathy; however it was like trying to convince a wild animal not to tear your face in.
The aftermath was rather bloody, with Slug ichor and slime splattered across the deck. "Jake... it's all clear over here" Lux said cheerily "You don't have to worry about those..."
She paused mid-sentence as the cannibals onboard were gathering the Slug corpses into a pile in front of her.
"I've decided that these bodies would be excellent training materials for The Gift" Eden explained over the comms "Slugs are very squishy and can fit in spaces you can't fit a person."
"Sure..." Lux said a bit hesitantly "I still haven't quite figured out how to..."
"Trust me Luxanna, this will be very helpful..." Eden said, teleporting the crew back, along with some choice loot.

She paged Jake "Tell me, can your ship pick up anything at the next set of beacons? I don't want to have to start digesting these potential bounties"

[BrenTenkage]

Bren was working on shooting down the enemy that attacked him, the cloaker really was a glass cannon, no shields but 2 missile launchers. It was meant to help ambush and take out an enemy.

He smiled when he finally took it down. Sadly however there were now more hull breaches on his ship.

He sat down in the weapon control chair and sighed.

"Can't even call for help, the com link is in the cockpit which is now flooding with space air" he said with a chuckle.

[JakeCollins]

Realising that the situation was going badly, the Slug Pleasure Cruise began spinning up its FTL and started to retreat away from combat while his associates were getting slaughtered.
He didn't get far however as a barrage of lasers slammed into the helm, followed by the Pelican zooming in and pulling up close to teleport onboard.

Lux followed behind the cannibals as they tore through the remaining Slugs onboard who had drawn out blasters and blades in an attempt to fend off the crazy pirates. The Slug Captain even tried to attempt to persuade them to turn on each other with his telepathy; however it was like trying to convince a wild animal not to tear your face in.
The aftermath was rather bloody, with Slug ichor and slime splattered across the deck. "Jake... it's all clear over here" Lux said cheerily "You don't have to worry about those..."
She paused mid-sentence as the cannibals onboard were gathering the Slug corpses into a pile in front of her.
"I've decided that these bodies would be excellent training materials for The Gift" Eden explained over the comms "Slugs are very squishy and can fit in spaces you can't fit a person."
"Sure..." Lux said a bit hesitantly "I still haven't quite figured out how to..."
"Trust me Luxanna, this will be very helpful..." Eden said, teleporting the crew back, along with some choice loot.

She paged Jake "Tell me, can your ship pick up anything at the next set of beacons? I don't want to have to start digesting these potential bounties"

As as Lux reported the main slug ship was "taken care of" the last of its associates were ripped apart.

"Pelican, you seem to be skin's all right for yourselves, but please report your status. Repeat, what is your status?" Jake asked, smirking at his mental image of Lux shredding a bunch of Slug pirates with her Mantis blade.

Jake switched to the Robins frequency.
"Also, Robin, what is your status?" The only reply was the crackle of a radio. "Robin, status report?" More crackling. Jake switched back to the Pelicans frequency.

"Pelican, the Robin is not responding to hails. Can you send over a boarding party to check on their status?"

[BrenTenkage]

Realising that the situation was going badly, the Slug Pleasure Cruise began spinning up its FTL and started to retreat away from combat while his associates were getting slaughtered.
He didn't get far however as a barrage of lasers slammed into the helm, followed by the Pelican zooming in and pulling up close to teleport onboard.

Lux followed behind the cannibals as they tore through the remaining Slugs onboard who had drawn out blasters and blades in an attempt to fend off the crazy pirates. The Slug Captain even tried to attempt to persuade them to turn on each other with his telepathy; however it was like trying to convince a wild animal not to tear your face in.
The aftermath was rather bloody, with Slug ichor and slime splattered across the deck. "Jake... it's all clear over here" Lux said cheerily "You don't have to worry about those..."
She paused mid-sentence as the cannibals onboard were gathering the Slug corpses into a pile in front of her.
"I've decided that these bodies would be excellent training materials for The Gift" Eden explained over the comms "Slugs are very squishy and can fit in spaces you can't fit a person."
"Sure..." Lux said a bit hesitantly "I still haven't quite figured out how to..."
"Trust me Luxanna, this will be very helpful..." Eden said, teleporting the crew back, along with some choice loot.

She paged Jake "Tell me, can your ship pick up anything at the next set of beacons? I don't want to have to start digesting these potential bounties"

As as Lux reported the main slug ship was "taken care of" the last of its associates were ripped apart.

"Pelican, you seem to be skin's all right for yourselves, but please report your status. Repeat, what is your status?" Jake asked, smirking at his mental image of Lux shredding a bunch of Slug pirates with her Mantis blade.

Jake switched to the Robins frequency.
"Also, Robin, what is your status?" The only reply was the crackle of a radio. "Robin, status report?" More crackling. Jake switched back to the Pelicans frequency.

"Pelican, the Robin is not responding to hails. Can you send over a boarding party to check on their status?"

Bren was trying to come up with a plan to repair the damages, checking on the survallence, "No way you could even go in, the whole floor is gone, the moment you walk into the room you get sucked into space" Bren said showing the feed to Ruwen

"What should we do?" Ruwen asked

"Might have to abandon ship, maybe hope they realize our problem and take us aboard." Bren said

"Perhaps the canibles could carry the Robin in their storage bay, we are a pretty small ship" Gorlag suggested

"I suppose, but I don't know, I really don't wanna be on their ship...I don't wanna know if they think living energy is tasty" he said face palming a bit, "But we might not have a choice in this matter...course now we can only let them decide our fate now..." he said

(basically the problem rihgt now the hull floor of the cockpit is pretty much gone, no way even for the Crystal to survive in the vacume, would send anyone into space, he can't divert any power from the cockpit as this was an old design so no converting power from any where, just the cockpit, pretty much right now only option is to put this into the cargo hold of the Pelican and hope they find a place to get it fully repaired and back into the air. Also gives an excuse for Bren to interact with the canibles LOL)