Sea of Stars - OOC III

[rax]

Oh, Hannabel will certainly want to be present for this, though obviously she'll be wearing a cunning disguise...

[Blarghy]

The cover of the arboretum might make things easier for Alia as much as for us.

This too. Easier, even, since most of us are ranged fighters.

I'm fine with blocking off all but one route into and out of the dome, and having a whole bunch of marines/Praetorians/Rings ready to come in via the single path we leave open.

[PotatoGolem]

Agreed, I think the observation dome makes the most sense. From what we've seen, the Stalker fights like an evil Macharius- melee combat assisted by a power suit and flight capabilities. Our best counter is zero cover and spread out ranged combatants with high-AP weapons. If we have our shooters spread around the observation ring above encircling her, she either has to slog through all of them over many rounds (as Macharius whales on her) or fight Macharius and ignore them (as they blast her).

[Blarghy]

Looks like a majority vote for the observation dome, unless Rax/Leon wants to make an argument for another location?

I also like the dome because it's an easy explanation for why Kennoch would be lurking there when Alia arrives. The Voidborn Nomadic Navis just wants to see the stars, and he's grumpy and anti-social, so he isn't in the mood to answer any questions unless called upon by the Captain. And perhaps our Honored Magos comes along to tend to his delicate custom void-suit or something. Then Macharius and Anika escort our guest in, while Hannabel waits on the upper levels with a high-powered rifle.

We could put some officer Rings on the balconies too, and then have the regular Praetorians ready to storm into the room via the one unsealed route upon command. Macharius and Kennoch both have their standard bodyguards. Anika also still has her two teams of Rings, to position as she chooses. Kennoch is prepared to assist with Intimidate checks, but would otherwise just sit at the edge of the dome until the screaming starts, if negotiations fall through. How's that sound?

Edit: Also, just for the record, I haven't discounted the possibility that Alia can press a button on her wristwatch and suit up like Iron Man or something. Just because she doesn't arrive in her typical Stalker suit doesn't at all mean that she's any less deadly, to my mind. Plus, the possibility of cybernetics and biological engineering or whatever. Maybe the suit is a red herring anyway. We won't know until Ravia dissects her corpse.

[Leon]

no objections to where you meet her

Spoiler: Destro

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Will be there for the meeting with the recruit who has proven to have the best aim and the experimental Lasgun off high up to observe and if need be do some a test firing

[Blarghy]

...I want fan art of Hannabel's new outfit. Can we get a whole sharpshooter's corps decked out like this? Because damn.

[rax]

Hannabel appreciates your support for her sartorial tastes. Sadly, it seems unlikely we'll find a whole corps of professional shooters that could rock the outfit like she does.

[PotatoGolem]

Looks like a majority vote for the observation dome, unless Rax/Leon wants to make an argument for another location?

I also like the dome because it's an easy explanation for why Kennoch would be lurking there when Alia arrives. The Voidborn Nomadic Navis just wants to see the stars, and he's grumpy and anti-social, so he isn't in the mood to answer any questions unless called upon by the Captain. And perhaps our Honored Magos comes along to tend to his delicate custom void-suit or something. Then Macharius and Anika escort our guest in, while Hannabel waits on the upper levels with a high-powered rifle.

We could put some officer Rings on the balconies too, and then have the regular Praetorians ready to storm into the room via the one unsealed route upon command. Macharius and Kennoch both have their standard bodyguards. Anika also still has her two teams of Rings, to position as she chooses. Kennoch is prepared to assist with Intimidate checks, but would otherwise just sit at the edge of the dome until the screaming starts, if negotiations fall through. How's that sound?

Edit: Also, just for the record, I haven't discounted the possibility that Alia can press a button on her wristwatch and suit up like Iron Man or something. Just because she doesn't arrive in her typical Stalker suit doesn't at all mean that she's any less deadly, to my mind. Plus, the possibility of cybernetics and biological engineering or whatever. Maybe the suit is a red herring anyway. We won't know until Ravia dissects her corpse.

Mostly makes sense, although I think having the Praetorians up on the ring with the snipers at the outset is more helpful. They're not the swiftest moving in power armor, and having them there may make her think twice about attacking (or overlook the less flashy shooters).

[Blarghy]

Important last-minute question, Destro: have we had time to rest in between the raid on Thule's lab, and our meeting with Alia? Because Anika and Kennoch are out of Fate Points; not sure where everybody else stands. It would be nice to recover that safety net if possible.

[Destro_Yersul]

That's up to you. You're the ones who get to decide when to send her the invitation. If you want to, you can certainly wait long enough to rest before you send it.

[rax]

And a question on weapons. Everyone's apparently taking this meeting in full battle gear. Hannabel would at least like to be there when Alia arrives on the ship, as part of the welcome delegation (she can always make her excuses and disappear later). Would it be reasonable for her to bring her pulse carbine as well as other weapons along, or should protocol demand limited weaponry only?

[Haval]

No fate and 4/13 wounds technically, although the wound score was from before Scintilla. Let me know if she's managed to heal up more.

[Leon]

No fate and 4/13 wounds technically, although the wound score was from before Scintilla. Let me know if she's managed to heal up more.

Sure we would have patched you up some time ago but here is a check to see ~
Medicae test: TN 98 [roll]1d100[/roll]



And for a Mechcanicus full battle gear is casual or formal dress so :shrug:

[Leon]

Medicae TN 98 (1d100)[69] 6+DoS wounds healed

It may be more, i cant recall right now what Moswyns bonus is

[Haval]

Cheers. 8 wounds is most of it.

Think we can blame any gear on Ork related paranoia.

[Blarghy]

Kennoch's wearing what he always wears. Hasn't publicly been out of his voidsuit since the Winterscale party, and his Hellpistol is literally attached to his body.

I definitely want us to get some sleep and renew our Fate Points before the big day, unless anybody has an argument for pushing ahead without it.

[Destro_Yersul]

Surprise! You aren't the only people who can afford minions.

[rax]

As long as hers are short yellow goggle-wearers we should be fine.

[Haval]

I can see this going a bit Star Trek mirror universe

[Blarghy]

As long as hers are short yellow goggle-wearers we should be fine.

Ratlings in HAZMAT suits? That sounds horrifying.

[PotatoGolem]

How many people fit in a gun cutter? If she's just bringing a half dozen flunkies/guards that's not unreasonable. 50 troops is clearly a boarding party on the other hand. Even Macharius doesn't go to other people's ships and houses with more than a dozen retainers tops.

Also, no idea why someone else posted one of my old posts in the IC. Destro, are you able to delete it?

[Leon]

It was a spam bot, saw and reported it yesterday and then saw it had posted in at least 10 other threads around the same time

[rax]

How many people fit in a gun cutter? If she's just bringing a half dozen flunkies/guards that's not unreasonable. 50 troops is clearly a boarding party on the other hand. Even Macharius doesn't go to other people's ships and houses with more than a dozen retainers tops.

Also, no idea why someone else posted one of my old posts in the IC. Destro, are you able to delete it?

Into the Storm says a gun-cutter has "quarters for 6 people", but can carry up to 30 passengers.

[Destro_Yersul]

How many people fit in a gun cutter? If she's just bringing a half dozen flunkies/guards that's not unreasonable. 50 troops is clearly a boarding party on the other hand. Even Macharius doesn't go to other people's ships and houses with more than a dozen retainers tops.

Also, no idea why someone else posted one of my old posts in the IC. Destro, are you able to delete it?

I don't have any special powers of deletion, if you see a spam post in the thread, just do like Leon did and report to the mods.

Oh and yes, this is a fairly typical model of gun-cutter. It'll carry a good number of people, but nothing compared to the thousands you've got on your ship. If she was trying to invade you and take over, she'd have more than one gun-cutter.

Who all is meeting them in the shuttle bay?

[rax]

It's either Hannabel and whatever guards/staff Macharius was planning on from the beginning, or Macharius, Hannabel and however many extra guards he's bringing.

I await our glorious leader's response to Hannabel's suggestion in the IC thread...

[Haval]

Anika will be there.

[Blarghy]

If the plan is still to bring Alia to the observation dome, then Kennoch and his Rings will wait there. If hostilities kick off sooner, then I guess they'll hustle through the ship as quick as they can; maybe I can at least help mop up. But I figure that it would seem a bit odd for a Navigator to join this kind of meeting from the beginning, so I don't want to tip her off early--though I still imagine that she's already suspicious of us, and might be planning exactly what we're planning. An attempt at negotiations, with quick and brutal violence as a backup. Hopefully we're better at it.

[Destro_Yersul]

It's either Hannabel and whatever guards/staff Macharius was planning on from the beginning, or Macharius, Hannabel and however many extra guards he's bringing.

I await our glorious leader's response to Hannabel's suggestion in the IC thread...

Hannabel is wearing her spooky sniper outfit, yeah?

[PotatoGolem]

Sure, we can try a show of how friendly we are. And just because we may be killing them soon is no reason not to be good hosts.

[rax]

Hannabel is wearing her spooky sniper outfit, yeah?

You bet. Full facial covering FTW!