T20: High Law and Low Justice, Part 3

[Tonguez]

ooc sorry guys I really thought I'd already posted

Tomas makes his way towards the nearest guns - the ventral turret which he notes is nor too far out from Engineering.

He enters the turret and does a quick diagnostic on the weapons systems there before reporting in

"Ventral Turret systems:good" he reports their status
"close in to Engineering do you need help on the engines?"

 

[Maerdwyn]

Tomas:

Spoiler

The weapons systems check out fine, and the range to the fighter that's broadcasting is currently less than a thousand meters.

The comm link on the panel in front of you "dings" and a private channel to engineering opens. "Well er....I gues I'm okay now, Tomas, but... exactly how unpredictable does unrefined fuel get?" Vyrkris says.
Unrefined fuel, that is, fuel skimmed from a gas giant or taken from a glacier, can mess up a variety of engineering systems. It can reduce the efficiency of the drives, cause a misjump, or behave entirely normally. If something goes wrong, it can usually be corrected within a few minutes - but it's definitely a feel/experience thing, not a "by the book" thing

 

[Tonguez]

Tomas leans back to get a feel for the turret and check what he can see from his vantage point. When his comm panel dings he responds quickly on the same channel

Spoiler

"Unrefined fuel is unpredictable, could be fine could be disastrous - so if you even think that somethings gona go wrong call me on this channel and I'll be there, deal?".

"Things are good here" he contacts the bridge "I'll stick with the guns, monitoring engineering and ready to go"

 

[doghead]

Saanath, Human Male

"I think that we owe it to the people on the Kerchan to let them know whats happening. They won't believe us, but it might make them wary enough to recognise whats going on when they see it.

"Are there any remote becons on this gilded monster that we send out of jamming range to broadcast a signal?

"We need a decision on our approach. I would much rather go with the slow and steady option. It's pretty standard. But one bad roll, err ... misjudgement with the fast and furious approach and we could be toast.

"One the other hand, it looks like we have found our pirates, and they are setting us up for a fall. So it may not pay to hang about.

"Whats it going to be people?"

 

[Maerdwyn]

ooc: no remote beacons, but Trelene does think she's got the jamming defeated for now - that is, she could get a message out, listen in on other ship's communications, etc. at this point (jst with a penalty to her normal roll)

Zaed leans into the the sensors, as if it would give him a better look, and his face tenses. "Missile launch, Ruzz'koff. From the fighter next to us. Target looks like the SDB. One missle won't do much against it, though."

 

[DrZombie]

"BATTLE STATIONS.
.
I want a full attack on the fighter that's just launched that missile. Fire on my mark. Saanath, full throttle out of here. I want to refuel and jump ASAP.


Trell, I want to broadcast this NOW.

SDB, this is Captain Ruzz'koff of the free trader the Dvonn. Those two fighters are not ours.I repeat those two fighters are not ours. we will engage and start evasive manouvering."

While broadcasting Ruzz'kof orders the gunners :"Target fighter 1. Fire at will."
He then continues the message.

"Be warned, there is a large ship on the other side of Gelugon, I repeat, there is another large ship on the other side of Gelugon. We believe it to be the fighter's mother ship.


To anyone who's listening :

We have boarded this ship after hearing it's distress call. We have been fired upon by securty troops of that passenger liner, under order of it's owner, to prevent us from giving aid. Our transports have been fired upon by those fighters. Our captain was killed trying to get here.
What we have found is a disgrace that defies evrything the empire and the navy has stood for since it's founding. We have seen that those people willingly and knowingly have let civilians in need slowly suffocate. They let little children out to die. Women. The ship's docter died saving those who could, leaving her only child as last.

To anyone who has heard the distress call and was told it was fake :You've been lied to. It wasn't. They knew it wasn't. Be ashamed.

To anyone who has heard this distress call and told others it was a fake : Murderers. Child-killers. I spit on you. I'll be back, and there will be a reckoning.

To anyone who hears this and still doesn't believe:
Fool. Here is our proof

Ruzz'koff out."

"And attach this data, Trell."

He leans back in his chair. "OK Crew, we're in it now. No turning back."

 

[Tonguez]

Battle Stations

Tomas quickly goes into battle mode, his training returning to him as he swings the guns into action attempting to lock onto the target fighter.

"Here we go" he says to himself "glory time!"

(ooc targeting and firing at will...)

 

[doghead]

Zaed leans into the the sensors, as if it would give him a better look, and his face tenses. "Missile launch, Ruzz'koff. From the fighter next to us. Target looks like the SDB. One missle won't do much against it, though."

"Except piss it off. Tomas, shoot the little bugger."

Saanath doesn't need to be told twice. Its possible as he didn't need to be told once, as there distinct humming through the decks as the maneuver roar into life almost before Ruzz'koff begins speaking. If necessary Saanath puts the ship into a slow roll away from the fighter then snaps (as much as you can do so with ship this size) it back to bring the fighter into Tomas' line of fire.

"Light it up Tomas. And make it loud Trelene."

 

[Maerdwyn]

Eight minutes to refueling.

Tomas tracks the fighter in the turret for several seconds. getting used to the feel of the bridge's targeting computer aiding his movements.

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On the bridge, Ruzz'koff's message goes out on a general broadcast. Saanath manages a nifty moves that generates some separation between Dvonn and the fighter, then begins a full speed approach on Gelugon. The effect is almost immediate. Trelene realizes that the jamming field has intensified within about 10 seconds of beginning the broadcast, about the same time that Zaed shouts, "The other fighter has wheeled around - full speed towards us!" then, "Two Missle launches from the system defense boat - and they just missed us with a beam attack. Must have fired as soon as the fighter launched at them!"
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In the turret Tomas watches as the fighter changes its evasive pattern, into a less complicated one that keeps it's nose facing Dvonn's comm system - putting it right in line with Tomas's laser. He squeezes his triggers and watches as the laser strikes the craft and blasts a large hole in the hull near the engines. It's maneuverings all but cease, and now looks just to be keeping pace with Dvonn, it's range varying a little as it drifts away then needs to course correct to close again.
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The decontamination team thinks that the Donn is clean. All conduits have been sterillized, and all the rooms sprayed down with bleach, alcohol, or other solvents. Ktarle has sealed the bodies in parafin, for the time being. The water supply checks out. And if there'e to be a test of the life suport system before Dvonn enter's jump space, it needs to be now.
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ooc: doghead, Last post suggested the surer approach to Gelugon, this one the faster. Just need to know which is being chosen.

 

[doghead]

Saanath, Human Male

Saanath puts the ship into a roll in order to deny the fighter coverage from the ship and expose the little pest to the SDB's sensors.

"Can we find a course to the gas giant that puts it between us and that bloody pirate ship? Ideally one that will force them to break cover and expose themselves to the SDB if they want to intercept us.

"Refueling with the pirates on our tail would be madness."