'To Plunder the Stars Themselves' OOC Thread

[Commissar Molotov]

I suppose the issue might be what they can use to scan or detect us. If we hide/teleport to the hull of the vessel and have our warplate on low power mode, we can possibly evade auspices or the like. If he has some form of psychic detection, that might prove thornier.

[Lysimachus]

Ok, so looks like you have 2 solid options:

 

1. Throw the ship forward into any firepower that gets thrown at you and hope it holds together long enough for Odysseus to get into range to warp jump you to the surface.

 

2. Stay hidden in/on the ship, wait for Von Caeryd to let you dock (or transfer to whatever ship he sends out for inspection) and hope you can escape detection. Of course, this plan also assumes he isn't just going to blow Tragg's ship away anyway just to be on the safe side… :P

 

 

Maybe people want to vote (whether here or narratively IC?) on which they want to go with, and if we happen to get a 3-3 draw, Mol as leader will have the casting vote?

[Trokair]

As per my character post this morning I vote for option two, let’s leave wrap teleportation as an absolute last resort.  

[Beren]

Option 2.

 

Also, if we hide on the exterior hull, and another ship docks with the Bounty, we could maybe make the crossing over to the other ship?

Edited June 25, 2021 by Beren

[Trokair]

Option 2.

 

Also, if we hide on the exterior hull, and another ship docks with the Bounty, we could maybe make the crossing over to the other ship?

My plan exactly. :D

[Lysimachus]

Cool, so that's two for plan 2. (I must admit I'm surprised how nice everyone is still being to Captain Tragg and his ship! :D)

[Black Cohort]

it does seem like the best option

[Necronaut]

Updated placeholder. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/370180-to-plunder-the-stars-themselves-episode-1/?p=5711626

 

Sorry for my brevity; things have been hectic here and I've been unable to devote much of any time.

[Lysimachus]

@BC: Is that 3 for plan 2?

 

@Necronaut: No worries mate, hope its not anything too stressful! ...don't want to put words in your mouth but I'm guessing(?) Vesalius might vote for Plan 2 as well, given its focus on sneaking rather than all out attack? :D

 

If you'd rather just post a number here rather than a full-on IC post, that's totally cool?

 

Not sure about Odysseus or the Traveller though? I guess maybe Odysseus wouldn't have any problems with warp jumping, and I think the Traveller would be quite content with killing Tragg and his crew... :P

[Necronaut]

Yes Vesalius would favor a more clandestine approach.

[Black Cohort]

yes for plan 2

[A.T.]

Not sure about Odysseus or the Traveller though? I guess maybe Odysseus wouldn't have any problems with warp jumping, and I think the Traveller would be quite content with killing Tragg and his crew...

Odysseus wouldn't see this as a vote - the choice and the concequences to fall on the one who would lead.

[Lysimachus]

Cool, that's a majority for 2 so I've moved ahead down that path... am I right in what I've posted that you've all moved out onto the outer hull?

[Necronaut]

Vesalius is well-versed in the arts of concealment. I can make the check for the entire squad if you guys like?

 

Edit: post is up.

Edited June 27, 2021 by Necronaut

[Trokair]

For the record, Svelk would have joined Brynjarr for the void-walk.

Post updated with additional scene to cover the opening of the voidwalk. Hope it’s ok.

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/370180-to-plunder-the-stars-themselves-episode-1/?p=5711501

[Lysimachus]

Really nice posts all, great stuff! I'll try to get their Scrutiny Test up soon! (although I can't see them being able to match such sneakiness! :P)

[Black Cohort]

I think once we get to the station we will have to launch rather rapidly.  Strike for where the command centre should be and if tactical information changes on route then we adjust.

[Beren]

Close enough to warp-jump now?

Edited June 27, 2021 by Beren

[Necronaut]

Sure hope so!

[A.T.]

And we are over, no dramas this time...

 

For reference with any reaction text Odysseus' power doesn't pull anyone through the warp, rather it pulls two distant points close together for just long enough to step through from one place to another.

[Lysimachus]

Oops, sorry AT, posted then saw your post above, I think I may have misunderstood exactly how the power works? Is that how a Teleportarium works? I'll have to reread the HtC entry for it!

 

Anyway, on this ocassion hope you don't mind but for narrative purpose of advancing storylines/helping you get to know each other (and the fun of writing whatever weird randomness they want! :P) I'm gonna let people post what they want to post about the journey?

 

Edit: Obviously, as the tests were a complete success, no-one will be harmed by the journey (at least physically, you can choose how your character feels about it!)

[A.T.]

Oops, sorry AT, posted then saw your post above, I think I may have misunderstood exactly how the power works? Is that how a Teleportarium works?

His power folds space together as a single point, effectively a door that you step through. Because you step directly from one point to the next there can't be anything in between (which is why he can't teleport through the hull).

 

More powerful forms of teleportation step briefly into the warp itself bypassing obstructions in the materium.

[Lysimachus]

Ah ok, thanks, saves me looking it up! :D

 

Well, in that case I'll leave it to the individuals how much they want to play up/down the warp influence in their posts?

[Commissar Molotov]

Certainly I was imagining Doctor Strange's portals in the MCU films.

 

Lysimachus, are you able to give us some information? Are we on the hull of the battlecruiser that's been downed on the rocks? Or the asteroid surface itself?

[Lysimachus]

Sorry, was going to let people post any weirdness they wanted, then set the scene on the asteroid, but yep its a fair point you would see more of where you're going.

 

So I'm picturing you've landed on the outskirts of the base, on the asteroid surface itself but you can see the shapes of the base rising in front of you nearby?

 

Actually, hang on a few mins and I'll post in the IC? Edit: done!