Forum Game: the UEFS Shrike

[selmiak]

The best thing to do would be to either fly away and go find an intergalactic bar with some pangalactic gargle blasters or shoot this thing to ashes and kill it with fire before it even comes close to opening it... but where is the fun in all that?

> advise crew to keep shrike at a distance for boarding so no radiation can come close. Only board it through the triple airlock so no nanoparticle virus or radiating particles come into our ship. Also make them be armed with bullets, lasers and flamethrowers and whatever else they have. And wear protective spacegear and some warm socks below. It is cold out there in space.

[WHAM]

< Bonus update because it's Sunday! >



>Brief and send in the boarding team.

> advise crew to keep shrike at a distance for boarding so no radiation can come close. Only board it through the triple airlock so no nanoparticle virus or radiating particles come into our ship. Also make them be armed with bullets, lasers and flamethrowers and whatever else they have. And wear protective spacegear and some warm socks below. It is cold out there in space.

You call up a communication link to the boarding party. The transparent visage of Master Sergeant Johnson is generated by the shipboard sensors and cameras. The marine, fully enveloped in vacuum-armor, salutes and awaits your orders.

"Master Sergeant, ready to board?" -you ask.

"Sir, yes, sir. The team is locked and loaded, we've got the rescue kits, sensor kits and everything else ready to go."

You glance at the symbols representing the boarding party. The four men have donned their vacuum armor and are wielding the ZAR-45's, the Marine's standard shipboard sidearm, capable of firing a range of munitions, including hollow-point deuterium enriched shells, fletchettes, grenades and lasflame shots. In addition to their protection, the team has prepared two magtrolleys, one equipped with stacks of emergency search and rescue supplies, while the other is stocked with communications and sensory equipment to allow the boarding team to stay in contact with the Jibril despite the Shrike's heavy shielding.

"Very good." -you say approvingly. "State your mission objectives one more time."

The marine nods. Despite having gone through the mission plan exhaustively over the last couple of days, he doesn't seem to mind your thoroughness.

"Sir, me and my men will use the ship-to-ship triple-airlock docking bridge to transit from the Jibril to the Shrike. Once aboard, we will establish a communication uplink via the transit bridge if possible, and via the wireless gear if not. After this, we have two objectives:

One: search and rescue, if necessary, any members of the Shrike's crew and transport them to the Jibril.
Two: study the current status of the Shrike's drives to see if the ship's engines can be used to transport the ship under it's own power.

Our team will report back to you every ten minutes while aboard the Shrike. In case of emergency the transit bridge can be separated and me and my men can exfiltrate using our suits to minimize any danger to the Jibril.

How'd I do, captain?" -the marine asks with a grin.

"Very good, Master Sergeant. Don't forget your warm socks. Might get chilly if you have to take to the vacuum." -you reply.

"Wilco. We'll begin boarding as soon as the transit bridge is in place."

You nod approvingly, permitting the Marine to get back to his duties.

"Two minutes to docking." -the comms-officer intones.

[cat]

Since it was not done yet:

> Think: UEFS

[Bulbapuck]

I love how paranoid we all are xD

2) The UEFS Jibril is to make contact with the UEFS Shrike at the enclosed coordinates and ascertain the fate of the Shrike's crew.

Unless my english is terrible this seems to imply that we should:
> Try to establish contact with the UEFS Shrike by messaging them of our peaceful intentions.

[JudasFm]

Oh, I wanna do one of these In the meantime:

> Scan the UEFS Shrike for signs of life

[NightHawk]

> Scan the UEFS Shrike for signs of life

+1

[WHAM]

> Think: UEFS

UEFS is a designation that identifies a spaceship belonging to the United Earth Federation starfleet. While TERRA is no longer inhabited, the name of the one true homeworld lives on in the hearts and minds of the people of the FEDERATION.

Similiar designations exist for other ship types, such as the UEFC for large capital ships, UEFO for smaller orbital craft and finally, if a ship travels to the outer fringes of the federation, one might encounter a ship carrying the designation FCS, standong for a Free Colonial Starship. Some colonies still seek to strike out and wish to grow separate from the legislation of the Federation, though no major conflict has been seen for over a century.

> Scan the UEFS Shrike for signs of life



"Comms, renew the scans on the Shrike, maybe we can see more now that we're closer." -you instruct your underling. The comms-officer nods and goes to work, his translucent displays flicering with data.

"Nothing, captain. No signs of life detected, though I'm still not sure if the scan is able to penetrate the shielding on the Shrike. I keep getting WEIRD READINGS. Mostly it's just noise, but I think there might be more here. I'll keep trying to isolate the signal fragments to make sure."


> Try to establish contact with the UEFS Shrike by messaging them of our peaceful intentions.




"Open a comm-link with the Shrike. Let's see if anyone picks up."

The comms-officer nods and taps a sequence of commands to his console. A series of bleeps signals the opening of the communication link between the two ships.

"This is the captain of the UEFS Jibril. UEFS Shrike, we have you on our screen and are approaching docking range. Please respond."

Only silence and faint static reply.

"I repeat, this is the UEFS Jibril, Shrike, please respond. If you do not responds, we will attempt to board you in order to provide aid."

Amidst the silence, you make out a faint series of clicks and noises. You glance at the virtual visage of your comms-officer, who shrugs.

"I don't know what that is, captain. Could be nothing, or maybe a faulty or damaged transmitter... I just don't know, captain... 90 seconds to docking."

[CaptainD]

>Think: Boarding Protocol
>Debrief boarding crew

[Crimson Wizard]

>Debrief boarding crew

Is not debriefing is done after mission is complete?


> Whistle "What shall we do with the drunken spaceman" to hide your impatience.

[JudasFm]

> Ask for more information about the WEIRD READINGS. Preferably before docking is complete.

[Crimson Wizard]

> Ask for more information about the WEIRD READINGS. Preferably before docking is complete.

+1

[selmiak]

>check cargo and number of marines and other personell on board of the Jibril and order a burger while waiting...

[Crimson Wizard]

>check cargo and number of marines and other personell on board of the Jibril and order a burger while waiting...

But we did that already...
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=52685.msg636521075#msg636521075
and even prepared food:

You realize that you haven't had any lunch so far during this day cycle and it is getting a bit late. You prod a finger at the shape representing your room and remotely activate the cooker. A hot bowl of RAMEN NOODLES will await you in your QUARTERS. You could send for someone to bring them up to the command deck, but you can't recall a single time when eating while in command space hasn't resulted in a right mess. It is, after all, difficult to eat when you can't actually see the food.

[CaptainD]

>Debrief boarding crew

Is not debriefing is done after mission is complete?

Er... yeah.  I was waiting to see who spotted that, well done!

[selmiak]

>check cargo and number of marines and other personell on board of the Jibril and order a burger while waiting...

But we did that already...
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=52685.msg636521075#msg636521075
and even prepared food:

You realize that you haven't had any lunch so far during this day cycle and it is getting a bit late. You prod a finger at the shape representing your room and remotely activate the cooker. A hot bowl of RAMEN NOODLES will await you in your QUARTERS. You could send for someone to bring them up to the command deck, but you can't recall a single time when eating while in command space hasn't resulted in a right mess. It is, after all, difficult to eat when you can't actually see the food.

damned, I just checked the whole thread and missed the first command. Yeah, screw that then! It was order #4 anyways?!
Atm we can't prepare anymore and just have to wait.

[cat]

>Think: Boarding Protocol

+1

>Debrief boarding crew

-1 We are not done yet!

> Ask for more information about the WEIRD READINGS. Preferably before docking is complete.

+1

[Mandle]

>Think: Boarding Protocol

+1

>Debrief boarding crew

-1 We are not done yet!

> Ask for more information about the WEIRD READINGS. Preferably before docking is complete.

+1

If I remember correctly you told us in Kawagoe that you helped get everyone killed in two other forum games in the past...

NOBODY TRUST THIS WOMAN!!!

She is evil!!! And cute, smart, and funny....BUT EVIL NONETHELESS!!!

[Crimson Wizard]

If I remember correctly you told us in Kawagoe that you helped get everyone killed in two other forum games in the past...

NOBODY TRUST THIS WOMAN!!!

She is evil!!! And cute, smart, and funny....BUT EVIL NONETHELESS!!!

That was all because of lamps. Lamps are evil and should be avoided whenever possible.

[NightHawk]

>Wait til docked and then board the shrike.

[cat]

That was all because of lamps. Lamps are evil and should be avoided whenever possible.

No, I'm sure it was the lemur girl.