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Post Post #7 (isolation #0) » Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:40 am

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/in.
I'd like to be a Mantis, if possible.
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Post Post #8 (isolation #1) » Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:45 am

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Also, how do we handle making rooms have no oxygen in them or does that qualify as metagaming a bit too much?
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Post Post #9 (isolation #2) » Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:00 am

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Also--how would someone on the Camera system (or the slug) have information given to them?
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Post Post #10 (isolation #3) » Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:00 am

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I'm interested to see how this plays.
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Post Post #18 (isolation #4) » Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:23 am

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I've played so many Stealth 1 games where my first jump is to one of those unmanned drone ships that has good weaponry.
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Post Post #24 (isolation #5) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:59 am

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No idea how the races work exactly in this, but in general:

Mantis attack and move faster but are MUCH slower to repair systems and take extra damage from fire.
Slugs can see which rooms lifeforms are in even in the enemy ships and are immune to mind control.
Engi are machine people that repair systems extra fast but do half damage in combat.
Rocks are immune to fire and have much more health than the other races, but move at half speed.

There are also Humans, Zoltan, Crystal, and Lanius. We'll probably get to those when we get to those.
Having diversity in your crew is important, though, because it lets you solve various events.
For instance, you might find a space station on fire, and normally would have to risk a crew mate to save people, but if you had a Rock person, you could send them in and succeed 100% of the time.
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Post Post #25 (isolation #6) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:03 am

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Though, I do not know if Lanius and Mind Control will be in the game, as those were introduced in an update that can be toggled on or off, and I have no clue if we're playing with that update.
@Mod: Will content like Lanius, Flak weaponry, Mind Control, etc. be in the game?
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Post Post #26 (isolation #7) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:06 am

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Also, is everyone who signed up somewhat familiar with FTL?
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Post Post #29 (isolation #8) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:24 am

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Okay, just curious if we were playing with that expansion content stuff.
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Post Post #33 (isolation #9) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:56 am

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As a Mantis, it's very important that I:
1. Fight enemy boarding parties off
2. Don't take sole responsibility over a room where I can't readily leave
3. Don't take sole responsibility over a room where I might need to fix a system required for us not to lose

I'd like our ship to be called The Zephyr!
Or Airwrecka, pronounced as 'Erica'!!~
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Post Post #34 (isolation #10) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:59 am

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I'd recommend that the Engi be our Technology guy since repairing our shield system is probably high priority.
We'll probably want our Slug as the pilot
And our Rock can go on weapons.
I might chill in the Engine room and on Logistics.

What do ya'll think?
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Post Post #35 (isolation #11) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:38 am

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Hm, based on how Sensors and our ship knowledge works, I think the best fit for me would be
Logistics
and to have the Sensor room as my default room.

Can you break down the different rooms that we have on the ship and what they do within the scope of this game, just for clarity?
For instance, I am familiar with how rooms function in FTL, but I'm curious how each will work within the limited info scope of this game on top of that.
Also still got no idea if the other players are super familiar with FTL or not.
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Post Post #36 (isolation #12) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:40 am

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Or is it called the Security room?
Anyway
Room with the Cameras
so I can know where to haul ass if someone tries to slip in our ship
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Post Post #39 (isolation #13) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:51 am

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If I want to move between rooms or take an action, would I post that here or in my PT?
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Post Post #42 (isolation #14) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:46 pm

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I've played a ton of FTL. I know that a similarly skilled Mantis can take down a Rock or two humans.
I've not played in awhile but I've beaten the game on the regular difficulty with every ship both pre and post patch.

I also know suffocating out enemies is usually better than fighting them (even though I do want to get a bunch of good good fighting experience).
I'd be more comfortable with PvtUrist on weapons and, if fires in the Engine room are a concern, we can just literally have that room at 0 oxygen (either on an open-door path through medbay or from the top of the ship).
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Post Post #43 (isolation #15) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:47 pm

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Also, if fires in the Engine room are a concern and you don't want to vent the engines, our current plan puts the Engi in shields which is next door.
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Post Post #46 (isolation #16) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:39 pm

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I also will probably haul my ass down to engines just to give us that evasion boost if we're fighting enemies that don't board.
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Post Post #48 (isolation #17) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:49 pm

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Yeah--my chief concern is that with the limited info, we'll get boarded and I won't know about it soon enough. If we could splurge for some door upgrades early, that'd be rad.
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Post Post #49 (isolation #18) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:50 pm

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Though, hm, that said, maybe I wouldn't need to hang out in Sensors because
with a Slug on our team, he could always communicate the info to me, which means I could always pinpoint and engage enemies on our ship, right?
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Post Post #50 (isolation #19) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:55 pm

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Yeah, if we can set up that rule early of:
If there's intruders, let me fight ones we can handle
Suffocate ones that I cant (or drain air and force them towards medbay if possible for me to fight them there?)
and if a fire breaks out in Engines, I duck out to medbay and we drain air there?
We'd have to keep these two rooms without air for that to work, I think:

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Really depends on how sealing up doors will work in this game, because it's fine and dandy to strategize around vacuuming out rooms and leading enemies in the actual game but in this one I'm curious how that'd go down.
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Post Post #51 (isolation #20) » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:55 pm

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This was a duplicate of post # — callforjudgement
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Post Post #57 (isolation #21) » Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:29 am

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Well, I'm a Mantis, so I probably don't outright trust the SLUG but we're also in the Federation and I'm trying to make thing work and giving those gross-soft ideas of TRUST and FRIENDSHIP a go, mostly because I'm curious how far a FRIEND SHIP can even plow across the stars as such a thing sounds make-believe but if the damn slug betrays me, I'll know I'm right in my convictions, kekekeke
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Post Post #74 (isolation #22) » Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:52 pm

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/confirm.

Now we shouldn't jump until we have everything squared away and figured out.
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Post Post #86 (isolation #23) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:24 am

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Hey now, I'm the one that decides Fuel purchases and Logistics.

I think we should really upgrade our door system early on, too. I just don't want invaders being able to run around our ship willy-nilly.
@Enter: Don't know how much you read earlier, but can you make it clear that you want to always convey enemy locations to me so that I can know where to go for a fight? Otherwise, I'll be pretty blind and useless down here in the Engine room.


Anyways, folks, our ship is not damaged at all (yay!) and we're sitting pretty comfortably on fuel for this region.
@Mod: Do we all start with scrap, how's that work?
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Post Post #87 (isolation #24) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:26 am

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@Mod: Who will be informed of if a fire happens?


If possible, I'd like for us to just vent oxygen to deal with fires since there's not a ton of point to us scrambling around the ship to put them out. I'm also kinda bad at putting them out, given, y'know, scythes for hands.
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Post Post #89 (isolation #25) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:23 am

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Righteous.

Anyway, I'm in the Engine room now and have decided on a power heirarchy that prioritizes Oxygen > First Weapon > Shields > Engines > Other Weapons > Medbay (unless people need healing, then energy moves from Engines to Medbay)

Edited out numbers — callforjudgement
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Post Post #91 (isolation #26) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:52 pm

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Aw, I didn't think I had any numbers in that post. Hm.
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Post Post #92 (isolation #27) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:52 pm

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Oh, wait, yeah, now I realize what ya meant. Makes sense, d'oh.
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Post Post #93 (isolation #28) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:52 pm

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I'm ready for the jump.
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Post Post #165 (isolation #29) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:40 pm

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So, folks, I didn't get to kill that chumpus who invaded us, which is a real shame--he got away when their ship did.
I've got ⛯19½. We need ⛯34 to get our ship back in working order.
We've used a lot of fuel, too, but have largely made up for our losses in what we've looted, so we're probably fine to get through the whole next sector at this rate.

I also really need to know what we're doing in the case of fires.
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Post Post #166 (isolation #30) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:44 pm

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We could also upgrade our reactor for ⛯25, but I'd really prefer keeping our ship from falling apart--the extra energy would be nice, as it's a dream of mine to power all of our available weapons, if possible, so that you guys can shoot at their shields and weapons and once their shields are down, start pinning out their Engines or Bridge so that they can't FTL away. In fact, I'd argue focusing the Bridge/Engine is more important that their shields if we can consistently lay the hurt there when it seems like the enemy wants to retreat, because an enemy that runs is worse than nothing--we're not getting rewards, that enemy might signal rebels to our location, and we're probably taking damage from the encounter.
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Post Post #167 (isolation #31) » Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:46 pm

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If we're really dividing this scrap evenly, that must mean we've got exactly ⛯80, yeah?
Unless you guys have been throwing it out the windows, I say we repair our ship and then put some scrap towards upgrades.
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Post Post #183 (isolation #32) » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:24 pm

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Yeah, ya'll need to tell me shit if you want me to micro any power.
I'm fine with throttling some of our engine power to shields.
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Post Post #184 (isolation #33) » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:28 pm

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Ya'll run this mostly-broken ship like madmen.
Don't blame me when the next thing we run into is a Rock cruiser that launches a missile salvo and ruins our shit.
Don't say I didn't warn ya that this damn thing is fallin' apart.
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Post Post #185 (isolation #34) » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:36 pm

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Nore from Vr's'n: "NOT DRAING OXY GEN. SLUG HAV MORE SKRAP THN SENSE"
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Post Post #187 (isolation #35) » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:38 pm

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FORTUNE FAVORS THE BREATHING
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Post Post #207 (isolation #36) » Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:51 pm

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Good news, folks.
That prolonged shit battle made me really good at optimizing our engines, so I figure if I stay down here, we'll get hit much less.
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Post Post #212 (isolation #37) » Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:39 pm

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In post 211, PvtUrist wrote:Engi on doors, everyone goes west side of ship while venting the entirety of east. When the enemies drop to 10-20 hp open the doors and let the Mantis have the kills.
I think this plan is great and I want to go along with it.
Can we do this?
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Post Post #218 (isolation #38) » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:13 pm

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Look, folks, our ship is literally falling apart.
If we're in another fight like that last one, we're dead meat. We can't handle missiles. I really suggest we upgrade our power, upgrade our engines, and repair our ship, if possible.
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Post Post #221 (isolation #39) » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:20 pm

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As far as I can tell, we can upgrade our generators for ⛯25. Unfortunately, even if we pool resources, I don't think we could repair and do that.
There's also a Reactor capacitor but I don't want to buy that.
We're still good on fuel for a whole sector, heck, even a nebula probably.
Repairing our ship's gonna cost ⛯46.

I have ⛯9.
Assuming that's how much all of you have, even pooled together, that's only a meager ⛯36.
So yeah.
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Post Post #229 (isolation #40) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:49 am

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Enter, can you please send your spare scrap down to Logistics so I can patch up this tin can?
I know you probably don't wanna part with your well-earned scrap, but if we're not all patched up, you'll be parting with your life if the next encounter uses missiles.
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Post Post #231 (isolation #41) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:59 am

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In post 221, Varsoon wrote:As far as I can tell, we can upgrade our generators for ⛯25. Unfortunately, even if we pool resources, I don't think we could repair and do that.
There's also a Reactor capacitor but I don't want to buy that.
We're still good on fuel for a whole sector, heck, even a nebula probably.
Repairing our ship's gonna cost ⛯46.

I have ⛯9.
Assuming that's how much all of you have, even pooled together, that's only a meager ⛯36.
So yeah.
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Post Post #233 (isolation #42) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:35 am

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Eeeh, right now upgrading generator would allow us to have Lv2 shields AND engines on at the same time, but usually
1. If we're fighting someone with no missiles this early, they probably can't pop level 2 shields even if all their shots hit
2. If we're fighting someone with missiles, level 1 shields are fine and we can then have the evasion.

So it's not that big of a deal right now and in just one or two more fights we should be able to upgrade to do both.

What do ya'll think? Should we upgrade our Generator and then spend the rest to get whatever repairs we can afford?
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Post Post #235 (isolation #43) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:55 am

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We could take a few missiles, but if we end up in a prolonged fight with one of those ships that seems to have infinite missiles (I hate how it's a limited resource for me but enemies have seemingly infinite) then we're probably doomed.
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Post Post #237 (isolation #44) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:43 pm

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We should repair first.
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Post Post #239 (isolation #45) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:04 pm

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Am I not getting any scrap, Enter?
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Post Post #245 (isolation #46) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 1:16 am

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Logistics here, got us an upgrade for our power and that's routed to further power our engines, so we should be taking less hits in general now. That boost to evasion felt more important than the amount of repair we'd get and is probably going to help us avoid more damage than what we would've repaired up to so I'm happy with it.

Right now our Engines still aren't fully powered, but our shields and weapon systems are. We're also in a situation where if we HAVE to use the infirmary in a fight, we can without completely cutting power to our engines, so I'm pretty happy with everything.

Repairs put us into a comfortable hull integrity for a few fights, provided they go our way. I can't stress enough how important it is that if we get in a fight where it seems like we'll take significant damage, we should try negotiating out of it if possible. Tooling around in a ship that's not fully repaired does unnerve me, so I would really like it if we could repair down the line.

I also really appreciate everyone taking my requests seriously and sending me scrap. Ya'll are the best crew I've had.
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Post Post #254 (isolation #47) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:03 am

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Twist is that PvtUrist is a Lanius with a secondary goal of get ship oxygen to as close to 0 as much as possible throughout the game?
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Post Post #256 (isolation #48) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:10 am

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Broke your bold tags there, callforjudgement.

Fixed — callforjudgement
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Post Post #257 (isolation #49) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:11 am

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Also, that jump a few back, we got repaired a little!
So we're actually sitting pretty good. Still not super comfortable with it, would love to be topped off, but this is manageable. We could probably scrape through one or two rough fights at this state.
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Post Post #259 (isolation #50) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:16 am

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WE GETTIN RICHIE RICH OVAH HERE
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Post Post #261 (isolation #51) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:25 am

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Oh wow they're selling a VERY cheap generator upgrade.
I bought it all on my own.
Our engines should now be fully charged.
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Post Post #265 (isolation #52) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:54 am

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Bring us to the sector with the fighting, please.
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Post Post #266 (isolation #53) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:57 am

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We also are getting a liiiittle lower on fuel. We could maybe sustain if we pillage a good deal through this sector, but if we're unlucky on that front, we can not finish both this sector and the next without having to buy some fuel.
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Post Post #287 (isolation #54) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:12 pm

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In post 282, callforjudgement wrote:PvtUrist demonstrates what he thinks of the trade with an EMP to the slaver's shields, then starts shooting lasers at the enemy weapon systems. The slavers respond with Artemis missile fire; although we take out their missile launcher, they eventually get it back online and land a few more shots on us, although they rapidly run out of ammo. When we take their weapons back down again – and then break their shields with our beam – they decide to run away, and unfortunately PvtUrist misses the next several shots, meaning we have no way to stop them fleeing, and they get away. I guess they're used to this sort of encounter.
This was a VERY BAD fight for us
Our ship is at CRITICAL DAMAGE
It's going to cost us ⛯52 to fully repair.
I have ⛯8.

Here's the other huge problem:
We absolutely need to buy fuel and even if we buy ALL the fuel at this store, we won't be able to get through the next sector on that alone.
Fuel is ⛯5 a piece.

I think we're pretty much screwed unless we can sell something.
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Post Post #288 (isolation #55) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:14 pm

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Like, I can't stress this enough:
If we do not purchase any fuel at this stop, we will not be able to escape THIS sector without being caught by the Rebel fleet.
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Post Post #290 (isolation #56) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:35 pm

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My plight is your plight
we are the world
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Post Post #292 (isolation #57) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:21 am

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Nah I think we just had a series of encounters where we got NOTHING but took a BEATING
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Post Post #293 (isolation #58) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:21 am

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We really should be disabling enemy ship's FTLs so they can't keep getting away.
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Post Post #294 (isolation #59) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:22 am

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I used to be of the mindset of "Shoot Shileds and weapons systems, win all da time"
but now I realize focusing Engines and Weapons is usually better.
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Post Post #295 (isolation #60) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:23 am

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If they're mantis (without an engi slave) or you think you can pull it off generally, shooting Bridge instead of Engines can be pretty effective since you're hitting a person in there, too.
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Post Post #297 (isolation #61) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:17 am

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Yeah, I find that's the case with ships that have a huge single weakness, too.
Like I'll be playing Rock A and I get a ship that has defense drones on an early jump and it's like "Well I can either spend at least 8 missiles in a really prolonged fight or I can just reset right now."
The worst is Stealth A and getting into a fight with a drone that's packing laser weaponry or drones. You just fold out on the spot, there, too.
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Post Post #299 (isolation #62) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:46 am

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At least Stealth A has long-range scanners, so you can kind of try to fudge hitting non-combat beacons and hoping to gather enough scrap in sector 1 that way.
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Post Post #300 (isolation #63) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:48 am

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Anyway, I have about 48 scrap right now.
Is anyone else going to send any more or should I work with what I've got?

Are we allowed to use numbers to discuss things like how many jumps until we're out of the sector or how much fuel I should buy? I've been trying to avoid saying exact numbers on fuel, but I did earlier write the price-per-unit of fuel so if I spend exactly so much, those numbers would become kinda obvious.
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Post Post #302 (isolation #64) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:06 am

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So how do you guys want to handle this?
I've got 48 scrap right now.
Should I buy all the fuel I can get (25 scrap worth) and then just bust the rest on repairs?
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Post Post #305 (isolation #65) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:45 am

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Alright. I bought fuel and repairs.
Our ship still needs a lot more repairing. If we get in another fight like that last one, we're dead.
We probably have enough fuel to escape this sector, but definitely not enough to complete a whole sector on its own.
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Post Post #309 (isolation #66) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:35 am

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Blow up those machines, yessss.
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Post Post #310 (isolation #67) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:02 am

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While I love the music in FTL, I used to play the game regularly while listening to this Album:


I don't know if it has a 'Space-like' quality to it but a lot of the instrumentation always makes me think of FTL and comfy space exploration now.
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Post Post #311 (isolation #68) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:02 am

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Like I swear the actual FTL soundtrack must share some soundscapes or progressions
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Post Post #313 (isolation #69) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:04 am

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Hahaha
Skip to about 18:50 in and listen to 'Far Away'
It's strikingly 'FTL' to me.
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Post Post #314 (isolation #70) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:05 am

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That's probably one of my favorite albums to listen to front to back in one sitting, though. Fantastic on good headphones.
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Post Post #323 (isolation #71) » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:08 am

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We can buy a repair arm here that would automatically repair our ship, but it costs costs ⛯65 and requires a small machinery room.
I'm sitting on ⛯18, but I only had 9 earlier and Enter sent me 9 more.
We could always upgrade our Generators for ⛯25, or maybe even our door systems or something.
There's also the matter of fuel and hull integrity--We're in fairly good shape, but could bust ⛯9 on a full repair of the damage we do have. We could buy all the fuel here for ⛯15, and that'd put us in a comfortable place for fuel, but I think we're actually doing alright when it comes to fuel thanks to that other Federation ship we came across. If we don't buy any fuel, we'll make it through the next sector provided we don't lose a lot giving it away or diddling around in nebulas.
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Post Post #325 (isolation #72) » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:11 am

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I honestly think we're fast-approaching the point that we should probably save to upgrade our shield systems (and get enough generator upgrades to match), upgrade our Engines until we're hitting depreciating returns on evasion, or upgrade our weapon systems to more quickly deal with threats. When I'm ahead like this, I usually prioritize shields, since it's nice to be sitting at 3 shields when most enemy ships are only capable of dealing with 2.
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Post Post #326 (isolation #73) » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:12 am

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In post 324, the worst wrote:Sorry, this feels a little metagamey and oocish but I wouldn't buy to 100% hull in case we get a favourable event
Not meta-gaming all that much since
it's happened already in this run
, so we have precedence to say that there are definitely folks out there that'll patch us up for free if we are lucky enough.
I don't think repairs or fuel purchases are necessary, just wanted people to know our options.
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Post Post #328 (isolation #74) » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:36 am

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Oxygen is a big shrugger for me. Only time I've ever had it be a problem is in horribly freak accidents like Hull Breach in the oxygen room or it getting hacked.

Doors are a little more important, but since we've handled boarders pretty well, we can probably get away with just the first upgrade for doors.
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Post Post #337 (isolation #75) » Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:36 am

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Yeah, let's get this ship running~~
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Post Post #343 (isolation #76) » Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:54 pm

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Saved you, buddy.
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Post Post #347 (isolation #77) » Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:17 pm

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We didn't get all that hurt in that last fight. We're still good to go.
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Post Post #352 (isolation #78) » Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:32 pm

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It wasn't me! Someone knocked me out and messed up our shields! I swear!
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Post Post #360 (isolation #79) » Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:01 am

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Can we even deal with 3 shield enemies? If so, yeah, we got this.
Also hilarious--I think I became a master of combat while being Mind Controlled.
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Post Post #362 (isolation #80) » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:35 am

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Doing fine on fuel, but we're getting back into worrying amounts of damage.
We could survive another two fights like that one, but a third would be pushing it.
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Post Post #365 (isolation #81) » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:00 am

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We're a bit busted up. Another fight like that last one would probably kill us.
Full repairs would be ⛯56, though.
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Post Post #368 (isolation #82) » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:35 am

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Oooooh Drone System + Defense Drone shuts missiles down.
I've had my best luck with actually beating the game when I either got a cloaking system or drone system with defense drones.
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Post Post #371 (isolation #83) » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:37 am

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I have 38 scrap to send to someone.
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Post Post #374 (isolation #84) » Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:58 am

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I can send PvtUrist the scrap for weapons upgrades, or do we want generator to power the Drone System?
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Post Post #375 (isolation #85) » Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:06 am

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Another thing to keep in mind : Our ship is pretty roughed up. In general, I prefer upgrades over repairs, but, yeah, just bringing that up.
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Post Post #379 (isolation #86) » Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:42 am

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Uggggh
I spent all my extra on repairs, Urist.
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Post Post #382 (isolation #87) » Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:15 am

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Let's just do literally any event, I guess?
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Post Post #393 (isolation #88) » Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:09 am

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We're back to our junker even after repairs. Ya'll sure do know how to put this ship through the wringer.
We could handle one or two more fights where we took some damage (like that last one), but then we'd be in the danger zone.
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Post Post #394 (isolation #89) » Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:11 am

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Anyway, full repairs are ⛯53.
We can also buy a few generator upgrades at 25 a pop.
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Post Post #398 (isolation #90) » Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:21 pm

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We're below what I am comfortable for on fuel. We could make it through only a single sector on what we have, but that's if we don't spend a lot of time there or if we happen upon fuel from defeating enemies or from generous gains.
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Post Post #405 (isolation #91) » Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:49 am

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I'm sitting on ⛯28½.
What should I do?
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Post Post #414 (isolation #92) » Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:30 pm

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I believe he did. I had 100 scrap, just spent it all. Got 50 scrap worth of generator upgrades, so now we can fully power most our systems.
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Post Post #418 (isolation #93) » Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:10 am

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As much as I love slicing people apart, I usually get to do so in the comfort of my own ship, which I know won't FTL away without me.
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Post Post #420 (isolation #94) » Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:03 am

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Where ever ya'll feel like taking us, I'm along for the ride.
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Post Post #423 (isolation #95) » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:05 am

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Hoh boy. Hope everything is cool on your end, Enter.
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Post Post #425 (isolation #96) » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:15 am

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Ah, sweet. I'm rooting for you!
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Post Post #429 (isolation #97) » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:23 am

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Yeah, man, screw pirates. Let's raid em.
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Post Post #431 (isolation #98) » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:31 am

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Hey! I saved the Worst from a robot!
Also, something was making our weapons systems use more power than normal--what was that?
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Post Post #439 (isolation #99) » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:04 pm

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Our weapons are still using more power than they should.
What's the deal?
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Post Post #443 (isolation #100) » Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:31 pm

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We have to get some repairs. Those fights cost us big time.
We're going to need ⛯82 to fully repair the ship.

Also, due to the nature of my ban, I'm unable to make posts in the private topic without every post being approved on a post-by-post basis.
Hum-ho.
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Post Post #447 (isolation #101) » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:45 am

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Anyone else sending me scrap for repairs?
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Post Post #449 (isolation #102) » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:19 am

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I have ⛯35½.
Full repairs are ⛯82
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Post Post #462 (isolation #103) » Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:11 am

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We can't repair at this beacon, folks.
If we get into another serious fight, we're done for.
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Post Post #464 (isolation #104) » Fri Mar 29, 2019 11:14 am

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Can we buy shield upgrades here?
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Post Post #471 (isolation #105) » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:09 am

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Hold on, I actually might need more power now, let me check.
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Post Post #472 (isolation #106) » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:11 am

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Yeah, gonna need 55 to upgrade our reactor so we can power what we've got now.
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Post Post #481 (isolation #107) » Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:41 pm

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Got almost the whole shit repaired, but it cost me all my scrap.
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Post Post #490 (isolation #108) » Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:57 pm

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I can buy generator upgrades for ⛯30 a pop.
Otherwise, ⛯20 for fuel would be nice.
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Post Post #499 (isolation #109) » Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:14 pm

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We can make like 1/3 or 1/2 a sector if we don't get more fuel.
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Post Post #507 (isolation #110) » Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:16 am

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I got us some more power
So we can fuel our ambitions.
I also got us some literal fuel.
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Post Post #510 (isolation #111) » Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:43 am

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That'd set us on fuel for a long time.
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Post Post #517 (isolation #112) » Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:53 pm

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Yeah so long as we win fights we should be fine on fuel
This would just be a fairly cheap trade that would mean we wouldn't ever have to worry about fuel, even if we hit someone who needs a bunch for a quest.
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Post Post #525 (isolation #113) » Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:21 am

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I'm cool with giving my scrap to whoever wants it, as we're doing fine on power and fuel.
It'd be cool to pick up another crew member, but that's up to you folks.
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Post Post #541 (isolation #114) » Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:22 am

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Yeah it'll probably also help us find that phantom that knocked me out and destroyed our Engine room that one time.
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Post Post #545 (isolation #115) » Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:47 pm

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Noice.
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Post Post #547 (isolation #116) » Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:43 am

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What jerks!
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Post Post #552 (isolation #117) » Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:40 pm

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Rock Repairguy would be cool but I'm down to just do upgrades.
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Post Post #553 (isolation #118) » Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:41 pm

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Who should I send scrap to?
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Post Post #560 (isolation #119) » Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:39 pm

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Scrap should be incoming.
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Post Post #568 (isolation #120) » Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:51 pm

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Yeah, we can upgrade our power generator for ⛯30 a pop
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Post Post #570 (isolation #121) » Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:02 am

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I got sent money so
I upgraded our power
MORE POWER
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Post Post #571 (isolation #122) » Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:03 am

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Post Post #579 (isolation #123) » Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:52 pm

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A ROCK THAT COMES BACK TO LIFE
TIME TO FIGHT FOREVER
VALHALLA
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Post Post #581 (isolation #124) » Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:18 am

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From a hull integrity/power perspective, we're good to have a fight here. If things go sour and we still win, we should still be fine if he have enough drones for repairs.
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Post Post #584 (isolation #125) » Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:09 pm

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SLAVER SCUM
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Post Post #585 (isolation #126) » Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:10 pm

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We're actually still doing fairly well when it comes to hull integrity.
We could win the fight but ah
I'm all shrugs on this matter.
Do we need another pair of hands or would ya'll like to blow them all up?
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Post Post #590 (isolation #127) » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:04 am

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She could sit on doors and then be an extra hand in fights / for repairs?
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Post Post #593 (isolation #128) » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:28 am

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More like Doorlizabeth
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Post Post #597 (isolation #129) » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:12 am

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Alright guys remember how ya'll didn't want to take that fuel and then how when we fought those slavers you thought Doorlizabeth was more useful than fuel and then when we did all those other jumps we didn't get any fuel

We probably don't have enough fuel to escape this sector now.
We REALLY need some fuel.
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Post Post #599 (isolation #130) » Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:07 am

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Big oof.
Well we can make the next beacon at least.
Cross your fingers.
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Post Post #602 (isolation #131) » Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:30 pm

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IT IS A STORE
I NEED 25 TOTAL SCRAP FOR ALL THE FUEL HERE
I AM AT 11
SO THERE IS THAT
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Post Post #603 (isolation #132) » Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:31 pm

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Also those free repairs were nice, we're pretty much topped off.
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Post Post #609 (isolation #133) » Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:42 pm

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I have ⛯19¼.
I need 25.
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Post Post #613 (isolation #134) » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:18 am

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I'm all good.
We have plenty of power, so we could always get that upgrade if we can afford it.
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Post Post #617 (isolation #135) » Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:56 am

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Yeah I have 1/4 a scrap right now
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Post Post #620 (isolation #136) » Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:42 am

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Sounds G to me, GammaG
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Post Post #645 (isolation #137) » Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:35 am

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We still don't have the best shields but whacha gonna do?

I can buy generators ⛯35 each; one of them is running at a special offer, available for ⛯28¾.

I'm also cool with weapon upgrades. The best way to take less shots is to shoot down your opponent.
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Post Post #654 (isolation #138) » Wed May 01, 2019 5:39 am

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Imma need scrap to do that.
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Post Post #657 (isolation #139) » Wed May 01, 2019 6:46 am

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i gave all mine to iconeum 'cus I thought he needed it for booms
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Post Post #662 (isolation #140) » Thu May 02, 2019 8:38 am

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I'm about 5 scrap short of upgrading our generators and 40 scrap short of doing it twice.
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Post Post #671 (isolation #141) » Fri May 03, 2019 5:34 am

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Our current situation is that we can't power EVERYTHING we currently have at once and usually need to divert from Engines to get drones running.
So those generator power upgrades would help. I'm all for the Engine one, too.
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Post Post #673 (isolation #142) » Sat May 04, 2019 1:55 am

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Send me some scrap folks
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Post Post #677 (isolation #143) » Sat May 04, 2019 11:11 am

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If ya'll can spare another 35 scrap, I can upgrade power AGAIN
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Post Post #682 (isolation #144) » Sun May 05, 2019 10:17 am

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Danke
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Post Post #687 (isolation #145) » Sun May 05, 2019 12:18 pm

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I say we just dip.
No need to fight this jerkoff.
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Post Post #699 (isolation #146) » Mon May 06, 2019 12:03 am

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Always hated the missile barrages this thing could poop on you.
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Post Post #703 (isolation #147) » Mon May 06, 2019 3:05 am

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And I shall make poor powergrid decisions! :D
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Post Post #705 (isolation #148) » Mon May 06, 2019 4:33 am

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Post Post #707 (isolation #149) » Mon May 06, 2019 10:40 am

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Ooof. Their pilot system WOULD give us free hits and I think the best defense here is taking them out before they get too many bursts off on us.
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Post Post #708 (isolation #150) » Mon May 06, 2019 10:41 am

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Buuuuut synch up with weapon strategy because I think we might be relying on our BIG BOOM that ignores dodge?
So buying us time might be the strategy here.
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Post Post #718 (isolation #151) » Tue May 07, 2019 8:33 am

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I can also upgrade our power for 35 scrap, by the by
I have 5.
If we can do that well in the next phases of this fight, we should make it.
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Post Post #720 (isolation #152) » Tue May 07, 2019 11:10 am

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Hahaha
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Post Post #725 (isolation #153) » Wed May 08, 2019 8:36 am

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Radical
Getting us fixed up, but we handled that really well.
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Post Post #740 (isolation #154) » Thu May 09, 2019 8:31 am

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I'll have the repair drones fix up the ship as best I can while still keeping enough around so that we can at least get a few ready for this last fight.

Ya'll have been a fantastic crew, and I'd gladly go swiping into mantis-valhalla with all of you.
But if I get mind controlled, then I'll likely be doing exactly that.
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Post Post #742 (isolation #155) » Thu May 09, 2019 9:11 am

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Just eat what's left of me so my strength can live on inside of you, weaklings.
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Post Post #745 (isolation #156) » Thu May 09, 2019 11:31 am

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Sent you my pittance, the worst. We could probably cobble it together.
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Post Post #747 (isolation #157) » Thu May 09, 2019 11:49 am

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WELL YOU GOT MINE
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Post Post #766 (isolation #158) » Fri May 10, 2019 12:21 pm

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I had a blast playing this and it's been one of the major things keeping me visiting the site after my recent Mafia games ban.
I really appreciate all the effort you put in to not just running this whole game, but also relaying information and rendering flavor. It was a blast to read and keep up.
I'd hoped to be more of a murder machine, but teleporters never really came up and we were often so harried I couldn't just be like "Oh yeah guys lets putz around and kill some more this sector" but I think I made out well enough.
Very surprised we won at all and did so without any casualties! That defense drone and Hull Repair drone system put in some serious work!!

P-EDIT:
I do recall doing a lot of melee micro when it wasn't a sure-fire win, so that may be the case. I also wasn't considering experience as critically and was likely recalling times when I had a maxed out Mantis carving up inexperienced chumps.
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Post Post #767 (isolation #159) » Fri May 10, 2019 12:25 pm

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Like I wasn't about to tell you to kite enemies or bait into airlocks or anything.
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