FTL: Limited Information (Federation Victory!)

[callforjudgement]

I prodded Enter.

[Enter]

I'm here what's going on.

[callforjudgement]

We're at a store, and discussing what to buy. (By the sound of it, the discussion is mostly about how much to spend on repairs.)

[Enter]

Oh

I guess we can repair the ship

we could get a new engine, too... but... ok

[Varsoon]

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.

[Enter]

How much do you need? A slugs gotta keep its earnings.

[Varsoon]

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.

[Enter]

I understand. Is it possible that repairing our generator means that we won't have to immediately fix the ship due to not risking much hull damage because we have lvl 2 shields and enough power to not micro everything?

[Varsoon]

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?

[the worst]

I think so yeah. As long as we can take a few missiles without Instant Horrible Death

[Varsoon]

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.

[the worst]

we have ok engines so we could presumably just jump?

[Varsoon]

We should repair first.

[callforjudgement]

Take your time if you need it to make a decision, but ideally we'd have a plan to enact soon.

[Varsoon]

Am I not getting any scrap, Enter?

[Enter]

Aren't we just fixing the engine?

[the worst]

No. Engine upgrade then as much hull repair as possible.

We need to pool scrap in early sectors absolutely vitally or we will die horrible deaths. If you need to collect scrap wait a couple of sectors out til we can actually survive.

#EngiPosting

[PvtUrist]

We are in red hull right now. If we go boom, no scrap for any of us. We can worry about secondaries later, once we make it there.

[the worst]

We are in red hull right now. If we go boom, no scrap for any of us. We can worry about secondaries later, once we make it there.

QFL
(quoted for logic. )

[callforjudgement]

Looking out the window, we see repair drones working on our ship; they must have been hired to help patch our ship up.

We can't do much else here, though, so it's time for the next jump.

[Varsoon]

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.

[callforjudgement]

Jump 18

Pull (v).

The act of dragging surrounding objects from hyperspace back into regular space, normally accomplished by a beacon. With large beacons, a pull can be spread over a wide area, but for smaller beacons, everything that arrives will arrive all at once, and right next to each other.

It looks like a Rebel ship arrived in the same pull as we did. They immediately deploy a drone to try to destroy our ship, but its beam can't get through our shields, and neither can their laser. Then they deploy a drone to try to hack into our ship, but PvtUrist is content to isolate the hacking virus to some of the weapon systems that aren't in use, attacking with just a single weapon. It's not immediately clear what killed the enemy crew, but the repeated EMPs aimed at their ship almost certainly had something to do with it, and you saw part of their hull catch fire.

Of course, with no enemies alive, you get to run in and loot the ship. Much of their equipment is burnt out, but you still get to loot the fuel tanks and take ⛯22 worth of easily saleable items.

[callforjudgement]

Jump 19

Planetary defence system (n)

. Any system that allows a planet to fire at spaceships that might be planning to attack or invade. The most common design is the Anti-Ship Battery, used heavily by both the Federations and Rebels to defend planets under their control from attack.

We finally get a proper look at the "demons" who are besieging this sector; or at least, one of their ships. They're aiming for civilian planet that's not yet fully evacuated; the planet's defence systems are fighting back, shooting at their ship. Their weapons don't seem to be particularly designed for attacking planets, so they change their plans and shoot at us instead.

Luckily, the planet doesn't seem to consider us a threat; perhaps they recognise the Federation as allies, or perhaps they're just happy to see anyone who could potentially help break the siege. So this is something of a 2 vs. 1 battle, and the odds are in our favour for once.

[PvtUrist]

Engines still aren't fully powered

Oxygen

[PvtUrist]

Lanius Battle