>>5544690Turning back to the problem at hand, you are about to ask your Tactical officer if he could make a shot on S3 through cover to get it off your back, when your comm call is once again interrupted.
“Dallas! This overgrown, wyrm-shaggin', piece of seafood can hit us through cover with its apparently capital ship rated weaponry! I don’t know if we can still ambush the thing before we end up as sashimi ourselves!” Cleo’s boisterous voice fills your earpiece.
“She’s <span class="mu-i">slightly</span> exaggerating,” your Ops officer interjects quickly, “but only slightly. They’re definitely artech, Cap! Same type or maybe even more advanced than WEAVY!”
“What?” You blanch at the unexpected revelation, “But artech like that is rarer than wyrm's teeth! We’re the only voidship in the Protectorate still able to produce our own voidplate <span class="mu-i">because</span> our WEAVERS drones are so rare. You’re telling me an expendable enemy boarding party is made up of the same?”
“Looks that way, Dal.” Kiro replies in a small voice, but quickly recovers his cheerful demeanour. “But we know how to deal with it right? Just concentrate fire, and keep their armour saturated so it stiffens up and cracks! Just like when fighting other voidships.”
“That’s how it works in the simulations at least,” you grudgingly agree, “but this isn’t a simulation!
Wake up. We can’t know how it will work in practice.”
“Overwhelming firepower has proven an effective option, Sir.” Your tactical officer offers, in an almost bored tone.
“So are we sticking with the plan or not?” Cleo asks, displaying unusual hesitation in the face of promised violence.
What are your orders to deal with the situation on the right flank, Captain?
>Stick to the plan. Have Coen fire at any revealed enemies on the right flank, and have your other two officers continue to lie in wait - ready to ambush what gets through.>Change of plans. Attack? Retreat? Write in.And how will you solve your own predicament?
>Do nothing, remain pinned but safe (for now).>Attempt to rally the security team and order them to suppress S3. (Requires a social skill check.)>Have Coen shift fire to try and nail S3 through the crate it’s using for cover.>Brave the Spiker’s overwatch and return fire, this time to finish the job.>Something else. Write in.<span class="mu-b">Current party status is summarised to help you make your decision.</span>
