<span style='color:green'>"That's why I thought I recognised you!... Ah well... guess I'm not going to be given any tape, and I'm not going back outside 'til I get some." *I follow Wraith to the waste manament system* "Guess I'll just help with waste managment"</span>
<i>Following Epoch you start making your way back through the long winding corridors that lead to the lift.</i>
<span style='color:blue'>*Steps into the lift and recives a message from The Eagles Claw.* "Come on guys hurry up! We haven't got long."</span>
<b><u>The Eagles Claw</u></b>
<span style='color:gray'>/Co-Pilot "Stop the repairs! We need to get onto the pelican. Long range scanners have just picked up a large russain vessel. It must have been the one that launched those fighters that we destroyed ealier." "And I'm pretty sure that there don't want us here."</span>
<i>The co-pilot drops his welder and grabs the body of the pilot.</i>
<span style='color:gray'>/Co-Pilot "Help me get him in the Pelican."</span>
Epoch is waiting in the lift for Crew and Frantic.
<span style='color:blue'>"Haul arse guys! We don't have much time. I don't wanna be spending anytime in a russian brigg."</span>
<u><b>The Pelican</b></u>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "This is an auxiliary ship. We've got only got minimal weapons. That crusiers over a mile long. All guns, our only chance is to outrun it."</span></span>
<span style='color:gray'>/Co-Pilot "The dreadnought is currently out of range. But man the cannons and get ready to give us covering fire while we do our pre-launch checks. "</span>
<b><u>Weapons</u></b>
Port side Gattling Cannon - 45o LOF Starboard Gattling Cannon - 45o LOF Rear Mounted Howitzer - 90 o LOF
<b>Space rules</b>
The ships Pilot will shout out targets and their position. You may then shoot at the targets as they appear. You can only shoot at ship within you Line Of Fire.
<span style='color:green'>*I help the pilot carry through the dead pilot* "Its better than what happened to me and Crew last time... Stuck outside in a space battle in these thin HEV suits... not nice... Shrapnel doesn't stop in space, just become more scattered..." [attempts to get a gatling turret]</span>
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<span style='color:orange'>*stands at the door of the Pelican, waiting for Sarge and the others to arrive* "A dreadnought, eh? Damn, let's hope we get out of here quickly. Sarge, where the hell are you?"</span>
<i>The third marine on the ship is fingers. He is currently sitting behind the co-pilot.</i>
<span style='font-family:arial'><span style='color:gray'>/Fingers "Hey guys. Didn't see you enter. Pilots dead? How unfortunate, we had an... understanding."</span></span>
<i>As the russian crusier grows nearer you see it's immense form grow larger and larger. The ship is well over a mile long. Bristling with cannons on either side. Small turrets scattered along the hull perform sweeps searching for enemy fighters. And beneath the ship running half it's lenght is a long metalic gun barrel.</i>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "Judging by that railgun under the ship it must be a Despoiler class Battleship, biggest ship in the russian navy, they could destroy whole cities from orbit."</span>
/Co-Pilot "Your right, but what would it be doing all the way out here?"</span>
<span style='color:purple'>"Attension TSA vessel! This is Solar Admiral Volkov of the Desolater. You have violated russian space territory. Lower your weapons and prepare to be boarded."</span>
<i>The fighters grow near to the docked pelican. As they get close they break of into an attack formation.</i>
<span style='color:pink'>[Fighter 1 flies above the ship out of your line of sight.]</span> <span style='color:red'>[Fighter 2 breaks left and flies into your line of fire.]</span> <span style='color:green'>[Fighter 3 rolls right and comes into your firing arc.]</span>
<i>The fighters slow and begin to circle the ship, it looks like they are preparing to dock with the pelican.</i> They would make easy targets.
<b><u>On the Space Station</u></b>
<i>The lift doors close and Sgt. Epoch takes the squad up towards the surface.</i>
<span style='color:pink'>"remind the good admeral the TSA doesnt have to respect territories in hot persute of criminals. nor are we required to be boarded peacably by foriegn powers under any circemstances, especially when russian interceptors have already caused casualties. tell him to back off and we'll cease fire." [fires at any interceptor that presents itself as a target. failing that, fires at the big gun on the dreadnought]</span>
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<b>I'm not at a gun... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> ...unless I threw Seth out <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
<span style='color:orange'>"Hey Fingers, maybe you can sell the admiral something...maybe a packet of valium?" *glances watchfully at the lift door, waiting for the squad to return*</span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:gray'>/ Fingers "I got a couple of things on me... But this isn't the time."</span></span>
<i>The pelicans pilot opens a communications channel with the russian capital ship.</i>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "Admiral Volkov, This is the Captian of the Trans System Authority vessel, The Pelican. As a TSA vessel. We do not recongnise intergalaxtic borders. Under the charter, your goverment has signed, we do not fall under any russian jurisdiction." "We have already been fired upon by Russian fighters and any attept to interfere with our mission will be treated as a breach in the Charter."</span></span>
<span style='color:green'>[The slow moving fighter is easily hit. As the fighter trys to break off you bullets rake it's engines causing one to explode.]</span> <span style='color:pink'>[You shot hits but barely dent the Desolator's armoured hull.]</span>
Fighter 1 spirals out of control, it looks like the pilot is having diffucutly manuvering. Fighter 2 closes in on the Pelican. Fighter 3 draws nearer to the Pelican. The Desolator advances towards the Pelican.
<span style='color:pink'> "disableing them is better then destroying them people." [continues fireing, switching to an undamaged interceptor if one swings into range]</span>
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PS. Some colours are too hard to see. We need to sort it out.
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*I follow Wraith to the waste manament system*
"Guess I'll just help with waste managment"</span>
"hi, didnt notice you"
*goes back to work*</span>
<i>Following Epoch you start making your way back through the long winding corridors that lead to the lift.</i>
<span style='color:blue'>*Steps into the lift and recives a message from The Eagles Claw.*
"Come on guys hurry up! We haven't got long."</span>
<b><u>The Eagles Claw</u></b>
<span style='color:gray'>/Co-Pilot "Stop the repairs! We need to get onto the pelican. Long range scanners have just picked up a large russain vessel. It must have been the one that launched those fighters that we destroyed ealier."
"And I'm pretty sure that there don't want us here."</span>
<i>The co-pilot drops his welder and grabs the body of the pilot.</i>
<span style='color:gray'>/Co-Pilot "Help me get him in the Pelican."</span>
*I head off to help the co-pilot*</span>
*i rush to the pelican, and look for any wepons systems*</span>
*I make sure my space helmet is snug just in case*
"Give me a gun to man, Get me in that ship, anything!, I just need a piece of the action!"</span>
Epoch is waiting in the lift for Crew and Frantic.
<span style='color:blue'>"Haul arse guys! We don't have much time. I don't wanna be spending anytime in a russian brigg."</span>
<u><b>The Pelican</b></u>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "This is an auxiliary ship. We've got only got minimal weapons. That crusiers over a mile long. All guns, our only chance is to outrun it."</span></span>
<span style='color:gray'>/Co-Pilot "The dreadnought is currently out of range. But man the cannons and get ready to give us covering fire while we do our pre-launch checks. "</span>
<b><u>Weapons</u></b>
Port side Gattling Cannon - 45o LOF
Starboard Gattling Cannon - 45o LOF
Rear Mounted Howitzer - 90 o LOF
<b>Space rules</b>
The ships Pilot will shout out targets and their position. You may then shoot at the targets as they appear.
You can only shoot at ship within you Line Of Fire.
<span style='color:white'><u><b>Pelican Hull/Armour</b></u>
750/300
<u><b>Russian Dreadnought Hull/Armour</b></u>
10000/5000</span>
"Its better than what happened to me and Crew last time... Stuck outside in a space battle in these thin HEV suits... not nice... Shrapnel doesn't stop in space, just become more scattered..."
[attempts to get a gatling turret]</span>
*manns howetzer*</span>
"You've got to be quick or you'll not get the chance to get a go"</span>
<span style='color:lightgreen'>*Runs to catch up with Sarge in the lift*
"Lets get outta here, Ya!"</span>
"A dreadnought, eh? Damn, let's hope we get out of here quickly. Sarge, where the hell are you?"</span>
<span style='color:blue'>/Voicecomm "We're on our way Wraith. Just sit tight for a minute."</span>
<u><b>The Pelican</b></u>
<span style='color:gray'><span style='font-family:Arial'>/Pilot "While we're docked we are sitting ducks."</span>
/Co-Pilot "The dreadnought has launchered interceptors! Approching from our stern. Dea shoot em down!"</span>
<span style='color:white'><b>Pelican</b> - 750/300
<u><b>Enemies</b></u>
Fighter 1 - 500/250
Fighter 2 - 500/250
Fighter 3 - 500/250
Russian Dreadnought - 10000/5000</span>
Day 2 - 12:03
"I don't see them..."</span>
[fires at will, interceptor 1]</span>
<span style='color:white'><b>Pelican</b>
750/300
<b>Enemies</b>
Fighter 1 - 500/250
Fighter 2 - 500/250
Fighter 3 - 500/250
Russian Dreadnought Hull/Armour
10000/5000 </span>
<i>The third marine on the ship is fingers. He is currently sitting behind the co-pilot.</i>
<span style='font-family:arial'><span style='color:gray'>/Fingers "Hey guys. Didn't see you enter. Pilots dead? How unfortunate, we had an... understanding."</span></span>
<i>As the russian crusier grows nearer you see it's immense form grow larger and larger. The ship is well over a mile long. Bristling with cannons on either side. Small turrets scattered along the hull perform sweeps searching for enemy fighters.
And beneath the ship running half it's lenght is a long metalic gun barrel.</i>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "Judging by that railgun under the ship it must be a Despoiler class Battleship, biggest ship in the russian navy, they could destroy whole cities from orbit."</span>
/Co-Pilot "Your right, but what would it be doing all the way out here?"</span>
<span style='color:purple'>"Attension TSA vessel! This is Solar Admiral Volkov of the Desolater. You have violated russian space territory. Lower your weapons and prepare to be boarded."</span>
<i>The fighters grow near to the docked pelican. As they get close they break of into an attack formation.</i>
<span style='color:pink'>[Fighter 1 flies above the ship out of your line of sight.]</span>
<span style='color:red'>[Fighter 2 breaks left and flies into your line of fire.]</span>
<span style='color:green'>[Fighter 3 rolls right and comes into your firing arc.]</span>
<i>The fighters slow and begin to circle the ship, it looks like they are preparing to dock with the pelican.</i>
They would make easy targets.
<b><u>On the Space Station</u></b>
<i>The lift doors close and Sgt. Epoch takes the squad up towards the surface.</i>
Edit - Sorry Parth your right. I changed it.
[I take a second to line my shot up and open fire, walking the fire through fighter 3]</span>
[fires at any interceptor that presents itself as a target. failing that, fires at the big gun on the dreadnought]</span>
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<span style='color:orange'>"Hey Fingers, maybe you can sell the admiral something...maybe a packet of valium?"
*glances watchfully at the lift door, waiting for the squad to return*</span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:gray'>/ Fingers "I got a couple of things on me... But this isn't the time."</span></span>
<i>The pelicans pilot opens a communications channel with the russian capital ship.</i>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "Admiral Volkov, This is the Captian of the Trans System Authority vessel, The Pelican. As a TSA vessel. We do not recongnise intergalaxtic borders. Under the charter, your goverment has signed, we do not fall under any russian jurisdiction."
"We have already been fired upon by Russian fighters and any attept to interfere with our mission will be treated as a breach in the Charter."</span></span>
<span style='color:green'>[The slow moving fighter is easily hit. As the fighter trys to break off you bullets rake it's engines causing one to explode.]</span>
<span style='color:pink'>[You shot hits but barely dent the Desolator's armoured hull.]</span>
Fighter 1 spirals out of control, it looks like the pilot is having diffucutly manuvering.
Fighter 2 closes in on the Pelican.
Fighter 3 draws nearer to the Pelican.
The Desolator advances towards the Pelican.
<span style='color:white'><u><b>Pelican</b></u>
750/300
<u><b>Enemies</b></u>
Fighter 1 - 300/145 - Engine damaged
Fighter 2 - 500/250 - Circling
Fighter 3 - 500/250 - Circling
The Desolator - 10000/4998 - Approaching</span>
[Blasts the fighters hull]</span>
[continues fireing, switching to an undamaged interceptor if one swings into range]</span>
But why wasn't I informed!?! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
PS. Some colours are too hard to see. We need to sort it out.