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Previously on the comic...


Rick: Alright, here's the plan.


Rick: That ship out there is our ticket off this planet.


Rick: We'll fight our way through the guards...


Rick: ...evict the ship's current residents...


Rick: ...and leave a little leeway for unexpected twists.


Rick: Luke, you have the data cube?
Luke: It's right here.
Rick: Don't let it get taken from us!


Rick: Everyone ready? Then...



This is a battle for three teams.
The Rogues (escape in the spaceship): Scratch
The Guards (throw out all hooligans): Falk
The Space Pirates(steal the data cube and kill the rogues): theblackdog


The Rogues are a Heroic Team, meaning they have one heroic feat per round that any one of them can take, as befits their team role, or that can be used together as a team.


The Guards have a Base Commander with the Commander specialty. He will automatically collect strategy bricks until the player requests that they be used.

The Space Pirates have Rexx Coltoran as their Hero.

What a cool idea.

How come no one's signed up yet?

Probably because Wednesday is the slowest day on the forum...

Side note, this battle is non-Kanon, so I won't fudge any rolls to fit the story or give anyone plot armor.

I’ll take the guards

I'll take the space pirates

I still need one more warrior to play The Rogues!

Alright, all slots are filled so we're moving forward!

Ghent attempts to hack the truck so Luke can drive it remotely.
Ghent: "It only supports Apple Carplay but I only have Android systems."
Luke: "I actually only know how to drive spaceships."
[Feat Failed!]


Carde and Rick go to the bunker door and start shooting guards.


Rick lands a solid overkill with his rifle, but Carde's tommy gun proves ineffective after range and cover penalties.


This pilot goes and picks up some pistols from a box inside the ship.


This one goes to activate the ship's systems, Cosmic Cola in hand. Wait a minute... what's that?


Oh, looks like I left some pilots behind after the last forum battle. Uh... Secret Reinforcements unlocked! The ship begins booting up. Guns activate next turn, Engines the turn after that.


These guards load up the truck.


Get in the back, loser!


They drive toward the pirates, but the guard in the back flubs his damage roll.


The pirates respond viciously.


This guy sprints toward the turret.


DONK! (nothing bad happens here, just thought it was a funny picture)


These guards discover that I misspoke when I said there was stuff in the boxes. I meant inside the ship, sorry!


They turn it into effective cover, however, and fire some 1's and 2's at the rogues.


Base Commander leads from behind, preparing response actions near the front of the ship.


Pirates move up.


Overwatch:


Some notes:
- The guard who beaned himself will be in the turret next turn.
- @theblackdog, if you wanted the pirates to sprint in addition to regular movement, let me know and I will make the adjustment before start of next round. Also, you have a hero pirate captain.

Rick lays out a new plan.


Step One: Carde lays down cover fire.


Step Two: The guards cower behind their boxes.


Step Three: The team swarms the guards.


Step Four: Rick lands a kill, Luke's gun jams, and Ghent goes FUCKING NUTS


[Feat succeeded!]


The guards' truck chases down the pirates.


They kill Cocktail Wench with the turret.

The tower gun shoots at Rick but his d8 armor is just enough to survive.


The freighter tries to use its gun on the Pirate Captain Rexx Coltoran to no avail.


The freighter's crew finds two thermal detonators and an airtank.


This guy's got a gun and a Cosmic Cola.


The two guards who were with the Base Commander spring out from the other side of the ship. "Surprise, Motherfuckers!"


Two shots, two kills.


Base Commander continues to collect strategy bricks.


Rexx picks up the Mazel Tov Cocktail...


...hurls it...


...and it shatters harmlessly behind the guards.


[Feat and regular action both failed!]


Starkey shreds a guard up.


The engines roar to life.


Overwatch:




Ready for turn 3 orders!

I let the Pirates go first starting this round, since I kind of gave them the shaft so far.

Rexx: Step aside, Starkey. Pay attention and you might learn a thing or two about space piracy.


Quietly and swiftly, Rexx slashes the remaining guard's neck, killing him.


Casting the body aside, Rexx enters the freighter.


Rexx: Hello, gentlemen. If you know what's good for you, you'll step aside from the controls.


Starkey holds the pilots at swordpoint as Rexx settles into his new chair.
Rexx: Take care of our new friends, Starkey.


Pilot: You won't get away with this, slimy pirates!


Shk! Shk!


Crewman: Did you hear something? [Feat succeeded!]


Ghent sits down to do some soothing hacking.


The turret's controls explode into sparks. [Partial success!]


Luke and Rick both do not kill this guy.


Carde moves up with the team and shoots uselessly at the base commander. In hindsight, I probably should have interpreted Scratch's orders differently.


The truck moves up and shoots at Carde (didn't get a good picture of it) but Carde matches the attack roll with armor, die for die.


Carde: That tickled, bitch.


The crewmen shoot at Starkey.


Both hit. Looks like he didn't get away with it, after all.


This guy fails his shot. Maybe I shouldn't use stormtroopers as soldiers anymore.


The base commander prepares a neat-o response action.


Overwatch

I rushed the turn this morning so we're short on pictures and fluff.

Rexx attempts to fly upward with the freighter, dumping all the crew and dead bodies out the butt hatch. He discovers that he can't do that since he's in the gunner's seat. [Feat failed!] Instead, he shoots the rogues with the top turret.


He blows Rick and Luke away. Press F to pay respect to the OG's.


Ghent grabs the the datacube and Luke's gun and sprints to relative cover.


Carde peppers the truck with bullets.


It disintegrates in a fiery explosion that kills the two guards inside. [Critical Success!]


Don't mess with Carde.


The Base Commander calls in three points of reinforcements - Wampa McFuckhands and his handler, the beastmaster.


Foolhardy and fresh out of the oven, they move toward Carde. The wampa fires a grenade but it misses.


This guy misses.


This guy misses.


The Base Commander and freighter crew engage Rexx right in the cab.
Rexx: Are you the flight instructor?
Base Commander: No, I'm your worst nightmare.


Rexx dies an ignoble death, hit by all three Counciliars.


Overwatch:


More Wampa McFuckhands:


Thanks to Kommander Ken for inspiring this with the Rankors, and DJ Squiddo for the name.

Well, we had a good run I guess.

This beastmaster didn't take an action last turn so I sprinted him forward.


Carde makes a battle music request, but the music isn't powerful to break the fourth wall so it has no effect. [feat failed!] I leave it here for your enjoyment.


Carde and Ghent make regular sprints to the butt of the freighter


The guards are in hot pursuit.


Now that things are looking kind of calm, the freighter crewman sits down to enjoy a Cosmic Cola.


"Whoa, caffeinated!"


"It'S rEaLlY kIcKiNg In NoW!" (the crewman receives a double action next turn)


Whiff


Whiff


Wampa McFuckhands almost blows himself up with a critfailed grenade. He's okay but he lost one of his grenade launchers.


This guard tries to sprint to the freighter but is a little short.


Another beastmaster has entered the fray!


Overview

Carde lays down arc fire as Ghent boards the freighter.


He kills a trooper, but doesn't do enough damage to get through the beastmaster's shield.


Ghent finds a console in the cargo bay and hacks the doors.


Carde jumps into the freighter as Ghent seals the bay door shut.


The doors under his control, Ghent smacks the other trooper with the side door, snapping off his head. [Feat Critically Succeeds!]


"I'm proud of you, kid. Now let's get off this planet!"


The beastmasters and Wampa McFuckhands loiter outside the freighter, unsure what to do.


The base commander and the freighter crew shoot at Ghent.


"Carde... tell my father... I did a good job..."


Hopped up on Cosmic Cola, the other crewman grabs the pirate swords and rushes Carde.


"BANZAIIIIII"


Critfailed.


Carde responds by kicking a fuel barrel into the air at the guards.


The barrel prematurely explodes in midair.


The blast knocks Carde against the bay door. He is unharmed but disrupted.


The Base Commander picks up the datacube while the crewman holds Carde at gunpoint. "Looks like these shenanigans are over. Restrain this one and take him to a cell!"


Carde is led out of the freighter in manacles.


Wampa McFuckhands carries him to the bunker door.


As they enter the prison, Carde begins to laugh maniacally. "This isn't the last you'll see of me! I'll kill you all!"