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Scourge's log, update 5:

Now we're talking, I got some good action today! When we ran into a Mantis fighter, two boarders just up and beamed onto the Bastion. I greeted them with open claws, with which I attempted to remove their heads. If I read their markings right, the two Mantis were from clan Krzzigspiffy, also known as the 'rotund-and-ill-suited-for-mating' clan. I informed them of my opinion, which I believe angered them; It was hard to tell by those vacuous, stupid eyes they have.

Anyway, they fought well enough, and I made a tactical retreat to the medbay, while NGTM-1R "Weps" set a trap in the gunnery station. A short time later, I was joined by "Weps". He told a harrowing tale of cunning and hand-to-claw combat while the med-bot reattached his left arm. Still, fighting a pair of angry, stupid Mantis is a tall order for a squishy Human, so props for that. Once we were patched up, we finished the Mantis off easily.

And then, suddenly, Rockman! All up in the medbay! Those guys are slow, and I was able to take it down single-clawdedly, with an assist from the med-bot.

Also we jumped wayyyyy to close to a star for a battle with another Rock ship. What is with those guys? Also FIRE! But we're cool now.

 

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Remember, our mission is to MEET new life forms, not SHOOT them!





Finally, a break from constant battles!  Orpheus, NGTM-1R, and Trashman all chip in to fix and upgrade the ship.  Scourge is told in no polite terms that he is not allowed to help with those sharp claws of his.







The Federation’s mission may be peaceful contact, but for whatever reason they always find themselves being shot at.







Naturally, the assault ship cloaks right off the bat and then fires off a huge missile immediately after decloaking.  Our defense drone shoots the missile down.





FireSpawn orders a cannon volley aimed at the bridge to show that the Rock captain shouldn’t get too comfortable in his fancy dreadnought.



Direct hit, but the damage is quickly repaired.



The ship is now officially on fire.  Afflicted areas are vented into space.





The Rock Dreadnought has jumped!  Can we manage a bit of repairs before passing through the next solar flare?







NGMT-1R Scourge begins slicing everything in the medbay in half in a futile effort to fix it.  Also, that solar flare is our cue to get out of here.





Admirals, I tell you, with their invincible dreadnoughts and huge shipyards.





Oohh, rock armor!  Think I’ll replace my reloader with this for no other reason then because I can.







While Orpheus attempts to repair the damage NGMT-1R did to the medbay, lemme show you the new ship in the hangar.



And the Shivan variant.



Utilizing incendiary components that put thermite to shame, the Fire Bomb truly is a terrifying weapon.  The enemy will learn the true meaning of terror as they watch their compatriots get consumed by the raging inferno.  Sure, there may be more powerful weapons, but few are as capable of tapping into such primal fears as this one.


« Last Edit: September 30, 2012, 07:46:30 pm by Alex Heartnet »

 

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niclely done unlocking the rock cruiser
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niclely done unlocking the rock cruiser
Was a bit underwhelming actually.

I was expecting, I dunno, some huge ship-consuming inferno, or at least for the rock ship to stay around longer then it did.  The solar flares were hardly given any time to pick apart my ship - most normal battles last longer.

  

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How did you unlock the second pattern?

 

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niclely done unlocking the rock cruiser
Was a bit underwhelming actually.

I was expecting, I dunno, some huge ship-consuming inferno, or at least for the rock ship to stay around longer then it did.  The solar flares were hardly given any time to pick apart my ship - most normal battles last longer.

I dont think I have even found that encounter yet.  sofar have:
kestral and it's alt layout which kicks ass in the early game
Engi ship which is a good alrounder once you get a burst laser to complement the Ion, and it's alt layout
stealth ship, lots of potential in that one but cant seem to get the best out of it
Zoltan Cruiser which is very meh imho but then only run it once so might not be giving it a fair chance
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You should have kept the reloader and ditched the drone recovery arm.
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How did you unlock the second pattern?
All alternate layouts for ships are unlocked through ship-specific achievements.

I dont think I have even found that encounter yet.  sofar have:

Engi ship which is a good alrounder once you get a burst laser to complement the Ion, and it's alt layout
The Type B Engi Ship doesn't allow for the same type of drone spam as the Type A does.  Can't really ditch those sys repair and anti-personnel drones when you start with only 1 crewmember. In fact, even with four crewmembers you might still want to keep at least some of those drones.
The Type A, on the other hand, can make very good use of a drone recovery arm.  I understand your line of thinking, and yes sometimes you have to improvise, but the Ion Blast II is pretty good at getting through shields on its own.

stealth ship, lots of potential in that one but cant seem to get the best out of it
Stealth Ship is very much a glass cannon, especially the Type B variant which comes with a glaive beam (!)  Your top priority should be saving up for and buying a shield system, although with the Type B Stealth Ship finding a weapon pre-igniter early on would lead to much hilarity.

Zoltan Cruiser which is very meh imho but then only run it once so might not be giving it a fair chance
Type A Zoltan Cruiser is absolutely horrid for damage control, and trying to put out fires in particular.  The Engine Room, Shield Systems, and Weapon Systems are all right next to each other, and arranged in such a way that venting the engine room into space will also vent the weapons and shields!
While meanwhile the bridge and medbay are way on the opposite end of the ship, a fair distance from the weapon and engines.  A system repair drone might be more useful on the Zoltan Cruiser then it would otherwise be.

You should have kept the reloader and ditched the drone recovery arm.
Too late, already recorded a huge segment of my playthrough :P  Can't use any of your so-called 'advice' in this run :D

 
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Scourge's log, update 6:

It'll be a short one today. On our next jump, we ran into a Rock captain who didn't immediately try to shoot us down. Sure he threatened, but he indicated that there would be some sort of reward for winning a duel or something. We upgraded the Bastion, got a briefing (apparently I'm forbidden to slice these guys to pieces. Idk, but I won't be responsible if they happen to teleport on).

So we go in, do our little duel right next to another star (seriously, what's the deal with that?), and escape with minor damage. The medbay caught on fire a little bit, and I got sent in to fix it when it was out.

I think the heat got to Commander Heartnet though, he kept calling me NGTM-1R, and he's all "Fix that medbay!" and I'm all "Dude! Claws here, and I'm working on it!" and he's all "Whatever, NGTM-1R" and then we jumped out again.

At least I won't be taking the blame for the condition of the medbay, heh.

 

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I'll just toss this in here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nwDzKRRPE
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I'll just toss this in here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nwDzKRRPE

I somehow went from that to listening to dubstep.... :wtf:
If you hit it and it bleeds, you can kill it. If you hit it and it doesn't bleed...You are obviously not hitting hard enough.

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In the grand HLP tradition...the Osprey looks like a wang. :p

 

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Chasing after that rock cruiser means that we are going to have to backtrack a bit.





Aha, road rage at its finest.  You bump into somebody, and get shot up for it.





Eh, solving one mystery is enough for one playthrough.





Escort Mission!  Yay!



Let’s see.  If I jump to this shop, I will just barely have enough time to get to the exit before the rebels arrive.



Teleporter!  Double Yay!





Okay, it looks like there in fact wasn’t enough time to get there.



Maybe this rebel fighter will be a cakewalk like the last one.





Or maybe it’ll just blow up our drone systems.


Target the enemy’s weapons with a full missile salvo!  FIRE!



Naturally, the missiles never hit when you need them to…



Scourge, quit sitting idle and chop up the drone bay.  Maybe cutting a few loose wires might fix it…



I decided I didn’t want to risk getting hit by that MKIII Burst Laser.



Jump drive is online, let’s get out of here.







 

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Oh BTW Steam is using the screenshot of the "Shivan" paintjob on the store page for the game. Congrats!
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
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<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
<batwota> wow
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Oh BTW Steam is using the screenshot of the "Shivan" paintjob on the store page for the game. Congrats!

It was doing that on release day. I think they're just hard to tell apart.
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Oh BTW Steam is using the screenshot of the "Shivan" paintjob on the store page for the game. Congrats!

It was doing that on release day. I think they're just hard to tell apart.
Whoops yeah, there's a slight difference in that one UI window is up on Hartnet's and not theirs. Nevermind, I'm a derp. :(
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
[22:29] <RangerKarl|AtWork> "you look like a big tasty muffin"
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<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
<batwota> wow
<batwota> KILL

 

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Captain's Log:

I ended up drinking that crate of space-booze that we picked up several days ago, and ended up tripping balls up until now. I have no idea what I have commanded my crew, nor the situations that we have been in. All I know is that I have one hell of a headache and no hangover cure in sight, as it seems a certain claw handed crewmember has cut up the medbay and shredded the anti-hangover field emitter.
Sincerely considering to jump the ship into a star, just to get rid of this headace.
If you hit it and it bleeds, you can kill it. If you hit it and it doesn't bleed...You are obviously not hitting hard enough.

Greatest Pirate in all the Beach System.

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

 

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The Slug Nebula is a treacherous place, a shining example of capitalism gone horribly wrong.  One doesn’t even have to set foot in the nebula to find themselves under attack.



I don’t like the looks of those duel beam cannons.  Better hope the shields hold.



One missile barrage later, their ship is set on fire.



Unfortunately, Drone Control just got hit with an Artemis missile, leaving our ship vulnerable to ion and missile fire.  This could get very painful very quickly if our shields get taken down…



The slug pirates waves a white flag.  Our defenses are offline, there’s a hull breach in the shield array, and I generally don’t want to see the fight go on longer.  After all, the slugs won’t try and deceive us.  Right?





…What?  Grrr!  Can I go back to shooting him?  What do you mean, I can’t?



Suddenly, a wild a distress signal appears!  Chop chop.





Here is our intended escort destination.  At least it won’t be a trap this time



Well, darn.  Power up weapons.



Some intruders were kind enough to pick the airlock as the spot to teleport into.  Airlock rooms can be vented especially fast.



Scourge almost manages to fend off the intruders off by himself.  Unfortunately for him, ‘almost’ doesn’t count for much.



Thankfully, the intruders suffocate to death in a futile attempt to gain access to the weapons grid.





This battle is going well.  Scourge, into the teleporter bay!





For the sake of awesomeness, Scourge is beamed out just as his position gets shelled.







The last thing I need is a missile killing an injured crewmember before he can reach the medbay.  Cloaking device engaged.



With only one enemy crewmember left, mopping up is easy.





 

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Why do you only send 1 guy over to board? I?m sure oyu cna spare one more from one of the less important positions.

I volounteer for boarding suport.
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Re: HLP Productions Presents: FTL!
Scourge's Log, update 7:

While we got a teleporter installed last week, we haven't gotten a chance to really demonstrate it yet. Until today that is.

First, though is the incident from yesterday. We've found so far that slugs tend to be cowardly and treacherous. Slugly, in a word (that I just made up). One of them called for help and the commander, kind soul he is, offered it. The slugs claimed that they were having trouble with their O2 scrubbers, and I volunteered to put my growing skills in reverse-demolitions to use. I sauntered over and found the O2 unit remarkably un-needing-repairs, and a trio of slugs with daggers and blasters standing in the doorway. Heh. The survivors surrendered.

And then today we ran into a Rebel Fighter. They teleported a couple dudes over, and after dealing with them I got to test out our teleporter. A couple jumps back and forth for healing, and they were all dead and decorating the corridors their insides.

And with that, I hereby declare myself: Scourge, Marine Captain! I like the sound of it.