[OOC] The Marauders

[Akayaofthemoon]

It is fine now. My uncle is out of town and had something happen to his car which he didn't have the money to fix since he doesn't get paid much. I just got paid so I had to find a way to transfer the money in a way so he could get the money today instead of being stuck in an unknown state. My aunt was extremely worried so I had to rush out to help and also talk to my bank.

[Jones Sparrow]

well I'm glad everythings fine now, although i'm sorry that happened!

I sent a PM to Vantas, and i don't get a reply soon, we can continue on, and i can give them a recap

[ONL]

Good news, I can get a post up tonight! Turns out we have a computer here, so I'll do my best to siege it as fast as possible!

[An Outsider]

I shoulda asked this before but what like is the Marauder ship? At first I pictured it looking like the Serenity from Firefly, but now I'm starting to see it as bigger than that.

[Heat]

BlackSam3091 said
I shoulda asked this before but what like is the Marauder ship? At first I pictured it looking like the Serenity from Firefly, but now I'm starting to see it as bigger than that.

I got a SSV Normandy feel from it.

[Jones Sparrow]

I think this would be a pretty cool idea for a space ship!



(Note: i don't own this picture haha, so credit goes to whoever made it)

[Akayaofthemoon]

That ship is pretty epic I must say!

[Zeratul2k]

That does look pretty nice, yes!

By the way, I think we have all posted by now, no?

[Heat]

Pretty cool ship indeed.

Has Vantas replied to the message?

[Jones Sparrow]

haha glad you like the ship!!

And no, they haven't replied to the message, it appears that she hasn't logged on for a while... We'll start without them for now, and we can give her an update when Vantas comes back

[Jones Sparrow]

So i posted with a game plan!!!

I didn't want to bring everyone on the planet, but that doesn't mean that both sides can't have action!

The ground team can deal with the climate and the lava underneath the ice while the people on the ship can be fighting off pirates looking for loot!

or if you have another plot, let me know!!!

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

Sorry for the clunkiness of that post... I didn't see Kyelin's post until after I posted mine, and it's nigh-impossible to edit posts on this phone...

[ONL]

Jones Sparrow said
So i posted with a game plan!!!I didn't want to bring everyone on the planet, but that doesn't mean that both sides can't have action!The ground team can deal with the climate and the lava underneath the ice while the people on the ship can be fighting off pirates looking for loot!or if you have another plot, let me know!!!

I like the idea, I expect crawling through underground tunnels in search of Atlantis, or discovering that we've ended up either on Hoth or in Frozen :P

[An Outsider]

Jones Sparrow said
So i posted with a game plan!!!I didn't want to bring everyone on the planet, but that doesn't mean that both sides can't have action!The ground team can deal with the climate and the lava underneath the ice while the people on the ship can be fighting off pirates looking for loot!or if you have another plot, let me know!!!

Instead of random pirates how about the remnants of the drug dealers I mentioned in the last post, or irate survivors from the civil war Sparrow spoke off. Perhaps they've hired a mercenary ship and they've been tailing the marauders, waiting for an opportune moment to strike. They've seen their chance now that the main team has split up, and attack the ship. While doing that they send several ground teams and fighter ships to harass Hunt's squad planetside. It would also give Ace a chance to show off his flying skills as he would have to keep the shuttle from being blown up by their fighter ships.

And I mean if we are famed round the universe for being utter badasses that take on the most dangerous missions and come out alive why would any pirate or bandit crew want anything to do with us? It's not like we're liable to carry much treasure, and our ship has a massive bloody cannon sitting right on top of it! We're just not worth the trouble!

[Zeratul2k]

Well, Somali pirates have attacked several navy vessels so I don't think it's farfetched. Sure, they have come out badly, but pirates aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the box. Then again, doing what you suggest adds "PLOT!" points so I say we go that way.

[Hael]

I also like the idea BlackSam thought up. I prefer the idea of irate survivors of the Civil War, as they would have more motivation and possibly more weaponry then drug dealers.

If we go with Blacksam's idea then I would like to ask something. How long ago did the encounters with drug dealers and the civil war planet happen? That way we'll have an idea of which characters were present at the time, or if we all were.

[An Outsider]

Yeah, civil warriors is a better shout. They probably woulda fled their planet when they seen the war going against them, and coulda taken enough ships, men and weapons with them to be a genuine threat for us.

I would think it woulda been before the newbies joined, as they've never met anyone before this briefing for the most part. I imagine we woulda got to know each other during the civil war if not, as I can Hunt having a meeting like this before every mission.

[Jones Sparrow]

Definitely like the idea of the civil war mercs coming after us. They'll have a hatred for Hunt and the old crew members like Rane, but i have a feeling they'll grow to hate the new ones as well!

While we are on the ground collecting data they could attack both ground and ship teams!

Ace can show off, the new guys can show off their techniques, and it'll develop a lot of connections haha

[Hael]

Cool. I can't wait for this RP to really get going.

[Zeratul2k]

So, this is how I'm picturing the shuttles to be, more or less, basically a militarized version of this: