out into the black

[Squirrel]

Great stuff again

I am sure nothing can possibly go wrong 

I'm sure ......... can't wait to see what does

Cheers,

Kev

[Maenoferren]

Shhhh don't tell anyone else but there will be at least one murder and a run in with a reaver vessel, and let's not forget the shepherd has been increasing her combat edges as her programming begins to assert itself, but whatever you do, don't tell Wiggy or Jim

[Squirrel]

Mum's the word, secret's safe with me 

Cheers,

Kev

[Maenoferren]

Help, help, help the shepherd is a psycho, she took out two reavers with a frying pan, that programming for hers is failing really fast now. She even wore a dress like this in a poker game:


I will try and get it written up over the next couple of days

[nikharwood]

Nice...like it 

Looking forward to reading the next instalment...

[Squirrel]

 

Get writing!

Cheers,

Kev

[Pruneau]

Hehe, nice story so far, Maenoferren!  Looking forward to see what mishaps the crew encounter next:)

[Maenoferren]

I got half way through the write up last night then it dawned on me it was 1.40am and i needed sleep. 

[Maenoferren]

We left the crew with their eclectic group of passengers on the two day trip from Whitefall to Athens.
Kelli, the one ensconced in the shepherd's room asked to speak to the captain. When the shepherd asked the reason why, after a bit of persuasion, Kelli divulged that she wished to see Whitefall for the last time, much to the Shepherd's dismay, thinking her heroine was about to die, but Kelli would not divulge her reasons for the comment. SO the Shepherd went up to the bridge to ask the captain if he wouldn’t mind turning the Jo Lyn around so that Kelli could look upon the planet again... it took a bit of persuading, but eventually he agreed and turned the ship about.
Kelli had a lovely view of Whitefall for all of 15 seconds before the Jo Lyn returned to her earlier course.

Poor Kelli had to view the receding Whitefall  in the corridor on a chair 'stolen' from Alice's room by the Shepherd. Alice Was out in the various corridors armed with his side arm when Miss Owens appeared from her room, she asked to see his weapon, and after a moment of confusion he realised that she meant his side arm. He  handed it over, without thinking. Within seconds she had it disassembled and then reassembled, before handing it back to him. Alice was in love â€" or possibly Lust... he quickly rushed back to his room to check his back copies of Bikini Girls with Guns, just in case Miss Owens was a centrefold, although he was sure he would have remembered if she was.

The Shepherd invited everyone for coffeein the dining room and to ask if they would be willing to take part in a poker game an hour after dinner.  She also wanted to check everyone out and it was when Roy Keene arrived that the really interesting thing happened. Kelli was doing what she does best, being the centre of attention, when she noticed Roy. She suddenly rushed across the room shouting Flyn and hugged him much to the amusement of everyone except the man himself. He managed to untangle himself and informed both Kelli and the room in general that his name was Roy Keene and that the lady in question was very much mistaken.
Kelli seemed unperturbed and carried on talking about the last time they met at that Casino on Angel and how that simply horrid man he was with had spoiled the party atmosphere totally.
Roy or Flyn seemed most put out by the turn of events and said that he would like to take his coffee in his room and promptly left. Kelli was the centre of attention once again with everyone including the shepherd asking her questions. The shepherd managed to get Kelli alone and obtained the following information.

She had met Roy Keene or Flyn Arthur around 5 years before on Angel, they were both regulars in a casino. Flyn was an accountant and on their last visit he was with a rather wealthy but totally unsavoury type. He was obnoxious in the extreme. He was just like cousin Jim Bob in the show, you know the one who was a that bad man. A few discussions then revolved around what happened in the various episodes following Jim Bob's disappearance after the fire and then re-appearance in episode 354. The Shepherd then found out that a few days later Flyn disappeared and wouldn’t answer his phone or respond to any kind of a messages.
The shepherd asked whether Kelli could be mistaken but she responded that Flyn  had a scar under his right eye and strangely enough  so did Mr Keene.
The Shepherd left Kelli  to get ready for the poker match and went to check on her dedicated sourcebox for the name Roy Keene, it came back with a banker from Whitefall, well respected, two children etc, etc, etc!
She then tried Flyn Arthur Accountant and all of a sudden the screen disrupted and a classified file screen popped up. Followed by a quick upload off ship. Somebody now knew the shepherd had tried to check up on Flyn. Toad was summoned to sort out the computer and concurred that info had been uploaded. HE then used a repair skill to re-jig the sourcebox and ensure it would be seen by everyone else as a different machine.
The shepherd then went to have a quiet chat with Roy/flyn who inisite3d that he was Keene and that Kelli was mistaken. He did however refuse to leave his room in the ventral hold.

Dinner was held in the dining room with everyone present except Mr Keene, After dinner those who wished to play poker did so in the dining room, whilst Alice stayed on duty in the bridge. Miss Owens showed an aptitude for cards as well as guns and ladies underwear. The Shepherd shocked everyone except the captain, as she wasn't carrying a fried chicken, by wearing a rather revealing black number.
As the game finished Alice got a proximity warning light flashing. He called the captain to the bridge and it seemed that there was another ship out there on a perpendicular heading which would pass within a couple of miles of theirs. A quick scan showed a higher level of radiation than there should be, as if a core was exposed. Reavers. They dropped the nose then shut off all power, hoping that they would disappear in the black, but unfortunately the residual heat from the engines remained and the other ship dropped their nose too and drew closer.
The captain ordered crew to don their space suits and for all passengers to make their way to the Galley. Alice was ordered to stand guard whilst the captain made evasive manoeuvres.

Without warning and EMP burst struck the JO Lyn and all controls were lost.  The captain valiantly 
tried to get them back on line and succeeded just as another burst hit the ship, the Captain used his ace edge to soak the damage and attempted to get behind the Reaver ship but failed to do so, they were stuck on his tail. Instead he over pressurised the rear hold. Toad was ordered to the bridge in case of further hits. It was then that the captain gained the higher card, and as the Reaver prepared to fire he opened the back doors. Unfortunately Toad in his rush to get to the bridge forgot to close the intervening doors, He had a few moments of sphincter twitching and managed to hold on before the emergency override kicked in and the doors shut. The debris that blew out of the rear doors struck the Reaver craft on the bridge. Unfortunately the strike did no damage. The shepherd managed to send a mayday message. Seconds later a massive EMP burst struck the Jo Lyn doing 32 points of damage, all electrical circuits blew in an instant. Alice managed to open the doors manually, handing his side arm to Owens, he made his way down to the bridge. Everyone knew that a boarding action was imminent.
A few moments later the ventral hold door was breached and everyone readied their weapons.  Alice mad the first kill as the Reavers rushed up the stairs from the cargo hold.
Toad rushed to his workshop to design a bomb using his McGiver edge. Alice killed the next Reaver, but the third rushed forwards big axe waving, he hit Alice but failed to wound. Both the captain and shepherd  fired but missed.
The captain gained a joker and fired although he hit he failed to wound the Reaver, who went next and swung at Alice. Luckily he missed. The shepherd grabbed her frying pan and swung around the bulkhead. Even at a -4 on the dice roll she scored a 13 and then a massive 21 damage on the wound roll breaking the
Reaver's neck.
Toad manages to produce his home made bomb and heads back to the stairwell where more Reavers are rushing forwards.
The first Reaver manages to wound Alice, but he easily shrugs off the damage. The captain and shepherd both fire the captain misses and the shepherd fails to wound.
The shepherd gains a joker and swings around the corner again. She hits with a raise then deals out enough damage to break another neck. Toad rushes forward, priming his bomb as he goes. He flings it down the stairwell and throws himself back as a huge blast rocks the ship and bits of Reaver and bits of passenger pods fly up the stairs. He managed to deal 38 damage on 3 D8.
The Shepherd rushes upstairs to check on the passengers whilst Alice and the captain make their way down to the ventral hold. As he goes the Captain orders the surrender of any remaining Reavers.
Strangely enough they didn’t comply and the two remaining ones attacked as Alice entered the hold.
They shake him. Luckily he goes first and uses a benny to unshake. Killing the Reaver out right. The remaining one attacks  and fails to do any damage. The captain takes careful aim and drills him between the eyes and with no bennies left the Reaver is unable to soak any wounds.
The captain and Alice carefully check the hold for any remaining Reavers. Luckily their aren’t, but there is a Reaver craft docked with theirs, which will need checking. Unfortunately Toad's bomb has shredded both Reavers and accommodation pod. We will have to wait until next Monday to see if they have the guts to enter the Reaver craft.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great report.
Ohhh! THey're in trouble!

[nikharwood]

Excellent - nice stuff again M 

[Maenoferren]

We had a fight so we used figures THe crew defend the stair well whilst toad makes his mento's and coke bomb surrounded by cermaic ball bearings and monofillament wire

[nikharwood]

Coolio 

It'd look betterer in 10mm though, eh? 

[Maenoferren]

Coolio 

It'd look betterer in 10mm though, eh? 

it is 
2 from the sci fi male civillians, one from the masai set and the other from the bearers set... stad ins for the time being, the reavers were fro another company.

[nikharwood]

it is 
2 from the sci fi male civillians, one from the masai set and the other from the bearers set... stad ins for the time being, the reavers were fro another company.

Oops....I'll get me coat 

This is good: