Pusillanimous Patty
Misssssion 1
Sssskint!
I like your foreign policy, Nixxxon. Unusssually forthright and direct for your clan, but I like it.
Did we ever settle the question of hull density adjustments? If i am on 100/100 hp and then i pay for 10 density upgrades do I go to 100/110 or 110/110?
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Did we ever settle the question of hull density adjustments? If i am on 100/100 hp and then i pay for 10 density upgrades do I go to 100/110 or 110/110?
[/quote]110/110 -Brand new HP!
Hmmm, naturally everyoneâs jumping on Mission 1, because weâve all spent the last seven missions mostly upgrading our firepower and shields. We could all jump there, but without Pete and Ellaâs well-thought-out three-pronged-attack, the bastards will most likely raze us all to the ground anyway. And then this star system will be stuck with mind-numbing Coalition TV for the rest of eternity.
Though slightly drunk after drinking heavily to our dead companions, Iâm going to take a moment to tally a list of our remaining tattered resistance (those who seem AWOL excluded):
Ship HP FP SH EN ST LK CASH GRIT
Burnt Asbestos 27/124 42 43 31 22 34 $1474 17
Cobra II 133/154 47 39 34 41 50 $60274 13
First Post1 2/180 53 29 21 16 36 $14044 15
Grey Mouser 60/100 29 34 32 27 23 $8567 13
I.M.V. Flat... 168/200 41 43 34 28 57 $0 29
Insane1 64/112 41 28 30 17 41 $21240 15
Jewel of... 92/142 41 55 31 29 57 $3700 34
Mistaker II 19/100 18 19 18 16 39 $2500 7
Muddlin' 42/153 51 49 45 31 55 $15554 34
Pusillanimous 134/164 62 50 43 33 59 $5675 27
Quisquiliae 55/100 20 30 23 22 28 $9680 19
Senescent 151/160 36 35 22 25 33 $0 23
The TARD-iss 95/132 27 28 26 23 33 $800 13
The three missions focus on 1) Firepower, Shields; 2) Stealth; 3) Engineering
From the table above, a couple things jump out, even to my bleary eyes.
Pusillanimous Patty is a fighting beast.
The Cobra II is highest in stealth.
Muddlinâ Through and Pusillanimous Patty are high in engineering.
Cobra II, Insane1, and Muddlinâ Through have got the largest cash reserves, so can upgrade further than the rest of us.
Ok, Captain Qâaâstrastro out, while I return to the bar. Iâll leave the Strategizing Stick here on the floor, since for some reason my eyes canât seem to focus on the rest of you. Why are there suddenly two of each of you?
You just made me a happy lizard
Note : The Jewel and the Muddlinâ are both Gritty enough to be fear-free.
Missssssion 3 is Engineering heavy. Obviously the one for Muddlinâ.
153hp, to lossse all this would require 26 perfect 6HP hits. Engineering of > 74 would make this imposssssible. Fix up, Two Cram Sesssionsss, jobâsss a good 'un.
Missssssion 2 is Stealth heavy. Cobra II could kick ass here easily. 154 HPs means sssheâsss sssafe if sssshe getsss hit by lessss than 19 turretsss. Fix up, one heat muffler, and Robertâsss your motherâsss brother.
I may need to think about the Matter Disssruptor Ray, thoughâŚ
The Muddlinâ Through is pretty banged up and I have a lot to report back to Nicholas Van Rijn, so I may not post again for many hours.
In the mean time, Prima Facie analysis of the Missions 1, 2, and 3 :
If donât have a hat GET ONE. ** Do not choose Mission 1, 2, or 3 without a hat**
GRIT, LK, SH, and HAT do not affect mission choice, as these operate in (essentially) the same manner in all three missions. Iâll call this the âbaseline riskâ
Each of the three missions have that âbaseline riskâ shared by all three missions, plus a âmarginal riskâ unique to that mission that is heavily dependent on a single âmarginal stat.â
The Mission 1 âmarginal statâ is the lesser of FP and SH. A Ship with 99 SH and 99 FP, would not suffer any âmarginal damageâ (damage due to âmarginal riskâ). A ship with 40 SH and FP would mathematically âexpectâ to suffer 110 HP of âmarginal damageâ
The Mission 2 âmarginal statâ is ST. A 100 ST would not suffer any âmarginal damageâ (damage due to âmarginal riskâ). The formula is easy: expected âMarginal Damageâ is ( 225 - 2.25* ST) hp. Thus, a ship with 56 ST would âexpectâ about 100 HP of âmarginal damageâ.
The Mission 3 âmarginal statâ is EN. A 100 EN would not suffer any âmarginal damageâ (damage due to âmarginal riskâ). I can not compute the expected damage of this mission until Pete or El explains more clearly what it means to âcommandâ a drone. **Are drones under âcommandâ removed from the battle, or are drones under âcommandâ fighting for the ship âcommandingâ the drone? **
None of these three appear to be âpig-pileâ missions. If so, there is far less need to co-ordinate. Every ship should take the best mission for that ship. Except that:
If only one mission is solved, thereâs still a small chance the Scylla
will turn back to ICUPville. If two are solved, a greater chance. If
three are solved, KaBOOOOOOM!
By my estimate, we are down to 9 involved players likely to co-ordinate, including Senescent Wander. Will El throw a snit if sheâ canât work the Asteroid of F*****cking Doom? (UPDATE: I guess not 
) And is Ella working with Pete, meaning she left the Coalition?
** Please Sign in Below with you initial mission preference, so that we can get a âhead countâ to see what might work **
Iâm doing 1. Makess sssenssse with high FP and SH already.
I canât guarantee sssuccesss, but Iâm down to worrying about getting hit by 5 worssst cassse fightersss, the Fear, and the Matter Disssruptor Ray, and the risssk of the lassst two isss 0.5%. If sssomeone a little flusssher wantsss to throw $5k my way (posssibly lessss), I canât lossse.
Edit: Yeah, I CAN guarantee it.
Riding mondo-cannon fire is a lot like riding one of the old earth, inter-system ships with their clumsy ORION drives.
If you concentrate, you can almost feel each blast - but the general effect is an unnerving continuum; a buzzing, rather than the expected dull roar of the sub-lights or the keening of the supras.
Whatâs kind of terrifying is that in order to slow down I have to fire directly ahead of myselfâŚ
I gouge a rather fetching series of grooves in the outer carbonaceous crust of the Asteroid ofâŚ
Housedamn. These 'synths out here are so polite.
âŚThe Asteroid of Fucking Doom as I nose inward, killing the mondo-cannon at the last minute and drifting in to the guts of this hollow rock.
Itâs a nice piece of work. Its reminds me of the Koysaner Fastness - the rock we dropped on the Majid world-nest before Ed came up with the cruel idea of blasting it apart from its icy core. Actually, itâs rather better appointed; Ella and Pete have done well.
There are familiar ships here - storied ships. I wish I could convey just how ⌠relieved I am to see some of them still intact, but I wonât bore you with sentiment.
Weâve destruction to ponder.
Provisional structures and kits:
9 x Hull Repairs = $900
60 x Hull Density Adjustment = $30000
4 x Scrap Metal = $8000
1 x HAT (Hardware Augmentation Technology v 1.2b) = $10000
The H.A.T., curiously, seems to take the form of a sombrero.
I can live (and die) with thatâŚ
We never got to take on the bastard before; now weâre one of the lucky few who stand between Scylla and Charybdis (ha!) and weâre going to enjoy every Housedamn moment of it.
Mission 1
Mission 2
Mission 3
Thereâs about⌠oh⌠$1100 in store credit lurking on the Senescent Wandererâs account.
I figure we blow that tidy sum on booze. To share, you know. Tooty salooty mortis etcetera.
Great Work
That table makes a lot clear. Yes, tentatively, Iâll take the Muddlinâ Through on Mission 3.
Azdel, our engineering officer, will be delighted that our mission does not directly cause suffering. Today his mediation object was this book , so I think he is looking forward to âcommandingâ the drones.
If Jewel of the Desert survives Mission 1, Captain Adelie âwinsâ on GRIT. I donât give damn. I never did figure out how to turn a profit on the stuff.
âEnjoy Life. Make Money. Stay Alive.â
Now, does anybody know what gutter Jameson is passed-out in so he can get the Mark II tuned up for Mission 2?
After the latest upgradessss, the Deity has 63FP and a whopping 210HP. Sssshields are sssturdy at 65. Ssssheâll take a pounding and a half. Not sssso ssstealthy anymore, but Engineeringâs not half bad, sssso if we find oursssselves short a drone hacker but flush with big gunnersss, I can reconfigure and reassssign before tomorrow night.
Ssslight cortectssshion, Captain Falkayn - LK isss more important on missssssion 1. Thisss isss why I am loading up on moonssshine inssstead of gunsss or ssshields.
I have run the analysssisss and sssuccsssesss isss guaranteed.
True.
However â(40-LK/2)%â is a small difference from â(35-LK/2)%â. The effect is tiny, for example, relative to forgetting oneâs hat, which is why I wrote " (essentially) the same "
But Leiberians donât wear hats! We donât even wear clothes! Luck has been proven statistically to not exist! Weâre getting hosed here, Marvin. How do you feel about citrus?
Not if you want to make the risssk 0%.
35 - (LK*.85)/2 < 0
Solve for LK, > 83
40 - (LK*.85)/2 < 0
Solve for LK, > 94
I donât like to take chancesss 
Oh, now my nickname is panties? forehead slap
I might put an MDMA in your spleen juice & send you up to Tinyâs room if you donât watch it
Monday is Pirate Parrrty Night, and Karaoke. Will you please hiss us a traditional lizard song?
I sssay you ssshould really rub ICUPs nosssesss in it.
You can afford to increase your EN to 100 and your luck to 70.
Do that and you can complete missssssion 3 without taking a ssscratch. Fly the Muddlinâ in asss ssshe issss, battle ssscarsss anâ all.
âAfter an hour of calculations and running simulations, here is our report on the up coming battle.â
Fritz scanned the data streaming in. âSooooooo - if we choose Mission 2 with have a slightly higher than a snow balls chance in Hell of making it out alive.â
âAffirmative.â said Martin, with a noted raise of pitch in his voice.
Memo
To: Recipients Redacted
Encryption: PFG
From: Pete
â⌠to help out our cause and the attack on the Scylla, I can provide $50,000 worth of upgrades to your shipâŚâ
âWell - isnât that nice of him, Marvin? We might just have a fighting shot after all; run the numbers again.â
