Dramatic SFB: The Morey Eel of Space #1231 Pow Pow Campaign

[Gregory Flusche]

Sounds like you tried :)

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 10:20 PM, Charles Carroll via SFBdrama <
sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:

> A Ravaging Morey Eel was observed closing at extreme range from a Romulan
> Planet...Millions of people would die if it reached it...so The Intrepid
> Fleet consisting of the 1st Legion and the 1st Centurian were sent out to
> deal with the creature. Watching and studying it...they closed in slowly to
> see if it would actually have to be destroyed. When suddenly 3 Unknown
> ships appeared closing from the other side of the Creature. Caught by
> surprise...the crews still reacted professionally and went immediately to
> Battle Stations...starting the long process of bringing cold weapons to
> life. The phaser banks were at least warm...but the G Torpedoes were not
> even a thought before this occurred.
>
> Studying the oncoming ships...it was reported by the sensor operators that
> they appeared to already be at battle stations with all their weapons fully
> charged. Fear went through the crews but they maintained their posts
> admirably.
>
> A message was sent forth to the unknown ships....Stay away...this Creature
> is dangerous and is closing on an inhabited world with millions of innocent
> people on it. If it reaches the world they will all die. The replay came
> back...Nothing but haunting laughter.
>
> They were warned again...that if they interfered and caused the death of
> the planet's population that we would be in perpetual war with no quarter
> asked or given....again...just laughter.
>
> And so...with heavy hearts as we saw the full reports on those ships come
> in...our Destroyer and Frigate were facing a War Cruiser and a War
> Destroyer supported by a Scout. No wonder we had not seen them with the
> scout to mask their approach and they naturally had seen us.
>
> We came to a full stop...and reversed engines after 8 impulses...moving
> away from the creature and them as we tried desperately to bring our
> weapons online. We dropped front shields...and using our 1 transporter
> each...we placed T bombs i front of the creature hoping to do enough damage
> to at least kill it and save the planet even though doing so meant we would
> almost certainly die. Then we cloaked...and prayed...and also dropped a
> hidden NSM in the hex we were in...after the first move backwards...we
> dropped the second hidden NSM...unfortunately an unknown bug in the game
> system caused the NSMs to be visible while in the hex we were in. Hopefully
> that issue will be addressed soon.
>
> So the chase was on...all mines hit the oncoming EEL and dd 90 points of
> damage to it...as it plodded along at speed 12. The Lyrans as we finally
> identified them...were charging forward at 23 and 25...turn two went by
> without much change except The 1st Legion managed to chew gum and walk at
> the same time and increased speed to -19. The hapless Snipe...being very
> limited...stayed at -10. And that was the poor 1st Centurians downfall. He
> could not move fast enough to stay out of the Lyrans path. We did though
> drop two more T bombs into the Creatures path. Yet again...we heard
> laughter...as the Lyran DW...closed and set off both bombs...taking the 20
> points on itself...on its number 1 shield. The Snip turned off trying to
> hide...and failed. The DW turned towards it...and increased speed...putting
> up two ESGS at range 0 Max strength for a 40 points. The Snipe launched its
> one shuttle piloted by Bob the Brave but Possibly Stupid. The Lyran simply
> shot it from space with two Phaser 3s at range 1. And then over Ran the
> Snipe. The Snipe took 20 internals...the snipe was now almost powerless and
> was weaponless....and even so...the DW shot it at point blank range and had
> amazing accuracy. Hitting for 7 points of phaser damage through the down
> shield and doing full damage. Even with the distortion of the cloak. It was
> like he could see the ship clearly. The snipe now with 4 boxes left...was
> nothing but a floating hulk.
>
> Having had their fun...the Lyrans made a surprising offer...Give them the
> Snipe and the BH could leave....The Captain of the BH...Sir Why
> Me...replied...only if you kill the EEL for us and save our planet and
> allow us to take off the injured and crew of the 1st Centurian. After some
> discussion about what this would mean...it was agreed...and the Lyrans were
> declared the winner of this contest even though the EEL died but the planet
> was saved...and the grateful population lived.
>
> We will meet again Lyrans...and when we come...we will demand the return
> of our property. So take good care of our Snipe.
>
> So ended the Morey Eel encounter. We will be going on a Snipe hunt soon.
> Stay tuned for the further adventures of the LEGIONS of ROME. (Voice over
> actor with deep announcer voice optional here).
>
> Chuck Emperor of Rome...and proud of the ships and crews who did the best
> they could against overwhelming odds. As for the Lyrans, they will rue the
> day they took our Snipe.
>
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