The Bloodrage Pirates

Dude, I JUST SAID that I was trying NOT to Power Game. I am posted what Crom'nen was ATTEMPTING to do, not calling hits. Again, let me quote myself. "I tried to state intentions instead of calling shots." I'm trying very hard not to do what you are accusing me of doing. I was trying to make this clear, so if I did not, then I apologize. The last thing I want to be is THAT kind of a writer, especially when I have so enjoyed our interaction.

My thought would be that when the shot fired, they would take their attention off of him, giving him a mere moment to react. Secondly, you stated that they were searching Crom'nen. That post led me to believe that one was keeping his weapon on me, while the others searched me. If this belief is incorrect, then I will need to rethink Crom'nen's plan of attack. Keep in mind that when BP and I set up this encounter OOC many moons ago, I asked for expendable characters that I could kill. Also, I know that I am risking my character, but he is wearing body armor, so as long as they don't aim for the head, I will be shot, wounded, and play dead.

That said, playing dead is not my preference. Eliminating these three so that I might gain a holo-conversation IC does. I will not post further as Crom'nen until we can come to a conclusion that is mutually agreeable, so if you have any specific advice as to how I should proceed, I'm all ears.

Again, I'm trying very hard not to be a dick. Let me write in the original post, with a few words emphasized, just to defend myself.

With a barely noticeable twitch of the lekku, a blaster bolt came from the tunnel, firing AT the hand holding the rifle on Crom'nen. At that same moment, the cylinder extended in length, turning into a quarterstaff, which he twirled, INTENDING to bash both men in the heads and temporarily knock them to the ground and out of the fight. Then he AIMED to use the staff as a baseball bat on the one who had done the talking.

Again, I stated intentions, not success. I'm not saying this to attack you, but to only explain that I was trying very much so not be a dick.

You wrote about the search "*Which the other two proceed to do.*" I had no way of knowing that one searched while the other held a gun to my back and restrained my arms. I did not understand that from your post. So I apologize for assuming that both were doing the searching. I take it you have some type of military training IRL. I work for a non-profit. I am not aware of the standard proceedures of Death Watch commandoes.

My thinking was that I could knock them on the ground, and escape back into the tunnel, and from there do more. Choke points nullify numbers. But I'm trying to do my best, and the Force users that I have access to haven't been posting much lately, and both are engaging your forces. So I'm trying to do the best that I can with what I realistically have access to, mostly being the surprise of the quarter-staff and a sheer gall that they probably wouldn't expect from a people they've been walking over so far. Even though Crom'nen's not a Jedi, he's worked with Mandos on several occasions and knows their abilities and tactics. I feel like it would be Power Gaming to say "suddenly a bunch of Twi'lek show up and shoot at them" since I didn't post them moving into position before then, but that's kinda the best you're leaving me with. So any other suggestions?

So do you want me to just delete everything in the post after the Defel's shot and go from there? Is that an acceptable middle ground?

Alright. Editing.

If you're willing to work with me on it, I can stage a minor attack on the trio, almost simultaneously with Crom's ambush. It would only be my one knight against the three of them, and it would be at range. He's also having difficulty using the force right now, so he'll be using his charric as much as possible. That way the three can drop back as Crom vanishes after filching a comlink from one of the guys searching him? I know that's not the most realistic thing for trained commandos to do, but surprises are never a good thing in the commando lifestyle, so it might be enough to create just enough confusion for Crom to survive his escape and theft, though I wouldn't be surprised if he were wounded in the process.

But that's up to y'all. and if this isn't feasible that's cool, I just didn't have him doing anything important right now and figured he could be the excuse you both needed for things go differently than they otherwise would. I hope you don't mind my intrusion.

I hope you're feeling better soon.

progress is good, and I posted for you and Crom. I've had a couple of mild doses myself. Not pleasant times, wish I could do more than empathize with you though.