Doomed Galactic Journey (Game Thread)

Doomed Galactic Journey
Evening 7​

The VSS Empire continued its journey to Nova Vlatixa, and it was set to land on the planet in the early afternoon. Item votes and execution votes got done early in the day in order to prepare everyone for the landing phase, which would be difficult with a semi-damaged ship. The SMG was given to Kulko, the crate of chemicals to Dawn (scherbchen), and the oxygen tank with 30h to Renata. After this transfer, Dawn started to act strangely, and immediately went to her room, where she appeared to be sleeping.

The landing procedure required that three people be selected to man the guns of the ship, in case any enemies were nearby. Vanguard (Diamondeye) had selected himself, and Pte. T. B. Willaims (e350tb) and Kulko were voted as the other two. Willaims and Kulko went up to their guns at that point, while Vanguard stayed for a bit longer to deal with some things.

One of the things Vanguard had to deal with was the execution. The voting was tight, but eventually Aanya Eck (rhawn) took the lead, and by noon, the vote had to end. Vanguard pulled out the gun again, aimed for Aanya’s head, and fired. She fell down dead immediately. After the group closely studied the body, they realized:



Vanguard then moved up to his turret command center, where he had the control of several turrets, while still being able to control the ship. Many of the ship’s guns were damaged badly from the sabotage the night before, but were still functional. An hour past noon, Vanguard gave the command to shut down the warp drive, and enter landing phase. Once the warp drive shut down, the ship returned to normal time and space, and a fleet of five small ships materialized around the Empire. They waited for nothing, and started launching missiles towards the Empire. For the moment, the missile shields were working, and the missiles blew up a safe distance away from the main ship.

Willaims and Kulko concentrated their plasma fire on the largest ship, which soon exploded in a fiery mess. Vanguard aimed many of the missile turrets at the other ships, which had their own missile shields. By around 1600 hrs, however, all but one of the ships had been destroyed by the barrage of missiles. However, the VSS Empire had taken quie a bit of damaged, and most of Diamondeye’s turrets were unusable by this point.

The last enemy ship took the destruction to its advantage, and started flying towards the cargo bay in order to deploy soldiers inside the Empire. The people on the ship could tell that this ship belonged to the same Space Pirates that Abgar and Marius Danhavi (PaulusIII) were a part of. Kulko and Willaims saw the ship, and started aiming to stop it, but it had already launched its landing pods. Ten storm troopers launched into the cargo bay, which directly linked up to the turret entryway. Kulko realized this, and grabbed his SMG and ran down the corridor. Eventually, he saw where the Space Pirate troopers were, and started firing, killing a few and forcing the rest into retreat.

Eventually, the constant barrage of missiles on the last ship destroyed it, and the VSS Empire was safe to land. It descended towards Nova Vlatixa slowly, trying to avoid excess heat from the atmosphere. By 1900 hrs, the ship was landed, and the passengers were ready to exit the ship. Just then, the computer intercom spoke:

“Well, it seems some of you think we’re done? Nope. Under Emergency Protocol, the ship will remain closed until all threats are cleared. Also, the oxygen outside needs to be fully scanned. The ship has some heavy-duty air-filters that will allow oxygen back into the ship, but we do not know if our portable air filters will work (or if they will even be needed). Execution voting will continue as normal. Here is your ship’s status:”

Distance to Nova Vlatixa: 0 Space Units (Landed)
Distance from Vlatixan Empire: 450 Space Units
Current Velocity: 0 units per 12 hours towards Nova Vlatixa (Landed)
Oxygen Remaining: N/A (Oxygen from Nova Vlatixa is Filtered in; All oxygen tanks in use went down to 6h.)

It is now night! A bit less than 24h until Morning. Any PMs I need to send for night may be slightly delayed.

Whoops. Night. Sorry Splime

OOC: I think its night, and we shoudln't be talking about politics in the thread now.

IC: "Jippijeiha Schweinebacke"

Doomed Galactic Journey
Morning 7​

When everyone woke up the next morning, there was a bit of surprise when nobody had been killed. In addition, there was no additional damage to the ship. They still could not leave, because the ship was shut down until all threats would be located, but the atmosphere was scanned as completely safe. As soon as the threats were dealt with, the colonization could begin.



It is now day! Post your execution votes! Night will be in 48 hours.

The Psychologist staggers wide-eyed out of her room in the morning. As she counts each of the other passengers one by one and comes up with the same number as went to sleep the night before, her mouth opens in a little "O" of surprise.

I don't think I've ever in my life been so happy to be wrong. scherbchen, your time is up. And may this please be the end of it.

She wanders off dazedly in search of coffee, still not quite daring to believe that she, and everyone else, is still alive.

scherbchen-your-time-is-up.

{OOC: I'm not going to get many chances to log on "today" but looks like it's all pretty clear now.}

Scherbchen, the fake farmer. It is your turn to die, you damned liar.

I agree Scherbchen has to die.

(OOC

I am going on holiday for a week from tomorro onwards, so I will not be able to see the conclusion of this.

In the unfortunate case the game does not end after this vote, or when the vote swings somehow during the rest of the day, I have chosen Niklas as my replacement. He is cleared with Splime and I have told him everything i Know as well as all my alliances.

I hope this is really unnecessary, but if not I wish you all a happy ending.

Greetings

Kulko

Scherbchen, to die. Finally I can get some bloody peace.

The Biologist crosses his arms and glares. He is wearing a respectable power suit, which is how you know that this journey has taken a terrible toll on his psyche.

OOC: This is a potentially embarrassing mistake, but I forgot that Aanya Eck (rhawn) had a crate of explosives that need to be voted on. My bad. Please vote on them in bold red.

I agree, discard them. (OOC: Can we still, Splime? We're not in space anymore.) The odds are not great any of us would be able to use them properly anyway.

OOC @Renata: Well, I hadn't thought of that... however, since the ship is shutdown, throwing them outside and locking the ship should keep them secure. Alternatively, they could be thrown outside and shot at by the ship's guns.

Doomed Galactic Journey
Evening 8​

As soon as everyone was up, the votes against Dawn (scherbchen) piled up. Only Pte. T. B. Willaims (e350tb) and Dawn herself didn’t vote. Dawn was acting very strangely, as she barely moved. She seemed to be sleeping, but even then some movement would be expected. However, there was just barely enough activity to show that she was in fact alive. Later, a few people noticed that Aanya Eck (rhawn) had been carrying explosives. They went up for vote, but barely as many people voted for their distribution.

Life on the ship was fairly quiet, now that there were only eight people on board. Since Charles Li had suffocated a while ago, the food was usually reheated rations. Most people stayed in their rooms, silently waiting out the shutdown phase of the ship. Everyone was on edge, but the feelings of anxiety weren’t as present today, for whatever reason.

Eventually, it was evening, and it was time to deal with the votes. (Full Results) Vanguard moved the crate of explosives into the airlock, pressed a few buttons, and then the crate shot out the ship at an incredibly high velocity. Then, it was execution time, and Vanguard (Diamondeye) ordered Dawn to be carried by Pte. T. B. Willaims and Kulko to the execution chamber. Dawn was still sluggish, though she was a bit more alert. They put her down onto the ground, and Vanguard moved closer. Vanguard aimed his gun at Dawn, and was about to fire, until he heard a beeping noise coming out of her head. “Everybody run for cover!” he shouted, and they ran for separate rooms.

A massive explosion erupted, engulfing the main hall in flames. Vanguard was burned, but everyone else made it out of the blast radius. The ship’s safety sprinklers fought the fires, and eventually extinguished them, but the main hall was completely destroyed. They found Dawn’s remains, which were in fact android parts, and found the memory log. Renata plugged the log into her laptop, and analyzed them. A few hours later, the results were made clear:



Renata then spoke, saying that it seemed all of the threats were dealt with. Just to be safe, everyone besides Vanguard went to sleep for the night, and Vanguard kept watch. However, it was obvious that the threats were all gone. The computer ended the Emergency Protocol System, and the airlock opened, allowing the seven remaining passengers to begin colonization. Vanguard began communications with Vlatixa Ground Control, who never realized the full scope of the problem, only thinking that there was one rebel on board, and not realizing the murderous intent of the rebels.

LightFang, the Biologist, began farming operations on the planet, which were highly promising. Benny Lava (BananaLee) was also important in these operations, doing most of the manual labor. He was in fact a farmer before getting on the ship. Steward Unit E99 (Mergle) continued to stay in the ship, as it was his home. Renata was busy compiling all of his data in order to make a report on the events of the VSS Empire, so that the main ship voyage would be more successful. Pte. T. B. Willaims worked on his own report, while Kulko continued to clean the ship up.

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Game Over. Innocents Win!

Surviving Winners (Real Role):
Vanguard/Diamondeye (Captain of the Guard)
LightFang (Biologist)
Benny Lava/BananaLee (Farmer)
Steward Unit E99/Mergle (Computer Output Unit E99)
Renata (Psychologist)
Pte. T. B. Willaims/e350tb (Counter-Rebel Expert)
Kulko (Janitor)

Posthumous Winners (Real Role):
Aanya Eck/rhawn (Explosives Expert)
Melvin (dRR2E1)/Love (Repair Android)
CCRunner (Commando)
Botetta 9000/Abaddon (Lab Technician)
Dr. Winifred 'Winnie' Barrow/Winston Hughes (Robotics Specialist)
Colonel Splime/NPC (Colonel)

Losers (Real Role):
Dawn/scherbchen (Corporate Executive) – Rebel
Marius Danhavi/PaulusIII (Pickpocket) – Thief
Chandrasekhar (Military Veteran)
Thomas Berube-Giguere (Arevillian Resident)
Charles Li (Cook)
Tasslehoff (Musician)
Sir Lucas Forsyte/Snerk (Mentally Unstable Person)
Abgar (Physicist) – Thief
The13thRonin (Android Soldier) – Rebel
Nictel (Teacher) – Rebel
hell_hound (Brewer)

I’ll have a more detailed report (including initial PMs) in just a bit.

I blame myself....

First of all, team PMs:

I'm so happy.

Thank you to all the innocents who worked with me throughout the game. (I've never won one of these before; it feels great!) Especially Charles Li, CCRunner and Love, who didn't make it to the end. (And why'd you rebels have to go and kill Winston Hughes? We had the beginning of a beautiful relationship going. )

Yay!