Flight of the Beet Wagon (FTL AAR).

[The Brain]

You had to save the ship in order to destroy it?

[Syt]

SECTOR 5 - Mantis Homeworlds

The Mantis are hostile, but hopefully the Rebels won't be too keen to enter here.


Jump 29

We're greeted by a Rebel Fighter. It's considerably stonger than the scouts and sentries we met so far. Worst of all, sensors indicate it has transporters, so its crew might try to board us!

Sure enough, two hostiles beam over and try to take out our weapons consoles. We order Alexandru and Martinus to the bow and vent the area the intruders are in. They take out our weapons and move on the sensors.

We think the hostiles haved died, but not before taking out the internal sensors. Tamas and Alexandru rush to bring the weapons back online!

It turns out the enemies are alive and well. Alexandru tries to get to safety while running to safety!

Mart and Tamas strugle to get weapons back online - another direct hit sets the whole area ablaze!



Alexandru rushes for the pilot's seat, hoping he can computer the jump out just in time . . .

. . . but another hit and this is how the Beet Wagon and the last, best hope of the Federation dies . . .

[CountDeMoney]

Busted up like so much borscht.

[grumbler]

Excellent AAR!  I enjoyed it immensely.  It was so well-done, I think I would have enjoyed it even had toon-Marti, toon-Tamas, and toon-Alexandru survived.

[sbr]

Good stuff Syt.  I have been looking at this game for a while now and will be getting it eventually.

[The Brain]

will i be on the next voyage

[Jaron]

Did Alexandru survive?

[katmai]

And that is why you don't depend on eastern Europeans.

[Jaron]

Thanks, Syt. Game looks fun.

[Razgovory]

Well at least you took the Rebels who boarded your ship with you.

[Tamas]

I have unlocked: the Zoltan cruiser!

[Jaron]

I have unlocked: the Zoltan cruiser!

:worship:

[Berkut]

You really should try it with the Languish A-team instead of the guys who have proven their total incapability in getting anything done.

[Syt]

Thanks, all.

The game is,a s Tamas says, kind of addicting, but tough, as a lot of the gameplay depends on luck - the encounters are drawn at random based on the sector you're in, and you may have smooth sailing for a while but no chance to buy better weapons till you meet a foe that has you laughably outmatched. You can unlock better ships/crew over time, though.

Also, there's a few risk/reward mechanics going on. Distress calls can be easy (just show up, collect reward), difficult (having to beat an enemy, or it was a trap), and just mean (having a random crew member succumb to a lethal disease). Do you explore a few more systems, hoping the Rebels won't catch up? Of course that means more chances of being destroyed, but also more chances for upgrades and equipment.

What I'm really struggling with are boarding parties. In a 1-1 fight, my crewmen usually lose with the enemy still at 50% or more health. In a 2-1 fight, we can take him down, but chances are I still lose one crew member. The only fight I've won was by running up to the cockpit and venting the rest of the ship. By the time the enemies reached my guys they were at below half health. My crew knocked them out, but they were at 15 and 25% health respectively.

[Syt]

You had to save the ship in order to destroy it?