Dumb ways to die!

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Jacke
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby Jacke » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:50 am

Still new to FTL: AE, first run on the Kestrel C, still learning the ship and its weapons.

First jump: too near a star, enemy ship, take a beating, but defeat it.

Second jump: too near a star, another enemy ship.

There was no third jump. :x
Tharsis
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby Tharsis » Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:09 pm

i have had several with no second jump...
"The're coming to destroy us... Why?... We want peace..."
The Dark Ones
dreadthrone
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby dreadthrone » Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:21 am

once i was cruising along in a rock sector in a mantis-b i found a ship and heir captain joined my ship.. litttle did he know he was stepping into a RNG satanpit..

a few jumps later i find another rock ship which has the dreaded missile launcher... i boarded with my rock and teleported him out before he could die.. i sent him towards my medbay thinking "it would suck if my rockmen got hit by a missile and died.." then before i know it.. the enemy reads my mind and sends a missile towards my rockmen :o

he died..

a few jumps later the ship ran into a rebel fighter and died.... :twisted:
You cannot defeat the metal. The metal will live on.

Rebelflagship POWER SLAMMED to the ground.
Bladewraith
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby Bladewraith » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:56 pm

Dumbest Death had to be Federation Cruiser, Sector 6, doing actually quite well, except a Rebel fighter started a fire that got a little out of control, i thought, meh, no worries i've got plenty of health left, another volley or beam and the rebel is dead... so i decide to put my crew into two compartments away from the now several that are on fire, and vent the O2... only as soon as i opened all doors with the push of a single button, 1 final missile from the rebel takes out my door control and now i can't close them... and so the entire ship vents before i can fix the doors and everyone dies...

never used the open all doors button since
META_mahn
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby META_mahn » Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:37 pm

NEW DUMBEST DEATH

-Mantis B
-Failed Boarding Attempt[almost]
-One Mantis on 1 HP
-Trolling around enemy ship
-Forgets about deoxygenated hull breach from drone
-Dies in Low O2 Zone
Back from the dead. After a two year hiatus.
Mikeshadow
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby Mikeshadow » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:34 am

Mantis B,I was trying to click the exit beacon but instead,I clicked the beacon that attacked by rebels..... of course, behind where I am, and because how the game work,I need to deal with a rebel elite with anti-ship battery, I thought I can escape but the game outsmarted me. First,the elite hit my pilot,I can repair it on time, then the ASB blow up my level 3 engine. :shock:
I have 3 Mantis crew(I got one from pirates)which does not help in this situation whatsoever.I can't do anything but just look at my ship explode after taking all the abuses.

R.I.P.(Rest In Pieces. lol)
The Basilisk
Crew:King(Mantis),Fish(Mantis),Steve(Mantis)
Died to captain's carelessness in beacon jumping

I don't even know why I clicked the beacon on the first place, oh well it's already over, but I still remember it. I feel myself so dumb every time I think about that.
I wonder what will be like if you stuck in a middle of a plasma storm and only have the life support on... I hope no one find us...
SelphieSelfie
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby SelphieSelfie » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:44 pm

I'm surprised no one has posted this yet. Happened to me about 3 times now.

*Rips through enemies.
*Forgets to turn Oxygen back on.
Tojin
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby Tojin » Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:47 pm

Engi Type B.

So I ended up fighting the ASB due to some poor planning, and got out alive, but severely damaged. Jumped to the exit, went to a civilian sector. First jump, I get an automated scout with no shields. I think, "OK, no problem".

Then it hacks my weapons.

Game over.
erumsey
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby erumsey » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:19 pm

This is the dumbest way the rebel flagship died. Here's its perspective
HA! The USS tetragon? This should be EASY!
Uhhh captian. This tetragon has a
CHARGE THE EVERYTHING CREW! But uhh sir
I SAID CHARGE THE EVERYTHING!
SIR! This ship has a Vulcan on it!
Wait... What
*tetragon warps in*
*me* say hello to my little friend
Pew
EVERYBODY RUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN
Pew pew
AHHHHHHHHHHH
*death star music plays*
Starts Pewing at full potential
AUHHHHHH
*blows up first stage flagship*
This is what the gunner at the lasers was saying at stage3
Please kill with death blossom please kill with death blossom PLEASE KILL WITH DEATH BLOSSOM
Pew pew pew pew pew
HES NOT DEAD AHHHHHHH
*rebel flagship blows up*
Yeah they made a big mistake. A very big one.
THE END
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stylesrj
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Re: Dumb ways to die!

Postby stylesrj » Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:49 pm

Huh, in my case the Rebel Flagship would be like this:

Rebel Officer: A Vulcan? Pah that's a stupid weapon. Just drop a Hacking Drone on the Weapons and call it a day.
Gunner: Ummm sir, they've shot it down.
Officer: Launch another one then Johnson!
Gunner: Hey it got through and disabled their drones! Must be the Basilisk.
Officer: Also, we're cloaked and have missiles. Let's keep hitting their Weapons with them and setting them on fire.

On the Basilisk:
Mantis: Gah how do I fix this thing again? Where's the Engi?
Engi: Beep boop. I'm in the Clone Bay. You broke it in the last battle and caused a hull breach. The DNA bank is keeping me intact.
Mantis: Gah! How can we board this foolish meatsack ship at low health?