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Eden said "I think I like the cut of the ancient Rockman's jib. Everything sounds better in an ancient, foreign language"
Lux said pretty much the same thing in agreement "I like it. So what's going on out here in the clouds now?"

Eyesight Technology wrote:"How about the United Rogue Union?" Jake said with a chuckle. "A union of Rogues, like us! We're just a bunch of rogues, united together for a common cause!" He said with a laugh.

"So how about a vote, all in Favor of the URU or United Rogue Union say Aye" Bren declared

"Aye" Came from Bren, and Gorlag, Ruwen prefering his choice

(So yeah lets vote on this, I'm fine for either the Kumaran Fleet or the United Rogue Union ^_^)

Personally, I feel like Kumaran sounds like a ship name vs. an "organization" name. I'm fine with either one, but my characters both vote on URU.

"I vote URU," Jake said. "It sounds more official. Sort of mysterious, too."

"I'll go with Jake" Sarah said. "But perhaps it should just be United Rogues or Rogue Union because having both 'United' and 'Union' is a little repetitive."

"It sounds like something the bad guys would use in Captain Awesome" Lux said "And if your organisation has a cartoon villain name, it doesn't quite bode well for the mission..."
Eden scoffed "Last time I heard, the Bad To The Bone Pirates are doing quite well, along with the Bearded Bunny Corsairs..."
"Surely you're joking?" Lux asked incredulously.
"I'm not joking" Eden replied "And don't call me or their leader Shirley."

stylesrj wrote:"It sounds like something the bad guys would use in Captain Awesome" Lux said "And if your organisation has a cartoon villain name, it doesn't quite bode well for the mission..."
Eden scoffed "Last time I heard, the Bad To The Bone Pirates are doing quite well, along with the Bearded Bunny Corsairs..."
"Surely you're joking?" Lux asked incredulously.
"I'm not joking" Eden replied "And don't call me or their leader Shirley."

"Looks like we have our name" Bren said noticing something showing up on their sensors, "And looks like show time" he said as 3 rebel scouts jumped in, "Let me handle them...I got to test this new railcannon, Gorlag keep an eye on the engines, Ruwen make sure our sensors are operating" he said flying over, the rail cannon charging up and preparing to punch some holes"

BrenTenkage wrote:

stylesrj wrote:"It sounds like something the bad guys would use in Captain Awesome" Lux said "And if your organisation has a cartoon villain name, it doesn't quite bode well for the mission..."
Eden scoffed "Last time I heard, the Bad To The Bone Pirates are doing quite well, along with the Bearded Bunny Corsairs..."
"Surely you're joking?" Lux asked incredulously.
"I'm not joking" Eden replied "And don't call me or their leader Shirley."

"Looks like we have our name" Bren said noticing something showing up on their sensors, "And looks like show time" he said as 3 rebel scouts jumped in, "Let me handle them...I got to test this new railcannon, Gorlag keep an eye on the engines, Ruwen make sure our sensors are operating" he said flying over, the rail cannon charging up and preparing to punch some holes"

"Bren, this is your fight. But if things get ruff, I'm right behind you" Jake said, falling back aways into the fog. He kept his sensors closely locked on the Robin, as he waited for the FTL to charge.

The Pelican also took cover behind some thick-looking clouds, although the heat signature and the distinct hull of the hauler probably would have made it stand out quite easily.
"It's too risky to even try and board automated scouts" Eden said "First of all, there isn't anything to breathe onboard, second... there isn't much to board and third... with no organic crew onboard, there is no need for inertial dampening and have you seen how those ships move?"

That's one of the things I don't understand about automated ships. The fact that you can board them and not get turned into paste or black out every time those things move.
"Maybe the uniforms have inertial dampeners" and not radiation shielding and an internal air supply?

Eyesight Technology wrote:

BrenTenkage wrote:

stylesrj wrote:"It sounds like something the bad guys would use in Captain Awesome" Lux said "And if your organisation has a cartoon villain name, it doesn't quite bode well for the mission..."
Eden scoffed "Last time I heard, the Bad To The Bone Pirates are doing quite well, along with the Bearded Bunny Corsairs..."
"Surely you're joking?" Lux asked incredulously.
"I'm not joking" Eden replied "And don't call me or their leader Shirley."

"Looks like we have our name" Bren said noticing something showing up on their sensors, "And looks like show time" he said as 3 rebel scouts jumped in, "Let me handle them...I got to test this new railcannon, Gorlag keep an eye on the engines, Ruwen make sure our sensors are operating" he said flying over, the rail cannon charging up and preparing to punch some holes"

"Bren, this is your fight. But if things get ruff, I'm right behind you" Jake said, falling back aways into the fog. He kept his sensors closely locked on the Robin, as he waited for the FTL to charge.

(Scarab now LOL, also they are living scouts, or maybe 2 living and one auto scout)

Bren smirked as the first one came in, "Found you, had a hunch those signals were fake, now just need to-"

Bren opened fired on their engines, the rail cannon piercing the shields and hull completely destroying the engines and even causing a violent hull breach

"SHIT SHIT SHIT, EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE WARN THE FLE-

It was too late a well placed shot into their cockpit with the crystals put that ship out

"Anyone else wanna try me...or perhaps you'd like to try my friends" he said as he noticed Eden's ship closing in on another one, guess they need to restock on human

It was clear to the scouts they needed to get out but another couple of rail gun shots disabled their engines

"Quick loading, shield peircing, and does hull breaches, whats the down side" he asked chuckling as there was a now an alarm

"Damn it, weapons are over heating...thats why..." he grumbled, his fun being ruined, at least the scouts wouldn't be leaving any time soon and Eden's pirates would have a feast tonight

"Awwwwww, damn! I can't miss out on all the fun!" Jake whined to no-one. He swerved the ship around, firing all non-missile consuming weapons at one of the scouts. It was torn to shreds. A slight "wub wub" sound reverberated through the hull as a few shots from the enemy harmlessly struck the purple shield. "Need anymore help?" Jake said into the radio. "This is too much fun!"

I know what you're thinking. No sound in space. But the shield impact sound could be the impact reverberating through the shield like a tuning fork, and into the ship. This would explain a garbled sound generated from shield impacts.

"It looks like meat is back..."
"It's always been on the menu!" Eden interrupted as her pirates got to work tearing into one of the Rebel ships as they drifted towards the Pelican. "Just not this meat; I'm sure our Federation Fleet Commander wouldn't want us disrespecting the bodies of the Rebels... they're not pirates after all."

I go with the Mass Effect explanation; no sound in space but the ship's computers program them in so you have an idea of what's going on. You can turn the audio off and watch ships silently explode and drift away but... well that's just preferences.