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Eyesight Technology wrote:

BrenTenkage wrote:The mantis talked to each other
"Or one battle for the gris VS that fine ship" he offered

"Are you talking about a ship to ship battle?" Jake asked. "Cause if you want a good ship to ship battle, I'm sure I can supply."

"No....of course not, we aren't foolish enough to fight 3 ships at once, we could take out 2 of your ships but the third would destoy us, no we want a battle on our ship, a fair fight for honor and prizes" he said

"Jake, I recommend we go with their terms." Lux said "We should let them pick a warrior to fight their champion and get the Spacergris and help Bren, not fight for vague prizes. What if they decide that for our victory we get a wobbly datadisk rack and a new sonic washer and plasma toaster oven?"
"Luxanna, you're not..."
"They can hear it, I know."

stylesrj wrote:"Jake, I recommend we go with their terms." Lux said "We should let them pick a warrior to fight their champion and get the Spacergris and help Bren, not fight for vague prizes. What if they decide that for our victory we get a wobbly datadisk rack and a new sonic washer and plasma toaster oven?"
"Luxanna, you're not..."
"They can hear it, I know."

"Fine fine, whatever you say, just dock by us and we will look over your crew. Don't worry we are mantis but we aren't going to ambush you, I'm trying to be a business man not some shady pirate who is gonna die screaming in pain when he picks a fight with some dickweedle who has a weapon that can hull breach and set them on fire"

"We have no fighters. If we fight on their ship, we loose. If we fight on our ship... I have an idea. A fair fight, with a crewman is what they want. I can give it to them. But anyone we send onboard their ship could and would be slaughtered. It's Mantis, Lux. They don't play nice."

Eyesight Technology wrote:"We have no fighters. If we fight on their ship, we loose. If we fight on our ship... I have an idea. A fair fight, with a crewman is what they want. I can give it to them. But anyone we send onboard their ship could and would be slaughtered. It's Mantis, Lux. They don't play nice."

"What about Ruwen, he is a crystal, and they might not have a way to fight them well" Gorlag suggested

"Whats a crystal?" The mantis asked

"Shit forgot to turn off the com" he said

"No our slug techs are keeping tabs on your coms, don't want anyone getting an idea to attack a merchant vessel" he said

Eden cleared her throat. "We do have fighters..." she said "They fight just as hard as Mantis, if not harder"
She then added "Besides, we know the Mantis don't play nice. But even they would not be as foolish as to dishonour themselves after ritual combat."
Slug techs though... they might try and tip the scales if things go wrong. Using telepathy at the peak of battle could prove distracting and it's not like the Mantis would know the Slugs ruined their honour

stylesrj wrote:Eden cleared her throat. "We do have fighters..." she said "They fight just as hard as Mantis, if not harder"
She then added "Besides, we know the Mantis don't play nice. But even they would not be as foolish as to dishonour themselves after ritual combat."
Slug techs though... they might try and tip the scales if things go wrong. Using telepathy at the peak of battle could prove distracting and it's not like the Mantis would know the Slugs ruined their honour

"Allright. Ruwen, I guess you're our man. We will transfer you onto whatever battleground the Mantis decide.... What's it gonna be? Your hanger bay? Your entire ship?

I don't like this Lux, I don't like this at all..." Jake said, shaking his head. Sarah grimaced, listening to the conversation.

Eyesight Technology wrote:

stylesrj wrote:Eden cleared her throat. "We do have fighters..." she said "They fight just as hard as Mantis, if not harder"
She then added "Besides, we know the Mantis don't play nice. But even they would not be as foolish as to dishonour themselves after ritual combat."
Slug techs though... they might try and tip the scales if things go wrong. Using telepathy at the peak of battle could prove distracting and it's not like the Mantis would know the Slugs ruined their honour

"Allright. Ruwen, I guess you're our man. We will transfer you onto whatever battleground the Mantis decide.... What's it gonna be? Your hanger bay? Your entire ship?

I don't like this Lux, I don't like this at all..." Jake said, shaking his head. Sarah grimaced, listening to the conversation.

"We will battle in our hanger, we can even transmit the video to you, or even record it and give it to you for no extra charge, I know some humans like watching mantis fights" he said as the Scarab began to fly in closer

(so does someone want to play the mantis fighter or will I just write up the entire battle)

Kilispikik had a lot to prove in the upcoming fight.
The other Mantis hives didn't think she had what it took to become a warrior but circumstances back home led to her having to have to try.
Turns out that in her travels, she was getting quite good at the whole killing business and having signed up to work on the merchant vessel, she figured she could rack up a few more kills before her hive would grant her the honour of flying a ship of her own and leading a clutch of warriors into glorious combat.

"Some meatsacks have thought they could challenge us" she was informed as she headed for the hangar. "You said you wanted to prove yourself, now's your chance to uphold your hive's honour."
"Very good. Have you picked a challenger from their pathetic ships?" Kilispikik asked, rubbing her claws together, sharpening them for the fight.
"They claim to have some sort of Rockman made of crystals. Is that a problem?"
Kilispikik slammed a claw into a conveniently-provided stack of bricks, cutting through a few of them. "Those meatsacks think that our claws are not sharp enough to cut stones... that Rockman will be nothing more than a Pebbleman when I'm done."

Dun dun dun!