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On Saturday, some NELUGgers converged in Arlington Massachusetts for the first
of what will surely be many "Modular" Brikwars games. We had a back-story
(http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=2258), enforced modular compatibility
(http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=17291), a massive list of
forthcoming rooms (http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=2285), and a penchant
for the high-rolling lifestyle. The result was a superb game of TL6 Brikwars,
with Government Coalition troops vying to secure their rightful ship, while
rebellious Faction troops sought to disrupt the status-quo by stealing
pornography, alien genetic code data, and muffin recipes from the data banks
hidden throughout the ship.
The Coalition forces landed on the ship the way normal people do, via the main
hangers:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192733
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192734
The Faction troops, meanwhile, entered the ship the way parasites and dung
beetles do, through the waste disposal system.
Note that pictures of all the major rooms are in the directory, including:
freaky research lab, 2 medical labs, a dental lab, hydroponics lab, teleporter
room with functional RCX effects, secret laboratory, storage, mess hall, brig,
officers' quarters, and so on and so forth.
The Coalition troops had to wend a rather defined path towards the ultimate
goal, the teleporter room (which was the sole source of access to the secret
lab). Along the way, they completed their requirements in terms of obtaining
and uploading data disks. The Faction troops, meanwhile, quickly spread out
like the abominable plague they represent, and coursed through the bulk of the
ship.
As if innately sensing their disagreeableness, the Faction troops were soon
ambushed by an alien life form that had established itself in the ducts of the
ship:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192766
Said encounter did not end well for the hapless Faction troop. His teammate,
shown here, later washed him off of his boots:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192770
The bulk of the inter-team action ended up happening in one area; where the
teleporter room met the Coalition's primary hallway. Here the Coalition tried
to move troops into position for a full assault into the teleporter room, while
the Faction troops covered the doorway and sent harassing formations in to keep
the Coalition occupied. For example, a charging Kamikaze is seen here,
exterminated in his headlong dash into the Coalition forward lines:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192771
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192772
Other forays met with similar results:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192773
However, these seemingly self-destructive acts were not without purpose! The
body count inside the Coalition forward lines also continued to mount, and it
took more time to bring yet additional troops up into position.
One Coalition trooper finally braved the unknown and entered what was certain
to be alien-infested territory. Seeing a Faction troop ahead of him, he lobbed
a grenade with impeccable zeal. Sadly, his throwing arm was not nearly so
impeccable, and his toss fell quite short:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192775
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192776
No matter - that selfsame troop was shortly munched by a rampaging alien. Oh,
joyous day!
While the Faction troops apparently smelled like the Alien equivalent of peanut
butter and jelly, the Coalition troops apparently stank like Alien body odor.
Although he was sniffed by a deadly creature from behind, without his
knowledge, the alien decided, via a lucky dice roll, not to attack:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192774
In fact, this trooper was saved by Lady Luck for three consecutive turns, never
once being attacked. The alien, his stomach turned for good, finally moved on.
It is now rumored that the Coalition trooper and Lady Luck are engaged.
The secret objective was to obtain the new technology hidden in, appropriately
enough, the secret laboratory. The new technology was a hat that defied all
the logic of fashion and grace:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192779
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192780
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192781
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192782
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192783
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192784
Said hat also had some funky powers, which are better left described by the
victors who now possess said funky hat. I said. Say what?
Much to the Coalition's delight, an alien made it into the secret lab as well,
and played Oreo Cookie with some Faction Troop's head:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192788
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192789
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192790
Unfortunately, the funky hat had already left the room, and was being toted
back to the waste disposal area from whence the Factions came.
Meanwhile, back at the Coalition front line, a heavy 'borg had been wreaking
havoc on Faction troops, absorbing their fire with contempt and mowing them
down in return. Finally, a pair of Faction heroes ducked into the fray, and
just barely managed to overcome the 'borg's hefty armor rating. Sadly, just
barely is more than enough, and the 'borg exploded in a furious fireball. A
few other Coalition troops were caught in the blast, though most of them were
aware of the temperamental nature of exploding 'borgs and had allowed them wide
berth. Don't get me wrong, though, there was some incineration going on:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192785
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192786
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=192787
In a last desperate attempt to beat the funky hat wearer back to the Faction
entry point, and try to wrench victory from defeat's cruel grasp, a pair of
Coalition troops tried to make a break across another guarded hallway. The
first trooper was hit squarely by a poised Faction troop wielding a death gun:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=192791
However, the Faction demonstrated to everybody why they must be eliminated. In
rolling their 2d20 damage, the Faction troop rolled thusly:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=192793
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=192794
Interestingly enough, a roll of 6 is not enough to kill a trooper with an AV of
7. We laughed at the Faction troop, and to this day we memorialize him on a
national holiday we like to call "Buffoon's Day". The Coalition troop was
dispatched in the same turn by a Faction soldier carrying an IMPACT RIFLE. Ah,
the irony!
The Faction team did win a hard-fought battle. Kudos to them, the slimy
hagfish on the buttocks of space civilization.
For further synopses of the events immediately following the battle, please see
the following posts:
http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=2288
http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=2289
Enjoy!
-s
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