Well, ended up going to Titan for the League event… Won, so I got the nice shiny metal Focus
tokens that seem to be highly valued for some reason or another… Not really seeing it myself, but that I am
given to understand is not unusual. I
ran:
Bum
Rush (100)
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Jakku Gunrunner — Quadjumper
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15
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Courier Droid
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0
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Pattern Analyzer
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2
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Spacetug Tractor Array
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2
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Ship
Total: 19
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Fenn Rau — Protectorate
Starfighter
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28
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Push the Limit
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3
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Proton Torpedoes
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4
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Autothrusters
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2
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Concord Dawn Protector
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1
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Ship
Total: 38
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Guri — StarViper
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30
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Push the Limit
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3
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Advanced Proton Torpedoes
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6
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Fire-Control System
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2
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Scavenger Crane
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2
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Autothrusters
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2
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StarViper Mk. II
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-3
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Virago
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1
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Ship
Total: 43
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Took me a game to figure out what the Tug does… Roll in with say, a 3 Bank then use the Tug Array
to Tractor the target. In some cases to
move it out of formation, but usually just to give the -1 Agility. Then Fenn Rau and Guri hit it at Range 1. So, -1 Agility to deal with the 5 Dice
usually modified Attack from Fenn followed by ANOTHER almost guaranteed 5 Dice
hit from Guri. The Advanced Proton
Torpedoes (APT) on her specifically since she gets a free Focus just for being
at Range 1. The APTs are R1 only, and
with the FCS or PTL I will have the Target Lock ready by the time I get
there. Usually take the R3 shot on the
way in to establish the lock and then double reposition to get out of Arc and
at R1… Brutal. And then she uses the Crane to get the APTs
back. 1 time guaranteed, but usually at
least twice… She is almost always
getting kills… In my three games I know
I used the APTs 7 times. Like I said,
took me a game to figure the list out, and when I did… Well, I was a fan of Gary Fencik and Doug
Plank growing up, the “have one get there first, hold the target and the other
just roll in and hit the target HARD”.
Works REALLY well. Close loss my
first game, and the next two were 100-0 sweeps.
So, MoV was the good tie breaker for me.
So, this might actually be a contender for a “fun” event like a smaller
SC perhaps…
Looking ahead, I have at least 2 SCs in July coming up… Urbana and Bloomington on the 14th
and 21st respectively… No
clue on how many people are going to be at either of these events. Gopher in Urbana I think I will definitely be
flying my “fun” stuff… Debating for the
Bloomington one, I suspect the power level will be MUCH higher there, but… A LOT of people have just checked out and are
just waiting for version 2 of the game. And
I want to be sure to NOT go in full OP mode with all the broken stuff to places
like Mattoon where it is such a small group of players just getting started
really… I’d MUCH rather have more games
in the longer run than a few more victories in the short term, and the game is
transitioning to the second edition so I want to be especially careful not to
push the locals I really enjoy playing against away from the game at this delicate
time.
Work stuff… Applying for
a few other jobs here at the University and doing the standard “recon” for the
positions turns up one of the things that annoys me most about this place. 2 of the 3 places already essentially HAVE
people working in the jobs being advertised, seems that this is just the
required fake search to legitimize the promotion in place. I have to wonder how many other places out
there have things like this where you would waste so much time, energy and
money (since the time and energy are ALSO costs) to comply with State rules (or
whatever rules) on the surface, but of course it is just meaningless motion
allowing them to do what they were going to do anyway. I remember working in the real (Corporate) world
where promotions were just “fill out the paperwork and that is it”. Hell, in the Army I was just told that “You
are a Corporal now, Chappell” when I went from SPC E-4 to CPL E-4 to comply
with some Brigade level directive that only an NCO could command an armored
vehicle. Same thing going to SGT, my
Platoon SGT handed me a pair of his old SGT stripes to pin onto my Gortex and
uniform until we got back to a place where I could buy more… But in any case, still applying. Mostly to see if I actually get interviews to
practice, but there is also that saying about “You miss every shot you do not
take”. Hoping to at least make it to the
first cut and get in some more practice as I’ve updated my resume quite a bit,
and at least to my reading of the requirements I certainly at least meet/exceed
all of the required and most (or all) of the preferred qualifications… J Of course, I am biased and NOT on those
committees, so my opinion on that has no weight at all. We will see I suppose.
Motorcycle is running REALLY well. The replacement speedometer is nice, and she
is running at 60-80 MPH in 4th gear…
5th or OD allows me to cruise comfortably at 70+ and the
engine purring along at ~ 3000 RPM. The
bike is old enough to lack anything like a cruise control (Friction lock on the
throttle to “sort of” have something like cruise), reverse gear or anything
computer controlled… I installed USB
power to allow for the speedometer and a second port to let me charge up my
phone should it be needed. There is also
a second lighter adapter plug that I can connect should it be necessary. Frankly I do not THINK I will need it, but
the options are good to have. The phone
connects via Bluetooth to my headset/mic to in theory allow me to use the phone
or say, listen to music while out on the bike…
She runs nice and quiet, which works for me since I dislike loud noises
for the most part… And is really nice
having that much power when I hit the road.
Thinking I’ll bike it to at least some of the X-Wing events coming
up. Waiting on replacement paperwork to
submit my application to the “Combat Veteran’s Association” (NOT a MC), so at
some point I’ll be riding more and wearing those nice patches again…
