SAVE THE COSMOS, GET THE GIRL, BE A ROBOT WITH A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX DISCOVER STRANGE NEW LIFE AND MEET OR EAT IT. WELCOME TO: GALACTIC FLEET!

Okay, since the John is Possessed game didn’t end up gaining traction, let’s do a game of Laser’s and Feelings. It’s a one-page space rpg by John Harper. We’ll keep it fast and loose, and base this one the tone of Galaxy Quest/Star Trek/The Orville etc.

  • Choose a Style for Your Character: Alien, Android, Dangerous, Heroic, Hot Shot, Intrepid or Savy.

  • Choose a Role for Your Character: Doctor, Envoy, Explorer, Engineer, Pilot, Scientist, or Soldier.

  • Choose Your Number, from 2 to 5: A high number means you’re better at LASERS (Technology; Science; Cold rationality; calm, precise action). A low number means you’re better at FEELINGS (Intuition; Diplomacy; Seduction; wild, passionate action).

  • Give Your Character a Cool Space Name Like Dirk Fark-hopper or Something:

  • In Your Inventory: You have consortium uniform (with built-in vac-suit for space walks) a SUPER-SWEET-space-phone-communicator-thing (with built in translator), a variable-beam phase pistol (set to stun, of course…usually).

  • Pick a character Goal: Become Captain, Meet New Aliens, Shoot Bad Guys, Find New Worlds, Solve Weird Space Mysteries, Prove Yourself, or Keep Being Awesome.

  • You have a ship: The Technicolor Nebulae, it’s Well-Armed, with a Cloaking Device, only it has Horrible Circuit-Breakers.

STORY:

ALIEN BRAIN WORMS WANT TO EMPOWER THEIR GIANT DEATH RAY WHICH WILL DESTROY AN ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM!!!

  • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    [Bridge] (Scene 2)

    Danzer’s phaser blinds the redshirt on the left, causing him to become dazed. Hammer incapacitates the middle crewman with a flying fist that comes down across the man’s forehead and Kidd shoots his phaser at the redshirt on the right, wounding him in the shoulder, but bring the man’s ire upon him, the man leaps over the Captain’s chair, firing his phaser at Kidd…

    Heads up, due to my internet issues at home, I may not be able to respond this weekend (at library wifi right now). I live on a mountain and the bus doesn’t go into town on Sunday’s, so if not able I will reply on Monday sometime ;)

    • CodexArcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      (Sorry for the delay, busy weekend\start of week!)

      Blinking the residual flash from his eyes (“Good thing my back was turned!” he thinks) Cory locks onto the dazed crewman. Hammer swings around behind him, grabbing him in a secure hold, and attempts to use him as a human shield against the entrenched crewman (to protect Kidd and keep the dazed one incapacitated.)

      I think wrastlin’ with worm heads in still in my Soldier wheelhouse, but deep in a melee with phasers flying around, I feel under prepared. So 2d6, Feelings again (>4): 5, 6. Woohoo, the wizard dice are rolling good! Standard success, no flair.

      Hammer yells to his crewmates, “I can finish these mutinous mutants off, go after the Captain and slow him down!”

      • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        2·
        29 days ago

        Sorry for the delays, the Internet is still out at my place and I haven’t been able to make it to town for the past week. I’ll try to have something up hopefully today, but might be tomorrow depending on how errands go this afternoon.

      • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        2·
        28 days ago

        You quickly spin around the tall blond redshirt, fastening his arms to his side. The man tries to wrench free, but you’ve outmatched him with your superior strength and skill. Below you, in front of the Captain’s chair, Kidd rolls out of the way of the short, bearded man’s lunge. The man lands on one knee, in obvious pain, but unholsters his phaser and attempts to shoot at the fleeing Kidd.

    • madjo@feddit.nl
      1·
      1 month ago

      Kidd sees the danger he is and dives out of the way, leaving his phaser on the ground. This seems to be a lasers roll, I’m well trained in combat, and that includes evasion, so I’d say I’m skilled in that, I rolled a 1 and a 3.

      I’ll try to reach the destroyed console to see if I can fix it in the next round.

      • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        2·
        29 days ago

        Sorry for the delays, the Internet is still out at my place and I haven’t been able to make it to town for the past week. I’ll try to have something up hopefully today, but might be tomorrow depending on how errands go this afternoon.

      • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        You deftly roll out of the way and the redshirt slams to the floor on one knee, grunting in pain from the impact. He grabs his phaser, giving up on his attempt to melee, and fires at you from his hip…