RPlog:35 ISY Competition: Black Butterfly vs Slush

 Sitting down and strapping herself into the 'cockpit' of the simulator, Slush gets herself ready, not doing anything different than she would normally, flight check and all. Once everything's good to go, she is 'launched' and the match is allowed to start. She waits until the time that Sarai's 'ship' takes off as well she opens fire, trying to get the upper hand immediately. All four weapons are fired at once while she screams towards the other pilot's craft, starting off in a predicable start by doing so.  Liza rolls a 17 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. A Good roll!  Liza rolls a 8 with 3D. A Poor roll!  Sarai rolls a 20 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Good roll!  Sarai rolls a 25 with 3D+2. An Excellent roll!

 It is easily that for a second time Sarai is strapped into a seat, this time, not against Krieg, but her own boss-lady- Liza. She's quick for the start though, and manages to maneuver out of the way before firing back, four carefully aimed shots.

 Sarai rolls a 12 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Average roll!  Sarai rolls a 8 with 3D. A Poor roll!  Liza rolls a 23 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll!  Liza rolls a 13 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

 It seems like it's going to be a repeat of her fight with the Admiral the other day as so far they both have missed, the first round of fire not finding its home as both pilots skillfully pilot their fighters out of harm's way. She shakes her head and gets herself in and around to Sarai's six, then, slipping behind her after a rolling turn that puts her in the perfect position to take a shot.

 Liza rolls a 25 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll!  Liza rolls a 9 with 3D. A Poor roll!  Sarai rolls a 17 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Good roll!  Sarai rolls a 16 with 3D+2. A Good roll!  Liza rolls a 29 with 6D. An Excellent roll!

<Black Butterfly> "Your shields are down to 7, I repeat your shields are down to 7..." Chimes a woman's voice even as Sarai swears mildly and pulls up and around, to get another shot yet at Liza. All she can do is hope.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 20 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 11 with 3D. An Average roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 22 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 10 with 3D+2. A Poor roll!

<Slush> A close call, most likely thanks to Liza getting sloppy, a momentary laps in attention as she was celebrating getting the first hit. The fact that she's fully intact, shields at full and such has her taking a deep breath in relief and then she pulls her stick to the right and back, a banking climb that puts her at a slight advantage due to the change in altitude. The trigger's pulled once the stick steadies, sending four bolts of green towards Sarai's craft, this time having aimed for her tail.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 25 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 13 with 3D. An Average roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 13 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 16 with 3D+2. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 26 with 6D. An Excellent roll!

<Black Butterfly> There is a disadvantage to having a large rear- in this case, Liza slaps it, one, two, three, four. There is a minor cursing call from Sarai even as she realizes she got duped, then dropping down into a dizzying half circle, she fires.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 15 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 9 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 17 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 13 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Slush> Another shot by Sarai misses by a rather large margin, something that is displeasing to the Sarian, her face held in a frown now that remains hidden under her flight helmet. After pulling off a barrel role that assured the shots never found their target, she gets her ship straightened out and, after a bit of work, gets the fast moving Interceptor turned around, quite a feat when you are moving at excessive speeds. She tugs at the front of her flight suit in annoyance while she shoots again, this time with the intent to hit Sarai in the right side.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 25 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 7 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 20 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 12 with 3D+2. An Average roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 24 with 6D. An Excellent roll!

<Black Butterfly> Too many places to look to at once, and that is what causes the rocking hits to Sarai's right side, even as she slams a button to shut off the sirens about the hull and shields- she knows, by now! Gritting her teeth, she pulls the fighter around in a tight circle to aim at Liza.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 27 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 9 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 32 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Heroic roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 14 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Slush> Angling her ship so that it basically tips up on one side, Liza banks and maneuvers her craft easily, causing the shots to streak past with much in the way of room. Her ship drops down, nose angled at a fairly severe rate only to be brought up quickly to point at Sarai's belly, her tactics ever-changing this round.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 21 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 23 with 3D. An Excellent roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 23 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 18 with 3D+2. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 19 with 6D. A Good roll!

<Black Butterfly> Another round of swearing, and her hull drops below thirty-five. Sarai had barely hit Krieg by now, so it's with raised eyebrows that she makes the fighter stand on it's tail, and then finishing the full three-sixty while firing at Liza the whole time.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 14 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 12 with 3D. An Average roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 26 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 8 with 3D+2. A Poor roll!

<Slush> Liza winces as she's missed, feeling for Sarai's bout of bad luck, the latest miss having her shake her head. The stick is pulled back, the fighter pulled into a loop which she hopes will put her into position the get in behind her fellow pilot, the Sarian allowing the targeting computer to do its job before she tries to shoot.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 21 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 9 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 24 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 11 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Black Butterfly> Bad luck? This is starting to become a normal routine- no, not really, even as she completely stops the engines, the jolt shuddering them to a stop right as the shots go right around them. Re-gunning her engine, Sarai drops down into a dive, letting the computer focus be fore she shoots.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 11 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 13 with 3D. An Average roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 14 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 12 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Slush> Still no go as Liza manages to pilot her craft away from the weapons fire, this time in a margin that is a lot narrower than the majority of the previous shots. She pulls a 180 and takes after Sarai, not giving her a chance to get her wits about her and prepare to take another shot at her, Slush hurriedly taking a shot as she pulls up behind Sarai on her six.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 29 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 6 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 15 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 9 with 3D+2. A Poor roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 16 with 6D. A Good roll!

<Black Butterfly> Eyes grow wide, and there's a stream of unknown trader-argot from the young flight officer in the second sim. She stands on her fighters nose, but it doesn't work, so instead as she pulls up and around she lets off her shots at Liza.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 18 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 13 with 3D. An Average roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 11 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 7 with 3D+2. A Poor roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 28 with 6D. An Excellent roll!

<Slush> It is with no small amount of satisfaction when Slush finally feels her ship shake, her shields reduced to almost nothing by that single well-placed shot. She can't help but to chuckle as she takes the time to follow Sarai, chasing here for a moment before returning the weapons fire, allowing all four blasters fire at once.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 19 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 8 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 23 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 14 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Black Butterfly> Sarai is finally paying attention to her teacher, and she pulls off a couple of maneuvers she hadn't thought of to easily dive out of the way of the Liza's shots, twisting the fighter around with alacrity and a smooth speed, opening fire.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 13 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Average roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 8 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 21 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 18 with 3D+2. A Good roll!

<Slush> Luck is fickle and skill is often times something that betrays a pilot, that fact proven as Molokai steers her Interceptor out of Sarai's line of fire. The shot is quickly returned, the Sarian, once again taking a shot the other competitor, trying to get at least one more hit before she gets too far ahead of her.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 17 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 7 with 3D. A Poor roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 21 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 12 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Black Butterfly> It seems it is too late, for Sarai's Interceptor has already distanced itself far away to evade Liza's line of fire easily. But then it turns around and goes straight at Slush, shooting while she can.

<SKILL> Sarai rolls a 19 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 5 with 3D. A Very Poor roll! <SKILL> Liza rolls a 19 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 12 with 3D+2. An Average roll!

<Slush> Her callsign might be Slush but she's running hot in the cockpit, the pilot diving out of the way as she does. Being beneath Sarai, again, she pulls up and fires, another shot that, if all goes according to plan, will disable her ship.

<SKILL> Liza rolls a 22 for her STARSHIP GUNNERY skill. An Excellent roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 15 with 3D. An Average roll! <SKILL> Sarai rolls a 18 for her STARFIGHTER PILOTING skill. A Good roll! <ROLL> Sarai rolls a 17 with 3D+2. A Good roll! <ROLL> Liza rolls a 21 with 6D. An Excellent roll!

<Black Butterfly> Sarai was not expecting that, even though she should have, so as the console locks down, she chuckles wryly. "Ah, well." She remarks, unbuckling and stepping out of the simulator.

<Slush> The fight's over and Liza can't help but to nod, smiling as she does so. Her simulator's shut down and she emerges from the cockpit, stepping up along side Sarai as she does. "You did darn well."