Hey Halibane  ~<br/><br/>Well, I honestly did hesitate before admitting I am new to group games, as it seems to change people's perception. And as my first foray into group games, I jumped into 2 games pretty much at the same time, lol - but I didn't mention my noob status at my other game, where I seem to be fitting in quite nicely.<br/><br/>But yeah...I have only seen the movies, I haven't read any books or supplementary material, and I have zero gun/military experience. So....hehe....I honestly have no idea what servos in a power armor suit are capable of. Using the metal flashlight to buy a few minutes when I thought the steel netting could kill Yui sounded like a good idea at the time, kind of like a wedding ring preventing an emergency door from slamming shut in "The Abyss". But once the exceptional strength and design of Yui's suit were pointed out to me, I did adjust my post to better reflect "reality".  *chuckles*<br/><br/>And to your second point....it's true, I am used to 1x1 play where I have my characters reacting to any significant events occurring IC...I will take my cues from the other players here as to how much they have their characters react or ignore issues that arise from Urban's crafty mind, hehe.  Good point, thank you.<br/><br/>However, one of the totally fun yet potentially annoying things I see group games might offer, is that other players don't always have their characters behave the way you would want them to *smile*  So...with DeSilva, you may have noticed in my original post, DeSilva had a little bit of a hard time referring to Senjo by name, calling her "synthetic" automatically before correcting herself a couple times. Senjo is her first experience with a synthetic as a member of her squad. And perhaps unfairly, she does not equate the death of a synthetic as carrying the same weight as the death of a human marine. Yes, the synthetic is valuable, as DeSilva acknowledges...but she doesn't quite believe yet that synthetics are alive in the same way humans are alive, just that they "exist", and she expects Senjo can be repaired from most injuries.  So, that inherent prejudice, combined with her belief that Senjo has excellent reflexes based on computer precision, PLUS the fact that the men were merely knocked off their feet and expected to almost immediately get back into fighting stance and kick some predator ass, PLUS the perception that the creature has significant helmet/armor protection (obviously HazMan tried to kill the creature with his rifle, and Yui blasted it in a major fire bath)...so yeah.  DeSilva did run directly at the creature, firing directly at it nonstop...so if its back was to her as you intimated in your post, she did try and bring it down, but maybe not exactly the way you hoped she'd try. And she tried to distract it from killing Senjo. But, assuming its attention was diverted to DeSilva, she couldn't just go to-to-toe with the thing, and thus the evasive maneuvering in Yui's direction.  After Senjo, Yui appeared to be the marine in most danger to DeSilva (will the metal netting continue to constrict, or will her suit hold?), and she acted accordingly...rightly or wrongly.  I'm sure Sarge and whoever else can give her a dressing down post conflict if they feel she acted inappropriately.<br/><br/>So anyway...thanks for taking the time to comment, Halibane - like I said before I thoroughly enjoy your posts and therefore I do appreciate your feedback.  And now....back to the fun!   ;D<br/>