<strong>Destiny Points:</strong><br/>Light Side: 2 Dark Side: 0<br/><hr/><br/>"You've got moves, I'll give you that!" Sadie called after Kader, as he managed to cut her off on the entry in the trench. "But I'm comin' for ya!" Tong and Dremmer both lined up for attack runs on the guns, but the tight maneuvering space made it difficult to properly line up their shots without crashing into the walls. Sadie's firing did, however, drive an opening between Kader and Tong, which she moved to exploit.<br/><br/>In a made dash for the finish line, all three ships opened their throttles, hungry for the lead. That was when Sadie made a bold move. "Told ya I was comin' for ya!" she said, pulling even alongside Kader. But she'd made a dangerous miscalculation, and her ship crunched up against Kader's. A warning light flashed on his instrument panel, and his computer displayed in bold letters: "ERROR: POWER FLUCTUATIONS". He could feel safety measures kicking in, locking down on sensitive systems. His ship was still flying, but there was a definite performance reduction. It was getting much harder to squeeze performance out of the fragile little fighter.<br/><br/>"Kriff!" Sadie cursed again. "Sorry 'bout that Kader. I got cocky." Not that it made her any less inclined to ease off on the throttle. She was still fighting aggressively for position with Kader, with little room in the trench for the two of them.<br/><br/>"Dremmer, foul!" Rue shouted over the comms, his affable demeanour replaced with a hard paternal tone. "Five point penalty, and you'll report to me on return to<em>Tranquility</em>."<br/><br/>"Yessir!" Sadie said, a definite edge of worry creeping into her voice.<br/><br/>Ahead, the asteroid field was once more in view. The damaged turrets flickered, and were suddenly restored. This time, their heads swivelled to track the lead fighter on their course.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>Lyra takes a second aim maneuver, and fires. Despite a pretty hefty dice pool, she gets only 1 advantage. She will take a boost die to her next check. She suffers 2 strain to accelerate to speed 4<br/><br/>Sadie also aims and fires. She scores 1 advantage and 1 triumph. She will add a boost and an upgrade to her next check. She then suffers 2 strain to accelerate to speed 4<br/><br/>Piloting checks:<br/><br/>Lyra - Is apparently on fire this run, because she rolls 4 successes and 5 advantages. 5 point bonus for winning lap 1! She spends 3 advantages to gain the "variable density" perk, and 2 to recover her strain.<br/><br/>Sadie - Rolls 1 success, 5 advantages, a triumph and 2 DESPAIRS!!! She suffers a major collision.... WITH KADER! She rolls 1d100 - (Defense rating x 5) on the crit chart. Her final result is a 47. She suffers a component critical to her shields, knocking them offline for one round. <strong>Rolling for Kader, I get a final result of 79: POWER FLUCTUATIONS. Until this crit is repaired with an Average Mechanics check, Kader cannot voluntarily inflict system strain on his craft.</strong> She spends her triumph to force another cool check with Kader, using the same rules as before. Sadie spends her advantages the same way as Lyra.<br/><br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Score</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><strong>Current position:</strong><br/><br/>Lyra - 1st (Lap 2: leg 1)<br/>Sadie - 2nd (Lap 2: leg 1)<br/>Kader - 3rd (Lap 2: leg 1)<br/><br/><br/><strong>Points:</strong><br/>Lyra - 11 points<br/>Kader - 4 points<br/>Sadie - 4 points<br/><br/></div></div>