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Comms for escorts

Post by jonnycuba »

How about beefing up the role of escorts?
I nearly always hitch a ride through the wake of a wormhole these days, often following the lead ship before the escorts even make the jump. It would be nice if said escorts gave you warnings to keep away/distance as comms messages, they do seem a bit passive at the moment. They are hired guns after all (some even criminals it would seem).

"Hey Mr Cobra pilot, move away if you want to make it to the station alive"

"keep your distance buddy"

"What's your game pilot? get the hell away... NOW!"

"Oi sonny, your pushing your luck, move along"

"you've been hanging around like a bad smell, push off!"

"If you know what's good for you hop it!"

"I can smell Trumble food behind us"

etc...


Or even chatter among the escorts...

"Right lads we've got a bogy (sp.!?) on our tail"
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Post by Star Gazer »

or even some entirely unintelligible com gobbledegook... ..sort of "Pilottttssssunkkswwwwischhhhhvvverrrrrrrrrrroooooom, plitt plitt plitt, roger. Unidentifiiiiiiiiii beeroooommmshuuuuuummm or be destroioioioiiint"

You know the sort of thing - possibly a 'bit' of distortion created by the energy residue of the wormhole?
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Post by hoqllnq »

..or if your legal status were clean:
"ahoy commander. we're going to usqurave. youre welcome to join the
convoy"

also, a pack of pirates might radio me:
"yarrr!! drop yer cargos or taste the vacuum!"


(edit)
the police are already quite creative. the other day they msgd me:
"brigand! you are scheduled for termination"
it made me smile. presumably not the effect intended by the cop in question. (/edit)
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Post by jonnycuba »

I'm diggin' it hoqling... add on!
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Post by TedJ »

Or to quote Hot Black Desiato's bodyguard... "Beat it, before someone beats it for you." :D
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Post by Flying_Circus »

TedJ wrote:
Or to quote Hot Black Desiato's bodyguard... "Beat it, before someone beats it for you." :D
Oi am Black Desiato's bodyguard... I am wesponsibul for 'is body...

Oi am not wesponsibul fowr yowr body...

...so, please, take it away, before it gets... damijed
And so I gave myself to God. There was a pregnant pause before He said "OK"
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