Needtocomeupwithaname (Fenspace Gargoyle) (Original Poster)
Posted on April 16th, 2025:
I think we've just gotten the confirmation we didn't want.
Lun was tracked to the independant settlement Blue Haven by the SHIELD cruiser Steve Rogers. The Steve Rogers requested tha Lun stand down, and transit under escort to a nearby Great Justice waystation. A short radio exchange happened, in which this was recorded:
"You're investigating me for killing an enemy agent? Isn't that a bit like handing out speeding tickets at the Formula 1 world championship?"
Lun attempts to rush past the Steve Rogers. Steve Rogers moves to block, giving Lun the option of either opening fire, or standing down, obviously expecting the first. Her Captain lays it right out on the table, hoping the prospect of exchanging fire with a SHIELD cruiser and everything that comes afterwards might be enough
Lun immediately opens fire on Steve Rogers using her forward machineguns, damaging Steve Rogers' port engine. The Steve Rogers is obviously caught completely by surprise having not expected the bluff to be so quickly called, and attempts to turn to engage, but Lun has already flow past. A parting shot with her aft guns leaves Steve Rogers listing and out of control.
It took Steve Rogers four hours to repair, by which time Lun had long departed.
It feels wrong. But the facts just speak for themselves.
On the one hand, it seems like Jet feels like she's doing her duty - on some level. It sounds like she thinks she's still fighting the Boskone. Lun could easily have blown Steve Rogers out of the sky with just as little warning - but she didn't so she's still acting with restraint.
But at the same time she's going upriver in a big way with this Gambit
It feels like rewatching The Wounded in live action.
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Meta: Two relevant Star Trek episodes namechaked. What Jet wants the world to think is happening, and what's actually just happened.
Also moving the plot on on some level
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Posted on April 16th, 2025:
I think we've just gotten the confirmation we didn't want.
Lun was tracked to the independant settlement Blue Haven by the SHIELD cruiser Steve Rogers. The Steve Rogers requested tha Lun stand down, and transit under escort to a nearby Great Justice waystation. A short radio exchange happened, in which this was recorded:
"You're investigating me for killing an enemy agent? Isn't that a bit like handing out speeding tickets at the Formula 1 world championship?"
Lun attempts to rush past the Steve Rogers. Steve Rogers moves to block, giving Lun the option of either opening fire, or standing down, obviously expecting the first. Her Captain lays it right out on the table, hoping the prospect of exchanging fire with a SHIELD cruiser and everything that comes afterwards might be enough
Lun immediately opens fire on Steve Rogers using her forward machineguns, damaging Steve Rogers' port engine. The Steve Rogers is obviously caught completely by surprise having not expected the bluff to be so quickly called, and attempts to turn to engage, but Lun has already flow past. A parting shot with her aft guns leaves Steve Rogers listing and out of control.
It took Steve Rogers four hours to repair, by which time Lun had long departed.
It feels wrong. But the facts just speak for themselves.
On the one hand, it seems like Jet feels like she's doing her duty - on some level. It sounds like she thinks she's still fighting the Boskone. Lun could easily have blown Steve Rogers out of the sky with just as little warning - but she didn't so she's still acting with restraint.
But at the same time she's going upriver in a big way with this Gambit
It feels like rewatching The Wounded in live action.
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Meta: Two relevant Star Trek episodes namechaked. What Jet wants the world to think is happening, and what's actually just happened.
Also moving the plot on on some level
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?