MacGyver in an X-Wing
26 October 2006 --
Oh, this one was a treat.
The Imperial shuttle contained a provincial governor or some such VIP, and had been grounded by damage from hostile fire (fire from whom, we still don't know). We were worried that we were going to have to re-convince the lizardfolk not to believe the pretty lies spun by the Empire upon first contact -- but the Stormtroopers simplified the issue nicely when they vaporized the lizardfolk who were graciously approaching the ship. Hello, my new scaly allies.
So we began hatching ideas of how to incapacitate the ship and maybe even capture the governor alive. We came up with maybe four workable plans, and since a) they weren't mutually exclusive, and b) we had no shortage of willing helpers, we put them all into play at once.
Picture this. The ship is being pelted by catapulted rocks. Then it sinks into the hole opened beneath it by lizardfolk sappers. Then -- I love this one -- four large dinosaurs crash into the square, attracted by the griff-blood that we had lobbed onto the ship's hull. And finally, next to the ship, from inside an artifact where we had hidden it, a thermal detonator detonates, um, thermally.
Oh, and then hundreds of lizardfolk infantry rush the ship too.
Naturally, as soon as we had accepted the governor's surrender, our own reinforcements showed up. I guess some narrative conventions can't be avoided.
But really -- did you see the part about the dinosaurs?
Oh, this one was a treat.
The Imperial shuttle contained a provincial governor or some such VIP, and had been grounded by damage from hostile fire (fire from whom, we still don't know). We were worried that we were going to have to re-convince the lizardfolk not to believe the pretty lies spun by the Empire upon first contact -- but the Stormtroopers simplified the issue nicely when they vaporized the lizardfolk who were graciously approaching the ship. Hello, my new scaly allies.
So we began hatching ideas of how to incapacitate the ship and maybe even capture the governor alive. We came up with maybe four workable plans, and since a) they weren't mutually exclusive, and b) we had no shortage of willing helpers, we put them all into play at once.
Picture this. The ship is being pelted by catapulted rocks. Then it sinks into the hole opened beneath it by lizardfolk sappers. Then -- I love this one -- four large dinosaurs crash into the square, attracted by the griff-blood that we had lobbed onto the ship's hull. And finally, next to the ship, from inside an artifact where we had hidden it, a thermal detonator detonates, um, thermally.
Oh, and then hundreds of lizardfolk infantry rush the ship too.
Naturally, as soon as we had accepted the governor's surrender, our own reinforcements showed up. I guess some narrative conventions can't be avoided.
But really -- did you see the part about the dinosaurs?
posted by B | 6:05 PM
3 Comments:
Now why couldn't Lucas have used dinosaurs instead of Ewoks? This was infinitely cooler.
And I still thing "And then the thermal detonator goes off" should be added to the rotation.
Bucky, it's in there. I promise. It's not a rotation; it's randomized.
Excellent!
Now if we could only PLAY again... (that's Bruce's fault, not yours).
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