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I Broke My Beowulf...

A little Duck tape and Chicken wire and she'll be good as new, proud as a peacock.

R

Ps sorry for the fowl puns (not really) :)
 
Nothing the friendly Vagr Salvage Ship just coming up on your six o'Clock high won't be able to fix once they have you docked.
 
Mayday........Mayday.......
This is the starship beowulf, we have drive damage.
Can anyone hear us?
Mayday........Mayday.........
 
Mayday........Mayday.......
This is the starship beowulf, we have drive damage.
Can anyone hear us?
Mayday........Mayday.........

<Vagr Voice, A gaudily clad Vagr with eye maskara on your Viewscreen>
No Problem Beowulf. This is the Rescue Ship Red Ruby, Captain Jack RrrotWeilerrr speaking. We will be there any minute
<Vagr signs off polishing his sword>
 
Care to put a nice laser gash into her just aft of the bridge? Far Trader would *really* like that pic for his current PbP game ;)

Scott Martin
 
Captain: "Engage the Jump Drive, Mr. Ort"
Drive Hand Ort: "Yes, Sir, right away Sir."
Senior Engineer Damn: "The red switches, Ort, the red switches!!!"
Drive Hand Ord: "huh?" sound of circuits being overloaded and minor explosions.
Captain: "DAMN! Status Report?...Oh, ch...Ort...Damn...damn...damn..."
Senior Damn: "Yes, Sir, yes."

IISS Central Command. Field Report 075-1116

Numerious problems with the Free Trader Beowulfs have been noted as having numerous Turrent and M-Drive problems...
 
'Dear Sir,

It has come to our attention that our members are being placed in what can only be defined as an 'unsafe work environment' under the the terms of The Act. Please take this as formal notification that unless the situation is remedied immediately, stop-work measures will be put in place.

Yours sincerely,

The Secretary,
Interstellar Gunners and Targeteers Guild (Regina).'
 
All that smoke...

If she's been damaged long enoguh to no longer be glowing from the laser hits, she'd have vented the opened compartments to vacuum long since.

If she's freshly damaged, the smoke should be looking more pencil-like, and less cloud-like, and the other hits hsould probably be tinged with red glows.
 
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