jTWG LXX: Flash Squadron - Game thread

[T-Force]

A long, long time ago...
... in a galaxy far, far away...

The year is 7 ABY. Only 3 years since the Rebellion has finally overthrown the Galactic Empire and brought peace to the galaxy. However, in unknown vectors of space, different groups of Imperials still linger; waiting for their chance to strike and take back what was their's, and bring back the glory of the Imperial regime.
These Imperial pockets have begun to band together and strike at New Republic cruisers, stopping the Republic from carrying their message of peace to outer-lying planets and causing the loss of more planets allied to the Republic cause. They grow ever more and more dedicated, creative, and confident with each passing strike...

Lately, there has been word that a few upstart Imps have infiltrated the New Republic's fighter pilot corp in order to pass on information, and infiltrate the first - and last- line of defense for the Rebels.

General Airen Cracken - commander of New Republic Intelligence, survivor and hero of the Battle of Endor - has decided that a new fighter squadron is to be formed. One that should strike fear into the hearts of the Imperials once, and for all.

You, brave pilot, have received an open summon to join the ranks of: Flash Squadron
Do you dare fight for the New Republic? Or sit back and watch as the Imperials destroy all that the Rebels have worked so hard to create?

GAME SET-UP
Phases
48 hour days / 24 hour nights - All phases end at 9 PM server time (7 PST, 10 EST).

Instalynch - ON
Out of Thread Comms - OFF
Roleflips - ON
Night Talk - OFF
Vibroblade in the Box - ON
Phantoms - ON

Wolftalk - NIGHT ONLY
Masons only know who each other are - THERE ARE NO NIGHT CHATS BETWEEN MASONS

13 Players

10 Pilots
6 New Republic Pilots
1 Medic
1 Slicer (Seer)
2 Wingmates (Masons)

3 Imperials
1 Imperial Spy
1 Saboteur (Roleblocker)
1 Mastermind (Godfather)

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Cold Kitten (Human female from Corellia)
j-rodd123 (Human male from Chandrila) Imperial Saboteur [Blasted Day 2]
reuben_tate (Omwati male from Omwat)
Red Blaster (Human male from Tatooine)
danceflashrevo (Human male from Kessel) New Republic Pilot [Blasted Day 1]
Jtehanonymous (Human male from Corellia) New Republic Pilot [Murdered Night 1]
YoshL (Lepi male from Coachelle Prime)
Charles Claythorne (Human male from Coruscant) Wingmate [Murdered Night 4]
Funnygurl555 (Human female from Haruun Kal) Medic [Murdered Night 2]
tiloco217 (Human male from Bespin)
storn42 (Human male from Bestine IV) New Republic Pilot [Blasted Day 3]
iironiic (Human male from Coruscant) New Republic Pilot [Blasted Day 0]
cry4eternity (Human male from Thyferra) Slicer [Murdered Night 3]

Sky Kitten (Human female from Chandrila)
RNGRX (Human male from Coruscant)
soramimi (Togorian female from Togoria)



DAY 4 HAS BEGUN.
Phase will end at 9 PM Server time (7 PST/10 EST) on Saturday, January 10, 2015.

INSTA-LYNCH WILL BE REACHED WHEN 3 VOTES OCCUR ON A PLAYER

[YoshL]

sorry

[T-Force]

Many a voice was heard as pilots crowded against the bulletin board to see the latest HoloMessage from General Cracken. Is was rumoured that the General was forming a new squadron to combat the latest Imperial threat.

Amidst the groans, and a couple cheers, iironiic managed to poke his way through to the front. With a look of disbelief, his eyes lit up as he read the list.

Flash Squadron:
Leader: Red Blaster
2: cry4eternity
3: Sky Kitten tiloco217
4: YoshL
5: danceflashrevo
6: RNGRX j-rodd123
7: Cold Kitten
8: Charles Claythorne
9: soramimi storn42
10: reuben_tate
11: Jtehanonymous
12: iironiic
Executive Officer: Funnygurl555

"Way to go buddy!"
Iironiic was jostled as a familiar hand grabbed and shook his shoulder.

"I knew we'd make it! I just knew it!"
The voice belonged to Jtehanonymous and iironiic could do no more than to do the same and grab his fellow comrade's shoulder as well.

"Meeting in the General's office at 0930 hours."
A stern voice silenced the crowd as Red Blaster spoke.

"This is a big honour for all of us, and it wouldn't do for us to be late now, would it?"

Jtehanonymous and iironiic quickly retracted their hands and began to walk. Joining them were a mixed array of humans and non-humans, but they would soon be forever known with the rest of their crew as...

FLASH SQUADRON

[YoshL]

screw flash squadron.

let's play waifu battleships instead



looking at you, Charles Claythorne, a.k.a. Mashi

as a note for erryone there might be alot of nick name calling, the ones i'm probably going to use the most are as follows
Sky Kitten - Ally
YoshL - Chris
Cold Kitten - tiffany
Charles Claythorne - mashi
reuben_tate - ben
iironiic - wirry chimmycherunga

otherwise abbreviations of names. don't get confused

[Charles Claythorne]

Originally Posted by YoshL

Charles Claythorne, a.k.a. Mashi

[Charles Claythorne]

big post incoming because i [strike]figured out all the wolves[/strike] will attempt to be a good vet and give advice to you all can improve and be op and stuff

maybe

depends on how lazy i decide to be

[YoshL]

the picture didn't load and now i'm incredibly sad

[YoshL]

also we should kill red blaster to advance the plot since he's the leader. that probably activates some story flag that lets us get the good ending.

oh yeah, welcome ally, wilson, tiffany, and cry to twg -3-

[soramimi]

I want to know what the picture was... I'm also afraid to ask what waifu battleships means.

[T-Force]

"Welcome to Flash Squadron!"
A loud voice rang out as General Airen Cracken paced in front of the room.

"You've all had plenty of time to practice in the sims, but with the increasing Imperial threat, we've got no choice but to send you out there immediately."

The General pressed a button on his datapad, and immediately the room grew dark only to be lit up by a diagram of a planet and paragraphs of data beside the globe.

"This here is Thyferra. The known galaxy's largest producer of bacta. Our slicers have learned that the Imperials are planning on attacking Thyferra in order gain bacta for themselves, while simultaneously keeping the New Republic away from bacta."

A couple eyes shifted to cry4eternity. This was his home planet and his face looked grim.

"Worry not sir," cry said, "we'll prevent that from happening. Many lives are at risk, and I'd like to think we have a slight advantage."

A smirk appeared across his face as he finished speaking.

"Good. I hope you can use your knowledge to aid your fellow squadmates. I've transferred all the data to your datapads. You ship out at 1200 hours and I expect you to be back by 2100 hours on Dec. 29th.
Good flying, and may the Force be with you."

[danceflashrevo]

Oh boy oh boy red's the leader. I'm super curious what that picture is D:

also people call me dfr, rece, flashy, danceflash, stuff like that. just assume its me.

[reuben_tate]

Originally Posted by danceflashrevo

Oh boy oh boy red's the leader. I'm super curious what that picture is D:

also people call me dfr, rece, flashy, danceflash, stuff like that. just assume its me.

I like flashy ( ^)>

While we're discussing nicknames (what better D0 topic!), feel free to call me ben or benguin or benguino or benguina (please don't)

[Charles Claythorne]

Human Leans

j-rodd - I'm wary of his Wolf performance, but I can't help but view so much of what he's done so far as Towny. His interpretation of most of the active people as of recent being Human is a notion I concur. Likewise, posts like this just feel like sincere aversion towards the difficulty of finding Wolves and deciding a lynch vote after being replaced.

Red Blaster - Still feel this post in response to Funnygurl expecting more from him is Human-minded. An association tell isn't something I would expect as a reaction at all. This also feels like a Human-minded post to me. I think his expression of confusion regarding how he didn't have a lean on me in his reads list which I'm too lazy to find again also is indicative of his humanity; he could have just made something up if he were a Wolf.

danceflashrevo - Human lean again for this post in response to me 'seering iironiic Red.' Wolves should have known for certain there was no Night Phase. Likewise, if he were a Wolf, unless iironiic were his Partner, he would have no reason to believe the claim based on the alleged seer result. I don't like how traction so easily built onto him either.

Jtehanonymous - I feel that his posts have a natural progression to them that feels very Human. In this post, he takes on an analytical approach when considering danceflashrevo's recent posts and tries to give an impartial take on RNGRX and YoshL. Likewise, I felt his reasoning for suspecting reuben_tate seemed fair. He substantiates his opinion on danceflashrevo here to the point where I find it would be over the top for him to think about it so much as a Wolf. His accusation of me is a bit sudden, but I think risky, considering that the Phase is ending. I see little reason for him to push on me as a Wolf like that, so I have a fairly strong Human lean on him.

YoshL - I feel he's pushed and nearly every Player in the game and has been pushing for a ton of activity, which I think is rather Human. In the same sense, I've been getting some Human vibes from him in general. He's pushed on reads to get information, as can be seen from his push on RNGRX and cry. As of recent, I like his input here and I agree that Cold Kitten and soramimi suddenly showing up is odd. I especially liked what he did here when he searched for a reaction to j-rodd feeling Red Blaster is Human. Or at least, that's what I think he was trying to do with his vote.

Funnygurl555 - In her reads list, she clarifies the issue I had with her being on danceflashrevo so suddenly. I think the fact that she tried to push on danceflashrevo simply for a reaction was a rather Human thing to do and that she insists on his behaviour being odd is a point for consistency. Likewise, many of her previous posts in the thread have expressed complaints about people suspecting her for 'behaving oddly,' which is, as I've mentioned before, much like her behaviour in the Smash TWG. I don't feel it's in her character to lie about her feelings and put on a face of anger, so I have a Human lean on her. This post and this post come off as Human Funnygurl to me based on meta.


Slight Human Leans

reuben_tate - I felt that his small dispute with YoshL before seemed like a Human-Human argument. I felt he made an accurate read on Red Blaster here. The general feel of his posts, such as here also give me a vibe similar to that of last game, where he ended up being a Human, unlike what I anticipated. His annoyance at the end of the post seems genuine too. We also have a bit of mind melding, as I'm becoming suspicious of Cold Kitten as well.

tiloco217 - I disagree on his pushes on Funnygurl, but I think that's more due to him being unfamiliar with the Player base. I don't like that he seemed to speak in absolutes regarding his stance on a Funnygurl lynch, but it may just be his typing style. Putting that into consideration, I think that he's slightly Human for it, as it's usually odd for a Wolf to express such confidence in a lynch. Similar logic can be applied to this post. I agree that I'm not really liking soramimi too much, as she's been rather quiet.
I liked how he specifically asked for my opionion here. Seems like he's legitimately trying to get a good read on me.


Slight Wolf Leans

cry4eternity - Don't like this post here in response to YoshL's vote for him as it's an overreaction and substance-less. His follow up isn't much better.
Was hoping to consider a cry-Cold Kitten pairing, but in his reads list, he had a slight Red lean on her and from how he behaved up to that point, I don't think he would try to distance like that. Though I didn't like his reads list much anyway. This post seems very OMGUS to me. How many games have you played before?

iironiic - Disappointed that I still don't really have a good read on him. Whom do you want lynched this Phase?

Cold Kitten - I mentioned in my previous suspicion list that I felt her reads were good. However, that was the same case last game where she was a Wolf, which isn't too surprising, since it's not so difficult to find reasons Humans seem Human as a Wolf. reuben_tate pointed this out later, but she also joined a bandwagon on him under the pretense that she wanted to pressure him, which I'm beginning to feel could be a sophism. And even after that, she switched over to danceflashrevo based on others's reasoning. I don't really see what YoshL means about Cold Kitten changing her tone, but I do think it's a fair point that she suddenly has a presence in the thread.

soramimi - She's usually the type of Player whom I read as Mega-Town mega early, so it's unusual that I don't feel the same way now. I felt her reads were okay, but I feel she's just latching onto others's reasoning, such as here, where she agrees with tiloco. Even of her recent posts, she's just latched onto the reasoning of others.


Going to leave my vote on Cold Kitten.

[Charles Claythorne]

If Masons don't claim and we mislynch a Human this Phase, then there's essentially no difference in making that mislynch had the Masons claimed.

However, if the Masons don't claim and we lynch a Wolf, then even if we make a mislynch the following Phase, if the Wolves miss a Mason in the wolfing, that's another two confirmed Players for MYLO. Whereas if either Mason claimed, there would only be one confirmed Player. I'm pretty sure I'm visualising it in my head properly, but let me type out an example to clarify once I'm done with these chips.

[Red Blaster]

Originally Posted by Charles Claythorne

If Masons don't claim and we mislynch a Human this Phase, then there's essentially no difference in making that mislynch had the Masons claimed.

However, if the Masons don't claim and we lynch a Wolf, then even if we make a mislynch the following Phase, if the Wolves miss a Mason in the wolfing, that's another two confirmed Players for MYLO. Whereas if either Mason claimed, there would only be one confirmed Player. I'm pretty sure I'm visualising it in my head properly, but let me type out an example to clarify once I'm done with these chips.

To my knowledge masons know who they both are. So if a mason claimed obviously they could inform us who the other mason is, thus leaving us the three wolves. I don't see how you only get one confirmed?

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by Charles Claythorne

If Masons don't claim and we mislynch a Human this Phase, then there's essentially no difference in making that mislynch had the Masons claimed.

However, if the Masons don't claim and we lynch a Wolf, then even if we make a mislynch the following Phase, if the Wolves miss a Mason in the wolfing, that's another two confirmed Players for MYLO. Whereas if either Mason claimed, there would only be one confirmed Player. I'm pretty sure I'm visualising it in my head properly, but let me type out an example to clarify once I'm done with these chips.

3 scenarios

scenario 1, masons don't claim

wolves have a chance of missing a mason in wolfing next night (not this night) and we get 2 confirmed for mylo.

scenario 2, 1 mason claims

wolves get 2 confirmed human kills in a row, and we're only left with the 1 confirmed human in the end

scenario 3, 2 masons claim

wolves get 2 confirmed blah blah balh

[Red Blaster]

Originally Posted by YoshL

3 scenarios

scenario 1, masons don't claim

wolves have a chance of missing a mason in wolfing next night (not this night) and we get 2 confirmed for mylo.

scenario 2, 1 mason claims

wolves get 2 confirmed human kills in a row, and we're only left with the 1 confirmed human in the end

scenario 3, 2 masons claim

wolves get 2 confirmed blah blah balh

Clearly it'd make the most sense to end the game now so that even if they did kill confirmed towns it wouldn't mean shit.

[soramimi]

...we weren't supposed to be posting yet, were we... oops.

[Charles Claythorne]

wait big post not incoming i need to figure out what amazing avatar-sig combo i want first

[soramimi]

Mashi, where is your new signature and avatar?