Forum Brawl #7 - Round 4 - Voting

[Fippe94]

It appears I forgot to change the deadline for the voting tool, but that is now fixed! I agree with JCJ, GO VOTE NOW! (I will do it now!)

[ARTHANASIOS]

Spoiler for comments:

SOON (TM)

[Aves]

Spoiler for Voting:

Short explanations this time due to lack of time. If you want elaboration, feel free to ask.

Spoiler for Captain:

As your ship speeds across the system, chasing the artifact, you start to think about exactly how to get it onboard the ship. You can't exactly stop nearby it, it doesn't seem to slow down at all. And most of your usual equipment for this will not work at such a high speed. And most importantly, if you slip up, you have basically given the artifact away to your rivals. You need to be creative! Write a short story about how exactly you bring the artifact onboard once you get close enough! If you saved the civilians in Round 3, they can appear in the story to help you out!

The 1000 word limit applying to a clear writing task is absolutely silly. None of the submissions were particularly compelling. Protest vote here.

Spoiler for Mapper:

Due to its speed, you sensors seem to lose contact with the artifact sometimes, and for a few minutes at a time you cannot tell where it is. It's gonna be impossible to get to it unless you know where it is at all times! You suddenly notice the colored sphere you picked up in the ruined city. It's glowing! Before you can stop yourself, you reach towards it and pick it up. Your vision is immediately filled with an explosion of color! As the strong colors fade, your vision becomes clear. You can see the artifact in front of you, floating in space. Your clarity allows you to pinpoint its exact location relative to your ship! Using the artifact as a sensor, you guide your ship towards the artifact...
Draw an image of your vision of the artifact flying around in the solar system! The main color used must be the same as the color of the sphere you picked up in Round 2!

All decent submissions here, no complaints. The tiebreaker was in image clarity.

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

During the chase, your ship bumps into the other ships chasing the artifact, and it is very annoying. Actually, the fact that there are others chasing the artfifacts is very annoying. Much of your battery power and ammunition was used up in the fight against the pirates, but you have a few things left, as well as some cool things salvaged from the ruined city! You decide to build a couple of small fighter ships that you can deploy against your rivals. Build two decks.

• You can use up to 2 upgraded cards in total per artifact you have won.
• If you did not save the civilians, you can use a maximum of 10 creatures total in your decks.
• Your decks must contain cards from exactly 4 elements.
• If you do not choose to pick up some asteroids in the current Event, you can use a maximum of 1 weapon and 1 shield in your decks.

Note that the limitations applies to cards used in total, not for each deck.

Voted on how well the decks matched the theme of your team/event. BGFY and Iron Manta were the clear winners.

Spoiler for Log Keeper:

As you behold the emptyness of the space, you remember the ancient beliefs of your culture about how the universe was created. Write down those beliefs in detail. Using images is NOT allowed in this writing task.
If you won the artifact task in round 2, you can use it to project images from the long forgotten history of your race. You are allowed to use max 1 image in this task.

The font/format of the Blistermarch Theory was annoying to read. They still win despite that for having the best origin story. Paratus could use some grammar checks, but were alright otherwise. I was unconvinced by BGFY and Green Night.

Spoiler for Mechanic:

During your travel to the barren planet you overused some of your spaceship materials; the battery of your scanning device, the fuel of your engine or the ammunition of your weapons. Now, as you simultaneously scan the deep space for the artifact, flying at max speed and preparing your weapon systems for any possible threat, the shortage in your resources is beginning to show.

Aetherial Repurposer and Slow Burn have interesting concepts and good cards. The other two submissions seem to be a bit lazier in theme. The task calls for a representation of low fuel, but that doesn't mean you have to name your card around it literally.

Spoiler for Bonus:

Tell us about where your crew comes from! Are you all from the same planet? Or are you from all over the galaxy? Tell us about your home planets, what the society looks like, and what race you are! You can deicde to only talk about your Captain's home, or your whole crew! Or maybe everyone is from the same place? All up to you! This task does not have the normal 1000 word limit!

Paratus and Iron Manta take this one for breaking immersion the least. The other two don't provide enough detail.