#boarding party

[illustratus]

The Gallant Defense of the Cutter Surveyor ― by Patrick O'Brien

[googlyeyesonmagiccards]

I'm BOARD! Let's play some Magic: the Gathering!

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Boarding Party

Artist: Sidharth Chaturvedi TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[rainofaugustsith]

Rain Plays SWTOR: Call to Arms Arc Pt. 1

Call to Arms is an Imperial-only purple story mission that comprises the Boarding Party and Foundry flashpoints. Of course, you can play through these flashpoints at any time individually, provided you're a high enough level - but the actual story that ties the two together is not repeatable. 

Rewards: In story/solo mode you are awarded a science station deco, plus a wall trophy, for completing Boarding Party.

Where do I get it? 

Once again, if you are doing these flashpoints once for the experience, I urge you to do the full story mission so you get the whole picture. This story chain is important for two reasons: Revan and Malgus. And if you played KOTOR you will encounter another old pal, although he won't exactly greet you warmly. Chronologically, it follows the Republic's story chain with Taral V and Maelstrom Prison. 

The quest giver astromech for the non-repeatable story chain is on the Imperial Fleet right next to the one for the Shadow of Revan Prelude. It's near the elevator between the Galactic Trade Market and the section where you buy mods and enhancements and find Kai Kyken. 

A short cut scene will play and you will be directed to meet with Moff Phenir on the White Nova. Use your quick travel (you have it automatically) to get to the White Nova quickly, and then find the instanced room. You'll speak with the Moff and Darth Malgus, and then leave the room to enter the flashpoint nearby. 

Alternative: If you have already done the story or just want to play the flashpoint without it, you can pick up the solo/story version by clicking on it from your solo tab on the activities console. Press CTRL+G, go to the solo tab, and scroll down to flashpoints to find Boarding Party. 

Story: The Boarding Party is the first part of the Call to Arms quest. You will be commandeering a Republic cruiser. You've done this before, with the Black Talon. Simple enough. 

This isn't the flashiest or the most interesting flashpoint, but you'll need to get through it for the story. 

General caveats: 

1. Kill. The. Medics. The medics in this flashpoint are really slick and like to hide behind boxes and ships. No joke. Get rid of them. You will notice that two of the bosses have healers. Same drill. 

2. This is another long flashpoint. It took Viri and Vette about 45 minutes, with no stops, no difficulty and no deaths, including all cut scenes and the bonus boss. 

3. Once again, make sure you have your Legacy Field Repair Droid perk, because there's only one at the very beginning of the flashpoint. 

4. If you're working on companion kill count achievements, you'll find it very easy to rack up big numbers here. 

5. This isn't a particularly difficult flashpoint, it's more of an endurance run. Expect a lot of mobs. 

Bonus Quests: 

There are numerous opportunities to pick up XP and credits on bonus quests, and honestly, you will be doing these things as you move through the flashpoint without much effort. 

1. Kill 50 enemy NPCs

2. Kill 10 Jedi 

3. Click 8 panels 

4. Click 6 comm towers

There really isn't much to say about navigating your way through the ship. It's a standard Republic vessel, and you and your team will run from room to room to get toward the bridge. 

Every now and then you will see these comm towers. Make sure you click them. There's a bonus mission attached to them, but they will also call backup. 

Boss #1: HK1 Juggernaut. The HKJ is a giant droid. Every now and then it will unleash a stream of lightning that can drain your character very quickly. Stay on your feet and keep moving. 

Boss #2: Sak'an Donair

This Jedi is flanked by a pair of Jedi Healers. You know exactly what to do, don't you? Once the healers are dead, he goes down like a ton of bricks, very quickly. 

You will have a short cut scene where you will learn that the captain of the ship has set it to self-destruct. Well, that's not good. Hopefully you have been clicking and defeating and finishing the bonus stages as they have arisen. At this point on the map, you should be able to head down the ramps to confront Chief Engineer Kels and his Modified Assault Droids.  Bonus Boss: Chief Engineer Kels and his Modified Assault Droids

This is the one battle in the flashpoint that is challenging. You will notice pylons with electricity cracking at the four corners of the platform. As you fight, messages will flash onscreen, alerting you that one of these pylons will unleash its energy. You obviously don't want to stand in that particular area when it happens. 

Also, you want to take care not to kill Kels himself before you take care of his droids. If Kels dies first, the droids get enraged and become considerably more lethal toward your PC and harder to kill. If you're a geared level 75 with a high level companion, you may still be able to cope, but if not, the droids' enrage mode will likely pick off you and your companion and support droid very quickly. 

Go back up to the main level of the ship and continue toward the bridge. 

Boss#3: Storm Squad, waiting for you on the bridge. One of the gold NPCs here is a healer/medic. Once again...you know what to do. Once you've dealt with the medic, the rest of Storm Squad goes down easily. 

After this there will be a short cut scene with a chance to make a LS/DS decision. Once that's over, exit area. If you're doing the story, you will find yourself back on the White Nova and enter the instanced room again for another scene with the Moff and Malgus. If you're just doing the flashpoint without the story chain, you're finished.

Now we get to the really fun one...The Foundry. 

[ltwilliammowett]

The cutting out of the Curieux, Martinique, 4th February 1804, by Mark Richard Myers ( 1945- )

The French ship Curieux, designed by François Pestel and built in St.Malo (1799-80), was a well-built, fast, heavily-manned corvette under the command of Capitaine de Frégate Joseph-Marie-Emmanuel Cordier, who was blockaded on Fort-Royal, Martinique by a British fleet under the command of Commodore Samuel Hood who was flying his pennant in the 74-gun H.M.S. Centaur.

The action which took place at 4th February 1804, was led by Lieutenant Reynolds, to capture her.

Reynolds had a force of sixty seamen and twelve marines in four boats from the British HMS Centaur. After rowing twenty miles to the attack, they came in under the stern of Curieux- which was anchored under the protection of guns in Fort Edward - and Reynolds, finding a rope ladder hanging down, boarded and cut Curieux's anti boarding nets to allow his force to swarm aboard.

Curieux was captured but Reynolds later died of wounds received in the action.

[quarkmaster]

Raid

Made a concept for fun. Trying to capture some Starship Trooper's vibe or Doom.

MIN NGUEN 

[gunpowderrum]

Swinging into the weekend like...

[0riginalgillies]

Nate was hiding a burner phone from his wife. - All I'm saying is there's a lot of reasons why people use a phone. Not necessarily wh-what you're saying. (...) I looked at the history. All the calls are to and from one number. - I'll take care of this, all right? Just don't say anything, 'cause I don't want anything... getting back to Molly, all right? Trust me, I'm not looking to talk about this, especially with Molly.

- You did that whole, uh, new NSA surveillance thing last year in D.C., right? Yeah. Those guys are terrifying. Made me scared to walk past my computer. (...) Well, Nate him, you definitely don't need to track. From my understanding, he's gonna stay put a while, like End of Times. - Oh, Nate was hiding a burner phone in his toolbox, okay? Alana found it when she was cleaning out their garage. Oh, she thinks it's a ho phone. (...) What do you care if Nate was stepping out anyway?

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