Ok I will take your word on that but knowing Alacrity he's always got something up his skirt.... oh sorry, shirt....

Just for the record, I would like to apologize in advance for how poorly I have been rolling.

Working on a post

As long as you still love me after your done with the post

The Hover mule

Fenris could try to fix the brakes if someone takes the wheel (I recommend Asher). It will be an incredible complex action.

You could try to slam the mule into reverse, which is Heroic but will most likely ruin the engines.

You can look for something soft to bounce off (the stage, a saloon, the bank)

You can power down the engines and risk a end over end flip.

I'm open to other suggestions and will comment on the feasiblity of any.

Just for the record, it was Fenris's driving that save the mule from rolling in the crowd, so don't blame him. Driving unknowingly into a crowd of people is Formidable.

Unfortunately the Band didn't dodge well and whenever you use equipment in this game, there is a chance for failure. I botched that roll so I combined the two into the story.

Dog-humped is about right... argh!

Well, I'm for the Asher drives/ Wolf fixes scenerio...how about the rest of you?

That's how we should do it.

Tann, I knoe your busy with school and such. I'm curious if you want to lead in the posting, informing the rest of us what's going on and soliciting Asher's help to drive.

Or do you want the rest of us to post up for you?

I's gettin' m'gorram pi guh kicked an' the ruttin' cavalry's gots a broke-down nag of a mule?! *snorts* An' ya wunner why I'm so ruttin' twitchy...

Bad rolls aside, that was a cool post and, since it looks like the cavalry's comin' but may not be able to stop when it gets there, lemme jus' check a thing or two:

Sam's bootless and weaponless except for the one derringer, right... How about his ballistic mesh, did that get stripped, as well?

Also, the way I'm reading it, they're just now getting around to binding Sam up, starting at the feet, and aren't aware that he's 'coherent'... Sooooo, I'm safe to post as if the hands are free, correct?

Finally - the wong bah duhn as is tyin' Sam up wasn't idjut enough to mebbe leave another weapon within reach were he?

They didn't take your ballistic mesh. You are bootless and have the two shot derringer in the sheath on your back.

Yes you may post that your hands are free. The person dealing with you has allowed himself to be distracted. As I have said before, I like to make my bad guys realistic.

Your weapons and boots are all tossed or slid over by the doorway - Not within reach at this time. His weapons are at his side and a bit closer if you want to try to snatch his pistols (modified colts, six shooters). That would be heroic btw (Agility and Covert)

I haven't posted a map yet have I? Sigh ....time. I need time.

You have to admit, the brake failure, the other hover car and the scene through the Band was funny. I thought it was a TV series type of moment like when they found out Jayne was the Hero of Canton.

I thought so but just wanted to make sure before I posted otherwise.

The whole scene with the mule and the band was hilarious, indeed, and it did bring to my mind those 'comedic moments' from the series, as well. If it weren't for Mal and Serenity getting the jump on us, we could've had our own TV show!

And, with Tann's decision to grind the mule into the mud, I'm just waitin' to see what Wyatt get's t' deal with next.

I copied this from another site. Any one who needs a quick reference to chinese cursing.

Chinese Phrases

Te ma de!
"Your Mother!" or "His Mother!" (Mal, on learning of approaching Alliance ship.)

Bi Zuei {Mal sounds like bih-zway}
"Shut up." or "Shut your Mouth" (Mal, over comms, to Zoe & Jayne as they fret about Alliance ship.)

Shi ah. {Kaylee sounds like Shoo uh}
"Affirmative." "Yes"(Kaylee, to Wash about going to black.)

Ai ya! Hwai leh! {Wash sounds like Ai ya! Hoo ah lay!}
"Oh No, it's spoilt!", could also be "oh no, we're ruined" (Wash, as Alliance ship scans them.)

(Joo ta ma ya ming). Zhu Yi
"Watch your back." or "Be careful"(Wash, to Zoe as she & the others go off to meet Badger.)

Qing jing.
"Come in." (Inara, to Book knocking on shuttle door.)

Ni de ma de. Tian Xia suo you de ren dou gai si. {Mal sounds like ...soy ya duh ren doh goy swa}
"Yo Mama! Everyone under the sky should die" (Mal, on learning there's a mole on board.)

mei mei
"little sister" (Inara, addressing wounded Kaylee.)

Ni men dou Bi Zuei! {Mal sounds like ...bih-zway}
"Everybody shut the hell up!" (Mal, as everyone argues about killing the Fed.)

kwong-chee duh {Wash sounds like kwing chih duh}
"nuts" (Wash, meaning crazy, about flying without core containment.)

xiao mei mei {Mal sounds like zao may-may}
"little sister" (Mal, addressing Kaylee.)

Hwoon dahn!
Jerk! also "Bad Egg"(Jayne, referring to Patience's man. Mal also uses this in “Our Mrs. Reynolds,” and means “bastard” in referring to Elder Gommen for paying his bill with a wife.)

Ai ya, wo mun wan leh.
"We're finished." (Zoe, as Reaver ship approaches.)

Shuh muh? (DELETED SCENE)
"I'm sorry?" (Simon, response to Book's comment about Serenity's name not being a joke.)

Qing zai lai yi bei Ng-Ka-Pei?
"Can I have one more glass of Ng-Ka-Pei, please?" (Mal, ordering in bar.)
Note: Ngkapei is an actual Chinese rice wine/liqueur soaked in the root bark of the medicinal herb acanthopanax.

Oh, ze zhen shi ge kwai le de jing jun...
"Oh, this is a happy development..." (Mal, about impending barroom brawl.)

Ke wu de lao bao jun...
"Horrible old tyrant..." (Kaylee, referring to Mal and getting back to work)

zhen de shi tian chai {Kaylee sounds like jun duh sh tyen-tsai}
"an absolute genius" (Kaylee, referring to Mal and his plans.)

Dong ma?
Understand? (Jayne, to Simon about his unimportance.)

go tsao duh {Jayne sounds like go tsao day}
dog-humped (Jayne, about location not being Niska's rendezvous spot.)

Wuh de ma.
"Mother of god." (Jayne, on seeing derelict ship.)

Jen dao mei!
"Just our luck!" (Mal, on realizing it was a Reaver attack.)

tyen shiao duh
"name of all that's sacred" (Wash, invoked on overhearing shots on derelict ship.)

Tzao gao.
"Crap." (Wash, on learning it was a Reaver attack.)

"Loopy in the head. Fong luh. All of you."
"Loopy in the head." (Jayne, about waiting around for Reaver victims' funeral.)

Wuh de tyen, ah.
"Dear god in heaven." (Mal, on learning of Reaver survivor's mutilation.)

Wei!
"Hey!" (*A.* Wright the slaver, reaction to pool-ball failure. *B.* Wright the slaver, reaction to Mal's pickpocketing.)

bao bay
"sweetheart" (Atherton Wing, addressing Inara on the Cortex.)

Tee wuh duh pee-goo.
"Kick me in the bottom." (Mal, meaning butt, after he upsets Kaylee about dress.)

wun gwo pee {Badger sounds like wun gwa pee}
"smelled a fart" (Badger, referring to what Sir Warrick acts like he's never done.)

pee-goo
"bottom" (Badger, meaning butt, and the sticks up Mal's & Sir Harrow's.)

Lao pung yo, nee can chi lai hun yo jing shen.
"You're looking wonderful, old friend." (Inara, to elderly man at ball.)

gou shi (gos se) {Atherton & Inara sound like go-suh}
"dog crap" (*A.* Atherton Wing {×3}, referring to Serenity *B.* Inara, on seeing Mal at the ball.)

Sheh-sheh
"Thank you" (Kaylee, to Mal's permission to interrogate the buffet table.)

Shah muh? {Kaylee sounds like Shuh moo}
"What?" (Kaylee, response to Banning Miller's comment at the ball.)

Tsai boo shr.
"No way." (Kaylee, refuting the 80-04's quality.)

yu bun duh
"stupid" (Mal, referring to duel.)

Jien tah duh guay!
"Like hell!" (Young Simon, about play-Independents using dinosaurs in battle.)

Nah may gwon-shee.
"That's all right then." (Gabriel Tam, amusedly accepting dinosaur excuse for Young Simon's strong language.)

tyen shiao duh
"God knows what" (Gabriel Tam, invoked about some Cortex contents.)

dah bien-hwa
"big change" (Young Simon, about getting a dedicated source box.)

Liou koe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh bun ur-tze.
"Stupid son of a drooling harlot and a monkey." (River, ranted at Mal - a real mouthful.)

niou-se {Simon sounds like niow-suh}
"cow poop" (Simon notes, after stepping in same.)

shwai {Kaylee sounds like swai}
"cute" {handsome, dashing, Literally: commander} (Kaylee, referring to Simon.)

luh-suh
"garbage" (*A.* Simon, referring to Serenity. *B.* Kaylee, surprised by Simon's claim. *C.* Kaylee, refuting Simon's claim.)

pyen juh duh jiou cha wen
"stubborn disciplinarian" (Simon, referring to Mal.)

Fay hwa.
"Nonsense." (Mal, refuting claim that cattle are in poor condition.)

Ma-shong!
"Now!" {right away, at once. Literally: on horseback} (Mal, to Wash about hurrying to the infirmary.)

Lao tyen, boo.
"Oh, god, no." (Wash, on seeing Book's gunshot wound.)

jing-(chang) mei yong duh {Mal sounds like jing-tsing myung duh}
"consistently useless" (Mal, referring to Doctor Simon.)

choo fay wuh suh leh
"over my dead body" (Gabriel Tam, to Simon before "slippery slope" comment.)

nyen ching duh
"young one" (Patron, addressing River.)

Dahng rahn. {Simon sounds like Dahng nang}
"Of course." (Simon, about whether or not he has an encyclopedia.)

Nee boo (gahn dahng), nee (hwong chong). {Kaylee sounds like Nee boo goo gah, nee hwong chiong.}
"You don't deserve her, you fink." (Kaylee, to Mal about his treatment of new wife.)

Gwon nee tze-jee duh shr.
"Mind your own business." (Mal, to Kaylee about his treatment of new wife.)

{BORROWED CHINESE} bao
"bao" or stuffed bun (specific type of food) (Wash, on seeing Saffron's cooking.)

Da-shiong bao (tse shr la) doo tze! {Mal sounds like ...tse shr la duh too-tze}
"The explosive diarrhea of an elephant!" (Mal, response to Jayne's Vera-for-Saffron offer.)

Wuh duh ma huh ta duh fung-kwong duh wai-shung doh {Wash sounds like Woo duh ma huh ta duh fong-kwong duh wai-shuh doo}
"Holy mother of God and all her wacky nephews" (Wash, response to Saffron's advances.)

Run-tse duh FWO-tzoo...
"Merciful buddha..." (Inara, on seeing that Mal's alive.)

jien hwo {Zoe sounds like jien hwa}
"cheap floozy" (Zoe, referring to Saffron.)

jing-tsai {Wash sounds like jing-zai}
"brilliant" (Wash, referring to Saffron's sabotage rewiring.)

Dung ee-miao {Wash sounds like Duh-ning mah}
"Hold on a second." (Wash, to Mal as checks if Saffron signaled anyone.)

Ai ya!
"Damn!" (Wash, as notices electrical interference.)

Je shr shuh muh lan dong shi!?
"What is this garbage!?" (Wash, referring to Mudder's Milk.)

Yeh-soo, ta ma duh... {"duh" was cut}
"Hay-soose (Jesus)-mother-of-jumped-up--" (Jayne, as Hero of Canton song starts.)

shiong mao niao {Bartender sounds like shung mao niao}
"panda urine" (Bartender, about Mudder's Milk being unworthy of the Hero.)

Hoo-tsuh. {Zoe sounds like Ho-tsuh}
"Shut up." (Zoe, shocked at hearing from Wash that Jayne's a folk hero.)

(guh jun duh) hwoon dahn!
"(a real) jerk!" (Jayne {off-screen}, Jaynestown, referring to Boss {Magistrate} Higgins.)

Gao yang jong duh goo yang. {Wash sounds like Go yang ... goo yang.}
"Motherless goats of all motherless goats." (Wash, as notices land-lock.)

fei-oo
"junk" (*A.* Zoe, referring to Serenity. *B.* Mal, surprised by Zoe's claim in A.)

Chur ni-duh.
"Screw you." (Wash, to Mal about leaving injured Zoe's side.)

What the guay do...
"What the hell do..." (Jayne, about Mal and Wash arguing.)

Jeo-shung yong-jur goo-jang. Jien-cha yong-chi gong yin {sic}."**
"Life support failure. Check oxygen levels at once." (Voice of Serenity, in “Out Of Gas”)

suo-yo duh doh shr-dang
"all that's proper" (Mal, invoked to Bester the mechanic about his Kaylee-aison.)

Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng
"frog-humping sonofab----" (Mal, while trying to learn medical lines.)

Nee hao?
"Hello?" (Agent McGiniss, answering vid-phone call from Jayne.)

Shee-niou {Jayne sounds like shee-niou}
"Cow sucking" (Jayne, referring to Alliance's high-tech, but ineffectual, sonic rifle.)

Tyen-sah duh UH-muo.
"Goddamn monsters." (Simon, referring to River's tormentors.)

Lao TYEN yeh.
"Jesus." (Simon, on learning River's limbic system was stripped {changed to amygdala}.)

Tai-kong suo-yo duh shing-chiou sai-jin wuh duh pee-goo. {Wash sounds like Tai-koong soo-yoo-yo duh shing-chow sai-jin woo duh pee-goo}
"All the planets in space flushed into my butt" (Wash, to Zoe about not caring what Mal thinks.)

fahng-tzong fung-kwong duh jeh {Mal sounds like fang-tzang...}
"a knot of self indulgent lunacy" (Mal, about Wash & Zoe arguing and Wash going on the job.)

niou-se {Mal sounds like niou-suh}
"cow dung" (Mal, referring to Wash's sabotage trick to go on the job.)

Tzao-gao!
"Damn it!" (Mal, as sees laser-sight dot.)

Meh, tah mah duh hwoon dahn.
"Mother humping son of a b----." (Mal, addressing Niska.)

Huh choo-shung huh tza-jiao duh tzang-huo! {Book sounds like Huh choo-sahng huh tza-jiao da tang-hwa.''}
"Filthy fornicators of livestock!" (Book, referring to Niska & henchmen, on seeing Mal's ear.)

BUN tyen-shung duh ee-DWAY-RO.
"Stupid, inbred pile of meat." (Saffron, addressing the departing Monty.)

HOE-tze duh PEE-goo!
"Monkey's butt!" (Saffron, addressing Mal.)

EE-chee shung-hoo-shee.
"Let's take a deep breath." (Mal, as he and Inara argue.)

suoxi or Suo-SHEE?
"narrow" (Inara, backpedaling to Mal how she didn't mean "petty".) \\\\ "suoxi" is technically trivial, small and tedious.

Nee mun DOH shr sagwa.
"Idiots. All of you." (Inara, addressing those going along with Saffron's plan.)

BOO hway-HUN duh PUO-foo
"remorseless harridan" (Simon, referring to Saffron.)

Shun-SHENG duh gao-WAHN.
"Holy testicle." (Mal, on seeing ritzy estate parlor.)

Wahg-ba {sic} DAN duh biao-tze.
"Harlots of S.O.B.s" (Saffron, Trash, addressing cops.)

Tah-shr SUO-yo DEE-yure duh biao-tze duh MAH!
"Whores in hell!" (Kaylee, on seeing Saffron's engine sabotage.)

{CUT SCENE} Chiang-BAO HOE-tze duh
"monkey raping" (Mal, referring to Alliance's Durran Haymer.)

{CUT SCENE} KWAI chur hun-rien duh di fahng.
"Go far away very fast." (Simon, to the crude Jayne, as he hides the Tams from Saffron.)

FAHNG-sheen.
"Don't worry." (Zoe, to Inara about keeping Mal safe.)

JAN-doh duh ee-KWAI-ro
"dangly piece of flesh" (Zoe, referring to what Mal shouldn't think with.)

Nee GAO-soo NA niou, TA yo shwong mei-moo?
"Why don't you tell the cow about its beautiful eyes?" (Kaylee, at Simon's poorly delivered compliment.)

TYEN shiao-duh
"Name of all that's sacred" (Mal, invoked to Tracey about his innards.)

shiong tse sha sho
"brutal assassin" (Kaylee, telling Tracey how he makes wartime Zoe sound.)

Wuo duh MA
"Mother-of-Jesus" (Wash, about close explosions.)

gun HOE-tze bee DIO-se
"engage in a feces hurling contest with a monkey" (Inara, about what the companion house could go and do.)

TZOO-foo nee, mei-mei.
"Blessing on you, dear sister." (Nandi, addressing Inara.)

(wuh doh juh man tzai ur choo)
"Little by little, the tribes used the Earth up. Barren, she had little left to offer them. / Swollen of her, they left." {just part of this} (Puppet Theater Narrator, about leaving Earth That Was, as Mal and Inara enter theater.)

jen mei NAI-shing duh FWO-tzoo
"Extraordinarily impatient Buddha" (Nandi, to Mal about waiting to kiss.)

Wang bao {sic} DAHN-- {Nandi sounds like Wung bao dahn}
"dirty bastard sons-of--" (Nandi, referring to Rance's man who just shot her male prostitute.)

niao SE duh DOO-gway {Wash sounds like niao say duh goo-ay}
"p-ss-soaked pikers" (Wash, on trapping Rance's men on Serenity.)

LAN-dan JIANG!
"Weak-ass sauce!" (Mal, referring to his fancy drink.)

FAY-FAY duh PEE-yen
"a baboon's {sic} ass-crack" (Jayne, about Kaylee's recounting of River's shooting.)

BEE-jway, neen hen BOO-TEE-TYEH duh NAN-shung!
"Shut up, you inconsiderate schoolboys!" (Inara, about Wash teasing Jayne during River discussion.)

shiong-mung duh kwong-run
"violent lunatic" (Inara, referring to Early.)

I need another day to do the combat for Rocinante. I'm not as quick with these rules as I am with some, and I need to plot the combat carefully. Hate to kill anyone without just cause now.

Robert - If and when Sam fires and grabs a gun, I am going to assume you will dodge the attack from Ethan already out and fully charged gun. You get a non-attack action without penalty due to being a fighting type.

So I gotta wait another day to see if I fixed the "gou shi" brakes geez that sucks. First you kill off Jal now you make us wait. geez what a day.

And thank you for the Chinese Phrases I have saved them to a document file and will use them if I need to cuss from now on .

Yeah, buddy, Sam'll be scramblin'!

Jal dying is one thing, puhn yoh... Feel free to rough Sam up but, please, try not to kill him.