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Serasai Onashi
Nov 11th, 2013, 02:30:57 PM
One of Serasai Onashi's most prized possessions was a portable dejarik board.

It was made of wood, with small holoprojectors protruding slightly from each space (each spaced in such a way that they would not touch when the board was folded); there was inlaid filigree and embossed lettering in a script he hadn't seen before, but it was aesthetically pleasing enough. What he enjoyed the most was the choices he had for pieces. While the traditional beasts were his nominal favourite, there were settings to change the pieces to soldiery, which included pieces like a Mandalorian in full armour and a Rodian hunter, to starfleet ships and snub fighters, and even Jedi and Sith warriors.

The Novgorod - Onashi was under the suspicion that the ship's name had been changed, but he didn't know for sure, and didn't care enough to ask - had been underway for two months without making a stop in a starport. After training had lost its lustre, he had switched to enhanced gravity training, doing the martial forms he'd been taught in 1.9 gravities. But that soon lost its sheen also. So he pulled out his dejarik board and set up in the Troop Rec Room and systematically destroyed any competition that came his way.

What Onashi liked most about the rank and file of almost any organization was their propensity to make a celebration out of anything. Thus after two hours of playing, most of the troopers and a fair amount of crew were in the Rec Room (making it crowded and hot), alcohol was flowing, and there was a crowd around the dejarik board; not because the game in itself was exciting, but most of the room had bet money on either player, and everyone was invested in who would win.

"Nice try with the Kintan death gambit," Onashi said, keying in his move and watching the Savrip move around and break the aforementioned Kintan. The Ghhhk protected its flank from retribution, leaving the Marine who was his opponent swearing and glaring at the board. "But it's somewhat overused. Next time you're in this situation, try the Molator manoeuvre."

The marine moved, and Onashi ended the game, smashing the soldier's last piece; he had annihilated his opponent from the board.

He looked up at the crowd.

"Anyone else?" he called while the group either cheered or swore while credit dataries changed hands.

Ledo G. Prent
Nov 28th, 2013, 07:43:27 PM
"Yeh."

A well-worn knife plonked a half inch into the veneer of the table the holochess emitter rested on, it's handle quivering slightly as if to signal that its owner was marking dibs on the next match, as if he hadn't spoken. The nearest onlookers parted to allow the haggard and grizzled owner of that knife to approach.

"Me."

Ledo Prent sucked air audibly through a gap in his lower two front teeth as he took his seat. Promptly, he retrieved his blade and went to work with the tip, extricating a bit of lodged food from another pair of teeth, which he spat to the floor casually.

"Malastare rules. Five hunn'ad up front on th' table."

The pirate's eyes slipped to a chit he slid on the table, authorizing his buy in.

Serasai Onashi
Nov 29th, 2013, 03:49:42 PM
Onashi grinned and waved expansively.

"I wasn't betting before, but you've piqued my interest, pirate," the mercenary said, laying down his own chit. The noise in the room grew while people started shouting out their own bets, and the self appointed bookies took them and set the odds. The board reset, and Onashi watched as he was dealt the K'lor' slug, the Houjix, the Ng'ok, and the Monnok; leaving the Savrip, Molator, Ghhhk, and Strider to Prent.

"So there's a unified Malastare rule now?" he asked, leaning back in his seat and pulling out a coin and flipping it to Prent that he could make sure it wasn't weighted. He tapped a bystander's arm and gestured; the soldier walked forward and waited for Prent to give him the coin so he could flip it. "Hadn't heard that; which won out, Dug or Gran?"

He assumed the pirate meant the Dug rules, those being the much more chance-laden compared to the original rules. Pieces' attributes were made more equal, and it was easier to flank pieces and dodge attacks, though the attacks which did land were most often kills. It favoured attacking and setting up quick kills in sequence. Gran rules were geared toward pushing enemy pieces into killing fields and pooling attack attributes with flankers.

Onashi lit his pipe and winked at a particularly attractive Ensign he'd not seen before; probably a new addition to the bridge crew.