one would think a vargr kick to forward would be comparatively similar to a human kick to the rear. i can kick my leg straight back only somewhat effectively but i can break bones in a snap kick forwards. errr... 20 years ago at least...![]()
Great point, thanks SD. Yes, I had envisaged my Vagr ship-defense-Fu consisting of a sudden standing leap over the intruder's head with either a toe-claw rake to the eyes or a killing back-kick to the base of the skull (assuming human target, their Ship-Fu varies by target species & bodyform)
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IMTU Vargr Defensive Ship Fu is quite similar to Transhuman Space's Martian(low-gee) Kick-boxing/Savate/Caponeria(sp?), just with the leg moves reversed. E.g. instead of the human karate jumping, spinning, inside-outside axe kick to the top of the head to crack a vacsuit, they do a backflip, forward flick-flack and two-pawed double axe-kick to the armoured vacsuit NVG/optics, or an overhead leap and back-claw to tear helmet hoses and wiring.
So typically my Vargr pilot goes to the airlock while his partner engineer holds the engine room. When the first 2 pirates come on board, holding him at gun-point, he lets them escort him half-way to the bridge, before on his signal (double-blink) the she-wolf cuts the lights and drops the grav for 0.3s, just enough for guns to slip down while he leaps straight up into a pre-placed loose overhead hatch cover, and into the safety of the engineering spaces.
Rude intruders will have been blinded en route...Then he howls while moving
at full quadraped burst speed through the custom duct work to the concealed backup bridge, listening for his mate's answering howl over _all_ coms that she has control of the enemy ships external feeds and turrets (taken over via the docking tube. Then they kill all power, lights and vent the corridors, board the pirate ship and the fun really begins

Pirates in my Marches have a scary old urban legend about a 100ton ship called Lone Wolf or Ghost or Mary something....

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YMMV
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