E.E Murray

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Have We Smoked the Best Part of the Cigar? A corollary of the two previous rules is thus: end the mission when there is no longer any sufficiently dramatic obstacle to the players achieving their goal. If the goal is "destroy all enemies,' " and it is a foregone conclusion that they mop up the minions that remain, it serves no-one to play out those last few turns. It is not dramatic, and it is not a good use of time. If ever in doubt, ask your players: "Have we smoked the best part of cigar?" If the answer is yes, go ahead and end the mission there. You may be surprised at how often players will say "no, I want to see what happens," or "no, I want Kate to pull off this crazy maneuver she's planning." When considering fast-forwarding through a boring end of a mission, double and triple check all your notes, the Mission's Environment, Obstacles, and Twists (p. xxx) and the enemies' abilities. You don't want to accidentally skip something important!
She shot forward. The enemy’s deck-gun went bright. The round knocked against her armor and one of the forward cameras went out. She pushed on, feeling the skids below splash and dip into the water. “Come on!” she screamed, pushing the sticks. The jets burned and flashed her wake to salt-steam. The deck-gun went bright again and the water under her burst. She was 50 meters out. Another round went off, missed. 30 meters. Her bullets tore holes in the sub’s deck and water poured in. 10 meters. Too close for your gun. Her metal legs screetched against the hull and she fired round after round deep into it. “Anders!” she laughed into the radio. “I’m on them, I’m on—” The Dallas fired again.