Space Combat

Work in progress; starting with space combat loss scenarios.

Loss Scenario
[Lose]

1,[Survive] 1,[Die]
 * Lose

1,What is left of the [Ship] and crew is recovered by [RecoveryTeam]. 1,The [Ship] is damaged but operable, and the crew manage to ride it to a nearby [Station]. 1,The crew successfully ejects and is recovered by [RecoveryTeam]. 1,The [Ship] is too badly damaged to maneuver, but gravity and good fortune see the crew [Crash] a nearby [Station]. 1,The [Hobbled] [Ship] makes it to a nearby [Station] with minutes of life support to spare.
 * Survive

1,crippled 1,heavily damaged 1,hobbled 1,severely damaged
 * Hobbled

1,crash at 1,crash-land at 1,drift into 1,safely careen into 1,safely land at 1,touch down at
 * Crash

1,station 1,base 1,planet 1,asteroid 1,emergency landing area 1,dock
 * Station

2,allied elements. 2,a friendly patrol. 2,a neutral patrol. 5,enemy forces, who are considering [Negotiations]. 1,pirates looking for ransom. 1,privateers willing to negotiate with the crew for their freedom. 1,junkers who agree to drop the crew off at the nearest [Station]. 1,salvagers who agree to drop the crew off at the nearest [Station]. 1,spacers who offer to let the crew join them.
 * RecoveryTeam

1,holding the captain and crew as political prisoners. 1,broadcasting the execution of the crew as an example. 1,executing the captain as an example. 1,holding the crew for a prisoner exchange. 1,executing the captain, and holding the rest of the crew for bargaining. 1,brainwashing the crew for use as double agents. 1,torturing the crew into providing intelligence. 1,forcing the crew to switch allegiances.
 * Negotiations

1,The [Ship]'s surviving crew members are recovered by enemy forces, only to be summarily executed. 1,The [Ship][Hull][Explode]s. All crew members meet a brief and relatively painless death. 1,The [Ship] [Supply] runs out before rescue. All crew members eventually succumb to their ill fate. 1,The [Ship] is too badly damaged to fly, and drifts into [DeepSpace] where the crew ultimately perish. 1,The [Ship]'s life support is operable but her communications and navigation systems are destroyed. The crew eventually goes mad and perishes in [DeepSpace]. 1,The [Ship] takes [Fatal] hit to the [Vitals], and explodes into a brilliant ball of unstable energy and molten heavy metal. The crew never stood a chance of survival. 1,The captain intrepidly sets the damaged [Ship] on a collision course with the enemy [Flagship]. The story of that defiant and heroic last voyage is taken up as a call to arms against the enemy.
 * Die

1,capital ship 1,command vessel 1,dreadnought 1,flagship 1,mothership 1,squadron commander 1,wing commander
 * Flagship

1,a direct 1,a fatal 1,one final 1,one last
 * Fatal

1,cabin 1,engine core 1,fuel cells 1,fuselage 1,generator 1,hull 1,ordinance bay 1,reactor
 * Vitals

1,a black hole 1,a gas planet 1,a nearby star 1,an asteroid belt 1,an asteroid field 1,an uninhabited solar system 5,deep space
 * DeepSpace

5, 2,'s hull 1,'s fuselage
 * Hull

1,craft 1,ship 1,spacecraft 1,spaceship
 * Ship

1,collapse 1,crumble 1,crumple 2,disintegrate 2,evaporate 3,explode 2,implode 1,self-destruct
 * Explode

1,food 1,life support 1,oxygen 1,water
 * Supply