30+ PSA Combat Recap - Rogue vs Juggy with Luck

PSA: Combat Summary: Juggernaut vs Rogue with Luck

Damage in Star Pirates is randomly determined. This means that every once and a while, the damage assessed is very near one of the edges.

Chain of Dogs Level: 50 Hull Points: 505
Weapons: 156,663 Defense: 44,690 Engines: 113,713
Max. Damage: 17
vs.
Worthy Opponent Level: XX Hull Points: 1214
Weapons: 564,731 Defense: 749,281 Engines: 27,011
Max. Damage: 520,043

Well, this won't last long.

Bridgeburners superior engines bonus: +90 Hull Points.

SUCCEED: Surprise Attack! (Chance: 90%)
First attack damage bonus: + 121! (Maximum Possible: 162)
Target's Weapons Malfunction Chance increased by 16% to 20%!

Looks like I'm going to take a chunk out of him before I die.

HIT: 12 Phaser Emitter does 133 to Worthy Opponent (1,081 HP remaining)
HIT: Black Hole Generator,Graviton Beam Array - Mk V,Military Targeting Comp. - Mk III,3 Plasma Cannon - Mk III,2 Pulsar Beam - Mk II does 307 to [FAM] Bridgeburners (288 HP remaining)

Well, that's a bit of a surprise. This will happen about 1 in every 1,700 hits. Still - enough for me to get a second hit.

Note that as I'm fighting a juggernaut, my opponent doesn't have any hull bonuses because of higher engines. The 103 damage that I did is real damage.

HIT: 12 Phaser Emitter does 8 to Worthy Opponent (1,073 HP remaining)
FAIL: Worthy Opponent Weapons Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 20%)
FAIL: Weapons cause 3 to Worthy Opponent(1,070 HP remaining)
FAIL: Weapons cause 18 to [FAM] Bridgeburners(270 HP remaining)

Hey! I like the malfunction, but not the fact that the malfunction did 18 damage to me.

HIT: 12 Phaser Emitter does 16 to Worthy Opponent (1,054 HP remaining)
HIT: Black Hole Generator,Graviton Beam Array - Mk V,Military Targeting Comp. - Mk III,3 Plasma Cannon - Mk III,2 Pulsar Beam - Mk II does 265,967 to [FAM] Bridgeburners (-265,697 HP remaining)

Oh well. It was inevitable.

Alert
Worthy Opponent defeated you.
You were raided for $0.
Regenabots are working on you and prevent your movement.
They have informed you they will finish repairs in 8 more minutes
Fully Repair Ship Immediately For 3 Points or you can Use a Regenabot Summoner

I've spend some time trying to understand probability theory, so I'm not surprised when I see a battle when multiple unlikely events occur - but I am amused.

One key takeaway is having more engines than your opponent will always be helpful - it's always nice to damage the paint job of the pirate who crushes you. Being able to take a couple of hundred points out of your opponent's hull will mean that you won't be on as many farm lists.