Poll for Starcaster 09.12

Let's consider the outcomes: Kill them - homicide by a mimion brings Feds Threats - they inform Syndicate to get paid Negotiate - Speck & gang get roped into unpleasant activities

I think the problem is that if he kills all of them, he may have some trouble finishing his repairs in peace. If he gets them to back down now, they will likely come back better prepared and in greater numbers, but he may have enough time to patch things up and get out quick.

I say kill'em - on a side note: I would love to know more back story about Speck and his home planet... if he "falls" through everything not made of that special metal, then what is the composition of his home planet?

I usually go for the non-violent option but I think that Speck needs to vent some frustration so... melt them.

It's kind of a catch-22. If he just threatens, odds are good someone is gonna get melted just to get the point across, and then things will escalate. Speck knows they need to lay low, and if these guys get chased off they're just going to come back with more "leverage". They are a problem the crew can't afford to just scare off.

I just want to see Speck fight. There should be a spin off of just Speck fighting.

This feels like a false choice. There is only one viable option.

He has lost one eye already, I'm sure a bit of mimion muck won't do much good to the other (nevermind the brain behind it). I agree, threaten them right back; that worked quite well at the beginning of volume one as well. If they're stupid enough, we'll get a fight anyway.

I voted for "threaten with violence". Speck seems to be more the brains of the team with Cort. I realize that "threatening with violence" will lead to "violence", but at least this way Speck won't have to make the first move and could size up the enemy a bit. There is already one that is scared that could be pushed toward running away under the right conditions. Of course, this right here is why so many said during the last poll that they needed a new ship. Not only is the current one really beat up, but it is marked as wanted by governments and crime syndicates alike.

I just love how Speck fights, he's such a cuddly little bad-ass. Thug #1 is right to be afraid. They should all be very afraid...

It is a difficult one as I agree it probably is pointless to negotiate as they will betray no matter what ..but Speck is simply not one to attack unprovoked .. so negotiate/threat is more his style even when he knows it is pointless ..he still has hope in the best of persons. I vote threat :)

This is a hard vote.

I went for threaten as the goon seems worried... but I concur with the comments here, they would probably just call the federation out of spite afterwards...

The goons are chicken, they don't like the idea of being goo for good. A few nicely placed words about melting, and things will go Speck's way. The "merchant" is a tubby coward who's more ambitious than he is reasonable... you know, on second thought it's probably a better idea to melt the merchant than it is to threaten him, he'd be the kind of guy to get petty revenge. Like Tazerface.

Hmmmm...I was hoping for a "sly trickery" option. I don't think Speck is a "kill first" kind of guy unless he's defending a friend.

Violent bunch here.

Turn them to goo!

I voted for negotiate and was only a little surprised it's as low as it is. :)

Only one way to make sure they wont talk

Yeah nobody likes that they're threatening Speck lol. That's exactly how I thought this one would go

Threaten seems bad, because once the threatening is over they can just go call the Federation anyway and not be around Spec once the Federation shows up. Negotiate a price with what money? Gotta go with attack them.

Threaten to melt them down one body part at a time. 😈