Senior Advisor Sydney Xia Emery Harper knew they were in for a beating. But overcoming physical pain was part of their training as children. In a way, they took perverse delight in being tormented. But that was a secret known to few.
Results (feel free to post your own version of events)
Against Console Priscia
The first duel against the Console went exactly as badly as they expected. They chose a long-bladed polearm, thinking the small movements across the fulcrum would allow wide sweeps of the blade. This should have countered the Jy’mar’s fast movement. But it also provided an excellent pathway right up the weapon and onto the Advisor themselves. They managed to toss the Console off twice before she was able to cling tenaciously and scramble up the weapon, the Advisor’s arm, and to their throat. A clear loss by submission- 4 to 13.
In the brawl, they were hoping the size differential would quickly work to their advantage. As expected, most weapons were human sized. However, the Jy’mar’s natural environment was one of clutter and disarray. Once might even say this was the Console’s natural environment. It was a close match, decided by the pirate’s obscure scoring system. In the end, the match went to the Console for repeated successful taunting of the opponent- 11 to 13
Console Sydney held back during the Streetfight. Here, their natural bio-mechanical manipulation talents could have come to the forefront. But they were concerned due to their lack of understanding of Jy’mar biology. They didn’t want to accidentally stop the creature’s heart by an errant strike. Their armor, however, proved to be the turning point. So finely crafted and interlocking, it was difficult to find an access point to bare flesh. She had to make one, and that took time. Too much time, and allowing too much damage from her opponent- 11 to 17
Against Duan Li
Clearly, Duan Li was holding back during the knightly duel. Though he hid it quite ably, he was playing with Syndey. His armor and short bladed weapons appeared to be a near-even match against the Senior Advisor’s acrobatic maneuvering and adept pole-arm stand-off defense. Still, Sydney thought, he probably had placed a bet that it would go the distance. Something that had long odds on the boards. It went the distance, and they lost in a close decision 13 to 15
The pirate brawl turned into an odd match, to say the least. The Senior Advisor spent the match engaging with Duan’s digital partner while scrambling to avoid the worst of his attacks. Philosophical and ontological debates seemed to distract the AI and prevent it from bringing its technical expertise to bear. The pirates were displeased, as they wanted blood, not a Ship-of-Theseus debate. Loss was 8 to 11.
In the street fight, both gave their best. It came as quite a surprise that the combat jumpsuit Sydney wore was quite resilient against projectiles and blades. It was only slightly more bulky than their normal clothes, but its carbon nanofibers functioned as well as medium combat armor. This allowed Sydney to close several times and land pin-point blows. Their knowledge of human biology allowed them to target nerve clusters, sending them into a flutter and disrupting their connections to attached cybernetics. But each time they closed, Duan Li responded with a punishing series of physical blows. Piercing and slashing was well protected, but cybernetically augmented bludgeoning wore them down. They lost 15 to16.