Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
"Data, why don't you open the door, if you are so confident." says Thorval. He makes sure to be away from the door when that happens.
Ryu Shuto |
"How could he have set you up for that? Ryu says to Thorval. "We all just came down here, remember? Now let's get ourselves together. They might not be here, but they're looking at us and judging us. If we can get this working right, we'll be heroes."
Builder-42 |
"Mr. Shuto, I believe that Thorval^18, feels the need to externalize his frustrations, however I have observed that the act of externalization acts as a catharsis for him and interruption of that process might be damaging to his psyche"
Tolmu |
"Perhaps on the way back you might want to take advantage of my Profession as Counselor to talk about these feelings of personal attacks by others in detail, Thorval."
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
"I don't know what you are all talkin' about. My feelings are fine. I don't need no carsitter, neither. Let's just fix dat thing now."
Thorval shakes his head. 'All these eggheads. I mean, they are useful at times, but they ain't got a lick of sense.'
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
”wait, wut?” asks Thorval. ”You suggestin’ That I get a tag team partner? Always fought solo, but I could try it out, I s’pose.”
GM Bugman |
The door opens as you debate among yourselves to reveal four pillars, each covered in glowing circuitry. Though slightly out of date by modern Pact Worlds standards, the four power generators in between the pillars nevertheless hum with energy. The room is illuminated from below, and doors lead out across from you.
Two robots light up and begin moving, apparently triggered by your entrance!
Tolmu: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Ryu: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
YDataY: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Builder-42: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Thorval: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Robo-buggy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Springing to action, the robots immediate begin defending their programmed space. The first robots emits a arcing laser that scans over the group, while the second targets YDataY with its laser eye. Both fail to succeed against the well prepared group, then move into cover.
Strafing Fire: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Laser at Data: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Round 1! Everyone is up!
Robots
Builder
YDataY
Thorval
Ryu
Tolmu
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
Thorval immediately starts attuning himself with the power of the stars, as he rushes up to punch one of the robots in the face! "Ha ha ha! You have met your match, you mechanical monstrosities!"
Solarian Weapon, Tauen crystal (least) vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 electrical damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Ryu Shuto |
Ryu moves to a better position from which to fire."I think we can also agree that there's never a dull moment with you around." He fires at the robot. "For the record, that's not a good thing"
Ghibrani Huchket Rifle v KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 4
Builder-42 |
Builder moves forward and takes cover behind a bank of computers.
'Triuns forgivness'
Their exocortex selects Thorval's target as primary and they raise there Pulsecaster for a shot.
PulseCaster: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7
Electricity Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Tolmu |
Tolmu moves into the room and fires at one of the robots...
[dice=Laser Pistol(Azimuth)(EAC) vs. "Red"]1d20+1[/dice]
[dice=possible Fired damage vs. "Red"]1d4[/dice]
NOTE: Divine Blessing(Sarenrae): first fire effect each round does 1/2 fire and 1/2 holy. Mystic Strike: Your melee and ranged attacks count as magic for the purposes of bypassing damage reduction and other situations, such as attacking incorporeal creatures. In case either applies here.
Y Data Y |
I will magic missile the robot that just tried to kill me activating my spell cache dmg: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 2) + 3 = 10 hooray, Paizo is cooperating again after several hours, like 12 or so.
GM Bugman |
Both robots fire at Thorval, one hitting.
Laser at Data: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Laser at Data: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Round 2
Robots R-14, B -13
Builder
YDataY
Thorval -4
Ryu
Tolmu
Builder-42 |
Builder levels their rifle again at 'blue'
PulseCaster: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 = 14
Electricity Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Y Data Y |
Were they actually aiming at me or Thorval? You said one thing in the sentence, but posted at Data in the dice roll
Data moves in and energy rays the one at the bottom hit: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (13) = 15 vs EAC dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 3 electricity
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
"Oh... you shouldn't of oughta done that!" yells out Thorval as he makes a guarded step by blue. He takes a swing at the robot.
Thorval solarian weapon, vs EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 electical: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
"OH YEAH!!!"
GM Bugman |
Good catch, Thorval. Copy paste error.
One robot is distroyed as Thorval's fist smashes into it! The other looks very damaged.
Round 2
Robots R-14, B -13
Builder
YDataY
Thorval -4
Ryu
Tolmu
GM Bugman |
Ugghh that was rough, and literally at the end of this scenario
The robot looks back at Thorval with its dead electronic eyes and returns the dare.
Laser at Thorval: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Round 3
Robots R-14
Builder
YDataY
Thorval -6
Ryu
Tolmu
Builder-42 |
Builder moves into the open confident that their new friend will prevent it from getting to them.
PulseCaster: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Electricity Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
Thorval laughs at the puny laser shot, and yells out, ”Is that the beat that you can do, you puny pipsqueak? I’ve been stung worse than that by teeny tiny little wasps. ”
He moves up, and releases his solar attunement in a ball of fire!
supernova, Fire, dc13 ref half: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1) = 8
”Burn, b~$**!”
th burst only affects the robot
GM Bugman |
The last robot falls swiftly to the onslaught. Moving towards the next door there are no signs of traps. Opening it you find the temperature of this next narrow room is a few degrees warmer than the previous chambers. Racks of computers line the walls, with tiny lights blinking and hard drives audibly whirring. A single terminal stands opposite the only door to the west, an input prompt flashing serenely. Still under the share language spell, it is easy to read the simple login screen.
Password:
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
"Yo! Dudes! Someone who is all tricksy with coding and stuff should do something about this. I'll see if I can tear anything out of these robots. Oh, and weren't we supposed to fix the mainframe or something?" Thorval points to all the stuff around in the room that robots were in. "Should it be making that noise? And what does that flashing red light mean?"
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
I will use my campaign coin to give Data a rerool with +1 due to my nova
1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 = 21
Builder-42 |
meekly Builder raises their hand, I am a specialist. I suspect that the coding they use in nonbianary...[technobabble]"
Aid another Computer: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
GM Bugman |
With swift deft keystrokes YDataY hacks into the terminal. Inside is a barrage of data revealing the past of this planet.
Just over 300 years ago the ghibranis engaged in a
brief but deadly nuclear war between several of its now-
forgotten nation states. Prior to their cataclysmic conflict, ghibranis
paid their respects to an aspect of Damoritosh—a god of war most
commonly worshipped by the vesk in modern times. This worship
shaped the race into a strong coalition of militarized states, with
religious servants of Damoritosh in key advisory positions. The war
that destroyed most of the ghibrani race occurred only decades
after the Gap, as the addled state of the world’s leaders in the Gap’s
aftermath only exacerbating existing tensions.
A small percentage of ghibranis survived the devastation. A
powerful force field spared the metropolis of Arkeost the brunt of
the nuclear war, but subsequent radiation carried by shifting wind
currents wracked the city. Many died, but a sizable population
endured. The ghibrani leaders knew the city didn’t have sufficient
resources to support all the survivors, so after much discussion,
they purposefully engineered several additional minor disasters
to trouble the populace. The leaders then seeded rumors that an
angry Damoritosh was responsible for this “divine” punishment
and devised the creation of a false deity—Mother Touloo—who
promised salvation to those ghibranis who gave up the comforts
of civilization. Agents planted within the populace spread this
false religion, leading a sizeable contingent of ghibranis into the
wastelands. Meanwhile, the leaders of Arkeost and their closest
family and friends remained behind.
Over the years, this truth has been forgotten to all.
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
"So, wait, what? This Mother Touloo was just a fake goddess?" says Thorval in astonishment. "And the membranes just b&@%@~*$ted the husks to go out and wander in the desert? Har, har! That's a laugh.
"Though, I suppose, that wasn't very nice of them, since I s'pose a lot of the husks died. And, they probably didn't expect any of them to live.
"Well, crap. That wasn't funny after all." Thorval looks pissed at this revelation.
Ryu Shuto |
Ryu looks at his companions. "What are we to do with this information? The Great Council may try to kill us for having it. The husks may go to war with the membranes." He considers for a long moment. "I say we tell them. Both sides."
Y Data Y |
Tolmu takes out his personal computer and asks Y Data Y to download the information for transfer back to home.
Downloading information for transfer computers: 8 + 1d20 ⇒ 8 + (10) = 18
Builder-42 |
Builder pulls out their Custom rig and begins to work on repairing the Computer
Computers: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
As they work with a glance over to Tolmu "How are we getting home?"
GM Bugman |
Data and Ryu are able to download the information while Builder is able to repair the generator system after roughly ten minutes of effort. The only question left remaining is what to do with the knowledge that has been learned.
Though the ship has been severely damaged, a few days of work on it would be enough to get it back into shape for drift travel, with a few more days work to get it moderately prepared for fighting.
Ryu Shuto |
"I suggest we not make a decision until after the ship is repaired. There's no reason for us to get caught in the middle of any potential conflict if we can help it. But I feel that we need to tell them of our findings."
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
”Yeah. Dudes. I mean, they have the right to know, you know?” says Thorval, clearly having puzzled put something in his head.
GM Bugman |
Leaving the generator room, the council is estatic that the systems seem to be working in better shape. After getting escorted back out to your ship, it takes only a few days to get it into flying shape. Ready to head back home with the information you've gathered, one last decision remains.
Tell one? Tell all? Tell none? Then I can get the chronicles out!
Thorval Thorvalson the N+18 |
"Ok, guys, let's take a vote on this." says Thorval. "I think that we should tell both the husks and the membranes. Just ain't right them not knowing their history.
"That being said, I admit I ain't the brightest star in the sky. So, if the rest of you out-vote me, so be it.
"So, let's make this all official-like, and vote."
Please vote in character