Questions regarding quests and quest packs

[Adder007USA]

Currently the only one available is into the unknown, but these questions I imagine will pertain to future quest packs as well. Attempted to find the answers using "search", but couldn't find anything, so forgive me if I've somehow missed the answer somewhere.

1. On page 46 of the starfinder society guide (Appendix 6), it states;

Quests: Some quests award special types of boons. These boons
must be applied to the character you played for the quest. If your
character dies in a quest that grants 0 XP, the Chronicle sheet
can be applied to the character, but cross off the boon. The death
condition is not permanent for such quests. This is an exception to
the normal death rules (see page 17)

Does this mean that player death in quest scenarios is not permanent? Or should it be interpreted that player death is still permanent, UNLESS the quest grants only 0xp, in which case they don't receive any boon rewards, but still are usable for the next missions/scenarios/quests. Just need clarification on the rewards.

2. In between individual quests in a quest pack (Such as the 5 stages of Into the unknown), what kind of recovery is allowed? Common sense obviously dictates when a 10 minute short rest can be made, but what about long rests? Do we just look for narrative clues, implying that more than 24 hours pass for things such as travel on a starship?

3. No boons, does this mean flat out, no boons whatsoever? I'm aware that provisions are made for reputation and fame (Usually a faction boon), but what about slotless boons such as the implant received at the beginning of commencement? I'm assuming the intention is to prevent undue advantage by players who have accumulated a few, although the given scenario is only open to level 1s...

[Gary Bush]

1) That character gets a 0 XP chronicle. The play can still the quest pack again with a different character. The character is still able to play in other adventures and is not reported as dead.

2) If the player is using pregens they would reset. If they are playing their own character they would be refreshed because it is indeterminate amount of time from the planet to space. It doesn't really matter because space combat uses different set of skills.

3)yeah no boons.

[Adder007USA]

Right, but for 1. Is this for ALL quests, or just ones that only award 0xp? For example, into the unknown does NOT give 0 xp, it gives a minimum of 1. This means that players are at risk of death as normal, correct?

[Gary Bush]

A player does not receive a chronicle for each quest. They receive a chronicle when they are done playing the quests. The amount of rewards earned on the chronicle depend on how many of the quests the character completed.

A character death overrides the otherwise earned rewards. So if a character had completed the first four quests, and then died on the final quest (very unlikely for these quests btw), the character would lose all rewards and be issued a 0 XP chronicle with the boons marked off.

This is consistent on how chronicles are handled on non-quest adventures. If a character dies, they receive a chronicle that has 0 rewards and is marked dead. The difference with the quest is that the character is not marked dead, they just receive a 0 XP chronicle with no reward boons.

No the character is not at risk of permanent death.

[Woran]

Characters DO risk permanent death in Into the Unknown. If you die and can not be raised, your chronicle will gives you nothing, but that doen not make it into a 0 XP quest.

Currently there are no 0 XP quests in Starfinder, but Pathfinder has a few (Fane of Fangs, Amush in Absalom). Those dont give XP, Gold, and do not qualify for a day job. They only give access to boons.
If you die in those, you cross off the boons, essentialling giving you an empty chronicle sheet, but you also dont die.

[Gary Bush]

Maybe I misunderstand that point. I defer to Tineke because I have never played in a 0 XP quest.