Fleeing the robot yet again, managing only to score one minor hit on it, the party checks their loot findings while Kovax repairs the elevator.
After dodging some electrical sparks, the entire room lights up and buzzes, the warning note disappearing. Four panels stacked on top of each other, light up, lined in blue. The second one from the top is brighter than the others and they all have Androffan words written on them.
Deck 4: Engineering
Deck 3: Science
Deck 2: Crew
Deck 1: Docking
Looks like we are on the third floor. let's go to the first floor and work our way back up.
"Sounds good."
Urgeon examines the alien runes. "This is a description of each level. You're correct Ridic, we're on the third floor. Deck 4 is Engineering, Deck 3, our current deck, is Science, Deck 2 is Crew and Deck 1 is Docking. Docking for what, I wonder?" Urgeon shrugs, "Let's find out."
Urgeon helps Kovax activate the elevator.
Urgeon and Kovax deduce that operating the elevator is as simple as touching one of the lit panels. However, when they press the "Deck 1" panel, flashing red words appear on the panel below the lit ones.
“The deck you have selected is off-line—please make another selection.”
As Kovax starts pressing buttons, Urgeon explains the meaning of the flashing words, "It is an error message of sorts. The elevator is unable to take us to the first floor. I guess any floor is as good as the next. Let's see if you can make it work, Kovax."
Elevator
Kovax gets the same error message when he hits Deck 2, but as soon as he touches Deck 4, the room lurches suddenly nearly knocking everyone to their feet and then begins to smoothly rise. After several seconds, it stops and the doors to the east automatically open.
Improvised Kennel
A cloying, animalistic stink fills the air of this hemispherical room. To the north and south, curved ramps lead up to hallways leading out of the room, while several doors sit in the east wall. Flickering lights flash and strobe on the ceiling, and the gray metal walls are scorched, dented, and partially broken in places exposing colorful wires or metallic struts within. Four mounds of rubble, cloth, and bones lie scattered around the room.
Upon each of these piles, a dog_like creature is curled. They growl but with a high pitch, breaking into yips as they leap to their feet and rush forward, slavering at the jaws. The creatures have striped pelts and whiskers with long muzzles and razor sharp teeth.
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Ridic will step forward and attack the first dog that comes close enough.
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"Ridic, can you calm these beasts?"
"No, we must defeat these beasts!"
Urgeo shrugs, "I know nothing of these animals, but they look dangerous and they smell."
He will use his wand of magic missiles to blast the nearest one.
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Kovax will wait for the first one to approach and attack.
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Razorend will also hold until they close and lash out with a quick flurry strike.
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Urgeon, warned by his scorpion, whips out Khonnir's wand and fires two bolts blasting a dog off of its heap. With a yelp it hits the ground unmoving.
Kovax and Razorend hold their ground, but the mechanist cuts down both dogs before they reach either of them.
On the south side, Ridic gets bit in the leg before he cuts the dog in half.
And as quickly as the combat started ... it's over.
A quick search of the room turns up nothing of great interest. Two hallways slope down away from this deck in the NW and SW corners of the room. The SW is filled with rock and dirt from an apparent collapse.
The doors in the middle of the eastern wall require a white access card. The others are all accessible via black card.
The ceiling tiles flicker with light, making looking for things difficult except for those with lowlight or darkvision. Additionally the room thrums with a low thundering vibration.
; HIT!;
"That vibration is distracting," Razorend gripes, shaking his head as if to shake out the hum. "Is there a way to stop it?" Razorend looks around for the source.
Urgeon holds his head and attempts to locate the source of the vibration and whether there may be a way to stop it. "I can hardly seen anything in this flickering light. Describe what you see Razorend."
He then pulls out his black card and opens each door in turn.
Razorend nods and calls out any details the others might find pertinent.
Urgeon opens the 3 sets of doors. The southern two open into hallways, while the northern one opens into a room full of cargo.
Loading Dock
The walls of this chamber are battered and dented, and flickering lights on the ceiling give the room a phantasmagoric cast. A mound of rubble sits heaped to the north, while numerous strange containers lie in haphazard piles throughout the chamber. A pair of desks with chairs are placed to the south.
Two massive half-orcs wearing leather armor with pieces of scrap metal embedded in it and carrying tremendously large chunks of machinery, sift through the junk. They are surprised to see you.
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Ridic will move in a prepare to attack the closest of the Orcs.
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Urgeon will use his wand to cast grease underneath the furthest orc.
Before the orcs look up, Razorend will slip into a concealed spot (if any).
Kovax will ready his Glaive and prepare for them to approach
Razorend leaps behind some boxes as Kovax draws his glaive
Ridic moves in, scythe at the ready.
Urgeon will use his first round action to cast grease under the far half orc.
Kovax moves up and attacks, if those boxes don't allow me to let me know I will move
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Keeping to the shadows and hoping Ridic keeps the half-orc's attention, Razorend sidles around to a flanking position and attacks.
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Razorend glides between the crates silently, emerging of the Horc scav and almost completely hamstrings him. It howls in rage.
Kovax climbs up onto one of the boxes gaining slightly higher ground and finishes off the horc, severing its head nearly completely.
Urgeon greases the rear half orc but it just barely holds its balance. It steps carefully forward to attack Ridic swinging a makeshift axe made of pieces of scrap. He catches the druid in the arm, opening a huge gash.
It shouts off a word loudly in a foreign language.
"Intruders!
; HIT!;
Razorend slips back around the containers, circling the chamber to come up behind the second foe.
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Urgeon will step into the room and will demand that the remaining half orc surrender. "Give up now and we will spare your life!"
Ridic will attack the orc that just hit him
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Kovax will attack
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Razorend glides up and slashes the next horc, not getting as much damage but still catching the creature unawares. Kovax aids with another minor blow and Urgeon postures causing the horc to bow up and spit back,
"Shaddup, primate ... ya don'ts belong here and ya know it. Ya bit off more den ya can chew."
And with that he steps out of the flank and swings at Ridic missing wide.
Ridic swings back but the horc ducks away.
You hear a commotion from the door to the southwest.
[Round 3]
Ridic will continue to fight the horc
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Kovax will attack the orc and if it drops will sheath his glaive and prepare to draw his blunderbus for whatever may come through the door. I will also make a 5' move to get a better view of the door
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Assuming the half orc drops, Urgeon moves in and prepares to color spray whatever comes through the door.
Razorend keeps on the half-orc's tail, moving to flank with Urgeon.
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Razorend slashes again but the orc jumps away ... only to catch Kovax's blade square in the chest, his breath escaping in a sigh along with a bloody bubble. Kovax puts away his blade and steps forward.
Urgeon positions himself near the door and Ridic moves onto the horc's corpse to ready his scythe.
The door opens and Urgeon spies a small humanoid with the head of a rat standing in front of him with 2 more behind him. They all carry small crossbows humming with sound in one hand and small swords in the other. He lets fly with a blast of color knocking two of them out of their senses immediately. The third one, just out of range of the spell lets out a squeak and lets a bolt fly that emits an ear-piercing shriek as it speeds toward Urgeon nicking his arm but causing a slight painful sonic vibration in his bones.
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; HIT!;
Changing posture into his Leaping Spirit Dance, Razorend slips into the room and rolls past the creature with a diving somersault.
As he comes up, he slashes at the ratman's knees.
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Ridic will move into the room and attack the rat beast.
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Damage
Urgeon will drag out the unconscious rat men and will begin binding their hands and legs.
Razorend leaps in for a handspring and slips stalling his progress. He slashes out blindly at the ratling who sticks him in the arm as he does so but scrapes the blade off of a bracer.
; miss
Kovax swaps weapons and reposition as Urgeon drags the first body
The rat man follows up with a second attack hitting this time
; HIT!
Ridic moves in and slashes a deep gouge across the thing's backside eliciting a squeak and hiss.
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Urgeon places his manacles on the first rat man and then moves to drag the second one out.