Justin would like to know why his head feels like he just had a pitcher of HI Cs favorite rainbow colored drink
And if they have any special defense.
and then withdraw to the next room
"It's okay Rover! If you lose a leg, you'll still have another! Everyone take the big one!"
Xavier points both his energy pistols and blasts away.
@Justin, These are Veolisks, an adult and an its young by the looks of it. Adult Veolisks have a gaze attack that can induce confusion. They dont have any special defenses other than a decent amount of armor from their thick scales.
"It's okay Rover! If you lose a leg, you'll still have another! Everyone take the big one!"
Will:
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Bigger Lizard
Justin
the smaller lizard scurries up to take a bite out of DR34-M12,
biting into the android, while Hi-C raises his sword not to defend her but to slash down and back up at her!
The first slash cuts into her synthetic skin and she barely avoids the second slash!
Rover opens fire at the larger lizard opening himself up to an attack of opurtunity in the process, but still managing to hit with his first blast.
The Bigger lizard rips more and more into Rover....
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Bigger Lizard
Justin
Dreamz rebooted to find a lizard gnawing on her leg and Hi-C's blade dripping with white nanite fluid from the wound in her chest. "Ow, what the crap!?" She shouted as she used her rifle knock the lizard off, allowing her to move back to, relative, safety. Seeing Handsome's order in her logs, Dreamz raised her rifle and opened fire on the large lizard.
"Don't worry Rover, I can build you a better leg. We'll be new leg buddies"
"GET OFF ME!!!!" He screams unloading even more shots at this thing.
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"Shut your eyes if you can and get away from each other if you can't. For gods sake everyone get away from HI C "
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Bigger Lizard
Justin
The larger lizard Roars as it looks at Hi-C and Rover, who have both proven to have tasty legs, and decides to bite each of them!
act normally
hit self in face
attack nearest creature
Hi-C
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Bigger Lizard
Justin
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Justins going to fire at the bigger lizard. A toe is all you need to see when you cheat
"It's all good Dreamz! Hi-C is just giving you a friendly pat on the back!"
Handsome fires at big if still up, otherwise fires at small...
Handsome then follows Justin's suggestions, moves away from Dreamz, takes cover amongst some tables, and begins to avoid looking directly at the lizards.
Handsome Gob helps DR34-M12 shake off Hi-C's assault while Justin blasts off the big toe of the larger lizard!
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Bigger Lizard
Justin
the smaller lizard steps up and bites at DR34-M12!
once again bitting into DR34-M12's inorganic leg with as much enthusiasm as a real leg!
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Bigger Lizard
Justin
Hi-C's first slash misses but his second slash connects with the larger lizards jugular, spraying him in blood before the beast finally falls and snuffs out the flames that consumed it.
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Justin
DR34-M12 digs her fingers into the her bite wounds and swirls around!
Rover sneakily twirls his laser pistol at the small lizard before stepping away from Hi-C and then blasting him with his acid pistol!
blasting into Hi-Cs core, the acid caused his chest plate to drip profusely onto the floor.
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Justin
Justins going to... stay away from looking at it and stay sane to deal with the fall out. Shut eyes and start a summons. done
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"It's OK Hi-C, the acid etched a cool design onto your armor! Really! It looks like a... *cackle* *cackle*...a goblin penis!"
"Everyone, just a little guy left! Get 'Em!"
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"Awesome. Just what I wanted to terrify my assailants. The reproductive organs of another species."
"whats scary about something that usually brings happiness? "
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Justin
The smaller lizard bites at DR34-M12, it seems to have gotten a taste for synthetic fluids and flesh,
the little lizards snaps a bite into her leg, then goes for another as she dodges it.
Handsome Gob
Smaller Lizard
Hi-C
DR34-M12
Rover
Justin
"Noticed that eh' Captian, was going for more of a bigger representation." He says as he aims up a shot and fires at the smaller lizard.
After the aim, he goes to fire with his disintegrator and instead goes for the laser.
"sorry windy, but you can't shut off the call halfway through.. as long as you're here though... "
+2 more if Dreamer threatens.
Justins shot
cold damage
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"Everyone spank your monkey! I mean, spank your lizard! I mean spank that lizard!"
=(
Handsome then attempts a laser rifle shot but distracted with thoughts of monkey spanking on his mind, he misses horribly.
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Dreamz somersaulted away from the lizard gnawing on her leg. "You've got good taste, so eat this!" She shouted as she opened fire.
the team works together to finally bring down the adolescent veolisk!
COMBAT OVER
as the group collects themselves in the moment after the intense skirmish, you all look around at each other, DR34-M12 and Rover bow have bloody legs, Hi-C's got a goblin wang on his chest and is covered in blood and authentic fluid, and Handsome and Justin are taking cover behind dining tables, but... You are victorious!
Three data modules likely interest you, labeled respectively “Activities,” “Intelligence,” and “Sacred Lore.”
Activities Data Module: This module can be accessed without additional Computers checks. It states the mission of this sect of the Cult of the Devourer in no uncertain terms. The denizens of the Star-Eater’s Spine were devoted to poring through the prophecies in a sacred but cryptic tome called The Entropy of Existence and Glorious Rise of the Void. The data contains the cult’s analysis of some of these divinations, including one prophecy flagged as high-priority. This high- priority prophecy is not stored in this data module, but a link points to its location in another secure data module labeled “Sacred Lore”.
From the data, it appears the cultists interpreted the prophecy as referring to some sort of weapon—one powerful enough to serve as a “key” to untold destruction. In addition to the cultists’ obsessive work to understand more of this prophecy’s latent instructions, this module details the terrible, ritualistic tortures, such as the laser wall, the cult enacted to try to pull further clues from those lines.
The Intelligence data module contains records of all of the communications between the Star-Eater’s Spine and the Devourer cult on Castrovel. These captioned recordings document
the Castrovelian cult leader Tahomen’s boastful crowing about his cult’s activities at the Temple of the Twelve, including a premature (and ultimately untrue) claim of the cult’s humiliating defeat of you! The last communication log, however, takes on a triumphantly gleeful tone. In it, Tahomen reports that information in the temple’s inner sanctum has revealed the location of the “key” emphasized in Nyara’s prophecy. In the final line of the recording, Tahomen jubilantly states, “Our future awaits, far beyond the confines of the Star-Eater’s Spine! You must fly, my sisters and brothers! Fly to KKSHHHSSSSSHHHHH , where the Key awaits...” The recording then ends.
It seems that the name of the location the cultists fled to was deliberately deleted and then meticulously scrubbed from the system. The electronic signature of the hacker who performed these tasks is unlike any of the digital footprints left in either this datacore or the computer terminal in the entry room. However, there are clear signs that this data was deleted just a few days ago— sometime after the cultists abandoned the Star-Eater’s Spine, given physical clues left behind at the base, such as the state of the southern mess hall.
This module contains reams of information about the cult’s profane belief in the Devourer, the assured entropy of the universe, and the cultists’ unholy roles in bringing about the end of existence for the glory of their dark religion. In addition to general religious dogma and near-mad ramblings, the data module also details the Star-Eater’s Spine cult’s fascination with an ancient elven soothsayer named Nyara, outlining her history. The data even includes a computer-generated hologram of Nyara recounting some of her most enigmatic prognostications, as recorded in her most infamous book, The Entropy of Existence and Glorious Rise of the Void , which the cultists of the Star-Eater’s Spine treat as gospel.
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Hi-C takes in the scene and just nods his head before sheathing his sword.
"Hell of a night."
He then steps over and turns his back to the nearest wall, slides down into a crouch, and uses three arms to pull out 1) a bag of his favorite Zesty Salamander pretzel bites, 2) a prepackaged "Just add liquid" ready-to-eat, and 3) a bottle of Junkbot-killya.
'Should've brought beer" Rover says then looks at his leg and cringes."Great now I have blood on my pants and yep pretty sure missing some meat on my legs...damn lizards thinking I'm Castrovelian Fried Chi'ken" he sits beside Hi-C and chuckles.
"nice dick" He pulls out his flask and takes a hit then offers Hi-C some.
Rover looked over at hi-C and nods."you are missing out!" he takes the tequila and drinks it in and then hands it back.
Handsome walks over to the computer and yells out, "Dreamz, Rover!! Looks like this is right up your ally! Let me see if I can help...."
In an attempt to aid those teammates who are more computer literate than himself, Handsome randomly presses computer buttons with the prettiest colors - all of which are just various shades of green....
"I thought you said we were out of alchohol. Which was impressive seeing as how i WAS storing some in my cheek pouches "
Going to give rover 2 CLWs
Try not to get as hurt this time.
Dreamz found a place to sit and examine her shredded legs. Chunks of her synthetic flesh were partially flayed, and her metal bones showed in a few spots. "Not as bad as I thought, nothing my nanaites can't repair." The android said casually before going in to standby mode.
"Mmm well the cultists sure have been busy. Looks like they have the location of the key from the prophesy, and it looks like someone scrubbed it from the system. Most likely after the cultists left. I'd put credits on the Eoxians. I was able to locate the prophecy though."
if you activate the computer-generated hologram of Nyara, several prediction files appear but only one is marked as urgent. If that prediction is accessed, the hologram of Nyara fires up and recites, “In the maw of the Twelve lies the Key. Forsooth, shall all be undone. When the knee meets the gorge, so far. The widening gyre implodes—magnificently.” An annotation on the file points to the cult’s study of this prophecy stored in the datacore’s Activities data module.
the unique hacking signature of whoever attempted to delete the important files matches up with what you know of Corpse Fleet deletion protocol.
"So!! Who's got the coordinates for the knee and gorge? Anyone?"
Seeing everyone else around him drinking, Handsome decides to join and pulls out a bottle of rum.
"Sure I see if anything sounds familiar!" he says looking at the hologram and then shakes his head."Nope, also personal booze doesn't count we are out of communal booze"
"I'm not finding any correlation with the data I have. Cross referencing with data from Absalom Station might tell us more."
Being so traveled across the stars, Rover is able to detect that whoever accessed this computer last, was definitely someone from the Corpse Fleet.
The Corpse Fleet is an exiled offshoot of the Eoxian Navy that’s made up of powerful admirals and captains who roam the universe in starships forged from bone and steel. Officially, the government of Eox condemns this rogue organization.
The Corpse Fleet formed when powerful and disgruntled members of the Eoxian Navy could not stomach their world’s adoption of the Absalom Pact. These naval officers deeply believed in the same sort of Eoxian superiority that once led the planet to destroy civilizations that refused to acknowledge Eox’s power—including the worlds known as the Twins, the shattered remnants of which now form the Diaspora.
Although Eox’s government and ambassadors to the Pact Worlds make a grandiose show of denouncing the Corpse Fleet, rumors claim that some of the powerful Eoxian rulers known as bone sages still clandestinely communicate with the exiles, and perhaps even secretly aid them with their work to promote Eoxian supremacy. The general population on Eox seems largely ambivalent—perhaps suspiciously so—toward the exiled fleet.
As you all approach the room, the smell is overwhelming. getting any closer will require fort saves.
I'll just say yes for simplicity.
the party prepares to clear next series of rooms. In the first room DR34-M12 notices a lump under the bed which turns out to be a datapad and a credstick with 1400 credits on it.
DR34-M12 easily hacks the Datapad with the help of her exocortex and gains access to the system. Among the mundane data files, electronic messages, gaming applications, and other files on the datapad is a single video file labeled “Do Not Delete.” In the video, a verthani and a gnome are sitting cross-legged on the floor inside one of the base’s living quarters. Both are dressed in robes and wearing unholy symbols of the Devourer, and the verthani is teaching the gnome to sing a paean to the Devourer. Throughout the song, both cultists repeat the phrase “Nyara knows!” over and over.
the middle sleeping quarter is devoid of anything interesting but the third room has a dresser with a drawer that is slightly open.
Rover follows suit holstering his energy weapons for his auto pistols and follows looking back at his diminutive companions." You guys seem to take up the rear?"
Rover checks the draw.
Handsome will look around carefully as the group moves along.
Rover goes to examine the drawer and sees that there is a cleverly hidden laser arc trap ready to fire if the drawers is opened any further!
"Traps fun" He says as he looks over it and looks to Justina dn Dreams as well as Handsome.
"Dreamz you wanna help me and Captain out here?"