GM Leinathan's "A Galaxy in Flux" (Inactive)

Game Master leinathan

I found a pretty nice picture for Amaryst's ship.

The issue with dropping all the kids (including K-van) off is that Jin doesn’t actually trust the Lashunta enough yet to fully entrust them with caring for the kids.

Would I be able to do the computers check to hype cross up from on the shuttle?

If you don't want to leave the psychics with the lashunta, what do you want to do instead?

And no. There is no Wi-Fi in the middle of the ocean.

Edit: actually, probably yes, assuming that you have a standard commlink. Seems planet wide communications means internet too.

We’ll have to swing back in to pick up Cross after the race, but that’s fine. For now we just need to meetup, get the plan known to everyone, and then we can scatter and get to work

Found a great pic for Cross: Link

i wonder if MLE is intentionally keeping silent about the third psychic or simply hasn't had a moment to get a word in edgewise yet

Nuka-cola!

Nice pic of Cross' dress! Sorry, really bad pun. I like it and your icon picture.

I vote we give Cross his funds. We need to lay out some kind of time table. I'll take a stab at that tomorrow night.

Amaryst is willing to help with the bike on engineering and guard duty. Seems like we're setting Cross up as a long shot, so it wouldn't do for A to ride. She'd be a longer shot and dilute Cross' odds.

Ship recovery: we need to settle on a shuttle team. A knows there will be hostile guards so we'll need some combat power. I propose Rollo in addition to any party members. He seems a little less trigger happy now.

Have we lost Smyrna? She was Single Mother's only character and hasn't posted for a month.

Rollo is trustworthy, tho im not so sure of our two newer friends.

Jin would prefer to stay on the ocean shuttle with the kids, both to do repair duty and to keep an eye out. Cross is also needed for piloting the ocean shuttle.

Ideally, that would leave Smyrna, Korvan, and Rollo to back Amaryst up, but Single Mothers isn't responding. Possibly we could convince one of the two soldiers to go with you if the gap needs to be filled?

I'm not sure about Smyrna. I messaged him on Facebook (because we are personal friends) but he hasn't gotten back to me yet, so. I guess I assume there's a big Life Thing that he's handling. We'll see how it goes.

Yeah, it's time for you guys to nail down a Concrete Plan for who goes where and does what, and how long you spend doing it.

I hope all's well with him then.

We've got C-8 too. Definitely on the hovercraft if we have to bring him.

L, what's the news say? DO lashuntas need to complete the interview before shuttling to the spaceport?

i wonder if MLE is intentionally keeping silent about the third psychic or simply hasn't had a moment to get a word in edgewise yet

She wouldn't intentionally withhold it. She probably would have mentioned it quietly to the group, somewhere between their meeting with Naomi and their arrival at the safe house.

Maldor is obviously headed for the hovercraft, although he wouldn't mind watching Cross' race. Perhaps by vids =)

He won't be much help in the mechanical or computing fields...all of his skills and training are in healing and medical-related areas!

For now, he's happily slipping into a food-coma after wolfing down the gut-buster special! (Better watch your fries, Em...they may get filched =)

I'm not sure that the news would tell you that or not, Amaryst. I intended it to be a time-stressor though, not a blockage to you guys leaving. In fact, I want to get your guys off Earth.

OK: Today is September 20th. It is the night.

Cross' race is on September 22nd, at night.

So, tomorrow, Cross and Amaryst are going to re-purchase and tune up Cross' bike. Maldor, K-Van, and MLE are going to ride with the lashunta on the hovercraft, but you don't want them to go too far because they still need to pick up Cross later. Where is Jin going? Where is Korvan going?

Korvan will go along with Maldor, K-Van, and MLE to keep an eye on his friend if nothing else.

Jin is going with the psychics, both to keep an eye on them and to do repairs and such if needed.

Well RIP Jin. Seems like he’s off his game today. Beginners luck I say! Bah!

Hey, are any of you guys looking for another game to play in? One of my games is about to start a new major adventure but has a couple of inactives, so it has 1-3 open slots.

It's re-fluffed (and largely homebrew) Kingmaker set in Arcadia across the sea. It's Pathfinder, also.

Sounds fun, i’d Be interested, always wanted to play Kingmaker

1st level? Non-PFS, I take it. Looking for any particular class?

They're 3rd-level with a free level in an NPC class. Non-PFS (homebrew, actually).

We currently have a druid, a cleric, and a witch, so we're looking for martials, skilled characters, and Cha-based characters.

I have more detailed character-creation guidelines, which I can share for you if you indicate that you want to play.

They're 3rd-level with a free level in an NPC class. Non-PFS (homebrew, actually).

We currently have a druid, a cleric, and a witch, so we're looking for martials, skilled characters, and Cha-based characters.

I have more detailed character-creation guidelines, which I can share for you if you indicate that you want to play.

I'd be interested. Maybe i can whip up a Sorcerer or Bard for the occasion, send me the Character Creation stuff in a PM.

I've got an elven ranger who has killed multiple Kingmaker PbP campaigns before reaching second level. (They all ran out of steam in the way some PbPs do.)

I could run a rogue character =) Not familiar with Kingmaker, but willing to play along!!

PMs sent. That's three, I'll let you guys know if I need anyone for other games.

You guys have all been wonderfully active and creative :) I love having people like that in my homebrew games.

Well this has been a fascinating look at 'how not to Operative.'

It's also the first real combat of the campaign! So, that's pretty cool.

Sounds like Cross has a particular set of skills.

Skills that make him a nightmare for people like her...

That is, if the hold full of antsy psychics doesn’t boil over first. But, yes Cross got stomped when playing nice and giving those vesk a chance to not be scummy. As far as he is concerned Ayda just spent her chance.

Alright, my current plan is to swing by Cross's place for the spare body he was cannibalizing for parts, then go to Rex for help. Cross needs some repairs done and would very much like a fast boat and a large rifle, Rex might be the only person he can get all three from.

Fast boat? Seaplane!

Submersible!

That's a pretty solid plan.

I think I'd have him give 'em to you on loan, too, since he knows you... And, you know, to push the plot along.

Post in gameplay and I'll respond!

Do you have either the Alien Archive or Pact Worlds? Both have level 1 sniper rifles in their equipment.

I don't have either, but I plan to get both when I can get some digital money next.

I do everything in cash atm, so it's hard to buy PDFs.

Anyway, I'm comfortable giving out a shirren-eye rifle.

Do you want me to actually talk to Rex, or should we just jump to piling into the boat and giving chase?

I'll post through that soon (unless you would prefer to do so). I've no problem with just assuming that it's been resolved if you have no issue with skipping RPing it.

Also, FYI - it looks like we've lost Korvan, unfortunately.

I’ll let you post that. Important note, is that I’ll be leaving my bike in Rex’s care as collateral for the loaned boat and gun.

Oh , and how much healing do I get out of this?

4 Hit Points. The dude's got a mechanic on retainer than can fix you up. He wishes you could stay all day so he could heal you fully, though...

For reference, Cross's original plan was to get ahead of the other hovercraft and use the superior range of the rifle to shoot any of Ayda's team that was piloting it, and pick off any replacements that might try for it. If they got wise, he would circle and take opportunistic shots until either the hovercraft was disabled, Ayda's team was all wounded or dead, Jin and the others could subdue them, or he was out of ammo. Then it was just a matter of boarding the boat and picking off survivors.

Alright. Well, I really need some time to think about what might happen here, plus I'm working pretty hardcore for the next two days. Please interact, please discuss. I'll be back to move things forward on Monday night or Tuesday.

Also, I've started the process of looking for another player 6. I've no real pressure to find someone, but if I feel we can add something to our team, I'll be taking someone on in the next couple weeks.

Are we all on board with the phone conversations being on speaker now? Like, did we all hear Cross' message, etc.?

To be fair, the message was to Amaryst, not Cross. If we are ruling that Cross got it on that end I guess we should do the same for our end? I kind of feel that Amaryst should have gotten to reply before Cross did there.

Hey guys, take a look at this free system! I've been browsing through it for awhile, and it seems so cool!

In a shocking twist it appears Jin has grown a bit of a heart for these two down-on-their-luck mercs it seems.

Cross, on the other hand, demonstrably has no heart. Just a discrete pump that keeps his circulatory fluids moving.

Leinathan had a list of things to for us to do. to get the ship.

We'll need 3 or 4 to face off with the thugs holding my shirt, and we'll need tech help to steal a spare beacon.

Indeed - you have to steal an orbital shuttle's ship transponder so that you can pass your ship off as one that's allowed in the atmosphere.

Up to you how to do that. Everything else is pretty trivial, mostly like buying bus tickets, and yeah, beating up the guys watching your ship.

I find it a bit strange that she completely ignored how like half the party was on her side? I mean she can't think that Cross alone speaks for all of us right?

Edit: No offense to Cross, but right now the mercs are better as allies than enemies (or corpses for that matter).

I think only Cross was in favor of 'removing' her and he is pointedly stepping out so that his sentiments don't sour the following conversation.

Oooh, if she was really clever, she'd use his absence to try and drive a wedge between him and the others. Remember, they don't really know him all that well outside of Amaryst spending the day with him and seeing him race that one time. Drama!

Edit: None taken, Cross just has a very direct way of thinking and the mercs have proven unreliable in his eyes.