"Let's take a look at that doorway." Vedia moves toward the opening in the metal.
"How about Light Bearer. I'll keep casting light on it. One of these days I'll be able to make it shine permanent." Vedia jokes. "In all seriousness how about goblin smasher."
"Should be Gremlin smasher then, since that was what we were fighting down here, but that name doesn't really sound good. What do you like your weapon's name to inspire when it is recognised on the battlefield?"
The doorway is open and clearly leads to a passageway. You all manage to climb up the 5ft rise to the open portal in the metal wall.
The walls, floor and ceiling of this slightly curved hallway are made of smooth dark gray metal. Panels of lighter material run along the ceiling eight feet above. To the north and south the tunnel is blocked by walls of metal junk and rubble, while open doorways yawn to the east and west.
Finding nothing of interest you look though the doors at the end of the hallway. Inside you find a short hallway with another construct, like you fought at The Foundry, this one appears to be active but ignores you. Unlike the construct in The Foundry this one appears intact and is a substantially more intimidating.
There is another set of doors beyond the construct which either has not noticed you or simply does not care that you are there.
"I think we should assume it will continue to ignore us and move forward, but be ready for an attack just in case." Vedia casts Iron Skin again just in case. She'll allow the better armored of the party move forward.
"I think it only sets it sights on anything move towards the doors. Maybe it's meant to keep things out or perhaps in, hmm... buggles the mind to think if this was a prison or a vault or just a common room."
"I'll put a ntoe in my journal, but I'll wait untill we have tried get past it to see if it truely ignores us, or are just ignoring us becasue we haven't entered the room yet.
As the party discusses what to do the machine....
continues to ignore you. :)
What is the part going to do?
"I think this construct must be compelled to do some activity unrelated to us. I think we should test it by entering." Looking down at his unarmored frame, Elkin shrugs his shoulders. "I don't think I'm comfortable testing that theory personally, though."
Crystal grins at all the names thrown out for her earthbreaker with a sigh "Hmmmm.... I don't know... I want it to represent me, why I wield it.... Light Bringer... That's a little closer." She sticks her tongue out at Vedia as they begin to look over the machine.
Crystal shrugs at the machine as she stalks past it passing her earthbreaker between her hands now and again "Well, if no one can know...." She sticks a hand out, encouraging others to stay back as she approaches. She locks eyes with the construct as she slowly rotates around it and into the next path. "I'll stare it down until we've passed."
Apprehensive, Ivar readies his dorn-dergar, just in case.
James approaches the construct, and starts to examine it.
"Well, if it ain't harmin' us, I reckon we are clear to pass."
He moves to try to open the next doors.
James you recognize that this construct is a complete version of the one that you fought earlier. There are not visible controls though you suspect it would be vulnerable to electric attacks.
The construct continues doing what it is doing as you pass and the doors open easily.
The northern wall of this otherwise empty metal room is a tangle of what look to have once been strange cages of some sort. Tangled amid the metal ribs of these cages are ribs of a more organic nature—the ancient bones of some sort of alien creature. Smaller mounds of rubble lie against the opposite wall. The bones are from six legged creatures but as soon as disturbed they crumble into dust.
The black oddly shaped tool is an e-pick (short for “electronic lock pick”) is a small device that can be used to unlock and disable electronic locks and devices, much in the same way that a set of thieves’ tools can be used to dismantle mechanical locks and devices.
There is a single door to the south and another set of double doors to the east.
The south door is wide open and looking in you see the far wall of this chamber is a twisted mass of metal and rubble.
Xandar tries to take a step into the room holding the buckler up high.
Ivar picks up the black tool that Augar found. "This is...yes, I think so." he says, turning it over absently in his hands "I've heard of things like this. It's a sort of lock pick, for the special electrical relics found throughout the area, the same way one might use a mechanical lock pic for more traditional doors."
Vedia looks around the room. "How did they make walls of metal so smooth." She studies the black item. "That's very interesting. Between that and the brown wafers we're finding all kinds of interesting tech." She looks around the room and pokes through the rubble. "To the east?"
Elkin approaches the alien skeletons and begins examining them. It was his touch that revealed that the bones crumble to dust. "This is fascinating. These bones must have been here for ages. I wish they could be more easily studied, but they're so fragile!"
He follows along with the rest of the party, his curiosity growing. "The skulks mentioned a desert beyond. This is no desert yet; we'll have to press on."
"I believe whoever these people were and where they came from, they had techonology that is far advanced from us. I mean to be able to travel in the dark space, as some theories does on, would require a lot to have the 'ship' release gravity and enter the void beyond." Xandar says before turning to the bones Elkin is look at. "I think it is possible to study those, but I don't have my tools for studying ancient bones with me. I lost them somewhere after I left Absalom to come here. But ofcourse that is a discussion for another time better find Khonnir soon."
Ivar, as you pick up the tool the construct turns to face Augar and appears to say something in a very foreign language
"Cease unlawful behavior. Release Divinity property."
Bold may act.
Crystal, James
Construct
Ivar, Vedia, Augar, Elkin, Xander
"It wants you to drop that 'pick.' Says its the property of someone or something called 'Divinity.'"
Do we want see if it stops if we drop the pick?"
"Yah, I concur. Better put it back for now."
Then he turns to the construct in a non-menacing way.
Crystal immediately whirls around her Earthbreaker as she chides the construct "What about CIRCUIT BREAKER?" As she swings it with such force that it nearly gets thrown from her hands.
Elkin and Vedia shout out a warning as James attempts to communicate with the machine. We will never know if it was successful as Crystals Earthbreaker swings just past thing constructs head knocking her off balance.
"Attempting to damage a repair drone is an offense!"
Unable to get a clear sight at Ivar the construct fires a net at Crystal.
but it misses and comes to rest beside her.
Bold may act.
Crystal, James
Construct
Ivar, Vedia, Augar, Elkin, Xander
"Well, that tears it. Go back to what ever technological hell you came from, robot!" Ivar says as he swings his dorn-dergar at the robot.
"Well at least we know what it is now. It's a repair drone." She pulls out her crossbow and loads it.
"To bad we didn't get a chance to talk with it, might have been able to tell us something. But it seems a fight is unavoidable now."
"Guess it's time for some song." Xandar moves into position so that he can see the whole party.
"Even if it is covered in wounds, in this palm of mine
There is a star that will never disappear.
The light that fell across the sky is still shining on that place from faraway.
I will reach out my hand, no matter how many times, even if I can't sketch it out.
Belief with change into strength.
Shine, Shooting STAR."
Ivar swings his dorn-dergar, taking advantage of its long chain, and smashed it into the side of the repair drone.
Vedia comments and loads her crossbow, getting ready for actions, while Augar attempts to protect the team.
A little slower then the other Xander inspires his companions with a song.
"Alerting crew!....... Communications failed!"
Bold may act.
Crystal, James /
Construct
Ivar, Vedia, Augar, Elkin , Xander
"Crew? It tried to alert a crew. It said communications failed. We aren't near water. Could there be an airship nearby?"
"This whole place might be part of a ship from the stars, that fell during the rain of stars."
Knowing his mind tricks will do no good, Elkin again calls upon the fates and energies of the world around to try to tip the scales in Crystal's favor.
"qo'llanma" he says as he lightly taps her shoulder to activate the magic. "I hope that means that it wasn't able to make contact with whatever reinforcements it wanted to call in, but we should be on our guard!"
"We have set it off now!"
James takes aim with his pistol and fires, wishing they could have avoided this fight.
Seeing Crystals initial miss Elkin attempts to give her a little boost of confidence but it proves to not be enough as her Earthbreaker strikes the floor instead of the constrict. James however strikes true with a shot from his pistol that reverberates in the small space and damages the construct further.
Drone Round 2
The construct moves slightly away from Crystals flailing attacks while firing net at Ivar.
Entangled if hit.
A repair drone’s net is constructed from polymer
mesh—this functions as a normal net, save that it has 10
hit points and can be burst with a successful DC 27 Strength
check. A polymer mesh net may have some value.
and attempts to slam him with one of its arms.
Bold may act.
Crystal, James /
Construct
Ivar, Vedia, Augar, Elkin , Xande
Ivar drops to the ground with a groan.
Vedia takes a step to the left, and fires her crossbow. She misses badly, and then she reloads it.
As Ivar falls unconscious the construct reassess what the next biggest threat is and is clearly drawn to the actions of the other dwarf as he steps to protect his fallen comrade. The blond woman does not appear to be a threat.
Bold may act.
Crystal, James
Construct
Ivar, Vedia, Augar, Elkin , Xande
"This doesn't seem to be going good." "I'll have you covered Augar, I'll try make it slip on the ground. I'm sorry for this James, hope you have as quick reflexes as I expect from a gunslinger." Xandar says making the gestus to cast a grease spell under the construct thing. "Kirin'torval."
At Xanders comand a thin coating of grease spreads under the construct as well as the gunslinger.
DC14
The machine clearly not expecting this loses its footing and falls prone.
The character is lying on the ground. A prone attacker has a –4 penalty on melee attack rolls and cannot use a ranged weapon (except for a crossbow). A prone defender gains a +4 bonus to Armor Class against ranged attacks, but takes a –4 penalty to AC against melee attacks.
Standing up is a move-equivalent action that provokes an attack of opportunity.
Elkin emits a chirp of joy when he sees the construct go down. "Way to go Xandar! Now Crystal, go make it fear you! QO'LLANMA!"
He reaches out to Crystal once more, again calling on magical fates to grant her a small assist.