GM Silbeg's SFS 1-01 The Commencement (replays) (Inactive)

Game Master Silbeg

"Well, that was exciting." Peri says, with a mild sardonic tone.

"So, now that Ceren's safe, where to next? I think we've got Radaszam and Fitch left to talk with? I'm game for either," the gnome says, clearly ready to get moving.

Monty looks at the details on Radaszam and Fitch, "Radaszam is closer, Fitch appears to be out in the Armada. It makes sense to me to clean up what's on station first."

Twitch nods at Monty. "Sounds like good logic to me."

"That plus me makes three. Shall we?" the gnome says, actually cracking a hint of a smile at their rhyming.

As the team heads towards the meeting with Radaszam, a rudimentary courier moves up to them. "Starfinders?" it queries. When it detects their implants, a compartment opens up. Inside is a standard datajack, and a credstik with 100 credits. There is also a frostbite-class zero rifle. A simple electronic (text) message says, 'These are tokens of thanks from the Dataphiles. The rifle is something the Ceren found lying around. Please use them appropriately. Historia-7'

The plain white doors of the office slide open to reveal a stark, dimly lit room. The chamber is bleak and expressionless in its emptiness—no vanities line its smooth black walls, and no signs of use mar its smooth black furniture. The only occupants of the suite are a bug-eyed tadpole wriggling in a glowing blue aquarium and a reptilian vesk seated behind an onyx desk. The vesk gestures to a number of chairs in front of him, his features sharply illuminated by the light of his desk’s green holoscreen. “The new graduates,” he greets, in a low and pleasant voice. “Good day. I am Radaszam, though since you are here, I should hope you already knew.

“Embarrassing, isn’t it? Not really the sort of troublemaker that suits our Society. Perhaps she would be better suited to the bottom of a trash compactor... Well, we cannot afford to throw her out, not after so many Starfinders were lost in the Scoured Stars. Besides, we can’t let people think we are so weak that we can’t control our own members, or that we cannot stand up to a scrapyard junker. No, I would like you to assist Laboni in winning this race. Show our detractors that even the least of our Society is not someone to be trifled with.”

You can see Radaszam on slide #4

Monty face-palms by the end of it. "A diplomatic nightmare. Only one way out of this, across the finish line with chin up. Have we been able to attract any corporate sponsors during the build up to the race?"

Lira smiles brightly. "I love junk racing. It's a great rest day diversion. We get to work on a junk racer. How fun. We'll do our best to make sure the Starfinder Society comes out looking good."

"OK, we will do what we can."

No questions.

To Monty, The Dealmaker replies, "Well, you see, it is like this. These are not actually sanctioned races, don't you know, so getting sponsorship is a little hard. Besides, once you see the racers, you'll understand a little more. They ain't pretty, and they ain't shiny. Neither are the drivers, if you know what I mean.

"So, no. No corporate sponsorships."

Monty nods, "I know what you mean, we'll blend in and get it done."

Already to go too fast and too furious on this!

"So we're going to go there, help our colleague get their head out of their butt, help them build up their racers, and beat the pants off of Ratrod? Sounds interesting. Do you want us to do anything with Laboni after?" the gnome asks.

"Ratrod isn't my favorite racer. He's got quite the rig though. Laboni wasn't smart to run her mouth. I hope we can help her out enough to win." Lira is almost bouncing withe excitement at getting to see a race live.

Ready to head out.

"I don' like it," Ivan groans after leaving Radaszam, having kept silent throughout the briefing. "This lizard is shady, as is th' rest of this racing thing. But we'll power through."

When you arrive at the competitors’ entrance, a small robot informs them of the basic rules of the race: racers and their pit crews are to build and improve their vehicles from the available scrap around the racetrack. Vehicles built at previous junk races can return. Racers can fire upon other competitors during the race, but firing into the audience is grounds for immediate disqualification; racer weapons must be nonlethal and may affect only opponents’ vehicles.

You easily find Laboni, due to her paisley clothes and white lab coat. She is a young human, in her late teens. "Hi! Are you the Starfinders that Radaszam said to expect? My name is Laboni, and I fear that I let the excitement of the race, and trying to impress my superiors, overcome me!"

Laboni's Junk Racer
Speed 40 ft., full 400 ft.
EAC 10; KAC 12
Attack A) energy weapon (–4 to Piloting)
Modifiers +2 Piloting, –3 attack
Passengers 1

You have a certain amount of time to perform the following actions. You get one action per round.
Upgrade Laboni's racer
(computers, engineering, perception, physical science)

• The vehicle’s base speed increases by 5 feet.
  
• The vehicle gains a +1 Piloting modifier.
  
• The vehicle gains a +1 attack modifier.
  
• The vehicle gains a +2 bonus to its EAC.
  
• The vehicle gains a +2 bonus to its KAC.
  
• Install a basic energy weapon on the vehicle (imposes a –4 base Piloting penalty on a hit).
  
• Install a basic kinetic weapon on the vehicle (imposes a –4 base Piloting penalty on a hit).
  
• Upgrade a weapon to impose an additional –2 penalty to enemy Piloting checks on a successful hit.
  

Investigate the other racers
(sense motive or engineering)

Sabotage the other racers
(Stealth followed by Engineering)

Socialize with other racers
(skill depends on opponent)
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The other racers
- LemGem - female feychild gnome who appears to have a well armed junkracer
- Nyizin - female ryphorian with a bulky looking junkracer
- Velocity - nonbinary android with a sleek looking junkracer
- Orsis - male damaya lashunta with a spherical junkracer
- Ratrod - male ysoki with a winning junkracer

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Each round, please tell me what you would like to do. You'd guess you get about 4 based on how much time is left.

Twich decides to try to make Laboni's ship faster.

engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Lira examines Laboni's machine. "You need a kinetic weapon." She tries to install one.

Engineering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

"And energy guns'll leave this thing on th' ropes," Ivan adds, tinkering with the racer's reflective plating. "That should help a bit."

Improve EAC, Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

I apologize, I would have sworn I posted. Must have gotten eaten or something.

Monty starts putting the control assembly back together, "Tighten this here.. get a little better feel for the track.."
Physical Science to Improve Piloting Modifier: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

GM, so that we know when the next turn starts, do multiple successes stack? For instance, can we increase the speed twice?

"Hmmm.... I think I can install some more efficient subroutines to help your engines run more efficiently.."

Computers to boost speed: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

"Bah! Looks like it relies more on the physical components."

You can improve as many items as you want, as many times as you want.

Round 1 actions!
Crazy Ivan: EAC!! (20)
Lira:
Monty: Piloting! (15)
Peri: Speed! (10)
STIK:
Twich: Speed! (20)

Note: can't really bot you guys on this...
I will announce successes round by round.

I think you missed my post. I rolled a 21 on Engineering to give the racer a kinetic weapon.

yup, I did.
ok, gonna bot STIK
STIK attempts to improve the speed of the racer=, figuring that if all else fails, speed is the essence of a race.
engineering: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Round 1 actions!
Crazy Ivan: EAC!! (20) success!
Lira: Kinetic weapon (21)success!
Monty: Piloting! (15)
Peri: Speed! (10)
STIK: Speed! (22)success!
Twich: Speed! (20)success!

Laboni’s Racer:
Speed 50 ft., full 500 ft.
EAC 12; KAC 12
Attack
A) energy weapon (–4 to Piloting)
b) Kinetic weapon (-4 to piloting)
Modifiers +2 Piloting, –3 attack
Passengers 1

Next round!

Twich stealthily moves over to Ratrod's racer.
stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Then she tries to sabotage it.
engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

uggh, that could have gone a lot better...

Monty wipes sweat off his brow with a large flippery hand. "This is a small work space, I almost think we should file an ergonomic complaint. I'm going to get some air, look around.."

He leaves the pit and approaches.. 1d4 ⇒ 1 LemGem!

Diplomacy, : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
"I like your racer, you're sure packing a lot of heat! I hear that Laboni is racing today too, she'd probably be a great ally to team up with.." he muses aloud to the gnome.

Peri is going to give up on the engines for the moment, and start fussing with the racer controls. "Well, if I can't tune the engines, surely the handling can be adjusted!"

Computers to boost piloting: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

"Great, looks like we can fine tune these a bit more!"

Lira follows Twich over to Velocity 's racer, and attempts to sabotage it.

Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Engineering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Ivan shakes his head as Twich and Lira go off to make mischief. "Bein' up to no good'll have its just desserts, unfortunately," the dwarf mutters. He turns back to Laboni's racer and tweaks the targeting system.

Improve Attack Modifier, Engineering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"hmmm, I may not be the smartest, but Im not a half-bad pilot. And armor and weapons are great for survival, but races are won with SPEED!"

just gonna roll my next three rounds, if that's okay, since I've been infrequent with the posting lately.

Engineering (Round Two: Speed Boost!): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Engineering (Round Three: Speed Boost!): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Engineering (Round Four: Speed Boost!): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

"I like your racer, you're sure packing a lot of heat! I hear that Laboni is racing today too, she'd probably be a great ally to team up with.." he muses aloud to the gnome.

Monty is able to strike up a conversation with the blue-haired gnome who is covered in piercings, tattoos, and augmentations. A short conversation reveals she is obsessed with continual alterations to herself and her racer, to the point where her vehicle modifications skirt the bounds of common sense.

"Heya, dude, what's happening? Ain't seen one of your kind around here lately. Heck, I ain't never seen one of your kind! LemGem's the name, and racing is my game. Yeah, I gots a pretty hot little number here... but why would I wanna team up?"

Monty SM: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

You failed the check...

As Lira is thinking of sneaking in to sabotage Velocity's racer, she sees Twich being forcibly led out of the pits by a large vesk man. As he shoves her violently out of the junkyard, he bellows, "And if I see you, or any of your pit crew mucking around other racers' pit areas, your whole team is gonna be eliminated!"

Lira, you sure you want to try sabotage?

Round 2 actions!
Crazy Ivan: attack (13)
Lira: TBD
Monty: Talked to LemGem
Peri: piloting (20)
STIK: Speed! (24) [rd3 speed 21][rd4 speed 16]
Twich: sneak [7] Thrown out!

"I'm Monty, and yeah us Morlamaw's are just starting to spread out into the Pact Worlds. And, come on! Because we're the best! I mean, check out these matching suits we got." Monty absently replies to LemGm, utterly unaware of any subtle messages. After some more friendly conversation he moves on.

Nope don't want to get kicked out. I'll keep the stealth and engineering rolls, but use the roll to study the racer instead of sabotaging it.

Lira moves up to the racer as she's heading there she notices Twich getting kicked out of the pits. That's not good. Instead of sabotaging she decides to take a good hard look at the Velocity's racer.

"Nice racer there. How's it run?

If Twich is able to get back to Laboni's pit, she decides she had better stay there. She uses any remaining actions to try to improve Laboni's piloting.

eng. 1: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
eng. 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Monty heads back to the vehicle and continues trying to aid in Laboni's success.
Physical Science to Improve Piloting Modifier: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
"I, this is just nothing like our vehicles back home. Why can't this be a submarine race?"

oops, those rolls should have been one lower. I somehow mistyped +10 as +11

Peri, it sounds like you want to talk to Velocity, instead of just check out his racer?

Velocity is a beautiful android with silver hair and skin. They have self-modified to have both masculine and feminine attributes, and have decorated their clothing, eyelids, and lips with bright, colorful patterns.
"While it seems to be a decent racer, I have never managed to win a race. My racer's speed just doesn't match up with my name, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make it go faster." says the android in a 'matter of fact' tone.

Round 2 actions!
Crazy Ivan: attack (13)
Lira: talking to Velocity
Monty: Talked to LemGem [rd3 piloting 8][rd4 piloting 9]
Peri: piloting (20)
STIK: Speed! (24) [rd3 speed 21][rd4 speed 16]
Twich: Caught sneaking! [rd3 pilot 11][rd4 pilot 14]

Next round will start as soon as Lira's interactions are done

"I could take a look if you'd like me to. I hate to see someone try so hard, and not get close to a win. I've been working on Laboni's racer, but I think we've got her covered. Just as long as Ratrod doesn't win ya know." She gives Velocity a bright smile.

"So," asks the android, "You can help me fix my racer's speed problem?"

"Sure let me see what I can do." Lira sticks her head under the hood and tinkers for a while. She humms and mutters tossing out pieces and moving stuff around.

I had previously rolled 19 on Engineering. She will actually try to make the racer faster.

Lira works to make Velocity's racer faster, and succeeds!

"Thank you, Lira. I appreciate the help." says Velocity in the strange deadpan that androids tend to use. "I will make sure that I will take second place to Laboni, and I will use my weapon against anyone that is ahead of Laboni. I can always win the next race."

Lira gives the android a friendly wave as she heads back to the Starfinder pit.

Laboni’s Racer:
Speed 55 ft., full 550 ft.
EAC 12; KAC 12
Attack
A) energy weapon (–4 to Piloting)
b) Kinetic weapon (-4 to piloting)
Modifiers +3 Piloting, –3 attack
Passengers 1

Round3 actions!
Crazy Ivan:
Lira:
Monty: piloting 8 [rd4 piloting 9]
Peri:
STIK: rd3 speed 21 [rd4 speed 16]
Twich:[rd3 pilot 11 [rd4 pilot 14]

Need actions from Ivsn, Lir, and Peri
Note that currently only 3 of you will have things to do during the race

Ivan continues his work on the targeting computer. "I'm not much on aimin' guns or racers, more at building," the dwarf notes as he does so. "Someone else'll be in charge'a that."

Engineering, Improve Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Peri is going to spend some time working on the energy shielding and kinetic armor.

Engineering to EAC, round 3: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Engineering to KAC, round 4: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Lira moves back to the Starfinder's pits, "Let's make her racer faster."

Engineering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Round3 actions!
Crazy Ivan: Attack 16
Lira: speed 12
Monty: piloting 8 [rd4 piloting 9]
Peri: EAC 13 [rd4 KAC 16]
STIK: rd3 speed 21 [rd4 speed 16]
Twich:[rd3 pilot 11 [rd4 pilot 14]

The team is able to increase the speed and accuracy of Laboni's racer!

Laboni’s Racer:
Speed 60 ft., full 600 ft.
EAC 12; KAC 12
Attack
A) energy weapon (–4 to Piloting)
b) Kinetic weapon (-4 to piloting)
Modifiers +3 Piloting, –2 attack
Passengers 1

Round 4 actions!
Crazy Ivan:
Lira:
Monty: piloting 9
Peri: KAC 16
STIK: rd4 speed 16
Twich: rd4 pilot 14

Lira works on speeding up the racer more this time around as well.

Know Engineering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25