Swiftstab, who was just about to lift up the lid of the box, jumps up at the notion that everything is about to go sky-rocketing. "O-oh, not good.". He tumbles through to the drivers cabin and assess the situation. A chair, probably for the one steering the carriage. A round hand-grip with two levers, two pressure plates in the bottom, two bigger levers to the side. Those pressure plates probably must be pushed by who-ever sits in this chair. Fat chance, I can't reach those from in there. Livers probably power it. But wiggling them did nothing. Then he notices the keyhole at the side of the circular handgrip and with a grin he brings out Johnnies lockpick again and starts poking around with the tiny metal probes.
Hearing the Claptrap Balthe puts his hand up and calls out God save the Queen.
Round 13
Jack positions the two boxes in such a way that it won't fall off, finding some rope to strap it down. Helping York put on his box as well.
York hears the claptrap over the intercom and raises his hand, saying, "God save the Quenn."
York has grabbed a few more crates in the last few rounds helping Jack.
Lucky for you Swiftstab the keys are still in the ignition, though good luck at figuring out the mechanics of the vehicle considering your background, let alone reaching those pedals.
round 14
Swiftstab turn around the key as far as it goes, expecting it to open a secret hatch or something. Instead the carriage springs to life, roaring like some kind of feral beast. A constant shuddering goes through the contraption, as if humming with arcane power. "Woohohoho! Now which of these levers makes this beast go forward?"
He pulls both handles on the side of the big circular handhold. Lights start flashing and thin metal sticks begin swiping across the window.
"Ack! Something is attacking the window! Grab it Jack! Johnny, get your lazy but in here! I cant reach those steering-pads down there while standing on this chair!"
Round 14
Jack's spells run out, he is reduced in size and his damage boon wears off. However seeing they are in danger yet again he decides to throw caution to the wind and buff up again.
Jack regrows in size and moves closer to the creature attacking the Truck, unable to reach it for now. Ready to charge it soon.
"I don't see anything Swift.. just get this thing moving the whole place is about to blow." Jack says as he grabs a hold of the side of the truck.
***Round 14***
Johnny comes through the window that Swiftstab did, he goes down and starts pressing pedals. low is reverse.
Between the two of you the large mechanical beast comes fully alive. It charges forward, good think Jack could not get fully around, the truck goes straight into the shuttle, though since it is at an angle the truck grinds against the shuttle. 1 to right, 2 straight, 3 to left.
With Swiftstab's quick thinking and reflexes he turns the wheel and the truck swerves to the right. Though the truck does not respond as well as Swiftstab and after grinding for about 15 feet it moves into the joint and crunches to a stop.
***Round 15***
The service bot says, "When, when, when, now, now hit the button now!."
The Frozen One hits the button.
All the flashing red lights stop. The service bot tells C4AP-TP, "Self-Destruct aborted. Now we just need to stop the flames before they make the other engine explode."
"Owghay..." Swiftstab mumbles with his face pressed flat too the windshield "Pwesshuh pwate ain' f'r steewing." His headache had returned.
"Oi" it sounded from down below "That one makes it go forward."
Swiftstab pulls himself from the window and seats down on the circular handhold.
"Then what does the other plate(s) do?" He asks down to Johnny
"I dunno, let me try" Johnny crawls back to his position in front of the pressure plates, rather then behind them due to a very abrupt stop. He puts some weight on (one of) the other plate(s)
Round 15
Jack is holding on expecting the truck to take off. He gets off and walks round to the front tapping the window. "Hey swift, everything alright in there?" His size a lot smaller than it was before he fastens his tentacles to the side of the truck lifting himself up to see what the two small creatures are doing.
This is going to end well...
Giving a great big metalic sigh, CL4P-TP goes back over to the intercom and starts it up.
""Attention citizens of Transport Shuttle 108-1! There is no cause for alarm. This Frozen Convict has resolved the problem! Now all that is left is to put out the fires and loot this big bird! Can I get a Whoop Whoop!!"
With that he gets off the intercom and heads down the middle of the ship, picking up the first fire extinguisher he finds.
Balthe turns to Five
What the heck is going on here?
"You think I know? I had plans to hit Radiator Ridge then head into the mountains, the shuttle is new to me as much as you. I am going to drive away and behind a safe rock, then come back and pick up the pieces."
Well don't go too far. Lots of stuff to carry away.
***Round 15 to 20***
Five drives off to behind the lookout post. With Elo, Balthe, and tattoo man.
***Round 21***
"Hmmm, any ideas? I am thinking of waiting a minute or so, then if it doesn't blow we can head back... How about we unload what we have?" Five asks and says to Bathe and Elo.
***Round 16***
Absorb?
The Frozen One is on CL4P-TP's tail.
15-20
And who might you be? I am Balthe Synder, bandit hunter supreme. Balthe says to the newbies.
[ooc] the rest ofthe time would be filled with talk, and Balthe will resharpen his equipment and reload his weapons.
21
Sounds like a plan. Lets get this unloaded.
Balthe tosses the bodies to be looted down and starts to unload.
round 16
"Kinda, we need to figure out how this thing goes backward... Orcould you perhaps puxh us a little back?"
In the meantime, he looks over the lever to the side woth the numbers around it. It was in '1'
"The other three paddle's don't do anything it seems. But the right one is for forward" Johnny proclaims
"Maybe rest is for turning left or right but only while going forward"
"You mean I'd have to press two at once to make a turn? Then if I am steering and making it go forward, what are you doing up there?"
"I'm the look out off course, someone needs to tell you left or right"
He still doesnt know where all the numbers are for, but far more puzzling is the 'R' at the end... R... R... Ramming? nah, the machine already does that in '1' Roof? Roll over? Rock-climbing? RIGHT! That one had to be for turning Right!
He changes the lever from 1 to R
"Never mind Johnny, I think I figured out the turning right part! Can you hit the forward pressure plate again?"
"PADDLE! Stop calling it a pressure plate, you moron, its called a paddle!"
"Just press it already!"
Johnny complies.
The truck abruptly springs back alive but this time going straight backwards the way it came. Jack, hanging on to the side of the truck holds on for his dear life, less he not get run over or squeezed and smeared against the hull of the ship.
Swiftstab just barely manages to hold on to the circular handgrip as he is once again launched towards the window. The 'steering right lever' is now out of his reach. He tries to match through the rear window but crates are blocking his view.
York looks up in surprise when he hears a bestial roaring, just in time to see a truck with side-jack sprinting straight at him.
((please make a reflex save to jump on or dodge out of the way))
Five gives Balthe a hand with the cargo. Between the three of you, you can easily unload the cargo safely and the body of the tattooed man.
"Elo was it? My name is Five, so why were you on that shuttle? Especially coming to Pandora." Five questions.
York jumps to the side to avoid being run over... and fails.
Reflex Save DC 12,
Climb Check DC 20, to grab on and not be trampled by the cargo truck.
York takes damage from taking a glancing blow from the Cargo Truck. Though he grabs on to the back part that hit him. He tries to haul himself up, Climb Check DC 20 , and succeeds. He is now in the back of the Cargo Truck grabbing on for dear life. "Hey, who is driving this truck?!?"
Jack and York Perception DC 15... then you hear the intercom saying from the claptrap, at least right before the truck goes in reverse.
Swiftstab Perception DC 20... same thing.
We now have basically three groups going on. It will be a while before Five and those that went with him get back. We have the Cargo Truck, trucking it away, due to Swiftstab's failure to hear the whole message. Finally we have Claptrap, Frozen One, and a burning shuttle.
Fortitude DC 18 or fatigue and cold damage as the heat is drained from you. I am not for sure if that attack would affect you?
You start seeing that the fires are being put out from both sides and begin to see the giant from before. They continue to put out the fires, with or without your help. The extinguisher you have just has water in it and it freezes before it can be of any use. The two figures extinguish the last few flames. They look at each other, sizing each other up. Clap trap do you do anything?
Waiting for interactions between the individuals in the other groups as well.
By the ancients. Jack exclaims as he hangs on the now speeding truck. His tentacles tightening on each turn.
"Swift step on the brake. On the brake!!" Jack starts motioning towards one of them to roll down the window. "We don't need to be going this fast." Jack plants himself to the side of the truck in a wall climbing pose then unlatches one of his tentacles and feeds it through the open window. He will try to press the brake. If he fails at this he presses something else that might end terribly.
Round 14
Elo nods to Five and hefts the body into the back of the truck before jumping aboard herself, scrabbling to hold onto her seat as the truck blasts off, eyes wide as she hears the claptrap. "What... what the hell kind of robot is that?!?"
Round 15-20
Elo lets out a long breath; that giant flaming hulk to the side is now slightly less terrifying.
Shaking her head, she grins. "Glad I gave that cold fellow the benefit of the doubt."
Attention somewhat eaten up by the odd apparition who looks absolutely terrifying with a steering wheel in his- it's? hands, Elo manages to scrape together enough brain power to turn to Five. "Oh- hi. Yeah, it's Elo. As to why I'm here..." looking between everyone, she thinks for a moment and then her expression darkens. Raising her hands, she shows the bow of bright blue energy. Pulling back on the string, a thick bolt of power manifests itself. "I'm here the f#%@ Atlas hard with one of these." Point made, she dismisses the bow and it vanishes. "As for why I was on that shuttle- my brain still feels like it's de-orbiting, once I hit the ground I'll let you know." She pauses for a moment as the truck sways to the side, gripping the door tightly. "And... you? Thanks for the lift, by the way."
I make the check :)
Realizing I am having no effect here and not wanting to get another shot of chills OR nice warm flames that are TOO HOT! Besides, they remind him of bandits :P
CL4P-TP takes off upwards towards the sounds of a screaching vehicle tossing the extinguisher as he goes.
"I dont know where the brake is! I only have the windowswipers and flashy lamps!" Swiftstabs proclaims as he watches the tentacle trash about, untill it gets lodged stuck between the drivers seat handle.
"Johnny, you got a brake?"
"Dunno, lemme try!" He pushes one of the other paddles
Dammit, I can see with this thing going so fast!!
"Are you sure this is such a good id..." Regardless if the truck comes to a stop a not the sudden jolt from the brake being pressed slams Jack to the side of the truck.
"Owww, you could have warned me!" Jack shout as he starts to lick his paws and stroke his face of any of the superficial injuries he might have sustained.
"What the service bots who have no sense, just worker drones really." Five responds to Elo's question about the bot. "I was born here, drawn up in an arcane monostary filled with all sorts of magical items. It was raided a decade ago and after it was raided by bandits the true culprits came in and took what they wanted. Hyperion! I don't care for any of the corporations."
Been here for a long time, was a slave to the Bloodshots for a long time as well. I plan to kill them all.
Balthe says Matter of factly
As the truck comes to a halt, York takes the opportunity to jump clear.
"Bandits are dead, explosion is shut down, and the cargo is ours. Now all I have to do is kill whoever is driving that truck, preferably in the painful manner possible..."
CL4P-TP moves up to the haphazard truck
"Greetings escaped convicts attempting to steal Federation Property! May I be of assistance? Possibly with killing this person? If not may I at least hitch a ride? I need to get back to Radiator Ridge and tend to my generator!"
I am going to say Swiftstab quickly hit the brake and the truck lurched to a stop... Thus only about 90 feet away from the shuttle. Commence the interrogations!
Jack gets off the truck and sits down, seeing as the thing won't explode he gets to moving crates onto the truck. Jack will continue to do that unless someone bothers him or stops him.
Five, Balthe, and Elo finish unloading the truck. "Anyone want to stay with the loot? Though it should be fine."
If you are not concerned then neither am I. Lets get back there and see what we can see!
Balthe leaps back into the truck.
Swiftstab peeks out of the drivers window towards the big guy jumping out of the truck. "Not going to explode? But the talking tincan said... Oh hi there! A ride? Eh... sure, if you know how this infernal contraption works. Johnny here almost killed the big guy."
"Eej! You were supposed to be the look out. I don't know what all those paddles are for!" A blond head pops up behind swiftstab
"Still your fault shorty." the green man grins
"Johnny! Not shorty, JOHNNY! Your an airhead greenskin."
"Stuff it Shorty"
"I'll stuff you, Airhead! Say, did we at least land on Pandora?"
"Pandora? Who's that?" Swiftstab asks puzzled
"Not who, its a where, a fabled planet of untold treasures hidden in secret vaults. Did we make it Claptrap?" the halfling asks the rolling gearbox outside.
Jack that is going to be a mighty trek, unless you are fine with carrying a 1500 lb. load over 90 feet.
The Cargo Truck has been turned off. You all can hear another truck come zooming up, though it looks like it came up and stopped on the other side of the shuttle.
Balthe, Elo, and Five pull up on the starting side of the shuttle. "Let's get these packed up before we even head back in for more. If something nasty or more bandits show up that we can't handle we will have some stuff loaded at least."
Right/
Balthe hops out and begins loading the truck. Balthe remains quiet focusing on work and keeping his eyes peeled for bandits.
"We are indeed on the wonderfully flabed planet of Pandora, the beautiful lady! Where bandits try and kill you, the Federation tries to kill you, the local fauna tries to kill you, the local deziens try to kill you and the mystic Vault locks you in for all eternity! It is estimated that 12.127 billion lifeforms have died since the inception of the rumor of the vault! Except I think most of those were ants...
Sadly I have no programming on how to drive a truck, I could be of assistance fixing it up if it ever breaks down however! I also have wonderful blueberry jam we could use to stuff the goblin with, if thats your thing..."
Jack and York, Swiftstab you can go with them, get a few crates into the back of the Cargo Truck, then you get to Section D, where the giant is sitting on the floor, or is he napping?
Five, Balthe and Elo finish loading up the crates outside. Five suggests he stay with the car, "yell if you need help". Balthe and Elo head into Section C, where they find the Frozen One in a crouched position as if meditating, then he looks up once you enter. He puts his arms down and ice forms sharp icicles in hand. Though he does not advance.
What do you do?
Balthe puts his hands on his weapons.
You don't seem like a bandit to me. We are just collecting the crates, and do't need trouble. You can come with us if you like.
Balthe eyes him trying to dtermine his state of mind. What he might do.
Elo nods in agreement. [b]"You saved us from the fire; you could have run. We could use you.[/ooc]
Jack thinks better than intimidating this thing into giving into his companions demands so stays quite and sees what will happen of the situation. Readying to attack if the frozen one lunges forward.