A new voice, harsh and ragged, filters up from the Garden. "You wish to donate your bones? Very well, come down."
Round 1:
Exegara
Chakanta
Thugs!
Crewbotone, Dora, Wailoa, Xy Xy
In the undergrowth below, you hear a hissing voice: "Subdue them. I will use their bones." Then a shot rings out, fired at Wailoa!
for damage and Wailoa is on fire!
Chakanta heals Waiola, Son of.. while three thugs appear below! They each hold hammers and move toward Waiola and Chakanta!
for damage!
for damage!
for damage!
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Seeing the thugs rush at Waiola and his fellow Shirren, Xyroniel focuses deeply on the magical energies roiling within him. Briefly his Tattoo, the proud symbology of his former militry unit, flashes an angry blue-white. Reaching out with his fore-limb, three strange missiles in the form of Dragon heads launch from his outstretched fingers, unerringly avoiding the overgrowth of the Vat gardens to strike the attacking thugs.
One missile strikes the central target, following the crushing blow of Waiola, whilst the other two slam into the right-most target, backing up Dora's bullets.
Waiola and Xy Xy combine to drop the middle thug! Dora misses, but her drone and Xy Xy's last two missiles take him out, too!
The thug grunts as Iseph hits him!
Round 2:
Exegara
Chakanta
Thugs!
Crewbotone, Dora, Wailoa, Xy Xy
There is a rustle of movement as Exegara shows herself. She hisses and fires at Iseph! for damage! She laughs as the android is hit!
The remaining thug looks confused as his grip on his hammer slackens.
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Waiola, Son of Wyman, Grandson of Winton the "Everlasting" turns to face the final thug, satisfied as he watches the first two drop, dead. Knowing that there is still the leader out there, he knows that he needs to dispatch the final thug as quickly as he can. So, with a might heave, he swings his weapon as hard as he can towards the final thugh!
Waiola just misses the swaying man! Dora misses as well, but the drone hits the man squarely!
The last thug falls with Iseph's shot, crumpling to the ground and bleeding. The hissing woman lets out a last pained noise and calls out "If I will be unharmed, I will surrender."
The woman hisses and steps forward, her pistol held up. She is wearing a flight suit, but her skin is very waxen and pale and she isn't breathing. A sling bag over her shoulder holds a couple of skulls.
"Why do you pursue me?"
"You haven't given me your word that you won't harm me. I'll drop the gun when you do."
"As for the insignia, we took them off some dead sailors we found in a wreck on some planetoid after we followed a distress beacon. When we were dusting off we were ambushed. Pirates. We managed to limp into the Drift but our Drift engine failed. I took the lifeboat and headed here to secure repair parts. I sold the insignia to buy fuel. And no, I wasn't the navigator and I don't know where the planetoid was. You want that information, you want my ship, the Endless Threnody. I can give you the Drift coordinates, in return you hand me over to the Eoxian embassy. Deal?"
"And what law have I broken?"
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Chakanta nods in agreement with the others. "This seems to be the best course of action." To the Eoxian, he telepaths, "We will not harm you. For what reason were you desecrating the remains buried here?"
-Posted with Wayfinder
"Very well." She drops her laser pistol without further attempt at violence. "My ship, the Endless Threnody, has been damaged. Our drift engine got us into the Drift, but we required repair materials. Hence, the bones. Our ships utilize bones as components. As for the coordinates," She presses a button on her wrist computer and the coordinates pop up on your comms.
As you are setting up to leave, the ysoki who run the Gardens return. They tell you they were run off by the thugs, and are very happy to dispose of the thug's bodies for you. Also they offer you each a small root, which they raise. They tell you it has very potent anti-toxin properties.
Once back at the Lorespire, Arvin is excited to hear about these new developments. He smiles. "Meet me in Dock 23c tomorrow morning and I'll have a ship for you to track down these coordinates. Good job, agents!"
Venture-Captain Arvin stands next to the entry ramp of a sleek-looking starship. He waves his hands over the side of the starship affectionately. “This is the Loreseeker, a Pegasus-class ship that’s one of the fastest and lightest in the Society’s fleet. “We know that a lost Starfinder vessel, the Unbounded Wayfarer, was discovered by undead creatures from a starship called the Endless Threnody. We’ve pulled some strings with our more reputable Eoxian contacts to get more information, but they’ve disavowed knowledge of the Endless Threnody entirely; this likely confirms our suspicions that the Endless Threnody is connected with the Corpse Fleet, a group of Eoxian separatists who refuse to work alongside the living.
“We have the location of the Endless Threnody in the Drift, courtesy of that ghoul you tracked down. Its Drift engine is incapacitated, so it’s unable to escape the Drift. Take the Loreseeker into the Drift, cripple the Eoxian ship—as a Corpse Fleet vessel, they won’t be open to negotiations—and recover the location of the lost Starfinder vessel.”
STARFINDER SOCIETY PEGASUS TIER 2
Medium explorer
Speed 10; Maneuverability good (turn 1); Drift 1
AC 12; TL 12
HP 55; DT —; CT 11
Shields basic 40 (forward 10, port 10, starboard 10, aft 10)
Attack (Forward) light laser cannon (2d4)
Attack (Port) light laser cannon (2d4)
Attack (Starboard) light laser cannon (2d4)
Attack (Turret) coilgun (4d4)
Power Core Pulse Green (150 PCU); Drift Engine Signal Basic;
Systems basic medium-range sensors, crew quarters
(good), mk 1 duonode computer, mk 2 armor, mk 2 defenses;
Expansion Bays cargo hold, escape pods, science lab,
tech workshop
Modifiers +1 to any two checks per round, +2
Computers, +1 Piloting; Complement 4–7
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Rejoining the Starfinders at the docks, Xy'ron'iel stands to attention once more opposite the honoured Venture-Captain. As he looks up at the Loreseeker the Shirren's scarred mandibles twitch slightly in a show of nostalgia. It has been some time since I was last aboard a War-ship, but I should still be able to be of service he thought-speaks to his allies.
Alright, let's move along!
Venture-Captain Arvin stands next to the entry ramp of a sleek-looking starship. He waves his hands over the side of the starship affectionately. “This is the Loreseeker, a Pegasus-class ship that’s one of the fastest and lightest in the Society’s fleet.
“We know that a lost Starfinder vessel, the Unbounded Wayfarer, was discovered by undead creatures from a starship called the Endless Threnody. We’ve pulled some strings with our more reputable Eoxian contacts to get more information, but they’ve disavowed knowledge of the Endless Threnody entirely; this likely confirms our suspicions that the Endless Threnody is connected with the Corpse Fleet, a group of Eoxian separatists who refuse to work alongside the living.
“We have the location of the Endless Threnody in the Drift, courtesy of that ghoul you tracked down. Its Drift engine is incapacitated, so it’s unable to escape the Drift. Take the Loreseeker into the Drift, cripple the Eoxian ship—as a Corpse Fleet vessel, they won’t be open to negotiations—and recover the location of the lost Starfinder vessel.”
"Once given over to the Eoxian embassy she refused to answer any more inquiries. So, no, unfortunately."