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"Buckle up!" suggests "Jack" as he directs the vessel directly at the creature's teeth. "We're going in close and fast. Keep your trigger on the coil gun and I'll try to give you the shot!"
The Pegasus screams past the gaping maw of the beast--zooming down its dorsal area and then loops around to line a shot up at the tail.
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The ship moves as normal, but it can move through 1 hex
occupied by an enemy starship without provoking a free attack
(as described in Moving through Other Starships). During the
following gunnery phase, you can select one arc of your starship’s
weapons to fire at the enemy vessel as if the vessel were in close
range (treat the range as 1 hex), against any quadrant of the
enemy starship. To perform this stunt, you must succeed at a
Piloting check (DC = 20 + 2 × the tier of the enemy starship).
If you fail this check, your starship still moves as described
above, but you follow the normal rules for attacking (based on
your starship’s final position and distance), and the movement
provokes a free attack from that starship as normal.
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Jack does an impressive flyby while Dalinar and Dethara strafe the whelp with combined fire tearing it a few new holes at Mec-01's instruction aiming for the same part of the creature
Including hitting a vital muscle in it's right claw causing him to suffer reduced movement
Zap inspires greater competence out of Qip
Qip tries his best
but Zap's helping seems to distract your engineer
The Whelp trashes around aimlessly in space as it's confused on where you went and can't get an attack in
The whelp turns around and start to circle around as it flies at you once more
init
You all can take an action
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Mec-01 uses his knowledge of the ships systems to guide all hits towards the enemy gas propulsion system
Jack manages to execute evasive maneuver Delta without a flaw and it seems to confuse your opponent enough that it can't keep up with all the twists and turns,
Both Dethara and Dalinar manage to land solid hits which hit the whelps "engine"
Zap tries to provide help
Severely traumatized by it's prey putting up much of a fight then it expected the Whelp turns around and starts to move away from you leaking liquid through a rather large hole in it's side
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Well the party decides to go other way.
Mec-01 has so survived his first starship's combat. What for a success.
Now go to the planet where they have to travel to and find what they are supposed to find.
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Having drifted slightly in the captain's chair, Zapp is rather late to notice the whelp making a break for it. He hears the others decide against continuing the attack and is glad for his tardiness. Exactly the opposite of what I would've done. They'll learn better someday, but needn't know my stance now, he thinks. Aloud, he says, "Good job, team! Now let's get down there and figure some things out."
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Deciding to let your enemy flee before you you guys decide to have a short victory celebration before continuing towards your destination; the planet filling your main viewing screen with a nice green dot to show your intended landing location near the abandoned station you are here to visit.
As you approach the planet in your starship, you notice a dangerous storm that interferes with the ship’s sensors. The storm’s erratic movements and intensity make it too dangerous to land inside.
To continue with the mission, you must land several miles away and approach the site on foot.
After landing, you can make your way to the coordinates provided for the abandoned outpost. As you travel you take a look around at the almost empty sand flats around you as you see what appears to be a small village of roughly 40 houses in the distance right in the direction you are heading. What looks like 2 humanoids seem to be approaching your location, right now they are to far away to get a good look at..and they might not have spotted you yet
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As Dethara moves forward you see that the humanoids that are approaching you look a lot like Ysoki. There are a few difference though. Their ears are much bigger and a lot rounder and their hairs are a lot shorter. They are also a lot bigger and judging by only these 2 a lot more muscular. Their tails seem to be more like a third arm and move around not only to provide better balance but are used to other types of movement as well. They even seem to play a part during conversation which becomes apparent when they come closer to you and you can make out that they are friendly and wish to communicate with you..a lot of sounds and gestures are made..but it's a language unlike any you've encountered so far.
The 2 males are dressed in what looks like black leather, one of them has a eye patch.
As soon as they find out you can't understand what they are saying and they clearly have no clue what you are answering they switch to even more hand (and tail) gesturing
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Dethara watches with an eager smile and bright eyes.
She points at herself. "I am Dethara." She points at herself and then the sky. "I come from space." She holds up her hands like claws in front of her and growls with a smile. Then she makes a sort of scared face and mimics running away. "We fought it and it fled."
She turns to her companions and explains, "They want to know who we are, where we come from, and what happened to the space creature."
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Zapp nods, rubbing the bandage on his head. Then, in an uncharacteristic display of tact, he starts gesturing. He points out each teammate and speaks their name a few times, then indicates they are a group. He simplifies the scenario by mimicking them shooting a hideous monster, and shows it taking off in fear. As if to show his normal self is still there, he looks at Kif expectantly. "For the highlight reel later?" The green man sighs and starts to record the proceedings on a datapad.
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Avoiding a first contact foul up by not insulting the locals with using some rude gestures and driving them of mad you seem to make a favorable impression on the locals.
Mightily Impressed by Zapp's introduction of everyone along with Quip's performance of a spaceship. They introduce themselves as Throttle and Vinnie and motion you to follow them towards town. Halfway towards your destination there you come across a motorcycle with a combustion engine which produces a lot of black smoke and even more noise as Throttle gets on one and rides in into town to announce your arrival.
As you follow into town a few minutes later almost the entire village is standing in the town square awaiting your arrival. A lot of the younger men sit on motor cycles and rev up their engines as you walk past them towards the middle of the group, it gives of the vibe of being some sort of a tribute, or of them paying you respect.
One very old man covered in scars and with half of his right ear missing limps towards you and motions for you to come forward and tell the tale of your mighty space battle for the entire crowd - having been informed on how impressive it was by Throttle
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Clearly glad with Dalinar's telling of the tale the seem just a tiny bit dissapointed having been hyped up by what they've been told already.
At Dalinar's attempt to question them they motion for you to tell them more and they will talk about other things later.
Some of the aliens start to gather chairs and cans of what turns out to be fermented alcohol, one even starts up a BBQ as they settle in for you regaling them with more of your stories.
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Zapp regales the aliens with stories of his heroic conquests. Most of them are blown so far out of proportion that no aspects of them are likely real. Though narration is useless, he often speaks what he signs. "...And, with the flick of a button, psssheeew! There went all their 'residential areas.'" He mimics buildings exploding and air-quotes his last words before continuing to pantomime. "I could see those disguised military bases, and their 'terms of surrender,' for what they really were. Never trust a Neutral."
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"Jack" looks over one of the locals bikes, then gestures for the mouse-like rider to get off and give him a turn at a ride.
"Excuse me, citizen." "Jack" says as he seizes the bike. He revs the engine, and hits the gas pulling back on the handlebars to force a "wheelie".
An amplified screeching noise emanates from the tires as black smoke seems to envelope the location where the bike once was.
"Not bad." the half-orc grunts. He reaches for a beverage held by a local.
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As Quip assembles some spare parts into a bike and has Mec-01 race it and even win from one of the locals while the rest of you impresses them with your story telling, general friendliness and even the willingness to try one of Mad Eyed mooney's home brews they gradually open up more and more to you.
Mostly they seem happy and impressed that you managed to drive of the "Sky Monster"
There's still a language barrier ..but they tell you that the outpost "shoots fire" ..which may or may not be actual fire, or most likely it's laser fire which the locals are not accustomed to.
They give you directions on where to go by drawing a map in the sand for you to follow.
They also warn you that there is a toxic cloud storming around the area - which may or may not be caused by the exhaust fumes of the bikes they race.
And you think they are trying to warn you that there is one of there own, but not one of them (translation trouble) who's taken up residence in the outpost and scares everyone away. Some of them tried to talk to him once but he hurled blobs of something at them from out of no where. They are too scared to go near him now.
You are welcome to stay with the villagers or move towards the outpost; either is fine with the locals
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The android hasn't a great habits of such games. What for a weird people is living here. Are every guys in the stars so funny? But the party has a job to do, like Jack repealed.
Well I think it's better to go now.
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After saying goodbye to the villagers and taking some mystery meat on a stick for the road with you you depart for the outpost
After you depart the village, you eventually encounter the edge of the storm that forced you to land away from the outpost.
It takes 3 hours of travel from the village to reach the outpost thanks to the clear directions you received from the natives.
If you try attempting to wait out the storm you find that it is stationary — clearly some kind of ongoing phenomena that cannot be waited out. The closer you get to the outpost, the stronger the effects of the storm become.
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Hazard: For each hour after the first you travel in the storm, you must succeed at a DC 10 Fortitude save or suffer the effects of the storm. The storm has strong winds and acidic rains
So 2 fort saves DC 10 for each of you and you take 1d4 acid damage for each failed save