"I don't see nothing." Obo punctuates with a grunt. "I bet the damn goblins got to everything before we got down here."
Obo kicks one of the container to check to see if it is full or not.
The crate that Obozaya kicks is, indeed, mostly empty and clangs loudly when impacted with an armored Vesk's foot.
Shortly afterwards, there is a crack of gunfire and a bullet zips past Quig's head and punches a hole in the wall behind Scout. Looking toward the gunfire, you see a two-headed giant firing over the top of the crates. One head glares at you angrily. The other head has a dazed look and drools out the side of his mouth.
Combat! Round 1
Quig
Navasi
Iseph
Borgobago
Obozaya
Raia
Keskodai
"Ahh! That was a close shot! Time to return the favor."
Quig spits out an Incendiary Grenade from his cheek pouch.
He tries to lob it over the crates at the enemy.
He direct the drone to fly up and attack.
The drone flies up to get a more clear shot.
"Curse you and all you stupid Ysoki!" one of the giant heads yells as the grenade explodes and Scout starts firing over the crates. "Every last one of you is worthless!"
Combat! Round 1
Quig
Navasi
Iseph
Borgobago (-8)
Obozaya
Raia
Keskodai
Life science
Seeing the two headed giant, Iseph follows Obo through the door and ducks behind a green crate as he draws his weapon and prepares to make a move soon.
"Small doesn't mean worthless, buddies."
The more alert head chants and their free hand gestures, summoning a translucent spiked sphere, which rockets towards Scout. The force sphere crunches the drone's frame, nearly ruining critical systems and then bounces off toward Quig, where it glances off of his armor. It ricochets into Raia, knocking the wind out of the lashunta. The hand with the gun fires at Quig, although it seems to do so with less intent that before, as though an afterthought, and cracks a rib under the armor.
"Can't a pirate eat his goblins in peace!?"
Combat! Round 1/2
Quig (-9) (Scout -20)
Navasi
Iseph
Borgobago (-8)
Obozaya
Raia (-2)
Keskodai
"I'll have to return the favor!" she shouts at the ettin that wounded her and her allies. Why must everything turn to violence? Then she has an idea.
"Livewire misses her hairless monkey!" I really hope this is the creature that ysoki was talking about... Is the one head a different person? Or the same? What a fascinating way to live.
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When Raia calls out to the ettin, the drooling head begins to rouse. That head looks around, mouth moving as if trying to speak, but then drifts back into a daze. Meanwhile, a bolt of force pegs the other head between the eyes.
"Argh!"
Combat! Round 1/2
Quig (-9) (Scout -20)
Navasi
Iseph
Borgobago (-16)
Obozaya
Raia (-2)
Keskodai
Kesko concentrates on the ettin and tries to crush its mind!
The aggressive and alert head grunts in pain. The dazed head lets forth a gibbering moan and a fresh wave of saliva floods over his lower lip.
Combat! Round 1/2
Quig (-9) (Scout -20)
Navasi (-4, previous combat)
Iseph (-6, previous combat)
Borgobago (-30)
Obozaya
Raia (-2) (cast magic missile)
Keskodai (cast mind thrust)
"Yowza!" Scout needs to get out of there!
Quig spits out another grenade from his cheek pouch.
He chucks another one.
"Darn it!"
He directs the drone to attack and get out of there.
"BZZZ WHIRRR WHIRRR" The drone lets out warning signs.
The drone attacks the Ettin.
It then makes a tactical retreat into the elevator.
Obo moves in behind the cannisters and fires a round.
Obozaya moves into position and fires. Her aim is true and the projectile punches a hole through the two-headed giant's armor. From her new perspective, the Vesk soldier sees that the giant had been sitting around a portable stove, on top of which rests a partially eaten, charred goblin corpse.
Scout's parting shot sears the side of the angry head's face. Quig finds the lighter gravity actually makes it easier to throw things, and the grenade explodes behind the giant. They do manage to dodge most of the blast, though.
The dazed head seems to struggle against whatever force is dulling its senses, a primal expression of fear pushing to the surface before fading away.
Combat! Round 2
Quig (-9) (Scout -20)
Navasi (-4, previous combat)
Iseph (-6, previous combat)
Borgobago (-48)
Obozaya
Raia (-2) (cast magic missile)
Keskodai (cast mind thrust)
Navasi-bot uses Inspiring Boost on Quig.
Iseph-bot moves from behind the crates and attempts a trick shot.
Borgobago fails to see the operative until it is too late and the charged blast strikes him in one of his beefy necks.
The two headed giant drops his gun and raises one of his arms. The dazed head suddenly becomes clear eyed and quiet angry.
"I surrend--" the always aware head begins to say.
"Stop! I won't let you hurt more people!" the awakened head interrupts, immediately beginning to slap the first head in the face with the arm that didn't rise.
"Idiot broth--Ow! I'm surren--Ow!"
"No more killing!" the awakened head continues to shout directly into the ear of the other head.
Combat (Sort of)! Round 2/3
Quig (-0) (Scout -20)
Navasi (-4)
Iseph (-6)
Borgobago (-60) (surrendering)
Obozaya
Raia (-2)
Keskodai
Obo keeps her weapon trained on one of the heads of the beast. Waiting to see what her comrades think. Finger on the trigger if it becomes hostile.
"Guys, suggestion. It looks like it is having a conflict of interest"
"What is going on here? Explain yourselves!" Raia demands, not really sure how to go about this conversation. She lowers her pistol, but keeps it out in the open.
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"We'll make sure your brother stops hurting people!"
Iseph says, wondering if these are the twins they heard about.
"Where is the rest of the crew? We need the logs from your ship and we promised Livewire we'd get anyone out alive that we could."
Unsure what to do, Quig waits for any resolutions to those questions.
"My stu--ow--pid brother--ow!" the first head tries to answer Raia. The raised arm grabs the wrist of the one flailing away at his face. "Enough, Bago! I surrendered!"
The other head slowly looks toward you all. There is an expression of hope as he takes in Quig, but it is quickly replaced by disappointment. "You promised Livewire? She's alive?"
The ettin's body starts jerking erratically as one leg starts dancing. "The others are dead," Borgor says glumly. "The goblins killed them as soon as we entered the hangar. But I got the best of them. Even took the chief's eyes."
Bago looks a bit ill at the last comment. "I can't believe you charmed your own brother just so I wouldn't stop you from taking over a tribe of goblins."
"Hey! I had to replace my crew. And now my ship!"
Bago turns back to you. "The logs would be in the Archer. You must have passed the remains on your way here."
"We did notice what is more or less a pile of scrap on the way in. Why don't you accompany us out of here, show us to the logs, and we can get you off this rock? We can even visit Livewire!" Raia offers with a beaming smile. AAAAAAHHHHH if we have an ettin on our ship, I can ask it all sorts of questions!
"Can we trust this monster on our ship? If it loses its mind again, it could wreck the place."
"Yes, Livewire is alive although in a bit of a predicament."
"If you can control your brother we can let you on I suppose."
"I'm well aware that you can kill us," Borgor says.
"Don't worry, I've broken free of his magic," Bago says at the same time.
As you march Borgobago back to the elevator, you remember that you had a mission other than vengeance and peer into the room with the hatch.
The electric hum of a powered computer console echoes throughout the bowels of this recessed chamber. A series of thick cords attached to the console connect to a large, gorecovered hatch. The hatch firmly seals against the room’s rough stone floor. Several vents surround the hatch, each spewing forth gouts of miasmic exhaust and emitting angry whistles at irregular intervals.
The computer console’s screen rapidly scrolls through a series of blueprints, plans, and schematics that hint at a larger substructure beyond the closed hatch. This information can be downloaded to a connected datapad or other appropriate storage device.
Either Quig, Raia or Iseph can hack the computer easily and cause the hatch to open. Inside the hatch...
With Borgobago's help (mostly Bago's) you are able to pry one of the viewing panes off of the Archer's helm. Inside, it is easy enough to download the audio logs. You also find Livewire's harness on a chair.
Returning Borgobago to the authorities is simple enough. With your testimony and the audio logs as evidence, they are willing to exchange Borgor for Livewire. Furthermore, they are willing to download Bago's consciousness into an android body, which Bago had explained to you on the trip back was the plan he and Livewire had cooked up to get away from their tyrannical captain.