"That'd be a good idea. Let us proceed with that."
Altronus cracks four wrists and one neck in preparation for things to go wrong, as they usually do on his missions.
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"Sounds like a great plan."
On Keskodai's signal Quig causes the light to strobe.
Navasi moves by the door to the catwalk, drawing her pistol along the way. she awaits the signal to move out onto the catwalk.
Quig hits the strobes! The lights in the hangar suddenly flash on and off for a few seconds, as if the goblins are working in a dance hall.
The goblins shout in confusion and cover their eyes as the lights begin to strobe. Navasi opens the door to the catwalk.
Combat! Round 1
Starfinders
Goblins (dazzled)
As soon as she opens the door, Navasi slips in taking aim at the first goblin in her sight.
Nasavi shoots one of the goblins in the back. He slowly falls to the ground and bounces once.
Altronus moves out of the command center, ready to intercept any goblins that want to come up the ramp.
Quig moves outside and fires a shot past Navasi at the goblin on the other walkway
Scout fires from cover at the same target
Quig shoots one of the other goblins through the chest while the lights flicker. Altronus moves into a defensive position. Keskodai shoots at something and misses (unless his target was the floor).
*Click Click*
Obozaya-bot moves forward and fires his rifle and misses his goblin target.
Raia-bot moves through the command center and onto the catwalk.
The two bigger goblins bark orders at the smaller goblins and then start taunting Altronus and Navasi. They stick out their tongues, they wiggle their fingers near their ears, the show their butts and smack them in your direction.
The rest of the temporarily dazzled goblins fire erratically at you.
You assume the goblins were shooting at you. When the dust clears, nobody has laser burns or bullet holes.
Altronus appears to be affected by the goblin taunting.
Combat Round 2!
Altronus (Shaken 1 round)
Everyone Else
Goblins
Quig sends scout outside while he takes another shot at the goblins from behind Navasi. After scout has moved he fires a bullet.
Quig and Scout land solid shots on the goblin bully on the ground. Keskodai blasts one of the smaller goblins, its ears bleeding as it falls to the ground.
The remaining smaller goblins drop their makeshift lasers and raise their hands. "No kill! We give!"
The goblin bullies curse at the cowards.
Altronus draws his semi-automatic pistol and fires on the nearest goblin from above.
Navasi-bot says, "The the big one on the ground!"
She shoots at that goblin to emphasize her point.
Obozaya-bot advances into range and obliges Navasi-bot by firing at the same goblin.
Altronus' finger was already squeezing the trigger, and he picks off one of the smaller goblins. The larger goblin in the red space suit is slain in a hail of arcane and mundane bullets.
The remaining goblins on the ground scurry for cover. "We give! We give!"
The last bully goblin moves around the catwalk and takes a pot shot at Raia.
Combat Round 3!
Pathfinders
Scout and Quig fire at the foolish goblin that is still attacking them, but they both dramatically miss.
moving along the catwalk, Navasi presses forward "guns blazing"
Raia's magic tears three holes in the last bully's armor, and the goblin falls dead.
With the goblins taken care of Quig moves to the cockpit of the Archer. Noting that he would need to shift a pile of rubble to get in he takes out some tools and instead climbs up to the windows and starts to remove them.
While tinkering with the windows he shouts to Navasi "See if those goblins can tell us anything about this moon."
Altronus moves behind Quig, on the lookout for more trouble.
"We should hurry. I do not like the feel of this place."
Quig manages to remove one of the windows large enough for a ysoki to crawl through. The first thing he notices is a well cared-for and customized tool belt hanging off of one of the seats (most likely Livewire's).
The two surviving goblins grovel on the hangar floor, awaiting their fate.
Quig picks up the belt and sees if he can find any other information inside the cockpit.
Fiddling around in the cockpit, Quig manages to find the audiologs that Livewire talked about .
Quig uploads the audio logs into the mainframe so he can play them back before he climbs out of the cockpit, toolbelt slung over his shoulder.
"So, what did those goblins have to say?" he asks the others
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Raia walks over to the goblins, and tries to reassure them that they're safe now that they've surrendered.
There, you see? You're safe now. No more bullies will make you do things you don't want to. You just need to do as I say and you'll be safe. I even promise to make sure you get a nice big meal after we're done.
The surviving goblins cringe and huddle together. "No do what we don't want, but only if we do what you say? Sound like bully."
"Oh kay. We get it. Big bullies made us come here when big ship crashed," one of the goblins says.
"Our glowing green god stopped granting miracles," another says through gritted teeth. "So wire shaman went to commune with glowing green god while we salvage ship." He points to the command center.
"But now glowing green god seems to grant you miracles," the first goblin says petulantly.
Quig has joined the others and hears the last comment.
"We found your wire shaman, it seemed he had made the green god angry. Did you come from below? What keys do we need to press inside the elevator?"
The goblins wail for an absurd length of time upon hearing that their shaman angered the great green glowing god.
Eventually, one of them answers Quig's question, "Touch three hearts then you zoom to Spirit hole."
Altronus listens intently to the goblins.
"Three hearts, eh? Raia, Quig, I am not one for goblin puzzles. Do you know what they mean." He walks over to the door they have yet to explore, looking for a control panel of some kind. "Perhaps this is what they speak of?"
A thick plume of steam rolls out from the doors as Quig remotely opens them. After a moment, the steam evaporates, revealing a marked transition into an entirely different area—a section of an entirely different starship. Where the hangar bay had straight lines and smooth plastic walls, this elevator has exposed cords and wires in varying dark shades such as charcoal and umber.
A singsong voice greets you in an alien language that none of you have ever heard before. Soft lights wash over a smooth, wet surface at the elevator’s southern wall. Scores of holographic glyphs, foreign to the Pact Worlds, appear in three spiraling patterns.
There are indeed glyphs that vaguely resemble a heart on each of the three spirals.