[SFS-Outpost] SFS103 Yesteryear's Truth (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

This scenario really wants us to not like aliens. Segregation, unstable technology and now bad food!

A history of war. This planet needs the gentle embrace of the Pact World's laws. Hopefully they can be persuaded to join. The Husk's resistance to radiation and the Membrane's wings would make them fine Starfinder agents as well. Lost in her own thoughts, Breq humbly walks over to the table. Whispering to her companions, "Remember, we must be respectful. That means no insults, Julakesh." At the table, Breq bows her head in respect, then takes a bite of the soup.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Despite the unpleasantly strong smokey flavor, she manages a smile.

Bluff: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10

But not a very good one.

Chk'tarlsh inclines his head toward their hosts. Thank you for the honour of sharing a meal with us, he sends telepathically.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Accustomed to meals of dubious origins, he sets about eating the unusual cuisine with great gusto and genuine enjoyment.

[dice=Fort]1d20 + 3/dice]

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Mustachio watches his friends eat, and they all seem to be able to stomach the weird stuff. Smiling and shrugging, he digs in.

bad food: 1d20 ⇒ 6 Yes!!!

Julakesh laughs at Breq's worries. "Insults?! You must have problem with ears! I have given only freindnship and help!"

She looks at the food and digs right in, completely unworried about what it might taste like.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Unfortunately, it gets stuck in her throat and she coughs and hacks for a moment, accidentally splattering the food across the table.

Eww! It tastes like whelp dung! What foolish bugs to eat this! A-HAH!

When her coughing has passed she wipes her mouth with her arm, chuckles aloud and goes back to eating.

She'll eat it even if it tastes nasty. She's had worse at some point, I'm sure.

Kaylee tries to keep a non-giggling smile going to help Breq cover for the others. "Kahlgee? It's wonderful! The aroma goes really nice with the taste!"

Kaylee, Breq and Chk'tarish keep up a good appearance, earning the appreciation of the council. Julakesh, and Mustachio... well... let's just say it's not a pretty sight.

While Mustachio clears up the mess, the power suddenly goes out, leaving the room in darkness for almost half a minute. The ghibranis don’t seem too worried about the power fluctuation. “the Mainframe acts up occasionally, but it always self-corrects after a few seconds.” The council continues to chat happily, and eventually even present the group with a gift. We offer you one of our prices pieces of technology. Treat it with care, the council lead says upon presenting a pistol to Chk'tarish.

Under casual inspection, this pistol appears to be a sturdy laser weapon.

How about Choppy DM, he rolled a 17 on his Fot save (not sure if this check counts towards something)

Excuse me council, but does the power fluctuations affect the force field?

Chk'tarlsh holds his hands out before him, side-by-side and palms up, bowing his head solemnly as he receives the offered gift.

You honour us greatly, he sends to the council members, the message baring a strong sense of sincerity and humility. He continues to hold the weapon before him, resting across both palms. I thank you.

Kaylee beams at Klarima upon the party receiving the gift.

"Shiny! Thank you! I'm curious like Choppy on that too! Some of us are pretty good with machines and computers! Anything we can do to help?"

"What a beautiful weapon. Thank you for this gift. We are greatly honored. " Breq helps Mustachio clean up, trying to cover up the faux pas. Meanwhile, she adds a question. "Tell me, honorable ones. Do you know anything of your guardian in the sky? The large mother sky-boat? " She hesitates, then continues. " It was less than friendly when we arrived on our sky-ship. "

Julakesh smiles a big toothy grin and claps Chk'Tarish on the back. "A fine gift! You should be proud!"

Suddenly, Julakesh looks confused. Power fluctu-whats-its? "Uh.. YES! Tell us of this thing you need help with! We are strong and brave!"

The flickering has been like this for as long as we can remember. The Mainframe is on the outskirts of Arkeost. The council discusses among themselves for a bit, then continues There is no tradition regarding outsiders, so we see no problem with you entering the area. Klarima can guide you there.

Answering Breq, the council says We know nothing of the sky, we never fly higher than the dome of the city.

The meeting finishes up, and Klarima helpfully says While you were busy... eh... eating, I have ordered some drones to convert a few ground-level warehouses into sleep quarters. They should provide you with accommodation for the night.

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The next day, Klarima offers to guide the party to the mainframe. There is an increased concentration of drones and other hovering robots in this neighborhood, though none seem to pay any attention to them. A large doorway leads into the structure and a ramp descends a bit into open garage-like space where thousands of drones are stored. Many are powered down and others are being repaired by other drones, leaving the adventurers to walk through patches of dead silence followed by stretches of frantic activity as they descended on curving ramps farther and farther below. As the group continues, they spot the several signs in Ghibrani that read “Taboo Area,” “Keep Out,” and other warnings with similarly grave images to accentuate the point. Eventually, they reach a hallway that branches off from the garages.
The hallway opens into a rectangular room of white plastic, a stark contrast to the smoky, grease-stained garages that led up to this place. Fans whir quietly overhead. Track lighting along the floor illuminates much of the chamber. Several white coveralls hang on the wall behind a bench to the north. A door leads to the east.

"Taboo? Keep out?" Julakesh wonders. Suddenly her face light up brightly. "Ah! Yes! Let us hope there are terrifying beasts and dangerous traps within this 'mainframe' they spoke of! THAT WOULD BE GREAT FUN!"

She places her hands on her hips and laughs loudly. "A-HAH! A-HAH!"

Upon setting foot into the white room, Julakesh scowls. "Not a beast in sight! BAH! ...Well, perhaps there are some horrifying traps and toxic gases!"

She leaps into the room, and waits expectantly, clearly hoping there's something terribly dangerous in here, even if it means her tail gets blown off....

Breq stands at the doorway, taking in this change of scenery. "Interesting. One place untouched by the entropy of this society. Here lies the secret. Let us investigate. Respectfully. " The Vesk probably doesn't notice, but Breq clearly looks at Julakesh as she says this.

After a moment's thought, the android goes over and puts on a coverall. "Well, shall we? "

Kaylee grins and bounds up alongside Breq, whispering to her "You know, from my experience training with their pilots and mechanics? I'm pretty sure that *is* about as respectful as it gets when they're not on active duty for the Veskarium." With a little wink she holsters her weapon to also slip into a set of coveralls.

Chk'tarlsh eagerly drinks in the sights of the city along their journey, particularly the industry of the drones.

"What are the signsh warninghk of? Danger within, or to keep people out?" Chk'tarlsh asks Klarima after passing a number of the warning signs on their way down the ramp.

"What're the coveralls for?" he asks their guide, taking a suit from a peg and about to follow Breq's lead. "And where'sh that lead to?" he indicates the door to the east with a nod of his head.

Heads over to the coveralls and suits up. Also interested in the "keep out" room but does not push any further out of respect for their hosts.

Reckless as she is brave, Julakesh does not put in the coveralls, instead she approaches various parts of the walls and pokes at them, hoping it will cause some sort of hidden blades to attempt to dismember her.

Eventually she approaches the door and opens it, exclaiming, "A-HAH!"

While Chk'tarish wonders what the coveralls are for, Julakesh rumbles through the room, eventually 'tapping' open the door on the other end. Her 'A-hah!' comes out a big distorted as she gets hit by 200.000 volts of electrical energy. Refreshing!

Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) = 6 DC 12 Reflex for half

In the room beyond, four pillars, each covered in glowing circuitry, break up the floor of this chamber. Though slightly out of date by modern Pact Worlds standards, the four power generators in between the pillars nevertheless hum with energy. The room is illuminated from below, and doors lead east and west.

"Whoa! Julakesh are you okay?!"

Kaylee runs over to Julakesh (after putting on the overalls) to make sure she's alright!

Before going out of the room with the overalls Kaylee will have her exocortex activate her energy shield.

Breq watches, amazed, as Julakesh finds the door. "Well, that's one way to do it. " She smiles, impressed at the woman's bravery.

Slowly, the android approaches the door. This machinery, it's so interesting. She studies it, trying to understand how it works.

Engineering : 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

"Kaylee, do you think we can hack it? If we get into the system, maybe we can learn more
 "

Computers : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Chk'tarlsh dashes around the bench toward Julakesh, half-donned coveralls streaming behind him.

"Are you ohkay?" he asks the mighty vesk.

After confirming Julakesh's wellbeing, Chk'tarlsh finishes putting on the coveralls, before joining Kaylee and Breq at the doorway, surveying the machinery and room beyond.

Engineering (Aid): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 Looking for signs of possible danger or anything hidden beyond the pillars and generators

Also, just wanting to confirm if Klarima is still accompanying us?

Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Julakesh lets out a cry of pained surprise. Scales still sparking from the volts, Julakesh lets out a fierce laugh. "A-HAH! A-HAH! It tried to kill me but it could NOT!" With a thump of her chest, Julakesh yells at the room, "A-HAH! YOU MUST TRY MUCH HARDER TO DEFEAT ME! AND THEN YOU WILL STILL FAIL! A-HAH!"

After seeing that Julakesh shook off that little jolt, Kaylee will look around for any other dangers.

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Then she'll see if there are any terminals or anything she can easily access. Since Kaylee doesnt speak the language GM, what are her options here? Ty!!

"Surely there must be computer terminals here! Stand back everyone, I, Captain Mustachio, am an expert in all things mechanical and computerical."

perception as well: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Choppy breathes a sigh of relief after Julakesh gets up from her shock. He looks around the room and decides that his teammates are better suited to asses the situation.

When Kaylee and Mustachio look around the room, suddenly two panels activate, and two large winged robots emerge. They utter a mechanical warning that sounds much like the warning from the mothership, then open fire, shooting laser beams from their eyes.

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Eye lasers, Kaylee: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 271d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Eye lasers, Mustachio: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 292d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 = 9

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Chk'tarish
Kaylee
Choppy
Breq
Mustachio
Julakesh
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Robot
Robot
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"A-HAH! YES!" Julakesh crows with excitement. She seizes the glowing ball orbiting her head in her hand, causing both of her fists to glow with a golden light. Punching her hands together, Julakesh roars!

"TO BATTLE!!"

Julakesh activates her solar weapon and gains one point of photon attunement.

Then she stomps across the room, circling around the weird glowing pillars, and coming up beside the robot.

"FACE ME, WARRIOR! I WILL CRUSH YOUR FACE WITH MY FIST!"

Double move up to the bottom robot. She circled around so she wouldn't get in the way of her companions ranged attacks.

Cool drawing, is that yours?

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
They're robots, so is Engineering good for a Monster Knowledge check?
Engineering: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Breq, identifying the danger, runs into the room. "Julakesh, time to see that Vesk superiority!" The android smiles and heads up to the other robot with knives drawn.

Double move

Kaylee's energy shield absorbs the laser as she jolts into action drawing her tactical pistol while moving forward fanning out to the side of the room to take a shot at the one closest to Breq!

Tactical pistol!: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 2 = 22
Piercing damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Crit damage!: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Chk'tarlsh makes his way toward the closest assailant, drawing the gifted laser pistol as he moves.

Lining up the robot closest to Julakesh, he pulls the trigger.

Membrane holdout pistol: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

We got incoming guys, I'll take the one on the right

Azimuth Artillery Laser vs EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Fire Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Nope, just found it on the web. The web is full of awesome stuff

Julakesh stomps up to the robot, while Breq takes a moment to study the robots before they are inevitably disassembled. She reckons they'll be vulnerable to electricity, and once past the armor plating, their circuitry will be quite sensitive Vulnerable to critical hits, despite being a construct

Kaylee takes a shots, and pierces an armor plate, while Chk'tarish tries out his new gun, and melts some of the internal wiring.

Choppy fires the artillery laser, blasting the other robot.

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Chk'tarish
Kaylee
Choppy
Breq
Mustachio
Julakesh
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Robot (8)
Robot (5)
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"The one to the south, friends! Concentrate fire on one of them!"

Get 'Em to the southern robot. +1 to hit for everyone.

Mustachio takes a shot with his new rifle.

Hucket Rifle hit and damage: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d10 ⇒ 5

Mustachio the green sniper encourages his companions while firing a shot at the ceiling.

The guardian robot buffet Breq and Julakesh with their wings, while repeating their ghibrani-tongued warnings[.

Slam, Breq: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 181d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Slam, Jula: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 261d6 + 3 + 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 + (4) + 3 = 13

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Chk'tarish
Kaylee
Choppy
Breq
Mustachio
Julakesh
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Robot (8)
Robot (5)
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Need to get a clean shot on this guy

Choppy takes aim at the bot on the right again.

Azimuth Artillery Laser vs EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Fire Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 10

As the robot slams into her, Julakesh's magical tattoo activates, causing a forcefield to activate around her. The robots blow tears right through the forcefield, causing it to dissipate as quickly as it appears, but leaving Julakesh relatively unscathed.

The robots critical hit activates Julakesh's Welcome to the Starfinder Society boon (tattoo of the Starfinder) which grants her 10 temp hp for 1 minute and expends the boon. It activates as an immediate action when she's struck by a critical hit. The critical hit tears through her temp hp completely, deals 2 damage to her SP (which puts it at zero) and deals the last damage to her hp, leaving her at: 0/8 SP, 0/10 Temp Hp, 12/13 HP

Gaining 1 photon attunement at the start of her turn.

Julakesh lets out a roar and punches her hands together, then attacks the robot with gusto!

Solar Weapon Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7

Mustachio starts to hyperventilate again, just like in the last battle. "Things are not going so good, guys, not at all. C'mon, can't you hit it?"

Reupping Get'Em at the south robot and trying to shoot it again.

Hucket Rifle hit and damage: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 101d10 ⇒ 7

"Noooo!!" screams Mustachio as he misses for the second time.

Breq laughs as Mustachio's shot hits the wall. "What an excellent actor! Mustachio, please,"

Knife Full Attack, vs KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Knife dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The android spins at the robot, but her knife misses completely. "your revival of your role as the Green Sniper is quite distracting!"

Knife Full Attack, vs KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Knife dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Her second knife comes up in a flash, taking advantage of the robot's poor positioning.

Chk'tarlsh closes on the southernmost robot, drawing his assault hammer with his free hand as he moves.

"NOOO!" he bellows upon seeing the robot's vicious attack land on Jukakesh and swings the hammer at the foe with all his might.

Assault hammer: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 15 (+2 opening volley, +1 Get 'em)
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Kaylee cries out when Julakesh is hit and runs forward to be able to shoot the robot that hit her friend!

Pistol attack!: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Piercing damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Things are reaching something of a slapstick level as Choppy, Julakesh and Mustachio miss shots that are near-impossible to miss. Breq seems to imitate the Vesk for a moment, but then lands a solid hit on the robot. Chk'tarish follows up by dealing a massive blow to the robot threatening Julakesh. From afar, Kaylee hits the exposed circuitry of the robot.

The robot creak and smoke as they buffet Chk'yarish and Breq with their wings.

Slam, Ch'tarish: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 211d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Slam, Breq: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 231d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

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Chk'tarish
Kaylee
Choppy
Breq
Mustachio
Julakesh
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Robot (13)
Robot (18)
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Mustachio screams in fear and anger as he overreacts and panics. "Gahhh! Get 'Em! Get 'Em! "

Reupping Get'Em at the south robot of course

Hucket Rifle hit and damage: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 91d10 ⇒ 2

With a third miss in a row, Mustachio throws his weapon on the ground. "This new thing is broken! Broken!"

Chk'tarlsh grunts as he takes the blow but stands firm against the robot's attack.

Chittering menacingly, he counters with another swing of his hammer.

Assault hammer: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8 (Get 'em)
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Breq cries out as the robot draws blood. "OW! Stop, bot! " The android dodges another jab and rebuts with a slash of her knife.

The slash cuts only air, and Breq grunts. "Obviously, you were not coded in the Pact Worlds! There are no danger stickers on you and, " The android spins, bringing the second knife up towards the circuitry.

The blade connects, sending out sparks. " You OBVIOUSLY don't follow Asimov's three laws! "

Knife Full Attack, vs KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Knife Full Attack, vs KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Knife dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Knife dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Fully photon attuned.

Julakesh looks impressed with the formidable robot! She laughs loudly and takes a swing with one of her fists.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 = 22
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7

Kaylee has her AI activate combat tracking on the robot attacking Julakesh as she fires again!

Pistol: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 1 = 20
Piercing damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

If this robot is down by the time she shoots she will instead switch to the other one and her attack roll will be 1 higher from 'get 'em'.

It seems like Breq and Julkahesh have had enough of the robot, as Breq twists her knife into the first's circuitry, and Julakesh manages to hit the primary power supply of the second. When they're done, both robots are offline.

Combat over!

In this room, the console on the northern power generator flashes red. It takes a DC 18 Engineering check to repair

The last room is a few degrees warmer han the previous chambers. Racks of computers line the walls, with tiny lights blinking and hard drives audibly whirring. A single terminal stands opposite the only door to the west, an input prompt flashing serenely.

You can make three attempts at succeeding a DC 13 computers checks to gain access to the data warehouse