[SFS][PBP GAMEDAY VI] 1-00 CLAIM TO SALVATION (Inactive)

Game Master Nik B.

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The ship to ship combat raged furiously and though the Starfinders were badly outnumbered, their bigger and stronger vessel won the combat through brute force. Unfortunately, a few critical systems were damaged and insufficient spares were on board to make a reliable fix, so a signal was sent back requesting reinforcements and parts be brought forward. A scout ship has arrived, bringing two new Starfinders and sufficient stores to get your ship ready for the eventual limp home.

Your science station has been repeatedly detecting an anomalous signal coming from the false moon's surface. Iseph is able to identify several safe landing sights, ultimately choosing one that provides sufficient cover from prying eyes or wandering goblin scavengers.

The ship vibrates faintly as you penetrate the moon's atmosphere. The environmental readout informs you that the atmosphere is thin and the gravity is low.

landing the scout ship in an opportune location, you prepare to trek the 10 minutes or so to the source of the signal.

OK we're back on! Any last minute prep, banter, or back and forth info can go on! I'll move us forward again in under 24 hours

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As Navasi finishes prepping and holstering her weapons, she turns to the crew and particularly the new arrivals.

"I hope you guys had enough time to get your gear stowed and everything ready. Sorry for the short notice, but you know how these things go. Before we head out onto the surface, is there anyone that hasn't met the new folks yet?"

"...As stars are born and die, so do we too face mortality. May we always remember those we lost today." Altronus finishes up a speech in honor of Altronuus and Keskodai, both of which were lost in the fierce fighting with the goblins. He also waves goodbye to Iseph as the android heads away with the scout ship.

After a final check of the weapons on ship to ensure that they are ready in case any other goblin spaceships show up, Altronus settles in to meditate and focus himself as the group makes their final approach.

Using Sidereal Influence for Stealth

Once he's done he heads on over to greet the newcomers with a "Be welcomed! We have a dangerous task ahead of us, and it is best that we can work together well. I am Altronus, brother of Altronuus, and will be calling upon the stars to protect us against the goblins infesting the moon below."

Actually, Keskodai is still with you! Under different management of course...

Keskodai clicks his mandibles once they finally land and he checks the status of his little larva. "I believe I am ready to proceed."

As she steps aboard, Obozaya looks around the airlock at the other Starfinders.

"No way I was going to be a wallflower at the Landing Party. Harr harr harr..."

The strange guttural laugh of the huge Vesk sounds more like a chainsaw cutting through wood than an expression of mirth, but the Vesk's toothy grin seems to indicate that she is pleased.

You set off on foot across towards the source of the anomalous signal. After making your way across the moon's hard surface, you spy a large hangar with a ship crashed through the backside, it appears to be the place.

You are now planetside, on foot, and well back from the building - you may prep anything relevant before entering...

Before landing... "Keskodai! You survived the vaporization of the break room and instant coffee machine! Thank the cycle!" Altronus claps the shirren on the back to congratulate his survival.

After landing... Altronus approaches the hangar, staring curiously at the ship. Based on the external features, can he tell what race or manufacturer it belongs to?

"It seems the signal is right ahead. Let us be well armed in case more goblins or worse are hiding within." He flicks one of his arms, causing his solar mote to jump to it and form into a long, thin arm blade. With another hand he draws his pistol, and in yet another he raises a beacon to provide light once they enter the (presumably) dark hangar.

"I can lead the way once we are prepared."

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You draw closer.

A shattered spacecraft covers the entry area and back end of this immense hangar. The remains of the ship spread across the exposed northern bulkhead. Several sparks flash amid exposed wiring. The telltale shrieks of goblin songs ring out from the hangar’s rear, accompanied by the recognizable bangs and whirrs of a salvaging crew. A ship hull plate sits discarded near the entrance. Just below a number designation, in bold red letters, reads the ship’s call sign: Archer

Inside the hangar you spot a walkway, some 20 feet up from the floor. A few bored goblins on the walkway are tossing down pieces of scrap on the goblins that are salvaging things from the Archer.

To the left you notice a stairway going up to the walkway, that leads to a closed door. A defensive laser gun sticks out from what is likely some kind of control room.

Passing beyond red line - Assuming you end your move in cover you need to make a DC 13 stealth check.
If you want to start a fight you can take a surprise round action once you are in position

Huh, Scout doesn't get any bonuses to Stealth, and there's no longer any bonus on stealth checks due to size. That's less than ideal.

With Scout safely attached to Quig's harness, he tries to move into position.

stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

When Altronus spots the activity up ahead, he quickly turns off his beacon. He stays still to avoid attracting the attention of the salvaging goblins while inspecting the area.

He whispers "Ah, that laser gun near the entrance. Perhaps a mechanically minded person could turn that against the goblins. I, unfortunately, have no such skills. Though I find myself often wishing I had trained..." He cuts off, realizing that now is not the time or place for a story about his life's tiny errors.

He moves on up quietly, hiding behind some debris until the rest of the group can get into position.

Stealth: 1d20 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (16) + 6 + (5) = 27

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Was gonna say "what spreadsheet" but I found it. I added my initiative and perception at the top too. I haven't chosen a faction yet but I will by the time we finish.

Obozaya tries to move quickly behind the wreckage, though her large form is not easy to hide.

stealth take 10: 10 + 3 = 13

Are we in vacuum here? Which means there is no sound around here, so we don't have to worry about the goblins hearing us? Also, is this low gravity?

"I have a grenade," Obozaya says over the commlink. "Who else has any? If we drop a few in the middle of the little punks on the main floor we might be able to clean the bastards out. One probably isn't enough though. I have a spare if anyone else wants one."

Navasi moves up behind Oabazaya and Altronus, then slides down to the southeast just a few more feet, taking cover behind the southern edge of what she presumes is a piece of the wing.

I'm basing this on an assumption that the top of the map is north.

"Great idea, Obazaya. I've got a smoke grenade. Maybe I can get it to that choke point up ahead, while someone else takes out the laser turret."

Thinking she'll move along the southern edge of the hangar, she pulls her smoke grenade off of her harness and waits for the signal.

My understanding is that Stealth is only required for moving past the red line.

But admittedly I'm all turned around on the directions, cause GM's description says "To the left you notice a stairway going up to the walkway, that leads to a closed door." (emphasis added) Left of where? To me it looks like the stairway is to our right (assuming we're coming in from the left side of the map) or alternatively it's "to the south" if that's indeed "south" on this map.

"Wait until the other grenades are in before using the smoke. Smoke will make it harder for us to hit them."

Yeah the room was wrotten from the inside out, so indeed the stairs are on the left of the GOBLINS, but wasn't a party-centric text block :p

Awaiting the first person who takes an offensive action to trigger a likely surprise round :)

Altronus draws a frag grenade from his pack in response to Obozaya's suggestion.

Going to wait a little bit before starting the combat, just in case Quig or Keskodai want to do something fancy before we pummel these guys with grenades.

"If we have enough grenades for everyone, some of us could throw some up onto that ledge to deal with those goblins. After we throw the grenades, someone needs to get up that ladder fast to deal with that laser. I could go, though I have no idea how to disable it other than smashing it. But if I can get into that control room there, that might do the trick."

GM:

Are we in vacuum here? Which means there is no sound around here, so we don't have to worry about the goblins hearing us? Also, is this low gravity?

Per earlier...
Atmosphere is THIN
Gravity is LOW

Thin Atmosphere: Obozaya will just seal her armor against vacuum and use the air from her armor for now.

Low Gravity: That's good news if we have to jump up to the upper gallery. Is the gravity low enough that I could pick up this big piece of wreckage and throw it at the goblins? :D

That big piece of wreckage is probably a bit to unwieldy to really lift and/or throw :)

Ok, someone do something dangerous :p

I cannot find anything decent for an avatar for Keskodai... So I just made a custom avatar for the map from the few pictures we have of him.

Stealth: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Keskodai does not have much to add to the conversation, so he takes out his sonic pistol and one grenade. "I have one grenade that I can use, although I am not very skilled with such things." His mandibles click through the Comlink. "Pharasma and I will watch over you during the fight. I will keep you safe."

Ok, someone do something dangerous :p

Seeing his allies in position, Altronus moves on ahead and quietly tosses the grenade into the midst of the goblins on the floor. I've marked the grid intersection with a gray circle.

Stealth to sneak into position: 1d20 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 6 + (2) = 20

Frag Grenade I, vs. AC5 for grid intersection: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 2 = 18
Frag Damage (Piercing): 1d6 ⇒ 2 DC9 Reflex for half, because its just beyond one range increment.

With rapid arm movements, Altronus encourages the rest of his group to move in and take the remaining goblins out.

Due to lower gravity, you can throw further - so that's not more than one increment :)

There is a loud BANG in the Goblin camp!

R 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
O 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Y 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
G 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
W 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

R 1
O 1
Y 2
G 1
W 1

Surprise Round
Standard Action OR Move Action
Obozaya
Altronus (Attacked)
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai

Obozaya pulls the pin on one of her shock grenades and throws.

"Fire in the hole!" she calls over the commlink.

thrown shock grenade (aim for the same spot as Altronus): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
damage (electrical): 1d8 ⇒ 4

BTW if I am able to move up at the same time as Altronus I will, and I'll end up in the square just SW of him. But if I cannot move right now that's ookay... leaving my icon where it is for now.

stealth (if needed): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

surprise round so it’s move or throw only :)

Hmm, thinking the smoke grenade wasn't the best choice after all. Okay, I'll make do.

Navasi drops the smoke grenade at her feet, having NOT pulled the activator pin. She begins moving up the stairs toward the door to the control room, drawing her flame pistol as she moves, and being careful to stay out of the line of fire of the turret.

"Quig, do you think you and Scout can get this door opened? I'll provide cover for you. "

The shock grenade follows in...

R 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
O 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Y 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
G 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
W 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

But they seemed to jump out of the way of the first and straight into the second!

R 5
O 5
Y 6
G 5
W 5

Surprise Round
Standard Action OR Move Action
Obozaya (Attacked)
Altronus (Attacked)
Navasi (Moved)
Quig
Keskodai

Keskodai doesn't trust his aim with the grenade, especially considering how close Obozaya is to the goblins. He takes aim with his pistol instead and fires off at the nearest goblin, but the rushed attack misses badly!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Keskodai manages to shoot the roof.

Quig delays

Combat resumes as normal, R1 can now begin

R1
Obozaya
Altronus
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

Quig takes a moment to give a few directions to Scout, who flies off his back and into the air. Scout moves forward 20 feet and ascends 5 feet as well. It is the orange circle with an x.

It takes a shot at the goblin in the blue striped space suit.
pistol at blue goblin: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Sorry, I'll get there Navasi. Quig says as he dashes to the next piece of cover towards the door.

Altronus becomes Photon Attuned

Altronus takes a moment to focus on his solar weapon, closing his eyes just briefly. When he opens them, it begins to blaze with a white hot fire (Plasma sheath). Then, rather than expose himself to massive amounts of retaliatory fire, he holds tight against the wreckage and fires an exploratory shot with his pistol at the white goblin.

Tactical Semi Auto Pistol: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
TSAP damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Well... this is starting well. Anyone wanna back me up in melee? :>

Quig and Altronus are distracted by the change in gravity and they overcompensate for their shots - which means they end up hitting the decor.

R1
Obozaya
Altronus - Attacked
Navasi
Quig - Attacked
Keskodai
ENEMY

Poke poke :)

Obozaya frowns.

Two grenades, and they're all still standing! Well, I got one more.

Obozaya runs forward, and pulls another grenade from her belt.

"Fire in the hole!" she shouts as she throws it.

Moving forward to the other piece of wreckage, then throw for the same spot.

thrown grenade: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Wonderful. Scatter roll:
direction: 1d8 ⇒ 5
According to the scatter rules on page 245 that means it goes further away by:
distance: 1d4 ⇒ 3
So it lands at the red dot, and will only affect the green and red globlins. Electrical damage if it matters.
damage (reflex DC 14 for half damage): 1d8 ⇒ 3

Can the Yellow goblin see and hear Navasi? Given that she's up on the landing, I don't have a sense of the height of the fuselage piece near Altronus nor the height of the turret. I'll post assuming she can. If not, then ignore the okc text related to her using the Get 'Am ability.

Navasi surveys the battlefield, and picks out the little goblin closest to Altronus.

"The little one in yellow, looks like he forgot to take the safety off his weapon, "she calls out to her team.

Using Get 'Am envoy ability. Move action, no roll required. Navasi and all her allies gain a +1 morale bonus to attack rolls vs the Yellow goblin until the end of Navasi's next turn.

She then prepares [ooc](readies) to attack any goblin that approaches the landing (via the stairs or from the control room door.)

The walkway is 20' up and the turret is at the same height (you suspect that it would be operated from the control room on your level there) - the cover height isn't specified, but assume its 5'

Yes the Yellow can be seen and heard

Navasi fires up her companions to target the poor Goblin in Yellow.

Obo throws a grenade into the mix...

R 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
G 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

The two goblins drop!

R INC
O 5
Y 6
G INC
W 5

Kesk up!

Keskodai tries shooting again!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 1 = 19
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 5

The yellow-shirted Goblin goes down!

***
The goblins begin returning fire with their lasers!

Orange (fires at Obo)
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Blue (fires at Altronus)
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Purple (fires at Altronus)
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 6

Black (fires at Altronus)
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

White (fires at Altronus)
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 5

Altronus is hit twice!

R2
Obozaya
Altronus
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

R INC
O 5
Y INC
G INC
W 5

Altronus sweeps forward despite the injury, twirling acrobatically across the battlefield. He plunges his solar armblade straight into the chest of the nearest goblin (orange).

Solar Weapon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Solar weapon damage: 1d6 + 1d3 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (1) + 6 + 2 = 15

White hot fire bursts out of the wound. He spins to face the remaining goblins.

Obozaya sees that only two goblins remain standing in the main area.

Altronus can take care of those two. But there are still three of them up on that catwalk.

"I'll go for the weasels up top!" she shouts.

Obozaya starts climbing the piece of wreckage in front of her, and then jumps for the catwalk.

So, move action to climb the piece of junk in front of me, then another move to try to jump up to the catwalk. Athletics rolls:

Climb check has probably a DC of 15 or 20, but has a -5 to the DC because of low gravity. Also I am pretty close to a corner, which would give another -5 if it counts. A success would allow me to climb 15 feet.

Athletics (climb): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

that probably does it.

Jump: A lot of variables here since I am not sure how high the wreckage is that I would be starting from. But I assume that I could reach up with my arms and grab a ledge that is 8' up without jumping at all, so in order to jump and grab on I need to make up that difference.

If I am able to run the distance diagonally on top of the thing towards the wall (northeast) I will do that.

Athletics (climb): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Math: 24 * 3 (for low gravity) = 72. 72/8 for a standing start would be 9 feet, which would be enough to reach up and grab on if the object I am standing on is 3' or higher. If I am 11' up that is enough to land on the platform without difficulty. If I am able to "pull my legs in" then it might make 10 feet.

If it counts as a running start then it is 72/4 = 18 feet, enough to land on the catwalk on my feet as long as the debris is at least 2' high. If I have movement left I will keep moving whatever I have left up to melee range with the goblins.

I am not sure how far I will get but I will move as close to the goblins as possible. Please move my token.

Just going to make an arbitrary call on where you end up rather than having a maths exam :P

Obo manages some deft acrobatics, recalling his days in Gym class at the Hatchery with the rest of his clutch.

Meanwhile, Altronus carves through a Goblin like it was butter.

R2
Obozaya - Jump!
Altronus - Attacked
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

R INC
O INC
Y INC
G INC
Blue 0
Purp 0
Black 0
White 5

Meanwhile, Altronus carves through a Goblin like it was butter.

FYI: How to kill a man made of butter.

Sorry on the delay; my wife got sick over the weekend and I had to take care of her along with all the normal weekend stuff.

Keskodai rushes up to the next piece of cover and fires another shot at white! "Altronus, are you seriously injured? Do you need some healing touch?"

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

All good mate, hope she's better!

Keskodai takes a bound fowrard, but the shot fired is more effective at raising the ambient noise levels than wounding anyone...

Quig scurries to the door as quickly as he can. I could have sworn when I made my turn last time, I had a 30 foot route to the door but no, its a double move for me.

Scout rises in the air and gets level with the upper deck goblins and Obozaya.

Navasi slips into position behind Quig, ready to shoot at any goblins she sees after he gets the door open.

I'm gonna assume you don't need any help with that. Not that I could anyway. But I know you've got this, she says to him, keeping her voice down juuust in case there's someone on the other side that doesn't know they're here.

Altronus calls back to Keskodai "These are but surface burns. Do not worry yourself!"

No worries Quig, did something not save or update correctly perhaps? Happy to give the benefit of the doubt mate :)

Navasi and Quig continue to position

***

The goblins up on the catwalk all respond poorly to Obos arrival and just start unloading on him!

Blue
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Purple
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Black
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

The last one fires at Altronus!
White
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 2

R3
Obozaya
Altronus
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

R INC
O INC
Y INC
G INC
Blue 0
Purp 0
Black 0
White 5

Nah, its very clearly at least 35 feet. I think what I must have done was not consider the stairs and had his planned route not take those into consideration at all.