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

Game Master Nik B.

Altronus takes another glancing burn, then leaps forward! With a dramatic flick of his arm, he slices horizontally towards the goblin.

Solar Weapon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Solar Weapon damage: 1d6 + 1d3 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (1) + 6 + 2 = 15

But in his attempt to jump above the massive cable, he sweeps his weapon well above the goblin's head.

Altronus puts on a show as dismal as the last one was glorious!

R3
Obozaya
Altronus - attacked.
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

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

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

For the record, Obozaya is a she! Not that the goblins would know that. Obozaya will move along the north wall and then diagonally into her current square to avoid an AoO from blue.

Obozaya advances on the goblins, taking out her Ember Flame Doshko as she approaches.

"You shouldn't play with those little toys, children! You might hurt yourself. And hurting you is MY job!"

She comes in between the two nearest goblins and swings at the one on the edge.

Flame Doshko vs. Blue vs. EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Doubt that's a hit, but just in case...
Flame Doshko damage (Fire): 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

For the record, Obozaya is a she!

Poor Goblins, no idea :(

The Doshko amuses and amazes the Goblins (YAY! FIRE!) but does no harm as it swings past, they almost think Obo is trying to communicate with them via interpretive dance.

R3
Obozaya - attacked.
Altronus - attacked.
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

Quig takes his time trying to get the door open. full action

engineering: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

Scout takes a shot at the goblin with the blue hankerchief.

attack on blue: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Quig gets the door popped open, inside appears to be a control room in a state of disrepair...

(More info once someone enters)

Meanwhile, Scout guns down a goblin!

Navasi & Kesk up!

Keskodai attempts to fire another shot at the nearby goblin, but seems to be more interested in Quig opening the nearby door...

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

These rolls are not interested in letting Kesk look good, lol.

Since there wasn't anyone there to shoot at, Navasi steps into the room and quickly looks around.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

She moves straight to one of the control consoles to see if she can take over the gun turret, or find what else of interest there might be on these systems.

"Quiq, I'll get started, but I think I'm gonna want your expertise on this."

Computers (4 Ranks) & Hacking Toolkit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Up in the Command Center
A soft glow radiates from flickering computer screens, washing the various numerous workstations under a film of light the color of sea foam. The constant hum of electronics floods the room, enhanced periodically by several nagging pings from blinking console alarms.

The four chairs in front of these workstations appear unused. A green-screened mainframe computer terminal covers the eastern side of the command center. It periodically showers the area in harmless sparks as thick cables sprawl from underneath its exposed bulk. The cables partially bury the charred remains of a goblin.

Navasi can tell that her computer skills aren't up to the task of gettint anything going until a technician comes by and fixes all that wiring...

*** *** ***

The goblins step back from the melee enthusiasts and open fire!

Vs Obo!
Purple
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 3

Black
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 6

Obozaya is zapped twice!

Vs Altronus

White
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 5

Altronus is zapped too!

R4
Obozaya
Altronus
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

Purp 0
Black 0
White 5

Meanwhile, Scout guns down a goblin!

"Hey! That was my goblin!" Obozaya shouts.

Obozaya lurches forward under the laser fire, and gets next to both the goblins.

If black has a melee weapon (like in the picture) he gets an AoO against me (vs. EAC 21/KAC 23).

Obozaya swings her flame doshko in a wide sweep.

Making a CLEAVE attack. Purple first, then black. My AC drops by 2 (to EAC 19/KAC 21).

doshko vs. Purple EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
doshko vs. Black EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

"Hah! How do you like that?"

Stabbity with a Chopper!

Attack 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
...the nasty blade only bounces off armour.

The Vesk has heaps of momentum though - destroying one goblin and thwacking the other!

R4
Obozaya - attacked
Altronus
Navasi
Quig
Keskodai
ENEMY

Purp DEAD
Black 9
White 5

Altronus continues to advance, backing the goblin into a corner before thrusting forward with his solar armblade.

Solar Weapon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 CRIT!
Solar Weapon damage: 1d6 + 1d3 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (2) + 6 + 2 = 16
Crit bonus damage: 1d6 + 1d3 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (2) + 6 + 2 = 16 Also has critical knockdown, to add insult to injury

The blow takes the goblin through the chest and Altronus' momentum pins the little creature's immolated corpse to the ground.

"Quig, I think you're going to have to handle this. I'm gonna go out onto the landing - see how things are going out there."

She then moves to the other door, planning to open it. Though she assumes it's not locked from this side, she takes a quick look to make sure, and just in case those idiot goblins trapped their own door.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Nope, definitely no goblin traps. I mean, why would they trap this door anyway?

Altronus kills another Goblin, meanwhile Navasi moves across and opens the far door - much easier as the controls on the inside aren't locked.

Quig goes into the room and looks around. He pauses slightly to give commands to Scout. sacrificing an action to give Scout a move and standard

The drone lifts higher in the air and into position to shoot at the last goblin.

Attack v KAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
damage, piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The goblin is tagged by the drones shot, but remains upright and fighting!

R4
Obozaya - attacked
Altronus - acted
Navasi - acted
Quig - attacked
Keskodai
ENEMY

Black 15

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Sonic Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Keskodai seems to learn from his earlier mistakes and moves back slightly from his cover before firing off another round from his sonic pistol! Hopefully hitting this time...

The shot is accurate and true - felling the final goblin.

End combat

***

You have a few wounds to deal with, up to you how you address those :)

***

On the platform you see another door, but it is firmly locked and made of heavy steel.

In the hangar, there is the smashed remains of the ship (and crew?) you are in search of. You'd either need to move rubble and debris, or have an engineer remove the cockpit windows though.

The computer room looks like it could be repaired, that would probably allow access to the installations mainframe.

Sorry for my slow/minimal posts the past few days. Work has been hectic due to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States. Some people just cannot seem to get along with their families no matter what...

Keskodai immediately begins to gather up his companions and check to see the extent of their injuries. Anyone loose any HP? Or just SP?

"Looks like the area is secure." Obozaya begins looking over the bodies of the goblins to see what equipment they have. She particularly looks to see how they were communicating and if they have comm units.

I think it is only Stamina points lost right now. I'd be cool with doing a 10-minute rest here if you want.

10 min rest is a good idea. Altronus only has SP damage

Altronus allows his arm blade to disperse back into an orb and then starts taking a look around to find exactly what the goblins were working on. "While there may still be more goblins, I suspect we are largely in the clear. None will be eager to jump us if they have news of this engagement."

After the short rest, Altronus begins to move debris and wreckage to get into the ship we've been looking for. As he works, he says "I do not see any signs of working technology here. Is this the source of that tractor beam? I had assumed the goblins were operating it."

2d20 ⇒ (19, 3) = 222d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Altronus manages to shift some of the shattered airframe, but is struck by a falling chunk of debris that was more precariously perched than it appeared!
8 Damage

Inside the vessel he finds he can access the ship's computer, but finds it has no tractor beam access - but he does find some very interesting audio logs from the doomed crew.
See slides

Also within the ship is a jammed locker DC18 Str, or hack it apart

STR check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Obozaya tries to pry open the locker.

"A little help here! See if there's something around to give leverage."

"Quig, you're definitely gonna be earning your share here," Navasi says encouragingly as she heads out to check on the others.

As the team take their rests and start to look around, she takes advantage of the lowered gravity and jumps down to the lower level, aiming for a spot clear of remains of either ship or goblin.

Hearing Obozaya's call for aid, she looks about for something to add some leverage amongst the wreckage, planning to assist her big friend.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"Hang on, Obozaya, lemme see if I can find something to help."

Strength to Aid: 1d20 ⇒ 17

I'll give you a +2 Circumstance bonus for looking about and finding something useful in a workshop :)

The locker gives way to well-placed use of force, revealing its contents; amongst the myriad personal objects and other random odds and ends, you find a leather tool harness embroidered with the name
“Livewire.”

Treat the tools and devices strapped to the harness as
a computer hacking kit. In addition, anyone attempting to repair
a computer with the Engineering skill receives a +2 bonus to the
check while using these tools.

Quig sets about attempting to fix the computer room with these tools.

Engineering: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 2 = 19

It isn't Quigs best work, but good enough 'for now', and he has disarmed a couple of protective counter-measures. Whilst he is under the workstation he drags out the charred corpse of a Goblin with “5731170,” burnt into his forearm.

The mainframe comes back online and the console awaits.

DC25+ Computers check

"The goblin has a number. Huh. Does that mean that there are another 570,162 of these little buggers around here?"

Obozaya checks the goblin corpse for anything useful... like more grenades. Once done with this one she does the same with the others.

I am going ahead and assuming a 10 minute rest and refreshing stamina points.

The goblins all have tattered flightsuits, dogslicers or horsechoppers, junklasers, and makeshift engineering tools.

You note they all have “5731170,” burned into their left forearms.

Altronus nurses his head where the debris struck him earlier, but follows along with everyone else. He seems content to allow Quig to tackle the computer and engineering work. To Obo's comment about the number of goblins he responds "I don't know where they would have hidden five hundred thousand goblins. Surely we would have heard them by now, if not from their chattering, but because they would have blown something up."

He takes a longer look at the goblin corpses and frowns "It could be that this instead says 'OLIIELS'... if you read the numbers the other way. Even though that doesn't mean anything to me, it may have meant something to the goblins. A gang name perhaps."

Someone got a half decent Computer skill? ;p

Quig does. Obozaya... not so much. -1, to be precise.

"Hey, Quiq, looks like it's you and me dealing with this server," Navasi says. "And once we're done with this one, I think you're the only one who can open those other doors."

Computers: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

"I think I'm almost into their system. A little help, maybe, with deciphering this file structure?"

I hope I don't set off any countermeasures if I flub this up.

So close...!

Nothing untoward has happened...so far.

Sorry on my absence... busy with work and then constant issues with my squad had me all over the place yesterday. I was literally in three different vehicles during my last shift...

Keskodai moves up to assist the others in deciphering the strange coding. "Ah! We can assist, Navasi. Where do you need me to look?"

Computers: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

I had a couple of days like that last week, except I found myself sitting there for a bit mentally thinking through the controls as I had been swapping back and forth between Euro (Mercedes) and non-euro, which means I went to use the indicator and ended up turning on the windscreen wipers and vice versa. I'm so looking forward to my holiday -
it has been cray cray at work in our 'wind down'

Keskodai manages to stop Navasi triggering anything bad, and the wisdom of the group almost has the system cracked!

One more aid?

Obozaya goes up to the control room to see if she can help.

"Hey... this screen here says 'press any key.' Where's the 'any' key?" Obozaya looks at the console. "I don't see it. It's gotta be around here somewhere..."

Obozaya begins searching the room.

Wisely not rolling computers here, but if Obozaya is searching the room, perception might be valid:

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3

Obozaya fails to find the 'any' key.

"Can't find the any key anywhere. Damn goblins must have ripped it out."

Obo is clearly still in post battle haze, barely paying attention despite making the effort of searching...

"Man, this looks difficult... May take a while."

Computers (4 ranks): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Altronus watches over everyone's shoulders, and while he makes the occasional comment, it's far from helpful.

"You haven't touched that dial there in quite some time. For the system to stay in balance with the universe, surly the dial there must be turned soon, yes?"

The collective manages to work their way through the system, and in doing so they realise that the systems was also trapped to deal with less skilled attempts to crack it.

The system allows you to:
• Turn the hangar’s lights on and off.
• Activate or deactivate any electronically sealed doors
• Silence the alarms pinging within the room.
• Pinpoint the source of the mysterious signal (deep below you)
• Adjust the ambient temperature between 66° and 78° F.

Using the terminal, you open the doors on the far platform. A thick plume of steam rolls out from the freshly opened doors. 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.

"Huh. Nice work. Any data on here? A map maybe?" Obozaya asks Quig.

No such luck.

You investigate the elevator. As you enter, a singsong voice greets you in an alien tongue. Soft lights wash over a smooth, wet surface at the elevator’s southern wall. Scores of holographic glyphs appear in three spiraling patterns foreign to the Pact Worlds.

Wisdom check to work it out... even easier if you can Comprehend Languages...

Navasi studies the glyphs, and might be able to piece some of it together, but probably not....

Wisdom: 1d20 ⇒ 17

"Well, down, I guess. See if we can't find that signal source."

Wisdom: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Altronus enters the elevator with an appreciative "Aha, now what do we have here..." He stares, unblinking, at the strange architecture, trying to soak in every last detail. He brushes his hands up against the walls, though he's careful to avoid touching any glyphs too early. "I am not at all familiar with this starship design. Perhaps this is the ship that makes up the core of Salvation's End? It is strange to find it still operating."

He examines the wet wall and tries to work out the source of the wetness.

"I agree Navasi, let us press glyphs until one of them causes this device to descend."

Though Cellion can't identify anything, through blind luck and wild deduction Navasi works out what she believes us the right sequence; the
elevator doors close and it rockets downward.

The lift swiftly decelerates and comes to a smooth stop before the doors suddenly open into a rectangular storage room that shares the same design as the hangar bay above. A mesh grating just beyond the western elevator door overlooks stacked crates below. An adjacent set of stairs descends to the floor. A second set of stairs continues to a separate, stone chamber to the east.

Obozaya takes out her assault rifle and looks around the room, poking her head out the door.

"Hm. Storage room?"

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20

If things look clear she steps forwards onto the platform.

Obozaya moves forward to get a feel of the situation. To her right she sees an intimidating giant humanoid figure with two heads! In one hand it holds a greenish chunk of meat. When it sees Obozaya it growls "More food for Borgor! I was told vesk tastes like chicken..." at which the other head sighs "Not all is food... Can't we be friends?"

The first head responds "Shut up Bago! We kill!"

The keen eyed vesk saw it all coming though and is fast to react!

Surprise round
Single action
Obozaya

R1
Keskodai
Altronus
Quig
Obozaya
ENEMY
Then Navasi

A pot light near the southern end of the area radiates light in
a 10-foot diameter. A set of stairs descends from the catwalk’s
eastern edge to the cargo hold’s floor amid several steel crates.
The crates are stacked two high throughout the hold, reaching a
height of 10 feet (each crate is a 5-foot cube that weighs 300
pounds), all the crates show the telltale signs of a forced opening.

"Kill me? Come get me!"

Obozaya lines up her rifle, sights, and fires.

Rifle: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 Is it flat-footed?
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

"Guys, there's some two-headed monstrosity over there!"

Despite catching the creature off guard, the shot misses!

R1 go on :)