Same, draw and fire:
Once again the group unloads a serie of shots against the creature but the ground is uneven and shaking making all attacks a miss
Oderon goes close and personal but also misses aalthough he gets the creatures attention. It rears up and tries bites the vesk again but misses
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"Let us go then!" - the Vesk growls - "We see who is the strongest! Who is entitled to wear the mantle of victor!" - and swings the doshko in a wide arc, aimed at the creature's midsection.
"Gents, someone grab that mounted tactical X-gen gun on the wreckage over there, and unleash on this one - give it HELL!" - he suggests to his companions, pointing at the weapon.
I move to the tactical gun everyone's talking about, and fire it if I still have time.
Scout shoots once again
Oderons weapon hits a strong blow the creatures side, his weapon vibrating from its strange sonic powers
Keskodai once again focus his will on the creature sending painful thoughts at it.
Quig takes a bit to adapt to the powerful weapon in his hands and shoots wide
But the wounds pile up on the creature, it extents high in the air in its death throes and falls down suddenly, very much dead
The vibration you felt since you were here stops and averything seems to quiet down
"HAH! Well done all!" - Oderon commends his companions, as he removes his doshko from where it had embedded itself in the creature's hide - "You said these crystals on its carapace are valuable Kesk? Do you know how to remove them?"
Quig takes Scout and reloads its ammo, then sends him up again to... erm... Scout :)
Oderon goes to remove the tactical X-gen gun from its mount - "I'll take care of that beauty" - he nods - "One of you lads get those crystals. I have no idea how"
"Sure man, take a break - I'm gonna take one myself right after I make sure this X-Gen is in our hands"
The group rests up a bit and recover their breath.
Odo, manages to recover the weapon and secure it on his shoulder
You manage to extract some crystals from the carcace, it should fetch a good price back at Absalom station.
Then you focus your atention on the wreckage
You can plainly see that the vessel is far beyond repair. Someone activated the distress beacon but apparently there are no survivors, you just see seven desiccated corpses.
Oderon seems to be more interested in pondering whether that alien bug may be flavorful or not...
With skilled hands, Kesk manages to extract several crystals from the beast's carapace
Then the whole group looks around the doomed ship.
You can plainly see that the ship is beyond repair. Someone probably survived enough to activate the distress beacon but there are no survivors—seven desiccated corpses remain in the wreckage, and the only signs of the remaining crew members are half eaten pieces here and there.
Analysing the ships damage, you recognize characteristic impact marks of heavy metallic slugs, such as those used in coilguns or railguns on starships. The damage on the ship’s hull indicates that it tried to dodge the strafing fire but darted the wrong way.
Nothing else of value remains in the wreck;
anything obviously worth salvaging was already plundered earlier. Although the Unbounded Wayfarer’s computers are beyond repair, they retain sufficient power to interact with the Starfinder insignias you've brought with you. The computer interface ports contain an indentation the same shape as the Starfinder insignias. (apparently, its looters overlooked this connection.) When one of the insignias is slotted into the indentation, the computer flares to life just enough to activate one last time.
You manage to make it display a datafile of worlds previously explored by crew of the Unbounded Wayfarer. They include:
• A wasteland planet called Elytrio that displayed signs of scattered technology.
• A sentient asteroid called Lamentia teeming with morlock “children” in the Vast.
• A massive space station called End of Bright Things stuck between the orbits of two blue dwarf stars.
• A stormy, oceanic world called Wealdriad, with upthrust columns of basalt piercing the storm-tossed ocean’s surface.
This final location’s coordinates are too damaged to display, but the computer has enough power to open a slot containing a salvaged item from that location. Opening it, you see a small shinning rock
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Well, those guys had the insignias, so I'm not surprised the place had already been searched.
Guys we got the list of the worlds that the ship visited.
The last location is unreadable but it seems this rock comes from that place, whatever that is...
Anyone can figure anything from this rock?
Any chance we can extract the hard drive, maybe we can recover more information back at the base?
Odo scratches his scaly head while pondering the situation - "Captain Arvin did request us to also recover any of the lost Starfinders - dead or alive" - he adds. looking around for canvas or something else he can wrap the corpses with, so they can carry them back to The Odyssey.
In spite of the erratic weather, Oderon takes the time to seek the area carefully. After all this is their MISSION!
"They really got hammered" - he comments - "And they zigged, instead of zagging..." - the Vesk adds.
"Now help me carry these corpses and let's get out of here. You can admire the pretty rock when we are back on the ship"
Kesk spells fill the air and his eyes shine with somehing only can see
It's a Clear spindle aeon stone
The group completes the grueling task of carrying all the bodies to the ship and prepare to leave
You get to your ship and depart Ulmarid to orbit.
When you're climbing a warning light blares, and the ship lurches. The asteroid field around the world of Ulmarid is more agitated than on the descent down to the surface. Although it’s not clear what has caused the anomalous activity, what’s certain is that you must reach safer altitude before a more serious collision occurs.
Even with asteroids coming at you from every direction, Navasi manages to navigate the Loreseeker through it undamaged.
As the asteroid field begins do dissipate, you see large vessel of rusted metal slips coming from behind an enormous asteroid, its weapons already firing. The front of the ship resembles a stylized skull with crossed bones beneath—a clear indication of space pirates!
You recongnize the symbol, it represents Besmara, the goddess of piracy, space monsters, and strife.
Besmaran space pirates are a growing threat throughout galactic shipping lanes, and that such pirates throw themselves into combat with a boisterous zeal — it is rare to talk one’s way out of combat with an approaching Besmaran pirate ship.
The battle starts, with both ships maneuvering to the best position
I divert power to the weapon systems.