"Longshanks make him help else Lasereater shoots him again."
Blax-9 moves to the end of the corridor and opens the door.
As Val'nor and Lasereater are distracted by the valet, and Goro knocks around the ruined scaffolding, Blax-9 marches steadily down the corridor and hits the door switch. The door hisses open, revealing the bridge of the Royal Venture.
Although the front of this wide bridge has been crumpled, the rest of the room is in good repair. The nearly shattered forward viewport shows nothing but dirt and rock, with a few tough roots snaking in through the cracks. An opulent captain’s chair sits atop a dais, and positions for the pilot, science officer, and gunner all seem ready for use. A complicated computer system to the right of the captain’s chair has been carefully disassembled, with its pieces around it, neatly labeled as though from an archaeological dig. Two other doors lead out to the west and north.
Two Azlanti troopers hunker in cover behind work stations, rifles at the ready. A third stands, proud and defiant, by the captain's chair. She wears distinctive emerald-hued high-tech armor. An aeon stone is embedded in the faceplate of her helmet, looking like a menacing cyclopean eye.
"Attack!" she orders in Azlanti, her voice buzzing through the voice transmitter.
Lasereater moves up to Blax and slaps a homemade supercharger on the soldier's azimuth rifle.
Val'nor shakes his head at the monitor "Man, these guys are dicks" he then hears the women yell and says "I didn't mean it"
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Lasereater springs into action upon hearing the Azlanti commander speak. He runs up to Blax-9 and boosts his rifle with a slap-on goblin contraption.
The Azlanti open fire on Blax-9 before he can duck into cover.
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Lasereater's actions are grossly dependent on whether Goro rolls in before him or not.
"BIG BUG wait for Lasereater, one sec!"
The space goblin darts into the room in front of Blax 9 and pulls another battery connected contraption that quickly overheats and blasts a wave of hot energy out.
fire damage
Attacks the woman who shouted (lt. Sharu, i guess)
He attempts to juke left, and move right.
If the Bluff succeeds
Blax-9 takes partial cover behind the door and fires at the lieutenant.
Blax-9's rifle fires with a heavy thoom that reverberates off the walls. The overcharged laser blast hits Sharu in the chest, knocking her back a few feet with its heavy impact.
Val'nor runs up the corridor, stopping just behind Blax-9. Goro follows, slowing up on Lasereater's shout.
Lasereater rushes into the bridge chamber and blasts Sharu and her trooper with fiery energy. Both are scorched by they take cover in time to avoid the worst.
"Thin-blooded vermin, you are a cancer that will be eradicated!" Sharu spouts at Lasereater. She drops her assault rifle and draws a gleaming carbon steel curve blade. With a leap, she closes on Lasereater and attacks.
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Meanwhile, the two Azlanti troopers toss grenades into the doorway. Bunched in the corridor, Blax-9, Goro and Val'nor are hit by fire and frag.
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- Evasion (half-damage still, correct?)
Val'nor attempts to shoot the woman:
Lasereater withdraws back into the corridor. Can do it without going through the other Azlanti's threatened squares
Lasereater is at 0/18 stamina and 9/17 hit points.
Blax-9 fires again on the lieutenant.
Steller Mode (Photon)- 2
Goro will move up and generate his solar weapon and attack
To Hit -
Blax-9 uses the doorway to deflect some of the grenade blasts. He leans back out and fires, hitting Sharu again.
Val'nor takes the full brunt from the two grenades but recovers quickly. He fires on Sharu but struggles to target through Goro's legs.
Goro activates his solor hammer and smashes the near trooper. He reels from the impact.
Lasereater retreats. The AI valet's face appears on a nearby screen, regarding the goblin with scorn. You filth are no match for the might of the Azlanti Star Empire. Lesser races should bow to their superiors and be thankful for mercy.
The Azlanti continue fighting. Goro's opponent drops his rifle and draws a tactical knife. He stabs at Goro's legs. The other trooper fires on the massive trox.
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Lieutenant Sharu commands her trooper back while charging in. She jumps off the computer desk and closes with Goro, slashing with her curveblade.
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"Big Bug hits harder now."
Lasereater uses his spell cache to recall supercharge weapon and slaps a small battery on the handle of Goro's hammah.
Blax-9 changes targets and fires at the nearest trooper - trying not to hit Goro.
Val'nor attacks the scary woman again:
Steller Mode (Photon) - 3
Goro takes a guarded step and goes supernova
Fire Damage - Ref Save DC 15 for half
Blax-9 fires, hitting the nearest trooper in the arm. Val'nor hits Sharu with a well-aimed shot.
Goro steps up and flexes, releasing his solar charge in a blast of fire. The trooper is killed in the flames, and Sharu takes the full brunt.
Lasereater moves back into the bridge and supercharges Goro's hammer.
The trooper fires again on the biggest target: Goro. Lieutenant Sharu slashes her curved blade, cutting the trox deeply across the thigh.
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Blax-9 steps into the room and fires at the far trooper.
Lasereater fires with the arc pistol at Sharu or the far trooper depending on who is available.
Val'nor fires again at the Woman!
he yells at her is Azlanti: "Why won't you die?"
<- Juke left, fade right...
Goro attunes Photon again - 1
He will attack
To Hit KAC -
Damage -
Blax-9 stands firm in the face of the fiery nova . He moves in and shoots, wounding the far trooper, despite the cover.
Val'nor fires at Sharu again but struggles to line up the shot in the melee.
Goro begins to attune photon as he swings his solar weapon. Sharu tries to parry with her curved blade, but Lasereater's gadget kicks in at the last moment and gives the blow a huge extra punch. Sharu gasps in pain as she is knocked into the terminal behind her. Amazingly, she keeps her feet under her, but it is clear she is badly hurt.
Lasereater hits Sharu a moment later with his arc pistol, just as she raises her sword to strike. The Azanti officer jitters from the shock, then collapses to the deck.
The remaining trooper roars as his commander dies. He stands up from cover and fires at Lasereater and Goro in vengeance.
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Blax-9 moves to a flanking position behind the trooper as he motions for the trooper to drop his arms. "Surrender and we'll spare your life!"
Val'nor will hold for only a round. If the soldier drops his weapon, Val'nor will put his gun away. If he doesn't he will continue to fire,
Lasereater will cower in the hallway back out of sight.
Steller Mode (Photon) - 2
Goro will delay for a moment to see if the guard drops his weapon, if he even looks like he isn't, Goro will step up and attack
To Hit -
Damage -
Blax-9 offers the ultimatum, but the trooper rejects it with a defiant shout. "Pax Azlantium!" he cries. Goro steps up and slams him into the floor before the trooper can fire again.
The AI valet appears on the terminal screen, making an ingredulous noise. Trespassers! Murderers! You filthy swine will suffer the wrath of the Azlanti Star Empire. You will regret your impetuous actions. Turn yourselves in immediately and beg for a merciful death!
Val'nor looks for an off or Mute switch on the Terminal
Blax-9 scans the room for anything of interest or value. He then searches the Azlanti bodies.
Goro takes a deep breath and leans against one of the consoles, "Give me a few minutes, I am spent"
He will spend an RP and rest for 10 to get his stamina points back
Lasereater collapses in the hallway and does the same.
Goro and Lasereater rest while Val'nor quickly accesses the terminal and silences the abrasive AI.
Blax-9 makes a thorough search of the bridge and the Azlanti.
The two troopers are outfitted like the others you have encountered: ceremonial plate armor in Azlanti styling, pacification rifle and tactical knife.
Sharu wears Aeon Guard Battle Dress, the distinctive emerald-tinted armor of the Aeon Guard. It is fit for a human woman. The armor's helmet is embedded with a clear spindle aeon stone and has a targeting computer upgrade. Her sword is etched with the name 'Inevitable Downfall', and is a called dispelling carbon steel curve blade. She also carried a motion detection badge and Aeon Guard assault rifle.
Lastly, she had on her body two datapads. One is a modern computer, but the other is a large, heavy ancient thing.
To use the Standard Datapad
To use the Ancient Datapad
Val'nor asks "Could I get a hand with this?"
Blax-9 tries on the helmet to see if it fits. He offers the blade, badge and rifle to the others. He will keep anything not claimed.
He then takes a minute rest while keeping his rifle trained on the unopened doors.
1 120
2 360
3 440
4 680
5 720
Lasereater will grab the motion detector badge if no one else wants it.
The little goblin then wanders over to the AI valet and pokes at its image, "Stupid AI too old, we more 'vanced Ass-lanti. Been crash too long, AI not know what happening any more."
With some work, Blax-9 can get the helmet to fit, but would not gain any benefit without wearing the entire suit, as it is an integrated unit.
The AI valet sneers at Lasereater but, muted, cannot otherwise respond.
Val'nor has no trouble accessing Sharu's personal device. In her files, you find mission logs that verify most of what you learned from the computer in the Azlanti garrison back at Madelon's Landing (link here for reference). Additionally, you learn that Sharu discovered the datapad of Parept Ameondria among the wreckage of the Royal Venture, but she was having trouble breaking through its security without a more powerful computer or specialist on hand.
She also details the fate of Meico and Cedona: both were taken, along with the rune drive, to a moon called Gulta within the Azlanti Star Empire. Her account is tainted with bigoted language against the shirren and android prisoners, but it is clear their knowledge of the rune drive was enough to keep them alive -- for the moment.
Much like Sharu, Val'nor struggles with the Parept's ancient datapad. The computer is powerful and has complex security. Val'nor has trouble making sense of the archaic software language. At one point, he takes a wrong path and the datapad actually emits a frequency that makes his head hurt.
Once the Pad stops chirping, Val'nor puts it into his pack. "...Lets take this thing back with us to HQ, and see if the computers there can help decode it"
Doesn't look like Val'nor can use the assault Rifle: HERE
He will grab one of the Taclashes.
"Weren't you looking for a friend or someone they had captured?"
Goro looks around, "BLANK told me you had a friend taken?"
"May-ko. Sez right there. On Gull-ta. Big Bug like her. She Smart Bug."
Val'nor shudders as the strange feeling washes away. He packs up the ancient computer.