The Triune Alliance (Inactive)

Game Master EltonJ

"Security likely have a means of disposal in a safer way, or at least get them to send someone to witness it so there's no accusations later about us making drugs disappear in a less civic minded sense after we got hold of them."

Iamb hauls the rest of the junklazers he found inside the ship out and says "We should definitely turn over the drugs to the authorities along with collecting our bounty on these" he indicates the junklazers before continuing "That way, at least we won't be arrested for peddling drugs."

Chkchka fills out the online forms to claim the goblin ship as salvage.

We've got a short waiting period where they notify they current owners that their ship has been listed as salvage, and wait for other claims, and then we can sell the ship too.

GM, let me know if that isn't okay... seemed like what you were going for.

Chkchka checks all the junk lasers to make sure they are as safe as possible (they probably don't have safeties, but maybe switched to low-beam or something), and then loads them all into a bag to take them to the authorities.

Should we find something to hide the drugs in to take them too, or is it illegal to just be in possession of them? Should we call the authorities here?

Glory finishes making the improvised grenade -a contraption made of popcorn's sticky oil, styrofoam, a soda cannister and some black powder- and kisses it.
Decided to go with a Stickybomb for the Bombard grenade making ability if it is okay DM. If not I'll make an energy grenade with some batteries, a broken junklaser and spare wires

She turns to Chkchka at the mention of authorities coming to the place nods "That sounds hella fine, and in the event that Security guys are corrupt try to take the drugs for themselves we can arrange the boxes to provide some cover." the heavy weaons operator points towards the ship "We can bolt out of here in there if need be. Because, you know, Security guys might be baddies or even worse: Scro on disguise."

We are the scro.

Due to your little firefight with the space goblins, the port authority on the station had, indeed, been alerted to your position and are on their way. It will take them 1d4 ⇒ 2 minutes to arrive. Enough time for Chkchka to claim the goblin ship as salvage and certainly enough time for you to leave and claim your bounties.

Why would we leave, we are registered bounty hunters. Quite happy to make a statement but kind of getting a hint here so... clear out and send them a statement. Shouldn't take too long to write up.

I can imagine their confusion.
Security A) "How long ago are these bounty hunter active."
Security B) "The registry says about fifty seven minutes ago."
Security A) "Fifty seven minutes?"

New record set for the Fastest Way to Badass of the Week

Chkchka takes the bag of junklasers and whoever is coming with and goes to collect the bounty.

"I'll catch up with you soon Chkchka make sure security understand what went down." He gives Heavy an appreciative look. "We should see about co ordinating, a bit of magic in those explosives could take these things to new heights. Next time you are tossing a frenade let me know."

Why would we leave, we are registered bounty hunters. Quite happy to make a statement but kind of getting a hint here so... clear out and send them a statement. Shouldn't take too long to write up.

I can imagine their confusion.
Security A) "How long ago are these bounty hunter active."
Security B) "The registry says about fifty seven minutes ago."
Security A) "Fifty seven minutes?"

Port Authority security is different from station security. Besides, they may not know you're bounty hunters so they need to be told that you have the 'license' to hunt bounties. I feel like a government worker when I say that. The ship is registered as salvage, so you can sell it as such. Goblins either steal ships or make ramshackle ships. This is a ramshackle ship.

"Oh wait Port Authority... I'll come with you."

Stik has his drone power down, grabbing it and making minor repairs. I will be able to purchase my own weapon. he says.

And they arrive. Wearing the port security uniform they ask, "We saw everything, what happened here?"

Elai smiles at the security "Well hello, it is always a pleasure to meet with the port security. We are registered to claim bounty on goblins and well... here were goblins. We've taken a cursory look at their craft and claimed it as salvage, though we would be more than willing to hand over the narcotics currently held within said ship. I'm sure you have the means to dispose of it in a much safer manner than we can." Elai remains friendly with the officers.

Probably not necessary, but just in case Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

While Chkchka waits in line to turn in the junk laser bounties, che scrolls through SpaceshipAuctions.com to see what they might be able to sell the Goblin ship for once the waiting period is over.

"Smiley's right, officer, we bountied all those hunts." Glory laughs and raises her hand for a hive five, which if not answered will become a self five. The heavy cannon owner jumps down from the box she was sitting on top of and walks to the open one the group inspected "This popcorn is 99% Scro free, can guarantee that much. They have a lot of trans fats and an unhealthy dose of dreamshiver, so you should burn it to the ground."

Glory looks around and adds "While you are at it you might want to deep fry the corpses too. Mister Green Lardass over there didn't smell nice in life, won't improve his body odor now."

"Alright, since you have bounties, I won't take you in," the chief of harbor security says. "Do you claim the ship as salvage, too? And what is with you and the scro?"

Because he would ask:

"If you saw everything, why would you ask us what happened?"

"Standard procedure."

"Fair enough." Iamb will then proceed to tell them everything that happened as he knew it.

And Glory is about to start with her Scro theory, but then she realizes only a Scro would show so much interest in her antiScro ideas and simply says "Just kidding guys." as she slowly steps until the rest of the group is between her and Port Security.

It takes some time for the port authority security to take down Iamb's testimony. Then they go to the others and ask for their testimony, until the stench of the space goblins have become to overbearing. The port Authority started to clean them up, taking the goblins' bodies out of the space port area.

The rest, as they left it, are the junklasers and the goblins' ship. It's so ramshackle, that you can't seem to come to the conclusion that it was ever space worthy. But it is.

Iamb hauled all the junklasers out of the ship, I think... unless there were more. I gathered all we had after he did so, so I thought I had them all.

As they walk through the corridors of the space station Arthur ponders aloud. "Any idea what the ship might go for, it seems like junk but sometimes there's collectors. Worst case scenario it's got plenty of metal so would still be worth something as scrap."

While we were in there waiting to cash in the junklasers, I looked it up on an auction site. Here, you can see for yourself.

Chkchka passes the handheld over to Arthur that shows a page with a similar ship for sale.

Stik comes to Chkchka and waits patiently. I would like to request my cut... how much exactly do i get? i need to purchase a weapon and it would be very productive to know my budget. He "smiles" as he asks this, the Thri-kreen trying his best to appeal to the other Insectoid in the group.

"It might be worth investing in a ship if we decide to stick together. But I can cover you for now... it's not like you are going to run away when you've got so much money coming your way."

"So we should probably have a discussion about what we want to do now. We have a ship, A Goblin-made one but still a ship. I know that I have a concrete goal that drives me, but what about the rest of you? Do you want to band together as mercenaries or adventurers, or would you like to go your separate ways? I mention all this because we could probably look at fixing up the ship if our goal was to stick together. It would give us a certain amount of autonomy and mobility, but if we plan on splitting up then we should probably just sell it and get something else. I'd like to get everyone's opinion on the matter."

I assume from that that Chkchka and Arthur have come back to the group after selling the junklasers, but I don't have an answer for Arthur about the worth of the spaceship or for Stik-Tik about his cut.

Edit: Whoops. Looks like I was posting at the same time as Iamb and didn't see his question till now. So, responding below.

I think we should band up. It is always better to have people to observe... er, I mean, pooled resources. This will assist us in accomplishing not only group goals but individual ones as well... that said, I do not know if we should fix the goblin ship up. Their ships are notoriously dangerous. Perhaps we could sell it and buy another with the funds?

Stik thinks for a moment about the ship. The ship itself is scrap. it will mostly sell for parts, i don't Suggest keeping it for use. it is just as likely to explode on going into FTL travel as those junk-lazers are to turn into grenades. he says, expertly putting his mechanical expertise to good work. I suggest we scrap it and get a more reliable ship, if you are getting a ship at all... and if I am to come along I request to have access to a good supply of scrap and junk.

The ship is worth 25,000 credits on the whole. You sold the junklasers, so you add 1,000 credits for each one you sell as part of the bounty. You should have enough to buy a decent ship on the market. The ship comes with artificial gravity (1G) thanks to advanced magnetic fields generated on the ship. I believe you were going for a light freighter?

The ship is worth 25,000 credits on the whole. You sold the junklasers, so you add 1,000 credits for each one you sell as part of the bounty. You should have enough to buy a decent ship on the market. The ship comes with artificial gravity (1G) thanks to advanced magnetic fields generated on the ship. I believe you were going for a light freighter?

The junklasers were 100credits bounty each right, not 1,000 credits.

right, on both counts.

There is thirteen junklasers in the ship. Plus, you bought the light freighter from the sale of the goblin ship. You should have 2,000 credits left for yourselves.

BASE STATS FOR LIGHT FREIGHTER
Size Small
Maneuverability good (+1 Piloting, turn 1)
HP 40 (increment 10); DT —; CT 8
Mounts forward arc (2 light), port arc (1 light), starboard arc
(1 light)
Expansion Bays 3
Minimum Crew 1; Maximum Crew 6
Cost 10

The light freighter is unnamed, has 3 expansion bays for you to expand on later or now, or can be used to freight cargo. Maneuverability is rated as good, but with some tweaking later on, it can go up to perfect. (Engineering DC 25). It needs a power core, and some thrusters. But it already has an artificial gravity generator. It also needs some weapons. Other than that, it's ready to go.

Chkchka and Arthur comes back from selling the junklasers, and there is a ping from listing the goblin ship on SpaceshipAuctions.com. Chkchka quickly sells it, and sends a few listings of other ships to the group's commpads. They crowd around arguing over crew quarters for a while, but they eventually pick one, and viola, they have a ship and some cash.

Chkchka transfers the extra money (333 credits each) to 6 different cred sticks and hands them out, keeping the last 2 credits in a separate group account to keep it open for future adventures.

Okay, what's next? C asks the group... are we hunting more goblins, or does anyone have an idea for another job? ... Should we look in the want ads, or ... Iamb, did you say you have a goal?

"Yes, I'm looking to find my brothers."

Arthur looks at the Mul. "Do you have any active leads on where to find them? If not perhaps that is more of a background task we can work towards. Do you have any further details about them or where they might be you could share with us?"

"Regardless of what task we perform next a reprieve to let people acquire new equipment and perhaps gather information about what is going on. Rumours might lead to other opportunities or help inform us about whatever task we take next, regardless of whether we realize it at first or not."

"I don't have any leads at all. This was my first stop after I managed to get off of Athas."

Hmm. Have you done a research query on the local net? There might be something...?

Arthur, I think you are correct that we should probably gather rumors as well. Might drum up some work. I am going to go to Starburger and have a bite, but I'll ask around while I am there. Everyone is welcome to come with. If you have other things to do, that's cool too. Meet back here at sundown? I'm going to move my stuff to the ship and sleep here tonight. Maybe in the morning, we'll have some leads on what to do next?

Gather Information: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Assuming this is a lead about Iamb's brothers? If not, I need a little more explanation.

Chkchka, after asking around, finds a lead, and sends a message to the party, wherever they got off to:

I got a lead on Iamb's brothers: Ravenloft. Mean anything to anyone?

It's a lead on Iamb's brothers.

Richard looks at the name, a person, organisation or a place? He tries to recall if he has seen the word before and see if he can recall anything about it.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Arthur's eyes go wide and gives Chkchka an incredulous look. Before typing a message.

Ravenloft? Iamb I know where it is but it's a bad place. Getting there isn't the problem, people who know about it avoid it. Surviving it and getting out are the problem.

I wouldn't be keen on going their in a dreadnought, if we ever went there I'd rather having done way more research and acquired better gear... I am sorry Iamb but Ravenloft is not to be underestimated. Even going there is not an undertaking to be done lightly.

Stik takes his share of the money(333) and goes off to buy a weaponSeems my access to the rulebooks has run into a speed bump, I'll be able to finish this once I convince my friend to give me the PDF :P

"What do you know about Ravenloft?"

"Ravenloft! That place is full of psychic space vampires, deepvoid souldrinkers and worse things!" exclaims Glory, whose knowledge is completely derived from rumours, spooky legends and creepy stories "Maybe even Scros, who knows."

The heavy weapons operator scratches her chin as she thinks about the implications "But that only makes it sound more interesting that this boring Station, and I like how the lot of you work so I'm in." she adds with a smile.

If we can take 20 on the Maneuverability Improvement Engineering roll, and someone can Aid Another Glory, we could pass the check

Well if someone was listening now they knew what was going now. Arthur put his comm unit down. "It's an incredibly dangerous area of space that Alliance ships avoid. I know the co ordinates. But surviving there, finding them and getting out of there would be extremely difficult."

Chkchka finishes up at Starburger, tells anyone who went with cher that che'd meet them back at the ship, goes to the hostel where che was staying and gets the rest of cher stuff, and then goes to the ship for the night.

Not sure where you guys are having the in-person conversation, but hopefully che is in the right place to hear the rest of it.