Zoey's Strawberry Commencement (Inactive)

Game Master Eric Collins - France

Free Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

As she gets checked out the by the telepath, Zoey makes a sign with her hands as if taking Orsis' picture, then cheekily asks

Ooh, have I seen you before?

Free diplo: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

"You certainly seem to know what's going on here.I would say we were lucky to bump into you today."

Not sure who else to talk to now. I can't really do anything useful on the vehicle though. Any suggestions?

@Torith; if we've talked to everyone....Try to get a 16+ on perception to install something you want? Or try to assist someone with that skill...or (at the GM’s discretion, other rolls or abilities may be used to the same effect)...look at the GM with Big Pleading Bambi eyes and try to get him to let you use athletics to lift the very heavy ..engine (speed?) ..plates of metal (Kinetic armor?) or shield generator (EAC?). Or use acrobatics to climb up the piles of garbage around here to the top and look for a real cool steering wheel or fluffly dice (+1 piloting?)

Looking down on his paint job OP-1 can't help but think to himself

"..it sure looks fast now.. I wonder if I can make it even faster.."

OP-1 takes out a power drill and removes some weight from various places on the racer by drilling (non drag inducing holes) in some metal plates.

Engineering to try to add more speed: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

As smoke starts to emerge from the racer;

".. I hope that wasn't something vital I just drilled through..."

Engineering for more speed: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

"OP! What are you doing!" Fritz quickly gets a fire extinguisher and makes sure the racer does not burn down. Doing that distracts him from his own job which was to make install a spoiler on the back for more downforce.

Perecption: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Torith goes wandering the scrap piles looking for something useful.

He finds a really nifty looking component sitting on the top of a pile of junk, although he doesn't know what it is it *must* be useful as it looks so fancy.

Well that's a one so i can at least put a reference in the post to make it interesting. Anyone know where this is from? ;)

Looking at what Torith brought over...
Engineering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
"I'm not sure what we can do with that."

She then takes a roundabout tour of the pit and tries to sabotage Ratrod's engine.

Stealth: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Engineering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 To mess with Ratrod

Neroo continues to try to improve the balance of the junk racer despite the "help" of her comrades.

Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

She barely manages it! +1 to piloting

Look! not here, there! Be reasonable, it will not work if you put it here...

Forgot to say I was giving a -4 penalty to Ratrod's Piloting check.

Orsis smiles back at Zoey, with a perfunctory grin: "Everybody's seen me before."
But he seems more interested in Kiv's approach, maybe because she is a kin of his.
His smile for her is all warmth, and he happily agrees that she is lucky to bump into him!
Soon he gives her very good tips on how to remotely controlling vehicles...
+2 insight bonus to Piloting checks

OP-1 removes weight, which is nice and helpful, but also unbalances the vehicle.
In the end, when the smoke clears, this helped and hindered in equal measures!
So it amounts to no change.
Fritz is busy helping putting the fire out, and does nothing constructive, while Torith adds the most beautiful yet totally useless artefact to the front of the racer!

Neroo finishes tuning the piloting system...

...while Kiv disappears.
Not only from your eyes, but from everyone! Even from Orsis... who is sad.

She slips her way, totally undetected, through the crowd surrounding Ratrod.
She sees that Ratrod is a ysoki with mottled gray-and-white fur. He has a showman’s personality to match his icon status, which helps her slip by, since he is focusing attention on himself: people in the Spike consider him something of a hero to the ysoki-dominated Scrap Union.
Kiv jams some scrap metal in the steering system, making it look accidental, and slips away.

Total
+6 Piloting
+25 Speed
+1 KAC
+2 EAC
+ 1 kinetic weapon
+ 1 energy weapon
Velocity positions themself to take second place in the race and directs their weapons against anyone in front of Laboni’s junkracer.
Free "1 round speed boost" mod'.
Lemgem agrees to take second place and do her best to weaken the position of racers ahead of Laboni’s vehicle.
Ratrod: –4 penalty on Piloting

Zoey keeps bumbling around, seeing who she hasn't spoken to before. The Ryphorian seems nice (I don't think anyone has talked to the Ryphorian before?)

She greets the racer with a deep bow, and says brightly Hello, my name is Zoey! I see you are working very hard on your machine. Do you think you can beat Ratrod today?

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

"When do we start this race? I think we have improved this thing as far as we can." Fritz says while he cleans his hand on an old rag.

For remote controlling this thing I have a +8 on piloting, excluding the +6 from our upgrades

I should have a +11 (1 rank, +2 skill focus, +3 trained, +4 dex, +1 ace pilot), excluding upgrades

Torith isn't a pilot so he isn't touching those controls.

I think OP-1 has me edged out by a point (my skill is +10)

You finish prepping Laboni's machine, which looks rather scary: a pile of junk with things welded onto it left and right, as well as a totally useless but classy looking "sculpture".

Final stats:
Speed 65 ft., full 650 ft.
EAC 12; KAC 13
Attacks: (all give –4 to Piloting to the vehicle that is hit)
2 energy weapons
1 kinetic weapon
So you can have 3 people rolling ranged attacks (BAB + Dex' -3)
Modifiers:
+8 Piloting (extra bonus to OP-1's roll, if she is piloting by remote)
–3 attack (counted above)

Added:
• Velocity positions themself to take second place in the race and directs their weapons against anyone in front of Laboni’s junkracer.
• Lemgem agrees to take second place and do her best to weaken the position of racers ahead of Laboni’s vehicle.
• Ratrod: –4 penalty on Piloting
• Free "1 round speed boost" mod' (doubles speed boost for 1 round, but 50% of blowing engine and permanently reducing base speed by half as of the following round (so minus 20 ft.).

Lined up against you:

Lemgem the blue-haired gnome covered in piercings, tattoos, and augmentations with her Bulky Racer.

Nyizin the scarred Ryphorian in her well-armed junker.

Orsis the stoic, dark-haired damaya lashunta who looks unfairly good in black and gold in his sleek junkracer.

Velocity, the beautiful android with silver hair and skin in a perfect silver sphere.

And the hero, that all cheer: Ratrod, the ysoki with mottled gray-and-white fur.

So, the crowd starts to chant and jump up and down as the vehicles are set up at the starting line.

Then the signal comes as four armed Kasatha waves four flags.

All the racers start to speed off, their drivers concentrating - while Laboni, that you are piloting for - forgets to put her hands on the wheel for a few seconds!

The race will be done in turns, each with two phases:
First, all the competitors fire their weapons at their chosen targets (you have 3). Second, all the pilots attempt Piloting checks to determine their positions in the race.
Actions during each of the race phases occur simultaneously, so there is no need to
determine an order or initiative.

Note: you will have one Pilot (no Aid Another) and three shooters. Maybe choose who does what (OP-1 as pilot ; who as "gunners"?)
If the other two players wish, I can let them roll for the racers that have allied with you.

I think it's best to save the speed boost for the last round or in case we are horribly behind and can only win on a gamble and other wise not use it..50% chance to permanently reduce speed seems a bit...bad

So we have 5 opponents; 2 of which we like, so that leaves 3 targets..and we have 3 guns. One target per gun?

My BAB+Dex-3= 0. Not certain where that puts me as a shooter, so I will wait to see if I'm actually a gunner or not.

I've got a +1, so I'm up for firing.

Zoey fiddles with the remote controls, and gets to immersed in twiddling the dials that she bashes Torith with the case.

Fire, at Ratrod?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

I'm not much use on the guns either due to my lowish dex score (BAB+Dex-3= -1). I'm happy to step back and let more competent gunners fire so we may actually hit stuff :)

"Hey! Watch where you're waving that thing Zoey, you're not in a VR bay now. Why are you moving the control interface towards the target? Does that help guide the targeting system?"

Torith watches and cheers for the Starfinder's racer, which due to a complete lack of complex technical knowledge is about as much as he can do to help.

I should have a 0+4-3=+1 to hit - if I can pilot and shoot at the same time and nobody else wants to fire a gun

Forgot to say that I copied the racer's info' onto a slide.
Only 1 action per turn (piloting or shooting)
OP-1 Piloting = +11 base
Weapon 1 - Zoey +1
Weapon 2 - Kiv +0
Weapon 3 - Torith -1
Fritz and Neroo might be better gunners, we shall see

Neroo has +0 bab and +0 dex bonus :P

Neroo moves outside the compound to encourage her Starfinder's friends from outside and record all the race with her drone.

GO GO Starfinder! TO THE STARS!

Fritz grabs one of the remote controls for the guns to hit at +1 and aims it to fire at Ratrod

Energy or Kinetic? 3 is Kinetic: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Firing energy weapon at Ratrod: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Fire @ Ratrod vs KAC: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16

"...I wonder what this button does..."

Piloting check: 1d20 + 11 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 11 + 8 = 28

Rolling now even though we don't know the penalties for (possibly) getting hit this round yet

"..ah, the start button. That's good to know.."

OP-1 Piloting
Fritz KAC Weapon
KIv KAC Weapon
so...
Zoey EAC Weapon (@+1) - left to roll?

Zoey actually was the first to fire

I've got a +1, so I'm up for firing.
Zoey fiddles with the remote controls, and gets to immersed in twiddling the dials that she bashes Torith with the case.
Fire, at Ratrod?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

I am firing a EAC weapon, I thought we had 2 of those and 1 KAC

I've got a +1, so I'm up for firing.

Zoey fiddles with the remote controls, and gets to immersed in twiddling the dials that she bashes Torith with the case.

Fire, at Ratrod?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Toriiith Zoey hollers, jumping up and down and sideways, get out the way, I can't see if I hit!

OP-1, I think you are stuck driving. Sounds like you can either drive OR shoot, not both.

I know, I copied Zoey's action to show the GM that she had already fired... I just forgot to do the actual [ quote ] thingies when I copied her action (so it looks like I made my own post)

"They're OFF!" screams the Sportz Channel TV-droid covering the race.

And you sure are off!

As the crowd cheers, a deafening explosion of laser shots and gunpowder blasts sounds out as all the racers shoot at one other... while revving their engines and rushing off down the track, that winds it way through the tall "walls" of piled scrap metal and junk.

Lemgem the blue-haired gnome aims her slug thrower at Velocity, jealous of the handsome android?
It is a perfect shot, and it blasts the wheel, forcing Velocity to let go for a few seconds!
1-4 - N O V R
who?: 1d4 ⇒ 3
KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 (Crit'! So... -8 to piloting)

Nyizin, the scarred Ryphorian, fires her rear laser gun at Orsis and her forward shotgun at Laboni.
Orsis dodges the shot, but Laboni's racer is broadsided by the pellets and swerves, making it harder to run.
1-5 - L O V R SFS
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 2
EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
1-5 - L O V R you
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 5
KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Orsis the good-looking shoots an energy tossing slingshot at Lemgem, who ducks and grins back: "Ha!"
1-5 - L N V R SFS
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 1
EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
1-5 - L O V R you

Velocity, the beautiful android with perfect teeth, has a double-barrelled laser-turret mounted on the rear if its racer, that shoots at but misses Nyzin but hits Lemgem.
1-4 - L O N R
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 3
EAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
1-5 - L O N R you
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 1
KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Ratrod shakes his little clawed fist at Laboni and fires a surgical laser he has attached to his racer and hits you.
EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Meanwhile, your triple armed racer blasts away!
All aimed at the poor Ysoki with the big black eyes...
...and all three hit!
Fritz and Kiv's good old bullet-guns hit your enemy's racer and throw Ratrod doubly off balance, but, as Zoey's adapted cryo-gun blasts Ratrod, you see he has some kind of system that absorbs the energy attack, and converts it into positive use, giving him a bonus!
"Mwahahaha!", Ratrod laughs at you like a maniac.
Technically, the Energy attack becomes a bonus, offsetting some of the Kinetic attacks in this case

With this, Ratrod tries to move forward, but, though he was helped by the diverted energy, he still ends up having problems, and hits a big engine block on the side of the track, bouncing his racer against, and losing ground... 275 ft. progress
Piloting: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Then you see Velocity elegantly zip past Ratrod, but, unable to avoid the Ysoki as he suddenly bounces out, Velocity is banged and loses ground... 200 ft. progress
Piloting: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

While Lemgem's Bulky Racer suddenly shakes as you see that a speed boosting system kicked in, aimed at giving her a nice boost: but this extra speed actually hinders the race, and hit by Velocity, the gnome is unable to channel the boost and the racer just digs a little hole in the rubble, and... does not move at all!
Lemgem frowns and curses: "@#$%!"
Piloting: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Boost: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Nyizin hits a nitro' booster, making her vehicle jumo into high gear and accelerate like crazy - but she is no longer concentrating on what is around her, and you imagine she will be an easier target. KAC & EAC are lowered
But she is speeding along like mad! Crit'! 1000 feet gained
And you imagine that her nitro' will kick in soon and make her go even faster.
Piloting: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Unscathed, Orsis the stoic, moves forward in his sleek junkracer, but it is obvious that having had to avoid a this crisscrossing shots and the people bouncing around, he cannot pilot as well as he wants and does not gain much ground, ending up beside Ratrod... 275 ft.
Piloting: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

During all this, OP-1 is handling the joystick that enables you to guide Laboni.
Laboni who is blased hard by Nyizin, then hit by Ratrod... but OP-1 manages to get your racer back on track - despite the -10 to Piloting! - and you speed along... 650 ft. gained

The little Sportz Channel droid is screaming as you see Laboni standing up on her racer and waving her arms!
"Lemgem is a no go, while Velocity is just behind Orsis and Ratrod who is not off to a great start, while we have two contenders so far: Laboni who is driving with her knees and Nyzin who went off to the fastest craziest start EVER!
Who will make it past the finish line? Drink Space Kool Aid to find out: it comes in seventeen flavors!"

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0 ft. - Lemgem
200 ft. - Velocity
275 ft. - Ratrod & Orsis
650 ft. - Laboni
1000 ft. - Nyzin
1500 ft. - Half point
3000 ft. - WINNER!

Zoey rocks the remote control, trying to line up a shot with Nyzin, but she spends so much effort trying to impress mister Fritz that her shot goes completely wide...

Shoot at Nyzin: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"Come on girl, you can do better!" Fritz yells at Zoey, while he lines up a shot a the leader. Just when he presses the fire button the cart hits a hole in the track and the shot goes wide...

"OP! Keep her steady!"

Shoot KAC at Nyzin: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

" ..so this is just like playing one of those Vid games..what's it called again ...Mario Kart 451?.."

OP-1 tries to steer the racer around some piles of debris

Piloting check: 1d20 + 11 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 8 = 20

Startled by Fritz yelling at him OP-1 causes the racer to almost enter a spin

"Trying too!"

attack Ratrod vs KAC: 1d20 ⇒ 13

"This is a little harder than it looks!"

Zoey's shot goes completely wide, but since Nyizin hit the nitro' booster, her vehicle is running completly wild... and it runs right into Zoey's shot. It hits!
Zoey glances at mister Fritz: impressed?
Fritz is so impressed that he gapes at Zoey's crazy shot, and fires when the racer hits a hole, shooting straight at the ground.
Zoey is not impressed by Fritz.

Meanwhile, Kiv's shot nearly pierces Ratrod's armor, but does bounces off it after al.
Nyizin hit: -4 Piloting

Lemgem turns her slug thrower to aim it at Nyzin and hits!
KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Nyizin hit: -4 Piloting

Nyizin, the scarred Ryphorian, fires her rear laser gun at you and pivots her forward shotgun to shoot at Ratrod. Both hit, Ratrod worse than you!
1-5 - L O V R SFS
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 5
EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
1-5 - L O V R you
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 4
KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
You: -4 Piloting
Ratro: -6 Piloting

Orsis the good-looking shoots an energy tossing slingshot at Nyizin who is in the lead, and hits.
1-5 - L N V R SFS
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 2
EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Nyizin -4 Piloting

Velocity, the beautiful android with perfect teeth, has a double-barrelled laser-turret mounted on the rear if its racer, that shoots at Nyzin twice, hitting twice!
EAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Nyizin -8 Piloting

Ratrod shakes his little clawed fist even more at Laboni and fires his surgical laser at her racer that is leaving him behind... hitting the rear of your racer!
EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
You: -4 Piloting

"WOW! Blasting left and right!", calls out the Sportz-Channel bot.

Distracted by Zoey and Fritz's strange shooting, OP-1 nearly drops the joystick, but manages to get in back in hand and to send some racing orders, though not great ones.
Laboni's racer is hit a couple times, and the orders cannot be followed totally, but it still moves forward, bouncing off the sides of the track but not crashing!
325 ft. gained

Ratrod tries to move forward but, hindered by the bad hit he sustained, he has trouble getting away from the big engine block he hit and does not move super far. 275 ft. progress
Piloting: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (14) - 4 = 10

Velocity takes some time but manages to get going again, though not fast at first.
200 ft. progress
Piloting: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Lemgem's Bulky Racer keeps on spinning around in the hole she dug for herself.
Not moving, Lemgem curses even more: "@#$%!!!"
Piloting: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Boost: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Nyizin -20 Piloting
Nyizin's nitro' booster goes into effect, giving her a big speed boost... but, blasted from all sides, she is unable to handle her vehicle, and just remains there, not moving at all. 0 feet gained
Piloting: 1d20 - 20 ⇒ (11) - 20 = -9

Still unscathed, Orsis the stoic keeps on moving forward in his sleek junkracer now speeding along. 550 ft. gained
Piloting: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

The little Sportz Channel droid is bellowing:
"Lemgem is still a no go, will she be able to move a few feet in this race? While newbie Laboni is pulling up to Nyzin, who had to suffer a full barrage of shots! Who will make it past the finish line? Eat Space Twinkies to find out: it comes in fourteen size!"

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0 ft. - Lemgem
400 ft. - Velocity
550 ft. - Ratrod
725 ft. - Orsis
975 ft. - Laboni
1000 ft. - Nyzin
1500 ft. - Half point
3000 ft. - WINNER!

Torith cheers loudly for Laboni. He stands away from the group so he doesn't distract them while they're concentrating on controlling the vehicle.

Shoot KAC at Nyzin: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Fritz fires a shot at Nyzin at just 25 feet. It is almost too easy at this distance...

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 8 = 20

Focusing on Fritz suggestion to keep the racer steady OP-1 over compensates and forgets to steer.

2 nat' 1's on Piloting!

2 nat' 1's on Piloting!

Seems this is how we roll

Zoey tries to aim at the same target as Fritz, but is too distracted by the Ysoki to hit as well.

Shot, Nyzin: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

As Torith cheers, Kiv is distracted and forgets to shoot, cheering along with the Solarian!

Meanwhile, the shooting continues.

Lemgem, from the starting line, shoots at and hits Nyzin!
1-4 - N O V R
who?: 1d4 ⇒ 4
KAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

Nyizin fires her rear laser gun and her forward shotgun at Lemgem, maybe intent on not letting the Gnome even get started! Both hit, even at that distance...
1-5 - L O V R SFS
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 1
EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
1-5 - L O V R you
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 1
KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Orsis shoots the energy tossing slingshot at Laboni and hits.
1-5 - L N V R SFS
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 5
EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
1-5 - L O V R you

Velocity fires the double-barrelled laser-turret at Nyzin, but both miss...
1-4 - L O N R
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 3
EAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
1-5 - L O N R you
who?: 1d5 ⇒ 3
KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Ratrod fires the surgical laser at Laboni and hits, shaking his fist!
EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Fritz hits, and Zoey, though she think she will miss, sees that her energy attack manages to pass the lower armor: two hits!

Ratrod, unscathed, leaps forward, speeding along. 550 ft. progress
Piloting: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Velocity elegantly speeds along too, now that Ratrod opened the way. 400 ft. progress
Piloting: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Again, Lemgem's Bulky Racer gets a speed boost... but, once again, blasted by shots, the Gnome cannot move! She is going crazy.
Piloting: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (8) - 4 = 4
Boost: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Nyizin does not play with her nitro' booster to not lower her armor, but is still hit and battered around, making her move along slower than she would, coming neck to neck with Ratrod. Crit'! 100 feet gained
Piloting: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (14) - 6 = 8

Orsis keeps on moving forward in his sleek junkracer. 550 ft.
Piloting: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

OP-1 manages to have Laboni move forward somewhat, despite the shots coming left and right... and you barely push past Orsis, but are in the lead! 325 ft. gained

The little Sportz Channel droid calls out: "Lemgem is... no, no, no... yes, she is exiting her vehicle, and is out of the race! Poor Lemgem who has given up. Well, she can wear some Space Bans to hide her sadness: they comes in twenty two cool shapes!"
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0 ft. - Lemgem - gave up -
800 ft. - Velocity
1100 ft. - Nyzin & Ratrod
1275 ft. - Orsis
1300 ft. - Laboni
1500 ft. - Half point
3000 ft. - WINNER!

Neroo cheers when Laboni takes the lead!

GO GO STARFINDERS!

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 8 = 38

Concentrating on the race OP-1 steers the racer into a tight corner hoping to avoid enemy fire.