Drawing her shield from her back, Driskinet quickly smashes it down towards the cuttle.
Ashrouk pinwheels his multiple arms to regain his composure, then draws his needler as he prepares to fire a counteragent into the drift-cuttle nearest him.
Hadashin attempts to take advantage of the collision and fires his needler pistol loaded with the ER reduction Counteragent at the nearest Cuttlefish.
"Take that squiddy"
Flitweather gracefully merges multiple realities, imbuing the nearest Drift cuttle with way more tentacles than it could possibly use. Driskinet takes the opportunity to smash her entropically-aligned shield right into the betentacled face, receiving only a minor shock in the process. The creature, not a fan of being polymorphed and then shield-bashed, lashes out twice at the shirren, striking once with a shock-enhanced tentacles!
Alorea, meanwhile, tucks into a ball, attempting to hide herself from further attacks as she tumbles through space while her companions attempt to drive off the harrassing creature. Svadik confidently slashes out, using entropic forces to turn a patch of flash into bubbling slag, accepting a minor electrical shock to do so. Ashrouk takes time to steady himself before drawing his weapon, but Dash is prepared and fires a counteragent-loaded dart into the cuttle at point-blank range while it flails from the collision of so many people. Steadying itself through supernatural flight, the cuttle then strikes at Svadik in response with an electrified tentacle!
Both cuttles strike out at the contract-Starfinders as they gently float away, but neither is able to connect.
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Drift cuttles
Safely out of the cuttle's reach, Alorea rapidly fires her sonic pistol as she freewheels through zero-g.
Once again, Driskinet quickly swings her shield down towards the nearby cuttle. She then quickly raises it into a defensive position, protecting herself from any retaliatory attacks.
With some distance now between himself and the Drift cuttle, Ashrouk raises his needler and fires off a counteragent at the creature.
The needle bounces off harmlessly, and Ashrouk curses to himself. Determined not to let the fight end yet, however, he draws his sword and prepares for another assault.
Dash allows himself to continue his drift toward the asteroid until he collides with the short wall, and is forced to attempt to steady himself. He attempts to activate his bootclamps as he lands to steady himself.
Stopped, but off-kilter, Hadashin uses the rest of his turn to draw his static arc pistol.
Over the comms and trying not to puke in his helmet at the sudden turning, he groans, "This is why noone likes Space Class, Professor Snape."
Svadik spins from the force of the creature’s tentacle and upon coming back around punches the space-squid, which halts his rotation.
The vesk then pulls out a grenade.
The Dreamsmith appears to be enjoying his weightless journey.
Dash allows himself to continue his drift toward the asteroid until he collides with the short wall
Firing wildly while spinning, Alorea manages to strike the nearest cuttle with a lucky shot of her thunderstrike pistol. Svadik lands a fearsome blow directly to the center of the creature's body, causing a shockwave that splatters bits of cuttle all over the nearby rocks!
While Flitweather takes a moment to ponder the beauty of the planar bubble, Driskinet brings her shield crashing down on the polymorphed creature a second time, dealing substantial damage.
A CRACK of electrical energy pulses through the debris, striking several of the contract-Starfinders!
The remaining cuttle carefully extracts itself from combat with Driskinet before abandoning the shirren to chase after a nearby gnome! As the Dreamsmith nears the asteroid, his gentle floating leaves him open to an attack with the creature takes with great fervor.
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Drift cuttles
Svadik looks at the grenade in his hand and shrugs. The vesk then shoots at the other cuttle.
Svadik slaps the pistol against his leg in anger.
"Работа у тебя глупая вещь!"
Seeing the cuttle moving away from her, Driskinet aims her pistol at the creature and quickly lets off two shots at it.
Alorea tries to steady her aim and fires one shot at the remaining cuttle.
Flitweather finds himself off-kilter, but he steadies himself against the rock and then fires as the creature.
Ashrouk spins himself in the zero gravity to plant himself against the side of the rock and nearly catches his footing, but a rock slips out from beneath him and he begins to drift haphazardly again. He takes a moment to recenter himself, then tries to pull himself along the wall of the structure he slammed up against to try to reach a better position.
Dash allows himself to continue his drift toward the asteroid until he collides with the short wall
Hadashin floats on, all right, already... He draws his static arc pistol and loads another counter-agent into his needler pistol, setting it to the ER reducer.
Having still not made it to the rock and no longer having a shot at either cuttlefish, Hadashin puts his static arc pistol back in his holster and activates his boot clamps in preparation for impact.
"Let me off this ride." he grumbles before flicking open the comm and adding, "Injury Check?"
Through their combined marksmanship, Driskinet, Alorea, and Flitweather riddle the remaining cuttle with projectiles of varying nature until the creature shudders, lifeless, and begins to drift away.
Dash repeats his request over the comms, "Any o' you lot injured?" He then moves more toward the center of the asteroid he's on, and looks around. He adds over comms, "I think I see the way out, but if you two want to clear that building first, I'll wait."
"Not injured, though a bit winded." Flitweather responds. "As with nearly all things, it is nothing that a meaningful rest can't fix."
"Pretty much the same as the Dreamsmith. Now, lets see what is in this building." She will then move over to the door and see if it can be easily opened.
"Same here," Ashrouk adds, "Just a bit singed from these rocks. Do try to keep your distance from them if you can. They can be rather painful."
With the fight at an end, Ashrouk takes in his surroundings and begins checking out the rock he found himself on, as well as the dilapidated structure on it.
Using part of the rock as handholds, Flitweather follows the shirren, guiding himself over to the door.
"Pretty much the same as the Dreamsmith. Now, lets see what is in this building." She will then move over to the door and see if it can be easily opened.
The door is only held shut by the crudest of latches, allowing Driskinet easy access to what remains of the building. This chunk of debris supports much of a simple house made of wood and cob, though the transition into the Drift cleanly sliced off part of the building’s back corner. Inside are a bed, a small bookshelf, a rug, and a hearth.
The only item of possible value is a small lockbox of sorts, which pulsates softly with benign magical energy when touched.
With the fight at an end, Ashrouk takes in his surroundings and begins checking out the rock he found himself on, as well as the dilapidated structure on it.
This rock was, at one point, part of a much larger landmass supporting some sort of stone structure. Now, only fragments of pockmarked stone remain.
"Ah, more victims of the Drift," Ashrouk muses as he carefully pulls himself along the ruined walls. "I do hope no one was inhabiting these structures when they were pulled in here..."
"I'm okay, just a little dizzy," Alorea says when she finally gets her balance back.
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The only item of possible value is a small lockbox of sorts, which pulsates softly with benign magical energy when touched.
Svadik, not answering Dash's question, slowly floats over to meet with Dreamsmith and Driskinet and huffs at the building.
"What this do for mission?"
Flitweather analyzes the box and attempts to find an opening.
Flitweather analyzes the box and attempts to find an opening.
The Dreamsmith peers at the box intently, viewing it across all realities in order to glean the nature of its protections. With a quiet smile, he rubs his thumb in a very specific pattern across the top, and it springs open with ease.
The lockbox contains several pieces of jewelry, vials of precious oils, and an assortment of unfamiliar shells that could be of value to xenobiologists or collectors. Although they're not of particular relevance to the mission at hand, the contents of this box would be of great interest to the tweed jackets back at the Lorespire Complex.
"Ooh! Nice swag!" Alorea says as she peers at the box's contents. "Shall we continue on?"
As no monsters or explosions happened when the other members entered the building, and no one appears to be injured beyond what a short rest would get back, Dash moves along the center rock toward an edge and looks for the path out.
He'll push off toward the other rock with remaining structural elements, attempting to thread the needle between the two glowy rocks and hopefully timing it so that neither shocks him as he passes by.
"Hopping to the next lily-pad on the path. Will wait there for everyone." Dash says over the comms before pushing off.
"Perhaps we should look around the other major ruins here, see if there is anything else of value for us."
"I've already looked through this central set of ruins," Ashrouk replies over the comms. "There's nothing to see here. Let's move on."
The kasatha moves slowly toward the edge of the central rock, then pushes off after Hadashin.
Alorea follows the others across the void.
Dash, Ashrouk, and Alorea do their best to time the jump between rocks, and they successfully dodge the erratically arcing energy. As they land, it's obvious that this floating island was once part of a massive building with thick walls before being pulled into the Drift. Subsequent collisions with other debris have clearly broken off much of the architecture, however.
Alorea searches through the building's remains to look for anything of interest.
Driskinet will follow the others over to the other set of ruins, taking a single jump in an attempt to avoid getting shocked. Once she gets there, she will take a look around as well.
After taking a moment to peruse the newly-acquired baubles, Flitweather returns them to their box and stows it away. Seeing the shirren head away, he pushes off, following in the insectoid's quiet, airless wake.
Alorea scans the area with interest, but finds nothing but rubble. Driskinet, however, sees a crumbling seam on her float over. Upon further inspection, it easily splits open to reveal a large chest built of some woody material. It is not locked or magically warded, but the chest doesn't seem to open easily.
Svadik grabs the chest and punches it...
...but somehow manages to miss the chest entirely and punches at a fragment of rock.
{Do you want another attempt, Svadik, or should I try to open it?} queries a slightly amused Driskinet.
"I managed to open the last box. I could offer a few tips, if you think it would help " Flitweather offers with apparent sincerity.
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"Я думаю, что коробка оскорбила твою мать." Dash says over the comms as he watches what's going on.
He then looks around the group and at his watch. "Does anyone need a rest before we proceed on?"
"I am prepared to move forward once the others have recovered the contents of their box."
Alorea checks the action on her pistol and nods. "I'm good to go!"
He then looks around the group and at his watch. "Does anyone need a rest before we proceed on?"
The words of his fellow gnome fall unheard upon Flitweather, the Dreamsmith already pausing for a gnomish gnap.
"Я думаю, что коробка оскорбила твою мать." Dash says over the comms as he watches what's going on.
Svadik glares angrily at the bleachling as he yells, holding the box in two hands and bringing it down over his knee...
...and cracks it open like an egg!
Svadik looks directly at Dash as he turns on his comm unit. "Никогда не упоминай мою маму."
Inside the remnants of the chest, the contract-Starfinders find half a dozen beautifully tailored outfits, each more resplendent than the last, and every one designed for a humanoid creature with three arms and three legs. Tucked into one of the pockets, Savdik uncovers a mk 2 healing serum.
Feeling that they've gained everything of value from the debris field, the crew of contract-Starfinders journeys forward, nearly to the wreck of the Amber Reconnoiter.
The Amber Reconnoiter floats in the debris field, where it has clearly been for some time, based on the dented and scorched exterior. The information the contract-Starfinders collected from the Lorespire complex indicate that the vessel has two airlocks, but the starboard airlock is flat-out inoperable and the port airlock is just... missing, replaced by an enormous slab of porous rock wedged into the port side of the bridge, which crackles with latent electrical energy. The only way into the ship is through a gaping hole in the aft-port corner.
Service lights intermittently flicker with barely perceptible light, giving faint glimpses of the ruined interior in this area. A seemingly nonfunctioning power core is located toward the front of the area, just forward of a line of cots and near a strange crackling barrier. A similar barrier blocks off a smaller hallway leading to the starboard side of the ship, next to another door. Toward the port side, a door sits partially cracked.
Dash shivers to himself as he boards the ghost ship. "This wouldn't have been pretty," he relays absentmindedly over the comms. Seeing the path open to the power core he adds, "If I restore some power, we may be able to get further into the ship... Unless there are any objections."