GM Valen's SFS 1-01 The Commencement - January 2019 (Inactive)

Game Master Lysle

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Please adjust for weapon damage received.

What! Did you see that? Kinetic only for Ratface, please."

Phase One Cont'd
The projectiles from the kinetic weapons fired by Starfinders fails to find their mark.

Jeen’s well-built spring-loaded launcher flings a vial goo, far afield from its target, causing the container to crash and congeal on a pile of trash.
Only M’linda’s shot strikes true and the results are disasterous!
Phase Two

Please adjust for weapon damage received.

No damage received this round.

Nyizin has some trouble coming out of the turn and has to slow down to stay atop her machine. Fearing that she is loosing ground too quickly, the ryphorian kicks her vehicle into high gear. As the plating on her junk racer slides into a new configuration, accordingly, a number of the vehicle's internal components become exposed.
Nyizin moves 250 ft.

Unscathed by assaults from the other racers, Orsis' racer zooms forward.
Orsis moves 500 ft.[ooc]

Already a skilled pilot and racer, the track-favorite, Ratrod, could have maintained his growing lead on Laboni on pure skill alone. The energy-absorbing modifications to his racer simply make it all the more easier for him to do so. The ysoki remains in the lead.
[ooc]Ratrod moves 550 ft.

Equal, if not superior, in skill to the ysoki champion, Velocity finds the modifications installed on their racer by the Starfinders not to be quite as innovative as Ratrod's energy-absorbing mods, but to, nevertheless, be sufficient to allow them to keep pace with the race leader.
Velocity moves 550 ft.

Whether overcompensating from the damage to the junkracer earlier inflicted by Ratrod or shock at the ysoki champion’s fiendishly-clever, energy-absorbing device, URDOA is unable to maintain full speed of Laboni's racer around the first turn.
Laboni moves 325 ft.

The Starfinder falls into last place!

Relative positions of racers updated on Slides.

Round Three Begins!

Phase One Begins

The two frontrunners remain the primary targets for one another, as well as Nyizin. After seeing how his weapon effected the ysoki's racer earlier, Orsis concentrates his fire on Velocity.

Ratrod and Orsis fire on Velocity. Only the ysoki's energy beam manages to seer the android's junk racer.
-4 penalty to Velocity's Piloting check this round.

Velocity returns fire on Ratrod. Nyizin also fires at the reigning champion. Both shots are remarkably accurate, causing the ysoki's racer to start into a spin!
Two -4 penalties to Ratrod's Piloting check this round for a total penalty of -8 to Piloting.

All PCs may now post their actions for Round 3. PCs may choose to switch off from Piloting or a specific weapon, but each weapon may only be fired once. One Starfinder may also forego an attack to attempt to Aid Another for Piloting. Gunners, please identify a single target and give me your attack rolls.

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Much better.

Attack/Ratrod: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (16) - 2 = 14

Baròleg focuses and fires a round at Ratrod.

M'linda turns her Energy weapon on Orsis and takes a shot.

Attack/Energy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6

Come on, Saeron! You can do this! the lashunta woman thinks to herself.

Gritting her teeth in determination, she targets Ratrod with the kinetic weapon yet again.

Kinetic weapon: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6

Jeen gets AGE into a position so he can better see what he wants to do, lines up his shot and pushes another button and a mortar pops out the hatch and fires off a shot before returning sluggishly to the compartment. the mortar shell however has no real explosive component and only shatters and leaves shrapnel in the path of the next target.
attack on Nyizin: 1d20 + 4 - 3 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 3 = 21

Phase One Cont'd

The high-speed happenings on the track seem to make focusing difficult for M'linda and Saeron as their shots go far wide of their intended targets.Baròleg, however, is able to focus and land a round on Ratrod's junk racer.
Additional -4 penalty to Ratrod's Piloting this round (-12 total penalty)

Jeen’s spring-loaded mortar finds an easy target and shrapnel bangs against the recently exposed components of Nyizin's junk racer, impacting the ryphorian's performance.
-4 penalty to Nyizin's Piloting this round.

Phase Two

Nyizin's exposed machine, now embedded with shrapnel, cannot maintain full speed, but does gain a benefit from the kick to high gear.
Nyizin moves 350 ft.

Orsis, too, has trouble maintaining speed, and he drops back.
Orsis moves 250 ft.

Relying upon their natural racing ability and enjoying the benefits of the Starfinder's help, Velocity flies forward at full speed!
Velocity moves 550 ft.

The combined fire on Ratrod, prove to be too much for the ysoki champion. Unable to pull out of the spin, his junk racer careens into pile of old refrigerator units. He desperately attempts to correct his vehicle and keep it in the race.
Ratrod moves 0 ft!

A collective, "GASP!", seems to echo from the crowds, followed by a sudden rise of surprised hollers and cheers.

For, as her true competition falters, Laboni sees herself surging ahead thanks to the expert modifications made to her racer's engines and the skillful piloting of URDOA.
Laboni moves 650 ft.

The Starfinder now finds herself in second place!

Relative positions of racers updated on Slides

Round Four Begins!

Phase One Begins

The two allies now find themselves to be the frontrunners.

Angered by seeing the junior Starfinder race past him, Ratrod fires on Laboni's racer, scorching one of the rear stabilizers.
-4 penalty to Laboni's Piloting check this round.

Velocity fires on Nyizin, the projectile knocks loose a piece of plating.-4 penalty to Nyizin's Piloting check this round.

Nyizin and Orsis concentrate their fire on the race leader, Velocity. Their shots, fired with determination, strike true and impact hard against the android's junk racer.
Two -4 penalties to Velocity's Piloting check this round (total -8 penalty).

All PCs may now post their actions for Round 4. PCs may choose to switch off from Piloting or a specific weapon, but each weapon may only be fired once. One Starfinder may also forego an attack to attempt to Aid Another for Piloting. Gunners, please identify a single target and give me your attack rolls.

"Doing better, everyone. Let's keep it going."

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 11 - 4 = 12

Bleh,

I thought that we made mine a -6, but, if that was an error that's fine

He pushes one of the earlier buttons and drops some spiked balls again.
attack at Nyizin: 1d20 + 4 - 3 ⇒ (9) + 4 - 3 = 10

Useless! You're yet to land a single shot! Saeron chides herself.

She takes a steadying breath. You can do this. Just like your training.

And fires another round of the kinetic weapon at Ratrod's junker.

Kinetic weapon: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17

M'linda switches targets once more and fires an energy charge at Nyizin.

Attack/Energy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (11) - 1 = 10

Baròleg continues to target Ratrod's racer.

Attack/K/Ratrod: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (11) - 2 = 9

Phase One Cont'd

Another round of spiked balls launched by Jeen, become embedded among the internal components of Nyizin’s racer as M’linda’s energy beam sheers off more of the protective plating.
-6 penalty to Nyizin this round and an additional -4 penalty to Nyizin’s Piloting this round (-14 total penalty)

Baròleg fails to hit the ysoki’s racer, but, with determined focus, Saeron fires a projectile squarely into the side of Ratrod’s racer, causing the racer to shimmy wildly.
-4 penalty to Ratod’s Piloting this round.

Phase Two

The scorched stablizers cause Laboni’s racer to scrape against a pile of discarded starship deck-plating , slowing the racer down despite URDOA’s skill.
Laboni moves 325 ft.

Despite being in high gear for more speed, Nyizin's exposed machine is halted entirely by the damage and metal embedded within its internal components.
Nyizin moves 0ft.

Ratrod manages to get his junk racer moving forward again, but not yet up to full speed.
Ratrod moves 275 ft.

The combined fire on frontrunner Velocity takes its toll, and the android is forced to slow down to compensate.
Velocity moves 275 ft.

Orsis, unscathed this round, takes advantage and zooms forward at full speed.
Orsis moves 500 ft.

Relative positions of racers updated on Slides

Round Five Begins!

Phase One Begins

As they pass the half-way point of the race, the two allies remain the frontrunners and, thus, targets of the other racers.

Irate that the Laboni continues to outpace him, Ratrod fires on the Starfinder's racer. The energy beam sends a surge through the junk racer's gyroscope.
-4 penalty to Laboni's Piloting check this round.

Velocity fires on Orsis, the projectile sheers off a wingstrut.
-4 penalty to Orsis' Piloting check this round.

Nyizin and Orsis continue to fire on the race leader, Velocity. The force of their attacks shoves the race off-kilter.
Two -4 penalties to Velocity's Piloting check this round (total -8 penalty).

All PCs may now post their actions for Round 4. PCs may choose to switch off from Piloting or a specific weapon, but each weapon may only be fired once. One Starfinder may also forego an attack to attempt to Aid Another for Piloting. Gunners, please identify a single target and give me your attack rolls.

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 11 - 4 = 20

Keep up the good work, everyone. We're doing good."

"URDOA, hit the speed booster. We're close enough we can win out right." Baròleg lines up a shot at Orisis.

Attack/K/Orisis: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4

M'linda turns the energy weapon on Orisis, taking fire.

Attack/Energy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Despite her best efforts, a small squeal of delight escapes Saeron as she finally lands a shot on Ratrod's racer.

Buoyed from the success, she fires another shot of the kinetic weapon at the ysoki.

Kinetic attack, Ratrod: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

"no, hold off the boost, just in case, save it for when we get closer or someone passes us." this is Jeen's suggestion.

He lines up another spill of goo for Orisis
attack: 1d20 + 4 - 3 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 3 = 13

Phase One Cont'd

The Starfinders concentrate their attacks on Orsis, but only M'linda manages to land a shot on the lashunta's junk racer.
Additional -4 penalty to Orsis’ Piloting this round (total -8 penalty).

Phase Two

Still recovering from the damage done to his racer earlier, Ratrod makes relatively slow progress down the track.
Ratrod moves 275 ft.

Nyizin manages to get her racer moving forward again, also still in high gear, but does not have enough power to get it up to full speed.
Nyizin moves 350 ft.

Orsis, easily compensated for the beating his racer has taken, manages to surge ahead at full speed.
Orsis moves 500 ft.

Not to be outdone, Velocity, too, maintains full command of her modified racer and rockets closer to the finish line..
Velocity moves 550 ft.

But it is the surging motor of another racer that now brings the entire stadium of spectators to their feet as the heavily modified junk racer entered by the newcomer, Laboni, streaks to the front of the pack due to the expert piloting of URDOA!
Laboni moves 650 ft.

Relative positions of racers updated on Slides

URDOA, let me know when you want to boost. I'll shift from firing to assist on Pilot, just in case.

"I suggest we again begin to focus kinetic weapon fire on Ratrod, energy weapons can be put to use on the closest to second closest." he says
knowing that Ratrod will be catching up again soon and that Orsis was not to far behind. and knowing that Energy weapons are more likely to help ratrod, this sounds like a plan.
if only they could get better shots.

Round Six Begins!

Phase One Begins

With the upstart Laboni in the lead, the other racers look shocked, save for Velocity, who smiles with some approval. The android trains her weapon behind her as the others focus fire on the Starfinder upset!

Velocity fires on Orsis, but the lashunta manages to avoid the projectile.

The concentrated fire from the each of the other active racers strikes hard against Laboni's junk racer.
Three -4 penalties to Laboni's Piloting check this round (-12 total penalty).

The surprised roar of the crowd following Laboni's surge to the lead is now suddenly followed by a murmuring hush as the Starfinder's junk racer begins to careen into a spin following the impacts from the combined fire!

Its a nailbiter!

All PCs may now post their actions for Round 6. PCs may choose to switch off from Piloting or a specific weapon, but each weapon may only be fired once. One Starfinder may also forego an attack to attempt to Aid Another for Piloting. Gunners, please identify a single target and give me your attack rolls.

Jeen attempts to lob a none lethal shell in Ratrod's path

before he pushes the Mortars fire button, he gives a silent prayer to any patron who will hear him, contents along the lines of I know I haven't prayed a lot, and I know we are in the lead, but we are on the verge of being overtaken, please help my shot to land.
with that, he fires his shot.

attack: 1d20 + 4 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 4 - 3 = 15

If you can assist, this would be a good time.

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 - 12 ⇒ (13) + 11 - 12 = 12

"Oh, crap."

Baròleg switches systems and tries to aid URDOA in piloting the racer as it's pummeled by fire from the other teams. Seeing the opportunity and if I can Valen , he adjusts the trajectory of the craft to line-up with the finish and hits the booster system, "Now or never." Using the Boost gained from Nyizin.

Assist/Pilot: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 +2 to URDOA's roll = 14 Pilot

is it possible to fire and still assist in piloting?

Seeing that Baròleg is already helping URDOA with the piloting, M'linda keeps up the assault on Orisis.

Attack/Energy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

Shaking her head in frustration, Saeron perserveres in her attacks on Ratrod.

Kinetic weapon, Ratrod: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9

Round Six Cont'd

Phase One Cont'd

With a nod to the lashunta envoy, M'linda fires on Orsis, but her shot goes wide.

Saeron fires the kinetic weapon at Ratrod, but fails to connect.

Jeen, however, familiar with the mechanics of his own spring-loaded weapon places a shell in the path of the ysoki champion.
-4 penalty to Ratrod’s Piloting this round.

Phase Two

With the bulk of the weapons' fire focused on the Starfinder, most of the other races are able to focus on getting ahead!

With slick confidence, Orsis flies forward at full speed.
Orsis moves 500 ft.

Unable to compensate for all of the damage done to her junk racer, Nyizin shimmies forward in fits and starts.
Nyizin moves 350 ft.

Watching his opportunities to win turning to space dust, Ratrod flies onward carelessly, the impact from the projectile lobbed by the Starfinder mechanic making it so that the ysoki is unable to take full advantage of his vehicle's speed.
Ratrod moves 275 ft.

Employing the modification that the Starfinders gleaned from Nyizin, the engine of Laboni's junk racer roars and hurtles forward at immense speed. The sudden increase proves difficult for URDOA and even with Baròleg's help, the Starfinders cannot manage to exploit the full speed of the modified engine, nevertheless, it is enough to bring them to the very bumper of Velocity's racer.
Laboni moves 650 ft.

Themselves never having seen such an opportunity before, Velocity zooms forward at full speed, the finishing line drawing ever more rapidly towards them. But true to their promise, the android pulls back slightly on the throttle until they and Laboni are neck-and-neck!
Velocity moves 450 ft.

Relative positions of racers updated on Slides

But, then, from beneath Laboni's junk racer, deep within the engine, a sputtering noise can be heard!

Round Seven Begins!

Phase One Begins

A shower of sparks and singed components begins to cascade from Laboni's junk racer as a sudden hush overcomes the crowd. The weapons' fire begins to fly, most finding its way towards the race leaders!

Velocity fires on Orsis, the impact gives his racer a wobble.
-4 penalty to Orsis' Piloting check this round.

EDITED(per post below)
The other racers, however, each concentrate fire on the junk racer of the young upstart, who appears poised to win the race! However, only the ysoki champion racer, Ratrod, fueled by his anger, manages to hit.
The energy surge from his weapon causes additional pieces of the engine to burst into flame and come dislodged. With Laboni holding on desperately, the vehicle begins to careen sideways!
-4 penalty to Laboni's Piloting check this round.

All PCs may now post their actions for Round 7. PCs may choose to switch off from Piloting or a specific weapon, but each weapon may only be fired once. One Starfinder may also forego an attack to attempt to Aid Another for Piloting. Gunners, please identify a single target and give me your attack rolls.

Bring it home, Starfinders!

Seeing the racer near the finish, Baròleg continues to help URDOA with controlling the racer. "A tie with Velocity is an acceptable outcome, if we can't pull the win..."

Assist/Pilot DC 10: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11 + 2 Pilot for URDOA

Looking at the notes, I only see one hit to Laboni from Ratrod, or did I misread?

Being the closest competitor, M'linda keeps up the fire on Orisis. "We can do it!" she shouts with excitement.

Attack/Energy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

Looking at the notes, I only see one hit to Laboni from Ratrod, or did I misread?

Hmmm. Not sure what I did there. I must have made an error when I was editing. We'll go with results above.

Prior post now edited!

"Here we go! All or nothing!"

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 - 4 + 2 = 14

With Ratrod falling further behind, Saeron turns the kinetic weapon to the closest opponent, Orisis.

Kinetic weapon, Orisis: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Jeen, seeing only one other chance to hit the last button, lines up as drop for Orisis and drops a static mine in his path.
the mine only meant as a light EMP device.

attack: 1d20 + 4 - 3 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 3 = 4

but, instead of staying in tact, the static mine blew to peaces.
"and that's what I get for making stuff out of scrap he sighs
"ah, good race though, even if we don't get first right?"

Round Seven Cont'd

Phase One Cont'd

With the finish line rapidly approaching, the Starfinders keep their weapons trained behind them. They collectively fire on Orsis, energy, projectiles, and electromagnetic pulse mines fly towards the lashunta, but their attacks fail to strike his racer or slow the determined lashunta down!

Phase Two

With her racer still acting up, Nyizin maintains speed, but can gain no more.
Nyizin moves 350 ft.

Slamming his furry fists against the console of his junk racer, Ratrod, too, is unable to do more than maintain speed, he gains no ground on the race leaders.
Ratrod moves 275 ft.

Though he dodged the Starfinders' fire, the shot from Velocity required Orsis to spend precious seconds adjusting. He zooms closer to the finish line, but is unable to reach it first.
Orsis moves 250 ft.

Having worked once, the modification that the Starfinders gleaned from Nyizin, has taken its toll on Laboni's junk racer, the vehicle is only able to move half speed. Even with the help of Baròleg, URDOA can't manage to keep the racer moving straight ahead and limps on to the finish line.
Laboni moves 325 ft.

Velocity sees a chance to win their first race, but realizes that their opportunity came as the result of the help the Starfinders gave to them. They look over at Laboni and give a nod. Recalling their promise, they pulling further back on the throttle to allow the young Starfinder to cross the line just ahead of them.
Velocity moves 310 ft.

The crowd erupts first in apparent disbelief and then, largely in a raucous euphoria!

"She did it! She did it!" the holo-announcer repeats. "She really managed to do it. Ladies and Gentle-Beings, your new Scapyard 3000 racing champion is.... Laboni!"

Final positions are now on Slides.

Well done, Starfinders!

M'linda jumps up in excitment, dropping the controller accidentally. "Wow! That was hairy." She takes a brief moment to compose herself, her breathing coming quickly. "Hoooo. Got a little bit of adrenaline going there."

She looks at her team with pride. "Well done, everyone. Let's go congratulate Laboni."

Jeen Scrambles to catch the dropped controllers and smiles at M'linda's enthusiastic joy of triumph.
he sets the controllers aside and follows, with a crazy grin on his face that his mods helped, even if the weapons didn't.

After taking a moment to congratulate the team on a job well done, Baròleg makes his way to finish. He stops to shake hands with Velocity, "You're good to word, though in fairness I wouldn't have blamed you for taking a tie. Thank you." He gives the android a firm handshake and smile.

He then steps next to Laboni as she takes in the adoration of the crowd, pretending to hug her he whispers "Alright, we helped you win. Now it's your turn to Starfinder-up and be a gracious winner. Walk up to Ratrod, thank Desna for your luck, compliment his skill and machine, and apologize for calling out a skilled competitor. Go. Now. In front of the vids." He gives her a polite nudge as steps back.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (18) + (4) + 9 = 31

Jeen looks over at the silent one sided exchange and shakes hi head as AGE roles off the vehicle to him.

Saeron joins her companions in cheering and celebrating the well-fought win.

Great work everyone! That took everything we had," she says in praise of the combined effort. Taking out her comm unit, she attempts to gather the team together to commemorate the event with a well-earned selfie. "For my vidlog," she adds as she checks the shot of anyone willing to join her.

No thanks to you, though, a voice nags at the back of her mind. You managed to hit, what was it, one? Probably just a lucky shot at that, too. Saeron's excitement with the win rapidly fades and she is a little subdued during the post-race formalities and proceedings, although tries to keep a smile on her face for the sake of her companions.

"Alright, we helped you win. Now it's your turn to Starfinder-up and be a gracious winner. Walk up to Ratrod, thank Desna for your luck, compliment his skill and machine, and apologize for calling out a skilled competitor. Go. Now. In front of the vids." He gives her a polite nudge as steps back.

"Thank you." Laboni says as the lashunta nudges her.

Suddenly swelling surge of media and fans rapidly descends upon the junk racer and Laboni. The human nods at Baròleg, then turns to face the onslaught.

"Congratulations, Laboni!" a reporter shouts, as he pushes his way to the front of the pack. A small, camera drone buzzes around, taking up a position near his shoulder. "That was quite a race you had! What do you have to say to all your new fans?"

Laboni appears to wince a little at the question, then looks over at the Starfinder agents.

"I...," she hesitates for a moment, then continues, "I made a mistake--a few of them."

"I am sorry, Ratrod." she says, looking over at the sulking ysoki. "Building a racer is hard work--a lot harder than I thought it would be. And it can't be done right with just one person. Anyone who can help get a junk racer up and running is as 'real' a mechanic. Ratrod and his crew are the 'real' deal."

"And, fortunately for me, the Salvage Union has a lot of fantastic spare parts available from which my team and I could pick from! Quality parts provided a quality racer!" she says. "One that I look forward to entering in my next competition against Ratrod and these other amazing competitors!" She flashes a smile at both Ratrod and Velocity.

This announcement is followed by innumerable flashes from camera drones and a cacophony of offer Laboni some extra payment in the form of collected gear, on top of the race’s prize money.

Following the race, a grateful Laboni presents you with a set of graphite carbon skin armor and 400 credits from the race’s prize pool. Your celebration is interrupted by a summons from Guidance. The artificial intelligence requests that you return to the Lorespire Complex.

Feel free to continue with post-race dialogue and actions. I'll wrap up tomorrow.

"well, back to the grind wheel" Jeen says "unless you wan to listen to this noise, I thinks it's best we get goin'"

M'linda nods in satisfaction, having had a moment to calm down, M'linda accepts the gifts from Laboni, then gathers the others to head back to Lorespire Complex.