"SEVEN DAYS!" Vocklon sounds worried. He sits down in one of the chairs, pushing the unconscious form out of it. "We are going to die here aren't we?" He says nearly defeated. He looks to Boron for a small bit of hopeful news. "There any clues on that computer where we can even start looking for this site?"
"Yes, the location of the back side is... on the darkside.
That narrows it down a bit.
As for dying, heh, who knows. I died before. It's not great, but not that bad."
Boron taps his symbol of Pharasma:
"The Boneyard is peaceful...
It's where you go after that can be less fun..."
Off-white ceramic tiles speckled with green glint in the powerful light given off by rectangular fixtures built into the ceiling. Steel doors, some adorned with nameplates, branch off from the corridor, leading to the various rooms within the facility. Compact, black security cameras keep watch from the ceiling, spaced at 30-foot intervals.
From around the corner a white robot looks at you all, its shoulder-mounted gun loading itself.
”INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!”
As the robot loudly alerts, the sound of similar voices echo throughout the hallway!
Round 1
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Xagyg
Boron
Robots
Jacob
Volcklon
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Boron checks out the white robot: "That is a Patrol-class Security Robot. Every so often it can shoot an arc of electricity at up to four of us... but at the same time it is vulnerable to electricity itself."
Then Boron walks out and around the robot, before it can react because of the fight... and Boron swings at it, overcharging.
”CRITICAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED. ACTIVATING NANITE SURGE.”
The security-bot in front of Boron has some of its cracks and damage close up.
From around the other corner comes another similar robot. Out of its hand surges a bolt of electricity that arcs toward Xagyg and Volcklon!
But both of them evade it with little difficulty.
The further sound of footsteps echo throughout the hall; there’s more coming.
Round 1/2
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Xagyg
Boron
Robots (Black: -28)
Jacob
Volcklon
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Black turns into slag.
Moving into the hallway Volcklon raises his hand. A small surge of electricity leaps forth towards the robot.
EAC: 22 KAC: 23 CM: 31
Stamina: 44/54 | HP: 49/49 | Resolve: 12/12 | DR/6 Kinetic
Spells Used:
(1) 7/7
(2) 5/6
(3) 4/4
Ghost Killer Immolation Flame Spinner 14/20
Arc Pistol Battery 0/20 | 20/20
Trampling Boots 0/1
Wyrmling Dragon Gland 1/1
Force Bolt 1/1
Alternate Outcome 1/1
Boron looks around, and, hearing robots coming, decides to move over and take the brunt of their attack.
So he moves up to the door and bashes at red with an overcharged Lava.
Boron hurls Lava at the white robot, before moving over to the door and Calling "Lava" back to his hand.
”CRITICAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED. ACTIVATING NANITE SURGE.”
Red, on the other hand, steps back and fires a cone of electricity upon Boron!
Blue likewise fires at Boron!
Round 2/3
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Xagyg
Boron
Robots (White: -19)
Jacob
Volcklon
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Boron fries a bit, and remembers that when he had hair, it would stand on end with such electricity in the air.
"Ouch! That stings!"
So Boron goes into a full attack mode, swinging at red once--
--and twice!
Having a small bit more time to recollect his thoughts from the sudden robotic attack Volcklon raises his hand where a static arc pistol suddenly appears in it. He fires at the white plated robot.
EAC: 22 KAC: 23 CM: 31
Stamina: 44/54 | HP: 49/49 | Resolve: 12/12 | DR/6 Kinetic
Spells Used:
(1) 7/7
(2) 5/6
(3) 4/4
Ghost Killer Immolation Flame Spinner 14/20
Arc Pistol Battery 18/20 | 20/20
Trampling Boots 0/1
Wyrmling Dragon Gland 1/1
Force Bolt 1/1
Alternate Outcome 1/1
Boron and Xagyg manage to team-up on Red, but the robot miraculously still stands.
”CRITICAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED. ACTIVATING NANITE SURGE.”
Blue, on the other hand, starts surging with electricity that it then chucks at Boron, Jacob, and Xagyg!
Success
Success
Fail
White steps up toward Volcklon and lets loose a cone of electricity!
Round 3/4
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Xagyg
Boron
Robots (White: -19; Red: -30)
Jacob
Volcklon
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Wiping the sweat from his eyes, and thus having a better view of things, Boron now sees he is indeed facing the red robot, and so he takes has Vroni track the red robot's vitals, and then swings the overcharged blade.
Red is sliced right down the middle by Boron, leaving little more than melted metal!
Jacob moves to Xagyg and continues doing what he’s been doing .
Volcklon shoots White.
White then falls to slag.
Blue steps back and shoots at Boron.
Round 4/5
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Xagyg
Boron
Robot
Jacob
Volcklon
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With the robot fallen Volcklon turns and runs to help Boron. "Hang on. We are coming!" His voice is muffled through the mask.
EAC: 22 KAC: 23 CM: 31
Stamina: 44/54 | HP: 49/49 | Resolve: 12/12 | DR/6 Kinetic
Spells Used:
(1) 7/7
(2) 5/6
(3) 4/4
Ghost Killer Immolation Flame Spinner 14/20
Arc Pistol Battery 14/20 | 20/20
Trampling Boots 0/1
Wyrmling Dragon Gland 1/1
Force Bolt 1/1
Alternate Outcome 1/1
Boron takes a step past the door, and swings at the blue bot', overcharging Lava.
Jacob double-moves and Bodyguards Xagyg.
Boron swings at Blue, but the robot manages to barely dodge away from the dwarf’s swing AND the shirren’s shot! The robot steps back and lets loose another cone of electricity, catching both Boron and Xagyg into the area!
Round 5/6
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Xagyg
Boron
Robot
Jacob
Volcklon
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Boron takes a step forward, and swings an overcharged Lava once again, hoping that Xagyg's shot will help him hit the robot.
Boron destroys the final security robot and the halls grow silent once more.
A casual perusal of the rooms around the hallways shows one room near the northeast corner of particular interest: an office with a silver nameplate that says “Kaeon Rhyse.”
A matching chair sits behind a mahogany desk in this spacious office. A pair of filing cabinets stands against the eastern wall. A map of a vast city covers most of the western wall, studded with many silver pins in seemingly random locations.
A search of the desk finds an electronic frame haphazardly shoved into a drawer alongside other office detritus. When powered on, the frame cycles through holographic images of a young adult male verthani shaking hands with a gray-haired human man in medical scrubs, walking across the stage at a graduation ceremony, posing with verthani children in front of a school, and other happy-looking memories.
In addition, in another desk drawer is a black laminated key card. It displays a picture of a smiling verthani male in the equivalent in humans of late 20s—it is labeled “Kaeon Rhyse, Executive Director.” It is the face of the same man on the electronic frame and who left on that first day at New Elysium.
After having tinkered with the robots, Boron will look around and then rest if he has time.
»Oh, some spell chips. Can stuff them in a computer... »
With no other labeled areas of note, the group decides to go through the rooms one-by-one .
This room has more cubicles with more not-very-portable computers on them. On the northern wall are two glass cases with comm units running the Penumbra app.
Boron hacks into the computer, but isn’t fooled by the fake shell once again and manages to get around it. The same email about relocation to the black site is on these computers as well. Additionally, there’s multiple spreadsheets of sales reports and projections—apparently the recent release of Penumbra was very well received, with 60% of Cuvacara inhabitants purchasing the app within 48 hours of its initial release. Otherwise there is nothing of interest.
An oblong wooden table surrounded by cushioned swivel chairs takes up most of this room. A large vidscreen on the eastern wall currently displays an image of a black sphere limned by radiating golden light—Eclipse Innovations’s logo.
This seems to be some kind of meeting room. There is nothing of interest in here.
To the east, metal cabinets provide storage for various food items and utensils. A large rectangular device labeled “Meal-o-Matic Deluxe” stands on the L-shaped counter to the southeast. A door exits to the south.
The cabinets are filled with nonperishable canned foods as well as packets labeled “Meal-o-Matic” that display pictures of a wide variety of cuisines from prime rib to tofu curry.
The Meal-o-Matic Deluxe is a non-portable mk 2 culinary synthesizer that creates meals from specially designed packets (instead of UPBs). Each packet inserted into the machine produces a common-quality meal in 1 minute. It also has a setting for different flavors of coffee and tea, but can’t produce any intoxicants.
The group advances onward, toward the double doors to the far east…
Before anyone can react, from around the corner appears a single longarm rifle that appears to be built into the arm of a Large, white construct. Peeking around the corner appears a sort of “head,” a single giant red visual sensor giving the imagery of a massive mechanical cyclops.
A deep, booming voice resonates from the robot’s direction. ”INTRUDER ALERT.”
A massive line of plasma shoots out from the robot’s weapon, aimed directly at Xagyg and Jacob!
The blast nearly knocks Xagyg off of his feet, rushing past the shirren to also hit Jacob. As Xagyg regains his balance he realizes that he smells something burning—and that something is him!
Round 1
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Xagyg
Jacob
Robot
Volcklon
Boron
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Boron stashes the spell chips while he rests.
While checking out the rooms, he mutters: "60% of Cuvacara inhabitants took the app'... that'll be a lot of disgusting zombies out to kill!"
At the Meal-o-Matic, Boron does try to see if he can get a helping of dwarven sausages and mashed potatoes: "No beer, but better than nothing."
But he sadly has to drop all this, splattering it across the floor, when something blasts plasma all over.
His mouth full, he calls out: "My meal!"
Seeing how badly it damaged his friends, Boron is quite impressed by the robot.
"WOW! That is a Terminator-class security robot! These massive brutes are usually favored by wealthy elites or government-funded corporations for their sheer price and effectiveness. They are not, however, without weakness. These robots, like their lesser models, are vulnerable to critical hits and electricity."
Boron is about to attack... but then just pushes his meal to the side of the corridor, with his boot.
Jacob casts haste and Bodyguards Xagyg.
The security-bot once more shoots its plasma rifle at Xagyg and Jacob.
Round 1/2
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Xagyg
Jacob
Robot
Volcklon
Boron
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Boron suddenly feels a magical boost to his thighs, and rushes off with this increased movement.
He runs along the wall, and then turns in to confront the robot, hoping to leave enough space for his companions to shoot at it.
Boron ducks, hoping to avoid some elongated blade-arm or some such thing, before swinging Lava a couple times to see if it eats into this nice mechanical foe.
His first blow glances off the armor, but provides some information as to where to hit, so the second blow bites deep into the bot's circuitry, making it leak silicone.
"As I said, this terminator-class security robot, like its lesser models, is vulnerable to critical hits!"
As Boron closes the gap between himself and the security-robot, a flash goes across the Terminator’s sensor as it raises its non-firearm hand and backhands the dwarf!
Boron then opens a massive hole in the robot’s chest—but despite this Boron can clearly see the leaks in its circuitry start to close ever so slowly .
The Terminator, despite the massive opening in its external structure, stares menacingly at Boron with its single red “eye.”
”THREAT ACKNOWLEDGED. PREPARING COUNTERMEASURES.”
Round 1/2
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Xagyg
Jacob
Robot (-73)
Volcklon
Boron
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Boron cushions the blow somewhat, but takes damage.
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"60%! That is going to tear this whole planet apart..." Volcklon ducks as the terminator-class robot smashes Boron into the wall. Turning Volcklon runs the opposite way down the hall to try and circle back around.
EAC: 22 KAC: 23 CM: 31
Stamina: 44/54 | HP: 49/49 | Resolve: 12/12 | DR/6 Kinetic
Spells Used:
(1) 7/7
(2) 5/6
(3) 4/4
Ghost Killer Immolation Flame Spinner 14/20
Arc Pistol Battery 14/20 | 20/20
Trampling Boots 0/1
Wyrmling Dragon Gland 1/1
Force Bolt 1/1
Alternate Outcome 1/1
Jacob moves up next to Xagyg, total defenses, and Bodyguards.
The Terminator’s single “eye” flashes rapidly.
”OVERCLOCK PROCEEDURE INITIATED.”
The robot then disengages Boron and moves into the nearby double doors, which open automatically for it. It squeezes its way through the cubicles before turning about-face and aiming its blaster-arm toward the doorway.
Round 2/3
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Xagyg
Jacob
Robot (-73)
Volcklon
Boron
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Boron lashes out against the retreating bot', but it is moving too fast.
Although he reduced the blow somewhat, Boron is bludgeoned.
His enhanced legs bouncing along, the dwarf pumps his arms and moves and moves all the way up to the robot.
Volcklon continues to run through door after door. "Just through here" Just as he slides the final door open Volcklon wees the backside of the large robot.
The Terminator glances at Boron then at Volcklon, then swings at the dwarf!
The robot then disengages Boron once more and engages the witchwyrd!
But slams into the electronic door, causing various sparks to fly that indicate the door’s severe condition.
Round 3/4
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Xagyg
Jacob
Robot (-73)
Volcklon
Boron
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Bashed again by the robot, Boron swings as it moves away--
--hopefully connecting.
Then he moves in, imagining he will step into the bot's reach--
--and swings an overcharged Lava at him.
Round 3/4
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Xagyg
Jacob
Robot (-139)
Volcklon
Boron
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