Pon successfully hit the worm but does not kill it!
The worm spits at Pon, Dalinar and Minos! It regurgitates a viscous fluid in a 15-foot cone that expands on contact into sticky webbing along the ground.
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Round 1 / 2
Active conditions:
Prosper
Pon (Reflex)
Dalinar (Reflex)
Spec
Wint
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Wormy (-22)
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Minos (Reflex)
Rush
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Everyone's up, if you're not dazed by worm spit!
Wint shifts behind the Azlant, crouching down to hide
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Rush chops off the head of the worm with his bone blade, and Wint shoots the corpse with his laser, just to be sure it's dead!
There is nothing interesting on the corpse other than standard Azlanti Cadet gear -- armor, survival knife, rifle, ammo.
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The nuar has taken lessons from the squox in "How not to be there" and does not get stuck. "Oh yes, and the spit sticks you"
He then pulls the azlanti arc pistol and fires it at the worm
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The pistol fits awkwardly in his oversized hand and does not balance well as the shot goes past Prosper.
Minos pokes at the corpse of the worm for a bit then without seeing anything of immediate interest taps the badge again.
"So Sweep from the engine room towards the front?"
Seeing the effectiveness of the badge, Minos will be checking it regularly though out the sweep of the ship.
After you busily clean off your colleagues, it's time to explore the ship. The Royal Venture is small but exceedingly opulent. The ship's interior consists of sleek, durable metal bulkheads adorned with sweeping lines of gold and silver throughout. The ceilings inside the vessel are 16 feet high except in the cargo holds, where the ceiling is 20 feet high. With the power restored, the ship's interior is lit by subdued and tasteful lighting fixtures.
This enormous engine room did not fare well in the ship's crash. Huge turbines are knocked askew, wires hang loose, and red warning lights flare around the room. Most of the room is covered in moss and creeping vines. An area at the eastern end of the room contains two doors. The north door appears intact while the east door is askew in its frame. What was once a door to the south is now nothing but charred slag, destroyed in an explosion that seems much more recent than the other damage to the room.
Just as you are about to investigate further, the proximity badge goes off.
Beeep-beeep-beeep!
You hear a "Skriiiiiieeeeeek!" You look up and there are some small draconic-looking creatures with sparking spines and leathery wings.
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Round 1
Active conditions:
Wint
Dalinar
Prosper
Rush
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Purple Pest
Blue Pest
Red Pest
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Minos
Pon
Spec
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"Electrovores. Of course with the atmosphere. Wonder how they would deal with hogbars. The would be immune to each other."
He looks at his static arc pistol, then shrugs. "You are not useful
"Electrovore? What the heck is that. It Vores electros? Can't you people tell me something USEFUL"
Having no idea what energies would be useful against such a strangely named beast, Wint decides to use the trustworthy baton. Surely a stick will be able to harm it?
Ducking down for a moment to escape its attention, he then surges to his feet and whacks the Electrovore. Hard
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Well, that was the plan, anyway. Instead, as he ducks down he nearly falls, manages to catch his balance only by standing up and windmilling his arms, his baton doesn't even connect for a glancing blow
Dalinar's blade sings as it slices at the Blue electrovore. Rush crits and staggers the Red electrovore. Minos looks at the Static Arc pistol in his hand and sighs. Wint attempt to bash at the Blue electrovore, but even with Dalinar's flank, he misses.
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Round 1
Active conditions:
Wint
Dalinar
Prosper
Rush
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Purple Pest
Blue Pest (-7)
Red Pest (-11, staggered)
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Minos
Pon
Spec
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"OH, those are definitely not cute. What happened to fighting azlanti?" Prosper backs away from the one right next to him and fires a burning flare right at the torso of the blue one to the south.
Realizing the uselessness of the azlanti tech Minos fires a chunk of ice from his fingers
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Maybe I should not shoot the bolt though the pistol
Lacking cute villains to shoot, Prosper asks plaintively, "What happened to fighting the Azlanti?" as he shoots and hits the Blue pest.
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It's the electrovores turn!
"Skrieeeeek!" They all release their pent-up stored electrical energy as an area effect that does damage to everyone in a ten foot radius!
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Fur standing on end, Minos takes the brunt of the damage and gets staggered, but still manages to throw some mystical ice at the electrovores. Unfortunately, the shock throws off his aim. It has become clear why Absalom Station has notices up in all of its space docks that these creatures need to be exterminated on sight.
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Round 1 / 2
Active conditions: Reflex saves ahoy!
Wint (damage pending 1 reflex save)
Dalinar (damage pending 2 reflex saves)
Prosper (damage pending 2 reflex saves)
Rush (damage pending 1 reflex save)
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Purple Pest
Blue Pest (-11)
Red Pest (-11, staggered)
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Minos (-13, staggered for 1 round)
Pon (damage pending 1 reflex save)
Spec (damage pending 2 reflex saves)
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Wint manages to duck down just as the Electrovores fire, letting the blast pass harmlessly above his head.
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Taking advantage of the fact that the blue Vore is way over his head and not looking, Wint gets into its blind spot and lunges upward. Totally startling it but, unfortunately, he isn't able to connect with the fast moving creature
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Spec twitches wildly for a second as every single one of his feathers sticks straight out from his body in a crackling puff.
Oww ..... why does it always smell like chicken when that happens?
He takes another second to try and rechannel the residual feather static into a bit of a dispersal field and attempts to assist in Blue's forced retirement
Wint ducks under the blast, but ducks down too far to actually hit the Electrovore! Spec takes thirteen points of damage, and is staggered. He manages to hit Blue! Rush shakes off most of the damage, and slashes at Red!
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Round 1 / 2
Active conditions: Reflex saves ahoy!
Wint
Dalinar (damage pending 2 reflex saves)
Prosper (damage pending 2 reflex saves)
Rush (-2)
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Purple Pest
Blue Pest (-13)
Red Pest (-16, staggered)
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Minos (-13, staggered for 1 round)
Pon (damage pending 1 reflex save)
Spec (-13, staggered for one round)
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Pon feel the full brunt of the shock through his suit and it takes him to a knee. Not to be too phased he aims and fires at his attacker.
Pon feels the full brunt of the damage, and the shock throws off his aim. Dalinar grunts, shakes off the worst of two blasts and slices the blue electovore into two clean pieces with his blade.
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Round 1 / 2
Active conditions: Reflex saves ahoy!
Wint
Dalinar (-6)
Prosper (damage pending 2 reflex saves)
Rush (-2)
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Purple Pest
Blue Pest (DEAD)
Red Pest (-16, staggered)
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Minos (-13, staggered for 1 round)
Pon (-9, staggered 1 round)
Spec (-13, staggered for one round)
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Prospers ducks as the creatures explode with electrical energy. Seeing the blue electrovore getting bisected by Dalinar, Prosper rolls over the blocky, metallic table in the center of the room and heads to the south-east. With a clear line of sight on the red electrovore, he fires off a flare from the hip at the beast.
Prosper crisps the red electrovore to ashes!
Purple, seeing this, flees out the engine room! "Skriiiieeeek!"
If everyone wants to make a parting shot at the purple electrovore to kill it before it flees, feel free.
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You move on to the next room!
This sleek hall is well lit by gold-trimmed sconces and the blinking lights of a wall-mounted terminal near an exterior hatch to the west. The eastern end of the hall is crushed and collapsed, leaving only a doorway in an alcove to the southwest and another doorway in the center of the south wall.
Do you play with the computer?
Pon quickly moves over to the terminal, pulling out his datapad and some cords as he goes. He plugs in to the terminal and initiates his hacking program.
An image appears on the computer screen as a holographic bust of a fussy, middle-aged Azlanti man made of tiny blue glyphs. "मैं एलिओच हूँ। क्या मैं पूछ सकता हूँ कि तुम कौन हो?" He pauses, looking over Pon with raised eyebrows. "मैं आपको हमारे वर्तमान क्रू रोस्टर से नहीं पहचानता ... लेकिन मैंने थोड़ी क्षति को बरकरार रखा है, और मेरी डेटा फाइलें थोड़ी अधूरी हो सकती हैं।"
"I don't recognize you from my personnel files... but there was a crash, and my datafiles may have been compromised."
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Prosper hears the holographic fellow's statements in azlanti, and while off-screen and out of sight, he transforms his appearance to match Olajra's. He strides into view in front of the screen and does his best scowl at both Pon and at the holographic bust. With the armor that Olajra himself wore, its a pretty convincing impression!
"रास्ते से बाहर, कैडेट!" He calls out in an imitation of Olajra's clipped azlanti accent. He looks down at the console. "मास्टर ऑफ आर्म्स ओलाजरा ऑफ बरज़ाद, अज़ालंती इंपीरियल फ्लीट यह जहाज लंबे समय से दुर्घटनाग्रस्त है। सभी पूर्व कर्मियों के जाने की संभावना है। मुझे अपनी स्थिति पर एक रिपोर्ट दें।"
"Master of Arms Olajra of the Barazad, Azlanti Imperial Fleet. This ship has been crashed for a long time. All prior personnel are likely departed. Give me a report on your status."
"आह, अंत में किसी से बात करने लायक!" Ellioch's eyebrows raise, and the holographic bust straightens to attention in the presence of a bonafide officer. "बोर्ड पर आपका स्वागत है, मास्टर ऑफ आर्म्स ओलाजरा। यह जहाज रॉयल वेंचर है, शानदार अज़लंती स्टार एम्पायर के पेरेप्ट एमोंड्रिया का निजी पोत।" Ellioch pauses to provide schematics of the Royal Venture, which includes a map of the ship and a label displaying each room's name and purpose; this schematic also notes the crumpled port side and the aft starboard collapse. The schematic constantly flashes with symbols labeled “warning” and “inoperative,” and it's clear that the vessel's flying days are long past.
"रॉयल वेंचर में एक अद्वितीय इंजन है जो एक रूण ड्राइव नामक तेज गति वाली यात्रा में सक्षम है, और पेरेप एमेन्ड्रिया और इंजीनियरों और तकनीशियनों के उनके व्यक्तिगत पूरक रनवे ड्राइव की क्षमताओं का परीक्षण करने के लिए पहली यात्रा पर थे। हमने 4820 में सम्राट लॉरेंट के जन्मदिन पर लॉन्च किया था।" He says these last details as of course you would know of Emperor Laurent, his birthday, and the calendar he was using. Then the hologram's voice softens and takes on a wistful tone. "हमारी महिला और सम्राट ... वे करीब थे। मुझे ऐसी उच्च उम्मीदें थीं।"
"The Royal Venture has a unique engine capable of faster-than-light travel called a rune drive, and Parept Ameondria and her personal complement of engineers and technicians were on a maiden voyage to test the rune drive's capabilities. We launched in 4820, on Emperor Laurent's birthday."
"Our lady and the Emperor, they were close... I had such high hopes back then."
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Minos Stays out of view of the terminal taking notes, but also resting for the 10 minutes. to scrap the charred acid off his armor
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As people rest and regroup (and talk to the Azlanti) Wint whips up some quick snacks and coffee to help people recover physically and spiritually.
For some unknown reason, the coffee ends up a dark green colour. It DOES go well with the light green cupcakes though
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Spec steps through the hatch from the engineroom and sort of just .....tips over with a sound like a down pillow being knocked off a bed.
He spends his 10 minutes caressing the deck and attempting to convince it to accept his remaining static charge.
"No more fluff, yes that's right ... no more fluffy-crackly-badness right now..... aaah. Thank you."
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While everyone else settles in to rest, Olajra nods solemnly at the screen. "अपार अनुपात की एक त्रासदी। आइए हम एंड्रोमेडा के लिए मौन का एक क्षण लें।" He clasps his hands together and bows his head for a moment of silence. During the moment of 'silence', he switches his suit from speaking to the outside to inter-suit comms, then relays what the console's AI is telling him to the rest of the party. He speaks in muttered common, not expecting the AI to understand even if it can hear him. He wraps up with "Hey uh, guys, if you have any questions, I can ask them!"
After an extended moment, he raises his head and asks authoritatively "हाल ही के रिकॉर्ड्स, इलियोच का क्या? हम यहां एक लापता दस्ते का पता लगाने के लिए हैं जो इस स्थान की जांच करने के लिए आया था। उन्हें लेफ्टिनेंट शरू के नेतृत्व में पिछले 10 दिनों के भीतर यहां पहुंचना चाहिए था। क्या आपके पास उनका कोई रिकॉर्ड है? उनकी वर्तमान स्थिति?"
"What of more recent records, Ellioch? We are here to locate a missing squad that came to investigate this location. They should have arrived here within the last 10 days, led by Lieutenant Sharu. Do you have any records of them? Their current status?"
Ellioch bows his head in silence, and then says softly, "मौन के उस क्षण के लिए धन्यवाद। हमारी महिला हमें प्रिय थी।"
But he brightens again at Prosper's question. "आह हाँ, आपके रमणीय दल के बाकी सदस्य। बेशक आप उनसे मिलना चाहेंगे! उन्होंने मुझे हाल ही में सत्ता बहाल की। मेरा मानना है कि कार्गो होल्ड पर चार पहरेदार हैं, और पुल पर एक अधिकारी और दो कैडेट हैं।" Ellioch lights up the rooms on the schematic, showing glowing dots where the people are. There are even dots representing your team in this room and the Engine area.
"क्या मुझे उन्हें सूचित करना चाहिए कि आप आ चुके हैं, या यह एक आश्चर्यजनक निरीक्षण है?" Then Ellioch pauses with a frown. "दूसरे कमरे में आपके कुछ नौकर असाधारण सुस्ती दिखा रहे हैं। क्या मुझे उन्हें आराम करने देना चाहिए, या उन्हें आपके लिए जागना चाहिए?"
"Thank you for that moment of silence. Our lady was dear to us."
"Ah yes, the rest of your delightful crew. Of course you would want to meet up with them! They restored power to me only recently. I believe there are four cadets guarding the Cargo Hold, and an officer and two cadets on the bridge."
"Should I notify them that you have arrived, or is this a surprise inspection?"
"Some of your servants in the other room are showing exceptional sloth. Should I let them rest, or jolt them awake for you?"
At Prosper's interruption, Pon steps to the side and stands at attention.
Olajra nods in acceptance "वास्तव में, हमारे युवा कैडेटों की परिचालन तत्परता की जांच करने का अवसर बर्बाद करने में कोई मतलब नहीं है। कृपया या तो समूह से संपर्क न करें, मैं उन्हें कम से कम तैयार देखना चाहता हूं। हमेशा की तरह, मैं सर्वश्रेष्ठ के लिए आशा करता हूं, लेकिन वे मुझे निराश करने की संभावना रखते हैं।" He scowls, seemingly at the thought.
"अन्य नौकर? क्या लेफ्टिनेंट अन्य नौकरों को अपने साथ ले आया था? कृपया समझाएँ।"
"Other servants? Did the Lieutenant bring other servants with him? Please explain."
"जिन्हें आपने इंजन रूम में छोड़ा था। यदि वे आपके नहीं हैं, तो मुझे रिफ़ रफ़ के क्षेत्र को साफ़ करना चाहिए।" Ellioch replies, looking rather eager to do so.
"आह, एलियन कोहर्ट से सहायक के सदस्य। हाँ, मैंने उन्हें ठीक १० मिनट के आराम की अनुमति दी और उनकी सेवा के लिए इनाम के रूप में हमें बाहर के मूल प्राणियों के खतरों से हमें सच्ची अज़लंती बचाने में मदद की। किसी भी प्रेरक झटके की जरूरत नहीं। वास्तव में, अगर आप उनके लिए कुछ छोटे टोकन इनाम प्रदान कर सकते हैं, तो कुछ इन गंदे एलियंस की सराहना कर सकते हैं ...?" Olajra replies, doing his upmost to stay scowling and serious despite the fun of pulling a fast one on this AI.
Ellioch sniffs. "मेरे दिन में, हमने उन्नत अज़लंती उपकरणों के पास प्राणियों को कम नहीं होने दिया। अगर उन्होंने अच्छा प्रदर्शन किया है, तो मैं उन्हें उनके आराम और जाहिर तौर पर उनके स्नैक्स देने दूंगा। उन्हें बताएं कि मेरे इंजन के कमरे के फर्श पर टुकड़ों को न रखें।"
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With everyone rested and no one electocuted (this time), you decide that it is time to move on to the Magical Laboratory.
The door will open at your approach. Who is going in?
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If all of the conversation is translated the NEXT set of treats are going to be incredibly juicy AND crumbly Peach Pies that are IMPOSSIBLE to eat without leaving crumbs AND juice just about everywhere :-) :-)
I mean, obviously the AI WANTS to be angry at us. So it would only be helping to give him cause :-) :-)
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A snort eminates from Minos. "Advanced Azlanti Tech." looking questionably at the pistol. "I have seen more advanced and useful tech made by ysoki kits back on the station." With that he sips his coffee and makes no additional effort to not leave crumbs. "This is why I get along with the squox"
After completing his snack he gets back to his feet follow along.
Wint will follow after Prosper
"Come on, lowly members of the Alien Legion. Let us advance and pay proper homage to our Azlanti masters"
He then types out a text message
"In the name of the lets clean up this place"
Having gotten everything they needed, Olajra turns the computer console off to "conserve power". Definitely nothing to do with keeping the AI from watching them.
Once he's done, he draws his rifle back out and whispers what he learned in common. "So we should have clear going until we get to the cargo hold. And I bet the Lieutenant and two more senior cadets are on the bridge. Doesn't sound too bad... right?" He sneaks a light green cupcake into his suit and starts nibbling as he speaks. As he gets to cupcake number two and three, he uses his stern Olajra voice "Hrmph! These are far too sweet. Just like Captain★Carmine's singing voice~ Hehe..."
Once the rest of the team is ready he follows after Pon.
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