Talke enters the room and lines up a shot on blue
Bepo moves up and takes a swing.
Moving forward and spotting the gunner, L raises an arm and points menacingly at the figure.
"Take him apart"
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Bold can act!
??? (-25, flat footed)
Tiktik (-6)
Elliott (-6)
Talek (-3)[b]
Jax (Reflex save needed)
Volter
L
Bepo (-25)
B-Bop
Bepo rushes forward, but his attack misses.
The area the lashunta is in has a stone altar in it. On top of it is a pile of electronics, wires, and explosive charges.
B-Bop draws a solid hit on the woman, eliciting a grunt of pain.
Volter moves along the wall and casts mind thrust II on the machine gunner.
The woman's head snaps back, blood flowing from ears, eyes, and nose, adn collapses, her machine gun clattering to the ground.
Out of combat!
Tiktik skips up to the dead lashunta bodies and begins scavenging for useful items. After the bodies he moves to examine the pile of electronics and explosives on the altar.
When Ralkawi approaches he says, "See? We're really good murderers. And I guess your old friends probably don't even mind since they get to go get devoured when they die. Which I guess is like an honor?" his last sentence he said in an even higher pitch than his normal as it started out a statement, but rapidly turned into a question.
"So there were 7. We saw 1 dead by that worm on the way up. 3 more dead here. So that leaves 3 more yet to deal with. Plus Tacoman," Tiktik giggles, "Or was Tacoman--" more giggles, "--included in the 7?"
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"He is included, yes. Just him and two others." She checks the guns.
"These are just laser rifles, and that's Avissa with her damn cannon. So the other two are Yves and Tukosh."
Avissa has a Squad Machine gun, a remote detonator, officer ceremonial plate, a tactical handaxe, field rations (1 weeks worth), 240 credits, and a mk. 1 serum of healing.
The other two have tactical batons, azimuth laser rifles, 2 batteries each, and a total of 250 credits.
The explosives here have not been set up, but searching the area you find several placed strategically around the room, and likely elsewhere in the complex.
Bepo will walk over to the electronics, wires and explosives.
Ralkawi, do you know where Tahomen is or do we need to just start looking around?
Bepo is going to grab some of the electronics and stuff to make what is there not usable.
Tiktik pockets one of the batteries and swaps out his and Elliot's batteries for fresh ones.
"Don't forget to reload, guys! Hmm, it looks like they are wiring this place for demolition. We should be careful as we explore. I'll disarm the ones out here just in case. Talek, d'you want this detonator? I've already got one. And which of you big guys wants this awesome machinegun?" he says to Talek and Bepo.
[B] certainly, you never know when explosives will be useful.[b] talek takes the offered detonator and stuffs some explosives in his pack before taking out his scanner and searching for traps on the door in front of him.
No thanks for the guns, all the stuff I have is pretty heavy already
Tiktik shrugged and looked forlornly at the massive weapon, "Mkay I'm gonna pile up our stuff to haul out of here and sell by the door."
"Alrighty, let's see what's behind door number two!" Tiktik said in a harsh whisper as they approached the new door.
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"Didn't the elf say that some of the lashunta climbed the mountain? Maybe he's still up there."
It looks like the wiring was only partially complete, largely over the entrance area and the area Avissa and the other cultists were in.
As your searching the outer area looking for explosives, you see in the southernmost point in the temple is a high-ceilinged sanctuary with tall, narrow windows filled with foggy, discolored glass.
Handcuffed, shackled and gagged, you see a kasathan woman here. She nods toward you and says something muffled by the rag in her mouth.
<Telepathically to the Kasathan woman> Don't worry we are here to help. Are you OK? What is your name?
Seeing a potential witness, Tiktik remembered his friends warning outside, ”Psst, B-Bop, do we hafta...” he whispered as he tapped his finger on the side of his nose.
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"Thank you," she says after you remove her rag.
"I am Dr. Olmeha Solstarni Wehir of House Raimar, Echo of Inshirsi's Dream. I am a professor of history at the Qabarat University of Xenoarchaeology and Xenoanthropology on Castrovel. I was kidnapped by those people you just killed and brought here to help them translate and understand these ruins.
"Their leader left, and outside of the guardians in the sanctum, there are none that remain here. How long until the others return, I could not say."
Ok, but we should still have a look around just in case.
Sounds good Professor. Overclock can your drone record anything or take pictures of things? Might be easier since he is flying around and can get a good view of things.
Bepo moves over to the big doors.
Also when you guys are ready I think we should start by looking around this place when you guys are ready.
Bepo will open the doors when everyone is ready.
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B-Bop holds up a hand to Bepo before he can open a door.
Now hold up dere a moment, Big. I gotta question fer da group. We got teleported to dis sprock-drek place ta get da perfessor back an' now we did. So why ain't we high-steppin' it da frag back ta da gate, like, now? Yeah, da Taco Man done got on my bad side fer all da headache and backache he and his crew put us through, sure, I wouldn't totally hate puttin' an arc charge right up between his peepers but I gotta ask what's da value in dat now, exactly? We got just wut we came fer. Why we gotta burn more ammo an' risk our necks more out here anuther nanosecond?
That is a valid point B-Bop, but as Starfinders, we should look to do what is right. The right thing would be to take this guy down so he can't do this to anyone again. Also our new friend here Ralkawi would be in danger if we left now because she has helped us. Also if he is gone whats the harm in looking around to get new cool things
I sure hope so. Not gonna hurt to take a look and see. Then once we know there is nothing then we can get out of this terrible place.
Tiktik gave B-Bop a knowing nod. Starfinding's not so different from working for the gangs. I like it!
His ears perked up as he heard Bepo, "Oh yeah! Elliot can totally take video! I could install a video camera right over there, and then he could document all of our cool adventures! Hmm, I might need to give him a smaller gun to make room..." he trailed off as he started tinkering away with his drone.
Bepo is going to suggest to use our Datapads to take pictures of everything then when we are done to move onto the next room.
Agreed, we should see if there is useful gear stored here before tracking Tahomen down. Professor, what information were you able to uncover before our arrival, and, how far ahead of us is Tahomen?
Tiktik looks up from his tinkering, "Ohhh, right. This is more of a right now problem. Mkay!" and he takes out his datapad and begins taking selfies in front of all the cool museum stuff.
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"The so-called Eyrub Paqual was a ploy, as I suspected. The man behind my abduction is a lashunta called Tahomen, who leads a significant Cult of the Devourer cell. From what I gather, he learned of ancient texts associated with the explorer Halkueem Zan’s travels
here and attempted to recruit me to travel here and decipher anything we found. What I’ve learned is that the Oatia elven culture found the cosmos utterly fascinating, at first worshiping Desna before fixating on several alien entities and celestial features to worship—especially a constellation of twelve stars, which might be strictly symbolic. He knocked me out after I ceased cooperating here, and I suspect he learned
something more in the temple’s inner sanctum."
"I overheard the others speaking when I came to, and they said he had gone to the top of the mountain with a system-wide comm unit, I assume to inform others of his cult on what he had learned. But I can't be sure how long he's been gone, or how long it would even take him, or what his plans were after."
Shall we take a look at the inner temple then? Perhaps we cab discern his destination. talek inspects the doors to the inner temple before opening them.
With a look around showing we are ready and Talek giving the go ahead, Bepo will open the door.
While the others are looting bodies and talking to the lost professor, L uses his Comms device to snap several pictures of the area, and eventually gets out his Xhinti tool kit. Seemingly very absorbed in checking out the various markings inside the temple.
”Hm. Disappointing really. Let’s proceed I guess.”
Putting away the toolkit and pulling his pistol again.
Bepo is going to open the door.
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Overclock
Volter
Talek
Bepo
Jax
B-Bop
L
R
B
G
Talek (-3)
Green
B-Bop
Red
Jax (-6)
L
Blue
Tiktik (-6)
Elliot (-6)
Bepo (-25)
Volter
The room appears to be a library. The shelves along the walls hold many scrolls and books.
A staircase leads upwards, likely to the observatory at the top of the building.
There are three stone statues resembling elves, carrying stone spears. As you enter, they awaken.
Talek is up!
can i get a translation before i start destroying these things? taleks rifle starts glowing with energy
Quietly to Talek. "It seems they don't think we should be in here as we're not elves."
Raising his voice, "We may not be of your kind per se, but that does not have to make us enemies. We seek to learn and understand the history of this place, not damage or destroy the relics within."
Standard action
and -if- that fails, Move action on the closest foe (within 60ft) for Get 'Em
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Ah, drek nuggets, more ugly sculptures'a elves, gonna make me sprockin' hurl...
B-Bop runs into the room, skirting the edge of the green statue and bounding up the stairs, hoisting his arc pistol as he speeds along his way.
Yeah, I got yer translation, Supercharge! Dey said, "Shoot me, shoot me in my sprockin' ugly face!"
Are you sure B-Bop? That would seem to conflict with the translation provided by Ellison