Keskodai casts a glance across the catwalk to make sure that both Obo and Raia are still alive -- and remembers that Raia is invisible. He then moves to Iseph's side before continuing his assault onto the red bully.
Barsala moves to catch up with the others and then fires at the Cyan goblin
Barsala downs the remaining goblin at ground level, while Iseph takes out the bully.
Raia spots a retinal scanner on the door, and then proceeds to work on unlocking it. The electronic lock yields to her skill and releases.
Up on the catwalk, Obo has arrived. The two goblins find themselves trapped between her and the bully. Taking their chances, they drop their guns and charge at Obo.
After their ineffective attacks, they drop their swords and surrender. Begging for mercy amid loud snivels and cries.
The bully looks on in disgust and moves back from the edge of the catwalk before firing at Obo.
But fails to damage the well armored vesk.
[u]Round 3[/u]
Barsala[u]Round 4[/u]
Iseph - SP 23/24, HP 28/28, RP 6/6
Bruneau - SP 20/24, HP 28/28, RP 4/4
Raia
Obozaya - SP 29/32, HP 32/32, RP 5/5; +1 AC
Keskodai - SP 23/28, HP 30/30, RP 6/6
Goblin Pink
Goblin Blue - unarmed
Goblin Green
Goblin White - unarmed
Goblin Yellow
Goblin CyanBully Blue
Bully Red
“Oh? Well, okay, just wait somewhere while I fight that tough guy!” Obo seems a bit disappointed at first, but immediately is glad she can fight the stronger goblin. She moves and strikes at the bully.
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Raia hears the sounds of the battle dying down and decides to investigate the computer instead.
Given the distance and time it would take to climb, Barsala does her best to get a shot at the bully
Barsala can't find a good angle to hit the bully, but as Bruneau crosses the floor, she gets a great shot off at the bully, striking them in the side as they face off against Obozaya. The bully ducks under Obozaya's swing, and yells at the cowering goblins, whose cries only intensify.
Raia approaches the computer, as sparks shower the area from the mainframe terminal which takes up the southern wall. Exposed wires are visible under the bulk of the equipment.
[u]Round 3[/u]
Barsala[u]Round 4[/u]
Iseph - SP 23/24, HP 28/28, RP 6/6
Bruneau - SP 20/24, HP 28/28, RP 4/4
Raia
Obozaya - SP 29/32, HP 32/32, RP 5/5; +1 AC
Keskodai - SP 23/28, HP 30/30, RP 6/6
Goblin Pink
Goblin Blue - unarmed
Goblin Green
Goblin White - unarmed
Goblin Yellow
Goblin CyanBully Blue - 5 dmg
Bully Red
Again Iseph moves forward and shoots with his pistol to hit the BULLY.
Keskodai moves up with Iseph and also takes a shot at the goblin bully.
Both Iseph and Keskodai make the tricky shot and down goes the bully.
"Now, tell us everything you know about this place. And I mean everything!" Obo asks them, politely.
After they are interrogated by everyone, she'll smack both of the goblins with the back of her doshko, knocking them unconscious.
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Raia examines the computers, looking for a way to safely mess with them, but not be electrocuted.
Obozaya intimidation was too polite to have much effect, but Bruneau feels she is making progress with them, but it will take more time.
Meanwhile, Raia starts looking into the mainframe guts. First thing she spots is the charred corpse of a goblin. The goblin is wearing a collection of bits of wire and computer parts, and it looks like they were trying to repair something when they got electricuted.
Taking due care and building on the repairs that the goblin had started, Raia is able to finish repairing the damage to the mainframe.
Raia cleans her hands of the goblin barbecue, grime and whatever else she found in the guts of the machine, and tries to hack in.
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Hey... goblin, goblin, goblin, gob, gob... listen, listen. We are... space pirates! And we are are likely to kill ye as to toss a few shiny gold your way... for the right price. Shiny shiny gold. Yeah. That's right. I have one for each of you that can tell me about this moon. And the one that tells me the best info gets TWO shiny bits!"
I have some gold decorative bit sewn onto my tunic and I will snip them off and bribe the goblins for more info.
Keskodai dusts his clothes and wanders around the party, offering bandages and medical aid as needed. He even pulls a few bottles of water from his belt.
Great fighting! Please, hydrate as needed. Pharasma does not appreciate desiccated corpses. It is hard to tell if the shirren is joking or serious.
Seeing that Obo and Bruneau have things well in hand, the shirren decides to go and check on Raia. Raia? Everything alright, over there?
"Doing just fine, don't worry!" Keskodai sees the keys on a keyboard moving by themselves, since Raia is still invisible.
"Was anyone injured? I can take a look at the wounds if so!"
Raia fires up the computer and begins working. The login screen asks for a 7-digit numerical code, but she is able to work around it. After a minute of work she gets through and brings up a list of operations she can perform:
• Turn the hangar’s lights on and off.
• Activate or deactivate any electronically sealed doors.
• Silence the alarms pinging within the room.
• Pinpoint the source of the mysterious signal.
• Adjust the ambient temperature between 66° and 78° F.
She also discovers a firewall protecting more functions.
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Bruneau continues working on the captured goblins, but her offers fall on deaf ears. "We no need your trinkets!"
The Archer's cockpit sits mostly intact at the far end of the hanger.
Raia gets her hacking on!
She also shares the options available to the group, waiting for their input, though it all seems quite simple.
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Keep an eye on them, I'll be right back!" Snarling at the goblins, Obo goes investigate the cockpít, remembering there was something about some tools they were supposed to find or something.
"Hey Raia, maybe we should kill the alarms then get a source on the signal? No idea what else is ahead but no alarms seems helpful!"
"Hey Raia, maybe we should kill the alarms then get a source on the signal? No idea what else is ahead but no alarms seems helpful!"
"Sounds good enough to me!" answers Raia as she turns the lights on, opens all sealed doors, silences the alarms, pinpoints the signal and sets the thermostat at a perfectly balanced 72º.
Getting into the cockpit proves to be a little difficult. The aft end is buried in debris that will have to be cleared . You might be able come at it from the other end, heading outside and trying to remove the cockpit's viewing ports .
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With a crack of her knuckles, Raia sets to work hacking the firewall. Though difficult, she manages to get through. Beyond the firewall are a few more controls allowing her to deactivate the mainframe's alarm and shock grid countermeasures. With full access to the system, Raia is able to create a link to her personal datapad, allowing her to control everything from remote.
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Bruneau keeps at the goblins and gets them to start talking. She learns that they and the others came here when the Archer smashed into the hangar bay. The goblin reluctantly offers, through gritted teeth, that their glowing green god stopped granting miracles. Due to this ominous portent, the space goblin wire-shaman, Gutproud Techtalker, brought them here to salvage the wreckage while she sealed herself away within the glowing green chamber to commune with the god.
Obo grabs onto a large piece of debris and starts yanking it out of the starship, GitS style.
"Grrrrrrrrrr!"
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Meanwhile, Raia comes out the other end of the computer room, her invisibility probably gone. "This computer is all hacked out, I've taken control of most of the place! We can move forward" She waves her datapad to the group.
Keskodai nods appreciatively at Raia's results and heads back to where Bruneau is still interrogating the goblins in time to catch their blabber about their "glowing green god" and their "wire-shaman". The shirren listens intently, then communicates directly to the party telepathically.
If we convince them we want to help, that could be our key in. I'd suggest using this religious figure as a leverage, even though we don't know if it is truly a god.
Keskodai stays silent for a few moments, then thinks to the goblins:
I am a... shaman, as well. Maybe we can help Gutproud. What kind of 'miracles' did your god grant you? Do they have a name?
Obozaya tosses debris out of the way, revealing a way into the damaged cockpit. Once inside she is able to access the ship's audio logs . She also finds a locker which has become jammed shut in the crash
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As the lights come on, the goblins look at each other with a bit of surprise. They answer Keskodai, "That! That is one of their miracles! We only know them as the green glowing god. Gutproud may know another name."
Obozaya copies the audios and transmits them to the party. Next she turns her attention to the loot cache.
"Who says brute strength can't solve everything? GRRRRR!" Obo grabs onto the locker and tries to tear it apart.
Obo tears the door off the locker and is rewarded with a leather tool harness embroidered with the name “Livewire.”
Iseph takes the tool harness.
”I am glad that we can fulfill our promise. The Ysoki’s family will be glad to get this I assume!“
"I guess that's it. Better double-check it for any surprises - that prisoner didn't seem very trustworthy to me." then Obo rejoins the interrogation efforts.
"They open doors, and make rooms warm!"
Nothing else of interest is found in the hangar or cockpit.
"I guess we should head further in? Raia, you said you had a trace on that signal? Barsala will regroup with everyone else
The signal is coming from a good ways under your current location.
"Any more questions?" Obo tests the swing of the back of her doshko, preparing to knock the goblins unconscious.
The two goblins look at each other, and one shrugs. The other turns back, "We don't know any signal, but if you want to go underground, that will take you to the spirit hole." They then point at the door to the north.
Keskodai chimes in:
Is there some sort of... passcode, or a greeting, that you use to communicate with other goblins? So we can let them know we do not mean harm?
One goblin pointedly looks at the bodies of its comrades, before saying "No." The other pipes up, "Gutproud could take you where you want to go safely."
Keskodai follows the goblin's gaze and looks at the amassed bodies for an instant while listening to their reply.
Pharasma has welcomed them, I am sure. Let us rejoice for them. But if the time has not come for your living brothers, there is no reason for us to haste their demise.
Without waiting for a reply from the goblins, the shirren turns toward the rest of the team. It seems like this Gutproud figure is the key to this mystery. Shall we get going?
"No, I'm fine!" Obo uses her cleave feat (!) to knock both goblins unconscious at once with her doshko. "Anyone got a cable? Otherwise we might as well lock them up in the crushed ship, with some rocks on top."
"That was violent, Obo. Though I suppose they started it...I say lock them up for now."
"What? They are fine, they'll wake up with a headache tomorrow and go back to shooting mercenaries like us. No big deal!" Obo tosses them down the cockpit and piles the rocks back on.