[SFS/Shifty] #3-16: Silence at Outpost 634 (A) (Inactive)

Game Master Nik B.

Welcome to Silence at Outpost 634, which is our ‘placeholder’ session until the next instalment of the Frozen Ambitions line drops at the end of Jan (#3-15: Frozen Ambitions: The Preluria Connection). The intent is we will complete this then roll straight on to that.

Please provide the following for your PC:
Name:
Character Name:
SFS ID and character number:
Faction:
Day job Roll:
Boons (Happy for this to occur after the briefing)

Whoot! Here we go!

Please provide the following for your PC:
Name: EbonFist
Character Name: Chorizal
SFS ID and character number: 143948-1
Faction: Acquisitives
Day job Roll: No thank you.
Boons (Happy for this to occur after the briefing)

Hopefully I can contribute a bit more to this one!

Name: bigrin42
Character Name: Rastar
SFS ID and character number: 52459-704
Faction: Exo-Guardians
Day job Roll: bounty hunter: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Boons:

-Ally: Duskmire Allegiance (Yeti)
-Promotional: T-shirt reroll
-Social: Faction's Friend

Back for another round with the A-Team!

@Rastar, we'll set you up so you can make use of your Fusillade feat this time around.

@Viviane, I'm thinking of picking up a hireling also just so we can make at least two rolls whenever Life Science or Medicine comes up. What do you think?

Name: Scottybobotti
Character Name: J'Shun Kay
SFS ID and character number: 291458-707
Faction: SS (Jadnura)
Day job Roll: Profession Soldier: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Hirelings are great. As they can't take 10 it isn't a bad idea to have some overlap so if one has poor luck you can have another crack. With that said, with a couple of Hirelings you could cover a broader range of skills.

Set 1: Computers, Engineering, Physical Science
Set 2: Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate
Set 3: Culture, Medicine, Survival
Set 4: Life Science, Mysticism, Physical Science

Some scientific skills are certainly needed :)

Are your Hirelings going to be given free red shirts?

DoubleGold
Bodo Mars
135676-707
SS-LE
day job: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Bodo looks at J'Shun Kay to see if he got promoted.

Waiting on Vyv to pop :)

Slotting J'Shun's boons:

Faction: Second Seekers (Jadnura) Champion
Ally: Amateur Hireling (Set 4: Life Science, Mysticism, Physical Science)
Social: Scoured Stars Veteran
Starship: Analytical Tracking
Slotless: Starfinder Insignia, Basic Purchasing Plan

AHHHH, I ended up taking a(n unintentional) break from the boards and just started posting again today! Sorry if this held things up! Vyviane is here though and didn'T level up so she should be able to slide right in if it isn't too late!

Okay, so Kelvad is trained in Culture, Medicine and Survival. Commander Mahpu is trained in Life Science, Mysticism, and Physical Science. I guess we neglected to bring someone else with Engineering because Vyviane is the only one with points in that skill!

Since Rastar used a healing serum on J'Shun in the last session does J'Shun owe him credits?

No, it's part of team survival.

I want to apologize for being flaky about my posting rate. My parents are in town for an extended stay, and my "free time" for posting has basically disappeared. I am trying to find some kind of schedule where I don't miss things, but it is going poorly. Thank you for your patience.

No problem. Everyone has real life to deal with from time to time.

I don't know how many times I've gotten up from a face-to-face table to take a call from my wife.

No problemo.

Yep that's the way it is sometimes :)

We are rapidly arriving at the endgame - please ensure your reporting data is good to go.

When this concludes, we will pretty much roll into the next scenario #3-15: Frozen Ambitions: The Preluria Connection which has now dropped.

Bring your driving gloves.

On a phone won’t have access to a computer for several hours to access the map. Bot bodo as needed. He will do whatever get into position to fire at grey then the others

Oh combat is over

Thats the end of this scenario!

Sheets and reporting in tomorrow, and we will start the next adventure in about 48 hours.

As a note, we have two adventures left in this series :)

If you want to update 1387 T3-4 / 1036 OOT

I will need a bit of downtime to buy and use a mnemonic editor. Rastar is not coming together the way I envisioned him, and frankly I'm not enjoying playing him.

Mark 1 Mnemonic editor - 4 Fame.

@Rastar, go for heavy weapons and be our machine gun specialist.

Machine guns left me sad frankly, if you go heavy then look at area weapons.

A splash of operative might also be fun for a broader skills base and some speedy movement

I did a playtest of the precog with a wide line based heavy weapon. It proved to be pretty fun to play. Having an area weapon is a lot of fun.

I'd go heavy, but the Mnemonic editor only let's me roll back last 2 levels...and I took small arms spec at level 1 because I misread how automatic works :(

At this point, I think I'll have to scrap rastar entirely and play a different character.

You can still make changes and keep the small arms spec. Soldiers get so many feats it won't hurt you that much. As you get to higher levels you can buy a handcannon that you can use as a small arm and still use other weapons.

Also, if we want to keep the team together, will you be able to keep up level wise?

Do you have a higher level PC?

You can still make changes and keep the small arms spec. Soldiers get so many feats it won't hurt you that much. As you get to higher levels you can buy a handcannon that you can use as a small arm and still use other weapons.

I'll have to think about how to redesign the character.

Also, if we want to keep the team together, will you be able to keep up level wise?

Do you have a higher level PC?

Do you want an operative, a solarion, a biohacker, an envoy, or a mechanic? ;-) (wait, the mech is level 8)

Hrmm if you want to bring your operative I can probably switch to my vanguard again.

I would say someone who can do a lot of the skill checks we can't, but a big part of the fun of this team is that we can't make those skill checks. Part of me wants to keep it the way it is; just a bunch of soldiers who resort to violence all the time.

Shifty, I was double checking reporting for soemthing else and discovered that the last game (Frozen Ambitions II: Freeing the Herd) has been reported for Vyviane twice. Once on the 19th of December and then again on the 23rd. Might you have gotten a table mixed up?

Also I'm completely happy with keeping Vyviane at this table and getting her to level 4!

Chronicles Here

Next game pretty much kicking off tomorrow night.

The next scenario is 1-4 again, after that we are at a slightly higher level (3+)

Got the chronicle, thanks!

@everyone - blast or line weapon?

bodo has a blast weapon.

Line weapon it is, then

If you want wide line is pretty much a straight upgrade to line. Line stops if you fail to hit an enemy or hit a wall, wide continues if I'm remembering correctly.

Sadly, I don't have access to a wide line for another level.

Okay, I rolled back last 2 levels to turn Rastar into a "fire fromt eh hip" heavy weapons gunner, who also can rush into melee with a reach doshko. He's still unskilled at pretty much everything, though, so that'll be fun :)

Sadly, I don't have access to a wide line for another level.

Dang, I was afraid of that.

New game thread HERE

Oof, for a very long second there I got this game mixed up with a different table and was kicking myself for not setting up a new appearance for Vyviane on Acturn.

Also, Shifty, any word on the double reported table for Vyviane on the second Frozen Ambitions?

Just didn't seem to want to delete - but it now appears to be gone.