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"We'll use the ooze to patch up the hull. Beats using chewing gum"
Ow oow ow ow... electrovores electrovores.. We suck the juice right from your pores! finally remembering the rest of that hockey chant thats been rattling around in her head for MONTHS
Melissa will drop the eels right by Jarauk fly to the far side of the room and take out the x Gen gun. Head to the far side of the room and look for a vent or something she can fluffy ooze through.
"Hey guys. ow ow ow.. sorry. How about we fix this place up and get you unlimited food?"
Akh swims through the electrovores, keeping his mouth closed to not accidentally scoop one up. He ponders his options, suddenly regretting his choice of electric breath when he got his latest gland installed. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't have any other options for dealing with 30-50 feral electrovores that have run onto his starship while his small allies are playing nearby. Trusting his allies, he swirls in place and gets ready to punch any electrovores that get particularly feisty.
Jaraduk weaves his way out of the...
Troop?! They don't look like nuar-scouts.
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(you can draw the grende launcher while moving)
Guess? looks down the staircase, then backs away out of reach. "What a shocking discovery!"
Del casts force blast down the staircase, engulfing the swarm!
. <--- Bah! Humbug!
Reflex DC17 for half damage.
Akh claws at the electrovores as they try to batter him, floating like a butterfly and stinging like a spicy noodle.
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Melissa recognizes this troop and lets the group know that this colony is only immune to spells or effects that touch a specific number of creatures but take additional damage from attacks that hit everything in an area. Akh takes this in stride, cutting into the flurry of electrovores. His attacks hit air as much as they hit the pests, but he manages to drop several corpses to the floor.
Both Melissa and Jaraduk prepare for battle while Guess? bravely leads from the back. Del sends a wave of force down the stairs, knocking another electrovore out of the air. The electrovores swirl in a tornado, individual pests diving out to slap at you then falling back into the mass of wings.
Melissa SP 14/55 HP 50/57 RP 9/10
Akh SP 10/99 HP 60/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 26/47 RP 10/10 ; Fortitude Debilitated (-4 penalty to Fortitude saves, Constitution checks, and Constitution-based DCs. If he takes a standard action, he immediately loses 1 Hit Point.)
Del SP: 45/45, HP: 42/49, RP: 5/5
Jaraduk x2 SP 19/72, HP 62/69, RP 10/10
Electrovore Colony Troop 32 Damage
Space's tight... he remarks before blasting a grenade off of the back wall so that the shrapnel hits the troop, but not Akh or any of his other friends.
He steps out of their swarm and blasts another round off of the North wall to further diminish their numbers.
Unable to truly see what's going on downstairs, Guess? nevertheless yells out, "Y'all are doin great! Looks like you have them critters up against the ropes now! Great shot Akh! Melissa, Jaraduk your smacks are showing them who's the boss!"
I always thought Mona was the boss!
He scratches his head curiously.
Akh pulls the end of his tail closer to the rest of his body, trying to reduce the amount of area the electrovores have to smack and shock. He repositions a little to get away from the incoming blasts from his allies, and then goes for a single slash of his claw.
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The troop moves in unnatural ways, the flock avoiding the brunt of Jaraduk's attacks. However, the sheer mass of bodies makes the result inevitable. Several bodies drop to the floor.
Melissa blasts another shotgun blast into the the mass of flesh, sending a few more lightning bats to the ground. Akh, unfortunately, is a bit too in touch with the natural decay of the universe to sense where the flow of the troop is heading.
The electrovores continue to swirl in the small room, battering and shocking at each of you. The temperature in the room begins to rise as the electricity pours from the power core to the electovores to your armor. Meanwhile, Guess? and Del continue to pour in power (or at least the power of words?) down the south stairwell.
Melissa SP 0/55 HP 41/57 RP 9/10
Akh SP 14/99 HP 60/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 26/47 RP 10/10 ; Fortitude Debilitated (-4 penalty to Fortitude saves, Constitution checks, and Constitution-based DCs. If he takes a standard action, he immediately loses 1 Hit Point.)
Del x2 SP: 45/45, HP: 42/49, RP: 5/5
Jaraduk SP 5/72, HP 62/69, RP 10/10
Electrovore Colony Troop 90 Damage
Jaraduk dances around, avoiding the worst of the swarm. Desperately he sends another grenade back to the opposite wall to explode over the vermin.
Del casts another force blast down the staircase (for turn 2), engulfing the swarm!
Reflex DC17 for half damage
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Guess? watches some cute cat videos previously downloaded and only vaguely hears the grenade explosions, automatic gunfire, and mystical sounds of spellcasting in the background.
"Y'all doin great!" he yells out distractedly while his full focus is on the cat videos, breaking out in occasional amused chuckles.
Akh's being worn down without making much of an impact on the cloud of electrovores . He slaps a few more away and calls out "Too many! I really should have picked the fire breath. We would be laughing and having a nice barbeque right now on our new ship."
Momentarily staggered, Akh can only swipe once.
Del casts another force blast down the staircase (for turn 3), engulfing the swarm!
Reflex DC17 for half damage
Del casts another force blast down the staircase (for turn 3), engulfing the swarm!
[dice=damage]2d6
Reflex DC17 for half damage
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Jaraduk, Melissa, and Del fill the room with power (and shotgun shells), dropping a dozen electrovores to the ground. Akh cuts more surgically, knocking another electrovore to the ground. The swarm moves back into the center of the room, chasing after Melissa. Small tendrils of electricity pour out from the power core, draining the starship and powering up the winged vermin. They lash out in a tornado of violence, practically filling the room.
Akh and Jaraduk's mouth's begin to taste of iron as the ceaseless battering of the electrovores overwhelms their defenses. Meanwhile Melissa's outline on your HUDs begins to flash a ysoki-shaped yellow.
The swarming troop's numbers have thinned - allowing you to see more clearly through the mass - and the electrovores are beginning to show signs of slowing down. Melissa's trained eye can tell that a few more large explosions should disperse the lot of them. All the while Guess? is upstairs watching something similar (although a lot more cute) being done with a herd of kittens and a rotating laser display.
Melissa SP 0/55 HP 24/57 RP 9/10
Akh SP 0/99 HP 59/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 26/47 RP 10/10 ; Fortitude Debilitated (-4 penalty to Fortitude saves, Constitution checks, and Constitution-based DCs. If he takes a standard action, he immediately loses 1 Hit Point.)
Del SP: 45/45, HP: 42/49, RP: 5/5
Jaraduk SP 0/72, HP 51/69, RP 10/10
Electrovore Colony Troop 155 Damage
The flashing ysoki outline snaps Guess?'s attention away from the cat videos. "Looks like a hero is needed!"
Guess? moves to the top of the staircase, scurrying into position more or less underneath Del, and fires into the swarm of elecrovores!
"Y'know, this might've gone more easily if we retreated up the stairs and drew them critters away from the power core..."
Guess? follows up his statement with puke as a wave of nausea washes over him!
Akh's committed to his course at this point, and only hopes that the electrovores scatter before he gets much more badly battered.
Not feeling so well, Jaraduk rushes down the nearest steps and sees that most of the team is already congregating there.
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Melissa, seeing double, shoots into one of the gaps in the swarm and doesn't hit any electrovores. Guess? and Akh defend her and Jaraduk's escape, taking down a few more electrovores. Del takes down a few more, but not enough!
The electrovores, with only one more target threatening their precious food source, hone in on Akh. They pummel him in the corner, bruising his metallic muscles. Oddly enough, the electrovores stop shining and the electric bolts from the power core have stopped. Perhaps they are running out of steam? Perhaps they don't think Akh is a full threat?
Melissa SP 0/55 HP 24/57 RP 9/10
Akh SP 0/99 HP 49/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 25/47 RP 10/10 ; Fortitude Debilitated (-4 penalty to Fortitude saves, Constitution checks, and Constitution-based DCs. If he takes a standard action, he immediately loses 1 Hit Point.)
Del x2 SP: 45/45, HP: 42/49, RP: 5/5
Jaraduk SP 0/72, HP 51/69, RP 10/10
Electrovore Colony Troop 193 Damage
Akh does his best to shred the electrovores before rushing back up the stairs with Melissa's hurry.
Jaraduk runs back to the bottom of the stairs where we has a clear view up the stairs and aims his grenade launcher that way.
Guess? fires another shot but loses focus as he continues to suffer the poison's after effects!
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Akh strikes into the swarm, cutting another diagonal swathe of cleaved electrovores. He flies up the stairs with the winged beasts fast on his heels in a rotating cyclone. Another well placed grenade from Jaraduk flashes light and shrapnel into the enclosed stairwell. As you blink your eyes, you see the electrovores scattering. They disperse into a dozen directions. The pests fly over your heads, back down the stairs, into the ventilation shafts, and wriggle beneath the floorboards.
COMBAT OVER!
Melissa SP 0/55 HP 24/57 RP 9/10
Akh SP 0/99 HP 49/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 25/47 RP 10/10 ; Fortitude Debilitated (-4 penalty to Fortitude saves, Constitution checks, and Constitution-based DCs. If he takes a standard action, he immediately loses 1 Hit Point.)
Del SP: 45/45, HP: 42/49, RP: 5/5
Jaraduk SP 0/72, HP 51/69, RP 10/10
Ah! They just scattered. You know how it is. Once you get electrovores, you always have electrovores.
He frowns at this. He also drops to a sitting position, leaning against the wall at the top of the stairs and exhaling deeply.
Akh happily takes a short rest after the electrovores are dispersed. "We need some industrial strength poison gas to push through the vents. Can't go having a whole pile of electrovores gnawing on the power core while we're flying. Speaking of, maybe we should check if it still works after that?"
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Melissa wades through the several millimeters of gore splattered across the floor of the engine room. Among the many dismembered and cleaved bodies, she does find a few electrovores that are still patchable. After splinting their wings, Melissa does the same for your own group. As Melissa squeaks into the vents, something itches in the back of your mind...
Those electrovores are definitely still aboard the ship. It's clear this is their feeding ground. While you could shell out a few thousand creds - assuming you weren't Burned anymore - you could also turn off the ship’s power core. After a few days without food, the electrovores will abandon the ship for other easy sources on Station.
Akh pulls over his more engineering-minded teammates to the power core and nudges them until they do a systems check. Once up close, after stepping over the electrovore detritus and bloody remains, you notice a keyhole at the top of the control panel. Without it Melissa is unable to get into the mainframe. Knowing the military encryption that protects starship systems, Melissa does not have much faith in her ability to hack in without that key. But from the basic screen, Melissa can tell that the electrovores actually may have supported the engine far past it's expected life! The longevity of this model is more extensive than it's production date would have you believe. Perhaps the consistent cycling that sated the electrovores' hunger kept the old engine healthy. While the power core's blue glow is faintly throbbing, it will be enough to get the ship up and running. Once there, the system will recharge and be almost as good as new.
Melissa SP 55/55 HP 38/57 RP 9/10
Akh SP 99/99 HP 63/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 39/47 RP 10/10 ; Fortitude Debilitated (-4 penalty to Fortitude saves, Constitution checks, and Constitution-based DCs. If he takes a standard action, he immediately loses 1 Hit Point.)
Del SP: 45/45, HP: 49/49, RP: 5/5
Jaraduk SP 72/72, HP 65/69, RP 10/10
After getting some medical attention, "Huh. I'm feeling better than I have all day! Can we go beat up on some more electric space eels so that Melissa can give me some more medical lovin? Errr... treatment?"
Looking over at Melissa, "No? Well, I had to ask didn't I?"
Guess? will look around the power core area for anything salvageable. After that, he'll suggest the crew visits the bridge next.
Del watches Melissa patching up the electrovores. After a moment, she remarks, "Anyone know a good place to relocate these little guys?"
As the others continue to look around the starship, she shrugs. "There's more pressing matters, I suppose."
Del looks around for anything of value or interest while her more technically minded pals see what needs fixing.
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to Del
"I can run a cable outside and set up some sort of feeding station, then insulate everything in here, or just use a capacitor on the feeding station and turn this off. I gotta be honest chances are a few of these will be following us home though. I doubt anyones leaving if they're nesting. " she checks her datapad " Search, "Are Electrovores easier to housebreak than goblins". "
TO Guesse
Nope. Without a hospital and their fancy equipment I can only duct tape you about once per day. If you get hit those stitches are popping open.
Akh looks at the keyhole "Hmm, Ratrod should have given us the key to this too, but it seems we have another very much expected catch on our hands. Probably unlikely, but the key could be on the bridge. I suppose we should check there next. Maybe that's full of electrovores too."
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With the electrovores saved - as much as they can be - the group heads to the bridge to find a key, a way to get this ship working, and maybe a few extra socks. You head through the Engine Room and up the far stairs into the Bridge. Once there you are sorely disappointed. The basic architecture of the ship’s bridge remains sound, but electrovores have devastated the electrical work. Chewed, tangled wires carpet the floors, while gashes and cracks splinter every computer monitor. Everything from the captain’s chair command keys to the pilot’s joystick hangs together by strained shards of plastic and strips of metal. While the bridge is not going to win any beauty pageant awards, it looks workable. A few taps of the keys and Melissa is able to get power fully throughout the ship. Lights flicker, fans whir, and the lifts in the cargo holds hum to life.
Jaraduk, from his old days flying the edges of space doing less-than-reputable things, recalls that one of those lifts led somewhere you haven't seen. A hidden hold, perhaps? He leads you to the aft cargo hold where you head up the lift . You head up two levels to a tech workshop! This was likely once a wondrous laboratory, but you can see that the electrovores have ravaged its electronic equipment and the scavenger slime pilfered its metallic contents to make the room all but useless. Its tool shelves lie empty, and its robotic arms hang listlessly. One floor-level cupboard remains sealed behind a padlock.
You bypass the analog lock to find a dusty X-ray visor and an old but intact set of computer equipment designed for a starship interface. With these parts a computer expert could improve the mark of the ship’s defensive countermeasures by 1.
You continue to walk through the ship, searching for loot or any other surprises. You follow the mysterious stairs in the mess hall upwards and find the Captain's Quarters. This room overlooks the starship’s sorry exterior through a shattered windshield. The mattress appears intact but ancient and hard, while dust blankets the desk. However, a keyring bearing a transparent, bean-shaped jewel and a single key lies inside the desk drawer underneath some stiffened and illegible papers. The key looks like it will fit the Rust Bug’s power core! Del and Melissa recognize that the jewel is a mk 3 air elemental gem.
A computer system with a ship interface? The key in the captain's quarters? This ship is almost begging us to fix it up. Replace the quarters windshield. Lots of dusting. A call to gotjunk.sphere. New sleeping mattresses. We've got our work cut out for us. I would love to restore that tech workshop too, but one thing at a time.
He seems to be taking an inventory on his datapad like a real-estate nuar fixing to flip a property.