[SF] Fly Free or Die AP - GM Ewok

Game Master EwokBanshee

"Awww!" Del squeals. "They have robots to give hugs and comfort people during work hours? That's so nice! I'd love a hug!"

She follows Akh to go hug the robots, but pauses when Guess? points out they're designed to hug you to death.

"Wait, what? That can't be good for productivity."

"It's probably part of the employee benefits package. Rather than dropping dead on the job, they just end you quickly."

This encounter is really only like an hour or so after the last one. I assumed those of you who were quite hurt took 10. Akh, did you want HP healing?

Skix nods. "I suppose I could rearrange the schedule for you, since y'all are so... high profile. It will be ready tonight. Just get me that shipping manifest in the next hour so we have time to prep."

I'll need to reread the track description tomorrow morning, but it seems the map is showing the tracks moving east-west while your description says north-south.

Classic me turning the map 90 degrees to better fit Slides then not fixing the Wall O' Text.

Akh runs forward in slow motion, arms out, looking for some much-needed affection. The incredibly huggable robot raises it's arms, digital face full of comfort and joy. "HELLO. MY NAME IS BAYMA-" Then, when Akh gets within about five feet of the robot, the blue smiling screen begins to glitch. A red screen featuring a large frowning emoji flashes onto the robot's "face" a few times before staying. "TOO CLOSE. THIEVES. NOT AGAIN. THIEVES."

slam plus grab (DC 27) @ Akh: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
nonlethal B: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

The robot reaches out wide, grabbing Akh's upper arm. "HUG... SLEEP..." As Akh moves closer, he sees another robot around the other side of the cargo. The other two lovable machines' faces turn red and slowwwwwly turn to face the group.

Round 1! Everyone is bold is up!
Akh SP 31/50, HP 8/39, RP 3/4, GRAPPLED
Del SP: 25/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Strek SP 40/40, HP 36/36, RP 2/5
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 40/40, HP 41/41, RP 4/5
Guess? SP 21/30, HP 27/27, RP 6/6

Blue Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage
Pink Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage
Orange Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage
Red Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage

Guess? will take 10 to spend resolve and restore stamina.

"From what I remember, these types of bots are for less lethal security, not promotion of mental health! And it seems they currently view us as a security threat!"

Guess? ponders a moment and umhelpfully muses, "Y'know, if I designed these things, I wouldn't have bothered with the red angry face. Just keep the blue smiley face on the entire time the bot takes down its target. More confusing to its target AND save on the cost of programming an entirely different face into the bot, amirite??"

engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32

"The mine had one of these as a company therapist. To be fair they drove less people crazy than the person they replaced" gives a dead pan stare to its absolutely Zo! absolutely not holding a camera

I didn't rest at the end of the previous fight so should be starting this one with 42 SP. I also mitigated the last two hits of the fight before that, so I should be at 18 HP. Also, I intentionally flew Akh through the path that keeps him between the moving cargo lines, so I adjusted his position on the map to match that intention. Are the piles of crates too tall to reach the ground while atop them?

Wait, it really is going to hug us to death? I thought that was a joke?! Jaraduk exclaims incredulously.

I mean... what if you leaned into the hug and maybe converted it to spooning? Then maybe no death?

Guess? yells towards Akh, "Try spooning outta there! And when that doesn't work, smack it hard!"

This seems like too much of a coincidence that they start acting weird only when in proximity to us. I'm thinking this is another assassination attempt. I know you can't generally "hack" Creatures, but is there a check we can do to either tell whether this change in behavior is the result of tampering, or a check to maybe turn them off or repair them?

Got an answer Ewok that some of the crate piles are 10ft tall, so Akh will be floating half-atop one of them and not in the path of any sudden cargo projectiles. Ewok, feel free to adjust my position once you specify where those are on the map.

Akh wriggles a little in the bot's grasp "They're less soft and fluffy than they look. In fact, I think you're right Jaraduk, this one is trying to squeeze me to death. That's weird. I wonder why." Akh doesn't wait to find out why and instead pulls a claw free to slice at the bot that has him in its grasp.

Entropic Claw vs EAC; grappled: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 10 - 2 = 10 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Botting Del...

Distressed at Akh's predicament, Del casts Caustic Conversion at the robot grasping Akh!

Caustic Conversion vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Acid Damage: 4d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 2) = 8
Plus 5 more acid damage at the end of the robot's next turn.

Del then moves, squeezing into a position where she can avoid getting hit by the fast-moving containers!

Looking at the map, it looks like the best spot for Del to stand without having to squeeze is over by where Guess? is currently standing. I'll move Guess? out of that spot on his turn so that Del has a place to stand without having to squeeze.

Thanks for the bot, Guess?!

Though Akh continues to struggle within the clutches of the robot, his attacks weakened by surprise. Del doesn't have that problem, her acidic touch deflating the robot's protective casing.

Lane: 1d3 ⇒ 2 Jaraduk and Melissa, its your lucky day!

Suddenly a large 15 foot cube of cargo comes flying down the center track. It comes barreling right towards Melissa and Jaraduk, threatening to knock them over. As it rushes by, the robots don't even flinch though it passes within inches of their blubber.

bludgeoning damage vs Jaraduk & Melissa: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 6) = 21 DC 15 Reflex save for zero damage.

Looking at these robots, Strek can tell something is wrong. That red forning face feels more like an error code than a threat. Though they aren't sentient, they could certainly be malfunctioning. Once unconscious, perhaps an engineer could further diagnose or fix the problem.

slam plus grab (DC 27) @ Akh: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
nonlethal B: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

slam plus grab (DC 24) @ Strek: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
nonlethal B: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Two of the closer robots shift up and begin to squeeze Strek and Akh, holding onto their limbs. "ALL APPROACHING STRANGERS MUST BE DETAINED."

integrated voltaic anchor pistol @ Strek: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
nonlethal E: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

integrated voltaic anchor pistol @ Del: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
nonlethal E: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The two rear robots move up, splashes of electricity fizzling out before threatening your group. A few hundred feet away, you see a group of workers run off towards the front office.

Round 2! Everyone is up!
Akh SP 18/50, HP 18/39, RP 3/4, GRAPPLED
Del SP: 25/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Strek SP 31/40, HP 36/36, RP 2/5, GRAPPLED
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 40/40, HP 41/41, RP 4/5
Guess? SP 30/30, HP 27/27, RP 5/6

Blue Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage
Pink Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage
Orange Hugbot Incapacitor 0 Damage
Red Hugbot Incapacitor 13 Damage

Seeing Del squeezed up in a tight space, Guess? moves aside and says, "Come over here Del! There's more space over here to stretch your legs!"

Guess? then focuses on the red bot previously damaged by Del, exclaiming, "They may squeeze but at least they don't byte!"

Stunt and Strike (Bluff) vs CR: 1d20 + 17 + 4 - 20 ⇒ (1) + 17 + 4 - 20 = 2 or below is flat-footed
12-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2)
Damage (B): 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 flat-footed to all and -2 to saves if Stunt and Strike succeed

Y'know, it feels like every time I bot Del, I find that I have Guess? standing in a spot that Del should be standing. I'll have to pick up that scurry feat that Melissa has!

Referencing the last time something tried to grab Strek..

1-R.Arm, 2-L.Arm, 3-R.Leg, 4-L.Leg: 1d4 ⇒ 2

(and Strek suffers 1 HP loss)

When the bot moves in to hug Strek, all it ends up doing is pulling off a souvenir limb.

"For some reason, everyone seems to really like that particular arm. I mean it's definitely one of my top four favorites but it's not really all that great."

He then takes two Steps backward towards Melissa, careful to let the giant marshmallow enjoy its new toy.

reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Years of working in a mine with a similar worker safety ideology (we don't need to employ the slow) and heavier cargoes have taught the tunnel rat to keep an ear out for the destinctive clank clank sound. Her ear twitches, she ducks, and goes about her day.

swift action to flip the lethal action safety off

"Get the blue one so we can get to bed... Also the gear I got from winning the last challenge was totally the right call for this.. Floatsdam. Jetsdam getem! "

line attack blue orange red: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20 1 higher on blue.
damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 x 1.5= 9 to those three unless they're a different model than what we had in the mine.

DC 15 Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Jaraduk tenses to jump out of the way, but ends up getting barreled into by one of the hug-bots. Staring it down he swings one of his new doshkos at it.

aurora storm doshko BLUE, E damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 122d8 + 9 ⇒ (5, 2) + 9 = 16

[dice=DC 15 Reflex]1d20+4

Jaraduk tenses to jump out of the way, but ends up getting barreled into by one of the hug-bots.

Melissa looks up at the two perfectly parallel scratches in that crate from Jarduks horns "Well, we'll know if that one comes back..."

Oh, Swift Action to perceive where the next crate is coming from:

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

"Don't worry, I don't think there's any more."

Mitigating the hug, for 5 less damage.

Akh wriggles with growing difficulty in the grasp of the bot that has him. "Uh, have you considered that we're not strangers? We're uh, friends?" He offers that half-heartedly as he claws at the bot that has him in its grasp.

Entropic Claw vs EAC; grappled: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 2 = 20 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Sorry for delay, kids were sick this week. And thanks for the bot!

Del peeks out from around the corner and fires her gun, this time at the blue robot.

Vs. EAC: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12
Fire Damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 = 8

Del looks at the gun accusingly as her shot goes off course.

Guess?'s bullet sinks into the robot, releasing a jet of air. Melissa's line of electricity buzzes across the group, and you notice that the sparks cause the robots' circuits to glow where they touch. Both Del and Jaraduk's blows bounce off the thick white padding around the hugbots. Akh scratches at his offending bot, popping a hole in it's armor. As it slowly deflates, it's face begins to flicker before turning off entirely. "FRIENDS???" To their right, Strek loses an arm and backs up. The hugbot stands in place for a moment, staring at the arm it now holds. Then the digital face begins to flash a new expression, an orange shocked expression and the bot emits a horrifying screech. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Lane: 1d3 ⇒ 2 lol

As Strek keeps an eye on the northern track, a second large crate comes careening down the center aisle.

bludgeoning damage vs Del, Jaraduk, Melissa, Blue, Orange, Pink: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 3) = 15 DC 15 Reflex save for zero damage.

Reflex, DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Reflex, DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Reflex, DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

The cargo container knocks all three robots onto their backs, but they flip back up onto their feet nearly instantly despite the large black skid marks now running up the front of their bodies.

slam plus grab (DC 24) @ Strek: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
nonlethal B: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

The robot holding Strek's arm takes a step forward, continuing to "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" It attempts to hug the brakim, but just ends up halfheartedly slapping Strek with his own appendage. Next to them, another hugbot comes up to Jaraduk. Though the robot doesn't manage to grab a hold of the nuar's arm, it does end up bruising his armor.

slam plus grab (DC 28) @ Jaraduk: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
nonlethal B: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Below the track, the fourth robot calls out to Del as it fires a taser into her torso. "THIEVES WILL BE DETAINED."

integrated voltaic anchor pistol @ Del: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
nonlethal E: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Round 3! Everyone is up!
Akh SP 23/50, HP 18/39, RP 3/4
Del SP: 16/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Strek SP 31/40, HP 36/36, RP 2/5
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 10/40, HP 41/41, RP 4/5
Guess? SP 30/30, HP 27/27, RP 5/6

Blue Hugbot Incapacitor 24 Damage
Pink Hugbot Incapacitor 24 Damage
Orange Hugbot Incapacitor 24 Damage
Red Hugbot Incapacitor 46 Damage

reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

Get em on blue

[ attack on blue orange hot pink: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
[ damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Swift action look around 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

"I'm going to try turning them off and on and off and on again"

"How about turning them off... and leaving them off?" replies Guess? who shoots at blue! (or if blue is already down, then Guess? shoots at orange)

Stunt and Strike (Bluff) vs CR: 1d20 + 17 + 4 - 20 ⇒ (16) + 17 + 4 - 20 = 17 or below is flat-footed
12-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC, get'em: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 1 = 20 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2)
Damage (B): 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 flat-footed to all and -2 to saves if Stunt and Strike succeed

"You've been waiting all season to do the literal finger guns haven't you?"

Guess? replies, "Yes! And I think I'll continue shooting them at each of you at the start of every day while greeting you with 'Good morning!'!!"

Guess? demonstrates by shooting finger guns at Melissa, making a *pew* *pew* sound then saying, "Good morning!!"

Crates doing more damage than we are! :D

Akh shakes the deflating marshmallow free. It was kind of tragic, really. Such a cute and endearing design. So much malice.

He reaches down to claw at the blue one next (Or switches to his taclash to slash at the orange one if blue is down)

Entropic Claw vs. EAC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

DC 15 Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

oww, OWW!

He frantically swings his electro-scythe at the nearest hug-bot.

BLUE first then ORANGE, whichever is up

aurora storm doshko, E damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 192d8 + 9 ⇒ (6, 5) + 9 = 20
If BLUE, add get'em

With his assailant momentarily caught off-guard by Guess?'s well-placed shot, Strek focuses his metabolism on morphing a leg into an arm. Then his stomach gurgles.

"Dancing with all these giant marshmallows is making me hungry."

Full Action to change his limb configuration.

Melissa continues to show her experience dodging mine carts while Jaraduk... does not. The cart smashes into his shoulder, spraying blood across the warehouse floor. Her electrical attack is extremely effective, causing all three robots to shake in place. Akh, thrown by the adorable dying robot, misses the next Hugbot but Jaraduk gets his revenge with a cleave right down it's center. Guess? pierces the third's armor with a well placed shot and Del's magical acid burns the face plate of the final Hugbot. All three slowly fall to the ground with a soft wheeeeeeze.

COMBAT OVER! Anyone want to Take 10?

Status!
Akh SP 23/50, HP 18/39, RP 3/4
Del SP: 16/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Strek SP 31/40, HP 36/36, RP 2/5
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 0/40, HP 36/41, RP 4/5
Guess? SP 30/30, HP 27/27, RP 5/6

Blue Hugbot Incapacitor 62 Damage
Pink Hugbot Incapacitor 45 Damage
Orange Hugbot Incapacitor 52 Damage
Red Hugbot Incapacitor 46 Damage

The ragged overseer comes up on the scene soon after with a retinue of warehouse employees. Skix waves his arms. "No, no, no, no! My bots, what have you done?!" He comes up short, recognizing who he was talking to. "Oh dear. We're not live, are we?" His eyes go wide. "I'm so sorry, in my hurry I must have given the GuardBots some misphrased orders. We had some thieves come through for this cargo two nights ago and I didn't want anyone else grabbing the boxes without my say so. But... I see how that could be misinterpreted..." He looks at his feet for a moment. Flustered, he spreads his hands out flat. "I'm so sorry for this... situation. The bots must have malfunctioned." His eyes go to the brakim arm on the ground and Strek rearranging himself, and stutters. "They, they, they're only supposed to hug people. Not... delimb them..." Knowing the flexibility of brakim, he swallows hard and moves on. "Listen, we need to get back on schedule and you need to get your cargo and be on your way. Mr., uh, Zo!? Can I have a moment of your time?" He pulls Guess? aside and whispers, "Hey, we all know that this was just a sorry little accident. Nobody's to blame of course. But, uh, perhaps I could have those tapes of yours? No need to disparage the robot manufacturer like that, you see? Don't want to hurt the advertisers!" He gives a cheesey grin, then restrains himself. "If you give me those, and promise to keep quiet about this then I could offer you a little something out of the office lost and found” He gives you a devilish grin.

Akh turns to "Zo!" and stage whispers "This guy is part of the show right? Are we supposed to just knock him out now?"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

"Alright.. once we got our stuff. Melissa can't stand seeing the hugbots sad.

engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32

"Why the heck would someone try to steal these things? Most of the cost on a drill is shipping it."

Guess? as Zo! replies to Skix, "I'll tell ya what I'll do. Bring over the items from lost and found and through some TV magic, we'll doctor up these tapes to make it look like an evil competitor came in and sabotaged your robots! You'll come off as completely innocent. An actual competitor of your choosing will be painted in a less than flattering light. And we'll have some amazing action footage for the show!

"My friend Skix, this is what we call a win, win, WIN situation!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35

But if for some reason Skix doesn't buy it, Guess? will agree to hand over / delete the tapes in exchange for what Skix has to offer.

"Lets see if our intrepid delivery people can make do with the contents of the lost in found instead of an actual equipment package...."

Seeing that Guess? isn't interested in extorting anything violently from this (clearly evil) warehouse manager, Akh emits a rattling sigh and then settles atop the tallest pile of boxes for a brief rest.

1 RP for a 10min rest.

Skix eagerly accepts Guess?'s offer. "Aye, I knew you reality TV lot understood the way the real world worked! I'll be right back." He returns carrying a crate in both hands. "This fell off the back of a truck a few days back. I was thinking of finding it's owner, but that seemed like a lot of work. Perhaps you lot can take it. I suppose you meet a lot more people than I do, so you're more likely to meet 'em." He gives you an exaggerated wink. "Now, I best be getting my men to shift this cargo onto your ship. I'm sure you've got plenty of Drift to travel yet." You look inside the crate a cache of highly polished ceremonial equipment that may have been meant for a powerful dignitary. This includes a silver AbadarCorp travel suit, commander ceremonial plate, a red star plasma pistol, three Magic Missile Spell Gems, a Clear Spindle Aeon Stone, Ruby Sphere Aeon Stone, and a staff of mystic healing. How do you split them out? Want to sell any before you leave?

You know enough about Entha to assume the next stage of your mission will take you underwater. Before leaving Absalom Station, you can easily find suppliers that sell equipment useful for underwater exploration and survival (including that shop and training facility that Tarika mentioned). You have a few hours while the warehouse employees load your ship's cargo bay to make any last minute training or purchases. Last call for class changes or shopping! What downtime activities would everyone like to do on the trip?

Jaraduk should take 10/1RP after that fight.

Jaraduk accepts the misplaced crate, smiling. That's the spirit. Finders keepers!

Cracking it open Jaraduk starts to toss the items out at his companions. He stops at the clear spindle aeon stone. Can you imagine never eating or drinking again? What would be the point of living?!

Not really looking to keep any of the items. I'm unclear on how powered armor would even work underwater, so I suspect I'll need to set it aside for this segment. It didn't look like there were applicable attachemnts.

Some nice items! Shame the light armor has 0 upgrade slots and +7 Dex mod. It's a very minor upgrade for Akh, but leaves him without darkvision if we end up in dark places under water (which seems likely!). The heavy armor looks really solid if someone doesn't mind being a bit slower.

Akh looks over the gear. If he could squint suspiciously at Skix, he would. He settles for circling around the group in the air. Once the team is clear of the warehouse, he comments "We should check if any of these are sabotaged or if they'll animate with red screens to attack us once we're in the Drift. If cute marshmallow drones can betray us... anything can."

He gets ready for the trip to Entha by visiting a mechanic for some sealing and greasing around his joints, then taking a long visit to a certain themed pilates gym for some aqua-calisthenics. He emerges slightly more confident in his ability to tangle with eels, crabs, and small to medium-sized fish.

EDIT: Heh, Akh ninja'd me while I was linking everything

Strek will spend the upcoming Downtime aquafitting everyone's gear.

AbadarCorp Travel Suit, Silver (decent light armor, but no upgrade slots)
Ceremonial Plate, Commander (holy b'jeezus, 5 upgrade slots?)
Plasma Pistol, Red Star
Aeon Stone, Clear Spindle (negates the need for food or water)
Aeon Stone, Ruby Sphere (kind of neat; it's an Aeon Stone computer)
Staff of Mystic Healing (looks like 370 credits to me)

Strek carefully removes the gleaming ceremonial armor from the crate. While balancing on his remaining leg.

"Hooey. Wow. That is shiny. Not normally my style, but maybe it'll make those fish think twice before givin' me a nip."

I don't think anyone other than Jaraduk or Akh can wear Heavy Armor, so Strek will take it.

"If no one else will wear the Travel Suit, then that's definitely my style!

"Does anyone want my D-suit I? It has a tactical rocket bracer attached - although these rockets aren't likely to be of much use underwater."

Guess? will take the light armor if no one else does. He'll also have the rocket bracer available to give away which isn't a particularly impressive weapon but it sure feels cool!

I think Melissa should take the aeon stone computer - might come in handy? Perhaps sell all / most of the other unclaimed items on the slide? I'll list out their sell credits worth.

With the time left on the station, Guess? will search for side jobs / cargo before departure.
Profession (merchant/smuggler): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Profession (merchant/smuggler), merchant savvy reroll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

Guess? will spend his drift travel downtime as he usually does, researching for any potential smuggling leads/contacts.

Strek carefully removes the gleaming ceremonial armor from the crate. While balancing on his remaining leg.

"Hooey. Wow. That is shiny. Not normally my style, but maybe it'll make those fish think twice before givin' me a nip."

"..because you look like a giant fish lure? Spray some matte rustoleom on that. "

I don't think anyone other than Jaraduk or Akh can wear Heavy Armor, so Strek will take it.

Flashback to melissas two weeks of basic training, running back and forth behind the dwarves carrying/wearing her own weight in sandbags to the dulcet tones of the drill seargents "move it move it MOVE IT NORVEG! Are you late for a dance or a battle I said MOVE!!!

"All you. One of us needs to be able to run away from the things with teeth and...." looks at the leg "Doesn't look like that's you. Try not to get too much blood in it I'm a ysoki I'm used to hand me downs." looks at The goblins d suit, sniff sniffs it and pulls away "Not THAT used to them" Needs 2 upgrade slots minimum

Ship downtime I think strek and melissa are both booked for retrofitting things to work under water.
Retraining: nothing good there
Shopping: has list but then broke

Melissa Oooos at the magic missile spell gems. "Anyone else want one? I don't know why more people don't use these. " (She has an envoy talent to use them but Icly she just kind of does.. for reasons)

Strek loads up on another three weeks worth of Slurm and candy, then realizes it might be hard to consume underwater. So he stops off at the As Seen on VidTube kiosk and purchases a Basic Sustenance System.

"How have I lived my life without this?"

(belated save to see the damage she took before)
Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
No, she doesn't take a rest.

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Del looks through the gear but doesn't take anything for herself. "You go ahead, Mel." After realizing that one of the stones makes it so that you never have to eat again she gasps and drops it. "That's HORRIBLE! Ugh. Don't want THAT..."

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Once they're loaded up and good to go she hops into the pilot's seat and sets a course for Entha.

Piloting (set course): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28
Piloting (avoid notice): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

In her free time during the journey, she manages their course, aiming to shave down the time it takes to get to Shan as much as possible. Every second could count!
Piloting (manage course): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20

Akh will take the time to load up some information on Entha from Absalom Station's infosphere for reading during the trip. He specifically focuses on the publicly available information on EJ's operations there, expecting that he'll need those details in the coming days.

(Downtime activity will be Research: Entha's EJ Operations, for that DC reduction on recall knowledge attempts)

Jaraduk spends the remaining time before they depart doing jumping jacks in his powered armor, in an empty cargo bay of their ship, just trying to get used to it.

"Y'know, I get the sneaking suspicion that armor may feel different when we're underwater." says Guess? matter-of-factly.

"Y'know, I get the sneaking suspicion that armor may feel different when we're underwater." says Guess? matter-of-factly.

"If you want beef stroganof just ask Del."

"Underwater's not that bad. Just flounder around when you get exhausted, make a bunch of splashing, and all sorts of critters will come to help you out."

Del raises an eyebrow. "...I don't think they're trying to help, Strek."

Still, she files the advice away for the future. Strek did have more experience with water, after all. Maybe he was onto something...

Del raises an eyebrow. "...I don't think they're trying to help, Strek."

"They might be, did you try asking?"