GM Nomadical's Great Grav-Train Robbery (Inactive)

Game Master Nomadical

LNA moves up and fires at red, or green if red is dead, then to yellow or blue in that order if their dead, after trick attacking sleight of hand: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 and he will be Flat footed vs KAC dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 dmg: 3d8 ⇒ (5, 3, 3) = 11

It looks like both Red & Green are flat-footed, and the other two are hooking up cables... so I'm going to guess they don't have weapons at the ready to react.

Barat shoves his way past the thoroughly discombobulated henchmen, taking point near the ones who are hooking up the cables.

I have Improved Combat Maneuver(Sunder). I would like to use that to break through one of the cables in the hands of one of the cronies. If there's a cable that's already connected, I'll attack that one, because presumably it has a lower AC than the KAC+8.

Entropic strike, sunder: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 9 + 4 = 25
Entropic damage(acid/bludgeon, force): 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 6) + 10 = 17

With the eel fallen, Kevan adjusts the crane controls to target the enercopter and move it away, if possible. "This bear advises you to give up and leave!"

Attack roll, if applicable: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

sorry to keep you waiting, I'll post when I land in the US tonight

Aramesh is going to use Get'Em with a RP to affect all of the enemies within 60ft. Then they are going to throw a grenade at the Green Goon.

With the Eel/lizard thing dead, Aramesh turns their attention on Royce and his goons.

"No problem at all Royce. I hope this thrashing I am about to give you and your goons isn't a problem however. Boys, Get'Em all! Secure the package!"

Ranged Shot: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 82d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1) + 3 = 8

Jesus, that is it. No more shooting lol.... Straight support. My rolls to hit have been trash and now this...

Grenades target a grid intersection, not a person, so I don't think you get the Get 'Em bonus ... but your target DC is only 5 ... which doesn't matter if your roll is a 1. ;) You have to roll something to see how it deviates, ...

If you miss on a ranged attack with a thrown weapon, the weapon lands in a random square or grid intersection as appropriate near your target. To determine where it lands, roll 1d8. This determines the initial misdirection of the throw, with 1 falling short (off-target in a straight line toward the thrower), and 2 through 8 rotating around the target creature or grid intersection in a clockwise direction, as illustrated in the diagram above. After you’ve determined the misdirection of the throw, roll 1d4. The result is how many squares away in that direction the weapon lands. Source

Since incendiary grenade 1 has a 5-foot explosion, my vote would be to aim where Green/Yellow/Red intersect. If you roll 3 on your D8 and 1 on the d4, then you'd still hit three of them (and me, but I can take it). Of course, there's also a chance you're going to blow up our loot.

If we're going to be using grenades, I would suggest chucking them at the helicopter.

"It would be easier to secure the package, boss, if you would stop throwing grenades at the package... not to mention me."

Typo. That is supposed to be a ranged shot with my laser. I was thinking grenades and accidentally wrote it. Editing. Nice, can't edit. Not grenades though, laser shot.

The sound of combat almost drowns out the crackle of the comm unit and the sound of Arda’s voice. “What in tarnation’s goin’ on down there? Whatever ya done, it’s alerted every damn body on the train, and...” She trails off. “I can’t get in there with the other chopper down there, even if the bulls weren’t all riled up to shoot me down. ‘Specially not with y’all so close to the—”

The comm goes silent with a blast of static as Royce looks down at you with an evil grin.

The shifty SRO tricks Red into looking the other way and then shoots him in the leg. It nearly takes his leg off, and he’s left barely able to stand. That doesn’t prevent him from carefully stepping away from Barat and returning fire at LNA.

Semi-auto pistol: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
But the pain and blood loss are clearly too much for him.

Barat slips between the thugs and his tentacle glows with entropic energy. He strikes the coupler that Blue is holding. It breaks in half then begins to dissolve, and Blue suddenly drops it to the floor of the car. ”What the…? Hey, don’t do that,” he admonishes Barat as he draws his sword and retaliates.

Sword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Like his buddy, he misses horribly, though he doesn’t have the excuse of being mangled.

Kevan pushes the copter away with the grav beam forcing Royce to fight the controls to maintain his position. Green begins to ascend on an auto-winch just as Yellow finishes hooking up the last grapple connection. Then he too begins to ascend. Barat may take an AO against Yellow.

Barat 1, Kevan 2: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Royce says something to the gunner, who shifts his aim at the bear targeting his ride.
Artillery laser: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Royce should really have paid more for some thugs that could actually hit something.

Good timing Aramesh. You can’t edit a post on the Paizo forums after 1 hour. I was just about to post based on the grenade thing, but yeah, I can see you wrote ranged shot. Fair enough.
Aramesh tries to shoot into the mix. But he really needs to practice, or just go back to being the Face.

ROUND 7 & 8
Slide 7: Who let the Lizard out!
Everyone may act

Aaramesh
Royce’s cronies
LNA-464
Kevan
Barat (IB’d, -16, Pending AO)

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Are any cables from Royce's copter currently attached to the crate?

Barat swipes at yellow.

Entropic Strike of Opportunity: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Entropic strike damage(acid/bludgeoning): 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 5) + 10 = 20

With one of the enemies fleeing, he turns his attention to the one that's still there and holding a sword.

I believe this guy is uninjured, so I'll spend 2 EP to boost the attack damage

Entropic Strike vs. Blue's EAC: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Entropic Damage(acid/bludgeoning, boostedx2): 2d6 + 10 + 2d4 ⇒ (5, 6) + 10 + (4, 2) = 27

Assuming that there are no cables connected to the crate:

Kevan ducks to the side as the laser blast sizzles into the deck plating near him, then if possible tries to shake the enercopter to throw off the gunner's aim. If not, he'll just continue to push it away.

Crane style attack!: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11

That's what I get for trying to be fancy.

Kevan can see several cables dangling from Royce’s enerocopter. Green ascended one, and as Yellow starts to rise, Barat lashes out and amputates the thug’s arm. He manages to get the rest of the way up, though, spraying blood all over the crates, the grav crane, and the body of the eel before Green tends to the wound to staunch the bleeding.

Barat then turns his attention to the guy with the sword. The boosted entropic forces in his tentacles slice straight through the thug, leaving a pair of legs standing for a split second before falling to the deck plates. It’s really a bad day to be working for Royce.

The Gentleman Thief and amateur pilot continues struggling to control the copter, but it got a little easier when Kevan twitched the control handle the wrong way. With two thugs aboard and one in pieces below, Royce starts reeling in his score. It wobbles but begins to rise off the flooring.

Kevan, you can make Engineering checks instead of attack rolls. But a 4 on the die still doesn’t clear the DC of 19.

ROUND 7 & 8
Slide 7: Who let the Lizard out!
Aramesh & LNA may act

Aaramesh
Royce’s cronies
LNA-464
Kevan
Barat (IB’d, -16)

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Kevan shouts out, "This bear thinks that the only good thing about working for Royce is the severance package!"

LNA will trick attack and fire at red trick: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19 hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 vs KAC dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 trick dmg: 3d8 ⇒ (6, 6, 6) = 18

"Here goes nothin!", Aramesh thinks to themselves. Then he flies towards the copter, readying a grenade...

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

He then throws the grenade, not able to shake the feeling he might had noticed something.

Grenade throw: 1d20 ⇒ 4

You know what, no more ranged anything lol...

The dice module does not love you, Aramesh.

LNA takes Red’s other leg off, and the thug drops dead before his torso even hits the floor plates. He only had 2 hp left

Aramesh flies up to just above the open car rooftop and pulls a grenade from his belt. As he cocks his arm back, he glances towards the front of the train, and what he sees takes only a split second to sink in. Grenade still in hand, he dives back down into the cargo car, screaming ”GET DOWN!”

What Aramesh saw was the rapidly approaching entrance to a massive tunnel through the mountain range separating Steepshore from the desert. Royce’s enerocopter suddenly slams into the wall just above the entrance and explodes in a fireball killing (almost) everyone aboard.

As luck would have it, Royce witnessed Aramesh’s panicked dive and looked up glimpsing the tunnel entrance just in time to leap free a moment before impact. He lands at the back of the car next to one of the storage compartments, flings open the nearest locker door, and seals it behind him.

The crates drop back to the ground, the cables having been severed by flaming shrapnel and debris. They’re practically right where they had been and apparently undamaged.

The grav-train rushes on through darkness broken by the regular flickering of lights mounted on the tunnel walls. The sound of whistling wind overhead is replaced by an ominous silence as the train barrels down the tunnel at top speed, its frictionless runners barely making enough sound to echo off the cavernous walls as they fly by.

You’ve got the artifact, but the train has been alerted to your presence, and you’re trapped in a tunnel headed for an underground complex crawling with law enforcement and Ixo goons. Your only consolation might be that Royce is worse off than you are, as it quickly becomes apparent that the storage compartment in which he took refuge can’t be opened from either side; the main console has gone into lockdown mode along with the doors at both ends of the car, and it can’t be used.

Suddenly, your comm units crackle to life, and after a moment of static, you recognize Arda’s voice. “Come in! Are ya alive in there? Did ya make it? Damn! I was sure y’all were gonna cash in back there. That’s on me for doubting ya, I guess. Listen, I reckon ya ain’t got long before that train pulls into Steepshore, and that oughta be more than enough time for Ixo to throw together one helluva welcome wagon. If ya could handle that last hullabaloo, though, I suppose ya could still wriggle outta this.”

“So listen up. I know a spot about a mile outside the station where I can set down and wait for ya; I’ll send ya the coordinates. Ya make it out there alive, and we might still pull this thing off. It ain’t gonna be easy, but I’ll do what I can. Ya still in the cargo car? Tell me what yer thinkin’, and I’ll check the manifest and see if any o’ them crates has anything useful inside.”

See Discussion please.

As you take a minute to discuss your options, LNA and Kevan sway the team to consider trying to get out of the terminal as quickly as possible. Briefing Arda of your plan, she comms back, “Just gonna burn breeze, eh? Honestly, probably the best idea. If I know Ixo, they’ll bring out the big guns for something like this. I think I seen somethin’ on the manifest about a buncha vehicles in one o’ them containers. Let’s get that open and see if we can light on somethin’ speedy enough to get ya outta there in one piece,” your jububnan copter pilot says with a hint of respect in her voice.

Arda directs you to the other large cargo container in the car. Like the other crates, it’s already unlocked. Inside is a two-level rack containing four classic hover cruisers in pristine condition.

Your sweet sweet ride

While there are enough cars for everyone, it’s apparent from your predicament that you’d be wise to squeeze into one car and let LNA drive. It’ll be a tight fit with Kevan taking the shotgun seat so that his bulk shares space with the small pilot, and he might end up hanging partially out the window anyway.

You’ve got about 10 minutes to rest if you so choose. (I assume Barat takes 10 to restore Stamina. If you opt not to in order to preserve Resolve, let me know.)

As everyone gets settled into their seats, and with the artifact safely stowed in the trunk, the grav-train begins slowing and shortly hums to a stop. The darkness of the tunnel is abruptly replaced by the bright interior lights of the Steepshore train terminal augmented by numerous spotlights all targeted on cargo car 67C.

Under normal circumstances, this platform would be swarming with passengers waiting to board and laborers waiting to unload cargo. It would also have far fewer security barriers and sniper nests.

A bullhorn-amplified voice announces: “Steepshore! End of the line. To most of our esteemed guests, we would like to extend our warmest greetings. To the scum in 67C: you are surrounded, outgunned, and outnumbered. Disembark now with any and all appendages in the air, and we might go easy on you. You have ten seconds before we open fire. Ten...”

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Each round, LNA performs a Pilot action, while everyone else uses standard actions to return fire at attacking security forces or otherwise assist in the escape.

For PBP purposes, everyone may post their actions as you’re able, and I’ll sort out the results into the normal Vehicle Chase phases.

ROUND 1
The Chase is On!
Everyone may act

Everyone ready, well, this will be a bumpy ride He will swerve left and right to put confuse the enemy.
Evadepiloting: 1d20 + 15 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 15 - 1 + 2 = 21 includes the penalty from zone.
edit almost forgot, our vehicle has its own piloting, hence the +2 added.

Loading their prize into the back seat between him and Aramesh, Barat brings his shoulder-mounted laser online. He leans toward Aramesh, glancing toward LNA in the driver's seat. "You realize he is going to kill us all, right?"

Is providing cover fire allowed in vehicle combat? Also, do I gain EP at the start of vehicle combat (in case we get engaged)?

DC 14 Engineering; trying to avoid a 1: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 2 = 24

"This bear notes that these vehicles are built for speed. This bear isn't sure whether the excess loading--" He pats his belly. "--will void the warranty, though."

Kevan readies a manipulate tech spell if anything liable comes within range.

Aramesh looks at Barat, "Well we aren't dead yet chum. Let's enjoy the ride and see how it goes!"

Yeah I was wondering if I could to harrying fire since I can't hit the broadside of a barn. Also I just realized that LNA hasn't been played as a woman lmao. I got totally confused when I saw "he" as I was like, "Wait, Elena is suppsed to identify as female." LNA=Elena lol. I swear my brain.

LNA revs the engines and leaps the Hallajin out of the car and onto the Boarding Platform, swerving and weaving around trash bins, benches and newsstand kiosks. You find that the boarding platform has been cleared of civilians but is now a quagmire of heavy barricades and armed station personnel.

Kevan gets ready to cast a spell on a weapon, sniper system or vehicle as the opportunity presents itself.

As you come roaring across the platform, the bullhorn voice stops counting. “Okay scum, now you’ve done it. ENGAGE AT WILL!” With that, three armored hovercycles peel out of hiding from behind a billboard.

The each take a turn trying to ram you

Collision Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
Damage B: 3d4 ⇒ (4, 3, 3) = 10

Collision Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Damage B: 3d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 3) = 7

Collision Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Damage B: 3d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 3) = 5

The first one smashes into your rear bumber and tears off one of the tail fins. Thankfully they’re more decorative than functional, but still, that’ll definitely lower the resale value. The second smashes a headlamp, but the third gets distracted by the oversized bear in the passenger seat and misses completely.
FWIW, that crit doesn’t do double damage cause it’s not an “attack roll.” It’s a Piloting check that happens to result in damage.

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Each round, LNA performs a Pilot action, while everyone else uses standard actions to return fire at attacking security forces or otherwise assist in the escape.

For PBP purposes, everyone may post their actions as you’re able, and I’ll sort out the results into the normal Vehicle Chase phases.

ROUND 1 Combat Phase
The Chase is On!
Everyone (Except LNA) may act

Your sweet sweet ride -5 of 80 hp

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@Barat: Yes. A Vehicle Chase is a variant form of Vehicle Combat, so, yes, it’s combat and Entropic Pool triggers on entering Combat. Normally we’d roll Initiative too, but I skip that for PBP chases.

@Barat: Yes, you can do covering fire. Per the CRB, pg 284: “Characters can take the usual actions they can in combat. // As a default, vehicles in the same zone are considered to be about 50 feet apart. … Vehicles one zone apart are about 200 feet apart.” Remember to include the Attack modifier (-2 currently) for attacking from a moving vehicle.

Barat, being from a species of genderless squid people, frequently gets confused on gender references and pronouns.

"Thanks ... I prefer this to using the laser." A tentacle lashes out at one of the enercycles. He points at another one and says to Kevan, "You bear do something about that one"

Using my move action to spend entropy point to boost damage. Not sure if there is any way my Sunder improved combat ability could come into play here, if it makes more sense to attack the cycle itself than the driver.
Entropic strike vs EAC: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 = 14
Entropy damage: 2d6 + 10 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 10 + (3) = 22

I don't think I have used a reroll yet, so I will reroll that attack
Entropic strike vs EAC: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 2 = 17

Eh, not much better.

Ouch, they hit us. Luckily, hopefully you all can destroy them, the ones that hit us. Also, did they engage our vehicle when they rammed us? Just want to be sure I have to use the Break free action next.

My mistake; the manipulate tech spell only works on unattended items.

Kevan draws his pistol. Leaning out the window, he attempts to distract one of the hovercycle drivers with covering fire.

Normal attack roll, including moving vehicle penalty: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 - 2 = 12

"Well that wasn't pleasant at all!", Aramesh says as the vehicle gets rammed and jostle the colony, making all the individual bugs vibrate and wave under his clothing.

"Chums, get that one that just rammed us and maybe we can get them off of us. We don't have to wreck them, just get away!"

I guess I will Get'Em the Engaged(?) vehicle and take a shot? I am guessing that can work?

Ranged Shot: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 62d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2) + 3 = 8

For the love of.. You know what, I am just going to be emotional support. I got nothing else...

Barat flails his tentacles at the incoming cycle but it speeds away to safety before he can make contact. Kevan fires a teleporting round at the bike, adjusting his shot based on Aramesh’s tactical advise. (Would’ve been a miss without Get ‘em!)
Kevan’s damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 = 6
Sadly, it just leaves a dent in the armor, not really doing any damage. (Hardness 6)

But at least the bear hit it, which is more than can be said for Aramesh, who almost takes out the side mirror by Kevan’s paw with his shot.

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Each round, LNA performs a Pilot action, while everyone else uses standard actions to return fire at attacking security forces or otherwise assist in the escape.

Reminder: Everyone may post their actions. I’ll sort out the results into the normal Vehicle Chase phases.

ROUND 2
The Chase is On!
Everyone may act

Your sweet sweet ride -5 of 80 hp

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Collisions don’t count as being Engaged. Think of them as in between Ranged and Melee, more like someone using Spring Attack. They make an attack involving physical contact, but then they race away back to the safety of range. So, @LNA: No you don’t need to do a Break Away cause they didn’t Engage. @Barat, no you can’t target them with Melee even though they ran into your vehicle. Nor can you Sunder. But since I couldn’t clarify that in time, you still have your reroll.

Can Kevan hold a junk shard spell (40' range) to attack one of the 'cycles when it goes to ram?

Max tries something risky this time, a double maneuver. He steps on the gas and takes the most direct route. He evades by making sharp turns and jerks.
piloting evade: 1d20 + 15 - 4 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 15 - 4 - 2 + 2 = 22
and piloting speed up: 1d20 + 15 - 4 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 15 - 4 - 2 + 2 = 30 double manuever penalty, zone penalty and Vehicle bonus added

Barat provides some covering fire with his shoulder-mounted laser, directed toward the nearest of the enercycles.

Covering fire vs. DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Just barely made it! :)

Just Get'Em and firing. Not much to do.

"Grr, get them off of us!"

Ranged shot at closest: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

You know what, you can almost bot me this chase. Lmao I give up on shooting so much ain't much else to do.

Sorry about the delay in answering and posting. @Kevan: per RAW, no, as the spell range is 40 ft and anyone not engaged is considered to be at 50 ft range. But there’s 3 of them and they’re dodging and weaving and ramming, so I’ll allow it given the way you phrased it. Go ahead and take your readied Junk Shard attack for Round 2 and your Round 3 action, also.

Kevan focuses on the debris in the area plus a few bits still falling off the smashed up tail fin. He blasts one of the cycles as it closes in.

Barat and Aramesh lay down covering fire, one on purpose, the other just winging it.

Contrary to the expectations of those two in the back seat, LNA not only doesn’t get them killed, he smoothly swings the Hallajin around a pillar, cuts straight across the Main Concourse, out the grand main entry doors and into the ticketing area. Here he finds that the security teams hadn’t quite gotten all the civilians out of the way. I mean, to be honest, they weren’t really expecting you to come roaring out in a high-end custom collector’s edition aero-cruiser, either.

The ticketing concourse is covered with kiosks and booths creating a maze while more crowds of panicking passengers and staff dash about trying to keep from being run over. Or shot, though they’re not in much danger of that, apparently. See the slide for details

The cycles try to keep up while avoiding your incoming fire. They tap checks to Evade and Progress, but that means they don’t do collision attacks this round.

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Each round, LNA performs a Pilot action, while everyone else uses standard actions to return fire at attacking security forces or otherwise assist in the escape.

Reminder: Everyone may post their actions. I’ll sort out the results into the normal Vehicle Chase phases.

ROUND 3
The Chase is On!
Everyone may act
Kevan may act twice

Your sweet sweet ride -5 of 80 hp

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...momentum vector p(x_i, y_j, z_k)....

Round 2 junk shard damage; DC 17 Reflex save for half: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 1) = 7

Round 3 junk shard damage; DC 17 Reflex save for half: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 1) = 10

"This bear will try to target the most damaged cycle."

piloting speed up: 1d20 + 15 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 15 + 2 - 1 = 32 as LNA tries to take her home.

Barat continues to provide covering fire.

Covering fire vs DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Just Get'Em and firing again. Lol

"Oh this is swell. Please don't kill any pedestrians! Just get away and everyone else get these fools off of us!"

Ranged Shot: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 142d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1) + 3 = 8

Kevan gathers bits and bobs of trash, broken toys, and smashed ticketing kiosks and flings them at the lead cyclist as he maneuvers.

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

The rider is caught completely off guard and the flying debris smashes the front fork. The bike careens out of control, hits the departures sign, and explodes in a fireball!

At the same time, LNA puts the pedal to the silica-steel metal and jets away through the elegantly appointed Grand Vestibule of Steepshore Station. At the far end, multiple crowded escalators provide access to the ground level above where the freedom of Station Square beckons.

Barat and Aramesh watch the explosion as the two remaining police bikes try to navigate the booths and crowds in the ticketing concourse but are quickly lost in the chaos.

CHASE OVER!

LNA swings the no-longer-mint-condition 268 Redshift Hallajin in a wide drifting arc around the prominent statue in the center of Station Square. Onlookers ogle the car and the unusual occupants as he lines up on an empty straightaway, revs the engine, then peels out of sight.

A mile outside of town, Arda’s enercopter waits at the predetermined spot to pick up the crew. What happens next is up to them. Turning in the artifact to Aramesh’s buyer probably means more than enough money for each of them to retire to a quiet life of better decisions. Or has this success only whetted their appetites for even riskier and more lucrative capers? Only time will tell…..

Kevan waves a farewell to the other two bikers, giving a rumbling laugh. "Excellent driving, LNA! This bear hopes that the recon satellites have stayed hacked, though, or there will be more new friends on the way." When no further pursuit is forthcoming, though, he relaxes. "Good luck with your future endeavors, friends. This bear is glad to have had the opportunity to work with such a competent team." He stops, glancing at the spathinae and looking a little embarrassed. "Well, no one is good at everything."

Barat bobs a bit on his tentacles a bit, which looks almost like a nod back to Kevan. "Yeah, if I need some solid technological backup on another mission, I will keep your contact in my comm."

To LNA, he says, "Good driving, rust bucket. Might want to consider the racing circuit as a good use of your skillset."

To Aramesh he says, "You have my account info. If the credits don't show up as agreed, I will find you."

With that, he takes off across the terrain, a warrior who scuttles solo.

"Good driving. I knew you could do it chum." Aramesh said to LNA. This was a rough time but they did it. The crew did it and they got one over on Royse. Even part of the colony smiled with satisfaction in full consensus.

"Check your accounts in 24 hours chums. You won't be disappointed."

Yeah, I could use some credits, I'm broke.