There's not enough room for all of you in one vehicle. Fortunately, it does not take long to get another one active. You manage to travel for half a mile past several stops. You can choose to investigate two of these, (A) The Freemarkets or (B) The Security Pavilion, or bypass them entirely.
Looks like the vote is to go to the Freemarkets. Lexicor can get his ten minute rest on the way
Over Morvruul's objections, the party arrive at the Freemarket.
The gilded doors to this marketplace have been forcibly pried open and jammed with a cement block. The door’s automated mechanism stutters as the portal repeatedly slams against the obstruction. A gleaming statue of Abadar presides over the entrance, welcoming patrons and merchants alike to what is usually a busy shopping center. Beyond the shrine, several escalators and lifts are frozen in place, and light fixtures flicker intermittently, casting misshapen shadows over the booths and storefronts that compose the multilevel structure.
Do you enter? - if not, you can go directly to the Security Resources Pavilion
Morvruul seethes with disdain as his suggestions are ignored and the vehicle stops at the markets. As the others exit, he tries to restart the vehicle and make his way alone, but he has no success.
[i]The starter appears to be missing!?! This must be the work of Cha'mon Cha'mon! I won't let that damnable damai get away with this!"[/b]
"Come, Drouf," he demands to the goblin. "Perhaps, we can find another--faster--vehicle to use here at the markets." The witchwyrd keeps his eyes out for anything unusual, like an opportunity.
Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
"A security vehicle may do," he decides to check out the Security Resources Pavilion.
The lighting looks normal although it is flickering a bit. There are no signs of wandering malevolent patrol-bots. The door is just banging against the stone but it stays wide enough you can enter without risk of injury.
So you enter the market you spot one of the local proprietors, Dot (female ysoki), waving a t-shirt from outside of her second floor pawnshop. The touristy t-shirt features a symbol of Abadar encircled with the words “Freemarkets of Absalom Station.” Dot is a gossipy but knowledgeable senior businesswoman who runs one of the more successful operations in the market. She invites you into her cramped store to get your bearings and rest. You can take a 10-minute break to recover Stamina. In addition to offering to sell you gear from her shop, ((which includes all equipment with an item level of 4 or less from the Starfinder Core Rulebook)), she’s willing to reward you for completing tasks for her.
In between ranting about the ongoing attack and how she “knew this was coming,” Dot asks you to help repair her analog radio.
Engineering, Physical Science, or Profession(Electrician)
F Lashunta Technomancer (3), Operative (1) | HP:25/25 SP:21/21 RP:3/5 | EAC:14 KAC:14 BAB:+2 INIT:+1 PER:+8 | F+1 R+4 W+4 | 1st Lvl Spells: 0/5+1 | Living Staff, Tactical +3/1d6+4 B | Boons: Envar's Gift, Dream Whispers, High Society Influence
"Except that anyone can generate radio waves. And with a decent antenna an old device like this can communicate across the entire Station on very little power."
Lexicor is observant enough and, between him and Chamon, the crates are moved out of the backroom.
For her final task, Dot instructs the PCs to deliver the crates’ contents, charged batteries and bottled water, to a group of relief workers located
elsewhere in the Freemarkets. She gives the PCs directions to an open-air pavilion at the edge of the Freemarkets sometimes used for outdoor concerts and dramatic performances.
As a reward, she gives you the following: Spellgems of jolting surge, patch tech, and vigilant junkbot; a diamond-studded gold wedding band of antique design that functions as a mk 1 ring of resistance; a brown force field armour upgrade and a purple force field armour upgrade.
No .. I think the Society collects all your loot, values it, then pays you out an equal share of credits depending on how much you bring in then gives you the opportunity to buy it back
Located in a cul-de-sac surrounded by the crowded stalls and storefronts of the Freemarkets, a small circular platform stands in an open pavilion. Theatrical lights accent the stage, and various audiovisual equipment is integrated into the platform, though currently no performers occupy it. A pallet of crates containing emergency relief supplies— blankets, first aid materials, rations, and water—stands to the west of the performance area. A handful of harried-looking relief workers in bright orange safety vests tend to dozens of injured and panicked individuals of several different species.
Members of a local volunteer relief organization sponsored by AbadarCorp rushed to mobilize when the disruptions began, but they are unable to organize because of the communication breakdown caused by the digital attacks. You can assess the situation after you deliver Dot’s supplies and realize that the overworked volunteers need help.
Each PC can attempt a single check to assist the emergency relief workers; the results of a success are detailed below. On a failure, the wellintentioned PC instead gets in the way and makes the attempted task harder. If the group accumulates a total of three failures, an exasperated bantrid volunteer begs them to help by staying safely out of the way. A PC can attempt to Aid another PC instead of attempting their own skill check.
Calm the Crowd: Many individuals in the crowd are panicking, and some have experienced traumatic accidents or can’t contact loved ones during the crisis. A PC who succeeds at a Diplomacy, Profession (counselor), or Profession (psychologist) check can help calm these individuals down.
Direct the Masses: The crowds are disorganized and full of people wandering aimlessly. PCs who succeed at a Diplomacy or Intimidate check convince the crowds to form orderly queues to receive assistance.
Medical Triage: Some of the crowd sustained minor injuries or are suffering from exhaustion or shock. PCs who succeed at a Life Science or Medicine check can treat their symptoms.
Organize Supplies: In the aftermath of the digital attacks, emergency workers and volunteers rushed to respond by loading random supplies haphazardly onto transports and dispatching them to densely populated sectors of the Station. A PC who succeeds at a Perception or Survival check can help the workers organize and distribute supplies more efficiently.
Having largely ignored his fellow Starfinders, Morvruul grows frustrated at his inability to locate a faster means to get to the Lorespire Complex.
Nevertheless, he keeps looking, but only spies a group of workers who, he concludes, could probably distribute supplies more efficiently.
Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
F Lashunta Technomancer (3), Operative (1) | HP:25/25 SP:21/21 RP:3/5 | EAC:14 KAC:14 BAB:+2 INIT:+1 PER:+8 | F+1 R+4 W+4 | 1st Lvl Spells: 0/5+1 | Living Staff, Tactical +3/1d6+4 B | Boons: Envar's Gift, Dream Whispers, High Society Influence
Life Science:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Seeing the mass of confused and uncoordinated refugees from this digital apocalypse, Rilynn immediately moves to the medical triage, first by gathering the dazed, shocked, and wounded into a single area and then by tending them with comforting words and from the supplies available through AbadarCorp, of all institutions.
She remains composed and sincere as she works with each person in turn. Her training in xenobiology helps her to appropriately connect with the citizens of different races.
Some of you are helpful, some of you - not so much. Just as you finish up, you see three polyphonic oozes, , two small, one large, bopping along the street to the sounds of Strawberry Machine Cake. However, as they see the crowd, they switch to Abysshead Death Metal and attack mindlessly.
Yellow, charges out of formation, changing it's music to the Ride of the Valkyries. Unfortunately, it uses all it's movement to get up to you and cannot attack this turn.
Vormation is up followed by Red and the immensely larger Blue which sounds like a sub-woofer compared to the other regular gels.
