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Between the acid and Momo's supernova and the sonic damage from Embidi the creature dissipates.
Combat over
Searching the area you find the armor contains a purple force field
armor upgrade (as described on page 206 of the Starfinder Core
Rulebook) and and the jury rigged battery. In addition a hidden storage chamber along the sides of the captain’s bed. The container has a several of the captain’s personal effects, along with a credstick containing 500 credits.
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Embidi moves over to Momo, and after checking to make sure she's not still on fire, gives her a collegial pat on the back. "Nice work, Strawberry. See, I knew you could come through in a pinch, no matter how glossy and pale your new skin is!"
"What I don't understand is...was that thing stuck in the armour's force field this whole time. Did the crew know it was in there, and set up the force field as a trap?"
"Or, did that poor unfortunate soul put itself into a force field, and then, uh, die horrifically in The Drift? And if so - what was it protecting itself from? Well, regardless. Let's get these batteries hooked up to the bridge doors. That storm's not slowing down."
He'll also grab the captain's effects, if no one else does.
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"What a dreadful creature. It seemed to be emitting some kind of hazardous cloud as well." Skip offers as he brushes himself off after the scuffle dies down.
As the crew moves on towards the bridge the witchwarper is all to aware that they've undergone some shift in reality. Odd, I remember him being a Sarcesian... it's happening again He remains quiet, not wanting to startle his teammates. He is used to the changing fabric of the material plane. He simply gives the Vesk a smile as they enter the hallway. "After you, of course"
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Obozaya seems slightly confused to find herself here. "Hey, any of y'all one a them 'reality thing-a-ma-jiggers?'" she says while wiggling her fingers. "On account of, I think I just...ah shoot, you know what, nevermind." She'll shake her head a few times, draw her doshko, and is ready to go.
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Embidi moves over to Momo, and after checking to make sure she's not still on fire, gives her a collegial pat on the back. "Nice work, Strawberry. See, I knew you could come through in a pinch, no matter how glossy and pale your new skin is!"
Momo somewhat reflexively makes a cute gesture at what she perceives to be a compliment on her skin tone.
What a nightmare, she remarks, I can't imagine the Kasatha on this ship wilfully working with this thing. What did you say it was again, a drift ghost?
Yeah, let's hook up the batteries. This one still seems to have some power left.
Momo checks the Kasatha body once again, making sure the hazard has passed. Should we put this one close to the airlock, so we can recover the body later?
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[ooc]yeah you need to hook the battiers to the door power supply?
Embidi is able to jury rig the batteries and the power comes back on for the door.
This room resembles a charnel house. The remains of two dead
kasathas are piled in the northwest corner, surrounded by
knocked-over chairs. A ceremonial table setting in the center
of the chamber is spattered with blood. The stench of decay
is palpable in this room, and even the sink along the southern
wall is coated in a dark-red shade. Storage containers fill the
eastern side of the room, each similarly spattered by gore. An
impressive set of double doors bars passage to the north, while
a single steel access door continues out to the south.
DC 12 Medicine check:
Obozaya wearily enters the room first, doshko drawn, alert to dangers. She'll try and Aid Embidi's perception.
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Embidi follows the other lizard into the room, keeping his eyes peeled.
Examining the bodies, Embidi takes a moment to steel his composure, and then shares with the team. "It looks like these poor unfortunate souls were attacked by one of their own. The wounds are consistent with a four-armed attacker. Perhaps this is why the other kasathan we saw was alone in the other room? Although why would that one have locked itself in a force field after having done this? Unless it was the four-armed training robot that did...this?"
"Well. Let's grab the logs, make best effort to retrieve personal effects or bodies, and get back to the Drake before that storm hits."
If the coast is clear, he'll ask his hireling to check the ship's computers for logs, recordings, etc.
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Embidi would definitely get close to the bodies, to do his Perception check. Obozaya would move up as well, acting in her role of "the tanky one."
Embidi gets near the bodies and a group of large worms jump out of the flesh. But he's quick and avoids most of them. The others wiggle then die off.
Searching around you find the captain's electronic key card and 2 mk 1 serums of healing.
Obozaya pockets one of the serums, flips the second to Momo, and then helps Embidi take a look at the door, just to make sure it's not also haunted, or worm-infested, or whatever.
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Embidi will gingerly check the captain's keycard, and give it a quick magical cleaning using Space-Prestidigitation. Then, he'll take a quick look at the door just to make sure it won't barf worms, or ectoplasm, or whatever at us.
If it looks safe, he'll give Obozaya an opposable-digits up, signalling to open the door to the bridge.
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The Starfinders carefully open the door.
The ship’s bridge is alight in red warning screens. The nearing
ethereal storm looms beyond the forward viewing platform,
while the ship’s failing power causes each station’s panels to
flicker intermittently. A battered captain’s chair oversees two
tiers of descending operations panels.
There's a corpse in the captain's chair.
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Momo keeps her blade, visibly shaking as she approaches the dead captain I'm sorry, mister she says as prods the corpse with the flat end of the blade to make sure no burst of worms is about to come out.
Momo misses seeing the red multi-armed creature hiding and sitting inside the open corpse of the kasatha. It tries to bite the Starfinder from the chair as goo slides off it's body.
Combat! Starfinders are up
damage Momo 11
Obozaya rushes forwards, trying to get into a flank with Momo.
After that, it's doshko time.
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Momo is surprised by the bite, but Obo moves and slams the creature with her doshko while Embidi and Skip nick the red multi armed outsider. The creature seems damaged some but Momo wheels and steals herself from the bite attack, then unleashes her blade and severs two of the creatures arms as it falls lifeless to the floor of the bridge.
Combat over!
The Starfinders pause at their victory as the storm approaches.
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Still trying to be cognizant for any more threats, Embidi will direct his hireling to rip out as much data, hard or soft copies, as they can. In the meantime, he'll rush to try and grab personal effects, esp medallions, face coverings, etc, from the charnel pile in the mess hall, the dead captain in the chair, and the body that was force-fielded.
"Let's move, Team! We do not want to be here when that storm hits!"
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Skip replaces his pistol. "Well, it turns out I didn't need that after all."
He turns to Momo. That was very impressive. I wish I could still move like that. I hope overcoming this nightmare ship helped you in some small way. You're very capable. Whatever happened to you before must have been difficult, but it's obviously shaped you into the very strong young lady you are today. Now, let's get out of this dreadful place."
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Skip replaces his pistol. "Well, it turns out I didn't need that after all."
He turns to Momo. That was very impressive. I wish I could still move like that. I hope overcoming this nightmare ship helped you in some small way. You're very capable. "
Thank you, mister Intro. Momo says, looking a bit flustered, I hope I didn't cause any trouble.
Whatever happened to you before must have been difficult, but it's obviously shaped you into the very strong young lady you are today. Now, let's get out of this dreadful place.
This ship is a nightmare, so much death while all of space is waiting to pound on it. It all feels so familiar... she stares around a bit. Shortly after I was rescued a strange man visited me. I thought he was a fortune teller, but after he spoke... I think he was something else. He told me my fate was to die in space. He told me I dodged my fate, but it might return to me. Then he said he would be there to visit me. He didn't even make it sound like a threat, just something inevitable...
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The Starfinders grab the hardrive and head out of the ship. Then powering up their ship they speed away as the storm is about to wash over them.
Making their way to Absalom Station, Zigvigix is extremely
appreciative for the shred of hope that the retrieved data
represents. "The tale of the Struggle’s Scholar’s fate disturbs me I promise to deliver the remains o r personal belongings of the Struggle’s Scholar’s crew to the Idari for proper last-rite ceremonies."
He pauses then continues.
"This is the first shred of truly good news that the Exo-
Guardians have had in a long time! My many thanks for all
you have done in securing this important data. Now, there is
another important matter I wanted to bring up.
“Prior to the Scoured Stars incident, I was part of a group
of loyal friends, like the team you’re all a part of. Right before
that dark event, I bought some tickets for my friends and
me to a major upcoming concert. It was going to be our big
outing—a capstone to all our missions together. Now, all my
friends are trapped or lost in the Scoured Stars, and who
knows how long it will take before we find out what happened
there. The concert is coming up in a few months, and I wanted
to extend an invitation. No promises or anything; you might
be on assignment, and field missions take priority. If you are
free, though, I would be honored if you would join me at this
concert. Think of it as a remembrance for my lost comrades
and a celebration of a new generation’s camaraderie.
“Oh! I just realized that I should invite Historia-7 too! Okay,
well, thanks again. I should get going!”"
The End.
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Shortly after I was rescued a strange man visited me. I thought he was a fortune teller, but after he spoke... I think he was something else. He told me my fate was to die in space. He told me I dodged my fate, but it might return to me. Then he said he would be there to visit me. He didn't even make it sound like a threat, just something inevitable...
The witchwarper listens and nods knowingly. "Not all things that are seen come to pass. " is all the mysterious old man can offer in the way of encouragement.
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Embidi will also add his two cents, in his capacity as a fortune teller.
"Momo, Skip's right. I've seen enough futures for my clan's hatchlings to tell you that these things are not set in stone. Call it Fate, Destiny, or the machinations of cold uncaring entropy, or strange mercurial Gods - any way, it still takes your hopes, dreams, and abilities into account. Your future is what you make of it. If you like, I can do a reading for you, now."