I'm at a conference in Las Vegas ATM, so posting is slow until Monday. Tracking the thread, and it looks like we're not quite at agreement on the ship yet.
You've got 4 days aboard while the ship gets outfitted for the mission. Spaceport 5.1 features an array of eateries, holovid theatres, shopping centers, and a few state-sanctioned clubs concealing quasilegal casinos. Wherever you are on the station, you enjoy a prime view of dreadnought Talon’s Razor docked in the spaceport’s bay.
How do you spend your four days of R&R?
Roll a Culture check.
I land at DCA around 2030 local, so I'll check in to see if everyone has posted.
Skittermander 6 EAC21 KAC23 DR5/- | SP 47/47 HP 43/43 RP7/7 | Init +1 | Perc +12 SM +0| F +7, R +4, W +6 | Speed 35ft.
Culture:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10Reduce the DC of Engineering checks to identify creatures and technology by 5
Mich decides to take a tour on the station and talk to people there.
They also tries to help their comrades doing calibration and collect the necessary documentation from the Vesk's administration.
Sorry everyone. Flight woes and about a foot of very heavy snow made for a long day. I'm back though!
Lexicor and Amariel recognize a regal figure approaching, it's Tassada Kor, a legendary Veskarium warrior.
Tassada pauses and inspects the Pegasus. “Pact Worlds travelers?” she asks. “You’re a long way from home. Unless... are you Starfinders, by any chance?”
Android Technomancer 4 - Consumables (gland 0/1) (jumpers 0/1) | HP 24/24| SP 24/24 | RP 5/5 | Speed 30 ft. | Init +2 | Perc +3 | KAC 14| EAC 13 | Fort +1 | Ref +4| Will +4
”Indeed we are. And unless my archives fail me, you are Tassada Kor, a legendary Veskarium warrior. Were you expecting someone else?“ the android states without noticeable emotion.
“Fantastic! It’s been a long time since I’ve met one of your ilk! I fought with several of your Exo-Guardians against the Swarm some decades ago. Tell me of your battles!”
Sense Motive DC 15:
She's clearly feeling out your bravery and trust worthiness.
A resounding explosion ripples through the docking bay. Tassada grabs her doshko and turns, ready for a fight. Screams break from the crowd as flames engulf one of the docking bay’s support clamps, causing it to fold back in on itself. Debris rains down and a screeching sound fills the air as a single small freighter vessel breaks through the damaged support clamps, rising up and out of the spaceport’s bay.
Chaos reigns in the normally regimented settlement following
the explosion.
Each of you can take one of the following actions in the immediate aftermath:
Assess Damage: Engineering to assess the damage to the other ships in the docking bay.
Calm Bystanders: Manage the frightened crowd with Diplomacy check.
First Aid: Several civilians sustained broken bones, minor burns, and lacerations from falling debris, Medicine.
Identify Enemy: A culture check to identify the fleeing ship
Security Check: Computers to interface with Spaceport 5.1’s security network.
Male Elf Mercenary Mechanic 13 | SP 117/117 HP 82/82 | RP 13/13 | EAC 33; KAC 34 | Fort +11; Ref +14; Will +6 | Init: +6 (Win ties, 1/day reroll) | Perc: +22, SM: +19 | Speed 30ft | Comprehend Languanges 1/1 | Active conditions: none
Sense Motive:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Amariel will start to tell of the time where he had to hack through the jungles of Castrovel without a piece of technology on him, but he'll get interrupted by an explosion.
He'll stick a cigar into his mouth, and get to work to seeing what the hell happened, in the security network's logs.
Mich quickly moves to calm the crowd, preventing chaos.
Amariel and Lexicor begin working together to check the security. The two find some security footage of the ship as it tore out of the station.
Unfortunately, RodKin has too sift through too much in the moments after the incident.
“Starfinders!” barks Tassada. “I hoped to ask you this more tactfully, but there’s no time now. I’ve been tasked with tracking down a group of weapon smugglers—that’ll be the ship you saw make a run for it. But with the damage my ship took from that blast, it’s up to you to chase them down.” She pauses, looking around expectantly. “Well? There’s a fight to be had. What are you waiting for, a formal invitation?”
It'll take the ground crew a minute to prep the Pegasus. So you can ask questions.
“Pahtra insurrectionists. Can you believe they don’t appreciate the patronage the empire gifts to them? In any case, I’m more concerned with the weapons; they contain an experimental form of plasma extracted from Vesk-5’s core. Not something we wish rebels to possess, understand?”
As the ship departs Spaceport 5.1, Vesk-5 hangs like a glorious tapestry in the inky sky. Its thick clouds form a haze of shifting crimsons and purples, illuminated occasionally by blue electrical storms. The smuggler’s vessel skirts the gas giant’s upper atmosphere, dipping in and out of magenta clouds.
Before entering combat, you've got to first catch up to the fleeing vessel. Whoever takes the Pilot role should make a piloting check. This is NOT your initiative check, this is precombat. It's still a good idea to officially call your roles for round 1.
RodKin punches it! In no time the Starfinder team is on top of the fleeing vessel. For that roll you can place yourself anywhere you want on the tactical map in any orientation. You just cannot be fewer than 5 hexes away!
ENGINEERING PHASE: Open Crew Actions: Erratic Maneuvering, Feign Disaster, Prioritize Calculation, Range Finding, Ready Weapons System
Captain (Name): Demand, Encourage, Taunt
Chief Mate (Name): Maintenance Panel Access
Engineer (Name): Divert, Hold It Together, Patch
Magic Officer (Name): Eldritch Shot, Scrying
HELM PHASE (Initiative):
Magic Officer (Name): Precognition
Enemy Initiative: [dice=Piloting]d20
Pilot (RodKin): Initiative If you lose this roll, immediately move to the HELM PHASE
HELM PHASE:
Captain (Name): Available
Chief Mate (Name): Hard Turn, Manual Realignment
Pilot (RodKin): Audacious Gambit, Full Power, Fly, Maneuver, Stunt
Science Officer (Name): Balance, Scan, Target System
GUNNERY PHASE:
►Captain (Name): Available
Gunner 1 (Amariel): Fire At Will, Shoot, Broadside
ENGINEERING PHASE:
►Open Crew Actions: Erratic Maneuvering, Feign Disaster, Prioritize Calculation, Range Finding, Ready Weapons System
Captain (Name): Demand, Encourage, Taunt
Chief Mate (Name): Maintenance Panel Access
►Engineer (Mich): Divert, Hold It Together, Patch
Magic Officer (Name): Eldritch Shot, Scrying
HELM PHASE (Initiative):
Magic Officer (Name): Precognition
Enemy Initiative: [dicePiloting]d20[/dice]
Pilot (RodKin): Initiative If you lose this roll, immediately move to the HELM PHASE
HELM PHASE:
Captain (Name): Available
Chief Mate (Name): Hard Turn, Manual Realignment
Pilot (RodKin): Audacious Gambit, Full Power, Fly, Maneuver, Stunt
Science Officer (Lexicor): Balance, Scan, Target System
GUNNERY PHASE:
►Captain (Name): Available
Gunner 1 (Amariel): Fire At Will, Shoot, Broadside
Game Master Only:
SHIP: Modifiers +3 to any three checks per round, +4 Computers
(sensors only), +2 Piloting
[diceCaptain]d20+10[/dice]
[diceEngineer]d20+15[/dice]
[dicePilot]d20+12[/dice]
[diceScience]d20+10[/dice]
Systems Status: 1->2 on damage
Shields:
ENGINEERING PHASE:
►Open Crew Actions: Erratic Maneuvering, Feign Disaster, Prioritize Calculation, Range Finding, Ready Weapons System
Captain (Name): Demand, Encourage, Taunt
Chief Mate (Name): Maintenance Panel Access
Engineer (Mich): Divert, Hold It Together, Patch
Magic Officer (Name): Eldritch Shot, Scrying
HELM PHASE (Initiative):
Magic Officer (Name): Precognition
Enemy Initiative: [dicePiloting]d20+12[/dice]
►Pilot (RodKin): Initiative If you lose this roll, immediately move to the HELM PHASE
HELM PHASE:
Captain (Name): Available
Chief Mate (Name): Hard Turn, Manual Realignment
Pilot (RodKin): Audacious Gambit, Full Power, Fly, Maneuver, Stunt
Science Officer (Lexicor): Balance, Scan, Target System
GUNNERY PHASE:
►Captain (Name): Available
Gunner 1 (Amariel): Fire At Will, Shoot, Broadside
Game Master Only:
SHIP: Modifiers +3 to any three checks per round, +4 Computers
(sensors only), +2 Piloting
[diceCaptain]d20+10[/dice]
[diceEngineer]d20+15[/dice]
[dicePilot]d20+12[/dice]
[diceScience]d20+10[/dice]
Systems Status: 1->2 on damage
Shields:
Lexicor, I'm still on the hunt for a good way to track it all in PbP. Feel free to open the "phase tracker." It includes in what phase each option is there. I've listed the ones available based on crew and individual levels. And yes, you got it! Also Lexicor, the Tier 4 Pegasus comes with a pretty sweet Computer, you get +4 to Computers, so your scan is a 27, which means you get a FULL scan.
RodKin isn't ready for their quick response. Thankfully his flying is fancy enough to make the Starfinders hard to hit.
Lexicor gets a nearly complete readout on the ship:
There are 5 lifeforms aboard the Small light freighter, with Speed 6 and Good maneuverability.
AC 19; TL 19 HP 50; Shields light 50 (forward 15, port 10, starboard 10, aft 15), Power Core Pulse Green (150 PCU)
Enemy Helm: Piloting:1d20 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 12 + 3 = 21 BUT IT FAILS! It's in your forward arc! but it launches a tactical nuke at you!
Gunner:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 for DMG:5d8 ⇒ (1, 6, 5, 7, 6) = 25 unfortunately, they still hit, blasting through the forward shields and doing some damage to the Pegasus.
GUNNERY PHASE:
►Captain (Name): Available
►Gunner 1 (Amariel): Fire At Will, Shoot, Broadside
ENGINEERING PHASE:
►Open Crew Actions: Erratic Maneuvering, Feign Disaster, Prioritize Calculation, Range Finding, Ready Weapons System
Captain (Name): Demand, Encourage, Taunt
Chief Mate (Name): Maintenance Panel Access
Engineer (Mich): Divert, Hold It Together, Patch
Magic Officer (Name): Eldritch Shot, Scrying
HELM PHASE (Initiative):
Magic Officer (Name): Precognition
Enemy Initiative: [dicePiloting]d20+12[/dice]
Pilot (RodKin): Initiative If you lose this roll, immediately move to the HELM PHASE
HELM PHASE:
Captain (Name): Available
Chief Mate (Name): Hard Turn, Manual Realignment
Pilot (RodKin): Audacious Gambit, Full Power, Fly, Maneuver, Stunt
Science Officer (Lexicor): Balance, Scan, Target System
GUNNERY PHASE:
►Captain (Name): Available
►Gunner 1 (Amariel): Fire At Will, Shoot, Broadside
Game Master Only:
SHIP: Modifiers +3 to any three checks per round, +4 Computers
(sensors only), +2 Piloting
[diceCaptain]d20+10[/dice]
[diceEngineer]d20+15[/dice]
[dicePilot]d20+12[/dice]
[diceScience]d20+10[/dice]
[diceGunner]d20+9[/dice]
Systems Status: 1->2 on damage
Shields:
Male NG ysoki operative (thief) 5 | SP 35/35 HP 21/32 | RP 6/7 | EAC 21; KAC 21 | Fort +5; Ref +9; Will +6 | Init: +7 | Perc: +13, SM: +11 | Speed 40ft | Holographic Clone 1/1 | Debilitating Trick, Evasion, Holographic Distraction, Uncanny Mobility | Active conditions: Wearing Dusk Shades
A couple of things. First, what did the enemy Pilot fail to do? Could it have been a Flyby Attack? I also don't understand how the Enemy starship got where it is and you say it is firing in our forward arc? The current placement would imply it is firing into our port arc where we have a point defense weapon? Even if it did a Flyby, how did the facing change so drastically? Or do I have the Pegasus Arcs completely wrong? I currently think the Pegasus is facing about 1 O'clock
RodKin is right. I'm currently updating, because I moved the wrong ship. Fixing now. Just a lot of editing. It failed to flip and burn, but I moved the wrong ship on the map. It should be fixed now. It's firing from it's starboard to your forward.
Male NG ysoki operative (thief) 5 | SP 35/35 HP 21/32 | RP 6/7 | EAC 21; KAC 21 | Fort +5; Ref +9; Will +6 | Init: +7 | Perc: +13, SM: +11 | Speed 40ft | Holographic Clone 1/1 | Debilitating Trick, Evasion, Holographic Distraction, Uncanny Mobility | Active conditions: Wearing Dusk Shades
It seems we are currently in the gunnery phase, so our gunner has two options: Take a shot with the the forward mounted or turret weapon (they are the same) or expend a Resolve Point to Broadside and fire both weapons at a -2 Penalty.
Don't forget to take the +2 computer bonus on your shot, or both since i don't think any of us used the two of them earlier.
