[SFS] 5-13 Finding the forgotten (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

By order of First Seeker Ehu Hadif, the Starfinders are dispatched to find and establish contact with a missing colony in the Vast. Originally sponsored a century ago by the Pact Worlds, the colony has been erased from all official records and the First Seeker suspects foul play. While similar missing colonies have been tied to the past plots of Historia-Prime, the fate of this colony is seemingly unconnected and remains a mystery. It’s up to you to find the forgotten!

The dwarf looks around and doesn't say much, doesn't greet anyone. Mohawk hair, criminal-themed tattoos, attentive eyes with a squint. It seems to be a rather dangerous type who has not yet fully mastered the role of a Starfinder.

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul erosion produced by high gambling a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension becomes unbearable, and the senses awake and revolt from it.

The tatoo like luminescent streaks of circuits that criss cross the dark skin on Umbro-187's face, not only identified him as an Android, but either shined brightly or gave off a muted glow matching his emotions.

Sweet smelling smoke from a vape stick swirled around Umbro's face as the slovenly Vesk sitting next to him at the 3-D baccarat table lazily exhaled the pent up vapor he had so greedily sucked into his gaping maw of a mouth just moments ago.

Absalom Station has a way of eating away at your soul if you let it. Just one more job and then it all ends...

A muted beep pulls Umbro's attention away from the 3-D baccarat table. Reaching his right hand into the inner breast pocket of his finely tailored jacket for his comm unit; he already knew who it was.

A slightly bedraggeled looking human hurtles into the briefing room.

Panting, and with a SMC #1 Fan t-shirt stuck to her, she looks around before gasping out. "Am I late?"

A moment to two later, her breathing returned quickly to normal, she offers a grin. "Hi! I'm Gunnz. I'll be your pilot for this mission."

Another mission start at the Lorespire complex. It's great, it's magnificent, and it's always a little bit further away than it seems.

“Great, you’re here on time!” Fitch remarks just before Gunnz rushes in slightly late, drawing 'the stare' from Fitch. “I hope you packed well. You’re heading out to the Vast for a while.” Ehu Hadif pulls up a holographic display of a single-sun solar system, zooming in on a green and blue planet. “Thank you for coming. I’m sure some of you know that one of my initial priorities as First Seeker was to investigate several Pact World- sponsored colonies that seemingly disappeared from everyone’s records. Most of these colonies, of course, were connected to Historia-Prime.”

Ehu shares a meaningful look with Fitch, then continues. “Kortus IV was not.”

“The Pact Worlds sent a colony ship to Kortus IV approximately 90 years ago. The timeline is shaky, but within a few years of its founding all records of the colony were erased. It’s as though someone was trying to hide its existence. As far as we know, there’s been no communication between the Kortus colony and the Pact Worlds since. We have no idea what happened to these settlers or if any remain in the area.

Travel to Kortus IV, determine the fate of the colony and its inhabitants, and locate any survivors. If the colony still exists, find out if they need any assistance from the Starfinder Society or from the Pact Worlds. We’ll send you with food, medicine, and construction supplies to provide them.”

Fitch cuts in, looking serious. “You need to be on high alert for this mission. Things went bad the last time I led an expedition to a lost colony. Real bad. A lot of good people died. We have no reason to expect danger on Kortus IV, but we didn’t before, either. Watch out for each other. If anything feels off or you find yourselves outnumbered, come back and report in. I’ve also got a few gifts to help you out.”

I've got an APL of 8.4 to put us in HIGH tier

Fitch gives the PCs three incendiary grenades III, a kasatha microcord IV, and an aurora arc rifle.

This is a scenario with the starship tag, which means you get to select a starship, which can be a Drake (the Thunderbolt), Pegasus (the Spitfire) or Azata (the Bumblebee), or any ship you have a boon for.

There's also the possibility now to make a Culture or Diplomacy check to gather info

"Oh... exploration. We definitely should be taking the Spitfire. Best sensors ever."

culture: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

She eyes up the Microcord and sighs. "It is not that fashionable..."
And this from someone in a sweaty SMC #1 fan t-shirt?

"But if noone else wants it, it may come in handy."

She starts checking through her music collection. Obviously that is top of her list for "packing".

"I prefer the Thunderbolt, we don't know what we are going to run into out in The Vast. I don't want to be under gunned if trouble comes looking for us."

Gunnz can be our pilot. Umbro-187 is a good gunner. I like the Drake, but I'll go with whatever the group wants. Has anyone ever used the Azata?

Theme music

The streetwise-looking Ysoki takes in the scene, reading the room and taking mental notes. He then hands over some business cards "Name's Roquefort..." the ysoki extends a paw to shake in greeting "Psychic Detective" he offers with a smile "If things go bump in the night with no clear cause, or if you want to know if your partner has run off with either the pizza guy or a forbidden cult of Urgathoa, give me a call" as he talks his eyes drift around each person scanning for weapons - "Always happy to have a few new faces around, we can only rehash the same old stories to each other to stave off the boredom of long flights before we run out of things to say"

"I'm used to missing people, this sounds like a missing colony. Should be one for the records"

"So Fitch, what brought Kortos back onto our radar? Anything happened of note that has triggered our interest?"

Roquefort scans his datasets for what information exists about Kortus or the region in general.
Culture (Recall knowledge) Take 20 = 41
Infosphere + Library Chip (Culture)

Wow, Booker, starring Richard Grieco. That is a deep deep cut.

"Aw" moans Gunnz.

"The Drake is like flying a bus."

Then, with a nod to the "scientific mission" she adds "And a bus with no headlights, radar, lidar or decent radio at that."

A short Ysoki wearing paramilitary outfit moves closer to Kathrina. On his arm he is wearing a medical patch and a rifle on his back. On his back he also has folded wings, that moves everyon now and then making him look more as a bat than an Ysoki.

"I am fine with whatever ship, you don't like firepower, lets go for agility. They call me Croaker"

Roquefort smiles at the arrival of Croaker "It has been a while, still got the war rig?"

"It's not a matter of not liking firepower. It's more a matter of having a ship with the speed and agility to not be right in front of the other sides firepower.." explains Gunnz.

"That and acceleration.... "

Some of your names are familiar. If you have flown with Gunnz before, feel free to provide a warning to others :-)

Roquefort smiles at the arrival of Croaker "It has been a while, still got the war rig?"

"Hey Roquefort, of course I still have it! Great to see you! What have you been up to, after that assassin ship that we got to?"

Croaker looks around he nods to Gunnz which which he saved Ziggy, as well as dive into that horrible sunken city with Umbro-187. He still did not get rid of the stench from all of the time underwater.

He greets Verrek. "A pleasure."

”Took up that offer to go back to the ship, the offer to train with them…and to add some kindling to that early flame - it was her eyelashes”

”A bit of diplomacy work, some skullduggery and data hacking, usual Society fare”

Forum ate my post... strange

Gunnz has some background knowledge, and Roquefort fills in the rest:

Starfinders dispatched by Ehu Hadif uncovered records on the lost colonies while on the library world of Athaeum. Following up on these colonies was part of Ehu’s platform for his election to First Seeker.

The library world of Athaeum contains only very rare information: everything there is the only copy in existence. For the records of these lost colonies to exist there, all traces elsewhere must have been erased.

The lost colonies were connected to the Historia-Prime, a Starfinder who committed countless crimes in their quest for immortality and control of the Starfinder Society. Historia-Prime used the colonies as a trap, which resulted in the death of numerous Starfinders. Historia-Prime was destroyed by the Starfinders at the culmination of the Data Scourge

Ehu is eager to explain to Roquefort how the Society caught wind of the colony: “I found evidence of a mission Starfinder Society agents conducted to the library planet of Athaeum. However, there were no further details regarding this mission in our database, nor of what they were researching. Prior to my election as First Seeker, I dispatched a team to Athaeum to view the same documents as that first team. These agents uncovered information on numerous missing colonies in the Vast, all sponsored by the Pact Worlds and then erased from history. Eventually we concluded the colonies were tied to Historia-Prime. However, upon Historia-Prime’s death, his holdings passed into the possession of the Starfinder Society. We’re still sifting through his files, but we’ve determined that Kortus IV wasn’t affiliated with Historia-Prime and the other colonies. This is something different.”

I've got one vote Drake, one vote Pegasus. Anyone else?

"I must add that Gunnz's piloting abilities might be considered unconventional by some. If loud music is something you find to be normal doing a space battle then Gunnz is your pilot of choice," Umbro-187 says bluntly.

If there is a tie in voting I"m fine with whatever ship the pilot wants to fly.

Gunnz swings around and offerse Umbro-187 a flying high-five. "My man!"

She beams a smile around the room. "Sounds like a mystery that needs good sensors to me!" and then changing track, almost mid sentence she continues "So.. what DO we know about Kortus IV... other than it doesn't sound like a Historia-special."

Ehu shrugs to Gunnz Not much, I'm afraid. That's why you are here, investigate what is there, provide aid to anyone who needs it.

Pegasus it is.

The war-battered frame of the Spitfire betrays its use in the field. The ship itself is every bit as you've come to know it: sturdy, reliable. Fast.

The journey to Kortus IV takes 5d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 4, 5) = 18 days of purplish quietness. Arriving near Kortus IV that quietness is disturbed by a hailing signal:

“No trespassing permitted on Kortus IV. Transmit access code or depart immediately. Trespassers will be treated as hostile.”

The message is broadcast by a glistening launch pad, which promptly launches two drones and primes its turrets.

This is good moment to define starship role. If you want to engage, let's start with seeing if you can beat the enemy roll (otherwise you move first

Piloting (round1), enemy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

To keep the progress smooth, I'd ask the pilot to roll initiative ahead for the next round. Every can post their actions for the phases in bold, I'll resolve in order to the best of my abilities. Resolving starship combat can be a chaotics mess, but so is getting shot at in space.

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(Round 1)
Helm:
Piloting: Pilot to roll initiative
Gunnery:
---
(Round 2)
Helm:
Gunnery:
---
===

I normally try to take one of our nodes for initiative rolls. PEgasus is also... modified..

As the Pegasus enters Drift space and Gunnz relaxes a little she can be seen muddling around under the Pilot's control panel on the Spitfire.

"I knew it!" she says with triumph. She emerges with a large fuse in her fist. "Stupid engine red-line safety fuse. Much safer to remove it if you ask me. Beats me why they keep putting it back in. Everytime I take her out I remove the fuse, and then everytime they put in back in. Every time."

She holds up a piece of Abdar-Corp Everstick. "They tried taping it in this time. Like they think it works itself loose or something." She just shakes her head.

Best Engines! +2 to speed. Sky jockey, +1 to speed. Gives the Pegasus a nice 13 speed to work with.

As the ship comes out of Drift space and is hailed, she starts thumbing through her music collection. "Just in case.."

pilot, node,Pegasus: 1d20 + 22 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 22 + 5 + 1 = 36 Do we have tier 10 Pegasus?

Umbro-187 is a good gunner and he has the same boon as Gunnz, so he will upgrade the ship's weapons. That way any 1's rolled for damage can be rerolled. The Pegasus has only got two weapons that can fire in the forward quadrant. Do we have another PC that is a good gunner?

Croaker would bring:
Mystical Guidance Systems Upgrade (Starship Boon): Blueprint that allow you to change one weapon into a hybrid weapon. Gunner using it can use mysticism and wisdom instead of piloting and dex. That lets him shoot the turret with +14 modifier. On the slides it states that Roq has +15 (just like Umbro

Croaker taks a sit at the Magical officer place. "I will try to learn soemthing about them" he waves his paws and channels magic through the console

"Be nice to know where those ships have weapons..." calls out Gunnz.

"So we can be somewhere they are not pointing..."

I popped everyone's skills into a matrix in the slide-deck for easy reference. Umbro & Roquefort are both running +15 on Gunnery, Spike has 14 - we've got heaps of skills in this group

I also have the expanded Crew options on a cheat-sheet Cheat Sheet

I forgot to mention Umbro-187 will take the 3 incendiary grenades offered by Fitch.

I just noticed we have a tier 8 Pegasus so we have 3 weapons that can fire in the forward quadrant.

Croaker directs his magic towards the enemy ship, he tries to recognize the weapons that they are using

Mysticism: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24 Scrying DC is 5 + 1.5* scanned ship tier + countermeasures. If tier is 8 that gives 17+countermeasures. 24 makes the check by more than 5 so information about two weapons pls ;)

"Got you! Gunnz, passing you information about some of their guns"

This round I will scan, I can probably find something useful to do each round if Umbro you want to shoot from more than one gun

Umbro-187 can shoot all the guns.

Gunnz already outmaneuvers the enemy ship from the start (Position adjusted, gunnz can move now)

Croaker scans the enemy launch platform, and determines it only has a single turret (linked coilgun, 8d4, 20 hexes). It's also very slow.

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(Round 1)
Engineering: Croaker scans enemy ship
Piloting: Initiative won
Gunnery:
---
(Round 2)
Helm:
Gunnery:
---
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Gunnz
Croaker
Umbro
Roquefort
Verrek
===

Roquefort jumps on the guns and blasts the nearest light ship.

Particle Beam 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Damage 8d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 6, 6, 4, 4, 5) = 29

Roquefort you can reroll the two 1's you rolled.

Umbro-187 locks the Spitfire's twin laser and high explosive missile launcher on the closest drone before firing them. Broadside

Gunnz grins and puts on some Music. It's kind of loud. And the acceleration. My goodness. It's like getting caught in a gravity well. Surely the Spitfire couldn't handle much of this.

"I can go faster than this, but not if we we want to keep them in front of us."

By in front it appears she means *right* in front, having positioned the Spitfire in a situation that the enemy ship may need to all but ram it.

At the last minute she pulls the spitfire into a tight spin, hoping to throw off the enemy gunners.

evade DC 22: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29 +2 to AC to a total of 26 AC and 28 TAC

Assuming just tier 8 here. If we got a tier 10 Pegasus then add 3 to that DC

"Let's see How they like that!"

A crashing sound can he heard from the galley, where it looks like someone forgot to secure the cornflakes.

Rerolling 1s 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7

Looks like we messed up our node bonuses. It's 2 bonuses at +3 each every round. There is also a +4 bonus to all computer checks and a +1 check all piloting checks.

"I assume there will be no cornflakes available for breakfast tomorrow."

"They are just premixed!" shoots back Gunnz.

"And speaking of mixes.... listen to This!"

Whether anyone stomach will be in a state to eat anything within 24hours is another thing entirely as she puts the Spitfire through another series of tight corkscrews. "Yeah.... normally you have to pay for this type of experience!"

I have to interject here. Rani does take the safety fuse out as well. She just remembers to put it back in afterwards so the engineers don't find out. And it was probably Soarin' who applied the duct tape. He's looking for whoever is responsible for the microfractures in the hull so he can have 'words'.

A loud siren sounds, much like the sound of an elephant farting, though most of it is drowned out by Gunnz' music and the announcements from the on-board computer:

This is RZMR, your on-board computer and battle assistant.

I hear you are listening to DarkPhoton. Similar artists include Blast Proof Space Explorers, Rainbow Sparkle Explosion, Planet X and various AbadarCorp Trainees. RZMR notes while suggesting a next play that is so out-of-date it might as well have been pre-gap. Please note that royalties are automatically transfered to AbadarCorp Entertainment for any public broadcast of copyrighted material.

That second song might as well have been a Zoey song

Gunnz rapidly closes the gap on the launch platform while Umbro and Roquefort are priming the guns.

Damage report: here is currently a cornflake anomaly in the pantry. A cleaning drone will be dispatched shortly. Please refrain from consuming any stray flakes. All shields holding.

@Umbro, Roquefort: I'm going to assume you are targetting the main ship, since that one is in your front arc?

===
(Round 1)
Engineering: Croaker scans enemy ship
Piloting: Initiative won
Gunnery:
Roquefort (damage 29 vs select target)
Umbro (roll 16 for 23 vs select target)
Umbro (roll 20 for 17 vs select target)

---
(Round 2)
Engineering:
Helm: Enemy pilot roll: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 Let's already roll initiative for round 2
Gunnery:
---
===
Gunnz - Evade (success)
Croaker - Scan
Umbro - Gunnery
Roquefort - Gunnery
Verrek
===

Sure, we can destroy the main ship - once we trash that we can move onto the smaller ones

Spinning in her pilots chair, Gunnz rocks out to the latest from SMC.

"I know, a bit light for a fight, but I need to concentrate....

pilot, r2, node, pegasus: 1d20 + 22 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 22 + 3 + 1 = 39

Yes Umbro-187 shot at the main ship and his first attack roll should be a 17 instead of a 16. I just assumed it missed since it was a natural 1. Damage should also be 27 instead of 23.

Rocquefort's damage should be 34 because of the rerolls.

Reroll 1's: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Umbro-187 will take the second node bonus for his next shot.

I'm going to put Verrekk on delay for now, and I'll apply the 4p adjustments until he's back

As Gunnz zips by the two fighter and heads straight for the main ship, Umbro and Roquefort train their gunsights on the hull. What follows is a fiery exchange: Umbro is slightly too hasty with the Laser guns, which flash-vaporize a nearby asteroid. From the turrer, Roquefort just implodes the front shield with a few well-aimed laser blasts, and Umbro is quick to capitalize on the exposed front, raining highly accelerated neutronium atoms on the front hull plating. Electricity arcs on the weapons turret.

Crits: 2d100 ⇒ (8, 31) = 39 Life support and weapons

Explosions in the belly of the vessel are enough to throw the craft off-target, and the coilguns in the turret miss the Spitfire.

Return fire!: 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 8 - 1 + 1 = 158d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1) = 19

End of round 1, start of round 2

The drones, finding themselves outpaced and out of range, turn back, trying to get on the tail of the Spitfire, while the launch platform just limps out of the front arc.

RZMR sounds over the intercom, in a question directly aimed at Gunnz Any music requests?

Battle map and icons updated

===
(Round 1)
Engineering: Croaker scans enemy ship
Piloting: Initiative won
Gunnery:
Roquefort (damage 29 vs select target)
Umbro (roll 16 for 23 vs select target)
Umbro (roll 20 for 17 vs select target)

---
(Round 2)
Engineering:
Helm: Iniative won!
Gunnery:
---
===
Enemy damage:
Launch platform:
Shields: F/S/P/A: 0/10/10/10
Hull: 41

===
Gunnz
Croaker
Umbro
Roquefort
(Verrek)
===

"Why sure!" replies Gunnz.

"How about we make sure we are Antifragile!" she asks as she sends the Spirtfire through another series of tight turns, landing to the six of one of the drones.

"Get the mothership, not the baby!" she suggests.

evade, DC22: 1d20 + 22 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 22 + 1 = 27

This time it is not the cornflakes that go flying, but rather a pie-warmer that had not been bolted to the galley wall in quite the approved manner. Or maybe the approved manner just doesn't take into account Gunnz propensity for evasive maneuvers.

And init for R3
R3init, node, pegasus: 1d20 + 22 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 3 + 1 = 45

I think that has us just out of the front arc of both of the drones, and the motherships front arc still in front of us. I love having good speed and manouverabilty. This is why the Pegasus is such an awesome ship, even if it is slightly less gunned. You can keep hitting the baddies in the same spot, and stay out of their worst weapons (well, apart from turrets, but there is nothing you can do about them.)

Croaker changes his console and opens comms

"Umbro! I will aid in your shooting. With haste, I am sure I can set up coordinates. Prepare for the salvo!"

Push@Umbro, gunnery, burn 1 RP, DC27?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 Grants Umbro second gunnery action this round! - it can't be the same action and he can't shoot the same gun twice, So I suggest broadside at front arc + shooting from one of the arcs to the smaller ship

Verrek, a gloomy dwarf (with the face of a bearded Vin Diesel and the same facial expression/voice, see slides) slowly finishes a glass of beer, carefully puts an empty glass next to his computer, crunches his fingers and says Now I'm ready.

What role should I take? I very warmly welcome specific recommendations/tasks - I am not well-versed in starship combat .)

+18 computers, and +17 engineering you could scan the ships and see what else we are up against. Or redirect shields if/when we get hit.

Gunnz watches an internal screen with amazement as Verrek works with the centrifugal forces to keep his beer from spilling, while all about is chaos.

Umbro-187 ignores the corn flakes and fires the high explosive missile launcher at the platform and the twin laser at the drone behind the Spitfire

I left the main gun for Roquefort.

Gunnz, thanks )

Let's see who came to us. Verrek taps the keys thoughtfully and without fuss, directing the scanners.

Computers: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23

"Thanks!" Roquefort chirps as he keeps blatting away with the particle beam.

Particle Beam 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
Damage 8d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5, 1, 6, 2, 4, 4) = 31

What I should have said in my last post was.

Umbro-187 ignores the corn flakes and fires the high explosive missile launcher and twin laser at the platform and the light EMP cannon at the drone also in front of the Spitfire.

Verrek you can do a Lock On action using computers next round. That would really help Umbro-187's gunnery.

Roger that!

This is a central discussion thread for the year of Fortune's Fall playthrough. More info to follow.

/cough - Super keen!

When do you want sign ups to begin?

Hey Shifty, great to have you! You can already sign up your name in the linked spreadsheet, which is the system I'll use for now. I've started inviting other players, so let's see who wants to join.

I can imagine it will be harder to fill the 6-01 and 6-02 tables, because they're offered at conventions (e.g. PaizonCon online) and the playerbase for PbP Starfinder tends to be sparser. I can start the games anytime on or after May 31st, which is when they become available for the general public.

Hello! Thanks for inviting me. I'd definitely like to be involved.

The only caveat is that I'm trying not to overload myself on games so I could only commit to one game at a time if you're going to run 2 or 3.

But I love getting a group of characters together and running them through several scenarios as a group, so I hope you'll consider me.

I am here! Looking forward to playing through season six with everyone and thank you Kludde for inviting me.

@Shifty, happy to have the chance to play with you this time as opposed to you trying to TPK my PC's party!

Oh, thanks for this invite. I'm definitely in. I've got the bandwidth for once too!

@Shifty, happy to have the chance to play with you this time as opposed to you trying to TPK my PC's party!

...I mean, I can still give it a red hot go to nuke the party, just from the INSIDE this time.

I'm hoping to see a J'Shun/Chorizal appearance when we hot the correct tier adventures.

Wonderful! Looks like we have a core group of players, which is really great news. If you know any further players that you think would be interested in this, please send me a PM and I'll reach out to them. I'm still awaiting a response from two invites, but I'm not expecting both of them to say yes (though I'm always ready to be pleasantly surprised).

I'll also set up tables for 6-01 and 6-02 once the 'herding cats' phase of the PaizonCon Online games is over. Can you already reserve your names in the sign-up sheet (if you haven't already done so), so I know how many seats I need to fill from open recruitment?

I'm pretty sure the space admiral will be making an appearance, hopefully with his favorite captain to back him up also.

I just made purchases from our technically successful last mission so I'm ready to rock when something befitting our abilities comes up.

Great! As promised, the gameplay threads have been set up, you can find them here:

6-01
6-02

I'm going to see if I can get two c.q. three more players from open recruitment, but you can already dot in the and do the paperwork.

Ship roles:

Captain:
Chief Mate: ?Twila-5
Pilot:
Engineer:
Science Officer:
Gunner:
Magic Officer:

Twila-5's modifiers:
Engineering/Computers: +10
Gunnery: +7
Piloting +12
Acrobatics +13

She'd prefer to be the Chief Mate, but will fill in wherever there's a need.

Darakwinn has a decent Intimidation so she could Captain, but she's better suited for the Magic Officer role.

I've pulled everyones stats and popped the lot into a spreadsheet in the SLIDES deck.

It's tough as Cham is both the best pilot and the best gunner, and I have to admit that high a gunnery score could mean significantly more shots landed, but at the same time, it likely means a lot of winning init.

Pilot: Cham
Gun 1: HK (alternate Sci/Eng)
Gun 2: Doc (alternate Cap)
Gun 3: Twil
Mago: Dara
Chief: Astra

We're in a Drake so we can theoretically have up to FOUR weapons brought to bear each round, this ship is all about the Gunnery, or adding things that make our gunners able to moar-gun.

Sorry, I'm slow to the discussion. (This is one of the busiest times of the year for me (assistant principal) and today was graduation. I'm typically good for a handful of posts each day. Chief works for me. It'll be cool to play aside Twila, and not just GM!

Cha'mon Cha'mon is level 6, so he can do a Broadside action if he is a gunner.

Just had another look - we're in the T6 Drake so:
Attack (Forward) particle beam (8d6), coilgun (4d4)
Attack (Port) coilgun (4d4)
Attack (Aft) coilgun (4d4)
Attack (Turret) heavy plasma torpedo launcher (5d10)

At best we get three weapons into play each round, but our combat effectiveness in the Drake is almost entirely reliant on positioning enemies into that frontal arc - which means we need to dominate the initiative - which means your super high +16 on Piloting. Ideally we give you a +2 off the Trinode as well to further ensure you can dominate initiative and force them to keep moving first.

Cha'mon Cha'mon is level 6, so he can do a Broadside action if he is a gunner.

Cha'mon Cha'mon!

Thanks to your character name, I found out that this awesome band is playing in my hometown this fall. Thanks for that.

I actually don't know anything about that band. Cha'mon's name was inspired by this scene from one of my favorite movies Rush Hour 2, Cha'mon, Lee!

I assumed Rush Hour too :-)

I've pulled everyones stats and popped the lot into a spreadsheet in the SLIDES deck.

It's tough as Cham is both the best pilot and the best gunner, and I have to admit that high a gunnery score could mean significantly more shots landed, but at the same time, it likely means a lot of winning init.

Pilot: Cham
Gun 1: HK (alternate Sci/Eng)
Gun 2: Doc (alternate Cap)
Gun 3: Twil
Mago: Dara
Chief: Astra

We're in a Drake so we can theoretically have up to FOUR weapons brought to bear each round, this ship is all about the Gunnery, or adding things that make our gunners able to moar-gun.

Works for me. DocMedevac™ and HunterKiller 42-5 can have the particle beam and the Turret, since they'll be more likely to hit. I'll take a coilgun.

Geez the combat is running efficiently :)

Apparently there is some serious errata for 6-01. I have no idea what, but was warned by friends...

Hey, It's Mama Rae. Mama Rae, eat or play. Does your horse neigh? Mama Rae! Don't go away! Come to Mama Rae! I can do this all day, Mama Rae!

Context question: Is this a commercial playing over an intercom or on a nearby video screen? A thought protruding into our minds? Does it have a catchy or cringey jingle?

Yes, I'm focused on the least important thing right now. ;p

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Hey, It's Mama Rae. Mama Rae, eat or play. Does your horse neigh? Mama Rae! Don't go away! Come to Mama Rae! I can do this all day, Mama Rae!

Context question: Is this a commercial playing over an intercom or on a nearby video screen? A thought protruding into our minds? Does it have a catchy or cringey jingle?

It might be a jingle that you have seen or heard, and it definitely comes with a cringey tune. The intention was for the jingle to be 'something that exists in the universe', for example a message you might encounter on the infosphere, like such:

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This is AbadarCorp with a consumer warning. It has come to our attention that a number of recent Drake class starships have been outfitted with unauthorized personnel evaporation systems. AbadarCorp wishes to emphasize that the activation of any authorized system will lead to a voiding of warranty. AbadarCorp is not liable for any exposure to vacuum, radiation, or any loss of physical integrity as the result of the activation of such systems.
-AbadarCorp, official communication

Thanks for the clarification.

Final apology! That was the last of my craziness. I'm back full time all the time. Catching up this morning.

Final apology! That was the last of my craziness. I'm back full time all the time. Catching up this morning.

Welcome back to the normal world, no crazy people here ;-). I suppose the first point of order would be to post a combat action in 6-01

Well, "no crazy people here" might not be entirely accurate. [giggles maniacally]

I've added threads for 6-03 and 6-04, which will be released on June 28.

6-03 is a tier 3-6 game, and a metaplot follow-up of 6-01, so it makes sense to start that one after 6-01 is finished.

6-04 is a tier 9-12 game, which I'll offer as soon as 6-02 is completed.

At this point, I've opened up the Sign-up sheet and have created gameplay threads to dot in to.

Ooh, I'd love to play 6-03, but I'll be unable to post from July 1-9. Have fun without me, guys!

I'll be camping and at Scout camp from July 1-9 and have no idea if I'll be able to post while I'm gone. Fingers crossed, but please bot as needed.

Edit: Though it may not be an issue for this game.

Profession (electrition): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

I'll be announcing the 6-03 and 6-04 games on the station in a couple of days. If you want to claim a spot before that time, put your name up on the sign-up sheet here

Ooh, I'd love to play 6-03, but I'll be unable to post from July 1-9. Have fun without me, guys!

I've added a row to the sign-up sheet to allow players to voice their interest in a recent game, and I'll start it once I have enough players (provided I have capacity). You can sign up for 6-03 (on the lower row), and we can start it anytime after July 9, if we get enough players. It's a lot easier for me to run a second table of the same game.

No Day Job here.

I'll be announcing the 6-03 and 6-04 games on the station in a couple of days. If you want to claim a spot before that time, put your name up on the sign-up sheet here

Twila-5 wrote:

Ooh, I'd love to play 6-03, but I'll be unable to post from July 1-9. Have fun without me, guys!

I've added a row to the sign-up sheet to allow players to voice their interest in a recent game, and I'll start it once I have enough players (provided I have capacity). You can sign up for 6-03 (on the lower row), and we can start it anytime after July 9, if we get enough players. It's a lot easier for me to run a second table of the same game.

Thanks! I'll do that.

Back! Sorry work got a little hectic in a remote area, back home now, 4 hours sleep in the last 72 so updating posts, cleaning all my gear, dinner, bed :p

The next games have been released, so let's get seated at the tables! Please dot in at the gameplay threads and do all the paperwork. There's enough paperwork to satisfy a Hellknight in there.

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6-03 Project Dawn
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Shifty
Scottybobotti
‘Eκάτη
DM S
Ilmakis
phaeton_nz
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6-04 Secrets Long Submerged
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Shifty
Scottybobotti
Krag (1824-702)
Ilmakis
phaeton_nz
Farol
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Unfortunately I need to bow out from 6-04. Both my characters that could have played this scenario are actually unavailable :(

Sorry DM Kludde!

Thanks for letting me know, I'll call in the reserve player.

RPG Chronicles for 6-03 and 6-04 say they are still for 6-01 in the scenario section, so it won't let you register a PC that is higher than level 4 for them.

The scenario list for RPGC still doesn't contain the new scenarios. I've set the scenarios to 6-02 and 5-10 for now, they cover the same level ranges. Can you try again?

Also, still waiting for the pdfs in my subscription to drop... I can't really start without them :-/

It works now.

While Gunnz is always keen on the pilots seat, as a player, I'm real happy for Katrina to fly, that extra +4 is massive in space combat and winning initiative is the secret to winning the combat. Does this actually have space combat in it? I didn't think I saw the space combat tag.

Actually Kat has heard about Gunnz's flying ability on the gossip network and is curious to see what she can do. She'll probably ask for a demo - on the excuse of space combat drills.

"You want to know who's the best? It's right here. The best pilot's name is on the Starfinder Fleet Top Gun trophy and it's been my call sign on it for the last five years and counting."

Next Wednesday I'm off on holiday for a week. I may be able to do some posting, but please just bot me by default

Vesk gonna vesk.

This is a public service announcement. Through routine checks, flaws in recordkeeping have been uncovered. It is every citizen's duty to keep immaculate identity records. Disregard of station regulations is an offense. Please use the toilet brush to keep the lavatories clean for the next user.

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@Ilmakis, Shifty: can you make sure your RPG chronicles info for 6-03 is complete?

RPG Chronicles

In other news, the RPG chronicles now refer to the correct adventure