Before it can flee, J'Shun delivers a final, killing blow to one of the giant crabs! Chorizal turns his attention to the other one, but its armored shell is too thick for his cryopike to penetrate! Rattus fires at it, but the water slows the slug down too much and it lacks the power to do any harm.
J'Shun's AoO hits and takes out Red.
Chorizal's attack versus Blue misses.
Rattus' attack missed due to the underwater combat penalty and soft cover.
@Everyone: Please factor the underwater combat penalty into your attack rolls, note whether your attacks are versus KAC or EAC, and list damage types. It saves me having to look stuff up :)
J'Shun uses entropy to boost the efficiency of his hydrojet, so that he can close the gap between himself and the fleeing crab. Double move and spend 1 entropy point to boost his swim speed by 10'. His double move allows him to regain the 1 entropy point he just spent.
The crab tries to catch new targets in its lightning-quick pincers!
Blue does a Full action, one attack vs J'Shun and one versus Chorizal. Results: Attack vs J'Shun misses. Attack vs Chorizal is a nat 20. Chorizal, you take 45 B and are Grappled.
You are restrained by a creature, effect, or trap. You can’t move, and you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class, attack rolls, Reflex saving throws, initiative checks, and Dexterity-based skill and ability checks, except those made to grapple your opponent in turn or to escape a grapple. In addition, you can’t take actions that require two hands (or other limbs) to perform. You can’t make attacks of opportunity.
You can’t use Stealth to hide from the creature grappling you, even if a special ability allows you to hide when you normally couldn’t. If you become invisible, through a Spell or other ability, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your check to escape being grappled, but you receive no other benefit.
Loki's pinpoint laser blast drills a steaming hole through the crab! The crustacean shakes violently and then begins to float, obviously dead.
With the giant crabs defeated, the way forward is clear. A circular trench surrounds a section of the basalt growths prevalent in this part of the seafloor, and extensive basalt columns and growths run rampant over the top of a visible structure. The front door to the mine is easily visible on approach, but covered in warning labels listing dangerous chemicals and heavy equipment on the premises.
Loki's attack hit FF EAC and kills Blue.
J'Shun, you don't need to expend your entropy points (I don't know if you're allowed to save them or not).
Vesk Soldier (Blitz)/Starknight 8th| INIT + 6, Senses Perception +0, Low-light vision | EAC 26 KAC 28 DR 6 | Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +6 | [SP] 11/72[HP] 62/62| Resolve: 7/8 | Fire Resistance: 7
Chorizal takes a breather after helping beat down the crabs, during which time the contraption he's put together to hold the cryopike and machine gun together falls apart.
He opts for the pike and slings the gun on his back.
He stands just to the side of the door on the opposite side from Loki with his back against the wall, pike at the ready so that he can spin in and motor forward when the door is opened.
Taking 10 and spending a Resolve to get my SP back unless there is a compelling reason not to.
intersex N khizar nanocyte 10 | SP 120/120 HP 66/66 | RP 15/15 | EAC 28; KAC 30 | Fort +13; Ref +7; Will +5 (many bonuses) | Init: +2 | Perc: +7 (unusual senses), SM: +3 | Speed 35 ft. | Current Arrays: Gear (hoverskates), Sheath | Nanite Surge 10/10 | Reroll: 1 | Active conditions: None
Kosigan thinks about how nice it would be if it had some nanite ability to prevent damage. Oh, wait, it does, and the player keeps forgetting. It switches back to the hammer, and tries to come up with new forms that would be more useful here.
Letting my -40 SP ride for now... nanocytes are very hardy, until they're not...
As Chorizal takes a quick breather, Loki goes to work on the door and finds the lock a snap to pick.
The door opens to reveal a nicely furnished lobby with AbadarCorp logos patterned onto the walls and furniture.
The room contains oversized chairs, a low table, and a receptionist’s desk that is cleared of items except for a datapad set into the surface of the desk, protected from the water that fills the room by a covering.
Another set of doors stand on the far side of the room.
This map is on Slide # 4 (you're at the bottom).
@Chorizal: Yep, you're able to take a 10 minute rest without interruption.
Vesk Soldier (Blitz)/Starknight 8th| INIT + 6, Senses Perception +0, Low-light vision | EAC 26 KAC 28 DR 6 | Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +6 | [SP] 11/72[HP] 62/62| Resolve: 7/8 | Fire Resistance: 7
With Loki doing his job, Chorizal moves to do his. He closes the distance to the other doors in the room, keeping his pike at the ready but hopefully not getting close enough to trigger any alarms or traps or even just an automatic door sensor.
A glowing, transparent, and occasionally glitching hologram of Loki appears and interfaces with the datapad. There are four applications of interest: mail, calendar, security logs, and temperature control.
The mail logs don’t reveal anything unusual and are fairly mundane; the last messages were sent on year ago and were generally cancelling services and arranging for transport; the messages indicate that a starship named The Golden Meteor was contracted to pick up mining equipment.
The calendar shows no appointments in the past year, though the receptionist did keep the calendars for two other people: the General Manager Datch and the mine supervisor Farimther.
The security logs show that the front door was opened moments ago (when you came in) but wasn’t opened for a year prior to that.
The temperature controls indicate that someone has been adjusting the water temperature in the facility quite recently.
Vesk Soldier (Blitz)/Starknight 8th| INIT + 6, Senses Perception +0, Low-light vision | EAC 26 KAC 28 DR 6 | Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +6 | [SP] 11/72[HP] 62/62| Resolve: 7/8 | Fire Resistance: 7
"By your command," Chorizal acknowledges J'Shun's request.
He positions himself between the rest of the group as they gather around the doors and the mining bots.
"Anyone else feel like everyone packed up then decided to move without their stuff? I'm no expert but it seems like someone could come in and get this whole operation up and running again in a few days," he comments as all the equipment left behind becomes more and more evident.
Loki swims to the nearest set of double doors; they open easily. A chamber that looks like a research laboratory of some type is on the other side. Several desks with computers line the walls of this room off the main entrance, while long tables down the middle of the room are crowded with machinery and experiments. Basalt samples float in suspension in front of sensors or set up for strength testing, and many broken pieces of basalt fill waste bins. A first-aid cabinet is mounted to one wall
Loki:
You notice a datapad in the crevice between a desk and the wall just off to your right. The little yellow rectangle.
