Supreme Beings - SF2e Fly Free or Die Campaign

Game Master scranford

"On the way to the ship, I can post on the local infosphere, about wanting to sell one crate," Dosheen-45 adds as an afterthought. "What do you think a reasonable price or trade would be? If only we knew of a species that liked spoiled yaro berries."

There must be a variety of online marketplaces even on Akiton, right?

So we still don't have a consensus on what to do NEXT. Everyone is saying leave immediately and sell the case of Yaro berries... which is two things. There really isn't a ebay or facebook marketplace on this backwater world. You would have to either go into the market and try to find a buyer... or place a classified ad and wait for someone to reply... which may move forward the spoilage factor. I'm just going to make a decision randomly and move forward from there. Herding cats:-)

1d3 ⇒ 3
1. Jump in the ship and depart
2. Go into the market to find a buyer
3. Make an add on the infosphere and wait for a reply (50% Chance of spoilage).

The group agrees to let Dosheen place a "for sale" ad on the local infosphere and receives a response in the early evening. This delays the departure by about (6) hours... but the group is able to get 300 credits for the berries to a wedding reception in need of instant delivery. After delivering and collecting the credits (And congratulating the bride and groom) the group is finally ready to leave around 8:00 PM.

As the group readies to depart Dosheen is busy leaving a review on the classified when he comes across a breaking news report.

A photo appears on the screen of your recent vendor and as Dosheen turns up the volume he catches the narration. Khulans find and execute her for extortion and murder.

DC12 Society What are Khulans

DC15 Society, or 13 Underworld Lore

So it's time for a DC10 Piloting Check to properly depart and program the trip to Absalom Station.

If successful roll 1d6 for the time in the drift back to Absalom Station.

Assuming Dosheen shares that broadcast with us.

Society: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Vegoia's jaw drops as Dosheen shares the news.

"Holy s&!!, the khulans don't f%~+ around! I...guess we don't owe Ainsley that favor, then. Damn, I was pissed at her, but I didn't wanna see her killed! Ichihara Holdings is probably gonna have her replacement in place before closing time today too. Sorry, my thoughts are kinda scattered because...well...s#&*!"

"Well, lets get out of here then, i dont want to get offed by some ghost monster, thank you, but nope!" as he gets the tub in the air and out of there

Piloting: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Drift: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Sociey dc 12; 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

"I'll take your word on it Captain," Dosheen-45 says.

"A very efficient route Maka," he adds while calculating probable delta-v requirements from their orbital exit angle.

Piloting aid: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

DC 12 Society khulan info: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

DC 15 Society: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

"Khulans patrolling the going-ons around here makes me think Sczarni would probably avoid this hive market like a plague."

He gets out his crystal orb to use as a focus, glad to see the images that appear within the glass let him know that the twins and their crew are also in their ship leaving Akiton. (in Varisian)"Thank you, Desna, for keeping them safe."

He then puts the orb away and watches the view of Akiton getting smaller on the vid screen before the ship switches over to driftspace.

"Well, lets get out of here then, i dont want to get offed by some ghost monster, thank you, but nope!" as he gets the tub in the air and out of there.

"FAIRY ghost monster, Mak," Vegoia adds. "That's why no one knows why they appointed themselves Hivemarket's law. I don't know what's scarier, the idea that after bullying us she got cocky and tried some more obvious extortion later that day that got the khulans on her ass...or if they'd been watching the whole thing between her and us go down, and we hadn't even known they'd been there."

"Khulans patrolling the going-ons around here makes me think Sczarni would probably avoid this hive market like a plague."

"I dunno, Marky. If Ichihara Holdings really IS a front for the Golden League like you said, then maybe Ainsley was less a businesswoman and more a "legitimate businesswoman" they sent to establish a racket there. Then the question becomes whether Ainsley just got cocky and bit off more than she could chew...or her bosses sent her there without warning her about how the khulans operate, knowing they'd kill her when she began doing ostensibly what they wanted her to do. Whole lot of "what-ifs," I guess...and you're the expert on "what-ifs," Marky."

The story continues after a brief commercial on Reed's bubblegum cigars. A photo of a middle age human woman is projected on the screen with the name Siska captioned at the bottom. "The corpse of Siska a well-loved local business owner was uncovered a few Kilometers our of town by one of our Khulan investigators".

Makaleku plots a course to the drift assisted by Dosheen, and the craft departs without a hitch. A couple of hours later the craft enters the drift for the journey to Absalom Station.

GM Rolls

The first 3 days of the journey go off without a hitch, but on the "D" watch of Day 3 (N'than) notices something.

As the crew travels through the Drift back to Absalom Station, BD514 becomes plagued by odd occurrences: computer panels flicker, overhead lights blink on and off, and the power core experiences strange fluctuations.

DC 16 Engineering

DC 16 Computers Check From the Science officers' station

DC 14 Arcana or Nature (After a successful Computers check)

While N'than was off-shift, Dosheen-45 decides to use his problem-solving skills at the Science officers' station.

Computers check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

"Not to alarm anyone, but there are about half a dozen small creatures attached to the hull. Does anyone recognize them?" He displays the images to the rest of the crew.

The news of Siska's fate (with the strong implication that the Golden League had murdered her to take over her business) sours Vegoia's mood even further. "Well...that clears up everything, then. Gonna have to ask Tarika if Siska had any family. Send 'em our condolences. The mental image of a khulan investigator's kinda funny, though. They don't wear clothes, if I remember correctly, but now I'm imagining one in a trenchcoat with a fedora..."

She's bustling around the galley during the shift when notified something's up, and quickly gathers the others.

"This is out of my specific wheelhouse, so I'd welcome any insight you guys have as to what the heck's going on! This run's been rough enough I don't wanna add "getting stranded in the Drift" on top of that!"

Translation: I'm not trained in any of the skills that will help here. :P

Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Will let you come up with what Marcellus tells the others, GM, with that critical failure.

Reminder: Marcellus has the Dubious Knowledge feat, which does not help with critical failures but does affect non-critical failures.

When seeing the creatures on the viewscreen Marcellus tells the others what he knows of them...

N'than steps up to the science station to take a look at what is out there.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 Arcana

"Oh I know what those are... Drift Leaches. They are small magical beasts that can absorb power and disrupt technological systems through the hull of the ship. They will feed on our power core until it's drained of all power... which is probably not a good thing, especially when in the Drift".

He then turns around and addresses the others on watch. "I'm afraid some of us are going to have to go out there and physically remove them... before they drain too much power".

NOTE: The armor worn by the PCs includes boots that allow them to anchor themselves to the ship’s hull in zero-gravity, and the armor’s environmental protections will keep them temporarily safe from the vacuum of space.

"Space walk! That sounds fun, I'm in!" as he then starts to get ready for some walkin

"I'll go out there too," Vegoia says. "Figure a solarian strike oughta knock those leeches off easily!"

Makaleku and Vegoia go out the Starboard airlock and immediately see one of the offending drift leaches forward of their position.

Drift Leach combat map

Vegoia reattunes to the cosmic forces, using gravity to keep her firmly planted on the ship's hull while extending the grasp of her stellar fists.

◇ Attune, switch Solar Weapon's traits to Reach alone. For some reason Demiplane isn't letting me do it on the sheet.

Then she carefully puts one foot in front of the other to get close to the drift leech.

◆ Stride

Then she sends out a one-two combo of gravitic punches, their darkness standing out against the Drift's technicolor glory.

◆ Strike x2

Solar Weapon 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Solar Weapon 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

I guess we'd better roll initiative before beginning combat...

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 Initiative (Perception)

"They are in such a hurry," Dosheen-45 says while coming back from his locker with his weapon. He waits for the Starboard airlock to go through its cycle before he enters it to exit the ship.

I assume Dosheen-45 will enter the combat during the second round.

Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

The skitter rsuhes forward, already getting an idea on where to take on the creature, then launches a bite

Punch: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage+Aim: 1d6 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + 3 + (2) = 8

GM Rolls

So...

Marcellus
Makaleku
Dosheen
Vegoia
Cook
Drift Leaches
N'than.

Marcellus is up...
* Makaleku already posted his actions.
** Dosheen you can assume that you went out with Makaleku and Vegoia, so you're up after Makaleku's actions have been resolved.

Marcellus brings up the views of the ship's hull to monitor the locations of the creatures and communicate their locations to the crew members that are spacewalking (in relation to the crew members' locations).

one action for piloting check to bring view onto his screen?

two actions for Ready action to help give space-walking crew member(s) a bonus to their defense against next creature(s) that engages with them?

Reaction when above trigger occurs.

Round 1 - Leeches on the hull

Marcellus
Makaleku
Dosheen
Vegoia
Cook
Drift Leaches
N'than.

Marcellus quickly moves to the Science section and N'than points out the location of some of the leeches.

◆ 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 Computers Check This would be a computers check. If you were trying to run them over it would be piloting. But the image keeps glitching and he is unable to assist. Probably need to check that camera out when you get back to Absalom Station.

◆◆ He then watches to see if he can assist in helping the outside crew keep from getting hit.

So I'm assuming you're readying to use the Aid action as a reaction. If you look at the description for Aid it is only for an attack or skill check... so really doesn't work to help with AC. Also, you need to be a little more specific on how the AID would work with an attack. You need to pick who you're aiding, and if you're helping them attack.

Makaleku Strides forward and attempts to punch the nearest leech almost forgetting he has a helmet on and can't bite. His brief hesitance causes him to miss his target.

◆ STRIDE
◆ ATTACK (Miss)
◆ ????

Vegoia Vegoia steps up her magnetic boots holding her on the ship's hull and sends a couple of enhanced fists around Makaleku and strikes out with a couple of energy powered punches.

◆ STRIDE
◆ STRIKE (Hit / Critical) Still need some damage
◆ STRIKE (Miss) If your weapon is agile, it's only a (-4), not a (-5) on the MAP.

Dosheen is up (Actually before Vegoia)Cook on Deck

The last sentence of the Aid reaction is "The GM can add any relevant traits to your preparatory action or to your Aid reaction depending on the situation, or even allow you to Aid checks other than skill checks and attack rolls."

To clarify what I was referring to above...to give them a heads up on the creatures approaching them they have not spotted yet...i.e. preventing them from being caught off-guard to an attack. As Aid is used to to create circumstances that have the possibility to aid someone else, which typically gives a circumstance numerical bonus to a die roll, I am attempting to use the Aid action in a way that affects the circumstance but affects things in a non-die roll adjustment circumstance assist. i.e. "There's a bogey on your six!" to decrease the chance of a foe sneaking up on them.

Computers: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

As Dosheen went out last and they are moving forward, it will be Dosheen I am attempting to aid in case one of the creatures is approaching him.

Possibly the best way to apply it to a die roll is giving circumstance bonus (on a successful Aid) check is to passive Perception check to notice additional creatures approaching.

Even though it looks like I moved Dosheen-45 back inside the ship, he's on the hull. I'm enjoying imagining this map as a 3D ship.

Dosheen-45 appreciates the magnetic ability of his boots to make walking across the hull so easy. The sensors in the boots adjust the magnetic force to mimic a natural walking stride. He raises his pistol and takes a moment to aim at the drift leach Makaleku and Vegoia are fighting.

◆ Stride
◆ Aim (designating Drift Leach 6 as the mark) +1d4 precision damage
◆ Strike: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Damage: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + (1) = 3

Even though it looks like I moved Dosheen-45 back inside the ship, he's on the hull. I'm enjoying imagining this map as a 3D ship.

Dosheen-45 appreciates the magnetic ability of his boots to make walking across the hull so easy. The sensors in the boots adjust the magnetic force to mimic a natural walking stride. He raises his pistol and takes a moment to aim at the drift leach Makaleku and Vegoia are fighting.

◆ Stride
◆ Aim (designating Drift Leach 6 as the mark) +1d4 precision damage
◆ [dice=Strike]1d20+9
[dice=Damage]1d4+1d4

Need an action to draw your weapon ;-(

Oh, I thought he would have drawn it in the airlock, before exiting to the ship's exterior.

Disregard the Aim action then and have that a Interact to draw his arc pistol.

Oh, I thought he would have drawn it in the airlock, before exiting to the ship's exterior.

Disregard the Aim action then and have that a Interact to draw his arc pistol.

No prep actions in PF2. I’ve lost players over enforcing this rule.

Calistril 28th 320 BD514 Star Freighter

Round 1

Marcellus (Inside Ship)
Makaleku (On Hull)
Dosheen (On Hull)
Vegoia (On Hull)
Cook (Inside Ship)
Drift Leech 1 DEAD!
Drift Leech 2
Drift Leech 3
Drift Leech 4
Drift Leech 5
Drift Leech 6
N'than

N'than is up... Marcellus on deck

Vegoia Damage 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 (Assuming Fist is your Solar Weapon). So 22 points of Damage on the Crit

After both Makaleku and Dosheen fail to hit the energy sucking leech, Vegoia is able to completely obliterate the Drift leach in Front of Makaleku as if flies off the side of the vessel.

Cook runs to the Hatch and beings suiting up to help outside the ship.

DL1 Drifts off into space pancaked flat

DL2 Moves forward along the hull and spits a gob of swirling electricity at Dosheen which drifts off harmlessly into space
◆ STRIDE; ◆ STRIDE; ◆ STRIKE
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 Energy Discharge

DL3 Continues to siphon Energy

DL 4 Continues to Siphon Energy

DL 5 Moves forward to spit energy at Makaleku, but his armor keeps the energy blast from damaging him, as the ship grounds out the charge. As he steps closer however Makaleku, Vegoia and Dosheen can feel some of the energy discharge from his armor (-1 to AC and life support when within 10' of the creature)
◆ STRIDE
◆ STRIKE
◆ STRIDE
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 Energy Discharge

* NOTE: Dosheen and Vegoia also suffers the Armor drain as the creature steps closer.

I'll give N'than the rest of the day to post before DMPCing him.

N'than was feeling ... literally not quite all there. He'd 'drifted' before, and it was considered a gift for The Chosen, at the moment though, it didn't feel like a gift. It felt like having been hit by a grav field after falling from a hover bike. He was gald to have drifted back. He knew there were things to do. He'd seen it from the Drift.


◆ SUIT UP I
◆ SUIT UP II
◆ MOVE (Towards ship's exterior)

Marcellus will continue to monitor location of the drift leeches, trying to help prevent any of the drift leeches from getting the jump on his fellow crew members. That is two of Marcellus' actions for Ready and his reaction for Aid. Do you want his other action for each turn to be used for a Computers check, or do I have that remaining action to use each round?

Calistril 28th 320 BD514 Star Freighter

Round 2

Marcellus (Inside Ship)
Makaleku (On Hull)
Dosheen (On Hull)
Vegoia (On Hull)
Cook (Inside Ship)
Drift Leech 1 DEAD!
Drift Leech 2
Drift Leech 3
Drift Leech 4
Drift Leech 5
Drift Leech 6
N'than

N'than jumps from his bunk as the battle stations siren cuts through the fog in his brain and rushes towards the Starboard airlock to prepare to assist the away team. He gets the suit on, and will be able to cycle the airlock next round.

Marcellus: Continues to monitor the combat hoping to aid any who are being snuck up on. You still have an action
◆◆ Ready
↺ Assist (Need a roll for that... probably computers or an applicable lore (Battlefield lore?)
◆ ?

Makaleku is up... Dosheen on deck

Perception or Computers works...Perception if the view on the vidscreen is large enough he does not have to 'rotate' through various camera angles, and Computers if he does. Sound good? I will make a flat roll and include his modifiers for both, for you to apply whichever one makes sense for how he needs to use the computer to see the view of outer hull (all cameras views on screen at once, albeit each one smaller 'mini-screen' or rotating through views that are 'larger on screen'

+3 for Perception, +4 for computers: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Perception or Computers works...Perception if the view on the vidscreen is large enough he does not have to 'rotate' through various camera angles, and Computers if he does. Sound good? I will make a flat roll and include his modifiers for both, for you to apply whichever one makes sense for how he needs to use the computer to see the view of outer hull (all cameras views on screen at once, albeit each one smaller 'mini-screen' or rotating through views that are 'larger on screen'

[dice=+3 for Perception, +4 for computers]1d20

I'll apply computers which will give you that 15 required.

NOTE: You still have an action left...

See discussion post, as it could affect whether the following is the action I use or not.

◆ Point Out (drift leech 6)

"Dosheen, there's another one approaching your position from topside portside."

The little Skitter goes all out on the leech, after trying to get his aim right, the moving ship is causing problems with that

-> Aim
-> Attack
-> Attack

Attack 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Attack 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

Damage1: 1d6 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (4) = 12
Damage2: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Calistril 28th 320 BD514 Star Freighter

Round 2

Marcellus (Inside Ship)
Makaleku (On Hull)
Dosheen (On Hull)
Vegoia (On Hull)
Cook (Inside Ship)
Drift Leech 2
Drift Leech 3
Drift Leech 4
Drift Leech 5 DEAD!
Drift Leech 6
N'than

Dosheen is up Vegoia on Deck

Marcellus Continues to point out the location of the Drift Leeches to the outside crew keeping them safe from any unexpected attacks.

Makaleku Makaleku punches Leech 5 strongly smashing him against the hull. 1d4 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (4) = 8 Bludgeoning Damage (Not sure how you're calculating the damage. Since your first attack killed the Leech you still have an action remaining. Also, using your fists is agile so the second attack is at Minus 4 not minus 5

I'm assuming you're using your special Aim ability... but not sure where the 1d6 is coming from... and not sure if you have something that makes your punch lethal instead of non-lethal?

I read most space suits (for his species) allow them to use their stomach mouth. If I am mistaken on that, I'm sorry

I read most space suits (for his species) allow them to use their stomach mouth. If I am mistaken on that, I'm sorry

I'll research that... In your first post of the combat (4/17) you mentioned that you were going in for the bite... then your attack said Punch... so I was confused.

when I edited, I forgot to change the attack description. That one is my bad. And thank you, I may have gotten wrong info from where I looked. So a GM ruling would help. So I can spend my credits on a proper space suit for future encounters

when I edited, I forgot to change the attack description. That one is my bad. And thank you, I may have gotten wrong info from where I looked. So a GM ruling would help. So I can spend my credits on a proper space suit for future encounters

From some quick research I couldn't find anything about that. If you can give me a source I'm all for it.

"Understood, Marcellus," Dosheen-45 says. The more immediate threat is this one next to me, he thinks.

He steps away from the creature Drift Leach 2, aims, and shoots his blaster.

◆ Stride
◆ Aim (designating DL 2 as the mark) +1d4 precision damage
◆ Strike Strike: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + (3) = 5

Calistril 28th 320 BD514 Star Freighter

Round 2

Marcellus (Inside Ship)
Makaleku (On Hull)
Dosheen (On Hull)
Vegoia (On Hull)
Cook (Inside Ship)
Drift Leech 2 DEAD!
Drift Leech 3
Drift Leech 4
Drift Leech 5 DEAD!
Drift Leech 6
N'than

Vegoia is up Cook on Deck

Dosheen carefully aims his blaster moving forward for a better angle and strikes true ending poor Drift Leech (Huey) 2's tortured existence.

Vegoia starts walking up the side of the ship and onto the roof, slowly, steadily, to make sure she doesn't misstep and end up flailing on one leg, or worse. As she comes to the top, she can see the leech wiggling and she sends another pair of solar-powered strikes its way.

◆ Stride (25 ft.)

◆ Strike x2 on Leech 6 (Solar Weapon)

Attack 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 231d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Attack 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 111d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Calistril 28th 320 BD514 Star Freighter

Round 2

Marcellus (Inside Ship)
Makaleku (On Hull)
Dosheen (On Hull)
Vegoia (On Hull)
Cook (Inside Ship)
Drift Leech 2 DEAD!
Drift Leech 3
Drift Leech 4
Drift Leech 5 DEAD!
Drift Leech 6 DEAD!
N'than (After cycling the outer hatch, you are now on the hull with one action remaining).

N'than is up Marcellus on Deck (Round 3)

Vegoia: Steps up carefully on the metal hull the unusual background of the Drift causing her to take extra time, then stops short... but her arms don't as they seem to stretch out and swing at the curious Leach. The creature is as surprised as the extra-long arms make contact and end its existence with one blow. Vegoia's second blow fails to make contact... but the first one accomplished the job.

Drift Leach 3 and 4 maintain their positions and continue to suck energy from the ship. for just a moment the lights flash before aux. power is redirected and they return to maximum brightness. Marcellus gets an alert on screen that the restroom fans, and the arcade games have been disabled due to an unexpected power drain.

posting my actions as we will be top of the round soon

Maka will make his way to the next leech, already planning on where to hit it, then taking a swipe

Bonk: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Bonk+Aim: 1d4 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (2) = 7

posting my actions as we will be top of the round soon

Maka will make his way to the next leech, already planning on where to hit it, then taking a swipe

[Dice=Bonk] 1d20+8
[Dice=Bonk+Aim] 1d4+3+1d4

So if you look at OBR you'll notice that you're 85+ feet away from the closest Leech. Is your action... ◆ Move, ◆ Move, ◆ Move.

4/28 combat map

NOTE: Using something even if it's not the (◆) Will really help out in determining what you're doing with your three actions.

will do so, I did previously. Just forgot

N'than uses his one action to move towards the Drift Leaches on the other side of the hull.

N'than: finally navigates the airlock and steps up towards where he sees Vegoia standing.

Calistril 28th 320 BD514 Star Freighter

Round 3

Marcellus (Inside Ship)
Makaleku (On Hull)
Dosheen (On Hull)
Vegoia (On Hull)
Cook (Inside Ship)
Drift Leech 2 DEAD!
Drift Leech 3
Drift Leech 4
Drift Leech 5 DEAD!
Drift Leech 6 DEAD!
N'than (After cycling the outer hatch, you are now on the hull with one action remaining).

Marcellus is up Dosheen on Deck (Round 3)

"Marcellus

Makaleku: After being informed where the remaining Drift leeches are located Makaleku takes off to the other side of the ship.

Discussion thread to set up our Starship crew for this campaign.

STARSHIP ROLES

You’re going to be working with your fellow crew members on a Company freighter, so you need to consider your starship role. Most themes detailed in this article suggest possible starship roles. Those that don’t might lend themselves to a character who can fill any role, depending on class and skills. At the very least, your group needs an engineer, a gunner, a pilot, and a science officer. Look for opportunities to build your characters to fill other roles, too, including chief mate and magic officer

WHO YOU ARE

We hired you because you fit our needs. Your assignment should suit yours. All we require is that you understand your role and seek to fulfill it. In doing so, apply your expertise, work hard, use good judgment, support your team, and cling to integrity. Expect as much from yourself as you do from others... DATABASE CORRUPTION...

All right, let’s cut the crap. To the Company, you’re just an employee number. The Company doesn’t care about your skill, industriousness, or honesty. The Company cares about three things, and that’s money, money, and more money. Remember that. Keep being a good little source of profit and you’ll be fine. But if you cause trouble or stop being useful, you’ll be ejected like yesterday’s garbage.

Also posted the following in recruitment, to be sure everyone sees it.

For ship roles, magic officer is the best fit for Marcellus (being a out-of-time witchwarper), with chief mate being the second best fit (giving he grew up in Sandpoint just before Rise of the Runelords AP events started to happen, so he the tech of the far-flung future is something he did not grow up with having familiarity with).

As for the third-best fit for Marcellus, pilot or gunner would make better fits than engineer or science officer, as he could more easily learn how to fly or shoot, as opposed to the years of study to be an engieer or scientist.

Between pilot and gunner, pilot would align with his outlook more than gunner.

Tentative PCs per role

1. Pilot --> (Seth86) or (Avtar of Interesst) or ??
2. Engineer ?? or ??
3. Gunner --> (Seth86) or (Avatar of Interest) or ??
4. Science Officer --> ?? or (Avatar of Interest-basic medic) or ??
5. Chief Mate --> ?? or (GM_Drake) Marcellus Magravi or ??
6. Magic Officer --> (GM_Drake) Marcellus Magravi or ??

First-listed above is ideal based on background/class so far.

Working with top 3 best-fit roles for a given PC to input into the above potential role allocation.

(Avatar of Interest): "could fill the Gunner role and, depending on final training allocation, a middling Pilot or a basic medic."

(GM_Drake) Marcellus Magravi as possible Chief Mate (2nd best fit), Pilot (3rd best fit) or Gunner (4th best fit)

(Seth86) as possible gunner (as good as fit for the skittermander gunner pilot)

Apologies to anyone else who already posted in recruitment info that could be used to include you. My screen is starting to give me a headache and need to take a break from being so close to it for a bit.

Please use the following format for potential ship roles for your character.

Best choice:
Secondary choice:
Tertiary choice:
3rd-worse role:
2nd-worse role:
worst role:

Please copy and paste the following and add your character's name (or your profile name in brackets if you have not named your character yet)

Fly Free or Die Player's Guide backgrounds (not your character's background slot)

Former Smuggler -->
Golden Parachute -->
Kalistocrat Childhood -->
Mine Collapse -->
New Hire --> Marcellus Magravi
Old Hand --> Marcellus Magravi
Terraformer -->
Union Busted -->

Add your name to any that could potential work for your character concept.

I will check both recruitment and discussion threads to update the above lists. I will try to update the lists at least once per day (if there is new info to update it with) while we are all still working on our characters.

As for Marcellus Magravi's ship role priority

Best choice: Magic Officer
Secondary choice: Chief Mate
Tertiary choice: Pilot
3rd-worse role: Gunner
worse role (tied): Engineer or Science Officer

Reporting in! Like I said in the recruitment thread, I got a few character concepts for most of the available "backgrounds" from the AP, so I'm gonna give the others a chance to clarify the classes they're playing so I'm not being...y'know, redundant?

Leaning right now to the "Golden Parachute" or "Kalistocrat Childhood" or "Mine Collapse" concepts, however (to clarify, these wouldn't be one person who could be slotted into any of those three, they're three different concepts I'd pick one from).

Reporting in! Like I said in the recruitment thread, I got a few character concepts for most of the available "backgrounds" from the AP, so I'm gonna give the others a chance to clarify the classes they're playing so I'm not being...y'know, redundant?

Leaning right now to the "Golden Parachute" or "Kalistocrat Childhood" or "Mine Collapse" concepts, however (to clarify, these wouldn't be one person who could be slotted into any of those three, they're three different concepts I'd pick one from).

Right on. For your 'top three' character concepts, are there any crew positions that would not be a good fit for any of the three character concepts?

Crew Positions

1. Pilot
- (slotted as their first choice): (Seth86)
- (slotted as their second choice):
- (slotted as their third choice):

- (Avtar of Interesst)
- ??

2. Engineer
- (slotted as their first choice):
- (slotted as their second choice):
- (slotted as their third choice):

- ??

3. Gunner
- (slotted as their first choice): (Avatar of Interest)
- (slotted as their second choice): (Seth86)
- (slotted as their third choice):

- ??

4. Science Officer
- (slotted as their 1st choice):
- (slotted as their 2nd choice):
- (slotted as their 3rd choice):

- (Avatar of Interest-basic medic)
- ??

5. Chief Mate

- (slotted as their 1st choice):
- (slotted as their 2nd choice): Marcellus Magravi
- (slotted as their 3rd choice):

- ??

6. Magic Officer
- (slotted as their 1st choice): Marcellus Magravi
- (slotted as their 2nd choice):
- (slotted as their 3rd choice):

- ??

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Player's Guide Backgrounds

Former Smuggler -->
Golden Parachute --> (APZ)
Kalistocrat Childhood --> (APZ)
Mine Collapse --> (APZ),
New Hire --> Marcellus Magravi
Old Hand --> Marcellus Magravi
Terraformer --> (Avatar of Interest)
Union Busted -->

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(Playuer) Character (Ancestry/Background/Class)

(‘Eκάτη) ?? (??/??/??)
(Archpaladin Zousha) ?? (??/??/??)
(Avatar of Interest) ?? (kalo/electrician/Solarian or Operative?)
(GM_Drake) Marcellus Magravi (Varisian Human/Timelost/Witchwarper)
(Mainer) ?? (??/??/??)
(Seth86) ?? (everwhelp skittermander/??/striking operative)
(tomtesserae) (??/??/envoy?

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A couple of notes about how I run things in PbP for Pathfinder 2e...

1. Since Surprise rounds are almost unheard of in PF2e you will not be allowed to have your weapon out before combat for free. I've lost multiple players over this, but I enforce it because none of the adversaries have their weapons out either, and I don't want to change all their actions before combat. I've loosened up a bit on taking potions etc before entering an encounter... but the no weapons ready is set in stone. If you want to have a weapon out without spending an action, take "Quick Draw".

2. I'm a big fan of "Secret checks" but it slows things down tremendously in PbP so I'm okay for everyone to roll all their checks. If this becomes a metagaming problem. (Oh! he rolled a one so I'm going to check for traps as well), then we'll address it at the time. Exploration actions should take care of who rolls when, so be sure to tell me if you've changed up your exploration activity during play.

3. I'll roll initiative for everyone to speed things up.

4. I reward Hero Points more often for playing your characters quirks and personality than anything so fire up those cool out of encounter mode ideas.

5. I struggle a bit with social encounters because by rule most of these take 10-minutes. There are feats to reduce that time, so I don't want to handicap those willing to spend a feat to allow quick interjection... so we'll work together to RP these. In the past I've just rolled initiative for both social and combat encounters to allow those who'd like to try to talk their way out of situations a chance to do so before the bullets start flying.

6. For those of you unfamiliar with Owl Bear Rodeo, it's a simple VTT that you don't have to purchase to use. I will send a link to the campaign when ready and as long as you don't use a different device or clear your cookies it will remember where you are when you go back. Please find an image you'd like to use for your token, and I'll make the tokens and add them to OBR. In the past I made a Discord group for out of character sharing of stuff. Let me know if this would make things easier and I can do the same here. I can also share my DemiPlane subscription with those interested, but I'd like to wait a couple of sessions to make sure we're continuing as these shares are a limited resource.

I'll add more as I think of them, then summarize these in the Campaign thread.

Laniakea
Kalo
Electrician (could swap to Gene Splicer if there's an opportunity for downtime crafting, doesn't change the skills below except Physical Science becomes Life Science)
Solarian
Terraformer story background

Skills
Computers +4
Crafting +4
Physical Science Lore +4
Piloting +5
Ranged Attack +5
Perception +6
Medicine +4

So old school SF, his roles could be:
1. Science Officer (+6)
2. Pilot = Gunner (+5)
3. Engineer (+4)

A couple of notes about how I run things in PbP for Pathfinder 2e...

1. Since Surprise rounds are almost unheard of in PF2e you will not be allowed to have your weapon out before combat for free. I've lost multiple players over this, but I enforce it because none of the adversaries have their weapons out either, and I don't want to change all their actions before combat. I've loosened up a bit on taking potions etc before entering an encounter... but the no weapons ready is set in stone. If you want to have a weapon out without spending an action, take "Quick Draw".

Solely in case you aren't familiar and for the sake of clarity, Solarian has a handy class feature that allows them to manifest their weapons upon rolling initiative.

You steady your body and mind and attune yourself to the stellar aspect of your choice. You become attuned to photon or graviton. You can also manifest any of your solar manifestations if they're currently dormant and if you have the free hands to use them.

Special In addition to the above usage, you can also Attune as a free action when you roll initiative.

Speaking of Solarian, I'm leaning towards that class given we have magic, muscle and mischief covered to varying degrees, and I think I'm gonna lock into the "Golden Parachute" concept. Just have to decide on their ancestry and whether their relationship with Sinjin was just partners-in-crime or partners-in-crime, if you know what I'm sayin'. ;)

Just posted a link to Starbuilder 2d character generator. There is a free version... but I recommend upgrading to the paid version. It's only like a one-time fee of $5.00 or so, and well worth it for both Pathfinder and Starfinder.

Later today I'll post a link to Owl Bear Rodeo room for you guys to play around in. When I get your character portraits I'll make tokens and put them there as well.

Fly Free or Die Discord Link.

Join if you wish!!!

Discord Link

Hello hello

Greetings and well wishes to all

I brought biscuits

Hello everyone, I'm happy to be here with you. I'll fill out the details in my character sheet this week. Currently trying to find a good character portrait, turns out scruffy android mechanics aren't as common as one would hope.

Question.

If my character can bake. What skill would I use? I'm thinking he learned that most humanoids like deserts. And he kinda learned how to make cookies.

Don't want to step on Cookie's toes. Just a little thing my character picked up

@GM: which year is the campaign starting in? using the Starfinder equivalent of our current year (2026) or the year the Fly Free or Die AP was published (late 2020)?

I ask as I am working with Marcellus arrived in the future during the launch year of Starfinder 1E (2017)...so want to know if Marcellus has been in the future for 3 years or 9 years so far...as it will impact Part 2 of his character backstory (which starts with him 'popping' into 'existence' in Jatembe Park in Absalom Station and the first being he encoutered was the linked NPC to his AP background, the brenneri Tarika (and her daughter).

As he will not share a language with her yet, going to work in her daughter was climbing a tree and fell, and Marcellus saved her before she hit the ground. Grateful to the stranger, who is speaking a language she does not understand, she helped Marcellus out, including finding someone who could comprehend what he was saying....and from there will expand Part 2 of his character background story, after if Marcellus has been in the 'future' for 3 years (making him, biologically speaking, 32 years old) or nine years (making him biologically 38 years old).

He was 18 when Heather was killed in his reality, and in the alternate reality they were married when he was 18 and Heather gave birth to the twins when Marcellus was 19.

I still have to purchase gear, finish Part 2 of his character backstory (and fill out any other details on the notes section of his starbuilder character sheet).

Here is the link for his (mostly finished) starbuilder character sheet.

Marcellus Magravi's character sheet

One of the languages he will have for his bonus languages will be the brenneri native tongue (so he can communicate with the first two beings he met and befriended upon first arriving in the future: Tarika and her daughter.

If it is okay, I would like to tweak the specifics of the New Hire PG background to better work in his connection to when Tarika got him a job with 'the company'. He reveres Desna and being a 'traveller from a different time' the church of Desna took him in and provided him room and board as they taught him some of the languages of the future. He kept in touch with Tarika during this time (will have more specific details when I type up Part 2 of his character background), and when the priests fell confident that Marcellus was fully capable and knowledgeable about the new time he has found himself in, he chose to stay on as a hired hand at the church, and a few years later when a sense of wanderlust was starting to get stronger and he mentioned it to Tarika, she offered to get him a job at the company so he could start 'exploring the stars'.

Updated for Makaleku

Added languages, added the correct tags for his stomach-mouth (nom nom nom)

He can grapple good :P while gnawing on you

Question.

If my character can bake. What skill would I use? I'm thinking he learned that most humanoids like deserts. And he kinda learned how to make cookies.

Don't want to step on Cookie's toes. Just a little thing my character picked up

It's Lore(Cooking), though I suppose if you want to be specific, it'd be Lore (Baking). And no worries, a good kitchen has two cooks to feed a hungry crew.

Question.

If my character can bake. What skill would I use? I'm thinking he learned that most humanoids like deserts. And he kinda learned how to make cookies.

Don't want to step on Cookie's toes. Just a little thing my character picked up

I think we'll stick with the original publication date as the universe is constantly changing and I don't want any events to change the AP.

Hmm. I'll add that to his repertoire

Anyone have any recommendations for finding character portraits? For some reason every artist ever seems to like their androids cleanshaven and well groomed instead of the scruffy and weathered look I'm picturing

not me, sorry, that why i have the worm here :P

Anyone have any recommendations for finding character portraits? For some reason every artist ever seems to like their androids cleanshaven and well groomed instead of the scruffy and weathered look I'm picturing

If I come across any such pics, I will provide a link.

Since you have already been looking and have not found any, maybe save a picture of Scruffy from Futurama (or some other non-android character that looks similar to how you envision Cookie) and then edit him in picture editor to add in some android circuit lines?

If going with the alternate option above: looking on IMDB and browsing pictures for pirate movies might be one of the ways to weight the odds to find a picture of a cast member who you find might be a picture that captures how you envision him (sans android circuit lines).

Another option is to use Hero Forge and to create a model and then take screen shots of him.

I am going to take the next few minutes create a basic starting old scruffy-looking android character on HF for you, then post the link for it, so you can edit further (clothing, gear, coloring.

Worn Out Android

Make that several minutes instead. :)

scruffy male android, circuits not glowing

scruffy make android, circuits glowing

If you go the HF route, adjust the non-glowing mini....then all you have to do to make the circuits be glowing, is do the following steps:

1) (left column menu) Select Color
2) (expanded left column menu) select Mix
3) (top right) from Main Paints, select the color used for the circuits
4) scroll down right colum, to bottom to Glow
5) slide scale from left side (0) to right side (1)

Special thanks to @Kayla Jayne for their help with this:

I'm pleased to introduce C00K13!

Refreshing myself on Androids, I am reminded that they don't technically age, but also how they only stay in their bodies for a given time until they give it up and allow another soul to pilot it. C00K13 just happened to decide to try and give aging a chance to see what it as like (at least from a surface level) after being influenced by some folks around him. More to come.

You are welcome, Cook13. (I used the wrong alias when I posted earlier..Kala Jayne is my character for another SF2E I got accepted into recently.)

The mini looks great!

Did you intentionally leave his fingernails uncolored, didn't realize you did or if you did colour them, which colour did you use for his fingernails (or did I forget to colour them for the starting model you expanded on)?

If they are not coloured yet, in your Paint Mix, the unamed paint gives them a good weathered look to them (if it is not named unnamed paint on your end..it has the leather bag icon, and is not leather bag icon for the following colours: grotto fern, hero forge banner red

...two leather bag icons say unnamed paint (on my end looking at your mini)....the one I am referring to is the gray-looking leather bag icon).

Can everybody check in here with the following. It's spread out between the recruiting and the discussion thread. Also, state if the alias is ready as well.

Name
Character Name
Ancestry and Heritage
Class and Subclass
Background
Campaign Background
Do you have an image for creating a token.
Are you part of the Discord Group?
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign?
Any special notes

Name : Seth86
Character Name : Makaleku
Ancestry and Heritage : Everwhelp Skittermander
Class and Subclass : Striker Operative
Background : Exo-guardian
Campaign Background : terraformer
Do you have an image for creating a token : yes
Are you part of the Discord Group : Yes
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign : yes

Name: GM_Drake
Character Name: Marcellus Magravi (alias already made)
Ancestry and Heritage: (Varisian) Human and Golarion Survivor Human
Class and Subclass: Witchwarper (paradox: Gap-Influenced; anchor: Core Memories)
Background: Timelost
Campaign Background: New Hire*
Do you have an image for creating a token: not yet, going to be making a HF mini, and will take screenshots to use for token for Owlbear
Are you part of the Discord Group?: yes
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign?: not sure (I might join with a tertiary email address)
Any special notes: Yes, see below

* I am customizing the campaign background to incorporate the unusual way he got to 'the future' and met Tarika (Part 2 of his character background will involve Tarika (and her daughter) a fair bit (as Marcellus has lost the ability to watch his alternate universe's twins grow up, he gains some comfort in imagining how the twins and Tarika's daughter might be friends in another alternate universe, which causes him to use his Warp Reality class feature to discover that:

They are in another alternate timeline of in which a version of him (who's Heather had perished during the goblin raid on Sandpoint during the Swallowtail Festival) and had managed to swap places with an alternate version who married Heather and had the twins - and when he tried to make it so the twins real father and him swapped positions in th time/space/dimension, things went awry and that version of the Marcellus (with twins fathered by a different alternate Marcellus) also got sent to 'the future'. Some of the alternate realities there is only a daughter that was brought to the future, and some that only the son was brought to the future. So far, none of them have had an alternate version of his lost love, Heather, in the future. The memories of his Heather are the bulk of his Core Memories class feature.

Whereas that alternate version of him remains in Absalom Station to raise his twins (that were fathered by another variant of himself), his Core Memories include the memories of watching the twins of one (or more than one?) alternate versions of him growing up, he chose to remain on as a worker at the Desna temple, so he could continue to watch the twins grow up.

As it will be 9 years since Marcellus arrived in the future (and the alternate versions of him and the, at the time of arriving in the future, were 10 year old twins, are now 19 years old and have left the nest, Marcellus took Tarika up on her offer to get him a job at the Company.

Flooring a question to the GM and the rest of the party: I'm debating whether to be a Solarian or a Shadow Connection Mystic. Which do you feel would be better for the party?

Their core concept beyond class is that they were an Unbound Lashunta who joined the Golden League and learned martial arts and some mystical techniques as a Xun while they were partnered with Sinjin.

Play what you want and have fun with it

Name: Mainer
Character Name: C00K13
Ancestry and Heritage: Android (Mod Fanatic)
Class and Subclass: Soldier (Bombard)
Background: Cook
Campaign Background: Former Smuggler/Mine Collapse/Old Hand
Do you have an image for creating a token: Yes
Are you part of the Discord Group? Yes
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign? Yes
Any special notes: all my notes are special

Name: Mainer

Character Name: C00K13
Ancestry and Heritage: Android (Mod Fanatic)
Class and Subclass: Soldier (Bombard)
Background: Cook
Campaign Background: Former Smuggler/Mine Collapse/Old Hand
Do you have an image for creating a token: Yes
Are you part of the Discord Group? Yes
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign? Yes
Any special notes: all my notes are special

Don't mean to be a PITA but you need to pick one background, and everyone has to choose a different one.

Select only one of these backgrounds with each player choosing a different one.

Flooring a question to the GM and the rest of the party: I'm debating whether to be a Solarian or a Shadow Connection Mystic. Which do you feel would be better for the party?

Their core concept beyond class is that they were an Unbound Lashunta who joined the Golden League and learned martial arts and some mystical techniques as a Xun while they were partnered with Sinjin.

I agree play whichever you want. I'm a bigger fan of the Mystic class myself... but you should play whichever you like better.

Ah, my apologies. Updated

Name: Mainer
Character Name: C00K13
Ancestry and Heritage: Android (Mod Fanatic)
Class and Subclass: Soldier (Bombard)
Background: Cook
Campaign Background: Old Hand
Do you have an image for creating a token: Yes
Are you part of the Discord Group? Yes
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign? Yes
Any special notes: all my notes are special

Old Hand definitely fits C00K13

Tentative Final Crew Positions so that first-choice slots are used first to slot in a character, then second choice if needed, then third choice if neeeded:

Captain --> (will be voted on) _____

Chief Mate --> _____

Engineer --> Cook13 (Mainer), *Dosheen-45 (tomtesserae)

Gunner --> (no 1st choice selection); 2nd choice selection: Cook13 (Mainer), Makaleku (Seth86); 3rd choice selection: Dosheen-45 (tomtesserae)

Magic Officer --> Marcellus Magravi (GM_Drake)

Pilot --> Makaleku (Seth86), *Dosheen-45 (tomtesserae)

Science Officer --> Laniakea (Avatar of Interest)

Notes: Archpaladin Zousha's (unnamed?) PC is slotted in with campaign background below (I have not done a thorough double-check thorough read-through of recruitment and discussion threads to see if includes a ranked role position post for APZ). ==> which, with above positions filled could leave APZ's PC as one of two PCs unassigned to Captain and First Mate slots, decided by votes by the players who are slotted into one of the other roles; which gives 5 player votes (so no possible tie for Captain, provided no one abstains their vote), with the voters being: Avatar of Interest, GM_Drake, Mainer, Seth86, tomtesserae

Player's Guide Backgrounds:

Note: still in process of editing this as I check player posts.

Former Smuggler (NPC: Xegas Xervanas) --> _____

Golden Parachute (NPC: Sinjin) --> APZ's unnamed PC (Archpaladin Zousha)

Kalistocrat Childhood (NPC: your sister, Eline) --> _____

Mine Collapse (NPC: Niva Rovo) --> Makaleku (Seth86)

New Hire (NPC: Tarika) --> Marcellus Magravi (GM_Drake)

Old Hand (NPC: Tarika) --> Cook13 (Mainer)

Terraformer (NPC: Shan) --> OR Laniakea (Avatar of Interest)

Union Busted (NPC: Shan) --> Dosheen-45 (tomtesserae)

The currently unassigned backgrounds are:

Former Smuggler
Kalistocrat Childhood

Reporting in! After careful consideration, I decided to revise the character into the Kalistocrat Childhood background, which I figured would be fine since no one had taken it.

Best choice: Chief Mate
Secondary choice: Gunner
Tertiary choice: Magic Officer
3rd-worse role: Pilot
2nd-worse role: Engineer
worst role: Science Officer

(Technically I have all the skills to act as Captain, but as that position is being voted on I didn't think it'd be appropriate to use it as one of my choices.)

Name: Archpaladin Zousha
Character Name: Vegoia Reisora
Ancestry and Heritage: Lashunta (Unbound Lashunta)
Class and Subclass: Solarian
Background: Raised by Belief (Prophecies of Kalistrade)
Campaign Background: Kalistocrat Childhood
Do you have an image for creating a token: I can use the forum avatar for the time being, though I'd be happy to make something like C00KI3's HeroForge thing too if that's preferred.
Are you part of the Discord Group? Yes
Are you opting into the DemiPlane Campaign? I'm not exactly certain what that'd mean, but from a cursory glance I'd need to subscribe for money for it? If that's not the case, I'd be happy to join either.
Any special notes: None that I can think of at the moment.

Tentative Final Crew Positions so that first-choice slots are used first to slot in a character, then second choice if needed, then third choice if neeeded:

Captain --> (will be voted on) _____

Chief Mate --> Vegoia Reisora (Archpaladin Zousha)

Engineer --> Cook13 (Mainer)

Gunner --> (no 1st choice selection); 2nd choice selection: Cook13 (Mainer), Makaleku (Seth86); 3rd choice selection: Dosheen-45 (tomtesserae)

Magic Officer --> Marcellus Magravi (GM_Drake)

Pilot --> Makaleku (Seth86)

Science Officer --> Laniakea (Avatar of Interest)

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Player's Guide Backgrounds:

Note: still in process of editing this as I check player posts.

Former Smuggler (NPC: Xegas Xervanas) --> _____

Golden Parachute (NPC: Sinjin) --> _____

Kalistocrat Childhood (NPC: your sister, Eline) --> Vegoia Reisora (Archpaladin Zousha)

Mine Collapse (NPC: Niva Rovo) --> Makaleku (Seth86)

New Hire (NPC: Tarika) --> Marcellus Magravi (GM_Drake)

Old Hand (NPC: Tarika) --> Cook13 (Mainer)

Terraformer (NPC: Shan) --> Laniakea (Avatar of Interest)

Union Busted (NPC: Shan) --> Dosheen-45 (tomtesserae)

Marcellus Magravi's Starbuilder character sheet

Marcellus Magravi's Hero Forge mini

Marcellus Magravi's Starbuilder character sheet

Marcellus Magravi's Hero Forge mini

Added a bit more detail to HF mini (including adding ring) and switched starknife ability score from default Str to Dex on Starfinder character sheet.

The default trained score he uses for Assurance during his daily preparation is Piloting.

I’m finishing up a draft of my backstory and will have that available later tonight