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August coughs and wheezes as the injected serum revitalizes his drained body. "Oh, ow ow ow," he moans and blinks up at G-607's face and then sits upright, fumbling for the arc pistol he dropped. "We survived? Excellent!" He exclamation sends him into small coughing fit. "And a way off of this rock." Once he gets to his feet, he joins the search with the others for a way to access the bay door controls.
Player's Name Tim M (Blake's Tiger)
August collapses as his life is drained away, but his resolve holds, stabilizing himself.
"Argh!" August stumbles as the beast rips the life energy form his core. "We need to kill this thing quickly." He fires the found pistol rapidly at the fearsome creature.
August moves back in the cave and takes aim at the fiendish creature with the static arc pistol.
"Oh, $#!%!" the castaway exclaims as the beast reveals itself. He draws out the arc pistol and then concentrates on the garaggakal's alien mind.
August meditates and channels healing energy into the technomancer while they rest.
"I suppose we have the time. Since the shuttle flew away, we may have all the time in--well, all the time in our environmental supports," August jokes morbidly.
August exchanges out his pulsecaster's battery for the arc pistol's empty one, powering the pistol. "There's a trick to that that the technomancer's teach, but I don't know it," he confesses to G-607.
"Poor soul. I feel like this would be me if you all hadn't come along. Can anyone power up that datapad?" Augusts asks. He picks up the arc pistol and examines it.
"Good shot, Zeigris," August says, slowly floating back into the room and then landing heavily on the ground. His boot anchors activate with a heavy clunk. "I've never seen anything like any of this."
August fires another pot-shot at the drone before seeking cover in the hall once more.
August comes back out of hiding and fires at the construct.
August staggers backwards under the shot. "Ow! That hurts even worse!" He tries to retaliate and then retreats around the corner.
"What? Who was around to steal our--your--shuttle?"
"Aah!" August cries out and spasms as the electrical energy surges through his body. "That hurt!" He raises his pistol and fires.
"No problem," the castaway says to G-607. He takes a seat and checks the battery level on his pulsecaster. "I confess curiosity about what is begin the door," he mentions while they idle.
August raises his pulsecaster and fires at the remaining zombie.
The castaway concentrates on his divine connection and releases a wave of positive energy across the cave.
August enters the cave and fires a blast at the nearest infested corpse.
"Do we explore down this natural tunnel or the engineered hall?" August asks, running a hand along the smoothed portion of the eastern wall.
"Watch out!" August calls over the comms too late for G607. He fires his pulsecaster at the parasitically animated corpse.
"What out for its tongue, too!"
August clomps toward the tunnel to the left and then fires his pulsecaster at the abomination.
All armor does come equipped with boot clamps, though.
"That's unusual," August points out. "The edge of the rock looks like it was cut away from a whole, and it hasn't weathered any collisions with space debris. Like it spent its existence in the Drift until the Arceon found it." He activates his environmental protections once more and his boot clamps as they disembark onto the rock. "There's a cave leading inside," he informs the others over his comms.
"Yes, I think I'd best," August says. "And a rest would be good, if we're going to head onto the rock where these beasts came from." He chuckles ominously and adds, "Besides, my only other choice is to wait until you leave and then depart with the shuttle and a sizable load of noqual."
With the ship pressurized and the environment being balanced while Zeigris works, the force field around August's head powers down, and he removes the rebreather from his face. "Ah. That's better."
"Nice shot," August compliments Zeigris. He walks to the damaged android. "Let me try to tend to that," he says as he rests a hand upon G-607's shoulder. The castaway concentrates for a moment as he channels restorative energy into the android's biologics.
Once the android's physical wounds have been repaired, he moves into the bridge and examines the console. With a few simple commands, he powers up the lights and life support.
"I'm not very skilled with computer code," he says. "There seems to be a log file in the ship's data core, but it's secured."
"Ow!" he shouts at the creature bites through his armor. The nanites swiftly repair the holes and restore environmental protection while his rescuers put down his attacker. "Thank you!" August breathes and then unloads on the remaining akata through the doorway.
The castaway fires at the akata through the doorway. "So many of these things!"
August fires at the akata that he can see past G-607. "G-607, step back through the door!" He takes a step back to make room. "You're too exposed in there."
"I said it was infested..."
With the risk slightly diminished, August fires his pulsecaster pistol past Zeigris at the remaining akata.
"Hold on, G-607," August says as he concentrates on the closest akata's mind, trying to interrupt its synaptic function.
August searches the room that the goblins had barricaded themselves in before continuing onward with the others. "You're good thinkers? That will be helpful," he says. "Did you manage to salvage anything useful before the aliens chased you in here?"
"They're helping me off of the ship," August says genially to the goblins. "I'm sure these kind folk will help you, too. I'm also sure that there must be a galley on this ship. Hopefully, we've killed any aliens in the way."
"How much food do you have in there?" August asks practically.
"Breaking down the door might draw more of those aliens right to us," August cautions. "If we're looking for survivors, maybe just knock?"
"The Eoxian Embassy?" August says curiously. "Did you guys know this ship was carrying something from Eox?" He concentrates on the room, scanning for magical auras.
August moves forward and lays a hand upon the android, channeling restorative energy into its systems. "That should hold you for a moment."
August grimly fires at the akata again.
August steps forward in order to fire past Zeigris. He remains quiet, too focused on the predator in front of them to quip back at the lashunta.
August moves into the hall. "I told you this ship was infested." He takes aim past the android and fires.
"You're welcome," August says. "I just wish there was something I could do about that infection."
"Definitely, if it will get me off of this ghost ship," August says. "My name is August. I'm not sure if my comms had paired with yours when I emerged." He holds his hands together and concentrates for a moment. When he releases his hands, a wave of invigorating energy flows through the room.
"Very nearly," August says to Zeigris. "My ship was disabled and taken by pirates. I escaped in a life pod--they didn't seem to care much since they had my ship--and floated for a good bit. The autodocking engaged and I thought I was saved, but it docked with this autopiloted, infested ship. "I barely made it into the power core with my life. Shut out those tentacled monsters. I hacked diectly into the oxygen and water tanks through a wall in the core, but I've run out of food."
"Thank the gods that you people arrived!" August's muffled voice sounds over the communications channel. "This ship is infested with those beasts." He checks the battery indicator on the side of his pistol before he holsters it. "I managed to seal off the power core, where those things chased me, but I don't know what's beyond that hall." The castaway concentrates on the injured for a moment. "Those creatures left something behind in you, some sort of illness, but I can't quite tell how it works."
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Question: Non-lethal damage isn't a separate pool in SF. I believe the Akata should be down. |