Dethara takes great glee in sifting through the secrets found on the computer systems, and meddling with the security measures.
"I've never been the one behind the camera before." She grins widely and laughs.
On the flight back to Absalom Station, once they're safely nestled in the roiling colours of the Drift, Dethara tracks down Jack, places a hand on his shoulder and remarks, "I like your bone sword." Then she grins and wanders off again, trailing a finger across his shoulder as she goes.
In Absalom Station, Dethara makes a very thorough report, apparently having paid closer attention to her surroundings than she let on. She seems thrilled to be back on the station.
"Oooof! Ahahaha!" As Dethara gets slammed she tries to turn her pain back on her attacker! Using her share pain ability. DC 14 Will save or my damage is reduced by 1 and they take 1 damage.
Then she draws her dagger and tries to shank the inevitable!
Dethara lets out a mad cackle as the inevitable shares in the pain it caused her. Blood dripping from her cheek she thrusts her hands out at a nearby computer screen and sends it flying at the inevitable with a wave of her hands. Step, then telekinetic projectile on the inevitable.
As Dethara gets struck she snarls, casting her pain back onto her attacker! Using Share pain. The one who hit me must make a DC 14 Will save or my damage is reduced by 1 and they take 1 damage.
Dethara watches with an eager smile and bright eyes.
Sense Motive:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
She points at herself. "I am Dethara." She points at herself and then the sky. "I come from space." She holds up her hands like claws in front of her and growls with a smile. Then she makes a sort of scared face and mimics running away. "We fought it and it fled."
I'm not trained in culture. Can we try Diplomacy or anything else?
She turns to her companions and explains, "They want to know who we are, where we come from, and what happened to the space creature."
Zapp's words cause Dethara to bursts out laughing.
When she finally stops she smiles brightly and remarks, "I've never made a friend I haven't had to kill." It's hard to tell if she's serious, or just has a horrible sense of humour. Either way, she seems excited.
Dethara takes aim at the whelp, only to have the ship turn away and change course. She looks at the others in surprise, then lets out a mad, cackling laugh.
She stays in the gunners chair, just in case of further trouble.
Dethara hops into the empty gunner's chair, grabs the turret controls and fires at the beast!
Taking the 'free attack' with the coil gun on the creature's aft. Attack:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Turret (Coil Gun) Damage:4d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 2) = 6
Taking my regular attack with the turret gun on whatever part of the creature I can target. Using one of our +1 floating modifiers. Attack:1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 2 + 1 = 16 Turret (Coil Gun) Damage:4d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 1) = 4
They act during the helm phase (first) and use computers for their rolls. My computers is only a +4, but yours is a +12, so you'd do the job way better than I would. Because of the quality of our a computers system you would get an addition +2 on that roll (so you'd be +14 overall). On a Science Officer's turn they can do one of the following:
Balance the Shields:
"You can balance the shields, redirecting power from one quadrant to protect another. With a successful Computers check (DC = 10 + 1–1/2 × your starship’s tier), you can shift Shield Points (Sp) from the shield in one quadrant to the shield in another quadrant, including to depleted shields (after rebalancing, every shield must have at least 10% of the total current SP). Alternatively, you can add up the SP from all the remaining shields and evenly distribute them to all four quadrants, putting any excess SP in the quadrant of your choice."
Scan the Enemy Ship/Creature:
"You can scan a starship with your sensors to learn information about it. This action requires your starship to have sensors" (we do). "You must attempt a Computers check, applying any modifiers from the starship’s sensors. You can attempt this check untrained. The DC for this check is equal to 5 + 1–1/2 x the tier of the starship being scanned + its bonus from defensive countermeasures. If you succeed at this check, you learn the first unknown piece of information on the following list. For every 5 by which you exceed the check, you learn another unknown piece of information. Subsequent checks reveal new pieces of information, continuing down this list.
1. Basic Information: Living crew complement and ship classification, size, speed, and maneuverability.
2. Defenses: AC, TL, total and current Hull Points, total and current Shield Points in each quadrant, and core PCU value.
3. Weapon: Information about one weapon, including its firing arc and the damage it deals, starting with the weapon that uses the most PCU. Repeat this entry until all the starship’s weapons are revealed.
4. Load: Information about how the starship’s expansion bays are allocated and any cargo the starship might be carrying.
5. Other: Any remaining ship statistics."
Target a System (on the enemy):
"You can use your starship’s sensors to target a specific system on an enemy starship. This action requires your starship to have sensors." (we do) "You must attempt a Computers check, applying any modifiers from the starship’s sensors. The DC equals 5 + 1–1/2 x the tier of the enemy starship + its bonus from defensive countermeasures. If you succeed, choose one system (core, engines, life support, sensors, or weapons). The next attack made by your starship that hits the enemy ship scores a critical hit on a natural roll of 19 or 20. If that attack deals critical damage, it affects the chosen system. For any further critical damage resulting from the attack, determine which system is affected randomly as normal. Your starship’s sensors can target only one system on a specific enemy starship at a time, though this action can be used to concurrently target systems on multiple starships."
@ Mec-1: If Jack's going to be pilot, and Qip's Engineering, did you want to be science officer? You're WAY better at it than Dethara is. Then she can hop into the gunner's chair that Jack left.
That would leave us:
Captain: Zapp
Pilot: Jack
Engineer: Qip
Science Officer: Mec-1
Gunners: Dethara and Dalinar
Dethara is absurdly chipper on the trip, seemingly amused by even the simplest of events and conveniences. As they approach the planet she hurries to the computer console and begins begins clicking away.
Life Science:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Suddenly she lets out a mad laugh. "Aha! A Besmaran whelp! They're a creature of legend! They feed on energy and love the power cores of ships! Looks like he also has a thick scaly hide and energy pulsing around its mouth!"
She bounces in place and claps her hands. "I'd prepare for baaaaaaaattlllllllllle...." she remarks in a singsong voice.
For starship battles, Dethara would prefer to be a Science Officer (+4) but she can also be a gunner (+2) or a psychotic and aggressive captain (+4 intimidate, +0 diplomacy).
Dethara grins like a mad woman. "What organization does it belong to? And what do we know about the planet it's on? Is it...." her eyes twinkle with excitement "...habitable?"
She looks thrilled at the thought that it might be.
"Hero? Ha! Yeah, and Santa Bones exists too." she shakes her head at the absurdity of believing in fairy tales.
After a moment, the words 'Live Exploration Extreme!' settle around her. She narrows her eyes and frowns. "Be careful what you wish for," she says in a calm and quiet voice. Slowly, the grin spreads back across her face.
Anyone who watches Eoxian reality televids:
Anyone who watches Eoxian reality televids is well aware Dethara was on plenty of those. They're incredibly bloody, violent, and deadly. To say it was a 'survival' show is putting it mildly. A 'murder to survive' show, perhaps is a better fit? 'Murder and not get murdered' is even better. She's incredibly lucky to be alive. In fact, getting out alive is supposed to be impossible...
Dethara gives Harrowed Jack a winks, then looks at Zapp.
"Were you also in Reality Televids?" Dethara asks with a wide grin. "That's how I got all my stupid nicknames throughout the years. Grinder of Bones, the Fiendish Fleshbag, Breathtaker, Manic Mistress, that sort of thing."
Dethara is a tall woman, unhealthily thin with pale flesh spider-webbed with old scars, healing wounds, and fading bruises. Her hands are calloused, and her grating black hair's a wild mess, held back by tangled strand of vibrant purple flowers. She wears threadbare, ill-fitting black pants, and a white shirt that stained in many places. Both clearly belonged to someone else before her. She wears a tattered backpack, and bears a standard issue laser pistol on her hip -- clearly given to her for signing up with the Starfinder Society. There's a few vials peeking out of her pockets, and a well-used knife in a holster her thigh. Despite living a life of obvious poverty and violence, she bears a wide, almost manic smile on her face, and her dark eyes glitter with excitement.
As she takes in her fellow Starfinders with a mad smile, Dethara suddenly bursts out in laughter.
To appear on the character and player list, and to have this campaign show up in your 'Campaigns' tab, just scroll up to the top and click on the 'Gameplay' thread. Then make a post as the character you'll be using. (It can be anything). If it's an introductory post you can leave it there. If it's gibberish, just delete it afterwards.
I have played it with the installation being from the Skyfire Mandate, the aliens were dragon like and very musical. Uh... The space battle was against a creature we never managed to identify. I think they respected the space creature. If I missed any variables let me know.
