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Hanmi spends the time of the return trip polishing (unpolishing?) the repairs to Manta. Of particular interest to him are the nanites of the swarm and the mechanic explores ways the technology may upgrade his little bot. He appreciates Jewel's insights if any, but otherwise just enjoys the many varieties of smaller bipeds his companions represent and happy that he got to meet them all.
"Didn't you say this portal is used to reach Vesk 7? Well it doesn't now. HOOHOO HO. We went through the portal. The other side is, like your workers have noted, lacking atmosphere. There is a tunnel which led to the surface and from there we were able to ascertain the location as the moon." the marlamaw does some calculations, then lifts his datapad to reveal a steeply climbing graph. "Chances are good, that within a day or so the portal will lead strait to empty space." "The tunnel also collapsed which took way too long to dig out again." The mechanic checks a display on the chest of his suit. "Eighty-seven percent. I did not think the protective gear of my suit was going to make it. Very deadly."
"I understand you are a star shaman. What do you see when you stare at the stars?" Hanmi had never experienced flight, and being among the stars was unimaginable. That was before the Starfinders of course. Eventually, he will ask if the shaman may even see a path home for the Starfinders so they may continue exploring the indigo firmament.
As Dolain lifts the large sea-born over the chasm, the Marlowmaw remembers something about lunar fey and powers of gravity, refracted light, or other lunar powers. "I have never been carried by a fey before. You are the albedo lucandrians are you not? HO Hoo Hoo. "I don't suppose you know anything about the gates do you?" At the first challenge, the marlomaw is stymied. He is completely dependent on his fellow. On the second challenge, It goes quite poorly for he mechanic. Manta's feet stick to the wall with a mechanical schlump, schlump, schlump as Hanmi directs him up trailing the rope.
"Pleased to meet you Dolen, and thank you for hosting us." "You built those nannites!? That seems like a highly complicated achievement. Tell me are they based on an positronic intelligence system or did you use..."
can we each make all the checks?:
I am into Stamina only so the resolve point is all I need. ACK! I know you took the brunt of it, but didn't realize you got into hp!
Santos gladly takes the opportunity for a rest, and uses the time to administer a few serums of healing. [dice=mk1 serum of healing]1d8[dice=mk1 serum of healing]1d8 If you need another serum I have a couple.
"As we have been saying for close to an hour," Hanmi thinks upon all the unanswered hails. "We are stranded and are heading to the nearest settlement. This derelict--no offense, but again we received no answer--seemed like a good respite on our journey." "By the by, I am Hanmi Booki," Ho Hoo Hoo he booms. "To whom should we address this conversation?"
A panel slides open on the top surface of Manta and a mechanical arm unfolds. The arm reaches to the panel on the door and begins making repairs. The little drone begins reversing the energy polarity of the field. With the help of Jewel, Manta begins chirping the success. (or we can have Manta aid Jewel?) "Hold on Manta, let's not get ahead of our selves." Knowing he will fill the airlock on his own, Hanmi lets the drone fix the door while everyone else is goes through first.
With a series of flashing lights, Hanmi connects his visor and the drone. Once the visuals are set, the mechanic checks* the doors and begins the depressurization** sequence*. Then he opens the doors and the drone steps into the airlock. Once inside, the drone climbs to a space above the door, folds its legs down and seems to become a piece of the wall.*** The airlock then cycles through in the other direction* and the inner doors are opened. Manta pauses. Then pauses some more. Then waits a minute longer. Then, and only if nothing has reacted to the doors, only then does Hanmi, watching through his remote connection, direct Manta to begin its stealthy search.*** *:
"I have Manta here for that, Hanmi offers. "Well not to absorb fire, but to observe fire or denizens or anything really." If Santos wants to go first, be my guest. If not, Manta is a spy bot with two purposes. First, for just this sort of scouting. And second for just this sort of sizing. Meaning Hanmi will wait outside the airlock while the others (including Manta) go through.
"That has to be one of the most horrifying things I can imagine." Hanmi says of the two vesk. "Dying of asphyxiation, just because your armor's environmental protections ran out." It is enough to make me wish I never ventured out to space. The mechanic measures the gravity, the atmosphere, and most telling the temperatures. "This must be Traverse, the "shared" moon," he says. Adding the moon transits between Vesk-7 and Vesk-8 when the two icy planets pass near each other twice during their orbits around Ghavaniska's sun. The marlowmaw booms a deep HooHoHoo. He quickly consults with Manta and his rig before nodding to himself. "Look there, you can see Vesk 8. and the constellation behind it is tukturjuk. Given the time when we left the portal we must be on the northeastern hemisphere." He pauses while conferring with his data rig and lets out a curse. "That puts us at least a week's walk from the nearest settlement or outpost." And who said there would be no need for a hovercycle on this mission? ;)
"A ship, where?" seeing the unnatural formation on the horizon. "That is good, he laughs. "Otherwise we would have been frozen before we made it to the first marker." He collects the bodies of the two vesk onto a makeshift sledge. "We should not tarry." he says and starts shuffling toward the ship.
"Are you saying the portals have something to do with the moon? Is that where the Meet happens? After a minute he asks, "Has anyone asked the kothamas where this goes?" Hanmi taps a few things on data pad and adjusts his helmet's visor. Manta clomps steadily along the wall stopping near the mechanics head. A brief flashing of lights passes between the two as the look at the portal.
"No. I want visuals." the marlowmaw lets out a booming sigh. "Just visuals The lights flicker again. "Yes, I can see it is stone." Finally he gives up. "I got nothing."
"Greetings Rahla, we were told we would have the pleasure of your guidance." The marlomaw nods his head to Captain Gwar in agreement. "I do not however remember anything of a portal." Her words make it sound much more than a mere entrance to the mines. Didn't we learn the shimmerstone was magical in nature? I've got a... bad feeling bout this. "Can you tell us more about the phen... the curiosity we are here to investigate?"
Hanmi already has cold resistance, but I think the reconfigurable version sounds cool (what is it called?) He does want to purchase a couple MK1 healing serums. Also I plan to buy a hovercycle/personal transport. I am not sure which one yet, so if it matters for this scenario, please let me know & I will bite the bullet. If not I will decide & purchase at the end of this scenario. (visions of Akira in this character). Slotting Boons
"As I recall Kothamas have shaggy fur and six stout limbs, and multiple pairs of glassy eyes. Their culture is extremely peaceful, and they spend most of their time contemplating the cosmos. Maybe because their eyes are turned toward the skies. The marlowmaw booms out a chuckle. "Before the Pathfinders arrived, the 'sky' seemed to be the limit. Now I know, there were stars above that sky. I can relate with the kothamas in that way.
How does one prepare for volcanoes? The mechanic explains what he knows of Vesk-7 and Vesk-8. Every 36‑years they trade their shared moon Traverse when they pass each other. "This isn’t happening now. In fact and Traverse and Vesk-8 are currently at their furthest point in orbit. He continues, Vesk-8 is a cold, mountainous, and volcanically active world, whose geology is strongly influenced by the gravity of its moon and sister planet. The gravitational impact on Traverse as it transfers between the worlds is even greater, triggering volcanic eruptions on the moon. The eruptions result in deep lava trenches on the moon’s surface. The moon is also frequently impacted by space debris, which kick up fogs of suspended particles.
"This anomaly. Is it confined to a single cavern (complex) or are.there others in other areas?" The mechanic adjusts the sensors he shares with Manga before asking, "Is it mechanical in nature? Biological or physical maybe?" Maybe a respectable pilot should know this, but Hanmi asks about the shimmer stone: what it is used for, what does it look like, how is it mined, how valuable it is, and maybe even the statistics of the operations there.
When the door opens a small drone steps in. Two protruding fins on the front break up what would flat circle. It walks on two metallic legs into into the center of the room. It scans everyone in the room, then walks to and then up the wall. Before the door can close again a smiling marlowmaw enters the room. His bright purple and yellow skin is mostly hidden under his flight suit which bears manyockets, tools, clips, tubes, armor plates and other such gear. The heavy voice, sometimes felt in the chest of listeners like the percussion section of a marching band, rumbles into the room as he introduces himself with a laugh. "Hello Starfinders," he laughs. "HOOHOOHO. I am Hanmi Booki. That is manta, my aid.". The towering mechanic rolls his shoulder as if to cross the table, before realizing the two-dimension limit to movement here. He shrugs it off before undulating slowly to a seat.
G'Day All! & thank you Dire GM for GMing this (and all the other work you are doing for PaizoCon! :) Player Name/Alias: Scott 'Curaigh' Janke
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