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Thank you, HMM! I'm glad I got to experience this one.

Hawthorne smiles a bit weakly for having essentially just taken a nap, "I am glad that both of you survived."

The screens in the room all display, Yay!

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"You might want to come through Guidance's code as well," Hawthorne tells Naiaj. "Historia made some disturbing comments throughout that ordeal."

He sighs and further comments, "Why not destroy the Abrogation Matrix? I can see its value as an espionage tool, but... they are despicable devices."

Hawthorne steps through the blue door. "Thank the Precursor."

"Well done, Yuqab!" Hawthorne projects through his helmet as he moves closer to the statue of Ziggy. He fires off a shot at Historia-4. "It looks like the remnants are still under his control."

12-notch Plasma Fork, IGE: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 = 15 ammo conserved on a miss
E/F, magic, IGE: 1d8 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 = 10

"What in the zero divided by zero!?" Hawthorne blurts through his helmet's speakers. "Casandalee's descendants would be ashamed. Androids spent so long seeking freedom, and you choose to enslave your own because you don't think anyone can do your job as well as you?"

Hawthorne readies his plasma fork as he moves through the brush toward the statue of Ziggy and fires at the writhing silver mass.

"Sophia," he calls, "Tell me what that tyrant thinks he can do in this plane."

Move: 5 ft normal terrain, 10 ft difficult terrain.

12-notch Plasma Fork, IGE: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 = 15 Maybe against flat footed penalty
E&F, magic, IGE: 1d8 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 = 11
Recall Knowledge: 1d20 ⇒ 10 (+18 computers, +9 culture, +14 engineering, +9 life science, +11 mysticism, +12 physical science)

EDIT: Edited for Improved Get 'em.

"Come on!" the armored Hawthorne says, taking Sophia's hand and pulling her toward the bright blue door.

Hawthorne has completed 1-01.
Engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

Hawthorne begins to recalibrate the sound system. "Sophia, can you calculate the phase shift for me?" he asks his manifest AI as he tries to jury-rig a noice cancelling waveform. He devotes a significant amount of his mental energy to trying to keep the reality together.

Spend 3 RP to give Naylor a reroll on his Engineering check.

Possibly some confusion between Jump Jets, which don't require a separate action to activate, and Jet Pack.

I keep forgetting... as a GM and player...

I'm doing Digital Presence (Tier 3).

Hawthorne aims at Historia-5, past the shirren standing in front of him, and fires off a condensed cloud of plasma from the railgun in his hands.

Combat Tracking @ Historia-5
Attack

12-notch Plasma Fork, Combat Tracking: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 vs. screened (Id)
No ammunition lost on miss.
E&F, magic: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"Are you sure?"

"You have this?" Hawthorne asks Sophia.

"Release 6, whoever you are... prime?" Hawthorne says.

"Sophia, when is this?" Hawthorne asks, readying his plasma fork.

Computers, Sophia Auto-Aid (Mindscape Google): 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 14 + 2 = 32

"Find the other Historias?" Hawthorne repeats unnecessarily.

"Id, do you have the null space or was that someone else? Quickly!" Hawthorne snaps.

The computer checks are like library research checks to gain background information. I interpret it that we need to reinforce the memory by interacting with it. And we can mess it up by interacting wrong (a la Antione's well intended intervention). Celita has vanished from the scene, which is why I was trying to get someone to use the hat of disguise to take Celita's place in the scene.

"Sophia, help him out," Hawthorne says. "Please."

"I think we need an actor for Celita," Hawthorne says to Yuqab. "Good work voice work there, though."

Computers, Sophia's Auto-Aid: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 14 + 2 = 31

"Antione! Stop," Hawthorne shouts as he realizes what effect the journalist is having on the memory. "You're overwriting the memory, like copying another file over old fashioned magnetic tape. We need to stabilize the memory."

"No! Stay!" Hawthorne commands, enacting a force of will upon the entity interacting with Historia's memory, visible or not. The virtual technology screeches and wails for a sudden, brief moment.

Computers (demoralize) | Amplified Glitch: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22

"I'll leave the imp sniffing around in the system," Hawthorne says before getting into position for the transfer. "Remind me to retrieve it when we are finished."

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The Triunite manifests in the mindscape prepared for war. His helmet--crafted to resemble the Precursor aspect of Triune--is engaged, and he holds his plasma-fork at the ready. The image blurs and doubles for a moment before a second armored body steps out of the first. This one bears a helmet fashioned to resemble the Transcendent aspect.

What type of action is it to reshape terrain?

There it is. Screen was too small or munchkins too distracting. :)

Hawthorne looks askance at Ziggy. "Are you well enough to survive the process?" he asks. "You've been out of breath since we started."

If basic access is already available, will also do this:

The digital image of a hellhound appears on the screens with a fireball flare and audible snarl before disappearing and leaving the images as they were before.

Digital Imp Aid Hawthorne (Hack Access): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Hawthorne moves to stand beside Historia's desk. His datajack cover pops open and a universal jack cable spools out, moving like a snake preparing to strike. "This is not going to be easy, especially if she has installed the upgrade following the data breaches," the Triunite says. "Let's see if we can't at least log in, but I am certain this is going to require every trick we have in our cumulative repertoire ."

Turn 1: Hack Access

Note regarding Countermeasures: Hack Directory allows me to recognize all triggered countermeasures before they go off and choose one to try to disable with a Computers check at the original DC. If there's only one, it's an easy bot and feel free to roll (+14). Otherwise, insta-death > destroy data/lockout > alarms (except not in this case) > PC damage > other effects.

Sophia scans the environmental data she recieves through Hawthorne's senses as he searches the previous faction leader's office.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

"Either one," the Triunite equivocates.

Engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

"I find it both fascinating and horrific," Hawthorne comments as Antoine identifies the device as an aborgation matrix. "I've never seen this sort of modification before, though. Historia-6--it seems it is definitely 6--must have tinkered with it as part of his possession of Historia-7."

He retrieves the two junkbot grenades from the older Dataphiles' belt. "Best loot our enemy's corpse," he says. "It seems he was used to covert missions before he was lost behind the Godshield."

He points towards 6's office. "Maybe he left some clue to his overall plan or, hopefully, files that might help to reverse what he's done to Historia."

Hawrhorne stares at the lock.

Computers, Starfinder Tools: 1d20 + 14 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 14 + 4 = 28

"Sophia and I could try to work on the servers to see if there is any clue as to what either of them have been working on," Hawthorne suggests.

Hawthorne moves over to the transpart shell imprisoning his faction leader and examines the effects of the electrocution and her overall condition. The LED on the side of his head changes back to a flickering blue.

"Nice work," he compliments the ace gunslingers.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

"This in concerning," he says after a few moments of visually examining the adroid and the surrounding auras. "This is not as simple as technomancy and certainly not a biologic disease. Restoring--or freeing--her from whatever 6 has done, if it is 6, is going to take more than I have up my sleeve."

Hawthorne moves deeper into the room, drawing one of the three rifles secured to the back of his armor. He stays relatively close to the east wall to avoid being caught in the spray of bullets from machine gun toting robots.

He takes aim at the (red) robot directly in front of him and fires.

Called Pulsecaster Rifle, GE: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 1 = 14
Electric, Magic, NL: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Pulsecaster: 19/20

*I* hope that a level 7 in low subtier can survive 1 round! If not, that does not bode well for me! ;)

Predicate upon the answer to the above question, I would second the request for a grid location of the turrets.

"Oh dear," he whispers as the turrets descend and the robots emerge. His datajack LED stops on solid red.

I see it now. The map image was missing. Just saw pogs on a white field before.

...is slide 1 supposed to show anything yet?

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Hawthorne moves with inspired haste as Ziggy urges them to hurry. With his helmet retracted, the LED on the side of his head is visible. It flashes in an erratic staccato between blue and red.

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Upon arrival at the Cortex and entering to find a more distract than usual Historia-7, he arches an eyebrow.

"Intriguing idea, but I don't know if that would work," Sophia replies to his thoughts. "Mundane idea, but it may at least provoke a reaction."

Boon Slotting

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Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor
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Social: Inside Manufacturer - Research & Destruction (+1 box)
Starship: n/a

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You're correct, Pangea. :)

She may have had the levels wrong, but I think she was going off his skill list, which I recall only showed SM and Bluff with the extra d6, so it looked like he had 2 instead of 3.

Edit: fixed

Diplomacy appears to be the 3rd since he has Slick Customer, which requires Diplomacy.

Are there any scenario specific boons to slot?

Not requiring answer but I just can't keep it in anymore so many months after meeting Historia-6 in the last MTS: How does Historia-6 exist? The integer increases when the previous android soul goes through renewal and allows a new soul to occupy its body. Here we have 2 bodies and 2 souls. Obviously, it's just narrative inconsistency, but I had to get that off my chest.

This does lead me to so many questions about android psychology, Hawhtorne muses.

"Do I have a soul?" Sophia contemplates.

There certainly have been enough outside influences sticking their fingers into the Starfinder's archives lately, Hawthorne comments. Are we likely to need artillery in the Cortex or is this more of a technical mission?

"I'm ready for both," Sophia adds.

At work

We are usually working ‘unofficially,’ Hawthorne replies in chorus with Sophia. And usually for Historia.

Hawthorne looks over at the clatter of the hover cart being pushed through the doorway and raises an eyebrow.

"Performing? Oh, dear, I hope not."

Hawthorne tinkers with a particularly insidious worm before setting it loose into the closed testing system before beginning to work on redesigning and deploying real-time countermeasures.

"Ziggy needs our help," Sophia interrupts, triggering a series of neurons in his brain from the insular cortex to the angular gyrus.

What? Hawthorne replies mentally. At least, that is the word that manifests in his brain, but to his inexorably linked exocortex the underlying meaning and context was immediately apparent.

"You heard me and you know I know it," his AI replied. "I live in your brain, remember? Yes, Ziggy's assignment could wait until you finish, except that he's never messaged me directly before."

That's unusual.

"Right."

Counting pre-Gap or only post-Gap? ;)

Yeah, but I gotta catch'em all (all the different PANGEAs)!