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I am going to bow out of this adventure, I feel the story of the AP was a big appeal to me and this feels more like a stat block run adventure with information being revealed without regard for the development of the story. I am sorry to do so on short notice but I wish the GM and players the best.

Mallow offers to cast invisibility on him to get him out of the room and to safety so they group can focus on finding the signal source.

Mallow stands watch for the guards at the door coming in to interfere. "I could simply cast a cloaking field upon him and we could walk him out once we've attempted to cleanse the app from him."

Mallow offers to check his comm for the cursed app.

Computers: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19

"I will accompany you though I think we should be seeking out the source of this signal."

I'm sad to hear that Ezirrae, I will miss the RP you brought to this game. Doublegold are you still here or having a busy week?

I did state I intended to send a message to the Starfinders about this situation.

GM some of us stated we were going to our ship, can we resolve that?

Mallow seems completely confused by what is going on as he turns to the others. "No one seems to be taking this seriously...its like the curse is affecting them and making them ignore it. We should definitely investigate the source of this signal but perhaps getting a message back to the Starfinders wouldn't be a bad idea. In case we are somehow unable to handle whatever we find."

Mallow starts heading for their ship with Ezirrae and hopefully the others.

Uh...ok. So no RP chance to convince them? The information is presented oddly so I'm trying hard not to metagame here. We know the signal is coming from below the resort, is there some obvious way to get down there? The long copy pasted room list is also a lot to go back and reference as we haven't interacted with 90% of it yet.

Ezirrae Lesilos we have to wait until someone makes the mysticism check to know how to remove the curse.

DM is there a way to call the head of the resort or those guys who gave us the app?

Mallow face turns into a look of concern as he freezes in place for a moment before gravely looking up at his companions. "This app is some sort of weird curse hybrid tech. There is a signal piggybacking on it from below the resort. I am not entirely sure how to remove it or what its effects are but this doesn't seem good. We should definately let our hosts know in case they are not aware."

Mysticism: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

Lol....My natural 20 computers check may unlock the secrets of its greatness...

Mallow examines the App in extreme detail before accepting it if possible (I'm going to assume its not possible to refuse the app but if possible let me know.) his fingers flying over it with extreme speed only a technomancer android could process. Code flys past his display in a blur to others as he seems to get more and more concerned by the second. "Hmm. Give me a minute here...I think there is something odd about this app." Computers: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

Yeeeah that seemed like a give away that the app is doing something to us...

DoubleGold I'm worried you may have posted some GM eyes only when you copy pasted it looks like straight from the module....

No worries and much appreciated.

"I am still up for a drink, I merely wished to understand the nature of the relationship since this app is clearly a major factor in our free treatment at this resort."

"That is impressive...what level of AI is involved here and what level is just a program with numerous functions? Can it anticipate and take actions independently? You are saying we are basically beta testers of this new software, are there any known bugs currently? Who developed this app?" Mallow seemed endlessly curious about technological matters.

"Thank you for the money, the gesture is appreciated. Why were the pirates attacking your ship?" Mallow was mildly curious but mostly he was looking forward to a chance to continue bonding with his new companions at the resort.

*Buys Netsa kneepads* We do have a good amount of spellpower but good tech never hurts either as batteries are a lot more common then spell slots.

Well don't forget you can stellar rush as a standard action...and charge specifically lets you move twice your move rate so you can move then double move charge.

Well I have flight jetpack but pretty much ranged weapons are the go to in starfinder so its not crazy broken. I didn't have money for a gun but I figured I'd be using spells and supporting mostly and could pick up a hand me down or a spare off enemies at some point.

Also digging the characters so far. Looking forward to having drinks and relaxing and absolutely nothing going horrifically wrong at all.

Mallow exits the ship with the others making acquaintances and exchanging talk about the fight and how they took those pirates out. "J.U.N.K. you are welcome to pilot anytime, I think I'll need to work on my shooting practice. Netsa you were killing it with that particle cannon. I say we go celebrate with a round of drinks to celebrate and I still owe Ezirrae one before the pirates rudely interrupted."

As the two business men who approach cut him off though with their offer of credits. "Uh thank you? Who are you though exactly?"

Boot polish? 1k isn't really that much xD

I feel bad that I couldn't even land a bad missile hit but such is the fate of short combats. I hope in the future I can make it up instead of just fumbling through.

Missile attack: 1d20 + 7 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 15
FFS...the dicebot really hates me.

Mallow tries hard but the missiles can't seem to lock onto a target as his own errors seem to only waste shot after shot..."Damn it...I'm sorry guys..."

Seems like all the trinode bonuses were used up ah well.

Gunnery Check Twin linked missiles: 1d20 + 7 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 3 + 2 = 21
Missile Damage: 16d8 ⇒ (3, 7, 3, 6, 2, 5, 6, 6, 2, 2, 7, 7, 6, 8, 1, 1) = 72

Mallow fired the missiles and heard the fast beeping sounds of missile lock as Baròleg painted their target. "Missiles away!"

Now just waiting for pilot to move and make sure we all fire on the same target.

"Clunker? Don't listen to her Drake, you may not win any races but you have what we need to disable a couple mere pirate ships." Mallow prepared to line up his sights as the ships flew fast in multiple dimensions trying to out think and maneuver each other. This would rely heavily on J.U.N.K.'s reactions here.

I was actually thinking Flyby myself as its a great manuever. Lets see where we end up in init. If we have to go first then Flyby, otherwise make the call based on their positioning. I trust your judgement as you seem knowledgeable with the maneuvers.

"Damn my target lock was lost at the last second! J.U.N.K. see if you can outmanuever them and keep that ship in our sights!"

I suggest a new round, our rolling luck hopefully will improve. Doc is staying Captain clearly, gunners seem set, no need for shield repairs so I'd say lets just stick with what we have and let each gunner take a +2 bonus unless the pilot is gonna try a tricky manuever.

You can always change roles at start of each round but I didn't see any other skills on Dr. that were especially useful for ship combat.

Sadly I don't think Doc has a high intimidate stat.

The sharks were closing in but Mallow intended to show them the error of taking on a Starfinder and his equally talented companions. He spoke over the comms holding his fire as he let the ships come into range. "That's it...Get ready to fire on the lead ship in 3...2...Mark!" With a nervous jitter he clenched his finger on the twin linked missile launchers as the ship centered on his targeting console. He used the on board computer to help lock on his target.

Gonna use one of the 3 anytime +2 to any check our trinode can hand out. I recommend the other gunners using them and the Captain should probably assist one of the gunners too, probably the particle beam.

Sahweet. Also I wanted to say I'm loving our team communication oog so far to make this combat smooth. And DoubleGold you are the most responsive GM I have at the moment so that is always nice too.

I'll try to add some banter and RP to my mechanical posts once the gunnery phase starts.

Good times. I am holding my actions until the Gunnery phase since I need to know what ships are in which arcs. Now would be the time if
Baròleg plans on doing science.

I would need them within 12 hexes to ensure missiles hit each turn since we are limited on turns. So try not to back off too much and try to keep them in the forward arc. So honestly sitting still with our current facing seems to work if they comes to us and we light them up. Even at the slowest engines they should come within my range.

Totally cool DoubleGold. If there is any information you need from us just let us know but I think this should go pretty smooth.

Makes sense to me. I'm thinking if the pilot wins initiative we can see how they move then do whatever fancy flying we need to put one target within 12 spaces of us in forward arc. Assuming all of us hit that is 4d4+8d6+16d8(linked missiles). I think we are gonna at the least wipe out one ship by combat end assuming no bad luck with piloting.

Science is the role that uses computers so you could go there but also you could grab a free gun as there are three ships and odds are they'll be in different arcs so you can probably take some 4d4 damage Attacks of opportunity while the rest of us focus fire down one ship. Without any ranks in engineering we'll pull either Captain or myself in if shields become critical to success. Our best hope is to dodge their attacks and find the arcs they lack weapons in. I'd normally recommend using scans on turn 1 and 2 to figure out their defenses and weapons but since this is going to be a short combat I think using your skills in computers to lock onto their engine systems might help but again with how short rounds are just having a extra gunner never hurts.

Linked missile launchers....definitely gonna need those for my own ships in future games...

Not the end of the world, I know in the FAQ they say ships built for SFS/AP can break some rules and no reason why missile launchers couldn't be linked...i built it out and the built points add up.

@DoubleGold There seems to be a rules anomaly on the Drake Tier 6 sheet. It says the HE Missile Launcher is linked implying its two linked missile launchers but to my knowledge you could only link Direct fire weapons. What is your thoughts?

Turn 1 proposal
Pilot - Junk
Captain - Dr. Akataran
Engineers - None
Science - None
Gunners - Ezirrae(Coilgun, Fwd), Mallow(HE Missile Launcher, Turret), Netsa(Particle Beam, Fwd)

Netsa you can shoot that I'll shoot the missiles then since we shouldn't run dry on ammo in 3-4 rounds.

Netsa do you want missile launcher or the particle beam?

With as short as combat is going to be I think more gunners is the way to go.

Don't forget about level 6 using resolve actions for each role too. Especially for Captain.

I have offered a proposal, what roles can your character fill?