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pilot: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34

This really is a pretty nice vehicle. The only thing missing really is some really big "pacifist" guns.

solar flare vs. EAC: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 2 = 4
cold: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

She takes some potshots at White but he won't sit still.

"Guess who got it now. Ugh. You're sooo dead." Nivaeka pushes the cultist aside and keeps the vehicle steady.

pilot: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

Then she takes a shot at the white cultist:

solar flare vs. EAC: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 2 = 18
cold: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Does the abandoned hovercraft go anywhere?

pilot hovercraft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Nivaeka gets hit but isn't put out of action yet.

"Oofff! Yes I'm on it."

pilot CHERAV: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

And she puts the vehicle back under control.

@Kwinten, could you bold the people who are up in the initiative order? Makes it a lot easier to read.

After a wink and a nod to Ratfink, Nivaeka pilots the commandeered hovercraft around the CHERAV, then hops back on the CHERAV and moves over to the wheel. (Move + Step at the last bit to avoid AoO.)

"I'm commandeering this vessel now."

Nivaeka shoots the green cultist in the face. If that takes him out, try to install myself as the new driver as move action.

solar flare to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
cold: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Pilot: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 2 = 36

"I like the smooth handling on this thing."

Nivaeka brings the CHERAV closer to the cultists and takes a shot at the green one.

To Hit vs. EAC: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 - 2 = 12
cold damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Nivaeka looms grim, although perhaps also a bit relieved to get to do something "Let's go correct some spelling errors. Their end is nigh!"

Nivaeka will tag along with Gusio and generally chauffeur people around. I don't really have the skillset for this adventure.

Nivaeka remarks to her companions:

"Since we have limited time, maybe we should do a flyover of the pillars and get some idea of what the possibilities of each are?"

Basically, could we do an inventory of what skills are called for at each pillar, so we can allocate who's going to spend time where?

I get confused very quickly from spatial descriptions. I've lost track of where most people are. Whatever, just point me at people that need talking to.

Nivaeka pilots the hovercraft to the Xenowardens and hops out to walk over them and have a chat.

"Hi folks, nice weather ain't it?"

"I'm okay with going to talk to them. I'm not a huge survivalist though, so I might need someone with bio knowledge to come along. We can telepathically sort our stories if need be."

Let's go for a favor. Gusio is pretty sure that Ferrus-26 and Sir Kit are very capable of recording stuff, and we don't have favors yet I believe.

After saying goodbye to the Desnans and getting back aboard the vehicle, Gusio leans in towards Ratfink and Nivaeka. "Well, they're certainly different then I expected... Let's go somewhere else, far faaar away from them. I felt my IQ dropping just standing there."

"Yeah... they sound like teenagers complaining that other tourists are also going to the same exotic destination."

Nivaeka bristles a bit at the cultist rhetoric.

I'm terrible with remembering what went where.

"Sure, I'll drive you over to the Desnans. It's a sister faith of mine."

"I wanna take our new ride for a spin, maybe take a look in those sea caves now? This hovercraft seems much more suited to that sort of thing than the Pegasus. I mean, the Pegasus is pretty graceful in space, but here down at the surface it's kinda like trying to find a parking spot for the Gorgon.."

"Let me tell you about how the Starfinder Society and your Shabhan philosophy have much in common..."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

"Well, that's good. It seems we both want to do the same thing: gather as much knowledge as possible. I think we should work together!"

So could we drop off our mechanic at the top of the pillar and let him spend time setting up equipment, which would take an hour, and meanwhile we go explore the tunnels which might also take the same hour?

"I don't really have any experience with setting up that technical equipment, but I could try to get talks going with the butterfly people."

"Yikes, that came close!"

Step away, shoot it.

solar flare: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
cold damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Nivaeka's arm and hand are surrounded by a glowing lattice of blue lines, vectors and equations as she points at the [yellow] ooze.

Full attack

Solar Flare vs. EAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
cold damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Solar Flare vs. EAC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
cold damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Bursts of cold blue light flash outward.

"Boom."

"Can we subdue them without killing them? Should we?"

Waiting to act to give people a chance to do knowledge checks. Kwinten, since you can see everyone's skills, maybe you want to just roll our knowledges at initiative? That saves a lot of waiting and back-and-forth.

Nivaeka is highly specialized as pilot, captain is a job for people who have no other employable skills :P But I can answer comms from the pilot's seat.

"All starfarers need to be able to count on each other in the Vast, we can't ignore a distress call. But let's hope we can help them quickly."

She starts plotting a rendezvous course.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Nivaeka. Combat pilot, gunslinger if need be."

"And no, I don't really have submersible gear. Is that going to be needed? I don't really have credits to get it right now."

The door slams open and a slim, heavily tattooed lashunta woman in freebooter armor storms into the meeting.

"Sorry I'm late! I was supposed to do a bombing run with the Gorgon on some asteroids for a recruitment ad, but that got cancelled and I was reassigned at the last minute. What did I miss?"