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After examining the sphere with Flitweather, Ashrouk continues on to open the other door off the room where the tiefling had set up the trap with the acid flasks. Again, he takes his time to check the door for traps, then opens it and checks around inside the room.
*Flush* Ashrouk emerges from the ship's restroom and closes the door behind himself. "Plumbing still seems to be in order," he says matter of factly as he catches up with Dash. "By the way, I found this next to the head. I was able to access the base level data, but the archived entries are passcode-locked. Think you could figure it out? I already tried 'Star Sugar Heartlove', but then I remembered that this ship went dead long before the new SMC album came out." The kasatha hands off the datapad and goes to join Flitweather on the bridge. Spying the unusual object the gnome is examining, he uses his custom scanner to get a read on it.
Ashrouk continues methodically checking doors. His next destination is the room just to the starboard side of the power core room. Once again, he checks for any signs of traps laid by the tricky tiefling and her companions.
Ashrouk checks in over the comms and discovers that the other half of the team had subdued the captain as well. Holstering his guns and sheathing his sword, the kasatha turns away from the manacled tiefling and comments, "It is a pity your captain chose violence as your original approach. Perhaps it would have saved your bear friend's life." He lets Dash keep an eye on the tiefling while he begins exploring the door immediately to the starboard side of the ship, first checking for any traps, then trying to open it if it appears safe.
Ashrouk moves forward and uses his foot to scoot the tie fling's weapon behind himself and away from her. He keeps his sword ready, but does not strike, as it seems she has surrendered for now. "While my associates deal with your cowardly captain, why don't you begin explaining who you are and what you're doing here?"
Readied Attack:
"Good job, Alore---whoa!" The normally placid kasatha flails wildly as Alorea's two shots nearly catch him after sailing past the tiefling. "Please be more careful!" He draws yet another weapon--this time, an azimuth laser pistol--and fires off a shot at the tiefling when he has a clear shot from behind Svadik.
Ashrouk moves after Dash and the tiefling. "That's the direction of that energy field I was trying to have someone lower earlier! Unless she knows how to lower it, she'll be trapped," he calls out to his team over the comms.
Ashrouk moves up behind the mighty Svadik with his scanner already tuned in to restore some of the vesk's energy. "Here, Svadik. This should help." A beam of blue light radiates from the scanner and helps Svadik regain some of his lost stamina.
"Alright, that also works," Ashrouk comments wryly as the captain flees the combat. He steps up and joins the fray with the uplifted bear, leaving the flanking position open for Driskinet.
"It appears we have more company," Ashrouk calls out to his fellow contract-Starfinders as the human appears behind him. "Dreamsmith, please step aside. I will face this new challenger. In the meantime, please allow me to treat your wounds." Ashrouk raises his custom scanner and quickly applies a pulse of restorative energy to the gnome.
Ashrouk takes a step to the side to gain a clearer firing lane on the uplifted bear and raises his drow-built weapon. His thumb toggles through the variety of darts he has loaded into the weapon until he finds the dart loaded with the exact counteragent he wants, then locks in his choice and squeezes the trigger to fire.
Ashrouk moves into the room after Alorea, drawing his sword to wield along with his needler as he burst through the door. Upon entering the starboard bay, the kasha searches for signs of the fleeing tiefling. "Where did that nuisance go?!"
Ashrouk moves up along with his allies, then drives an injector into Svadik's shoulder to enhance the vesk's defenses.
Ashrouk flinches back as a huge spray of acid erupts toward him, and he feels the few flecks of acid catch him on the arms and legs. When he opens his eyes and sees the melted floor tiles to either side of him, however, he breathes a relieved sigh at his good fortune. "Right! After her," he calls in echo of Alorea.
Ashrouk moves to examine the contents of the bottles and containers. "Aha! What have we here?"
Quickly realizing what he is looking at, Ashrouk stands up and slowly backs away from the table. "I recommend we all move very carefully out of this room, one way or another. These chemicals are extremely volatile if combined, and I fear they are placed in such a way that their combination could happen very easily."
Ashrouk silently nods in reply to Driskinet's telepathic warning about the figure behind the door, then moves in to join the shirren in searching the newly opened chamber.
Dash looks over at his fellow biohacker and sees that he's trying to open the other door. He says over the comms, "Ashrouk, I don't think it would be a good idea to split the party. Let's clear this room that Driskinet just opened first." "Very well, I can see the wisdom in your suggestion to keep together. I will remain with the rest of you." Ashrouk moves back toward the door Drikinet has opened just as the shirren steps into the room and unleashes a cloud of vapor on herself. "Driskinet! Are you alright? Is there something wrong?" The kasatha swiftly pulls out his injector pistol as he waits to confirm the status of his new companion.
With everyone attending to the crew quarters, Ashrouk returns to the corridor he had originally been investigating, where he finds a control panel now blinking back at him. He approaches the panel and checks for any clear way to deactivate the energy field.
If he doesn't find an immediately obvious way to deactivate the system, he calls out for Hadashin or someone else with some idea of how to work such devices before he tries a more aggressive method.
Ashrouk brings the datapad out from the guest quarters and shows it to Hadashin. "Yes, it seems there are some protected data in this file which have not been corrupted yet. Please see what you can find." Once the bleachling cracks the firewall and discovers the existence of the hidden safe, Ashrouk raises an eyebrow on his exceptionally high forehead. "How intriguing! Perhaps this safe would contain the information we seek."
Ashrouk nods toward Hadashin, "Indeed, it seems like a good idea to make sure the ship is functioning as much as possible while we are aboard. I will keep watch on this side of the ship." The kasatha moves toward the starboard side of the ship and takes up a watchful post with his gun and sword drawn.
Same to you, Jimbles! Safe travels!
"I am prepared to move forward once the others have recovered the contents of their box."
"I've already looked through this central set of ruins," Ashrouk replies over the comms. "There's nothing to see here. Let's move on." The kasatha moves slowly toward the edge of the central rock, then pushes off after Hadashin.
"Ah, more victims of the Drift," Ashrouk muses as he carefully pulls himself along the ruined walls. "I do hope no one was inhabiting these structures when they were pulled in here..."
"Same here," Ashrouk adds, "Just a bit singed from these rocks. Do try to keep your distance from them if you can. They can be rather painful." With the fight at an end, Ashrouk takes in his surroundings and begins checking out the rock he found himself on, as well as the dilapidated structure on it.
Ashrouk spins himself in the zero gravity to plant himself against the side of the rock and nearly catches his footing, but a rock slips out from beneath him and he begins to drift haphazardly again. He takes a moment to recenter himself, then tries to pull himself along the wall of the structure he slammed up against to try to reach a better position.
With some distance now between himself and the Drift cuttle, Ashrouk raises his needler and fires off a counteragent at the creature.
The needle bounces off harmlessly, and Ashrouk curses to himself. Determined not to let the fight end yet, however, he draws his sword and prepares for another assault.
Ashrouk pinwheels his multiple arms to regain his composure, then draws his needler as he prepares to fire a counteragent into the drift-cuttle nearest him.
Ashrouk reaches down to his hip and retrieves his custom scanner. With the scanner he tries to scan the creatures.
He then pulls a small vial from a small pouch on his belt and slots it into a injection device which slid out from a device on his wrist. He reaches out with the device and lays a palm against Svadik's arm. "Be careful, my friend," he says as a needle slides between the vesk's scales and the protective serum begins coursing through his veins.
"Hmm...I was not prepared for travel in zero-gravity conditions. This will be interesting," Ashrouk comments dryly. He follows Svadik's lead, though, and pushes off from the rock.
"I don't think our weapons will have much effect, captain. Orders?"
Ashrouk quickly assumes his position at one of the gunnery stations. He cycles through the controls until he finds the light laser cannon, then selects his weapon and takes aim at a nearby weak point. "You! Fighters! Take the bigger guns. I will do what I can with the lighter weapon here."
"Agreed. The Pegasus is clearly the superior vessel for this expedition. Besides, in addition to the improved sensors, it has has a tech workshop and science lab, both of which might prove valuable as we recover materials from the Reconnoiter."
Best of luck on the exams, Hadashin!
"Allow me to assist you, Master Dreamsmith," Ashrouk says as he lends a few hands to manipulating the panels.
Gunner would probably be the only good spot for Ashrouk, and even then only with a +3 BAB and a +2 Dex.
Ashrouk confers with Flitweather about the cube's function and design.
Ashrouk turns to his burlier companions, "I believe I have done my part for the moment. Perhaps one of you is more physically inclined than myself." He looks especially at Svadik and raises an eyebrow expectantly.
Ashrouk bows to the ysoki as he is handed the slip of paper. "This reminds me of my days at university," he says in an amused tone. "Now, do any of you know how to locate the section Royo has indicated for us?"
"One additional question, if I may," Ashrouk says at last. "I wonder if there has been any indication of other parties interested in this lost ship or its contents? Perhaps we will not be the only ones seeking to recover what was lost."
Just as Drikinet is finally finding a suitable seat, she hears a resonant voice at the back of the room. "Mmm...interesting," says the kasatha she finds standing there. "Now let me see. If I recall correctly, this particular view is from..."
"Castrovel near its winter solstice? No, that doesn't seem right...oh well." The kasatha takes a few long, slow strides and comes to stand beside Driskinet's seat. "May I join you? I am Ashrouk. I believe this is where I was asked to meet-" he looks down to check his comm unit again, "Venture Captain Naiaj? Are you here for the job with the Starfinder Society as well?"
This is Mjolbeard's PC Sorry for the delay! Here are my details: Player Name: GM Mjolbeard
”Awww...we didn’t get to meet a new cyber buddy! He would have been great nufriend! Oh well...Captain! The ship is ours!” For the next several minutes, Gazigaz can be found in the ships lavatory, using the mirrors to get his beard back in shape after all the electric shocks he endured.
Woohoo! Thanks, GM! Great game and great playing with all my fellow skitters! Now let's wrap this bad boy up and help some folks out!
"Phew! Good job, Quonx! I was worried that we might get spaced! But let's not wait too long! Sounds like the First Mate person needs some HELP!" Gazigaz hauls himself out of the ducts and thinks about checking his beard in the mirror before remembering the huge electric shock he just suffered. "Better wait. Sounds like there's more trouble up at the bridge, guys. Let's go sees who is making more trouble!"
"St-st-STOP THAT! JUST SHUT DOWN YOU SILLY COMPUTER! YOU'RE DOING A BAD JOB! WHAT IS THAT RINGING NOISE? WHY CAN'T I HEAR? AM I YELLING TOO LOUD?" After suffering the computer's assault, Gazigaz pulls out one of his healing serums and injects himself.
Gazigaz decides letting Quonx do all the work down below isn't very nice, so he climbs down into the access tunnels and starts looking around for more cores.
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