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Hani is horrified by what he sees on the datapad. He shares it with his fellow team members.

"Looks like we aren't the only ones to come across those burning skeletons. We may want to keep an eye out for more of 'em."

Please avail yourselves the spoiler above.

I have returned, and will hopefully be submitting a vigorous week of posting here!

Hani attends to the drone, attempting to ascertain how it might be fixed, or perhaps how he might download anything useful from the memory banks of the drone.

engineering: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (16) + 19 = 35

Big update incoming tonight.

While were at it, I'll be away May 6-11 celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary with a little vacation.

I'll try to make sure my bot instructions are updated.

Hani steps forward, his gauntlet humming with power.

to hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
damage, B + So: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

miss chance, high good: 1d100 ⇒ 60

With his last bit of spare time, Hani proceeds with his new hobby of robot maintenance. Specifically, he attempts to repair the found deckhand 'bot and return it to service.

engineering check to repair: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39

Not only is it working, he's dressed it in a red cocktail dress and named it Roxanne.

I'll have posts incoming within 24 hours! I promise!

Hani would like to stay ahead of the curve with his armor. I think for the moment, he's in a pretty good place.

Hello friends!

I'm so sorry. Yes, there have been so many real life distractions that always seem to make me...uhhh...distracted.

Among them has been a lot of hard work to prepare for interviews for a new job with the library where I work. I might not be hired, but it's been a good experience nonetheless. More news to come there. I'm in a great place, because I LOVE my current job.

Sit tight...more to come soon.

"We're being asked to take an unbelievable risk here, and the benefits seem vague. Then again, exploring the unknown has a certain charm to it. As far as the certain danger, I have already been swallowed whole twice, set on fire, and nearly beat to death. I'm willing to continue to exhibit bravery."

Hani considers the tablet. "I will explore options for integrating and networking the table with the sensors and other systems aboard the ship. Hopefully that can help with finding this place we're looking for."

Hani seems pleased with this find. He may have found a new hobby!

"I think it's safe to assume that Otlo must live here. He's got a pretty nice set up, looks like he can use this room as a pretty nice lab as well as his personal quarters."

According the spoiler, this room functions as a science lab.

Hani will take advantage of the opportunity for rest.

Hani examines of the medical drone. Later on, he'll attempt to look up information about this model. It should come in handy later.

Hello everyone!

I am SO sorry that my posting has had a hiccup here.

My work has been a veritable nuthouse as of late.

PLEASE stick with me.

I believe we'll all be posting again this coming weekend.

Hello everyone!

I am SO sorry that my posting has had a hiccup here.

My work has been a veritable nuthouse as of late.

PLEASE stick with me.

I believe we'll all be posting again this coming weekend.

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If you can give me 24 hours, I will have a character for this. Hoping to make a new first level Society character.

I believe Vari-13 remained with the goblin and ikeshti for now. They CAN be contacted via comm device though! I'll assume that's how this interaction went.

Vari-13 is excited about these initial findings. "Yes, Vari-8 is one of my progenitors and was an engineer aboard this ship! I am most appreciative for the confirmation you have provided to me for their presence here. I do hope there is more information to be found. Please keep me informed."

Gath is able to muscle open the outer door to the north. It reveals a small vestibule. The door beyond is locked tightly.

Back in gear tomorrow night.

Just spent the past five days at the Winter Fantasy game convention in my home town. Had a great time.

Howdy gang.

Just spent the past five days at the Winter Fantasy game convention in my home town.

We'll be back in gear tomorrow night.

Okay. Lots going on here. John and Beau heading to the landing bay. I believe you can get there via the warehouse, so I should be able to describe that as well. Rar'gul, T'sorkel, and Doc will check out the training room and Hird's office--we'll throw in his quarters as well. After all that, you can decide to look into the chapel. As you can imagine, this will be quite an information dump, so please allow me to make a mega-post at some point over the weekend that should set us up nicely for some good story telling over the weekend. Just an FYI: I am participating in an area game convention beginning middle of next week (I'm running D&D--GASP! But it's a local con that specializes in D&D called Winter Fantasy). This means I find myself busy preparing for this event.

Zetara pokes around inside the room. There seems to be a loose panel on one wall. Peeking behind it reveals some sort of weapon--a very large hammer!

This is a tactical swoop hammer with the ghost killer fusion.

In the galley:

Janebok moves forward with Locket. "Interesssting. I wonder what made the food dissspensssers nonfunctional." She moves toward them to try to find the cause.

[dice=Computers, engineering, or physical science would all be the same bonus]1d20+10
[dice=Perception]1d20+6

Nothing is going to make these food dispensers work again. Perhaps they cracked when the ship crashed. You do take note of two things: there is lots of rotting food inside the dispensers (actually, it rotted LONG ago, but there is still residue). Also, there are parts that can be salvaged from the food dispensers, at least for scrap.

That's really all in here. Let me know where you would like to head next!

Things will get underway once again tomorrow night. I was travelling today, and just ran out of time to start posting again.

Hope everyone's holidays were pleasant!

Things will get underway once again tomorrow night. I was travelling today, and just ran out of time to start posting again.

Hope everyone's holidays were pleasant!

5) Day Job (with roll): (Sorry, new to the system. How is this determined?)

If your character has a "profession" skill, you can roll that, double the results, and that determines how many bonus credits you get at the end of the adventure from down time where you are working at your day job. For example, Trurl has profession (plumber) +7. I rolled a total of 15, so Trurl will receive 30 additional credits at the end of the adventure (for low level adventurers, this can be very helpful).

It appears that the other adventurers who have joined don't have a profession, and that's just fine. There are probably good reasons not to put a skill point into profession, particularly if you don't have many.

"I'm going to need some major recovery time here. I'm lucky I have friends like all of you, otherwise, I'd be dead."

Hani will spend an RP to give himself 1 HP. Then he'll use a serum, and then spend one more RP and take 10 minutes of rest to get his SP back.

serum: 1d8 ⇒ 4

I know we're on a bit of a hiatus, but I did want to take a moment to wish all of you a happy holidays and Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you!

I want to apologize for the slow posting the past few days. A busy weekend started with my work holiday party on Friday. On Saturday I noticed I was catching a bad head cold, complete with coughing, body aches, and fever.

Sunday I missed out on Christmas at my Mom's house, as I didn't want to get anyone else sick. I was able to enjoy a couple of Christmas TV shows last night with the wife. I watched "A Christmas Story Christmas," which, I think, is a worthy successor to the original. It was great to see so many of the original actors.

I think what I would like to do is take just a little break from any major posting. Of course all of you may feel free to make a couple of short posts--in fact, we really could use a couple of you to give some direction as far as where you would like to investigate next.

With Zetara taking a break (and many of us otherwise busy with family, travel, etc., I feel it might be nice to remove any pressure to post for next couple of weeks.

Some exciting things here, and a great opportunity to be in the thick of things at a busy convention.

The Academy Assistant seems like it might be particularly rewarding for the right person.

[dice=Spear v KAC, flanking]1d20+6+2

[dice=Crit!]2d6+10

This robot was pissing Uchurtai off. With a roar and a mighty thrust, the shobhad jabs with all his might at his metal foe.

"Take that, coward!"

Sorry for the absence folks, been swamped in finals season. Should be back into the swing of things within the next week or so.

Uchurtai ends the robot, who collapses into a pile of scrap.

Combat over.

I hope you feel better soon, Sevens. Don't worry too much about posting. Things will slow down here for a few days as you all decide how to proceed.

Speaking of which, the colonists will be reaching out soon to find out how things are going

Regarding the transponder:

Aibretta made some recordings of transmissions when the Azlanti ship landed or was in orbit. It should suffice for at least flying NEAR Azlanti space. After that, you may need to make other arrangements...

Hani begins searching the room.

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Happy Reunion if you're on Akiton like me and Happy Fifthday if you're anywhere else in the Pact Worlds!

Hope you have a Reunion dinner that couldn't be beat!

Thank you for posting that link.

That song, on this day, are a tradition for me.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

"This was most likely an intake office for this clinic. I am willing to bet that there were lots of insurance cards that were handed back and forth at this desk."

Is there a computer in this room? If so, is it operational?

I do worry that there is a segment of the gaming population that is burnt out on online play. I know I am far less interested in logging onto a game with strangers than I was a couple years ago at the height of the pandemic. That said, being a Midwesterner, I was never going to travel to the West coast for this anyway (though I do regularly attend GenCon).

Tell your friend that the catwalk is 10' above the floor. The ceiling is a total of 25' high. The reactor near the center of the room is 15' high.

Had some internet problems this weekend. I'll be back to posting tomorrow.

Had some internet problems this weekend. I'll be back to posting tomorrow.

Hani arrives and joins everyone for dinner. Since your return, Hani seems much more...enlightened? He seems happy to take the time to listen to all of you. Before, he didn't really listen, and was more interested in dominating the conversation.

Most of all, his interest in intoxicants seems to have gone away. During downtime, it wasn't strange at all to see him drinking. Now he politely declines any offer of intoxicants.

I did put that ability crystal in wisdom. It seems like an excellent role-playing opportunity to bring forth a more enlightened Hani. I have done enough min/maxing on him, so I think this was the best choice (and it does help with things like perception, survival, and will saves).

Sorry for the delay in posting. I have a conference at work this week that I am part of, so I have worked additional hours. With any luck, you'll see something from me tomorrow.

Let's keep things simple--it's open for you to move back through. Maybe it was the doorway where you stopped and realized what a jerk Nodens is!

Regarding making changes to your character:

I think doing this following the conclusion of this adventure (which isn't too terribly far off, there is some exploration, and some interesting events, left to go). You will level up to 4, and then it appears we will move on to The Liberation of Locus-1.

Anyone may tweak their character. It would be my preference if you kept your race and class levels (though feel free to multi-class, of course).

If you believe your current character isn't a fit for Liberation of Locus-1, I am open to creating a new character.

Of course I am also fine of some of you prefer to NOT move on. The end of a book is always a good time to examine that.

In any case, we are several weeks from worrying about most of those things, but feel free to start dreaming.

Hani documents the modifications with his camera equipment for further study back at the institute.

"It's brilliant! At least in it's own, unique way. These things that they added to the hull...this one will serve as a heat sink, and this could be a primitive vortex-dissipation channel. All together, this is a very safe scheme for heat shielding, and should get us back safely to the Burning Archipelago."

Feel free to read the spoiler above.

Zetara pulls the panel off and touches some of the burnt out wires together. There is a bit of smoke, and there is also some visible electricity arcing.

Suddenly the airlock door depressurizes, and Locket is able to push the door open. Beyond, you see the following:

A wide archway occupies one stretch of hallway near this
intersection. A podium stands on one side of the arch with a
small overturned stool behind it.

I went ahead and moved everyone into the airlock. Nobody is on the other side of this door...yet!

Overwhelmed by this spectacle, Hani nods in agreement with Zharis. "I suspect that we should be grateful for this gift. At least I hope it's a gift, and we aren't being misled. In any case, I can give the ship a thorough once-over when we arrive."

Howdy gang!

I would like everyone to know that I will be away at a game convention in the midwest U.S. this weekend (CinCity Con in Cincinnati, Ohio).

I might eat some GOETTA, a Cincinnati specialty.

I plan for this weekend to be a very analog experience. I'll be rolling REAL dice and I'll have an actual paper character sheet in front of me!

In other words, this analog experience precludes much posting here.

I do hope to make a couple of posts tonight and tomorrow night.

After that, it may be Sunday night.

Bot as needed.

Howdy gang!

I would like everyone to know that I will be away at a game convention in the midwest U.S. this weekend (CinCity Con in Cincinnati, Ohio).

I might eat some GOETTA, a Cincinnati specialty.

I plan for this weekend to be a very analog experience. I'll be rolling REAL dice and I'll have an actual paper character sheet in front of me!

In other words, this analog experience precludes much posting here.

I do hope to get in one more good round of posting either tonight or tomorrow.

After that, it may be next Monday.

Howdy gang!

I would like everyone to know that I will be away at a game convention in the midwest U.S. this weekend (CinCity Con in Cincinnati, Ohio).

Our good buddy Dr. Flint-Bridge will also be there (but NOT Dr. Nodens--she's sort of a jerk and not much fun). We might eat some GOETTA, a Cincinnati specialty.

I plan for this weekend to be a very analog experience. I'll be rolling REAL dice and I'll have an actual paper character sheet in front of me!

In other words, this analog experience precludes much posting here.

I do hope to get in one more good round of posting either tonight or tomorrow.

After that, it may be next Monday.

Murkk and Qesch busy themselves with the key, making minute adjustments and taking readings with other small pieces of equipment. Finally there is a low, resonating hum all around the wreck, a POP!, a ZAP!, and a flash, and the force field is down.

Murkk is so excited she can hardly contain herself. "I want to go in, but I think all of you have first salvage rights. Just save me something good...anything shiny, zappy, or pokey is good enough for me!"

Murkk, Qesch, and Vari-13 will camp out near the airlock while all of you do some initial exploration. All three are available should any of you need anything, or have any questions before you enter the Solar Flare.

There is a new map #2 that shows the airlock.