Radokama 220629-702's page

Looks good! Thanks again.

Thanks for GMing, Wolffauer! For Radokama's chronicle sheet, please remember that I am using the 1st level rebuild rules, and also I realized that I can't craft items from the Armory, so I will be making a profession roll after all:

profession (mercenary): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

After the battle, Radokama surveys the engine room. Extra power cables crisscross the room between discarded schematics, circuit diagrams, and spent fuses. Coolant pipes have been patched with ion tape, and the power core flashes warning signs across the board. "Guess is time to clean up," he says to nobody in particular.

--

The ship is in good repair by the time it arrives back at Absalom Station, and has a note taped to the bridge listing materials needed for final repairs. Radokama seems almost reluctant to leave, but goes with the others to the debriefing anyways.

After the group turns over the hard-won data to Historia-7, Radokama feels a tension lift that he hadn't realized was there since the party first departed. He grins at Chetna and Monstruwacan and says, "Razor and Envar might or might not know who we are. Might or might not find out. But was no personas we used; when fought crest eater was real deal."

He gestures at the group as a whole, "If ever need backup in gladiator fight to death again, will come to you all first. Can think of no others would rather fight alongside."

Radokama curses as the hull is damaged and tries to avoid letting it be damaged further.

Engineering (divert power to shields, DC 14): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Our forward shields should be at 3, I think. At least until this post gets resolved.

Radokama keeps an eye on the shields, determined not to let any damage reach the hull.

Engineering (divert power to shields, DC 14): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

As the shields take another hit, sparks fly in the engine room and Radokama hurries to replace the burnt out fuses.

Engineering (divert power to shields, DC 14): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Satisfied that the shields have been stabilized, Radokama takes a moment to monitor the course of the battle on a wall-mounted terminal. Seeing that the crew could use all the help the ships's computer could possibly offer, he boosts the priority of all combat subroutines in the processing queue and pauses all non-essential systems.

Round 3 Engineering Phase
Prioritize calculation (no check required, whoever uses the comouter bonus gets an additional +1)

Posting in advance to prevent delays. Let me know if that's a problem.

After the micromissile barrage impacts the shields, Radokama leaves his station at the science terminal and heads below decks. "Will hold ship together. With ion tape and own two hands, if needed."

Round 2
Before engineering phase: Switch role to engineer.
Engineering phase: Divert power to shields (DC 14)
Engineering (divert): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Edit: I'm not sure if switching roles counts as an action or not. If so, ignore the bit about diverting shields this round.

I think we are using the Drake (medium transport) with the Heavy Solar Cannon boon.

Radokama nods to Envar and shakes his hand. "Take care, friend. Until next time."

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On the ship, Radokama sits at the science officer's station. When the security ships approach, he scans them like Monstruwacan suggests.

Computers (scan): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

While he works, he says, "Would rather fight in space, myself. Had enough of hand-to-hand combat for today."

Radokama takes the opportunity he was waiting for and, with Monstruwacan and Chetna's help, attempts to access the data Historia-7 was looking for.

Computers: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 2 + 2 = 29

Radokama nods. "Is true. Could use highest settings."

Diplomacy (aid another): 1d20 ⇒ 4

Unfortunately, he doesn't seem overly enthusiastic at the prospect of Envar trying to get a "high score" at another "vidgame".

Was there time for Radokama to take a 10 minute rest as well? If so, he would also have spent a resolve point to regain stamina.

Radokama stays quiet while his more diplomatically inclined teammates attempt to convince Envar to show them his office.

Radokama unseals his armor and takes off his helmet. Wincing with pain, he fumbles for a healing serum and injects it into his neck.

Mark 1 Healing Serum: 1d8 ⇒ 5

He relaxes somewhat as the serum takes effect, then injects himself with another.

Mark 1 Healing Serum: 1d8 ⇒ 5

"So, did you win high score?" he asks Envar dryly, as though almost being torn apart by elementals was a minor inconvenience.

"Let me just use computer, need to shut dome before more elementals attack." He goes to the terminal and begins typing. Before he begins, he uses the custom rig embedded in his skull to send a discreet message to the party's comm units (custom rig functions as a comm unit).

Computers: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 (to close the dome)

Computers: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 (to attempt to see if the data we are here for is accessible from this terminal)

Finally, he helps the others gather up the reward, taking anything left behind by the others.

Edit: Just to clarify, Radokama isn't trying to hack anything at this point, just looking to see if the data might be accessible from here. If he encounters a firewall or other obvious countermeasures, he will wait until the group decides the best way to proceed.

Radokama swings his tail around again in an attempt to hit the elemental (standard action).

Natural weapons: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Bludgeoning: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Are big problem, is what they are!" Radokama gasps, coughing up blood. As his strength fails him, he activates his combat tracking on red (move action), then spins around in a last ditch effort to tail slap it (standard action).

Natural weapons: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Bludgeoning: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

"Argh!" Radokama yells as he is struck by the monster. He spins in place and attempts to strike the yellow creature with his tail (standard action).

Natural weapons: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Bludgeoning: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

As his momentum brings him back around to face the creature, Radokama takes a guarded step to the southeast (move action).

Could somebody move my token southeast by one square? Thanks.

Upon entering the new room, Radokama's attention is immediately drawn to the computer terminals. He follows Envar over to them as he begins mentally preparing a strategy to hack into them and aquire the data the party was sent here to find.

While he works out the last few details of his plan, Envar hits the button to lower the shields. When Radokama realizes what is happenning, he barks out a curse in Vesk and activates his armor's environmental protection (standard action) and starts running for the controls (move action).

Radokama would have tried to get as close to the terminals as possible before the shields were lowered, he will move as close to them as possible this turn. I'm posting from my phone though and can only view the room, so if somebody could move my token 20 feet towards the computers I would appreciate it.

Radokama takes a few moments to take in the view. "Is magnificent! What other wonders are to be found here?" He gestures at the east door, then the west one. "Can tell us what is beyond doors, Mr. Tamm? If are permitted to tell, of course."

Radokama cheers Zoomer's victory, "Is well done!" To Razor and co, he adds, "Am glad were able to settle peacefully. Is no honour in unnecessary bloodshed."

When Envar suddenly runs off, Radokama glances at his companions, shrugs, and follows.

Radokama cheers Zoomer's victory, "Is well done!" To Razor and co, he adds, "Am glad were able to settle peacefully. Is no honour in unnecessary bloodshed."

When Envar suddenly runs off, Radokama glances at his companions, shrugs, and follows.

Entertained by the virtual battle, Radokama suggests a maneuver he remembers from Veskarium war academy, before shoveling another handful of bar food into his mouth.

Piloting: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Sorry for posting late today!

Me too.

"Foxy, do a barrel roll!"

"Have already seen us show strength in fight with monster," Radokama says, "Maybe next we show wits, just to shake things up, yes?"

Radokama waits to see what the rest of the party thinks.

I think most of us are built more for wits, so that's my vote.

Radokama sighs and stands up (move action), gesturing towards his now-vacant seat. "Sit, please. Is no need to get upset. Envar has been most gracious host, seems like decent person. Am sure was simple misunderstanding."

As he says this, he mentally activates his exocortex's combat tracking on the nearest of the three newcomers (move action in place of standard).

Radokama looks up between bites of bar snacks to assess the newcomers. Realizing that they might mean trouble, he stands halfway up from sitting in order to protect Envar. Before he has a chance to act, though, Chetna starts to speak and Radokama relaxes back into his seat. "Friends, please. Sit. Whatever are here to talk about, can do over drink and..." Glancing down at the meager snacks available, "...food," he finishes.

"Is any food here?" Radokama asks Tolara. "Am famished after fight with monster. Could go for nice steak."

Seeing that nobody seems interested in more technical subjects, Radokama remains quiet for the rest of the journey; though he does listen and occasionally takes part in bits of small talk.

Once the party reaches Eclipse, he reluctantly unslings his plasma bolter, double checks that the safety is engaged, smiles, and hands it to the android. "Of course. Here. Was service weapon in Veskarium. Is to take good care, please."

Radokama can't help with either of those, but I get the feeling this guy would fall for a phishing email relatively easily. If we need his password for anything we can try that later.

Radokama enthusiastically agrees to both the crest-eater weapons and the tour. "Is very generous. Would be delighted to learn more about Arch Energy. Maybe even they have need for skilled mercenary? For security purposes, yes? Unless is fancy company with high-tech electronic surveillance. Or maybe have need for scientists? Could be Arch Energy pays better than being gladiator." If Envar seems interested in talking about either security or what kind of work is done at Arch, Radokama listens politely and tries to get him to keep talking.

"Is foolish rules, anyways," says Radokama to Envar after the hologram vanishes. "Changing password each week only helps if gets compromised every week. Is much more secure to have good habits, like not using same password for more than one place. And reuse happens more often password if is hard to remember."

Radokama takes a moment to make sure the crest-eater is really dead, then loads a fresh battery into his plasma bolter. He grins and gives Tamm a polite nod, but otherwise follows Monstruwacan's example and lets the others do the talking.

Oh, ok! Thanks.

Sorry, Dariox! I got confused and thought your readied get'em still applied to this round. I didn't mean to assume that's what you would do this turn.

Keeping his rifle trained on the beast, Radokama moves to the Northwest (guarded step, move action) and fires again (standard action).

Plasma Bolter, Get'em: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
E&F Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8

I know, right? I really wish I'd specified a longer range, hahaha.

No worries, enjoy!

Radokama risks a glance up at the angry crowd, then returns his attention to the crest-eater. Cautiously, he moves further toward the creature (move action) and prepares to fire if it moves into range (ready a standard action to attack, triggered on the crest-eater moving within 20 feet of Radokama).

Radokama locks his exocortex's combat tracking onto the crest-eater as soon as it is released (move action) and moves towards the Northeast pillar (move action in place of standard). As he does so, he uses the called fusion on his plasma bolter to call it to his hands (swift action) and begins to draw a bead on the creature.

Radokama dashes into the arena at full speed and launches himself into the air:

Athletics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Landing in a plume of dust a full ten feet from where he took off, he lets out a wordless roar of challenge at the creature K'ssatak-Sul describes.

Radokama spends most of the sun-ward journey in the engineering section of the ship getting acquainted with the various systems. At some point, inspired by comic books he read in his youth, he finalizes the team's infosphere site by replacing his placeholder name with 'Radiant Champion'.

Radokama is quiet on the way to the arena; he always becomes tense before a fight. He seems somewhat relieved that the schedule has moved up, and discusses tactics with the others. "Am...not the most experienced fighter," he admits sheepishly. "Agree that spreading out seems like best tactic against wild creature, but suggest to stay close enough for first aid. Also, is to do best to stay out of comrades' firing lines."

At the entrance, Radokama checks his gear. The familiar routine of cleaning the contacts of his spare batteries, checking the charge level of his rifle, and making sure his healing serums are within easy reach allows him to steady his nerves. "Am ready."

K'ssatak-Sul wrote:

Also, I have this boon. Do we need it?

That thing has a lot of potential. I love it.

Radokama 220629-702 wrote:

I don't know if we need it or not, but it would negate the main downside of the transport (limited missiles) if we end up taking that ship.

Unfortunately, the high explosive missile launcher (4d8) is a light weapon, the only heavy weapon on the transport ship is the heavy laser cannon (4d8).

My 2 cents, I'd slot it, we have pretty good gunners and we might make that boon weapon work.

Right, sorry. I keep confusing heavy and tracking weapons (I haven't had a whole lot of experience with starship rules). The boon is still really cool, though!

I vote for the transport, considering all those guns.

The COM should land on the additional resources page in 3 weeks or so, according to a recent paizo twitch stream - unless the starship combat is the first encounter of this scenario, we might get to use the new rules. But it’s better not to count on it, indeed.

Ah, I missed that. I assumed it would take a good deal longer to get reviewed, and didn't take into consideration that the starship part of the scenario might take place on the way back. My bad!

I don't know if we need it or not, but it would negate the main downside of the transport (limited missiles) if we end up taking that ship.

Is it a single use boon? I don't see any downsides to using it unless it can only be used a certain number of times. I'm not a gunner though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt!

With some effort, Radokama manages to put aside his excitement at the prospect for serving as a crew member on a genuine battleship and regains his normal composure. "Right," he says, nodding. "Am off to buy supplies. See you all at docks before departure."

He leaves the Lorespire Complex and stops by the nearest pharmacy to pick up some medical supplies (2x mk I healing serums), then heads over to the docks. While he waits for the final preparations to be completed, he swaps the flashlight mounted with a uniclamp on his plasma bolter for a compact fire extinguisher. "Am thinking will be enough light, so close to sun. Might have to worry about fire, though," he explains to anyone who might be interested.

Next, he starts to work on the Infosphere site he promised. He uses some of the names provided by Monstruwacan as placeholders, replacing them as team members suggest their preferred names.

Computers: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 (Radokama's cover)
Computers: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28 (Use this roll if somebody else needs a cover)

Radokama raises a brow ridge in amusement at Zoomer's suggested team name. "Pact Pack? Might have difficulty living up to that name," he says, gesturing to himself. Between his standard issue (though heavily modified) equipment and heavy accent, it would be hard to mistake him for anything other than a Veskarium citizen.

Here are Radokama's currently slotted boons:

Faction: Dataphiles Champion
Slotless: Marked Field Agent
Slotless: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!
Social: Faction's Friend

He'll also be picking up two additional Mk 1 Healing Serums before we leave (100cr).

Alright, Radokama will be the engineer, then. There's no way he would turn down the opportunity to get his hands dirty working in the bowels of a genuine warship!

Radokama's grin widens even more when Chetna suggests the Drake might be a good choice of ship. To Historia-7, he says "Do not worry, is not to be pirates. Will be very picture of innocent gladiators. Just have...healthy academic interest...in certain ship systems aboard Drake."

"Is the torpedoes!" he whispers loudly to his nearby team members.

He turns to Monstruwacan, then K'ssatak-Sul in turn as they speak. When they finish, he says "We are to fight in gladiator tournament though? Would make us gladiators, if only temporarily. Not shady if we are gladiators saying we are gladiators. Don't need disguise, either!" His brow furrows, and he adds "Perhaps could use infosphere site promoting new gladiator team, though. One which is vague about circumstances leading to team's formation. Could make on trip to sun!"

Radokama shakes Zoomer's hand when offered and introduces himself. "Greetings, Zoomer. Am Radokama. Am good with machines." He seems to have a hard time keeping up with the ysoki's rapid speech, but smiles when he mentions that he is a pilot. "Is pilot? What kind of craft do you pilot? Are junk racer, by chance? Am quite formidable junk racer, if do say myself."

I'll pic magic officer ... whatever it is (I have a book btw, just didn't have enough time to check it).

I just checked the Additional Resources, and unfortunately it doesn't look like COM is sanctioned yet.

Radokama gives a respectful nod to Historia-7 as he enters the Cortex and listens intently during the briefing. When she finishes, he says in a heavy Vesk accent, "Is good as done. Speed and discretion, yes?"

Radokama listens to Chetna tell the team about Envar. Although he typically maintains a stoic facade, it is currently clear that he doesn't like the sound of Envar and is uncomfortable about the idea of working with him.

His mood brightens, however, at the realization that the team will be making the trip to Brilliance on their own in a Society starship. Never having been aboard either model, he asks the group "Are to make our own way to Brilliance, yes? Is my understanding that we have choice of ship to take." He gives an earnest, toothy grin, "Could take Drake, maybe? Have heard is heavy warship!"

We need to pick a ship, right? OOC I don't have any strong preference, I was just playing up Radokama's enthusiasm for ships and weapons.

Nice break down. Looks good to me too. Radokama will let K'ssatak-Sul have first pick, and will pick either engineer or science officer, whichever is left. He'll pick engineer if K'ssatak-Sul doesn't take either option.

Radokama 220629-702 wrote:

After having had a chance to play Radokama once, I think I'd like to change his theme to Mercenary using the 1st level rebuild rules. A GM needs to sign off on the change on a chronicle sheet, so could you mark that down on this scenario's chronicle, please? I'm not sure whether the changes would go into effect before the scenario begins or after it ends. If there is no problem with making the changes ahead of time, could you let me know so I can update his character sheet?

Go ahead and make the change now. No problem signing off on the chronicle (I may need to be reminded when the time comes)

Ok, thanks. I've changed Radokama's profile.