Well, since I've been unconscious for nearly two weeks, I'm assuming this game is over.
Thanks for the fun idea, Nayr! It was fun to get a taste of Starfinder, and I'd love to do it again if you find players who are interested in the genre.
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One of those healing serums was used on Adrius.
I am fascinated by the system, so far. It scratches an itch I have from the brief period of time I tried to play Shadowrun. However, I have been a bit frustrated by the pace. If moving to something else will speed things up and potentially convince another player to join us, great, but I would like to see this continue. As with any first character, I think I made some mistakes developing this one...
Hamster flies into the breached room, his armor pressurizing instantly as it detects a vacuum. He slams into the far wall soundlessly and makes no further movement.
"I won't argue with you about that. I'd much rather let the machines to the cooking." He goes around, shaking the grill and looking under tables and in cupboards, making sure there are no more of the creatures.
"If there is a crew alive on this thing, they are going to need to answer for leaving so many violent creatures hanging around." He chuckles, "That's probably why the whale was chasing the ship." Once Adrius is done catching his breath, Hamster heads to the western door and opens it.
Retrieving Adrius' healing serum, Hamster applies it to the prone Lashunta.
Continuing to back away carefully, Hamster fires again.
Carefully moving away from the creatures, Hamster quickly aims the rifle and fires at the nearest creature.
Grumbling under his breath about invisible flame demons who like practical jokes, Hamster decides to walk around the room, scanning for anything of value.
If he makes it through the room unmolested, he'll head to the western door and prepare to open it. "May as well keep moving. If the thing wants to play a prank on us it will, whether we are prepared or not. Come to think of it, why to creatures who live inside a star need grills?"
"Well, something has certainly been in this room.... and appears to be hiding in the grill there." Raising his voice, he calls out from the doorway. "You in the grill! Are you a member of the crew? Show yourself."
Hamster goes to the NW door and opens it.
"Hot tubs? Med Bay, entertainment suite, and now this... Is this some kind of cruise ship?"
... seems like a bad trade to use. Drugs are like that...
Isn't that what the healing serum is? Does a stimulant heal Stamina instead?
"Adrius, is it? Well, welcome aboard. If you're willing to pitch in, we're welcome to have you." He looks about the room, really taking stock of it for the first time. "Yes, it is very pristine, other than the engines dying. It is enough to wonder if it was ever crewed at all. We've yet to find any evidence of a crew." As Lyrr searches the medical bay and Adrius begins looking over the door, he starts singing under his breath as he looks the room.
As Adrius opines that shutting down power might help open the door, he nods. "The engines are back that way. We can likely shut power down there. I'd rather try to find a keycard first, so let's keep that as a backup option. As for any possible salvage, we can reserve judgement on that until we have determined if there is an actual crew onboard." Heading over to the South Eastern doors, he taps the panel that opens those doors and waits for what they reveal.
Party funds are always a good idea. I agree with that assessment. Recall that selling gear is almost not worth it in Starfinder, so we should try to utilize whatever we find, whenever possible. For the current haul, it makes sense to distribute one serum to everyone. Is anyone actually trained in Medicine? If so, they should carry the medkit. Anyone can carry the medpatches, I am glad to do so. I doubt we would try to use them in combat. @GM I can't find what a Tier 1 stimulant does.
Anyone volunteer to keep track of loot? Any preferred methods for handling distribution of said loot?
"No offense intended, Lyrr. Just a simple recap. If we ever do get to the bridge, this ship is pretty nice. We might consider claiming it."
Keeping the butt of his rifle tucked into his shoulder, but lowered, Hamster eyes the newcomer. "Play it again, Sam" he says with an odd lisp. Smiling, he introduces himself. "I am Hamster, this is Eschade and Lyrr. That pool of molten rock was attempting to get through the door over there with the card reader on it. So, we're looking for the key card, since Lyrr couldn't hack the door."
Urian glances at the room and shrugs, not knowing much about medical supplies. Stepping back for the others to search, if they care to, he listens for any coming danger, but hears nothing but a murmur from the south. "Hmmm... thought I heard a voice. Must have been a weird engine noise."
"Maybe we'll find that keycard somewhere else. Let's try the southwestern door." Hamster looks the door over before attempting to open it.
"The situation doesn't make any more sense to me. Hopefully the puzzle has a few more pieces once we find the bridge."
"Yes, doors it apparently didn't know how to open."
"That elemental could have been pounding on that door for years, for all we know. Whomever the crew were, I am beginning to think this is a ghost ship." Hamster starts searching the rest of the room to see if there is anything of interest.
Hamster chuckles at Lyrr's witticism, and sings a snippet as he takes another shot and then slams a fresh magazine into his gun. "She's gonna turn me down and say
"Perhaps the crew is dead after all" Defending himself, Hamster fires at the elemental.
Keeping his weapon lowered but ready, Hamster steps slightly in to the room and calls out. "Hello. Do you need help opening that door?"
Seeing nothing of interest in the airlock, Hamster heads back to the temple room and prepares to open the northern door.
"Well, if we need to lift anything heavy, we have a tool. If we find nothing else, we could always move it to our cargo bay." Walking through the cargo bay to the south, Hamster moves to examine the other airlock.
Don't ships generally have charging stations that you can use to recharge batteries?
Hamster quirks an eyebrow at the android, wondering if she just tried to make a joke. Shrugging, he responds "They don't appear to be in either of those alcoves. They must be somewhere else in the ship." He leads the way back into the temple room and toward the eastern doors.
"I imagine we will need to help fix these engines at some point, but we should try to find the crew first."
"Looks like there used to be a statue right there. Removed recently by the dust marks."
"Finally. Somebody check out that altar to see if it left anything behind. I'll keep watch." With the adrenaline ebbing, Hamster begins to feel the headache remaining from the thing's attack. "I don't suppose anyone has a way to perform healing?"
Nevermind. I had extra rounds in PCGen, they just didn't show up on the character sheet because I needed to "equip" them, apparently.
Crap! Did I honestly not purchase extra ammunition? I am going to be pretty useless in two more rounds...
Hamster tries to settle his breathing and fires at the plant-thing again.
Don't try to bring reality into my fantasy game!
Bad time to need the dentist. Glad you didn't have to break out the ice skates.
"What under the stars IS this thing?"
Spreading out, Hamster attempts to get a better shot lined up.
My next roll in another game (also a Will save) was a 4...
Turned toward the door, Hamster is surprised by the attack, and unable to steel himself. Crying out in pain, he twirls around and levels his rifle at the creature.
"Right.... Well, we'll check back with you about the 'great riches' after we find the crew and figure out if they need help fixing this ship." Hamster moves toward the southern door and prepares to open it.
"If you are not crew, how did you come to be on this ship?"
Stepping into the room, Hamster quickly scans the room for other creatures then returns his focus to the snake-looking thing in the middle. As it begins to speak, his mouth gapes open, having a hard time comprehending its chosen form of greeting. Well, I guess it speaks Common, at least. Still unsure of how to react, he is relieved when Eschade takes the initiative with a bold wish. Didn't even need to hold the monkey's paw... "...ain't that a kick in the head."
Slapping the panel on the next door, Urian peers into the next room.
As the door opens, Hamster quickly walks in, weapon up, scanning for danger.
"Clear." he says, seeing no enemies. Pointing the weapon at the floor, he walks toward the eastern door. Hearing the banging, he turns a wry grin to Eschade. "Sounds like someone survived. Probably trying to fix the engines now. Perhaps we can lend a hand once we find them. I hope they speak a language we understand...."
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