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Ferradei hops onto one of the transports and examines the turrets. Then she heads over to the armoury, picks out an advanced x-gen gun and attaches it to the turret. She loads up the extra ammunition and hops into the transport again. She tests out the weight of the gun on its mounting, then nods.
"Ready for duty, sir!" she announces, forgetting for a moment that her days in the military are behind her. This rescue mission with the Starfinders has brought back old memories...
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Jaqweh looks over the all terrain vehicle in the spacious hangar bay. When Ferradei suggests that he and Darqen drive, he nods in agreement. "It reminds me of the ones we took on outings around Castrovel when I was growing up. I wasn't ever very good at driving big clunkers like these, but I'll do my best."
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Altorin after shaking himself off realizes the group got revenge for his wounds but knowing they were Starfinders...underneath those augments...he had to help.
He walks over and begins casting Stabilize on them.
"Don't make me regret this! You better pull through whatever is going on so I can have a rematch..."
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The Prof gathers the Shirrenye rifle and some extra ammo, attaches it one of the turrets and takes up a spot in one of the gunnery positions. "Well, this should be fun!"
Damage: 2d10 P
Range: 70 ft.
Critical: —
Capacity: 4 rounds
Usage: 1
Bulk: 2
Special: Analog, sniper (500 ft.), unwieldy
A loud shriek of audio feedback erupts from all communication devices across the Starfinder Society fleet and deployed teams. The feedback precedes an alert of a new threat: dozens of unknown starships are entering the Scoured Stars through the Drift!
Data screens across the fleet begin displaying a live feed of a chitinous, six-legged creature with a large mouth full of sharp teeth. Rings of glowing, unblinking eyes cover the upper and lower sides of the creature’s body, looking in every direction at once. The creature’s three-clawed forelimbs hold what looks like an alien plasma cannon, while its second set of limbs terminate in cybernetic augmentations resembling long sabers.
When the creature starts speaking, its words sound like a chaotic jumble of consonants, but soon the syllables turn into a sinister-sounding, digitalized voice speaking in the Common tongue: “We are jinsuls, and you are not welcome in our space. This is our ancestral home. You do not belong here. You will be removed.”
As soon as the ominous message ends, First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo speaks to the Society through the comm system: “According to our sensors, these creatures—jinsuls—are entering the Scoured Stars through a location near Bastiar-7. I need a group of volunteers, our best starship crews, to scout the area and keep these aggressors occupied. Meanwhile, I want everyone else to continue evacuating the survivors. Time is a luxury we don’t have, so make haste and be ready to be extracted at a moment’s notice!”
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Warned off by Radaszam, your landing craft touches down in an area unaffected by the magnetic storm tearing across the sun-facing side of Callion-1. From there, you determine who will pilot the two all-terrain vehicles provided by the Society, and set about arming up the vehicles. With the logistics decided, you begin your rescue operation. Just before the engines start, you get the alien message followed by the message from Luwazi Elsebo. Without any different orders, you continue on your current mission: to evacuate those survivors!
Vehicle One
Pilot - Jaqweh
Turret 1 - X-Gen, Advanced - Ferradei
Turret 2 - SOMETHING - Altorin
Vehicle Two
Pilot - Darqen
Turret 1 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - The Prof
Turret 2 - SOMETHING - Regalion
Shortly after you start your journey across the desert, a 40-foot-long creature that looks like an armored worm emerges from the sand behind your vehicles! The creature is large enough to easily crush a vehicle like yours, so you quickly determine that fleeing toward the destination at top speed is the best option!
1) Pilot Actions: In initiative order, the pilots of each participating vehicle will attempt Pilot Actions (slide 2), using your piloting skill bonus with a -4 penalty due to your type of vehicle. Apply any additional modifiers to piloting due to Active Hazards, Altered Movement, or other effects as listed for your current zone (slide 1). I will make note of these effects as you enter the respective zones. (Since you've decided to use the vehicle's autopilot, I'll control these actions for now. If you would like to take control, you'll just need to move someone to the pilot's seat, as a free action.)
2) Chase Progress: I will move all vehicles forward as appropriate. Vehicles that failed their piloting action(s) during the first phase do not move forward unless stated otherwise.
3) Combat: In initiative order, pilots with any remaining actions, plus all other PCs and combatants, make attacks against opponents. Because you are moving at high speeds in this chase, you will take a -2 on attack rolls, unless you are on a turret, plus any other effects listed in your current zone as Altered Attacks.
The current turn’s gunners act along with the next turn’s pilots.
Current positions (See slide 1 for position and effects)
Vehicle 1: Zone 2
Vehicle 2: Zone 2
Sand Slitherer: Zone 1
Next Turn: Piloting (Requires a Move Action)
Vehicle 1 - Darqen
Vehicle 2 - Jaqweh
Sand Slitherer
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*BOOP BOOP*
(Round 1 Piloting)
Darqen steps down on the accelerator, pushing the vehicle to it's limit! This may have been unwise in the deep sand but he really doesn't want to mess with the worm.
Thankfully, the gambit works! He spins through the sandy dunes, and into the field of stone monoliths. The vehicle is moving fast enough it looks like it will reach the large hill up ahead!
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Vehicle One, Green
Pilot - Jaqweh
Turret 1 - X-Gen, Advanced - Ferradei
Turret 2 - Magnetar Rifle - Altorin
Vehicle Two, Pink
Pilot - Darqen (+10)
Turret 1 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - The Prof
Turret 2 - SOMETHING - Regalion
1) Pilot Actions: In initiative order, the pilots of each participating vehicle will attempt Pilot Actions (slide 2), using your piloting skill bonus with a -4 penalty due to your type of vehicle. Apply any additional modifiers to piloting due to Active Hazards, Altered Movement, or other effects as listed for your current zone (slide 1). I will make note of these effects as you enter the respective zones. (Since you've decided to use the vehicle's autopilot, I'll control these actions for now. If you would like to take control, you'll just need to move someone to the pilot's seat, as a free action.)
2) Chase Progress: I will move all vehicles forward as appropriate. Vehicles that failed their piloting action(s) during the first phase do not move forward unless stated otherwise.
3) Combat: In initiative order, pilots with any remaining actions, plus all other PCs and combatants, make attacks against opponents. Because you are moving at high speeds in this chase, you will take a -2 on attack rolls, unless you are on a turret, plus any other effects listed in your current zone as Altered Attacks.
The current turn’s gunners act along with the next turn’s pilots.
Current positions (See slide 1 for position and effects)
Vehicle 1, Green: Zone 2
Vehicle 2, Pink: Zone 4
Sand Slitherer: Zone 2
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PHASE 1
The Sand Slitherer moves forward, up to the first vehicle.
It's appetite and growl roaring, it goes to bite the starfinders!
Next Turn: Piloting (Requires a Move Action)
Vehicle 1 - Darqen
Vehicle 2 - Jaqweh
Sand Slitherer
This turn: Combat
Darqen
Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh
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Vehicle One, Green - 73/90 HP
Pilot - Jaqweh
Turret 1 - X-Gen, Advanced - Ferradei
Turret 2 - Magnetar Rifle - Altorin
Vehicle Two, Pink
Pilot - Darqen (+10)
Turret 1 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - The Prof
Turret 2 - SOMETHING - Regalion
1) Pilot Actions: In initiative order, the pilots of each participating vehicle will attempt Pilot Actions (slide 2), using your piloting skill bonus with a -4 penalty due to your type of vehicle. Apply any additional modifiers to piloting due to Active Hazards, Altered Movement, or other effects as listed for your current zone (slide 1). I will make note of these effects as you enter the respective zones. (Since you've decided to use the vehicle's autopilot, I'll control these actions for now. If you would like to take control, you'll just need to move someone to the pilot's seat, as a free action.)
2) Chase Progress: I will move all vehicles forward as appropriate. Vehicles that failed their piloting action(s) during the first phase do not move forward unless stated otherwise.
3) Combat: In initiative order, pilots with any remaining actions, plus all other PCs and combatants, make attacks against opponents. Because you are moving at high speeds in this chase, you will take a -2 on attack rolls, unless you are on a turret, plus any other effects listed in your current zone as Altered Attacks.
The current turn’s gunners act along with the next turn’s pilots.
Current positions (See slide 1 for position and effects)
Vehicle 1, Green: Zone 2 - ENGAGED
Vehicle 2, Pink: Zone 4
Sand Slitherer: Zone 2 - ENGAGED
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PHASE 1
As the beast crashes alongside the first vehicle, they fire back! Ferradei sends three magical bolts at the beast, which barely scratch its enormous hide. Altorin abandons his turret, hoping to have better luck with his javelin. Unfortunately, his aim was thrown off by the rocking of the vehicle over the dunes and he doesn't even scratch the armored worm.
In the other vehicle, both Regalion and Darqen’s shots go wide, hitting the large ants instead!
PHASE 2
It's appetite and growl roaring, the worm goes to bite the first starfinder vehicle!
Next Turn: Piloting (Requires a Move Action)
Vehicle 1 - Jaqweh - 73/90
Vehicle 2 - Darqen
Sand Slitherer - 8 dmg
This turn: Combat
Darqen
Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh
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Swerving and weaving between the towers of rocks but unable to shake the sand worm, Jaqweh begins to lose confidence in his driving. He spots an opening in the worm's armor, and calls it out to his crew.
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Spotting a gap in the rocks, he guns the engine towards it, hoping to lose the critter.
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The Prof lines up another shot with the rifle. "I must say, this thing is much bigger than most creatures I've had the pleasure of meeting...and by pleasure, I mean on the pleasure spectrum, just down towards the wrong end of the scale. Much closer to the complete absence of pleasure than providing much pleasure at all!"
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Darqen hits a rather large ant, squashing it's corpse beneath the tires. Unfortunately, that was timed with the Prof's shot! It goes wide, despite how large the worm is.
Jaqweh stays engaged alongside the worm, but his dodging and weaving manages to get the pair closer to the site of the lost Starfinders as well as making him more difficult for the worm to track!
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Vehicle One, Green
Pilot - Jaqweh
Turret 1 - X-Gen, Advanced - Ferradei
Turret 2 - Magnetar Rifle - Altorin
Vehicle Two, Pink
Pilot - Darqen (+10)
Turret 1 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - The Prof
Turret 2 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - Regalion
1) Pilot Actions: In initiative order, the pilots of each participating vehicle will attempt Pilot Actions (slide 2), using your piloting skill bonus with a -4 penalty due to your type of vehicle. Apply any additional modifiers to piloting due to Active Hazards, Altered Movement, or other effects as listed for your current zone (slide 1). I will make note of these effects as you enter the respective zones. (Since you've decided to use the vehicle's autopilot, I'll control these actions for now. If you would like to take control, you'll just need to move someone to the pilot's seat, as a free action.)
2) Chase Progress: I will move all vehicles forward as appropriate. Vehicles that failed their piloting action(s) during the first phase do not move forward unless stated otherwise.
3) Combat: In initiative order, pilots with any remaining actions, plus all other PCs and combatants, make attacks against opponents. Because you are moving at high speeds in this chase, you will take a -2 on attack rolls, unless you are on a turret, plus any other effects listed in your current zone as Altered Attacks.
The current turn’s gunners act along with the next turn’s pilots.
Current positions (See slide 1 for position and effects)
Vehicle 1, Green: Zone 3 - ENGAGED
Vehicle 2, Pink: Zone 5
Sand Slitherer: Zone 3 - ENGAGED
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PHASE 2
The beast continues along the side of the first vehicle but Ferradei is having none of it! She fires three large magical missiles directly into the beast’s mouth! It screams out into the desert air. The worm is feeling the pain, and very briefly reconsiders attacking your shiny delicious vehicle. Meanwhile, all of her teammates’ armor begins to smell like a public bathroom as they miss with their attacks.
PHASE 3
The enormous worm crashes into the side of the vehicle, roaring and hungry.
It takes a huge bite out of the ATV, cracking off the rear bumper.
Next Turn: Piloting (Requires a Move Action)
Vehicle 1 - Jaqweh - 49/90 HP
Vehicle 2 - Darqen - 90/90 HP
Sand Slitherer - 21 dmg, Flatfooted
This turn: Combat
Darqen
Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh
Your comm device vibrates as Luwazi Elsebo echoes another reply. ”The Society has released a group of Starfinders whose minds were trapped in a virtual world, which released their bodies from stasis on Agillae-5. One of the survivors is Historia-6 of the Dataphiles!”
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While Regalion and the Prof are freaking out a little (understandably), Ferradei keeps her cool. She runs back to her gun, flips off the safety, and shoots at the beast! The gun is nearly as large as she is, but she wrestles it into the right position and shoots a hail of bullets directly into the worm's eye! Blood and gore sprays over the vehicle as the worm writhes in pain, bumping against you and rocking the small ATV. It slows down briefly, unsure if it is willing to continue to fight so hard for it's dinner.
A message blips across your screen. ”Starfinder agents have evacuated a group of survivors who were trapped within a magnetic storm on the harsh, wind-blown desert of planet Callion-1.”
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Vehicle One, Green
Pilot - Jaqweh
Turret 1 - X-Gen, Advanced - Ferradei
Turret 2 - Magnetar Rifle - Altorin
Vehicle Two, Pink
Pilot - Darqen (+10)
Turret 1 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - The Prof
Turret 2 - Advanced Shirren Eye Rifle - Regalion
1) Pilot Actions: In initiative order, the pilots of each participating vehicle will attempt Pilot Actions (slide 2), using your piloting skill bonus with a -4 penalty due to your type of vehicle. Apply any additional modifiers to piloting due to Active Hazards, Altered Movement, or other effects as listed for your current zone (slide 1). I will make note of these effects as you enter the respective zones. (Since you've decided to use the vehicle's autopilot, I'll control these actions for now. If you would like to take control, you'll just need to move someone to the pilot's seat, as a free action.)
2) Chase Progress: I will move all vehicles forward as appropriate. Vehicles that failed their piloting action(s) during the first phase do not move forward unless stated otherwise.
3) Combat: In initiative order, pilots with any remaining actions, plus all other PCs and combatants, make attacks against opponents. Because you are moving at high speeds in this chase, you will take a -2 on attack rolls, unless you are on a turret, plus any other effects listed in your current zone as Altered Attacks.
The current turn’s gunners act along with the next turn’s pilots.
Current positions (See slide 1 for position and effects)
Vehicle 1, Green: Zone 6 - ENGAGED
Vehicle 2, Pink: Zone 8
Sand Slitherer: Zone 6 - ENGAGED
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PHASE 4
Darqen let’s Triune take the wheel, and attempts to take a shot at the beast. He misses the soft underbelly, his shot landing amongst the hard scales of the creature. Joining his shot are those of Altorin, Regalion and the Prof.
However, not all is lost! Ferredai’s well placed shot wounds the beast, and it appears weaker.
PHASE 5
The first vehicle’s auto-pilot is running the show, keeping everything moving.
The simple computer has more than enough smarts to guide the ATC through a little sandstorm. The first vehicle dives down into a canyon. The walls begin to close in, getting tighter and tighter! If you can just make it a little farther, it will be to small for the enormous worm to chase after you!
The Sand Slitherer is paying attention to nothing but it’s dinner and it doesn’t see the ramp coming! It falls over the ramp, utterly unprepared for the jump.
Vehicle 1 - Jaqweh - 49/90 HP
Vehicle 2 - Darqen or auto-pilot - 90/90 HP
Sand Slitherer - 97 dmg, Flatfooted
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Jaqweh continues on, knowing there are more important things at stake than a grudge match with a sand worm. He travels through the sand storm and into the cavern. On the other side they meet up with the first vehicle. Together, both crews head to the meet up point.
Waiting there is a small pocket of veteran starfinders! You pack them up into the ATVs and head back to the ship.
A message from First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo comes in. ” Several Starfinders have located a group of survivors on Agillae-1. We’ve rescued these survivors from the creatures were attacking their outpost. Among the survivors is First Seeker Jadnura, who has now joined mission command to help us rescue other groups of survivors!”