Iron Stars - Idas Space Station Boarding (UNW)

The volunteers for the space portion of the mission make their way out of the briefing room and into the small onboard hangar of the ship where a wraith shuttle is waiting. The vessel is a more modern take on a very unconventional Remnant design - no knockout drugs, no spiraling through the atmosphere on an unregulated crash course to appear like an asteroid This looks to just be a very stealthily designed shuttle, and hopefully something that can get you close enough to an airlock or weak exterior surface to allow you to get inside. There is no defense against the standard eyeball, and luck is still looking to be somewhat a factor in this mission.

Reza is already standing at the threshold of the wraith shuttle gesticulating in a wild pattern. As anyone gets closer they can see that it is almost as if he is drawing shapes and equations into the air and the surroundings seem to tingle with excess energy. After a moment a ruddy-brown rhun appears below his feet. Nodding in approval he walks down the ramp to his awaiting gear and begins securing it on his person (Casting Ochre Sigil of Juxtaposition within the Wraith Shuttle. Committing Effort for the Day for Retain Sorcery. ) (Would it be possible to score 5 medpaks?) (edited)

Iumi examines her new-grown arm, feeling her uniform flex against her flesh. She had forgotten how it felt. She pats the void carbine at her hip and gives Reza four thumbs up. Ready to go.

Barnabas follows Reza and lumi onto the wraith shuttle, keeping a distance as Reza's arms move about so as not to disturb whatever sorcery he is up to. Barnabas heads over to the locker to rummage for some equipment. *As he rummages, he mutters to no one in particular. "Last time I boarded a ship I forgot to bring even a vacc suit, can you believe it?" (I'm assuming the station is capable of depressurizing and, if so, I'd love to find a void carbine and assault armor, if they're available.)

"I can manage to protect us from the vacuum of space if that is something you prefer, Barny. But a Void Carbine would be a good thing to have inside a space station."

"I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't anything you can't do with one of those rhuns," Barnabas laughs. (That would be great, if it doesn't consume a slot that you'd rather reserve for something else)

(yes we can score medpaks here)

9:06 AM

(Station can depressurize)

(Thanks - I'll grab a void carbine from the armory, if one is available)

(yep!)

Lamarck comes around the corner at a jog. He looks disheveled and is half pulling a vac suit on while balancing a void carbine. "Wait! I got lost! Don't leave me I wanna help. " He makes it just inside the entrance of the ship and pulls the rest of his gear together. "If the rhuns can't do it the sword can. Glad you're here too, that teleportation stuff you do sounds crazy, I'm excited to see it in person. Question. Will it make me vomit if my stomach is full?" He holds a banana in his hand an unspoken question hanging in the air.

"Oh definitely not! I teleport all the time with a full stomach!" Reza leans in closer just so Lamarck can hear, "For a brief moment you feel full in two places! It's insane!" Reza then gives a wink to the 'camera' that follows him around Turning back to the others and addressing the group as a whole, "Vacc suits aren't necessary if you don't want to wear one... That brown rhun on the ground there will allow us to teleport back to the wraith shuttle. I know you are a teleporter Barny, but this will save you the effort if we have to leave in a hurry. Also since we are going for a stealthy insertion, I can make it so we look like Chimerans. Will allow us to navigate the ship and cause havoc as long as we can keep up the ruse..."

“Your bag of tricks is endless, Reza. Thanks for doing the rhun thing - I look pretty stupid in assault armor.”

Reza chuckles a little, "Not exactly endless, just eclectic. If we play our cards right, we can accomplish our mission with little bloodshed. Do we want to all appear as Chimerans? Or a mix of Mosk and Chimeran?"

"Oh there's an idea! We could do the old transporting the prisoners trick. I can't speak Chimeran but I can speak Mosk. Maybe if I'm a Mosk prisoner and we run into someone on the station I can start whining about being punished, and you all can get by with some grunts to make me move and less questions will be asked?"

"That works for me," Barnabas laughs. "And I for sure would rather be a fake Chimeran than a fake Mosk, at least I think so." Barnabas tries out a few grunts of different pitches, then looks puzzled. "You know, I don't think I really paid attention to how they sound. I better just keep quiet."

Lamarck stifles a chuckle. "No, no those were all really good!" He breaks and laughs. "Sorry, I don't really remember what they sound like either, just say something like this." He thinks for a moment then starts speaking Mosk slowly. 'Quiet Rebel Scum, to containment'

Iumi flits her tongue nervously. (I’m here too!)

"I think you will be pleasantly surprised how versatile the spell form is. Everyone have everything they need?"

"I think so - ready here." Barnabas mouths "quiet rebel scum" to himself repeatedly as he waits for the rest of the group to grab their gear.

The ramp of the shuttle is down and the techs look to have finished their work. All that remains now is to board and begin the assault.

Reza stuffs the various medpaks into his back pack and steps up and in to the wraith shuttle. He is seen fiddling with a palm sized crystal after he straps himself into his place on the shuttle. "Load em up!" (edited)

Lamarck holds his carbine out to Reza. "I'm assuming you need to hold this for me? Or will it cover this too?" He looks to Iumi's tongue flitter. "Wanna be a rebel scum with me?"

"It will still look like a rifle, so yeah may want to hold onto that..." Reza says a few words in Piggen and then reaches up to pull on an invisible zipper. A small tear in reality opens up revealing a black space beyond. Reza takes the offered rifle and places it within the pocket dimension. (Casting Disjunctive Shift. 2 of 3 Rectifier L2 spells remain. I can carry up to 10 points of encumbrance in a pocket dimension if anyone does not want to hold onto anything. Currently at 2/10 used)

Lamarck takes off his glasses and slowly cleans them. He calmly puts them back on and looks to the spot where the tear was. "Sure, that might as well be a thing that can happen. Thank you... Or I guess It? For holding my weapon." Lamarck straps himself in, looking a bit dazed at the tearing of reality.

The shuttle bay doors close and there is an eclipsing of the local sun as the ship moves to screen your launch from any space observant radars.

8:43 AM

An airlock on the underside of the station looks to be the best way in.

"So what do we think - do we take our chances on just pulling up to the airlock?"

"Would be as good a place as any. I don't think anyone is familiar with Chimeran design principles to be able to do anything other than guess at a potentially better place"

"Agreed, don't wanna drill into the cafeteria or the bar."

"We won't need to drill in to anything. Just get us close and I can make sure we get in without a sound"

Lamarck's eyes widen and his hand goes to his stomach. "You're sure about the food thing? Too late now I guess. Airlock sounds good to me."

(how close does the shuttle need to be for your thing to work Reza, do we need to dock?)

(Yeah up against the hull)

!roll 2d6

Nekosmash Roll: [5, 1] Result: 6

The scanning team aboard the station must be asleep at their consoles as the wraith shuttle ghosts close to a cargo airlock on the underside of the station. There is no evidence you've been seen.

Reza claps his hands together as his tertiary arm pulls out a white leather-bound tome and holds it out in front of him, "Alright! So we got a couple-o-Mosks, right?" he says gesturing to Iumi and Lamarck "And a couple-o-Chimerans?" Reza adds as he motions between Barnabas and himself. The young man flips the pages to a specific point in his Grimoire. With a nod he begins drawing shapes in the air with his hands and with his voice begins a low chant in Piggen. After a few seconds the energy he gathered is dispersed and briefly swirls around each of them before their forms begin to morph and shift. Iumi and Lamarck are turned into a pair of reddish-orange mosks while Reza and Barnabas look like a pair of security trooper Chimerans that they had faced on the listening post (Casting Adopt the Simulacular Visiage. 4/5 HM Spells remain.)

A brief incantation transforms one visible, willing target per caster level into a perfect simulacrum of any humanoid creature the caster has seen before, whether a specific individual or a general type. No special abilities are granted by this transformation, but the target will perfectly resemble a chosen individual, including in voice and scent. Their non-magical clothing will transform to whatever clothing is appropriate to the target, and they will gain an intuitive ability to speak and understand the target’s native tongue. The spell lasts until dawn of the day after casting it, whereupon the targets and any transformed clothing revert back to their original seeming. (WWN, pg 68)

(edited)

Barnabas' eyes go a little wide as he looks at the Chimeran and Mosks appearing in front of him, then he looks down at his own body and clothes. After a minute, he manages to close his mouth. Then he opens it again, repeating, "Quiet, rebel scum!" in what he hopes is perfect Chimeran. "Nice job, comrade security trooper!," he adds.

Chimeran-Reza nods as he begins another incantation. He finishes the magic by touching each of the others after he completes the sing-song spell form. (Casting Adaptive Modification on everyone to granting them the ability to survive in the void. 5 of 6 Rectifier L1 spells remain. 3/8 changes supported)

One visible willing target per character level is biologically altered to withstand a particular set of environmental conditions, the entire group of alterations counting as a single Change. The altered subject can survive any specific chosen natural environment, whether deep space, the surface of a molten planet, or the airless pressures of a sub-sea trench. These alterations do not protect the target from energies intentionally used to harm them; thus, protection from a flaming hell-world won’t protect the user from being hurt by a flamethrower. Adapted subjects do not need to eat, drink, or breathe while so altered. The adaptations last as long as the Change is supported, and then fade in one hour per caster level. Alterations are not usually externally visible, but can be easily detected on closer inspection. [CotBS pg 78]

(edited)

There is a brief scrape as the airlocks line up, and the light turns from amber to green showing the pressure has been equalized and the doors can safely be opened. The cargo bay is just beyond.

(alright last magic trick coming up!) Reza steps up to the bulkhead and places a hand on the cold steel. He mutters some words in Piggen when all of a sudden the wall becomes completely translucent. Reza keeps a hand on the wall. "Let's see who is hanging around..." (Casting Touch of Elucidating Intangibility. 3/5 HM spells remain.)

8:14 AM

8:14 AM

(right now just transparent)

Three mosk slaves look to be moving some crates here to a cargo elevator. It looks like the crates are full of rations and some simple parts for space station operations above. A single Chimeran overseer ensures they’re working.

Lamarck looks around the room, making eye contact with his visaged companions. He shrugs and asks. "Do we wait or do we wanna just try to rush in and..." He draws a line across his throat He stops for a second and turns to Reza. "Can they hear me? He whispers eyes darting back and forth

"I think we could just open the door and walk in," Barnabas whispers. "We're a couple of Chimerans bringing two Mosk prisoners on board. We can ask for directions, then overpower the overseer guy pretty easily."

"No they can't hear us right now... We can try waiting until they leave or we can try taking them out. When we are ready to make our move, I can make this wall intangible for a few moments."

"Barny is right, we got our illusions let's use them. If we can't trick one alone what chance do we have against a whole station. This is a perfect trial run." He goes to adjust invisible glasses and stops himself as the claws come into view. "Ready to take care of some rebel scum?" He clacks his claws together and moves to the wall, ready to be led forward.

Reza closes his eyes as he gathers his control of the spell form, getting ready to modify the effects, "Alright... Get ready and on three everyone goes through the wall. One... Two... Three!” Reza turns the wall intangible for a brief moment while everyone moves through the wall. Once everyone is through, Reza follows right behind and removes his hand from the wall once through. (once Reza is through and removes his hand the wall would turn tangible again)

The Chimeran looks up, confused as to your sudden appearance and chirps some kind of alert or warning to you.

(Does Reza’s spell give the two of us who are disguised as Chimerans an understanding of Chimeran language?)

(It says you gain an intuitive ability to speak their language )

(Can we tell what the Chimeran chirped at us?)

(Halt who goes there or it’s Chimeran equivalent ) (edited)

“We’re bringing these two up from planetside,” Barnabas says in Chimeran, gesturing at the two ‘Mosk.’ “We’re supposed to take them to interrogation. Which way is that?”

"How did you get onto the station?" It says in return "Nothing was scheduled to arrive today , especially now"

"The Exemplar demanded these two be brought here immediately. Did not have time to wait for a scheduled shuttle. Let us pass, unless you intend to explain to the Exemplar why you are holding us up?"

Mosk Lamarck begins struggling and shouting. "Quickly my brothers to arms! Our time has come to strike back at our oppressors. The Chimeran is weak and the Mosk is strong!" He turns and kicks Barnabas Chimera in the shin, he tries his best to stop the kick right before contact but is more focused on making this convincing

(perform/str)

(3)

Barnabas goes prone as the kick is delivered with a bit too much force, but is unhurt. The mosks look on in confusion, one of them gripping the pipe wrench they're holding tighter in articulated claws.

“This one’s a feisty one,” Barnabas says, as he scrambles to his feet. “Can you give us a hand with it for a second,” he says to the Chimeran guard. “It’s going to need some cuffs as we head to interrogation.”

(initiative, the mosks are about to make a move here)

Iumosk, seeing the rabble being roused, let’s put a high pitched mosk whine and says “stand down brothers! They will eradicate us if we don’t fall in line!” And she kicks Lamosk. (Initiative 6) (edited)

(5, I've really gotta get into diplomacy!) (edited)

(3)

(3 also)

(Just so I understand, we're giving conflicting information here to the mosks on purpose?)

(Sorry I’m confused as to what’s happening so I might be messing this up. It seemed like Lamarck riled them up too well and it was going to jeopardize our whole plan so I was trying to calm them down to prevent a mosk uprising. I’m trying to placate them a bit so they chill out, or at least slow them down, and let Reza/Barny do their thing. Sorry for the confusion I’m having trouble visualizing what’s going on, that’s my bad)

(No you actually got it totally right, they were real riled up and were about to strike, now there is just confusion so no one is really doing anything)

9:25 AM

(Lamarck would be up next)

Lamosk sees the Mosk's raise their weapons in anger then lower them in confusion. "Soon comrades! Not yet but soon." He falls to the ground toward the Chimeran overseer, hoping his antics will distract it.

(I'd say this makes you prone, but you do have a main if you want to do something)

(nah not looking to attack yet, just get attention. Prone is what I wanted.)

(We can say your action is held for now if you decide you want to do something later. Your move is already used so this won't be any more penalty than you'ce acted through already)

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10:21 AM

(Reza is up)

"Get up scum! You will tell us all you know and then you can cower all you want!" Rezmeran barks to Lamosk and Iumosk before pushing them towards the door to the inner part of the station. (Trying to just act like I belong and move forward unless the other Chimeran puts up a fuss)

(They’re confused and not reacting quite yet )

6:22 AM

(Barnabas is up)

Barnabas follows Chi-Reza in herding the two faux-Mosk toward the door. “I’ll make sure you pay for that, you scum,” he growls/chirps at Lamosk.” To the guard he adds, “So which way are we going?”

"Upstairs. Take the lift to the third level, prisoner holding and disposal is up there"

“Thanks. I’m looking forward to watching the disposal.” (Are we good to walk out the door and see what lies beyond?)

(Yep, we have created enough confusion here to where the guard isn't gonig to attack unless you're hostile first)

Lamosk allows himself to be led on. He whimpers as he is pushed out the door.

ChimeReza gives one affirmitive nod before leaving the cargo storage area with the group in tow. Once they are out of ear shot of the other group, he whispers so only the group can hear, "What's our next move? Seems we have passed our first test... Do we go for the sabotage first then rescue Mosks? Rescue First? To be honest I wasn't expecting this to work!"

"I'm thinking we sabotage first and then rescue, if we can. As long as the space station can fire, it threatens any troops we want to bring, and also any Mosk who try to rise up on the planet."

"Makes sense to me, helps reduce casualties. Will make it easier for the Mosk when the time comes too." Lamosk whispers back. "Also sorry about your shin, if it makes you feel better my first instinct was to go for the face!"

“Die, rebel scum,” Barnabas whispers back in Chimeran. He rearranges his features, trying several expressions that might pass for a Chimeran smile.

2

There is an elevator at the back of the bay and all of you pack into it. You can see the button for the floor the overseer mentioned along with another for the main level and one for the engineering level

Barnabas gestures toward the engineering button and shrugs his faux-Chimeran shoulders. “This way, right?”, he chirps.

Iumosk nods excitedly before catching herself and steadying. “I’ll be the most useful there.”

ChimeReza nods in agreement and pushes the button for Engineering, "Act like we belong and stick close. We need control of the station before the revolution can begin here. Going to try and get you access to a terminal, Mistress Iumi. Everyone else is going to cover you and run interference if needed."

She nods sternly, knowing full well Reza could probably out-engineer her any day of the week but appreciating the opportunity to prove her quality.

The engineering button is pressed and the doors close, giving you all a few moments of peace before the doors open again revealing a hot, red lit level of pipes, ducts, machines, and places where you will have to walk single file between chambers. It sounds like some kind of forge room is to the left, and thick power cables run toward the chamber on the right. (edited)

"Should we follow the power cables?", Barnabas whispers to the group (edited for punctuation) (edited)

"I guess so? What does a ship need a forge for? Although a fiery thing going boom would get attention. Maybe after the electric room." (edited)

Barnabas begins to creep quietly toward the chamber on the right.

Iumosk follows, keeping her head down while studying the circuitry and wiring as they approach the chamber.

(basically just lets them produce small things they need to keep the station running)

Entering the right chamber you can see there is some kind of power relay occuring here. Energy is not being harnessed from a reactor in this room, but it is being stored in large battery banks and sent to other parts of the platform. Three mosk workers are in this room in bulky radiation suits, being watched over by a rad shielded security bot festooned with all manner of weapons

Barnabas takes a quick look, then backs quietly back down the corridor, giving a few hand signals to Iumi to let her know to turn around, too. (I'd like to get a bit more group buy-in and a plan before we engage with the folks in that room)

Iumi nods and turns around, following closely behind Barnabas.

"That thing is more weapon than actual bot. I don't wanna face that thing down. Seems like alot of firepower for three mosks. "

"Would also mean it's very important to them that they keep it under control..." (edited)

“Have you ever seen one like that before? Think I could hack it to fight for us?”

"What would it take for you to hack into that bot? Can you do it remotely?"

(Would need to plant a shunt on it like we did in the other battles, no real remote hacking in SWN )

“How about we try the other way then?”

"Can't hurt, although in a disguise will it immediately attack on sight? Could one of you place the shunt under the guise of maintenance? Maybe we see what the other side looks like and weigh our options"

“Lamarck - let’s go in there together. You fall in line with the other workers. If they start asking questions, distract them. I’ll slide to the control panel of the bot and try to hack it so that we can control it. If that doesn’t work, I’ll just disable it. Collins, Barny, keep watch on the door.” She makes eye contact with each of her companions. “Does that sound like a plan?”

Lamarck thinks for a moment before nodding his head. "Okay, I think I have an idea on how to distract it. I'll get it's attention just try to use that to get at the panel." He looks at the two Chimerans "If I start yelling about Mosk bodily autonomy, that's a cue to come help."

"Sounds as good as anything I've got," Barnabas says. "I'm not looking to run in, but I'll keep my ears open and jump in if you need it."

(I'm following. Will go along with what you guys got planned)

“Shall we?” She turns to re enter the room, pausing to allow Lamarck to go ahead of her.

Lamarck takes a deep breath, and sighs. "Okay let's do this." He walks in and confidentiality moves towards the group of mosks. "Sent me down here for something with the reactor?" He takes an animated look up and down at the nearest Mosk. "My rad suit! I DONT WANT TO DIE! Help me!" He falls into one of the Mosk's and tries to stir up a commotion with his dramatics, hoping to catch the attention of the bot.

Iumi slides into position behind the bot, looking for a control panel or other access point to start hacking.

(perform/cha Lamark, and sneak/dex for Iumi)

(4)

(7)

!roll

Nekosmash

used /roll

Nekosmash Roll: [6, 3] Result: 8 Request: [2d6-1]

The robot begins to turn, its sensors becoming alerted at the performance, and attempt to flank it that has now been detected. A red targeting laser is lit under its leftmost gun pod

Noticing the heightened alert, Iumi goes into overdrive and tries to hack into the machine as quickly as she can. She attempts to locate the motherboard of the bot in order to subvert it to the boarding team’s aims. (Attempting to use Subvert a System - (SWN p.55) and speed up the hack into a single main action for +2 to the DC (SWN p.54))

(program/int, lets do it)

(14, forgot to add my modifiers whoops lol) (edited)

The bot is not just shut down, but now looks to be under your control as you overwrite anti tampering software amateurishly designed in comparison to your hacking prowess

Iumosk looks to Lamosk and gives him two left thumbs up. “You can get off the ground now, the bot is ours.” She turns towards the two mosk workers and says “we’re here to help.”

Lamosk stands up quickly and dusts himself off. "Well done, mistress! I won't lie the beeping made me a little nervous, but I've never seen you fail at hacking something! " He turns to the Mosk's. "We're here to help take the station, are either of you with the resistance? "

They're not with the resistance, but have heard of it, and you sense they are willing candidates if you have a plan to wrest control of the station.

Iumosk leaves them to Lamosk and steps outside to signal Chimereza and Barnaberan to come in the control room.

Barnabas tentatively steps part-way into the room. “Hi, I’m a friendly Chimeran. Well actually not a Chimeran at all, just a human dressed up to look like a Chimeran. We’ve come from outside of here, and if we can take this station out of action, we think we can chase the Chimerans completely out of this system.”

"Barny, this bot is ours now. It's got some major guns, and I think it's tapped into the mainframe of the ship. We can do stuff with it, I'm just not sure what."

“That will come in handy, for sure,” Barnabas says. “Would you and, um, Lamosk - like to see what these fine folks can tell us to help us take over the station and put the Mosks in charge? I feel like any questions might sound better coming from someone who doesn’t look like a Chimeran.”

Lamosk is still over by the Mosk's when the rest of the group walk in. "We need to take the station and keep everyone safe too. Would you be willing to give us a brief layout of the station? Do you know if anyone is in holding? Is there a big Chimeran with a sword on the station?"

There is a big chimeran with two swords on the station. He has a unique fighting style called two sword style that he has often used on various slaves and other workers to ensure compliance and the jobs being finished on time. Currently no one is in holding, a sense of frontier justice pervades the station. If you will not work, or cannot work, you are dead weight and are disposed of accordingly.

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2

"Using this bot to maintain control of Engineering will be critical. We can't* be everywhere at once so we need to leverage what we can. Let's see what shenanigans we can cause in the main engineering and then we can move to another part of the ship." (edited)

(We can program it with any orders we want now. If we need to change or amend anything it’s a program/int as a main action)

“We could program it to shoot at any Chimerans it sees,” Barnabas suggests. “Of course, Reza and I will have to scram out of here first if we do that, but it seems worth doing. Then maybe you and the Mosk here can unplug the battery connections to key parts of the station,”

"sounds good, maybe we try to lure some groups down here with malfunctions then take the whole station offline. If last time is any indication we take down the big guy and things get easier. Do you all think you could take it in a fight?"

“Before you change out of chimeran form, maybe do a quick radio transmission that they can understand and call some of them down here.”

"We will be in this form for some time yet. For now just feed it some code so it looks like it is doing it's part. Let those Mosk know we are going to secure the rest of engineering. We will need their patience while we get our pieces into place..."

(It will continue to follow orders with its targeting system off if we don't want to set it off doing something crazy just yet)

“Roger. I’ll keep it in a holding pattern until we have further orders. Now what?”

(there is only one other part of engineering right? The forge room?)

(I believe so - shall we head over there?) (Also, sorry for being away yesterday - I was off Discord pretty much all day)

(We didnt go in there so we dont know if there is more station beyond it)

"Sounds like we'd better check out the forge room," Barnabas says, still only halfway in the room with the Mosk. "If nothing else, I feel a little funny dressed like a Chimeran around everyone here." Barnabas walks back to the elevator and gets ready to take the other corridor toward the forge room.

Lamosk nods to the Mosk's in the room. " Stay here with the bot and stay safe. We're going to the forge to check for Chimerans and Mosk's. " He follows Barnabas back through the door. "Do we want to try the prisoner tactic again?"

“If we need to, for sure. But let’s see if we can get a free look at what’s going on there.” Barnabas fetches a squiggle spotter from his pack and plays it out in the direction of the forge room. He watches the monitor as the head of the spotter proceeds.

Ten mosks are hard at work here, melting metal, separating slag, and using the machinery to make replacement parts for other areas of the station. A heavy bulkhead door is closed and leads to rooms beyond. Two Chimern overseers keep the tech slaves in line.

Barnabas spools in the squiggle spotter and reports his findings. “I think we’re going to have to take out these two overseers. But maybe we can lure them into our hallway and dispatch them one at a time. Lamarck, how about you stick your head out and say something, and then when one of them heads this way, we surprise him?”

Lamosk nods. "I can do that. Just don't let them catch me." He pokes a head into the door, taking the scene in and looking to the nearest Chimeran, once they show an indication of noticing him. "Oh my! This isn't the bathroom! Don't mind me!" He sticks his tongue out and backs out of the room running back towards the generator room.

They look at one another and something passes between them in their insectoid like language before they come barreling down the hallway after the fleeing Lamarck

Barnabas readies his weapon, waits for the Chimerans to pass, then barks at them in Chimeran, “Get on the ground, you miserable scum. You will have to explain yourself to the Exemplar!”

(Talk/cha)

(7)

Instinct kicks in, and they begin to lower themselves to their knees to abase themselves appropriately

Lamosk plays along, stopping after double-checking that he has a fair distance between him and the kneeling Chimerans.

Iumosk nods and follows suit. (edited)

(Is there anything handy we could use to tie them up?)

While his companions look to do something to restrain the Chimerans, Reza does his best to act the part of an Exemplar. He begins chastising the kneeling Chimerans about their lackadaisical approach to security and how their attitude is in direct conflict with the ethos they are supposed to espouse.

(Barny I think you posted in the wrong channel, iirc it was something about dealing with the mosks in the other room?) Lamosk slowly stands up, keeping his eyes down to the ground. "Exemplar, I will go make sure the Mosks in the other room have been properly contained, since these two are so inept" Lamosk heads into the forge room and tries to gather the mosks together

(On their own, they probably would not, we'd need to speak to them or otherwise engage them somehow

Barnabas keeps an eye on the Chimeran prisoners while Lamosk talks to the Mosk workers. (Yep, I had misread one of Neko’s posts and confused my channels. Sorry about that!)

Lamosk addresses the group of mosks in the forge. "Quickly, come to me your lives may depend on it!" Once at least a few of the mosks come by he begins to explain. "Myself and the ones outside outside are from a faction currently at war with the chimerans. We have seen the atrocities committed against your people and are here to help free you. If any of you are willing to help fight or have any information about the resistance please tell me. If you don't want to fight we will secure you a safe place, this station is about to become a very dangerous place. I understand this may be scary to you but our goal is to take this station so that the assault on the planet can go foward, we want to avoid as much violence as possible but have the means to deal with threats that arise." Lamosk looks around at the group expectandly hoping for volunteers and information.

It seems you're in the best position to do lasting damage to the station from down here. Disabling the power distribution relay will ensure the weapons and defenses cannot be brought online to resist any incoming vessels, or defend any targets of Chimeran importance on the surface.

Hearing this, Iumosk nods determinedly and heads for the nearest terminal to do exactly that - or at least, whatever she can do towards that end.

(Reza is gonna put on his best leader going on a power trip and lay into the Chimerans on some random diatribe)

(Barnabas will keep an eye out for any threats while Iumi does her thing)

(I'll organize any mosk that want to help otherwise I'll usher those who dont want to fight over towards the bot. but not go in yet since its being messed with right now)

(Iumi can issue three commands to the system before anti-tampering measures lock us out. We have a pretty big degree of latitude here due to some pretty good previous hacking attempts)

Scrolling through the interface of the system, Iumi starts fiddling with the lines of codes and inputs three commands. 1. Lock out access to the bridge, with a special passcode only our team knows (8008135). 2. Recall system ships. 3. Turn off power to nonessential systems, especially ship defenses.

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(where do you want the system ships to go, like out of the way somewhere?)

(Back to the station)

The system ships expect they'll be here witihn the next couple of hours as they move from their orbital positions and come in as requested- crossing the vast gulf of space to comply.

“Alright, those are taken care of. Where to now?”

(The level above this is the command level where we'd expect their officers and the heaviest security to be. Its a military station so we're not going to see much in the way of civilians here aside from more slaves)

“Should we try to take the command level, or just lie low here until the system ships dock and the power goes out?”

(just so I'm on the same page, did we tie up the Chimerans that Reza is lecturing?)

(Barnabas intended to, but that’s definitely a good question)

(We did)

Lamarck sucks on his cheek and is suprised by the strange gurgling coming from his Mosk body he stops a moment before collecting himself "Ah ehm well. The heroic thing to do would be to drive foward. The smart thing to do would be to wait until the lights go out" He looks around at the assembled group. "On one hand a hero could probably rally the mosk on the station and take the command level in... I've heard it called ah something like 'the good brawl?', I theorize taking out this one with the two swords could bring things to an end quickly" He looks at Reza as he says that. He looks down at his claws. "On the other... claw... we wait. We take our advantage, we wait for the lights to go out. The mosk likely take a ummm.... well they take the opportunity to right some wrongs. Chaos ensues, we take advantage of this to turn the chaos" He gestures into the air with his claws. "Sideways the fight to our advantage, to their advantage. So i guess the question is, are we heroes or are we smart?"

(The lights will be out except for the emergency ones in a minute or two, the reactor has to safely spool down)

As he poses the question, a loud click sounds as an overhead light begins to fade. The signature sound of electronics switching off fills the air as the room begins to get slowly darker. Lamarck looks up to the dimming lights. "Looks like we do this the smart way. I think we wait here and see who they send down to check on things."

Reza walks back to the group after having tied up the Chimerans, "Then we had best get that warbot situated and prepare our ambush"

(Iumi can give it orders when we're ready to get it into position. They have access to the bot still, we just asked it to J-chill for now while we figured things out)

“Everything’s ready? All civilians and peacemakers are out of the way, right?” Her tongue flits in her nervous habit. “Should I just… send it shooting down the hall?”

(We can program it to only target Chimeran, if you like)

10:31 AM

(your hack was enough of an intrusion to allow you to set some parameters)

“Reza, Barny, come here really quick. Let it do a biometric scan so when I tell it to target all chimerans except you two, it will know who you are.”

Barnabas stands awkwardly in front of the robot while it does it’s scan. “This isn’t going to shoot at me, is it? I suppose if it does, I can go back to looking human.” He looks over his shoulder at Reza. “We can do that, go back to ourselves, right?”

"I uh... Don't think so..." Reza pulls out his Grimoire and everyone can see his chimeran mouth move as he reads a bit, "No... I think we gotta stay like this until tomorrow. Let's just tie some colored cloth to us or something..."

Barnabas’ wings droop a little as Reza breaks the news that he has to stay Chimeran until tomorrow. “All right, I guess we’ll just hope this biometric scan works right. And I think you’re right - some colored cloth might help.” Barnabas scrounges around for a bit of fabric to tie around his arm.

)I think there’s enough around between like old rags and bits of uniform from the dead $

Reza attempts an apologetic look but it is a strange thing on a chimeran as the magic works to interpret the movements to the alien physiology. Reza reaches down to pick up some other bits of cloth and ties it around his left arm. Matching the color to whatever Barnabas picks out. "Anything else we should do to prepare?"

“I think we are all set. Ready, team?”

(just say ready, the thumbs up emojis dont register as posts for me and I don't want this to sit if you're all prepped to go)

(ready!)

(Ready)

(Ready!)

(Lamarck is doing field work today, might take him a min to respond)

The doors open and the robot has been programmed to identify red cloth around the wrist or arm as a friendly. The elevator doors open revealing a six strong Chimeran security squad, and they are cut to ribbons immediately by the six heavy weapons pointed at them. The eelvator car falls, cut from its metal cords to plunge into the bottom of the station, and a fireball makes its way up the now vacant elevator shaft.

Lamarck's eyes grow wide as the plume subsides. "That could have been me earlier!!!!! It didn't even hesitate! Also they know we're here now."

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"I feel like that was a given when we essentially shut down their station from the inside... But then again these may not be the smartest Chimerans. We need to make sure they don't have any way to get around behind us... Lamarck can you ask our Mosk friends if there are maintenance tubes we need to seal off?"

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Lamarck's eyes linger on the smouldering remains of the elevator. "Yes, I can. That elevator can't be the only way down here. A station this size would have redundancy." Lamarck jogs over to the gathered Mosk's from the generator room and the forge room. "Excuse me everyone but as you may have noticed the Chimerans have begun attacking us. Now that the elevator is... Out of order? How else would they make it down here?"

There are crawlspaces in the walls that lead between decks. To assault the command level you need to go up, instead of back down to the cargo bay, and a panel is pulled off a nearby wall revealing a painted orange access ladder heading both up and down. The shaft seems quiet, the Chimeran not yet deciding to try this access point.

6:43 AM

(Being a Utan, you could easily climb the shaft to the next floor too, probably even carrying someone if you want to pry the door open and hit the enemy from two sides)

Lamarck looks up the ladder. "Hmmm looks like a steep staircase, they painted it with pretty colors for some reason, I like the look. Should I check for any Chimerans at the top of this staircase?"

“Sure, and let me know if you’d like to use my squiggle spotter to check out any rooms or corridors you see.”

He turns and points over his back at the ladder "Even better, just head up the stairs there and let me know what you see!"

“Lamarck, are you confusing Mosk and mandate common? That’s a ladder.”

"I suppose, I was asking for that, wasn't I?," Barnabas says. "All right, let's see what's up here." Barnabas carefully creeps up the ladder to the floor above, taking care not to show his face through any open doors or windows.

(notice/wis barnabas)

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You notice some faint footprints in the dust as the squiggle spotter begins looking around. You see to the right, there is some kind of armory room that four mean looking Chimeran are working on fortifying. You'll be within their line of sight as you make your way up through the crawlspace and into the corridor beyond on their floor

11:12 AM

(basically coming right off the ladder and into the hallway, where theyre dug in)

(So if we tried to climb past this floor, they would see us on the ladder?)

(This is the only other floor)

11:54 AM

(So yeah they’d see you unless we stay on this basement level you’re on now) (edited)

(Got it) Barnabas reels in the squiggle spotter and quietly heads back down the ladder. He describes what he saw to the rest of the group. “So do we want to take this group out, try to bluff past them, or just stay down here?”

"An armory you said? That's probably worth taking no? That's a war thing right? Could you two pretend to be the Chimerans we've got tied up and get behind their fortification?"

“That might work. Maybe we could even tell them we’re having trouble with the Mosk down here, and get them to come down to help. Then our new bot friend can blast ‘em.”

"If it would help, we can make some noises down here. Maybe even shout a little bit and shoot to sell the act?"

“It’s worth a try. How does that sound to everyone else?”

(just so i the player understand, barny and i are going up to tell them they need to come down and help? Which way down are we pushing them towards?)

(I think that’s the plan. If they go down the ladder, it may not matter which way they go after that, as Iumi’s bot can greet them at the bottom)

"I'm on board with it... Gonna have to really sell it that we are escaping the carnage down there... but can't shoot up the place too much... Don't need a rapid decompression..."

(lets get a perform/cha from whoever is doing the luring)

Eisheru, et al.

used /roll

Eisheru | Reza [Jack] Request: [2d6+1] Roll: [6, 1] Result: 8 Reason: Perform(1)/Cha(0)

You hear the four Chimeran holding down the armory beginning to move, dragging the heavy covering furniture and barricades from their position to make their way to the ladder.

Barnabas moves to help the Chimerans move the barricades, so they can get to the ladder. (Barnabas will plan to bring up the rear going down the ladder so that he can be elevated and out of the bot's fire zone once the Chimerans get to the bottom.)

(Reza would go first and would make sure that his arm with the red band is showing first as he gets through the door into the engineering compartment. Basically lead them down into the trap and quickly get down and out of the way as the others make their way down)

(makes sense, opening and closing the trap

The Chimeran begin coming with you. The red armband is seen and there is a brief chirp as the robot identifies you correctly, before opening fire on the Chimeran pouring out into the corridor behind you. There are no survivors after twenty seconds of continuous fire, leaving four smoking corpses pulped into unrecognizable clumps of fungal meat.

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Barnabas closes his eyes for a moment as the bot lets loose. He then looks down to the bottom of the ladder with an expression of disgust. "Um, that's pretty nasty," he says to himself. Then, out loud: "Hey Reza, you're okay, right? And Lamark and Iumi, you too?"

"Yaboi! Too fast for that drone!" Reza jokes, "Bot did all the hard work, Let's get up to the armory and we can stock up our Mosk friends here and help them rescue their mates!"

Lamarck turns a shade of green, then directs his gaze to the ceiling. "I'm fine, I didn't even see how many you lured down here and now I can't even tell. Lets get anyone willing to fight up to the armory." Lamosk asks that any Mosk willing to fight come up to the armory and get weapons anyone else should stay here under the watchful bot. As he finishes he also asks "Probably not important but what's a yaboi? Is that one of your magic words?"

“No doubt - Reza’s full of mysterious stuff.” His composure restored, Barnabas scampers back up the ladder to check out the position the Chimerans had staked out. (I’m interested in any goodies they had in their position and also how feasible it is to fortify it from attacks coming from the other direction.)

The Chimeran armory has their equivalent of void carbines in it , along with a few extra sets of combat armor. The room is well armored and only has one way in or out, but the station inhabitants likely know this as well.

Baranbas pokes his head back down the ladder. "This armory looks like a place we want to hold on to. I'll do some scouting from here with my spotter, but if you'd like to bring our Mosk friends up so they can help themselves to weapons, it looks like they have plenty."

(The mosks will rampage if we're ready)

(Iumosk is ready)

Reza climbs back up the stairs to join Barny and the others, He helps pass out weapons and armor to the Mosks that look ready to rampage (Ready on my part as well!)

The bridge is also on this level, and now with twenty armed Mosk at your back, and a Chimeran shredding kill-bot, you seem to have a strong chance at taking it.

Iumosk looks towards her companions, hesitating. "I uh... don't know much about fighting, do we just run in and kill the rest of them?"

(We don't necessarily have to play out the combat if we don't want to. We out number the defenders by enough of a margin where the skyward steel rules can be used to abbreviate it)

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(Would definitely give them a chance to surrender, but otherwise am cool with that)

(They won't, honor bound and all that)

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(I’m happy to assault, either using Skyward Steel rules or regular combat)

(depends on the group then, and what you think is more satisfying )

(I don’t have a preference, so would others like to vote? How about

for Skyward Steel rules or

for shooting it out with regular rules)

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(does someone want to throw me a 2d6+2)

iumi of Gudrun

used /roll

Iumi | Fearghal Mac Tír Request: [2d6+2] Roll: [6, 5] Result: 13

Nekosmash

used /roll

Nekosmash Request: [2d6+1] Roll: [4, 3] Result: 8

(I'll write up something thematic, but we've taken the bridge, with 20% NPC casualties)

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2:41 PM

(We also have a couple choices, we can use the weapons to destroy the defense fleet if we want to

2:41 PM

(or we can turn them onto the planet and hit some Chimeran sites, but the ships might return fire since we'd have to focus on one or the other)

(There a reason we couldnt do the ships first then the targets on the ground?)

(the breaker guns and umbrella stands on the planet will have warning )

3:00 PM

(and will prevent bombardment)

(I think I’d vote planet then, to make it easier on our team taking the planet. I’m thinking that, if the remaining Chimeran ships don’t have the planet or this station to fall back on, our fleet will be able to mop up their system ships easily)

(How many mosks are on the station if we have any idea?)

(About 80 left after the bridge fight)

(And I think last question before ill vote on a situation, are there any lifeboats on this thing?)

(there are, half would be left from when the Chimeran originally conquered the planet and took the platform for themselves and they just never replaced the fitting)

"I have a crazy idea..." Reza says as he wipes off the blade of his glaive. "But... It means we are gonna get the station blown up and a lot of us are gonna have to hold on to the wraith shuttle... From the outside..." Rezmeran gives an apologetic look to the group. (edited)

“Hmm, not sure how I feel about a crazy idea, but I have to know what it is. What are you thinking?”

"So first we point the station guns towards the ground to hit some Chimeran targets. Hopefully the breaker guns aren't anticipating being shot by their own station..." "I imagine the ships coming back are gonna know something is wrong and that's when things are gonna get hairy. We won't have much time to get to lifeboats and to the shuttle..." Reza points to the status screen showing that most of the lifeboats are missing. "And now is where it gets weird. There aren't enough lifeboats for all our Mosk friends... So... Well... I can make it so that a lot of us can survive hard vacuum and don't need to breath... We can do some shuttle surfing... Fun right!?! Heh... Heh..."

“You have a lot of tricks up your sleeve! How many Mosk can you protect and for how long?” Barnabas thinks for a second. “Oh yeah - where do we all go? Do we have our fleet pick everyone up?”

"I can modify 50 beings through this rectification and can maintain it indefinitely, long enough for our ships to come in to pick us up."

Lamosk scratches his head with a claw. "Can we convince the Mosk to go out into space like that? I've seen you do some crazy stuff and even I'm feeling... A bit ...anxious about that. I'm willing to try but..." He takes a deep breath. "That sounds really scary!"

"I... Yeah... We... Maybe?" Reza shrugs and grimaces. "I'm open to workshopping different ideas!"

"I think it's the best we got. Like you said we don't have enough shuttles for everyone to get out. Short of us taking another ship. But I think you're right this is our only chance to strike the planet before the defenses are ready. That alone could save hundreds of lives. So... In the interest of saving hundreds of lives. What's shuttle surfing and how do we make it sound like a good idea to a group of recently liberated slaves?"

Reza scratches the back of his head in embarrassment as the plan gets weirder, "I would... And I know this gets weird and I'm sorry!- ... I can grow vines that can hold us attached... To... The... Outside of the the shuttle hull- Don't give me that look Lamarck! I'm sorry but it's the best I got!"

Lamosk's eyes get wider as the plan unfolds. "Wait. Plants. Like leaves? You can make them grow? Fast? What kind of plant? How? Does it stay alive? Can they... Can the magic plants make more magic plants? Do you carry seeds with you? Will we grab the plants or... Do the plants grab us??? CAN THE PLANTS THINK???" As he continues he becomes visibly more confused his arm claws clacking with increased speed.

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"Yes. Some. Yes. Near instant. Vines. Manipulating Metadimensional Energy. These won't. Same answer. No seeds. I was thinking a multi point harness? I don't think they think but to be honest that isn't a thought I had prior to your line of questioning??? Please keep breathing Lamarck!" (edited)

He takes a huge breath. As much to calm himself as to actually catch his breath. He exhales, stares at the ground then turns his attention back. "Right. Space vines. One of us will have to demonstrate if we want the Mosk to try it. I will do so. They need to see a Mosk do it. Iumi probably needs to calibrate the flux capacitor anyways so the station can shoot better. Let's grow some space vines!" He lets out a whoop, clearly trying to hype himself up.

Barnabas shrugs. “Okay, space vines it is. We’ll see if this really works, but either way, we’ll certainly look cool doing it!”

"I am able to bring us all back to the shuttle, so I would tell our Mosk friends to start making their way to the lifeboats and the rest to our shuttle. While they get ready, we can man the stations here on the bridge and get the weapons all situated!" Reza catches his own breath after the exchange between him and Lamarck,"And yes we can demonstrate, I was going to volunteer to be on the outside of the shuttle since it was my idea and all..." (edited)

Lamarck quickly responds to Reza's volunteering. "Yes! Yes you can do it first!" He catches himself and tries to regain some composure. "I mean yes that makes sense you would demonstrate, you are more familiar with the magic vines anyway so it seems like the safest move really. It would be irresponsible for me to go first at this point. " He smiles broadly hoping no one notices his still shaking knees. "Let's go round everyone up and get started! We got a war to win!"

Barnabas suppresses a smile. "Yes, I think a demonstration would be very helpful with this difficult operation."

“You can do this, buddy” Iumosk says to Lamosk, patting him on the shoulder.

(we gathering all the mosks p here to the bridge for this?)

(I think just to tell them of the next steps and then give them the time to make their way to lifeboats and the wraith shuttle. Then we would do the necessary targeting/firing on the points of interest below while they transit. Then assuming the other ships attack the station, we would GTFO via lifeboat or wraith shuttle surfing)

(we should also load our 2 Chimeran prisoners onto the boats. Or maybe wrap them up outside for funsies)

(Yes, we can assume they're in custody and for now the Mosk slaves aren't going to be beating them to death, but maybe soon)

(This all sounds good to Barnabas)

(alright, lets kick it off! we can assume the mosks are gathering )

Reza would go about explaining their current options and the suggested plan. He takes it slow as he knows that Lamarck will be translating for him. The young high mage emphasizes that he doesn't like the plan any more than they do and promises that he will be right along side them on the outside of the shuttle. Reza also lets them know that there are others currently on the planet taking the fight to the Chimerans and that all around the Ascendancy the Chimerans are being attacked and driven back by the combined might of the ISF. (edited)

This seems to convince the Mosks here that there might be some benefit to working with the UNW- and for the moment you are the only one who seems to be offering a way off the station.

Barnabas looks on as Reza explains the plan. Once Reza is finished, Barnabas is ready to help with the targeting systems for the station’s weapons.

(You can fire the station weapons with your own stats. It has three grav cannons)

While Barny works on the weapons, Reza begins directing the Mosks to the lifeboats and the remainder to the wraith shuttle

(Shall we do one roll per grav cannon?)

(fire all guns would be one shot with each anyway so yeah lets start with that)

Barnabas settles into the chair at the firing station and studies the controls for a moment, then engages the targeting systems and fires each of the grav cannons. (13/7) (10/11) (19/20) (Using Alternate Outcome to re-roll the first (originally a 10). 1 Effort committed for the day; 5/6 Effort remaining.)

Two chimeran sites on the surface are obliterated from the impact of orbital weapons. The middle shot hits the ocean, sending a kilometers high mushroom cloud of boiling water high into the sky. Storm systems begin to develop around it.

9:29 AM

The ships begin moving in, realizing the platform is no longer under their control. The station's thread radar has them coming into weapons range within the next seven minutes.

Barnabas watches the grav cannon impact on the monitors at the firing station and nods his head slightly as he sees the two hits register. His hands start to move over the control panel to set up additional shots, then stop as he notices the Chimeran ships change course on the main sensor screen. He turns around to shout to Reza. “Looks like they’re doing what you said they would, so time to do your thing with the space vines. We’ve got maybe seven minutes!” (If possible, Barnabas would fire some additional shots and then teleport back to the shuttle at the last minute. If that’s not possible, he’ll help the rest of the party organize the Mosk for Reza’s magic)

(I don't know if that would work, Ship turns are normally 15 min increments, so they would be firing on the station before we get another turn. Unless you are waiting to stick around until after the station gets shot) Hearing the claxons blaring as the targeting computers of the Chimeran ships begin to calculate firing solutions targeting the station, "I think that is cue to leave! Everyone gather round!" Once everyone is nearby, Reza invokes the second half of a spell that he cast earlier. Them and their friends on the bridge are pulled into a short metaspace tunnel and are spit out in the Wraith Shuttle, "Everyone better get strapped in quick I am going to go help our Friends get ready!" (Ochre Sigil of Juxtaposition will bring everyone on the bridge back to the shuttle)

(We'd need the full 15 minutes for the weapons to charge again, so we can't do anything else. That was why we made the choice about what to shoot at before )

(That makes sense. Barnabas will help Reza organize everyone and fly through the metaspace tunnel along with everyone else)

(let me know if I'm good to start the next part of the plan)

(no complications so far, the ships have just started approaching the platform and it doesnt sound like anyone's risking staying behind for another shot)

"Alrighty folks! Things are only going to get stranger..." Reza says to the gathered Mosks while Lamarck translates. "Through the power of Metaspace I am able to make it so we are able to survive out in space. Think of it like a magical vaccsuit. Then we are going to go out on a small space walk and we are going to hold on to the shuttle from the outside as the inside can only take like 10 maybe 12 of you if you squish. I'm going to make some magical straps for the outside of the shuttle that will help hold us down." Reza would then take the next 30 seconds to give the Mosks the ability to survive in the void and not need to breathe. (casting Adaptive Modification 5x. 0/6 L1 Rectifier spells remain. Can give the ability to up to 50 mosks. 8/8 changes supported) (edited)

They all feel the change falling over them,a nd convinced this is more than some crazy person rambling to them, they begin to line up, awaiting further instructions on how to get up the shuttles in in place so you can bind them properly.

(can we depressurize this compartment so there is no explosive decompression when we open the doors?)

(Yes)

"Alright anyone who still needs to breathe or can't survive in hard vacuum please enter the shuttle. Everyone else, hold on tight to this rope!" Reza passes out two lengths of rope and moves to the control panel to begin depressurization of the compartment. (Just trying to go slow in case we hit a snag) (edited)

(so far so good, ships would be 4 minutes away)

(Barnabas likes to breathe, so he’ll mosey on over to the shuttle)

(Ditto for Iumi)

Once everyone who is going to be in the shuttle is able to get in, Reza initiates the depressurization of the compartment and after another minute he then opens one of the bay doors. With a wave of his arms and some words that are not heard a rush of vines shoot out from the shuttle and create a vine bridge/ladder. (Casting Verdant Vallation. 1 HM spell remains) Reza motions for the Mosks to follow and he leads the way to the shuttle and helps the Mosks get into place.

They begin to follow you in an orderly fashion as the Chimeran ships come to within a moment of firing range on the station

Reza grabs tightly and brings forth another wave of vines to cover over everyone. He is mindful to avoid engine thrusters and once the spell completes he bangs on the hull of the shuttle (Casting Verdant Vallation again to hold us all down to the shuttle. No more HM spells and using a point of effort to not use verbal or gestures in the spell. 2/5 effort)

Inside the shuttle, Barnabas signals the pilot to move away from the station on a course to take the craft out of the line of fire.

(are we heading down to the planet, or back to the friendly fleet)

(Others should chime in, but I’d vote fleet - it’s safer, and we’ll need to blow up or chase off the Chimeran system ships)

(fleet if possible)

(I say fleet as well, also I would go on the outside. He wants to try it even though he's scared)

(I’m up for fleet)

(3xp, 5000 credits everyone)

4:50 PM

The shuttles begin moving, slowly at first but picking up speed as they make their burning exits from the station, with their mosk shuttle riders aboard. The Chimeran ships begin to fire on the platform, still believing it to be in enemy hands. Your own fleet is beginning to move in now, the large capital ships alone making this fight a matter of moments to conclude now that the station is out of action. On the ground, two enormous scars on the landmass show where Chimeran military bases and the labor camps that used to support them have been wiped out. There are frantic calls coming from the ground for someone, anyone from Uloth to show up and render aid, but with luck the campaign will have moved on long before any kind of relief fleet makes its arrival.

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