Iron Stars - X-Frigate Boarding Team (UNW)

(We should determine which ship is doing the boarding of the X-Frigate, but that team will use this thread as we prepare to head over and see what is inside)

(Think we settled on stormfront for the frigate.)

Kila pats the Captain’s chair of the Galivan fondly as she rises. She prepares to surrender command and take a shuttle to the Stormfront, grabbing armour, a laser rifle and some low-light goggles before she disembarks. “Captain Strasny, Kila Stosk requesting docking protocols.” (Can she get power armour? She’s squishy!)

(We could requisition an assault suit from the armory)

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Barnabas heads down from the bridge of the Stormfront to greet Kila at the airlock as her shuttle arrives. "Hi Kila, welcome to the Stormfront! I gotta tell you, it's quite a trip getting to captain one of these big ships, even for a little white, isn't it? "By the way, if you need armor or anything for boarding, we have a supply in the armory. Unless we decide to get creative, boarding will be through the boarding tubes. Let's do some planning once everyone gets here. Even with our overwhelming fleet power, running down a tube at a bunch of folks with guns seems pretty dangerous."

Gurk walks into the room, fiddling with the straps of his assault armour. "Good to see you all, alive. I suppose this frigate will be crewed by their best and brightest. I might stock up on medical kit and grenades before we move in." (edited)

Thulee enters with Mushk tailing behind. "Hey, gee... we got lost in the bowels of this ship! So many hard surfaces, we've got no feel for the environment out here. Whats going on, we boarding now..? How do we even do that?" He takes a look at his energy and mag weapons... "Do we need weapons that won't decompress the Frigate?"

“Probably a good idea. I’ll confess, I don’t know much about boarding tactics. I figure we run down the boarding tube and shoot them before they can shoot us?”

Mushk makes a little snarl and steps forward as Barnabas finishes up. "Yeah I got it Mushk. Well, however we go about it, Mushk here wants to be at the front. She's extremely protective of us." (Edit: grabbed a void carbine from the armoury) (edited)

Proceus walks aboard the stormfront’s bridge, a void carbine on his sling rather than his usual shear rifle. “Hey guys. Happy to see you all after Chloe. So, down to business. Do we have an first objective on board? Someplace to hit to weaken the rest?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t think we know enough to choose an objective, although once we’re in, it makes sense to take the bridge and probably the engine room, whichever way those are. And with the boarding tube, at least we have the advantage that they don’t know where on the ship we’ll put the tube.”

“I expect they’d like us to breach into a nice tight hallway where we have to go forward one at a time,” says Gurk. “If we can breach a large open space - the cargo hold, perhaps - we might be able to get our people into the ship more easily.”

"Thanks for the welcome, and the knowledge. I hadn't even thought about decompression." Kila requisitions an assault suit and void carbine from the armory. As she squeezes in to the assault suit she pipes up, "I like the sound of breaching in to open space, although I suspect they'll make the same assumption and have resistance to meet us."

Proceus ponders for a moment then pipes up. “So what if we look like a larger force? I’ve got a spell that will create an illusion double of all of us. I can create doubles of about 9 of people, but it’ll take some concentration to control what they do. (Main action to control their actions, can make doubles of up to 9 comrades in a radius of 10m)

(That’s so cool!)

(Thanks! War mage spells have really cool uses)

“More is always helpful,” Barnabas says cheerfully as he helps himself to a void carbine from the armory. “I like the idea of aiming the boarding tubes at an open space, or at least our best guess of where one is.”

(We can make entry in a cargo bay if that’s our intent. Or at least somewhere in the belly we would expect one to be)

(I like that)

(Okay so we will punch into that big room in the front )

(Let’s do it. Right before we punch through, I’ll cast that spell.)

Thulee gets comfortable in an Assault Suit and makes sure his weapons are handy. "Sounds like a plan, ready to go..."

The drill head begins powering up as you ready yourselves to board. There is a squeal as diamond hard metal bites into starship hull and pressure begins doing the rest , sending tight metal spirals corkscrewing in all directions. There is a squeal as the drill begins working through the thick plating and then a hollow sounding bang as it finishes punching through to the softer space within. The pedal doors begin to open to the smell of smoke and sounds of alarms within.

Proceus unbuttons his man purse that’s sole purpose is to carry his grimoire, flips out said grimoire, then begins to flip to a page and begins to weave arcane energies until the spell is completed, created perfect audio-visual copies of every boarding party member.

(I feel this should work for Thulee's animal companion Mushk as well. Level-3 of Animal Companion core technique... 'psychic techniques that can only target the psychic can now target your bonded companion for no additional effort cost') As the doors open, Mushk slinks up to them as low as she can and pops her head through to have a look and a sniff. Thulee holds back, watching through Mushk's sharp animal senses as she surveys the immediate area for threats and layout. (edited)

Barnabas looks around a bit, slightly startled by the multiple copies, then focuses for a second. His image begins to move jerkily from place to place in the boarding tube, making it hard to pin down his true location. (Stutterjump, 1 Effort while in use, 5/6 remaining) (edited for punctuation) (edited)

Gurk finishes limbering up and moves forward, cautiously. He'll keep near the front and have an eye out for traps.

Proceus will keep towards the back of the group to keep away from any combat to focus on controlling the doubles

(If it's realistic to wait for Thulee to give a signal after watching through Mushk's eyes, Barnabas will wait for that signal before charging out of the tube)

Entering the cargo bay it doesn’t seem like anyone is here in this room. You can see scattered cargo and replacement parts along with what looks to be a massive amount of intravenous food and sedation drugs

Barnabas scans the edges of the cargo bay for exits and then moves behind a cargo crate for cover, in case crew or marines try to enter the cargo bay while the group is exiting the boarding tube.

Proceus checks the shipping info on the crates, checking on where it came from and where it’s going. He also checks in what state the drugs are in (3 states of matter states)

It is in Chimeran and cannot be read. The items are in liquid , shelf stable form.

(how many exits are we looking at, and are any currently open?)

Proceus whispers to the group “Anybody got any magical reading abilities or is fluent in chimeran? I want to see where this is coming from and where it’s going. Could get us some leads to use later”

)nobody knows how to speak it at the moment. The Chimeran are unique in the sense that those fungus colonies that drive the bodies have a lot of ancestral memory in them. They write in their own language infrequently and most of the The things they write are generally for their client species in their own native languages. As a result we don’t have too many samples of Chimeran writing

(Got it. So just magical translation then. I think yama kings have something like that, and some others might)

(We are getting hung up on an important detail since I already told you what’s in the box)

(Right)

Kila looks over the IV food and drugs and wrinkles her nose in disgust. “It’s probably for their slaves.” She tries not to think too much about how they’re actually used. “Let’s deal with whatever’s on the ship first, I reckon.” She looks around for an exit that leads further in to the ship, ready to dive in to cover if they hear signs of movement. (If it’s closed she’ll look for a control panel)

The cargo bay doors are open and it looks like flames have bloomed beyond in the hallways leading into other areas of the ship.

Mushk slinks through the open doors to try get a look or sniff at whats beyond. Thulee flips between her senses and his own, trying to get a read on what's there as he takes advantage of cover near the doors.

(Never having smelled most of the beings on this ship before, I think Mushk could tell if there are things present, but not necessarily what they are)

Barnabas pops out from behind his crate to take a look at what's beyond the cargo doors and whether there is a way out that doesn't go through the fire. (Interested in whether there are multiple ways out, whether it's possible to close a door between us and the fire then go a different way, etc.)

(not multiple ways out, starship is mostly along a center line here, more or less as pictured)

(Any controls on the wall that might let us shut the doors from the cargo bay into the rest of the ship (after Musshk returns, of course)?)

Mushk seems unwilling to go through the fire ,but it looks like there are sets of hoses on the wall in here for such an eventuality, and the water valve still looks to be working.

Gurk cautiously moves forward, trying to identify the origin of the fire, and whether the fire hoses or water valve can be used to stop it. He double checks his assault suit is sealed against the outside environment as he does so. (just double checking the fire seems to be from battle damage, and not something weirder, if he's able to figure that out by looking at it)

(Its from battle damage)

Gurk pulls off a hose, and checks it for damage, before testing the water valve.

There is water pressure though it is light, water is flowing, and the hose looks to be intact.

Barnabas scrambles out from behind his cargo crate and grabs another hose, ready to help Gurk point them at the fire.

Referring to his basic survival training, Gurk double checks the fire looks to be suitable for a water extinguisher. Assuming it is, he'll start hosing.

(Realistically it is probably more of some kind of diluted chemical foam, but you'd see it is as safe to use as its possible to be)

Gurk starts hosing the fire, periodically glancing beyond the flames for any signs of movement.

Proceus covers them with his void carbine so that they can focus on putting out the fire (edited)

Barnabas helps Gurk hose out the fire.

The foam begins to spread , slowly dousing the fires from battle damage and the disabling of the ships engines. You can smell fuel in the air but the leak must be elsewhere.

As the fires subside Thulee wrinkles his nose up at the continuing smell of fuel coming from his shared senses. He turns to the others "Should we close down that fuel leak? I don't want to find out if it sparks up during a gunfight..." Mushk picks up the scent and tries to follow it to source (as long as it looks safe to do so).

(seems safe enough) Entering the next room you can see the hallway splits into a fork shape, running to the port and starboard gunnery decks specifically

“Do we want to split like a B horror movie guys?”

"I don't really like to split a boarding party, especially when we don't know the enemy's strength. But we do need to seal off areas as we go, so they can't get behind us. That might force us to split, or leave someone here to guard."

(I really don't want to split us up if we can avoid it. Two teams using the same map with different posting rates across two threads is going to be a nightmare to track)

(That makes sense, and I'm happy to shelf my worry about people sneaking up from behind) "Let's see if we can figure out if enemy crew may be lurking one way or the other. I think we can spare a few minutes to spy down one of these hallways." Barnabas pulls his squiggle spotter from his pack and starts to spool it out down the left hallway to have a look around.

Kila stands guard at the rear watching for movement and occasionally peeks over Barnabas’s shoulder curious about the tech.

There is a Chimeran marine team of ten marines setting up a pair of their version of heavy cutters, along with standard void carbines

(Would they hear us if we talk among ourselves?)

(PAFO)

Gurk watches the screen and says, quietly, "Heavy cutters can usually fire to suppress, which would tear right through us. We can try to rush them before the setup is complete, or we can try the other hallway. But if we don't decide right now I think those guns will definitely be up and running." (just checking I've got heavy cutters right - they can fire to suppress, need to be setup to fire, and seem kinda dangerous to fire on a ship?) (edited)

Proceus quietly responds “I can get the illusion doubles to run at them, and hopefully give us the element of surprise when we actually attack”

Feeling rather silly since they’ve been talking normally for a while now, Kila hushes her voice. “I’d rather solve this without violence but I don’t think we’ve much of a choice. If they’re using a gun like that then they’re going out in a blaze of glory or honour or whatever their social structure demands. I say rush them now.” With a nod to Proceus she adds, “They’re expecting us so I doubt we’ll get the jump on them but sending the doubles as a distraction is a good idea.”

“Yeah, if we can do this without destroying the ship and capture this technology, that would be incredible for us. I say we take em out”

Thulee nods "Agree, we are going to have to take them out. We can't let those guns get up and running. Mushk can also try run some interference." Mushk turns to Thulee and just deadpan stares at him, for longer than necessary.

"Agreed," Barnabas says as he spools his squiggle spotter back in and stows it away in his backpack. He reshoulders his void carbine and adds, "Shall we make a run for it?" (If we take off toward the Chimerans, Barnabas will have Stutterjump activated, in case it turned off while he was fussing with the squiggle spotter)

“If we do that, I’ve got some spells that may help. I’d have to deactivate the doubles, but this would give us different advantages”

"Seems like the doubles will give us a good boost as we push in," Gurk says. "To them, it will look like we have a numerical advantage . Might cause them to shift tactics."

Gurk Samson | Glaikit | Gilbert

Gurk watches the screen and says, quietly, "Heavy cutters can usually fire to suppress, which would tear right through us. We can try to rush them before the setup is complete, or we can try the other hallway. But if we don't decide right now I think those guns will definitely be up and running." (just checking I've got heavy cutters right - they can fire to suppress, need to be setup to fire, and seem kinda dangerous to fire on a ship?) (edited)

(It is dangerous but it seems the enemy does not care. Some of this might be a hold over from 1e but we have continued using these rules. I’ll post them in teach me, and you can assess from there )

(How far are the Chimerians from us?)

(Gurk is happy to go with what everyone else wants to do but based on the cutter info he's in favour of checking the right hallway to see if there's an opportunity to flank them or force them to uproot the big guns)

(Didn’t realise they were classed as a heavy when I looked them up. I don’t want to tangle with heavy weapons personally so changing my vote to check the other hall.)

Barnabas shifts his weight from the balls of his feet back into a normal standing position. “So not this way? The other way? I guess that makes sense. We have a bit more time that way. How about I check that one out before we go?” (If no one disagrees, Barnabas will step slightly down the right hallway, so he’s out of any fire from the left, then send the squiggle spotter down the right hallway.) (edited)

(Sounds good)

The right hallway does not have security here yet, but you ccan hear the distant sounds of marching boots and weapons being racked coming from further along this direction.

(from the map we have, do we think the hallways link up further ahead? Trying to work out if left hallway guys could retreat to reinforce right hallway guys or if they'd have to attack our rear to contribute to the fight)

“I could try to scout further with the spotter, but I’m worried we don’t have time before these guys get into position”

"Seems a better bet than the other options. I vote we push into the right hallway."

“I agree. Get there before they set up and hit them hard, then flank those who set up somewhere from behind, where they might have trouble hitting us with the set up guns”

(just dont want to blow past Kila and Thulee)

(happy to go deeper right, sorry thought I'd already posted that)

A message beeps on your compads from Dr. Truffles.

The listening post was disabled before we got here. All the crew we've found so far are dead and systems are wrecked. The four signatures we saw coming into the system register as tomb ships. Keep an eye out for information pertaining to that or any other powers in the region. Thank you, and great work!

Thulee turns to make towards the right hallway "the odds sound a lot better, let's go."

Barnabas reels in his squiggle spotter, stuffs it back in his pack, and takes off at a job down the right hallway, stutterjumping about and eyes open for enemy crew and side passages or rooms to duck into.

Mushk slinks alongside Barnabas, slightly confused by the stuttering but focussed on what lies ahead. Thulee follows closely, periodically flitting to Mushk's senses to get a better view.

(notice wis. at +2 for Mushk. Thulee will roll this)

(10)

Through the fumes and smells of the various things native of the gun deck you sense the right corridor has bodies down it too but they small like noctua and not the jagged , almost angry scent of the Chimeran

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"There are bodies in this corridor... not Chimerian." Thulee wrinkles his nose again "Noctua, I think." Mushk moves to the closest body for a quick look - trying to confirm if the deaths are the result of small arms fire, or from the ship barrage.

(Not dead bodies. You sense live noctua down the right path)

8:02 AM

(Enemy quick response force on the left. Noctua but we don’t know what they’re doing on the right )

Gurk looks down the hallway, then back to his companions. “Can anyone,” he asks quietly, “speak Noctua?”

Barnabas shakes his head. “No,” he says quietly. “If no one speaks it, maybe we can just get by with gestures.”

"I'm a little worried, given that they are likely slaves, that they won't trust us outright and who we are is something that is very difficult to convey in gestures." She turns to Proc, "did I hear you say something about a language spell in the cargo hold?"

“I’ve heard of it, but I don’t personally know it, sadly. Looks like we’ll have to hope they know standard or some other language”

(Can we try to access a database of the Noctua language so we can play/say a couple of significant words - like "freedom" and "rescue"?)

(is it plausible for Thulee to try 'Tongue of the Beasts' on a Noctua - telepathically communicate with a non-verbal creature in images and emotions?)

(OMG I'm dumb as a brush, thanks Thulee!) A little embarrassed, Kila turns to the others. She stammers, "I'm, uh, I'm a telepath. I should be able to communicate with them." She flushes a bright red, "sorry I don't use it that often and, well I forgot. What do we want to say to them?" (edited)

(If Kila can already do this then we don't need to homebrew something, so we'll just stick with that. )

"How about "we come in peace" and offer to help them get to safety once the ship is secured? I can bring the medkit, in case there's wounded - they might respond positively to that."

"That sounds like a good idea. We should get moving before our Chimeran buddies start moving in."

Entering the hallway, Kila feels the buzzing, mental chittering and general skittish natures of the Noctua closeby, just out of sight around a gentle bend in the tunnel.

(Gross. Death would be better than this.) Signaling to the others to follow, and Gurk to make his medkit visible, Kila takes the lead round the corner slowly so as not to startle the beings. She attempts to make telepathic contact with the one closest to her to get an idea of what they're doing. (Telepathic contact active (telepathy L-1), 3/4 effort remaining) (edited)

The noctua are hiding from you, hoping not to get caught up in the purge of the crew they're positive is coming with the boarding action.

(Do you mean we can’t see them because they’re actually physically hiding or that this is where they’re trying to hide?)

(They're just out of sight, the hallway curves slightly and they're trying to hide jut around the corner)

9:28 AM

(and they're trying to remain just out of your way)

Thulee follows along behind Kila and Gurk, trying to look non-threatening. Mushk stays at the rear of the group facing the other way... keeping an eye and a nose out just in case anyone approaches from behind.

Proceus also watches out behind in case the chimerans circle around

Barnabas follows, too, a few steps behind so as to stay out of Kila’s and Gurk’s way.

Aware their quarry is trying to hide, Kila quickens her pace. All she needs is a glimpse to send a telepathic message that they're friendly and wish them no harm.

Kila gets a glimpse of a wing, and part of a thorax, and an eye, just enough to make contact.

As soon as she sees enough of a Noctua Kila sends the telepathic message. Please wait. We mean you no harm. She also speaks the words so as to scare them less, and sends them images of the team helping them with any injuries. She waits for a response, searching with her telepathy for something to translate. (Now telepathic contact and transmit thought 3/4 effort remaining)

Who are you? What do you want from us, we are not resisting you! the panicked voice says. You can hear the echoes of pain behind the words, as these beings have suffered for a long time at the hands of cruel slavemasters.

She turns to the rest of the team. “They’re panicked and think we mean them harm. I’ll keep in contact if anyone has any suggestions to relay.” To the voice she replies, “we are from the United Nations of Worlds. We oppose your masters, and would like to help free you.”

“We could offer medical care,” Gurk suggests. “If we get them calm we can see what they know about this marine squad.”

"Poor things, they sound Traumatised. Could they help us access the ship's systems - I wonder if there is a way to contain or surprise the Chimerians?"

(You get the sense that they're listening but they haven't had liberty for so long they're not exactly taking the reigns on making a big decision like this. You'd need to tell them specifically what you want them to do, since its how they've been conditioned to think)

(Gotcha. Barnabas, Proc - either of you have anything you want to say to them? I don't want to hog the thread just because I'm the one talking to them!)

(Nope - please feel free to keep going!)

(You’re doing great!)

We'll get you to safety once the ship is secured. For now, if you have any wounded please see my friend here, she gestures to Gurk. We also came across some of your masters. We need to get to the bridge, and to engineering. Please give us any any information that would help get us there, or ambush your masters. She sends them some visual information of where they arrived on the ship and saw the Chimerans setting up. (If they seem amenable to providing information then we can ask specifically for directions, how to get in to the ship's systems, numbers of Chimerans in various areas of the ships. I just didn't want to write a massive long spiel) (We should probably also send them somewhere the Chimerans won't find them. Possibly back to the ship but they might meet the Chimerans we saw earlier. Any thoughts?)

(feels like we should see if they can help us deal with the immediate problem of the chimerans behind us, then get them off the ship. If nothing else, there's presumably some Noctua (or people who know the language?) in the fleet, who can the help them better than we can. Maybe more importantly, in the long run, they might know something about what happened on the listening post. These guys might be our only source of information on the tomb ships and so keeping them safe should imo be top priority)

The bridge is at the rear of the ship, there is a ladder leading up to it from the transit deck ahead. The bridge has four elite soldiers on it, the rest of the security contingent is setting up in the other hallway.

(so, the ladder is a back door - does that suggest the security contingent think they're guarding the main route to the bridge?)

(How about we tell the Noctua to hide wherever they can - away from the areas we know have Chimerians, then try to take the Bridge?)

(Agreed - I like that plan)

(Is the ship currently pressurised? If so are the Noctua equipped with vac suits in case somebody puts a big hole in the side of the ship?)

(Its pressurized, and they are wearing ship suits, which is like a vac suit but with less emergency air and no armor)

(In that case Gurk supports them hiding while we get to the bridge)

(alright, they'll hide, nothing else really to add there other than they'll try to stay out of the way)

"Shall we hustle up to the bridge before the Chimerans can figure out that we're not headed their way up the passage?"

Gurk nods - he is ready to move forward.

"Lets go" Mushk circles around to the front of the group as Thulee gets moving toward the bridge with the others.

“Let’s storm a bridge! But how do we get past those elite guards?”

(is the ladder a back route in?)

(The ladder is the route up to the deck it’s on. It’s on an upper command deck)

“The ladder looks like the way to go. If we want to take it slow, I can send my squiggle spotter up first, or we can hurry up the ladder ourselves since time may be a factor.”

“I can take a quick look,” Gurk says. “If there’s nothing dangerous looking back I’ll let you know to follow me.”

(everyone else good with that ? )

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(I am)

(yeah)

Heading up the ladder Gurk sees a long hallway with a bulky security bot at the end of it, about 30m from the hatch up. The bot is protecting the now closed bridge doors

Gurk immediately ducks back down and relays this to the others. "If we could get control of the bot somehow, that would be very, very handy. Otherwise we're not entering the bridge quietly. I wonder if the Noctua might know how to reconfigure it?"

"Yikes, a SecBot (Martha Wells anyone?). Be very handy if the Noctua could help reconfig. Lets try. As a second option, I could hack it if we can locate an access point." He pauses, looking at Kila to see if she can contact the Noctua again. "Third option, Mushk & I hunt it down."

(you'd have to physically put a line shunt on the bot to do anything to it)

(Ok, I'm just gonna give this a shot...) Thulee grabs a line shunt from his pocket, spinning it in his fingers as he turns to Mushk. 'right, yeah... try land this on the secbot. If it doesn't work out, just hit it, and stay out of the line of fire'. She makes a low noise, drops one ear in a bit of a oh really motion, but opens her mouth and he pops the shunt in her jaws. To the others "If we want the help of this 'bot we've got to get a line shunt on it. Mushk will try and do that, I'll see if I can hack it on the fly... its a long shot. I'm gonna need all the help I can get with the hack - does anyone have the' skill to assist? If Mushk fails, or the hack doesn't work... I suggest we all open fire. Thulee then helps Mushk up the ladder and the two of them go over the top as quietly as they can (still doubled?). (Edit - As soon as Thulee can see the bot he will mark it with 'Predators Instinct', just in case. 4/5 Effort remaining) (edited)

As you approach the ladder and come to within full view of the bot down this long hallway, its sensors begin detecting movement, and set to boarding protocols it opens fire. (Evasion save, each of you)

(fail, sorry if that was just meant to be for Mushk and Thulee)

(Just for Mushk and Thulee, my bad. They're th eonly ones who went into that hallway)

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(Thulee 17v9 pass, Mushk 9v10 fail)

!roll 3d6

Nekosmash Roll: [6, 3, 1] Result: 10

(Thulee takes 5 damage. Mushk is 10 damage )

7:12 PM

The heavy machine gun on one arm cycles as the inbuilt stabilizers keep the barrel low. It ejects dozens of hot casings as shells streak down the corridor. The bulkhead behind you both begins to deform from the indiscriminate heavy weapons fire.

(so how far away is this thing? Also how does this work mechanics wise... are we in initiative/combat situation now or otherwise?)

(If Barnabas can hear firing from above, he’s like to get up the ladder and help out)

(Still 40m from you. If you return fire we need initiative and anyone coming up the hatch to join the fight will have to roll it so they join initiative order )

(think we’re going to have to. Sounds like it’ll blow a hole in the hull if we don’t. Unless we can get behind it quick for Thulee to try a hack. Or can we create movement on the door to the bridge so it blows them open for us?) (edited)

(personally I'm tempted to not return fire to see if Mushk can get to the bot but that's not what my character would do.... he would return fire after a spray like that. Can he get a shot in now or we do initiative and run with the order?)

(We would need initiative. It has seen you, anything in the corridor is a target)

(8 for Thulee & Mushk)

(2)

(6)

(Intuitive response should put Barnabas at the top of the order) (1 Effort for the scene, 4/6 remaining assuming Stutterjump remains in effect)

(We'll just get proc into the order here and I'll roll for the bot)

(6)

!roll d8+1

Nekosmash Roll: [4] Result: 5

(Barnabas, Thulee, Mushk, Gurk, Proc, Bot, Kila) (edited)

2:02 PM

(bot is still 40m away and since this is a transit tunnel there's not really any cover. People walked here, this was once one of the most transited areas on the ship)

(I think Barnabas should be at the top of the order?)

(yep, i was looking for numbers and I think I skipped over your comment)

Barnabas scrambles up the ladder and takes a shot at the bot with the void carbine he borrowed from the ship's armory. Reaching the transit tunnel, he also scans around for a bag, tarp, or other material that might serve as a cover (17/6) (The bag/tarp - if anything like that is lying around - is so Barnabas can pick it up next round and maybe use it to blind the bot)

(there is not)

3:17 PM

The shot bounces off the bot's rigid armor plating as it plants its clawed feet into the deck to brace for another round of firing.

Mushk reels from the fire spraying down the corridoor and across her body. She makes a weird grunt as she recovers, then charges down the corridor at full pelt - ears back with line shunt in mouth. She tries to get behind the 'bot, or at least level with it... but out of the direct line of fire from it & her friends. (Using main and move actions to move 40m. 7/17 HP)

(Thulee is up)

Thulee moves a few metres up the corridor to try spread the 'bots targeting as he sees the others come up the ladder. His eyes narrow and emanate bright blue as he uses his hunting instincts to zero in on a weak spot on the 'bot. A shot from his void carbine streaks down the corridor. (23/9) (using Predators Instinct... Attacks against marked targets ignore cover and are considered heavy weapon damage for the purposes of attacking vehicles and power armour... really hoping this 'bot counts?) (25/30 HP)

(The bot doesn't have an armor value)

7:25 AM

The shot does some damage to it, the first to accomplish such, but it is sturdy and well built and you haven't done enough to destroy it.

Nekosmash pinned a message to this channel. 7/7/2022 7:25 AM

(Gurk)

Gurk grits his teeth and aims high, to avoid clipping Mushk. (22/9)

The robot is further damaged, a spinning piece of metal breaking off and embedding in the wall.

8:54 AM

(Proc)

(Got an 11 so probable miss, if it does somehow hit 7 dmg, 1 dmg if I do miss)

The shot goes wide and the robot braces to fire

9:31 AM

!roll 3d6

Nekosmash Roll: [2, 1, 1] Result: 4

(Evasion save for everyone , half damage if passes )

9:32 AM

(Then Kila)

(Fail, though has Kila actually climbed the ladder yet since she’s not moved yet?

)

(I suppose not)

(Pass)

(pass)

(fail. Mushk also fail if a roll needed... hopefully not?)

(Also does. It’s in the hallway)

Kila climbs the ladder, a little shaky hearing the gunfire from above. Popping up, she quickly takes aim and fires the unfamiliar weapon, entirely trusting to luck to make the shot. (18/8)

4

The shot strikes the bot and seems like it cuts into the inner cavity. A bit of smoke comes out at the hit

2:15 PM

(Believe it’s mushk now)

Mushk (3/17 HP) makes a screech as she is caught again in the open by the heavy weapons. The line shunt flies out of her mouth and rattles along the floor as large gashes appear across her hide. The holes don't contain flesh and bone but the darkness of the void and swirling MES energies. Instinctively, she manoeuvres behind the bot and launches herself at a weak spot. (24/2, Shock 3/AC18) (EDIT - we just realised Barnabas is up first) (edited)

(No worries - Barnabas and then Thulee can go once Neko adjudicates Mushk’s action. I didn’t notice, either)

(The shunt would be attached , sorry about that Barney I’ll do better. You’re up)

Barnabas winces for a second as he tries to dodge out of the way of the bot's fire. He aims another shot from his void carbine at the bot, then teleports slightly behind the bot to get out of its firing arc. (17/11) (Barnabas at 32/34 hp) (Proficient Apportation, 1 Effort for the scene because > 10m, 3/6 remaining) (If Barnabas can't get fully behind the bot, he'd settle for a spot to the side)

(You could flank it from slightly behind, but its on a gimbal so there's no true like, entirely out of the way)

1:48 PM

The shot deflects, thick armor keeping it insulated from the worst of your incoming fire. (Mushk had put the shunt on, should be Gurk now then getting back into the correct order)

(What about Thulee)

(I think that’s right - Barnabas and Thulee were skipped, so I was thinking Thulee, then back in order with Gurk)

(Didn't thulee go when Mushk did? not sure where that attack came from since using an item is also a main action)

(that's definitely Mushk's roll, she the only one in melee range so I don't know if he changed his mind about the hack or?)

(Okay. I guess we need clarification then from the player )

(Hey, so with Mushk I felt thematically after getting pounded by the canon twice she would probably drop the line shunt, and therefore attacked as main action. I see Neko said the shunt would be attached. Based on that lets disregard Mushk's attack, and roll with shunt on? Thulee would be next.)

(Alright. Thule is up then )

Thulee snaps out of sense sharing as the carnage unfolds around the 'bot, his blackslab chiming as the line shunt takes hold... 'holyshitshedidit'. He pounces on the device 'just like hacking megacorp perimeter bots back home...' he tries to suppress, and if he can... subvert and take over the 'bot. (when hacking do we need to be specific - suppress, subvert etc before the roll?)

(Generally you need to describe your desired outcome. E: i.e. You are attempting to have the bot target everyone but the party. or attempting to shut it down completely. It helps neko decide if there are any factors that might alter the chances for success based on your description) (edited)

(those three things would be all separate commands)

(ok, let's try to suppress the bot. The goal here is to just stop it firing & moving Edit, more specifically : Targeting = Off). (edited)

(program/int)

(12)

5

4

The targeting system is scrambled. The gun can fire but it will be unaimed and wild when shooting.

6:00 AM

(Gurk)

Gurk would prefer it if the heavy machine gun stopped filling him with bullets. He aims as best he can at the exposed inner cavity and pulls the trigger. (18/13)

3

The shot further damages the bot, bringing it closer to finally falling to pieces and silence, but not quite yet. (edited)

7:55 AM

(Proc)

(So sorry guys! I thought I posted in here. Guess not) Proceus follows the lead set by his fellow teammates, aiming for the cavity left by their attacks and hopefully ending the bot (22/9)

2

The bot takes a ponderous step forward and smoke belches from its back. The ammunition feed chokes as it readies what might be its final burst of gunfire. (Evasion save everyone, but since the targeting has been disabled, you all get a +2. If you pass, there is no damage, if you fail , the damage number will be below.

7:03 AM

!roll 3d6

Nekosmash Roll: [6, 4, 2] Result: 12

(pass)

(Pass)

(fail)

(Fail.)

(fail and fail. Mushk is down)

4

(Kila up)

Hardly able to believe she's not collapsed in a writhing heap, Kila raises her gun once more, hoping that this thing would just die already. (crit/10, lol at the damage)

1

3

The shot takes the robot in what would be its throat, blowing sparks and machinery out the back of its squat neck. An oil fire starts inside and the creature slumps over with the sound of failing power and freezing hydraulics.

1

7:01 AM

(it is dead)

As the bot comes down, Mushk slumps at its side, fire washing across her body. Flames wrap around her, and she goes dark, very dark… darker than the void. She does not burn. Thin tendrils of MES energy grow around her like a fractal web, becoming more dense, showering her in soft light. As soon as they cover all of her body, they retreat towards her head... like a wave slowly subsiding uphill. As the energy weave retreats, so does her body. Soon there is nothing but a dense ball of flowering light where her head would have been. It hangs there for a moment, then seems to squirt itself across metaspace… via the hallway… and into Thulee. Thulee cries out as Mushk’s immediate memories and emotions come crashing back into his mind. “Ooooooooh, shit! Yeah, yeah, YEAH. SORRY, I mean really… YES! I. got. it. Fuck! Sorry everyone, Mushk, I mean me, I mean the Mushk part of me… is really pissed with me. Me being Thulee… I… I mean, yeah… anyway. That also really hurt. I mean emotionally! I could be a bit wild for a while…” He trails off as he realises how battered and bloody he is.

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Gurk injects himself with a medpak, then a second one for good measure, before wincing and looking around. "I have a couple spares if anyone needs them. After we're healed I think we need to take a close look at what is left of the bot." (Gurk +2 system strain, back to full health)

Thulee applies a couple of medpaks to himself as he mumbles away. (2 strain, 23/30 hp)

Barnabas steps carefully around the smoldering bot. "Is everyone okay?," he calls to the rest of the team. "These guys don't kid around - that was a nasty bot." As Thulee and Gurk apply their medpacks, Barnabas covers the door to the bridge with his rifle, in case any Chimerans decide to interrupt the team as it regroups.

If there is a further security response, it does not seem to be coming just yet, but the marines you avoided on the way in are surely regrouping elsewhere

(do we think the bridge is behind this door?)

(Yes)

"Can we see if the bot can move on its wheels - even if only with a good shove from us? If the bridge is through this door it would be nice to have something to draw fire. If we could give it a shove onto the bridge, and maybe get Proc's doubles to surround it, we might have a window where they're not shooting at us. "Plus, if there's any physical traps, the bot rolling into the room would set them off." Gurk begins looking at the robot, with a very inexperienced eye.

It has clawed feet and the terminal damage to its locomotion system has effectively rooted it to the deck. It would take something capable of lifting a ton to be able to move it.

Kila pats herself down, surprised to come through unscathed due to both being slow to get up the ladder but miraculously quick when being shot at. Weird. She points her gun towards the ladder hatch, covering the opposite end from Barnabas to give the others time to heal. "Sorry about Mushk, Thulee, I hope she's not too mad at you when she's corporeal again. A little mad at myself to be honest, taking on a bot with heavy weapons head on wasn't our smartest idea really. And I'm very worried that we've had no response from the bridge. We're probably hemmed in between two sets of heavy cutters now."

Proceus kinda wipes of the blood from the injuries he's sustained, cursing himself for forgetting to take a medpak yet again. After reloading his void carbine, he speaks "Maybe someone technologically inclined in our group could try to rip off some heavy metal pieces from the bot to use as some makeshift cover? I just don't want to enter that bridge without any protection. They've got a defender's advantage on us."

(Gurk still has 2 spare medpaks if anyone needs them)

(Might take you up on that later)

Feeling more in one piece post medpak application "I've got my metatool with me, I can try make some cover... anyone want to help make it faster? I can also hack the blast door if we need access. By the way... Mushk reckons she'd blow the ship if she was Chimerian... morbid, but a real consideration." (if there is a spare medpak after everyone is back to full health I'd be grateful)

(Barnabas can help with another metatool on the door, if needed)

(If we decide to breach it that way we'd need a post-tech tool kit )

(does the mech have any other intact weaponry which might be pried off and used as an improvised breaching tool?)

(You could shoot the door apart with its HMG i guess, It didn't really have melee or tool attachments) (edited)

(Kila also has 3 medpaks so there’s plenty Thulee. What about Proc how injured are you?) (edited)

(Ok so our options right now look like -teleport some but not all of us onto the bridge -use the bot gun to try to blast the door -teleport back and get a toolkit maybe?? -keep investigating Anyone have a preference for how to move on?)

(you can only teleport in there if someone has the technique wqhere you can teleport into a place you've never seen before)

12:45 PM

(Idk how barny is doing on effort, I don't think well)

(I'm okay on effort for a Deep Intrusion but won't have much after that. I like the teleport some but not all idea, unless someone has a better one)

(one possible idea to try to gain the element of surprise might be for the person nominated to stay behind to fire the bot gun at the door. This would hopefully persuade the marines that's our breaching strategy. Then, when the gunner stops firing everyone else teleports through, maybe surprising them?) (edited)

(Kila’s combat skills are the worst so she can stay behind if we go that route. Then once you’re in she could cover the rear, as in the corridor in case the other marines come, with the HMG?) (edited)

(Thanks Kila, I'll grab a medpak! Thulee now full health, 3 strain) (edited)

Slowly coming to his senses, Thulee grabs his spy eye out of his backpack and launches if from the palm of his hand. The shimmery disc moves silently down the corridor. He programs it to monitor the ladder entry (where our group entered), as well other access points into this main corridor (down the ladder, or if there are others near the ladder). He sets it to chime/alarm if movement is heading their way. (edited)

There is no other access point Than the one you came up through, the enemy ship designed with boarding countermeasures in mind.

“I suppose hauling the heavy cutters up the ladder will be hard for them,” Gurk notes. “If we can get the HMG working seems like we can make a go of this plan.” (remember to grab med paks if you still need them!)

Barnabas moves over to the downed bot and begins to examine whether he can set up its gun to fire at the bridge door.

Kila watches Barnabas work for a few seconds before realising she’ll be very little help. Turning to Gurk she says, “they maybe won’t get the cutters up but there are still ten of them. Would it be worth trapping the corridor or ladder to give me a bit of breathing room?”

Gurk nods and pulls out his kit. He moves to the entry way and attaches some horribly sharp loops of wire around a rung near the top of the ladder positioned so that when a grasping hand catches the wire the loops will pull tight and sever a limb. (using trap master focus to set a damage trap at top of ladder)

The gun can be swiveled around to aim at the door and Gurk has enough parts and manpower on hand to set up a trap

“Hey gurk, got any extra medpaks? I should probably apply some aid before I go into the bridge”

“Sure,” Gurk says, handing a couple over. (Gurk out of medpaks)

(Got 8 health back, I’ll give you back that last medpak)

(Are we good to go?)

(Gurk is ready)

(Ready here)

(Kila ready)

(Ready)

(Alright, I'm good to kick things off but I think anything we do initiates with either teleporting or door shooting)

(yeah I think so Neko. One last thing from me...) Thulee hands the drone controls over to Kila "This should give you some advance warning of what's down the ladder, if anything" He reloads, waiting for guns and MES energies to fly.

"Okay, are we ready? Kila, do you want to blast a round or two at the door, and then we'll teleport through?"

Kila takes the remote from Thulee with a frown, not entirely sure what to do with it but she nods and says she'll do her best. She aims the gun at the door looking behind her to make sure the others are ready. "If you teleport during the second burst, it might give you some cover." She let's loose the first blast on the door. (do I need to roll anything for this since we're not actually trying to blast it open?)

(No I think it’s fine how it is. Youre shooting and getting their attention and then the others are doing something )

Barnabas waits for a blast or two from the HMG, then gathers the others together for the jump onto the bridge. "Have your weapons out - it may get hot on the other side real fast." (If everyone is ready, then Barnabas will teleport himself, Gurk, Proc, and Thulee onto the bridge. Proficient Apportation + Burdened Apportation + Deep Intrustion, 2 Effort for the day if distance < 10 m, 1/6 Effort remaining when Stutterjump is in effect.) (If the jump needs to be more than 10 m, then it will be 0/6 Effort remaining when Stutterjump is in effect.)

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(10m should handily get us inside as far as we know, its a capital-scale bridge so 30ft is plenty of space)

Teleporting into the bridge , there is a Chimeran captain, six marines and another of the security bots with less extensive armor waiting on this side of the door in a semi circle an average of 10m away from you.

5

4

(if they are in a semi circle around the door, are we inside the semi circle or behind them? EDIT: I guess I'm also asking if they've spotted us yet) (edited)

(Inside it) (edited)

(Would one more teleportation jump of < 10 m get us behind the semi-circle? Barnabas has 1 Effort left, which he could use for one more Burdened Apportation if the distance is less than 10 m)

(It would get you behind it but them turning around isn't anything extra, it isny even really a move)

(if there's no tactical benefit to doing it sounds like there's no point?)

(a standard move is 10m , all you're having them do is turn around. Idk what to really advise here)

(sorry, that was me suggesting to the rest of the team that we skip teleporting and go with shooting them and trying to use Proc's doubles to confuse them, which was the original plan) (edited)

(Fine with me, but if anyone wants Barnabas to do a quick “never mind” and teleport us back to the other side of the door, feel free to say so)

(also happy to pop out and try blasting the doors down with the gun if people prefer!)

(I'm just waiting to see if someone wants any of that before moving on)

(If someone in the bridge tried to cast a spell right now would initiative start or could they cast it without fear of interruption?)

(We will need initiative. You have to declare you are casting at the top of the combat round, because if you take damage the spell fizzles)

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(I’m happy to spring into action, but I’ve been stalling a bit so Thulee can weigh in on whether to teleport back to Kila or stay here and fight)

(Fine by me I just wanted to lay out where I’m at so we weren’t in a post standoff )

Barnabas blinks a couple of times at the circle of Chimerans gathered to greet the group. “Umm, bye,” he says, then teleports the group back to the other side of the door. (Proficient Apportation + Burdened Apportation, 1 Effort for the day, 0/6 remaining while Stutterjump is active.)

Kila is in the middle of turning the robot’s gun to cover the corridor, her ears straining to hear gunfire on the other side of the door, when the team reappear. “Fuck!” she cries as she nearly jumps out her skin. A couple of deep breaths later she asks, “that bad?”

"Pretty bad," Gurk says. "They're right behind the door and we landed in the middle of them. I guess we're breaking the door down the hard way."

“Yeah, we were in the middle of a pretty well formed kill semi circle. Good thing barny had some teleporting left in him, or we’d be sitting ducks. I’ll get to work casting that spell, though that’ll dispel the doubles. You guys get to work on opening the doors.”

Proceus takes out the grimoire and flips to the appropriate page, then holds it with one hand and begins gesturing with the other as the words on the page begins to light up with a meta dimensional glow.

Kila turns the gun back around and starts firing at the door again, "No idea how long this'll take."

It looks like one more volley will finish getting you through. The door is weakening and the robot is on the last of its ammunition.

(alright, I'll keep firing and try and time it so it falls just as Proc is ready to cast his wall spell)

(If there’s any cover to hide behind as the door comes down, Barnabas will take advantage of it. If not, he’ll just have his gun at the ready.)

(likewise!)

(There will be a man sized hole in the door, so two of you could benefit from partial cover)

(Thulee will get behind whatever cover Proc can conjure up, when/if it happens. He will also mark the first soldier he can see through the soon-to-be hole in the door)

The door is blown open as the bot uses the last of the ammo. It’s corpse is still decent cover as are the sides of the doors and the hole is big enough for two people to move through or take cover around at a time

“Hello again, we’re back,” Barnabas says, more muttering to himself than really saying it out loud to the Chimerans. His image jerks about from place to place, as he steps through the hole and fires at the first thing he sees moving on the other side. (Stutterjump still in use. Once inside, Barnabas will probably start small teleportation jumps as move actions to get behind the enemy and/or find cover on the bridge. That should leave room for others to take advantage of the cover that the door offers.)

(one last initiative and we'll bring this home)

(3)

(8)

(9)

1

(7)

!roll d8

Nekosmash Roll: [7] Result: 7

(We'll just slot in proc and be off to the races)

(4)

(Gurk, Kila, Exemplars, Thulee, Proc, Barnabas, and the Exemplars are 10m away)

Gurk scuttles for cover at the destroyed bot. He takes aim at what he hopes is an easier target - one of the Chimeran marines. (17/6, going after one of the "normal" guys, not the captain or the bot)

The crewman is hit but not dead as you begin assaulting the new breach carved into the door

9:44 PM

(Kila)

Kila flits in to cover at the side of the door and takes aim at the now injured marine. (5, didn't bother with damage) (edited)

Nekosmash pinned a message to this channel. 7/21/2022 7:21 AM

The Chimeran captain fires his exotic looking weapon at the door, arcing lightning heading in everyone's direction (Evasion save everyone!)

7:22 AM

!roll 2d8

Nekosmash Roll: [6, 4] Result: 10

(10 if failed, nothing if passed)

(Pass)

(fail, 20/30 hp) (edited)

(Pass) “What the f… suggest we switch targets!”

(fail, 12/22 hp)

(Pass) "That guy is bad news. Let's take him out!"

(The rest of them are going to hold for now, since their weapons are more direct fire and we can only see one of what they know is a bigger force, so until targets appear they're gonna keep ready, so thulee is up)

(So Thulee marked the first soldier he could see... hopefully that is the captain as he is the only one in view. If that didn't happen its -3 to the hit roll) Arc lightning flares around Thulee as he tries to concentrate on the shot. "Yeah yeah, got it. YES Mushk, wot Kila said. There." He pulls the trigger, aiming at what he hopes is a weak spot on the Captain. (24/9)

(21 still hits the captain)

7:05 AM

The captain takes a step back as his warriors move up to screen him, and you can see that the exotic looking inbuilt weapon must need some time to charge.

7:05 AM

(Proc)

(If I began casting before combat, does that mean that the spell has finished?)

(You did not take damage so you need to cast now, or the slot fizzles and is wasted)

Proceus finishes casting his spell, creating a firing position as large as the entire door (it can be up to 18x18 meters) then calls out to his comrades “Special delivery! One firing position, on the house”

(Is it on your side of the door, or their side? )

(Our side)

(The wall impedes normal movement so none of you are able to advance through the hole in the doors and into the bridge, due to the interveening firing position)

1:06 PM

The firing position appears, and the three Chimeran who had previously held begin to fire, spraying laser fire at the metadimensional position

1:06 PM

!roll 3 d20+3

Nekosmash Rolls: [18] Result: 21 [13] Result: 16 [18] Result: 21

(And apparently small arms fire doesn't damage it, so back to gurk )

(Can only hit these three guys right? Is the wounded one here?)

(He is being screened by his warriors so you'd have to take them out before the captain)

(Small arms fire can go through it to hit us at a -4 penalty)

(There was a wounded marine. Are they one of the ones shielding the captain?)

(Btw, I think Barnabas got missed, unless you had him move forward right before we rolled initiative)

(We jumped onto the other side of the door, decided we wanted to nope out as Kila blasted through, and then noped back so I thought that would have been your action technically. If those types of teleports don't cost you your main due to some other technique, go ahead barny)

(They’re Move Actions due to Proficient Apportation, but in any case, they were before Kila blew a hole in the door and we then rolled initiative. I’ll go ahead and take a shot, but if you think that’s wrong, I can delete it)

1:43 PM

(Not that it mattered

) Barnabas fires his void carbine from behind the firing position, aiming at the wounded solider, but his shot goes wide. (8/13)

(haha now back to Kila)

2

Gurk focuses his fire, trying to finish one of them off. (sorry, I didn't take a shot! He's after the wounded marine from earlier - if he's not at the door Gurk will shoot the nearest target) (23/8) (edited)

The wounded marine falls as gurk delivers a stinging series of shots through the barricade and the gap. (Kila)

Proceus Pompeus

(Small arms fire can go through it to hit us at a -4 penalty)

(Small arms fire aimed at you can hit you at a -4, but small arms fire aimed directly at the barricade like they did with the intent to destroy it cannot harm it. They'd need to melee it, use explosives,,or break its form in some other way)

1

"This wall looks great, Proc." Kila targets one of the marines in front of the captain through one of the small slits in the wall, not really expecting to hit them but you never know. (3, lol they're getting worse)

The shot goes wide, unable to get through the now many different layers of construction between you and your target

2:55 PM

The exemplars continue firing, now focusing on you, rather than your cover. !roll 2 d20-1

2:55 PM

!roll 2 d20-1

Nekosmash Rolls: [8] Result: 7 [4] Result: 3

Their shots miss, and the captain looks like he has regained control of the fearsome lightning weapon, preparing to use it soon. The security bot on the other side of the door tries to find a position where it can fire without hitting friendlies, and so far seems that it cannot.

2:56 PM

(Thulee )

"Wow, nice wall..." Thulee says as he adjusts himself and his aim for the Chimerinan marine previously injured in the front line. (20/6. -3 if this marine isn't the marked one)

(This one is marked, so is that 23/9 or 23/6)

(its 20/6, rolled as marked. Would have been 17/6 if not)

The wounded marine falls, leaving the unmarked , the robot, and the captain remaining

6:27 AM

(Proc)

Proceus, safe behind his meta dimensional wall, takes a shot at the captain before he can take another shot (22/10)

The captain is being screened by two of his remaining warriors and one of them is hit in his stead, wounding the bodyguard but not killing them

2:33 PM

(Barnabas )

Barnabas settles in a little more comfortably behind the prepared firing position and squeezes off another shot from his void carbine at the wounded bodyguard. (17/6)

Thick armor and several obstacles in the way foul the shot, the Chimeran doing their best to mount a stubborn defense of their side of the door

7:58 AM

(back to Gurk)

Gurk continues to focus fire on the wounded bodyguard. (13/10)

The shot is ineffective, striking the doorframe.

2:13 PM

(Kila)

With zero hope of success, Kila targets the wounded guard. (10/5)

The shot bounces, not wounding the injured marine.

2:48 PM

The lighting weapon charges again, the captainwilling to risk his crew

2:48 PM

(Evasion save, all)

(Fail

)

(pass)

(Pass)

(Ugh fail 5:6)

(fail... aye aye)

!roll 3d6

Nekosmash Roll: [5, 2, 1] Result: 8

(8 damage if failed. None of passes )

6:24 PM

The lighting fries the other soldiers indiscriminately and something pops and catches fire inside the enemy warbot. It looks to gout black smoke and shut down.

(what's left besides the captain now? and can we move through the metadimensional wall?)

(You can climb over it, but your move is halved to 5m to get through it and the blast door, only the captain is alive now ,and Thulee is up)

Thulee groans as flashes of weird lightning wash over him (12/30 hp). As the soldiers fall around the captain he tries poorly to take aim & fires. (5/didn't roll damage)

(Proc up!)

Proceus attempts to shoot at the captain, but gets jostled at the last second (13, didn’t roll dmg)

(Barnabas)

(Is the captain less than 10 m away at this point?)

(He is at 10m right now, he's kept back for the most par,t he's just not being screened by friendlies anymore)

"Alright, it's time to take you out, Captain!," Barnabas mutters, as he teleports the short distance to the captain's position and shoots at him with his laser pistol. (12/6) (Proficient Apportation, so teleport is a move action and needs no Effort. Close Combatant ignores the melee penalty for the pistol - not that it really helped here . . .)

(Appreciate breaking it down for me none the less, makes things a lot smoother)

10:15 AM

Barnabas teleports behind the captain, firing into the Chimeran's back but the thick armor there prevents the shots from punching through.

10:15 AM

(Gurk up)

Gurk moves forward, firing off another shot as Barnabas distracts the captain. (19/10 trying to move as close towards the captain as possible with the reduced move)

5

2

There is a plink, like someone has dropped a nail onto a metal floor, and the Captain looks as though he has been given a shock or fright before falling backwards, nearly crashing into Barnabas as dead weight. Trickling black blood leaks from a hole in his helmet, and the Chimeran has gone slack, very dead.

2

Gurk steps through the door. He'll leave the investigation of the bridge to the more technically-minded team members, and instead quickly check the bodies to confirm they are all dead and to see if he can learn anything about the captain's exotic weapon from the effect it had on his own marines. (edit: bioscanner is readied if it helps) (edited)

The weapon looks to harness and discharge powerful electric shocks, and he simply did not care that his own marines were in the way. It looks to be an integral part of the power armor the captain is wearing and not something that can be removed. the Chimeran all look to be dead.

11:09 AM

(I don't think bioscanners really do what you're asking it to do, but theres no gotcha moment here, they're dead)

Proceus dispells his wall so that all can walk into the bridge, then begins to look around for the station that was used to pilot the ship

Barnabas puts away his laser pistol and watches the captain as Gurk checks him out. “Hey, is everybody okay? Let’s keep our guard up - I think there’s still a team somewhere in the passageways.”

Kila pulls out her medpaks, stabbing herself with a small grunt. “Anyone else need one of these?” she asks looking around. She starts, remembering she still has Thulee’s controller and passes it back to him. “We’ll hear if anyone comes, and Gurk set up that trap so I think we’re free to look around for now.” (HP +6, now 13/15 2 medpaks left who needs em?) (edited)

(I'm good)

(3xp, 5000 credits all!)

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(What can we discover about the technology of the ship? Or should we arrange to have engineers from the overall fleet take a look? The ship seems like quite a find)

(I'm gonna write something long in a second)

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1:44 PM

The ship looks to be an experimental design the Chimerans and their enslaved Mosk workers were spending time developing. It incorporates a lightning gun previously seen only on the Bruxcellus battle cruisers of old, and this one has the same serial number as the one from the fleet engagement over Brizeno. The frigate itself is well armored, and seems to focus more on boarding countermeasures and defense-the lightning gun already being an incredibly powerful primary weapon. The vessel itself is shaped like a horseshoe crab, and is fitted to land on the surface of planets. It is not as elegant or sleek as the Silent Star, and it is larger in profile than the Low Tech , but the vessel is none the less an early generation Chimeran stealth ship. They've made do with local materials for many of the ship systems, using conductive fungus for wire, rigid coral in place of thick armor, and other organic materials where appropriate. In time, the ship will heal its damage, though the spike drive is going to need a serious overhaul to get the ship moving now.

(We should get an intelligence report out and discuss with the rest of the UNW team what to do with the ship. Should we contact the Vox in the Idas Assault thread?)

(That or if we want to use your meeting channel on server that is fine, there's no conversation going on there right now)

1:53 PM

(and i tihnk Truffs and Iumi were about to RP something in the Idas thread, so now we don't need to split the conversation)

(Very cool! Quick question about xp- does the 3 xp we just got also include the space battle we had? I can’t find the thread and didn’t write anything down. 3 xp for everything seems right, just want to make sure I didn’t miss something in the other thread)

(3 for the entire thing, the battle was pretty short, this was the meat of the mission really)

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2:16 PM

(to me at least, if it feels unfair I'm open to raising it. Let me know gang)

(Thought so, and seems fair to me - just checking my scatterbrain didn’t miss anything!)

(Same)

(We will all eventually move into the Idas thread when the scene there is done. If you're heading out of the warzone to personal stuff just let me know and we can pick up there)

(I’ll stay in the war zone for Idas)

(Gurk will be heading home)

(Thulee is staying)

(Kila is staying)

(I’ll be staying)

(gurk we can pick up with rad cleanup on Terezinho then)

8:51 AM

(Everyone else can pump over to #deleted-channel once the current RP is done)

(Alright. We can all talk on #deleted-channel now)

(Going to archive this now that we've moved to the other thread)