Iron Stars - jimmer

Jimmer Pickens , a new courier for the Protectorate Logistics Corps awakens in his bunk on Heras, specifically within the city of Mytikas. An urgent order has just come through and its his turn to hop on a grav bike and run an urgent order of medical supplies across town. The first of the wounded from the wars at Brizeno are beginning to come home, and even with the long trip aboard the carrier here, those who were stabilized still need medical attention at home and the hospitals are burning through drugs at an alarming rate. Dispatch sirens sound within the logistics hub where you spend most of your time, almost everyone is being called in to make deliveries from how it seems. Heading down stairs to the warehouse floor and dispatch level, you can see your quartermaster boss behind a desk, talking on two phones at once and handing out delivery papers to those lining up by the desk.

Jim lines up by the desk and says to himself: "Wow, it really is rush hour right now, isn't it?" This is Jim's first real job after he got clean and he desperately needs the money. The busyness right now is certainly not helping Jim's nerves and he starts tapping his foot on the floor. (edited)

19:12

Jim shuffles along with the waiting line of couriers.

The two ahead of you are given papers. They're stamped with box numbers and a short manifest about what is in them along with piece counts, so the hospital will know the lots and what they're getting. You are next and you can see you likewise have a similar order. Lot 1337- 40 Healing Powder Lot 1339- 40 Tychosis Stimulant Lot 1444- 20 medpak, 20 medkit The boxes will easily fit on the grav bikes the courier service lets you use for your job, and the hospital you've been given is all the way across town. Normally this would not be an issue, but there are some enterprising groups out there looking for an easy score, and the medical drugs in your cargo are able to be sold for much more on the street to back alley ripper docs or thug sawbones trying to help keep their friends out of the hospital and jail. Some couriers have a sidearm or blade on them, and many Protectorate civil defense troopers look the other way if a courier needs to defend themselves when it comes time to testify in court.

Jim takes the packages and walks toward the parking area. He places the boxes on the Grav bike and starts it up. (How would a Grav bike be powered? I’m guessing it’s electric) He drives to the exit of the parking area and checks his gear. “Alright, got my rifle close to me, knife on me, compad… seems like we’re good to go.” He looks on the paper handout he was given and checks the address. And Jim drives to the address with a mild hurry. “Don’t want to be robbed on the first delivery now do we?” (edited)

(uses a Type B cell, but this comes with one and is good for 240 hours of operation, so we won't need to worry about rnning out of fuel)

22:07

(you could take all three boxes too at once, they're all going to the same place)

(Ah alright, I’ll take all the boxes and drive to the place they have to be delivered to)

Lashing the boxes to your bike and stepping on you fix your helmet into place. The bike takes a quick read of your finger print and its controls unlock as it accepts you as an authorized member of the company. The power system takes a few seconds to charge before you bring the bike out into the busy street in front of the warehouse. (notice/wis)

(I’ll do that tomorrow when I can do stuff on my pc again)

(No problem, thanks for letting me know)

(rolled a 5)

Moving off into traffic things seem routine. Your map shows you a long route across town that seems safer or a short one that runs through a neighborhood with a reputation for having a higher incidence of crime.

"Will I risk the packages just to save a little time?" Jim thought to himself. "Yes, I will". He took the sharp right turn with a big grin on his face.

Moving into the lower district you can see people warning themselves by trash fires , clothesline’s strung up between the windows of homes and other signs that life in the capital has a hard side to it. A body lies in the road ahead and no one has stopped other than to walk around it as they continue their errands. Two men on the corner seem to be paying close attention to you as traffic comes to a stop here at the signal and cross traffic begins to flow

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Jim double checks if he has his knife close to him as well as his rifle. He puts on his sunglasses and his most badass look, desperately trying to hide his face showing the fact that he might've made the wrong choice.

(you have all your weapons stowed, if you want to ready them its probably a good time to do it so we dont burn a turn during any possible combat)

(just let me know if we're doing that then)

(Yeah sorry, not right now, pc is unusable so I’ll have to find a different device to run roll20 on. I’ll try my phone.)

08:26

(Was kinda busy the last few days, sorry about that)

(I don't mind changing things i just didnt know what you wanted)

14:10

The two on the corner begin walking over as traffic has stopped. They are trying to be casual, but it is clear they are only in the road, now 10m away, because they're planning on causing you a problem.

Jim looks the men straight in the eyes, hoping to look confident and maybe scare them away. But if that doesn’t work, there’s a backup plan. If they get too close Jim will speed off on his Gravbike weaving through traffic. And if the road is blocked by anything, he’ll have to fight. He holds the knife in his pocket firmly. (So I’ll ready the knife)

You think you might be able to weave through traffic if you're quick enough on the hand controls, if you decide not to fight. (basically the choice is weave through cross traffic and hope everything works out, or try to get the jump on them and hope they run if you drop one, your call)

“Can I help you with anything?” Jim asks the two men.

20:02

(I guess I’ll choose what to do depending on what they say back)

"Your cargo. Drop it now and we'll let you leave. Don't be a hero. We will take it from you if we have to. " (edited)

Jim takes out his rifle (readying it too) and points it at the two men. “You got two options: one, you walk away now, and nobody get hurt. Or two, you move another step closer to me and I’ll shoot you.”

(talk./cha)

(I’ll do that tomorrow, hopefully I can finally do stuff on my pc again.)

(No worries. )

(rolled an 8)

Seeing your rifle, and that you were ready for them, the two would be hijackers put their hands up and take a few steps back from your bike, not wanting to get laser shots through the chest for their trouble. Ahead, the signal turns green again and traffic around you begins to move forward.

Jim puts the rifle on his back and waves at the two men. "Bye bye" he says and continues driving to his destination.

You have a steady drive ahead of you, having shaved ten minutes off your trip. Looking at the packages behind you, that ages old addiction begins to worm its way into your head. You find yourself debating the merits of pulling over now that you're safe to rifle around through the boxes, before focusing on the mission again, before the intrusive thoughts continue.

Jim looked over his shoulder at the boxes and quickly looked back at the road. "Don't do it Jim....." he whispered to himself. Would they notice if he took some? he asked himself. He pulled over to the side of the road and stepped off the Gravbike. He put his hands on the box he had to deliver and sighed. "I really can't, just wait 15 minutes and the craving will be gone. That's what they told me.." He stepped back on his Gravbike and continued driving. (edited)

19:57

(I can also roll for it if you want me to)

(We don't need to, i know you mentioned working this into your background so it was mostly about your choice)

20:20

You start to feel the cold sweats and are shaking a bit as you pull up in front of the hospital, the boxes of goods not disturbed and everything is accounted for. You can breathe easy at least knowing you got things here on time and the piece count is correct. One of the orderlies here takes the delivery, and signs off that it is complete. You see no evidence of the gangers that almost accosted you earlier, your move put enough distance between you. (3xp, 5000 credits. I can help with the level up if needed)

(I'd really appreciate if you'd help me with the level up. But it's already evening where I live so if we can save it for tomorrow that'd be nice.)

(Sure, shoot me a message tomorrow!)

(so where do we continue?)

(Hey, we finished your level up in PM, It really depends on you, have you thought about something specific you'd like to do?_

(maybe something with the crime lord I have debts with? And anything that gets me closer to my dream of being a spacetrucker lol)

(We;'ve got a ton of money now, far more than the average person would have in their lifetime. If we decided to pay that off we could to a mission to visit them, and maybe he'd have other work, now that you're in good standing with them, what do you think?

(sounds pretty good)

20:28

(I actually really like that idea, that would tie in perfectly with why Jim would sometimes steal cargo when he's spacetrucking, because he partially works for a crime lord)

20:28

(oh yeah, it's all coming together) (edited)

Money in hand with a large performance bonus, you first spend a bit to get yourself into a bit better position with the gear you have now. You're early for the delivery, and the bike doesn't need to go back to the depot just yet. It sounds like it's time to visit Mister E, and finally pay off the mounting debt that has been piling up since you first took those 20 credits for just one more hit of Null, all those years ago.

Jim gets back on is Gravbike, he doesn't look forward to seeing Mister E just as much as he does. He is the man who ruined his life after all, but finally paying off the debt that Jim has with E feels extremely rewarding and liberating. He types in Mister E's address on the nav and he starts driving.

The hideout is on the western side of town near the gate that leads out of the ringed city. It was once a warehouse, then temporarily a refugee shelter, and then was left empty and left to rot. No one from the city had ever come by to check on the place, or you suspect if they had, someone politely but firmly advised them they need to mark down whatever it takes to have the official not come back. Two men stand outside, smoking and casually talking. To passersby they might be workers or residents of nearby buildings, but you know them to be sentries' for Mister E. If they're here, then he must actually be inside.

Jim drives towards the two men on his Gravbike. Once he comes to a stop he puts his hands up to show he isn't hiding any weapons from them. "Hello guys, how's it going?"

(Are you trying to sneak anything in? They’re going to first you but we can avoid needing to wait for a check if you’re not planning on hiding anything )

(I’m not going to hide anything)

Your weapons are left on your bike and a quick frisk reveals you are clean. The two sentries approve, and you're brought in through the front door and down a long stairwell to the basement where it looks like the next meal of the day for Mister E and his closest henchmen is being prepared. Upon seeing you, he cleans his hands on a napkin and waves you forward to take a seat at the table next to him. The others slide over, and a new plate is brought out for you.

Jim sits down at the table next to Mister E. “Good afternoon, sir.” Jim says. “I have some good news for you!” He smiles triumphantly.

"Some news? About my money?" he asks, as a sizzling steak is placed in front of you on the table. Mister E is into a few bites of his own, and although you owe him a good deal of money, you don't feel any hostility coming off him.

“You guessed correctly.” Jim takes on of the knives next to his plate and starts cutting his steak into small pieces. “Mmm, this is sooo good.” Jim says with his mouth full. He swallows the piece of steak in his mouth. “Sorry”. He starts cutting another piece of the steak. “But today I made a delivery, and since I encountered some trouble along the way, they payed me extra! I got this nice new armor ánd…. I can finally give you your money back!”

“2500 credits in a single score? Well, hand it over and we can consider this a done deal. You’re a resourceful person to pull off a score like this. Might have some other work for you”

(Do credits exist only digitally or are they also something physical like a coin or banknote?)

(Both, can be in either form)

(ah okay)

17:00

"On my bike, I have the briefcase with the credits, but about some other work for me? We can talk about that while eating and after dinner I'll give you your credits."

"Credits now. I have no guarantee you won't just take the lead for yourself, leaving me out my money and my work"

"Come on E, how long have we known each other now? And how many times have I betrayed you?"

"The money. Then the lead. This is business. You can give it to me yourself, or I can have my men rip your bike apart to get it. You choose. You came here and offered it, now you're holding on to it"

"Alright alright, I'll get it for you." Jim stands up and walks out of the room, back up the stairs and out the door. He gets the briefcase. He walks all the way back in and puts the briefcase on the table. "2500 credits, there ya go."

"This did not need to be that hard." Mister E says, rolling his eyes. "If I give you information about this job, is getting you to complete it also going to be this difficult? I have other people who won't make such a small thing so much trouble"

"No, sir, I'll do it and it won't be so difficult getting me to complete it." Jim sighs. He knows that right now, giving E what he wants it the best option. You don't want to argue with him.

"We're looking into working for a new client. The cargo isn't illegal in itself, but the client is. A merc organization named Nexcorp is working a few systems over, and while we're not too sure of the reason, they can no longer get food provisions in the system they're occupying. We've offered to bring them food, and to meet with their ship. Your part of the operation is going to come from stealing the cargo we're giving them. A Protectorate shipment is heading off world, and we're going to storm the ship just before it takes off. This is going to be very dangerous, and the Protectorate will relentlessly go after anyone they can identify who was involved in this. "

"That sounds like an incredibly dangerous job, how much are you going to pay me for it, and do you know the best way to hide my identity? I would rather not get hunted by the government for te rest of my life." (edited)

He never gets to answer as a series of laser bolts rip into his body. Two more guards near the door are also cut down by laser crossfire as Protectorate troopers begin their no knock raid. "Down! Everyone down!" The sergeant of the unit yells as another group of them pushes into the basement behind an advancing wall of riot shields. "Down on the floor or we shoot!" he shouts. The smell of burned blood is fresh in the air.

Jim screams in fear as the troopers run into the room. "I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it!" He lies down flat on the grond shivering with his hands on his head.

You do not have a weapon and are not fighting back, you feel your hands bound but no further harm comes to you. Others aren't so lucky and those who fight pay the price. As others are being hauled out of the room, you're put in a chair as the sergeant and a more patrician looking officer in a captain's uniform hold a compad in front of your face. "No record on you. Curious. Why were you here? We have no information on your affiliation with this gang" the captain asks, his voice exuding authority. (edited)

“I was here to pay off my debts, sir. I used to do quite a lot of drugs. And I couldn’t pay them myself, so I promised Mister E I’d pay everything back if he payed for one extra hit. And of course that escalated in a downwards spiral.”

"so you came to pay your debts. I see you were recently given a hefty bonus for completing an important delivery at work. That works in your favor, we know you didn't get the money illegally then. So now I've got to ask, are you still struggling with addiction?"

“No, not really, I still get some cravings from time to time, but I always manage to resist them.” Jim puts his face in his hands and sighs. “What are you guys here for?”

"We had an embedded informant in the gang. When they heard a strike against one of our ships was being planned we could not let it come to fruition. You on the other hand, we have a use for, if you'll hear it"

“Definitely, I’d love to.” Jim sits up right and clears his throat. “But, of course I’d also like to know how much it’ll earn me.”

"You'll be well paid" (Not sure if I've said this or not already, It's hard ahead of time for me to give credit amounts. I prefer not to, without seeing how much the player does during the mission or how difficult things end up being)

(Ah okay)

21:53

“Please tell me more about this job you got for me” Jim leans back in the chair and crosses his legs.

“We are going to go along with the plan but instead of giving Nexcorp some food aid, your ship is going to be packed with marines , and we are going to hijack whatever Nexcorp ship comes out to meet you. Those mercs once ravaged a Protectorate world and payback is long overdue” (edited)

“So what’s my job in the whole operation? I’m decent with fire arms, and I’ve always had an interest in piloting spaceships, so what do you want me to do?”

"Either as one of the boarding soldiers, or the pilot of our false cargo ship. The choice is yours, but if Mister E was interested in you for those skills, so are we"

“I would definitely, personally, be more interested in piloting the ship. How big is the ship and what brand or operating system does it use? Also is there a test I have to pass? I’d be happy to do either, but piloting is my first choice.”

"They're expecting the free merchant Voice of Hermes to be the one visiting them in the system they're operating out of, so that is what we will be using. "

18:09

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

Pinned a message.

"Alright, sounds good! Do I need to pass some kind of test though? Like a simulation to see how I would react if things went wrong?"

"It takes a crew of five to make the ship work. You'll have people giving you orders if things go wrong. We need to assume that if this mission doesn't launch now, Nexcorp will know there's a problem. We wouldn't have time for a test anyway"

"Sounds good, where do we go now?" Jim says as he stands up. "I got my own transport, but that needs to get returned to the depot in a few hours."

"One of our officers will bring it back for you and will explain to your bosses that you'll be on a leave of absence during your government service. We have a transport that will bring us to the spaceport, then to Heras One, and from there you'll see your ship"

Jim puts out his arm the man’s hand. “That’s sounds good to me.”

23:02

(How do we proceed now)

(If you want to do anything before takeoff we can do that. Otherwise I’ll move us along)

(nah I'm good, you can move us along)

The Voice of Hermes is standing by as you’re whisked from the settlement up to space. It’s a proud vessel, one of the first the Protectorate created natively. Marines with life support gear are boarding the vessel, and you can see Nexcorp is in for a violent surprise once you get to the target system. The five bridge crew are also preparing to get aboard

Jimmer walks up to one of the bridge crew members. “Hey, my name is Jim, and yours is?”

They introduce themselves one after the other. The crew consists of the captain, another pilot , a navigator, a comms officer and a gunner. You are the second pilot, as someone needs to remain at the controls at all times, even when the ship is in spike

Jim makes his way to the bridge and sits down at the control panels. "I'm ready captain." Says Jimmer and pulls up the checklists on one of the screens.

(We've got 9 days of downtime sailing from Heras to Ziya-al-Gulam)

17:03

(With just nine days I can’t really do much, right?)

(You can start something. Nine days is a good chunk down towards a bunch of things)

In his downtime, Jim volunteers to also do some mechanic work on the side, with the actual mechanics telling him what needs to be done and how. If Jim ever owns a ship himself he'll need to know how to fix things.

13:38

(I'll train in Fix skill)

(9/90 on fix) (edited)

14:06

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/iron-stars-nekosmash/a/ziya-al-ghulam-article?preview=true

Ziya-Al-Ghulam

14:08

Nexcorp has come to support the conflict here in a way that ensures it will continue for some time, mostly by facilitating transport of spec ops between both worlds and serving as local police or logistics support so the belligerents can keep fighting and the company avoids Any blue on blue type situations. A supply cruiser begins to turn toward your approaching craft on detecting it, heading out to make the rendezvous

"There he is guys." Jim's jaw drops in awe of the cruiser. He has never seen a ship in space in person. "What do we do now? Do we get close to it or are we sending smaller ships to enter it?"

“We need them to dock with us for a cargo transfer , but when the airlock opens we are going to push their ship. Once we have the bridge we will call for you, we will need someone to pilot this home. We will have to be quick their warships will respond if s distress call goes out “

"Alright, sounds good." Jim sits down at his chair. "So are we waiting 'till the marines are back on our ship, or will they pilot Nexcorp's ship to Heras?"

"We're taking their ship, and ours back to Heras. You'll be piloting the logistics cruiser"

16:48

"Once we take it"

(marines are going to storm the enemy ship, if you want to help them it looks better for you certainly, then you will fly the captured ship back, with the marines aboard to help you)

The airlocks of the approaching vessels begin to connect with one another and air is pumped out slowly so a proper seal is formed. "Jimmer!" one of the marines calls up to you "Grab a gun and get back here, we're going to have you with the rear squad so we can get this thing moving quick once we take it"

(hi sorry for me being a bit inactive here, I'm quite busy with school right now, but hopefully I can still make a post a day)

16:11

"Yes, sir!" Jim says, he quickly grabs one of the rifles in the armor stands and gets in line with the rear squad. "Damn, I'm going to take a ship with marines!"

(counts as a void carbine, i can add it to your sheet if you're not able to find it)

(if you want to add it for me, I'd really appreciate it, I gotta learn for my physics exam that I have tomorrow)

(sounds good, let me know when that;s all done and we'll move on!)

1

(Alright, I’m finished with my exam, it went pretty well. But we can move on)

1

17:44

(coming in at 19, the airlock)

17:45

The connection between the two ships is achieved through a long docking tube, and you can hear a brief burst of gunfire as the troops on the enemy ship who unluckily opened the door are cut down, almost instantly. It will only be a few seconds before people realize something is wrong. "Go! Go!" the marines call out.

Jim stays close to the marines and listens very carefully to what they say. "We need to get to the bridge quickly!" (edited)

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"Two teams. One needs to take engineering to make sure they don't disable the drive, the other is pushing the bridge. Flyboy, who you going with? "

"The people pushing the bridge, I suppose we can still kill em while we're moving the ship outta here."

(lets get initiative and i'll set the scene, since we'll be hitting combat it helps to put some order to things)

(8...)

(2 for them)

03:32

(its only out of a d8 anyway, so 8 is good)

03:32

Rounding the corner towards the bridge you can see three nexcorp soldiers taken by surprise, not expecting to see marines boarding the vessel. (you're up first)

Nekosmash

(its only out of a d8 anyway, so 8 is good)

(Oh lol)

1

18:11

Jim points his rifle to one of the Nexcorp soldiers. “Drop your weapons!” Jim shouts and he shoots a warning shot near the feet of one of the Nexcorp soldiers.

(Talk/cha)

(5)

They do not surrender and the marines with you open fire

03:18

(I’ll roll them I. A sec here)

Two of them hit, each of them dropping one of the Nexcorp soldiers. You’re not sure if they’re dead or not but they’re going to be dealing with punctured ship suits none the less. The Nexcorp soldiers begin retreating a few steps back toward the bridge and return fire. A marine to your right falls as a void carbine slug punches into their helmet, and then indents the back as the round passes through their head.

2

(So the ones in the bridge are down and other ones are now moving towards the bridge?)

(We didnt get into the bridge, we're dealing with the security team outside it. )

18:25

(but they're packing up toward the bridge, as you gain ground)

(ah okay)

18:32

Jimmer stands behind the wall and grips his rifle and holds it close to him. He sighs and quickly turns the corner to shoot the Nexcorp soldier who shot the marine.

(just need the hit/damage when you get a chance)

(atk: 4/dmg: 5)

16:03

(not great I guess)

The shot sparks off the corridor wall, but the marines with you fare betterm downing two more of the nexcorp troopers just as the blast doors lower, sealing the crew inside the bridge. You stack up outside, as the marine captain looks to you. "You any good with tools or computers? We gotta get that door open"

Jimmer looks at the marine. "No, but I can certainly try." And he turns his head back to the door trying to see any way of getting in.

(there is a keypad, so we can try to force the doors open with fix/int, or we can try to override the pad with a program/int)

Because he tried to improve his knowledge of fixing things while on the ship, Jimmer tries to force the door open. "Ya have a hammer?"

11:18

(7)

Forcing your data spike into the port with a hammer , the doors open and reveal the bridge beyond.

15:39

The crew and the remaining three marines are there all looking terrified

Jim stands back up from the keypad and grabs his gun. He grins and opens fire on the Nexcorp soldiers and crew.

(19/5, if you need my atk and dmg roll)

The shot strikes down a Nexcorp marine before anyone else even has time to react. With the small ship security contingent handled here, your own men quickly move in. “Cut the docking ring and get us moving” the sergeant says

Jim sits down at the control panel and begins moving the ship forward after disconnecting from the Elysian ship. He aligns the Nexcorp ship with the jump vectors for Heras and engages the spike drive.

The ship begins spinning and the engine room reports it’s under friendly control. The Nexcorp fleet has noticed and begins to give chase. It’s two hours to the system jump point from here, and it will be an hour and. A half before the enemy ships manage to catch up

14:59

Time to make preparations for the coming fight to system edge , it seems.

“Who here can fight with a starship? Nexcorp will probably catch up with us before we can get out of here, so I need a gunman at least.”

The ship is armed with a single multifocal laser, and one of the marines settles into the gunnery station. The comms station and engineer are also not seated , and you're unable to leave your seat as the ship's pilot.

"It seems like we'll also need an engineer and a comms just in case." Jim says while hastily trying to set everything up for a possible battle with the Nexcorp fleet.

(lets get initiative one more time, as their ships will eventually catch u;

22:54

(up)

(5)

(3 for them)

17:52

The ships come into range of each other and the comms@panel begins broadcasting demands to cut engines and surrender or they’ll be forced to open fire.

17:52

Your pursuers are a pair of patrol boats , armed with what look to be plasma beams

“Put shields up, they probably won’t just let us get away with this. Also make sure the weapons are ready, if we have any..”

19:41

(I have no idea how ship combat works here btw)

(112-116 of the core book. This ship is a civilian ship so has 3 command points to spend. shields aren’t a thing in stars without number , even the base setting. Your best bet is just taking the escape combat action to try to our pilot them and escape )

(so have they caught up yet?)

Jim(mer) Pickens

“Put shields up, they probably won’t just let us get away with this. Also make sure the weapons are ready, if we have any..”

(Or should I write this again?)

(They've caught up, you're first in initiative, was waiting to see what actions you took)

17:31

(that's why i listed page numbers and said you had 3 command points per round to use)

(Ah okay, I’ll type my response as soon as I can, but I’ve got a testweek coming up. So I’ll be posting less)

(no worries)

(hi, I'll have something ready on Friday. My testweek is done by then)

(Sounds good. Looking forward to having you back)

(You advised me to take the "escape combat" action, but that costs 4cp, you gave me 3. Is that right? Otherwise I'll just take the "Do your duty" action.)

(That’s right. You’d have to take do your duty or support department to pilot)

(I'll take the do your duty action) Jim begins shouting orders at his crew. He has absolutely no intention of fighting the Nexcorp ships and potentially damaging this one.

The ship breaks contact and escapes

23:36

(3xp, 5000 credits )

(Nice, I'll add it to my character sheet)

13:53

"We just made it out of that one!" Jim says and lets out a sigh of relief. "Now let's return to Heras"

(I now have 6/6 xp. That means I level up right? Is there a page in the handbook about levels so I don't have to aks you every time what to do?)

(Yes. You’ve leveled up. When you change your sheet to the next level you should be at 6/12xp, since xp doesn’t reset )

14:22

(Page 56 has all the level up info)

(ah thanks)

(I have a bit of trouble with changing my saving throws, how do I that?)

(When you change your level on the sheet it does those automatically )

(ah okay) (edited)

(You don’t need to change them or attack bonus manually)

15:06

(Hit points and skill point allocation are all you’d have to do)

(oh, but the character sheet says it's 0, shouldn't it be 1?)

(It’s 1)

15:08

(It’s showing 1 on my end )

(Now it shows 1 for me too)

(You might have to refresh if it’s not updating. Our game files are big and there’s a bit of a delay)

(just let me know what other changes were made once you're done and we'll move on)

(I updated my skills too, fix and talk)

(okay, do you have time to keep going or are you swamped with IRL still, I was unsure what to make of the messages back and forth before this)

(now I have time to keep going, my testweek is done)

(okay, any preference on a mission? )

(something that gets me closer to becoming a space trucker, so maybe the Elysian space navy tells me to go check something out, like a distress call, and then I can also do some trading along the way, while I'm in space. Or I meet someone there that sees potential in me and wants to employ me.)

(Rayce is working on bringing some supplies to Techmessa since the climate is rapidly changing, not sure if you wanted to team up or not to do a port adventure to find a supply and get a discount)

(that sounds interesting. If Rayce is fine with it too)

(I’ll write down my ship shopping list as soon as I can.)

(sounds good to me)

(I might've missed something, but this is what I have so far)

(if you want to go ahead and make it on our omnibuilder i can throw it in the registry for you, this view is missing a lot of the information I need and this ship isnt built following some of the rules we use that the builder does for you) (edited)

(This is what I got now, I can't find the "condensed view" thing, but I think I got the rest right.)

(there's a tab on the bottom, you can also click the SP checkbox by the spike drive to specialize it, giving you more mass and power to use. Polity shipyards count as fix 4, tinker 2, so they can make some pretty modded shps)

(this should be right then?) (edited)

(perfect!)

21:38

(I'll add it to the registry)

(Is there a way for me to find out where the best exchange rates are for cargo? Like stuff that's cheap here on Heras and expensive on a different planet. For trading.)

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20:40

(let me know if this lets you in)

(yes it works)

(the data tab has the base good prices. Those are modified by what you roll when you get to port, might be modified further by doing adventures, ect)

(How long would it take to get to Chloe? I'm planning on getting fuel in Heras and selling it there)