Iron Stars - vukan

"Vukan. You've been called, there's a squad assembling on the sea-deck , near the bottom of the mountain. Scouting expedition, sounds urgent" The runner leaves a small slip of paper on a bulletin board near the door. The order isn't sealed, but the contents of it are not exactly classified.

Vukan grabs his jacket, slings his rifle over his shoulder, and grabs the paper. Jogging towards the sea-deck, he does his best to read the orders

Silvano is sending scouts out to various places on this giant wheel of a world. There is currently a team exploring the northwest already, and a large island to the west currently has an automated survey scanner deployed on it. The team is assembling, looking at a map down at the sea deck, where a hydrofoil is tied up, deliberating on what direction to head

Vukan leans over the map. "I assume we'll need living space? And somewhere which isn't the bosses fortress? Checking out here..." He taps the East North East section of the map, on the green peninsular "...would be a good starting place. At one point we're going to need to feed people, which last I checked works better on grass than mountains, snow or swamps."

"Our mission is to find a way through the ring of mountains that separate our center of the world from the entire rest of it, and then explore the mainland as far as we are able, documenting what we find Lord Mazzio has set the processes in motion, but its up to us to figure out what's actually out there, and what might be used to improve our status on this world"

"Punching through the SE? At least, that's what the scans show as best course of action." (edited)

"There might be more direct paths through rivers or smaller bodies of water we can't see from an orbital view, we might not have to go that far out of the way"

"So a circuit of the south east quadrant? Cover areas not yet covered?"

03:39

Vukan draws a quarter circle along the mountain line on the map

(Not entirely sure but if you rolled HP, set it to 8 for the first level. We don't roll the 1d6, we get the full 6 for first level plus your two for Warrior)

(Already did that Eish told me)

(I see, he seems to be always faster. Sleeky fish....)

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"Sure. We've got some liberty in where we're exploring. Its just a matter of where"

14:40

"But this looks good. If everyone has what they need, we should set out while we have the daylight'

Vukan taps his rifle, and energy cells. "I'm good to go if everyone else is."

Everyone seems ready, and boards the foil for the journey out. There are five others with you, for a maximum crew of six on the vessel. The large rock face door opens, allowing the foil to exit the base of the mountain out into the open sea. Waves gently splash in the protected bay, though the sea is overall calm

Vukan sits still, and inspects the other members of the scouting team.

There is a medic, four riflemen , and the team leader. One of the riflemen doubles as a radio operator, and another has a light machine gun in place of the combat rifle the rest of them are carrying. They have opted for woven body armor instead of a more bulky combat field uniforms.

(When you say light machine gun, what do you mean? Is it the heavy machine gun? Or what?)

(no, there is an actual light machine gun weapon)

19:32

(called Light Machine Gun)

(What book?)

(Starvation Cheap)

(cool)

(Looks like I'll be on this trip)

Vukan marks himself in a similar category as the LMG, heavier fire support.

The foil heads off, heading southeast to the possible passage through the mountain chain. There are several hours of sailing ahead, with a stop during the night to drop a few sensor buoys in the ocean to try to track currents

@Deleted User Can be seen walking around the ship a little, but mostly stays in his room, reading an undisclosed document

Vukan spends a lot of time on deck, either meddling with a small vial he tucks into his inner jacket pocket, or checking the grav projectors of his rifle.

One day, Lucas decides to confront the interesting elfish person on the deck

19:40

"Hey there. If I were you, I'd stay below deck. There be shadow people in these waters, and their not friendly"

"I'll keep an eye out. And if they're going to take a shot at getting on the foil, better someone's got a gun on deck than not."

"I guess. Hey, what's your name? I've just seen glances of you>"

"Vukan. Came in a few cycles back."

20:28

Despite his position on boat security, Vukan does move so one of the support structures of the foil is between him and the ocean.

"Well, I'm Lucas. Let's have fun! I mean Cough, cough Explore and do work"

Vukan grins. "I try to make my work my fun. And lets face it, working on what is basically a wonder of the sector? Not much can compare."

"Your right. I have fun on this job, and I hope I can make it fun for others. In that sense. Lucas takes out his drone and turns it on, expecting it to fly up and start taking measurements

(taking measurements of what?)

Vukan glances over the drone. "Sleeper drone chassis? Didn't see many of those back in the shop. Scanner set up?"

(Nothing, just to look interesting)

20:35

"Yeah! Enviro power and everything. I even got a med fitting to make my job easier"

Vukan lets out a slight snort through his nose. "Making your job easier. Last person to ask for that had me fit a suicide charge to the drone. Idiot didn't know how to pilot the damn thing, but wanted to use it to kill the guy banging his ex."

20:40

"But I'm sure you don't have that in mind." (edited)

"Of course not. I'm too lonely. Uh, well I'm a medic, and this boy here can remotely inject medicine from 10m. Nice, right!"

Vukan laughs gently "Sure beats the sawbones on my last job."

"That sounds worrying"

"Well, he was more of a "get you better faster" than actual medicine. If bed rest couldn't fix it, he wasn't going to waste time on you."

"Damn. I'd never do that. Well, let's find some interesting stuff, yeah?"

"I'd take useful over interesting. Interesting in this place seems to range from snow fields next to swamps to weird phantom people wanting to kill us."

"Don't forget the weird tentacles that were half plant-half animal"

"Haven't really been reading the AARs. Haven't had time."

"Well, I'm looking for a creature that would make me an incredible chain"

Vukan raises his eyebrows "Chain?"

20:50

"I've heard to trophy hunting, but that seems... particularly unique."

"Well, it seems that I've become a bit of a pacifist. I'd like to subdue my victims rather than kill them. A chain seems best for that"

"Watch a few fights on space docks and then try to tell me chains are a pacifists weapon. But if that's what you're going for..."

20:53

"Also, when you say pacifist, what do you mean? Won 't hurt anything? Non-lethal self-defence? Never start a fight? Lots of things pacifist can mean."

"I don't want to kill if there is another option"

20:54

"If something wants to kill me, and it's clear, I will use lethal force"

"Self-defence only then. Fair enough. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't trusting someone with my back who won't shoot a shaper off me."

"If it's a shaper, I'd whip that bit*h to hell"

Vukan snorts "Glad to hear it. Though if his lordship has allowed shapers onto this world, we might need to rethink our life choices."

"Agreed. I'm fine with fighting shadow things"

21:01

"So, finding farming and living space, are we?"

"Finding anything from what I hear. Way out of the mountain ring, but looking for a place where people can live without being in a mountain fortress would be nice. Never really got to feel grass under my feet, but I get the appeal."

"I can agree with that. Well, I really want to fight something, so let's do it"

(I'm ready)

(I'm all good))

The absolute blackness of night begins descending on the hydrofoil after a day of sailing. SCAF has not been on this world long, and with the fleet focused on other duties, the captain decides to weigh anchor for the night to avoid losing his way in the darkness. This is also the general area the sensor pods are to be deployed at, and the technician and his assistant in the squad will be working on that now that the boat has stopped.

Lucas will head to his quarters to make 2 anti toxes, and 10 healing powders

22:21

(2 heal/int rolls of a difficulty of 10, right?)

(anti tox is 10, healing powder only needs 6, lets do the anti tox first)

22:23

(but we do need a check for each kind)

(8 for it, a success. Now, does it automaticlly roll 3d6 and drop the lowest one?)

(roll 1d6 and if its better we will replace it, i fixed your sheet so it does that going forward)

(2d6, but alright)

(no, you rolled a 5, and a 2, you should be rolling 3 dice, which i fixed. I need you to roll a single dice, to see if its better than a 2)