IC: Chapter II - Hutt Space, In the Shadow

Besk will do it if we are all on board with taking the memory core or we could slap the device back on the droid and haul him up.

Em, do you mean the 1-conflict "violence without exploring other solutions first" or the 4-5-conflict "attacks an NPC for no reason"?

Fidelity, do you think Best would want to try to slice the door closed?

4-5, it has effectively surrendered so dismantling it, which is definitely violence whereas restraining it is not, would be unprovoked - no reason other than it's the most convenient way to hold onto/transport the knowledge until you can try something else.

Roger roger.

I vote we try to slice the door; if that doesn't work, we bash the door. (Note that this may count as conflict, as destruction of property, but in this case, we would have exhausted other possible solutions).

Since this droid doesn't seem to know how to answer a direct question, we can restraining-bolt him again and cart him out the well (even if that's not as easy to do as a memory core alone).

Yea, the failed easy Coerce roll, which I was just hoping to at most get a Despair to play with out of, kind of threw a wrench in things...

The ship has sailed by now, but should I have been more explicit about his Motivation, maybe? Freeing B1s (from Separatists). I'm not sure if you guys weren't interested in trying to use it as an angle ("We can help you free B1s!" - maybe a lie but would have opened up Deception or Negotiation if you genuinely had intentions of helping him in some way), or if you didn't see an angle to take, or just didn't pick up on the exact motivation?

But going straight into questioning him after failing the Coercion was why he clicked on the hands free comm.

Nah, I thought your hint was good. :) Deception isn't Raze's wheelhouse, so I didn't want to suggest that solution lest I come off as trying to play other people's characters for them. That said, if Kinu and Fidelity would rather try that path once we evacuate the area (or fight these guys), that's not a bad plan.

I’m going to say I get the general boost from either Palmer or Raze on slicing. SavageBob feel free to hit me up in character or out of character on something you/your character thinks Besk may do to better help the situation. I’m usually good with whatever will help the group. If I feel Besk doesn’t agree that may also be some good RPing for our characters like how we had with the drug house. I totally missed the B1 and the separatists angle. Truthfully work has been exhausting hence me posting at midnight my time. Boo.

GM EDIT: Re-rolling the Difficulty as outlined earlier...

I caught that note, "free the B1s" but because it was an unexpected context from an unsympathetic NPC I dismissed the idea impulse, thinking either it was "bad bait" like the previous time we followed a droid's request xD or I was reading in to the narrative too much. In light of clarification (always appreciated) I think Palmer would request that they replace the restraining bolt in order to remove the captive droid to another place so as to perhaps pursue the threads it offers. And if the "others" finally break in, hope they meet Dianoga. Lol

Gonna use the Advantage narratively.

Opposed Brawl check to get it in place, since the droid is apparently squirming now? Raze still has him in a headlock (Grapple talent), but don't want to jump the gun on climbing up the rope with him yet.

No check necessary.

Em, are there unexplored areas of this undergroundarea? Even if we have to swim or dive? If we can find a private area to talk to ODB1 more about his enslaved droids issue, we can avoid involving The Ugnaught.

There's definitely a lot of unknowns beneath the surface of the water, but it would also take a long time to suss out.

I will point out that dropping down from the top of the well took a full combat round, going up - which you guys have already done once - you would know takes at least 3 times as long. Enough time for whoever is outside the door to mount a second/different attempt at opening it.

For the droid to go up, at least one person will have to be up there already to pull it up. There are two ascension ropes/harnesses.

If this is how you guys want to proceed with this knowledge, let me know how you're going about it, who's going up first, etc.