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Feb 14, 2023 4:35 am

Feb 14, 2023 4:35 am

Congratulations on your graduation from the Armstrong-Glenn Dominion Space Force (DSF) Training Academy at Picard Crater on Luna, Earth orbit, Sol system. It is a proud day for you, your families, and the people of the Dominion of Humankind (DHK).
Unfortunately, we have a mission that will cut short your celebrations. Your School Commandant, Colonel Lucas Edson, summons you to his office.

"Marines, though this is an auspicious occasion, the work we do never ends. Most of our troops are already deploying throughout Dominion Space and you are among the last squads to head out. As such, I've delayed your departure so you can check out a spot of concern near Mendeleev Crater. Our Signals Corps has detected weird transmissions from the area but hasn't been able to determine their intent.

Your mission is to investigate and resolve the situation. Gear up and meet your dropship at the docks. Your pilot, Captain Jo "Tornado" Delham, will drop you one click out from the crater where you ask her to land and will pick you up when you're done.

Luna is considered to be under Dominion protection, so protect our turf! Stay frosty soldiers."

Dread Rating: 1
Mission Parameters: Investigate, Capture, Eliminate, Collect.

Feb 14, 2023 9:35 pm

Feb 14, 2023 9:35 pm

Archer Veillon didn't mind too much that the celebration was being cut short. He'd never been the festive type.

Training at the academy had been all about standing in a certain way, talking in a certain way, and walking in a certain way. He felt he hadn't really learned anything new or useful.
But he was excited to be going on a mission. That was something practical, something real.

"What kind of weird transmissions?" he asks in a direct and to-the-point way before remembering to add a "Sir"

Feb 15, 2023 12:38 am

Feb 15, 2023 12:38 am

The Colonel turns to stare at Archer.

"If we knew that marine, we wouldn't be sending you out there. Some encrypted mess that the boys at Signals Corps haven't been able to crack yet. And that usually means trouble."

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Feb 15, 2023 1:15 am

Feb 15, 2023 1:15 am

Enzo waits patiently. He's learn the hard way that his wise-ass mouth gets him in trouble with the Colonel. He definitely didn't learn that lesson the first time. Or the fifth. But by this point in their training, he'd finally learned to shut up when the time was appropriate. At least, in front of the Colonel.

For now, though, he was intrigued by this mission. What was out there?

And hell, would this be his opportunity to get away from the DSF? Enzo never imagined it would be this soon in his career.

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Feb 15, 2023 1:41 am

Feb 15, 2023 1:41 am

Athena strides past the jubilant crowd celebrating graduation. She scans the crowd with her piercing golden eyes, but there's no trace of joy or happiness on her face. She can't be bothered with the festive revelry that surrounds her, when her father still strongly opposes her decision to transfer to DSF to begin with. She feels an impatient restlessness that makes her long to be in the thick of the action. As she walks past the celebration and enters Colonel Edson’s office, she can't help but think that the real battle hasn't even begun yet. She longs to be in the thick of the action, taking on the challenges and dangers that lie ahead.

"Identify the source of the transmission, neutralize any possible threats. Be prepared for anything." She says. She turns around and scans the faces of her squad members, her gaze pausing a second on Enzo, like expecting him to come up with a flippant remark. Finally she turns back to the Colonel. "We won’t let you down, sir."

Feb 15, 2023 1:50 am

Feb 15, 2023 1:50 am

Edson turns to Athena, nodding at the young commander's assessment of the situation.

"Right. But if the threat happens to be alien in nature, do not forget to bring samples back for our lab boys for study. Alive if at all possible. We tend to learn more from vivisections than dissections. But if you can't capture any, or the situation is too dangerous, a dead alien or two is still fine. And do not forget to bring us any alien tech you might find."

He turns to the rest of you, a slight frown appearing on his features as his gaze lingers on Enzo perhaps a second or two longer than it should, and then continues.

"Alright, unless you have any more questions about the situation, you can head out. Better not keep Tornado waiting..."

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Feb 15, 2023 1:54 am

Feb 15, 2023 1:54 am

"Fuuuck," Enzo says, half to himself. Despite it all, his own mouth couldn't stop itself before it spoke. "I gotta procure an evidence kit, don't I?"

Rolls

Presence (Purchase) - (1d20)

(13) = 13

Feb 15, 2023 1:59 am

Feb 15, 2023 1:59 am

"Pardon?"

Snaps Edson at Enzo.

"Language! Also, now's not the time to stop at the quartermaster's office! Just bring a live specimen or a body! No need for tweezers or test tubes for that! The lab boys can take care of that!"

He then turns to the rest of the group.

"Anyone else has some... brilliant insight they want to share?"

Feb 15, 2023 2:23 am

Feb 15, 2023 2:23 am

Richter was just doing his best to be unobtrusive. Chewing on a crayon, ultramarine colored, the most delicious one. Cleared his throat. "Huh-uh Commandant." He said by way of clearing himself of having to speak further.

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Feb 15, 2023 2:44 am

Feb 15, 2023 2:44 am

The Colonel's face drop when he finally sees Richter chewing on a goddamn crayon...

"Are you..."

His unfinished question hanging in the air.

"Alright, get outta here! Go meet Tornado at the hangar right now!"

With this, you are all dismissed...

Feb 15, 2023 2:48 am

Feb 15, 2023 2:48 am

Snapping a quick salute, almost as if he knew he was going to be dismissed before the Colonel did. Richter double times it to the quartermaster, wanting first pick of battle rattle. He spent a lot of time in the armory and knew where all the good pieces were mentally prepared to grab the best suit of armor as soon as he got cleared.

JamaisVu Inactive for 1 months

Feb 15, 2023 8:57 am

Feb 15, 2023 8:57 am

Quiet and observant, the tall woman with white hair files out of Colonel Edson's office and heads immediately to the hangar to meet up with their pilot, as so ordered.

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Feb 15, 2023 11:23 am

Feb 15, 2023 11:23 am

As she leaves the office, Athena turns her attention to her squad members. "You know the drill. Check your equipment, make sure everything’s in working order. We can't afford any malfunctions in the field. Gear up and get ready to move out."

Athena stands in front of her locker, the bright light reflecting off her sharp features as she reached for her combat gear. She pulls out her combat knife, the blade glinting as it caught the light. With practiced ease, she straps it to her thigh, the weight of it a familiar comfort.

Next, she reaches for her pistol, a sleek black weapon that fits snugly in her hand. She checks the ammo, making sure it was fully loaded before sliding it into the holster at her hip. The pulse rifle is the last item she pulls from the locker, the weapon gleaming under the bright light. She runs her hand over its smooth surface, feeling the weight of it in her grip.

Athena checks her reflection in the mirror, adjusting the straps of her vest and the pouches on her belt. After making sure everything’s ready, she turns to the rest of her squad. "Luna is under Dominion protection. It’s our responsibility to ensure it stays that way. We’re the last ones to head out, so let’s make sure we do this right. Let’s move." She says, heading out, her combat boots thudding against the floor as she makes her way to the transport ship.

Feb 15, 2023 1:51 pm

Feb 15, 2023 1:51 pm

"Sir, yes, Sir!" Melena shouts while sharply saluting to the overeager young commander. She forces her face into a grim mask. All serious. All efficiant.
As AJ thuds away, she relaxes and finishes closing the last buckles. Melena can't help herself when it comes to teasing AJ. She respects the commanders capabilities having trained by her side, but her uptight demeanor is so tempting ... Also what is everybody so excited about? Weird transmissions - that does not seem too promising. She checks her arsenal and moves towards the hangar with the others.

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Feb 15, 2023 1:58 pm

Feb 15, 2023 1:58 pm

Enzo gives a lazy salute and then moves with the squad, following their squad commander.

He straps on his combat armor, pistol, and combat knife. Then he grabs a heavy, reinforced briefcase and carries it out to the hanger. The portable lab was probably the thing he hated most as a field scientist - no, that wasn't quite true. The lab was actually somewhat decent - it was just the idea of having to actually carry it around that bothered him. Enzo sighed inwardly; he missed his real lab.

As they walked to the hanger, Enzo looked up into the sky, as if he could see his real lab out there, somewhere. He quickly snaps back out of as he almost bangs his head against a bulkhead. Being tall had its disadvantages, sometimes.

Feb 15, 2023 2:44 pm

Feb 15, 2023 2:44 pm

He doesn't know Archer thinks to himself at the Colonel's reply regarding the transmission. He had asked about the technical data of the signal. Frequency, pulse, patterns, static etc. That a signal was strange and unknown didn't mean there weren't many known things about it. It was just that the Colonel didn't know. The high-upss never did.
He wonders how AJ will be as a commander. She seemed competent enough.

Archer meticulously checked and double-checked his weapons and equipment. He had gotten a reject message for his request for a PDA. Stupid. He had said he needed one. So why didn't they issue him one?

Seeing everything else was in order he joined the squad for departure.

Feb 15, 2023 4:15 pm

Feb 15, 2023 4:15 pm

Quickly grabbing your gear and checking it to make sure it's in working order, you make your way to the hangar where a petite woman is waiting for you next to a dropship which looks to have been ready to depart a while ago...

"Finally... You sure took your sweet-ass time to get here. Got lost on the way over or what?"

This must be Captain Jo "Tornado" Delham. Well, the Colonel did told you to not keep her waiting...

"Alright, get yer butts in! My instruction is to drop you 1km away from the southern edge of the Mendeleev Crater. Apparently, that's where this weird signal is originating from."

Feb 15, 2023 5:54 pm

Feb 15, 2023 5:54 pm

Note to players: It occurs to me that the Dead Rating mechanics is not explained in the Quickstart Rules. so here is a quick explanation of those rules.

Each adventure will have a Dread Rating (DR) which will give a pool of Dread Points for the referee and Glory Points for the PCs. So for example, an adventure with a DR of 2 gives a pool of 2 Dread Points to the referee and a pool of 2 Glory Points to the player party.

A player rolling a nat 1 (critical success) removes a Dread Point from the referee and grants an extra Glory Point to the PCs.
A player rolling a nat 20 (critical failure) removes a Glory Point from the PCs and gives a Dread Point to the referee.
No changes on account of the referee rolling a 1 or a 20...

Extra points above the initial rating are lost. If you expect to gain more points, you gotta spend those points first!

Those points can be spent to gain a variety of benefits during the game, including, but not limited to, a nanite boost for +50% AP, gaining intelligence or a special weapon, hop initiative, give an extra action to an ally, grant or deny a critical hit, etc.

So, since this particular scenario has a DR of 1, I have a pool of 1 Dread Point, and you have a pool of 1 Glory Point for your party.

Feb 15, 2023 8:08 pm

Feb 15, 2023 8:08 pm

Richter had a pretty decent understanding of where the sight lines of the cameras in the Armory were. After signing for the cleanest Standard Armor Kit, he skirted the slight lines and entered Charlie Teams section of the armory. He figured a few misplaced magazines wouldn't be missed. Carefully he grabbed the ones he could reach without stepping into the camera's line of sight and tucked them away into his armors webbing.

Turning around he entered the armory and as Corporal Jackson gave a rousing motivational speech he busied himself feeding the extra magazines into the portable ammunition foundry. When her speech was over he clapped a few times and then pulled the foundry out of the armory with a hand truck. Where had he acquired it was anyone's guess.

The Ass Chewing from Tornado was expected, they had been lollygagging their way through the motions, so they deserved it. Still Richter couldn't help but wince as he remembered the adage "there are old pilots, there are bold pilots, there are no old bold pilots" and to his chagrin he found himself at the mercy of a bold pilot.

Still he was serving a life sentence, or a death sentence as a Dominon Marine. He mostly ignored the ass chewing and spent the time loading and securing the ammo foundry into the drop pod. The previous issuer had left a poem written in permanent marker on the front panel.

"Oh mama don't cry for me
I want to be a Dominion Space Marine
Where I'll make Humanity proud
My flag will be my funeral shroud
My rifle is my only friend
Kept me safe through hell and back again
Where the enemy stands I'll give what for
I bask in the glow of the rising war
Oh mama don't cry for me
I AM A DOMINON SPACE MARINE"

"That's touching."

"C'mon apes file in, we got work to do, the Corps ain't paying us by the hour!"

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Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(6) = 6

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Feb 15, 2023 8:17 pm

Feb 15, 2023 8:17 pm

"Unwad your suit, we were told to get our shit first," Enzo snaps back, ducking his head as he enters in the ship.

He lugs the heavy Porta-Lab on board and snapping it into the holder, before buckling himself in to the uncomfortable DSF issues transportation seats.

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Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Feb 15, 2023 8:27 pm

Feb 15, 2023 8:27 pm

"Administrative delay, captain." AJ says. Of course they’re late, between scolding from the Colonel, Richter disappearing to godknowswhere and pulling out a whole ammo foundry, and Enzo not keeping his mouth shut. Chacón’s teasing is least of her problems. She gives Enzo a hard glare, following up with a generous smack on the head as he passes her. "Won’t happen again."

She gestures for other members to file in the dropship, before climbing in herself. Strapping herself in, she clasps her hands together between her legs waiting for the ship to take off. She could feel the hum of the engines as the ship prepares for takeoff. Her gaze sweeps over her team, and she gives a small nod of encouragement, silently conveying her confidence in their abilities, determined to make this mission a success, despite the delay, and the team's obvious shortcomings.

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Feb 15, 2023 8:34 pm

Feb 15, 2023 8:34 pm

Jomsviking says:

Richter had a pretty decent understanding of where the sight lines of the cameras in the Armory were. After signing for the cleanest EVA Suit, he skirted the slight lines and entered Charlie Teams section of the armory. He figured a few misplaced magazines wouldn't be missed. Carefully he grabbed the ones he could reach without stepping into the camera's line of sight and tucked them away into his armors webbing.

Turning around he entered the armory and as Corporal Jackson gave a rousing motivational speech he busied himself feeding the extra magazines into the portable ammunition foundry. When her speech was over he clapped a few times and then pulled the foundry out of the armory with a hand truck. Where had he acquired it was anyone's guess.

The Ass Chewing from Tornado was expected, they had been lollygagging their way through the motions, so they deserved it. Still Richter couldn't help but wince as he remembered the adage "there are old pilots, there are bold pilots, there are no old bold pilots" and to his chagrin he found himself at the mercy of a bold pilot.

Still he was serving a life sentence, or a death sentence as a Dominon Marine. He mostly ignored the ass chewing and spent the time loading and securing the ammo foundry into the drop pod. "C'mon apes file in, we got work to do, the Corps ain't paying us by the hour!"

Okay, since you already requested the portable ammo foundry, you have no Purchase Rolls left. So no EVA suit, which you do not need anyways as your basic combat armor is already a sealed environment suit, better than a regular EVA suit.
If you want to lift a few more ammo clips from the quartermaster's office that's going to be an Accuracy check (I'll be generous and not give you a Disadvantage on that since you apparently already know all the cameras' blind spots, but the quartermasters and his helpers might very well be watching...).
Finally, you need Foundry Reloads to refill your Foundry, neither of which is portable by foot. You'll need some vehicle to bring it around, which seeing you no longer have any Purchase Rolls left is highly unlikely, unless you're willing to spend your party's Glory Point for that...

Feb 15, 2023 8:36 pm

Feb 15, 2023 8:36 pm

"He is right, you know." Melena says to the pilot in passing. She enters after Enzo and finds her usual spot.

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Feb 15, 2023 8:54 pm

Feb 15, 2023 8:54 pm

kalajel says:

Jomsviking says:

Richter had a pretty decent understanding of where the sight lines of the cameras in the Armory were. After signing for the cleanest EVA Suit, he skirted the slight lines and entered Charlie Teams section of the armory. He figured a few misplaced magazines wouldn't be missed. Carefully he grabbed the ones he could reach without stepping into the camera's line of sight and tucked them away into his armors webbing.

Turning around he entered the armory and as Corporal Jackson gave a rousing motivational speech he busied himself feeding the extra magazines into the portable ammunition foundry. When her speech was over he clapped a few times and then pulled the foundry out of the armory with a hand truck. Where had he acquired it was anyone's guess.

The Ass Chewing from Tornado was expected, they had been lollygagging their way through the motions, so they deserved it. Still Richter couldn't help but wince as he remembered the adage "there are old pilots, there are bold pilots, there are no old bold pilots" and to his chagrin he found himself at the mercy of a bold pilot.

Still he was serving a life sentence, or a death sentence as a Dominon Marine. He mostly ignored the ass chewing and spent the time loading and securing the ammo foundry into the drop pod. "C'mon apes file in, we got work to do, the Corps ain't paying us by the hour!"

Okay, since you already requested the portable ammo foundry, you have no Purchase Rolls left. So no EVA suit, which you do not need anyways as your basic combat armor is already a sealed environment suit, better than a regular EVA suit.
If you want to lift a few more ammo clips from the quartermaster's office that's going to be an Accuracy check (I'll be generous and not give you a Disadvantage on that since you apparently already know all the cameras' blind spots, but the quartermasters and his helpers might very well be watching...).
Finally, you need Foundry Reloads to refill your Foundry, neither of which is portable by foot. You'll need some vehicle to bring it around, which seeing you no longer have any Purchase Rolls left is highly unlikely, unless you're willing to spend your party's Glory Point for that...

OOC:

I had no idea the EVA suit was a different suit of armor I was just writing generic descriptions for maximal effect.

Rolling accuracy to steal

Rolls

Accuracy vs 11 to steal ammo - (1d20)

(15) = 15

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Feb 15, 2023 9:08 pm

Feb 15, 2023 9:08 pm

Manhattan says:

She gives Enzo a hard glare, following up with a generous smack on the head as he passes her.

"Owww..." Enzo whines, rubbing the back of his head.

Feb 15, 2023 9:29 pm

Feb 15, 2023 9:29 pm

As the quartermaster is puzzled, looking at Richter's requisition form, one of his helper spots him reaching over the counter trying to swipe a few clips of ammunition.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing!?" Shouts the helper, which makes the quartermaster notice what Richter was doing.

"Okay, get out of here before I call for security! I don't want to see you snooping around here again!"

Feb 15, 2023 9:35 pm

Feb 15, 2023 9:35 pm

Archer enters the craft. He doesn't take too much notice of the pilot's remarks. Of course, she was annoyed that she had to wait, but they had to prepare. Typical marine Corp planning.

He sits down next to the tall scientist and straps in. "So what do you think this signal is? My bet is some just old long defunct equipment with a solar panel that has been woken by a ray of sun." he says ready to expand his theory further with a lot of technical details if the audience is there.

Feb 15, 2023 9:46 pm

Feb 15, 2023 9:46 pm

Melena turns around to the technician. "In other words, nothing a good kick can't take care of." This is exactly what she has thought herself. What else could it be, so close to home? Some rotten luck. Dispatched late and on a mission of little to no consequence.

The rookie marine turns back and asks noone in particular: "What do we know about this crater anyways? Nothing special about it, I guess. Just a big ol' surface missing dirt, right?"

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JamaisVu Inactive for 1 months

Feb 15, 2023 9:53 pm

Feb 15, 2023 9:53 pm

Skye had arrived at the transport first and one time, as so ordered. She garb, gear, and accoutrements were immaculate as usual. She took mental notes from her seat as the others arrived, entered, and interacted with each other. She gave Jackson a cursory salute and double-checked the straps which secured her to the seat.

Feb 15, 2023 9:59 pm

Feb 15, 2023 9:59 pm

Delham was about to answer Archer's theory when Melena asked her question.

Mendeleev Crater is on the dark side of the moon..."

She then turns to Archer.

"...sorry honey, no suns' rays getting there..."

Then returns to debrief you of what she knows.

"The crater has a width of about 100km diameter and a depth of about 1km. the ground at the bottom of the crater is pretty much even, and pockmarked with a few more smaller crater. A good place to hide some illegal operation if you ask me. My money would be some smuggling operation. The signal came near the southern edge of the crater, so probably one of those smaller craters. Whoever's there, they clearly don't want to be noticed, but they done goofed up... Alright, hang on to your butts boys and girls, we're heading out!"

With this, as everyone has boarded the dropship, you leave the hangar. Jo "Tornado" Delham lives up to her reputation and can't help but mess with you a bit with some daring maneuvers, probably trying to see from what cloth you're cut from...

Feb 15, 2023 10:26 pm

Feb 15, 2023 10:26 pm

"I bet my next paycheck its the Greys."

Richter strapped in and there was a loud crunch over his microphone. He sounded eager, hopeful, and pumped enough to eat an entire crayon. Richter didn't seem to notice the bloodloss from his brain due to G-Forces. Much as one might expect from a crayon eater.

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Bookrat Inactive for 6 months

Feb 15, 2023 11:00 pm

Feb 15, 2023 11:00 pm

Enzo was about to answer, but was cut off by other conjectures. When the greys were brought up, he said, "I don't want to take that bet; I'm half afraid you might be -

Jesus Christ! No wonder they call you the Tornado! God, I might be sick!"

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Feb 15, 2023 11:10 pm

Feb 15, 2023 11:10 pm

"Ha ha ha! Don't lose your lunch honey! Hey, at least the big guy seems to be having fun back there..."

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Feb 15, 2023 11:25 pm

Feb 15, 2023 11:25 pm

AJ gives Skye a small nod, seeing she’s the first to strap in. "If it’s some old defunct equipment, they’d recognize the signal, don’t you think?" She says. However, encountering extraterrestrial life on their first mission, that would be rich.

The dropship lifts off and turns about in a few risky maneuvers. Athena doesn't like unnecessary risks while she's trying to focus on the mission, but she trusts that Delham knows what she's doing. She clasps her hands tightly in her lap and braces herself for the journey ahead.

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Feb 16, 2023 12:56 am

Feb 16, 2023 12:56 am

"Yeah, prOBAAAably," Enzo starts, yelling half way through the word as ToRnAdO makes yet another sharp dive and just-as-sudden rise again. "Fuck, lady!" He snaps out.

"If it was old earth tech, they wouldn't be sending us out. This is some new tech or some alien tech."

"Course, you'd think if it was really important, they'd be sending out a more competent crew," Enzo follows up, eyeing Richter. "Prolly just sending us cause we're expendable."

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Feb 16, 2023 1:10 am

Feb 16, 2023 1:10 am

Richter's face was obscured by the highly reflective visor on his helmet, the orange to blue gradient obscured any facial expression. The slight declination and turn of the head indicated Enzo had Richter's full attention. Richter, who emanated lethality said nothing. Just just kept that emotionless visor locked on Enzo as long as Enzo chose to hold contact.

Feb 16, 2023 3:31 am

Feb 16, 2023 3:31 am

Tornado starts flying low to the ground to avoid detection as you approach your destination, and eventually reach it. Tornado gracefully lands her dropship, a stark contrast from her daring maneuvers earlier.

"There we are. The Mendeleev Crater is about 1km that way."

She points to the north.

"Good luck guys."

Feb 16, 2023 3:53 am

Feb 16, 2023 3:53 am

"One Klick, roger."

Richter hops out first taking the point of the spear consulting the area map on his helmets heads up display for a path leading to a observation point that would allow for enfilade. Intending to establish a sector of dominance over the crater.

"Eye in the sky says bearing 020 will give us an OP on a ridgeline. With affordable egress into the crater and position for enfilading fire into the crater."

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Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(12) = 12

JamaisVu Inactive for 1 months

Feb 16, 2023 7:42 am

Feb 16, 2023 7:42 am

Manhattan says:

AJ gives Skye a small nod, seeing she’s the first to strap in. "If it’s some old defunct equipment, they’d recognize the signal, don’t you think?"

Skye regards AJ and nods, "Affirmative. It would not be cost-effective to devote the time, effort, and resources to retrieve old hardware."

Feb 16, 2023 8:00 am

Feb 16, 2023 8:00 am

"Later!" Melena raises a hand to the pilot and steps outside. Her hands wander to feel for her rifle - a subconscious move - while she scans her surroundings. She catches up to Richter and looks in the direction he indicates, before checking all other directions again.
The young marine, cool as she'd like to be, can't deny the excitement. Even if this turns out to be an uneventful first mission - it is a mission. Melena breathes in and out, in and out, pushes back the butterflies in her stomach, then focuses on the task at hand.

Feb 16, 2023 8:33 am

Feb 16, 2023 8:33 am

Richter flicks his selective fire switch full auto as Malena takes his six o'clock. He scanned a forward minute of arc towards the crater. Hunkering on a knee as he continued to scan. He panned slowly to the left and back to the right, keeping his eyes moving. A trick he had remember from boot camp to keep them sensitive to motion. "Can't see shit out here." He grumbled and activated his armors navigation lights. Diodes under his knee plates and aside his helmet and rifle activated. "Gonna need to file a complaint to R&D, my boots are already icing up." Richter shifted his feet, cracking through frozen regolith and looked at the reading of his external thermometer. 140k His teeth chattered involuntarily as he read it. Shifting again he panned to the right, crunching through frozen regolith once more.

Feb 16, 2023 2:02 pm

Feb 16, 2023 2:02 pm

Despite the lack of landmarks to use to help in navigation, Richter's bearings seems flawless as he guides you unerringly towards the southern ridge of Mendeleev Crater.

Reaching the side of the crater, you can notice it is very much as Jo "Tornado" Delham had described it to you. The bottom of the crater looks pretty level and is pockmarked with smaller crater impacts. In one of those smaller craters about 100m from the southern ridge, you can seem some strange metallic glint. Looks like an installation of some sort, though you are still too far to make up any details.

Richter's route seems to have taken you to a point where the southern ridge had been broken up by another smaller impact crater. this route should make descending into the Mendeleev Crater easier, but will add up another 200m or so to your trek...

Bookrat Inactive for 6 months

Feb 16, 2023 2:29 pm

Feb 16, 2023 2:29 pm

Enzo let's out a deep breath as they finally land, and begins to unbuckle. He's still struggling with his straps as the two marines are already jumping out.

Finally unlatched, he grabs his Porta-Lab and makes his way towards the exit, ducking as hops out.

"I'm all for easier. Who cares if it's a little longer?

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Feb 16, 2023 5:08 pm

Feb 16, 2023 5:08 pm

"Good." Athena nods to Richter, the communicator clicks and her voice plays on each one’s intercom inside their helmet. "Lead the way. Stay close. Stop at crater edge for reassessment."

The team makes their way towards the crater, soil crunching and shifting beneath their feet as they walk, with a low, rhythmic sound. The landscape marked by countless impact craters, boring witness to the Luna’s tumultuous history.

As they arrive at the Mendeleev Crater, AJ gestures for everyone to stop. She pulls out a compact IR/UV binoculars, placing it in front of her eyes, her fingers working the buttons at the side as she tries to get a better look at the metallic glint down inside the crater.

Rolls

Awareness vs. 11 - (1d20)

(2) = 2

Feb 16, 2023 7:09 pm

Feb 16, 2023 7:09 pm

Melena concentrates on securing their spot. While the others gaze far ahead, she shifts position time and time again to view their immediate surroundings and the path to safety. A solid exit strategy is vital. Never let yourselves get trapped. Protect your crew at all costs. Sentences that are forever ingrained in the young marine surface in her consciousness, while she calculates possible dangers all around. For now, she feels calm and confident. Curious, too. What is down there? What does AJ see?

Feb 16, 2023 7:38 pm

Feb 16, 2023 7:38 pm

"Wanna know how I know its the Greys?" Richter asked rhetorically scanning the area around the glinting metal object in the crater. "I had a dream about them last night." He scanned 25 degree increments on the approach to the thing trying to ascertain its purpose. "My grandma told me dreams have a deeper meaning." There was a muddled chewing sound, like teeth on soft wax. "What do you suppose it means that I was fucking it?"

OOC:

Trying to make an educated guess as to what we are looking at.

Rolls

Education vs 11 - (1d20)

(10) = 10

Feb 16, 2023 7:46 pm

Feb 16, 2023 7:46 pm

"That your horny and slightly disturbed, I guess. No news there."
Melena rolls her eyes at him. Then adds: "Hope you don't get any ideas down there. You know which trigger to pull, right?" Sometimes Richter feels to Melena like a big tough brother to count on and have adventures with, other times he's more like an annoying manchild in an overgrown body - full of stupid ideas and hormonally challenged.

Feb 16, 2023 7:55 pm

Feb 16, 2023 7:55 pm

Archer follows the squad. He is happy to let Richter lead the way. It is wise to let the better-armed be at the front, just in case.

As they stop at the ridge's edge, he moves closer to get a better view of their objective. But as Archer has not been issued binoculars, he is in no better position than AJ to see what the crater hides.

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Feb 16, 2023 8:19 pm

Feb 16, 2023 8:19 pm

Staying close to their leader, Skye unholsters her pistol in case they meet immediate threats.

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Feb 16, 2023 8:43 pm

Feb 16, 2023 8:43 pm

Enzo follows along, looking out into the black as if he could see something. He couldn't.

Instead, he just focuses on following those around him, bathed in the soft glow of the lights from their suits, highlighting their presence to any who happen to glance their way.

"Of course he knows, Melena. They make em stupid-proof for a reason, ya know."

Feb 16, 2023 9:00 pm

Feb 16, 2023 9:00 pm

"Oh Enzo!" Richter moaned as obnoxiously as he could. "You knew I'm a slut for degradation. Bully me harder, Papi."

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Feb 16, 2023 9:06 pm

Feb 16, 2023 9:06 pm

"Always knew you loved it, big guy," Enzo says, making little kissing sounds.

Feb 16, 2023 11:37 pm

Feb 16, 2023 11:37 pm

OOC:

That banter man... XD

@ Richter: Richter will notice what pretty much everyone else is noticing. The glint seems to come from something between two close by structures. However, it is too far to make out any more details... it's Athena who will discover more with her binoculars.

Speaking of which...

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Feb 17, 2023 2:01 am

Feb 17, 2023 2:01 am

AJ feels a vein on her forehead pulsing as she tries to focus on the target while the two men shamelessly embarrass themselves. "Disgusting. Leave everyone out of your kink." She says, "Keep the line open for communication."

"Possible hostiles detected approximately 200m from our current position." She refocuses her attention on the task at hand and reports her findings to the team, looking through the binoculars, "An antenna appears to be the source of the transmission. Looks like it’s attached to a generator and a temporary habitat. An extraterrestrial ship located nearby, alien in origin, might accommodate five to six people. No visible connection between the vessel and the antenna."

AJ turns, sees Veillon beside her and hands the binoculars to the technician. "Take a look. Tell me what you think."

The intercom clicks again as AJ addresses the rest of the squad, "Prepare to make approach. We’ll engage the ship first to prevent it from leaving the area. Disable the weaponry. Neutralize any potential hostiles onboard."

Feb 17, 2023 2:06 am

Feb 17, 2023 2:06 am

"Roger that surging forward."

Richter stepped off the cliffside letting microgravity do its thing. 200m fall on the Moon would be like a 10m fall on Earth. So Richter picked a side to roll out on and did so when he landed. A risky maneuver for someone who hadn't trained to be nimble as a cat in the hardsuit.

"Man this feels weird." He remarked as he descended at 1.62m/s slowly gaining velocity as gravity overcame his inertia. He plodded down about 20m below and repeated the maneuver hopping down the wall gracefully and quickly.

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Rolls

Toughness vs 12 - (1d20)

(5) = 5

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Feb 17, 2023 2:40 am

Feb 17, 2023 2:40 am

Enzo let's out a "Hrmmph," which clearly communicates that he's sorely disappointed in the corporal's decision, but he drops the topic nonetheless as things get more serious.

At the mention of hostiles, Enzo's entire posture changes, shifting into the posture of a trained marine ready for action. Despite his attempts otherwise, the academy actually did have an effect on him.

Feb 17, 2023 7:27 am

Feb 17, 2023 7:27 am

"Alright. I take a look."
Archer takes the binoculars and surveys the site, the antenna the ship and the generator.

He waits a bit with going a examination of the site and its purpose.First order of business is to assess any immediate threats or dangers, that AJ could have missed. Safety first.
Maybe he can spot something that would give the squad a tactical advantage.

OOC:

I'm using the trait sleuth to get an advantage. Disregard the second roll if it is not applicable.

Rolls

Sleuth (Awareness) vs 12 - (1d20)

(19) = 19

Advantage on the roll - (1d20)

(17) = 17

Feb 17, 2023 8:10 am

Feb 17, 2023 8:10 am

Engaging a ship? This trip might not be so boring after all. Melena feels the weight of the explosives in her pack. Of course, they might be able to keep the vessel intact and screw around with it a bit - or, bring it back for research or whatever. Melena grins to herself then closes lines at the edge.
As Richter goes first, Melena is bound to stay with her crew, ready to defend. Although the big guy only knows the direct approach, they should also think about getting back up here and - if all goes well - with a prisoner at that.

Melena has no fancy binoculars, but she knows some of the terrain, having been born on this planet. Once more she scans for anything of interest.

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Rolls

Education v13 - (1d20)

(18) = 18

Feb 17, 2023 1:49 pm

Feb 17, 2023 1:49 pm

Melena tries to remember if there is anything else of interest in this region of the moon, but comes up blank...

As for Archer, he'll be able to notice pretty much what Athena saw.

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Feb 17, 2023 7:35 pm

Feb 17, 2023 7:35 pm

"What if we take one alive?"

Richter was obviously bored as he descended to the crater floor. His voice sounded bored. He asked a boring question.

Feb 17, 2023 10:41 pm

Feb 17, 2023 10:41 pm

Seeing nothing to alert the squad about, Archer continues his surveying of the site. He spends some time looking at the design and making of the generator and the antenna on the one hand and the design and making of the alien ship on the other hand. Are they made by different species?

He is trying to see if the technologies seem compatible or different, working on a hypothesis that the ship is alien but the "camp" is human, maybe using the antenna to signal the aliens?

OOC:

Trying to use Diagnostics for the technical assessment of the objects

Rolls

Diagnostics (Education) vs 14 - (1d20)

(1) = 1

If advantage for the trait - (1d20)

(2) = 2

Feb 18, 2023 12:05 am

Feb 18, 2023 12:05 am

Well, that's a critical success. I lose a Dread Point and you'd be gaining a Glory Point if you weren't already maxed out for this adventure...

Well, Archer can tell that this is all Grey Men technology. Dammit, seems like Richter was right after all... You hate it when Richter is right, because you never hear the end of it... The antenna seems to be plugged to a power conduit of sort, and a generator processing some sort of weird green fluid... And oh, yeah, looking closer, seems the ship is plugged to the power conduit after all... Probably what is giving power to the whole habitat. The wiring is really easy to overlook in this grey monotonous lunar terrain...

Feb 18, 2023 1:03 am

Feb 18, 2023 1:03 am

Richter dove the last few dozen meters into a belly flop, ending prone and began to crawl along the lunar surface on his elbows and knees. Someone had to get some light on the, whatever it was. It was surprisingly easy going crawling in such low gravity. "One hundred fifty meters to target. Sitrep?"

Rolls

Accuracy(Sneaky) vs 11 - (1d20)

(8) = 8

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Feb 18, 2023 6:07 am

Feb 18, 2023 6:07 am

Enzo recalls that the Colonel wanted as many samples as they could acquire. As the official crew scientist, that was his job. Which meant identifying which parts would be good to procure and which parts would be best left behind.

That's not something he could do from here.

"Corporal AJ," he spoke into the comms, "Permission to follow Private Richter and evaluate the scene."

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Feb 18, 2023 6:45 am

Feb 18, 2023 6:45 am

"Copy that. Situation unchanged. No active hostiles detected. Needs further eval closer to target vicinity. Stay put and wait for backup. Do not approach alone." AJ says. Richter already went down into the crater, she appreciative the initiative, but she's not a fan of splitting the squad, especially when they don't know what they're dealing with.

"We proceed as a unit, Private." She answers Enzo. She puts her binoculars back in her pouch. "We'll get more information when we get closer. Let's move, everyone." She signals the squad to move in unison, descending into the crater.

Feb 18, 2023 7:57 am

Feb 18, 2023 7:57 am

Melena positions herself at the flank as the group moves. She tries to stay aware of what's behind them, while keeping the muzzle of her rifle pointed to the front. She does not actively aim at anything yet, just readies herself should the need arise. The young marine enjoys the flow their little group of misfits has gotten over the past weeks. They move together, as a unit, even if they don't easily get along in their off-time.

Feb 18, 2023 10:57 am

Feb 18, 2023 10:57 am

"I read ya, hunkering down."

Richter began to dig a ranger grave when told to hold position, he hoped it wouldn't up live to its name.

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Feb 18, 2023 3:53 pm

Feb 18, 2023 3:53 pm

Enzo sticks with the squad, moving with them. He keeps his heavy case of a Porta-Lab in front of him as a shield, if needed.

Feb 18, 2023 4:51 pm

Feb 18, 2023 4:51 pm

Following AJ's orders, you make your way down the side of the crater, quickly catching up to Richter because, well, he's crawling on the lunar ground... The big guy clearly didn't paid much attention to zero-G training because sound doesn't travel in a vacuum. Something which is easy to forget when you can hear your own steps crunch on the ground because of your own sealed suits.

The only reason to crawl then would be for visual, and seeing that since the habitat had no windows, is highly unlikely, that plus the habitat is inside a smaller crater, so until you get to that ridge, line of sight will be broken anyways...

You only pray they don't have scanners set up.

Eventually, you make the few hundred meters required to take you to the ridge of the smaller crater the alien structures are in. Being closer, you can easily estimate this smaller crater to be about 2km diameter with a dept of about 100m below the Mendeleev basin.

Feb 18, 2023 8:06 pm

Feb 18, 2023 8:06 pm

"Hm. Seems like Richter got prescient dreams, coz as far as I can tell this whole site screams Grey Men technologies.

Oh, and the ship IS connected to the habitat. I guess that's what powers it all. Maybe cutting it will disrupt what ever they are doing? he says handing the binoculars back to AJ and joining the team in their silent approach to the site.

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Feb 18, 2023 10:02 pm

Feb 18, 2023 10:02 pm

Skye's eyes narrow as it becomes apparent that this secret installation belongs to the Greys. She moves along with the rest of the team keeping alert to movement around them and especially in the direction of the ship and antennae.

Rolls

Awareness - (1d20)

(1) = 1

Feb 18, 2023 10:14 pm

Feb 18, 2023 10:14 pm

"I'm not sleeping!" Richter corrected quickly bolting up from the ranger grave when Archer said he was dreaming. "Unless..."

Upon the suggestion that they cut the power to, whatever it was, Richter added an addedum. "Lets set up a killbox around this bitch. No prize like a surprise."

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Feb 18, 2023 11:21 pm

Feb 18, 2023 11:21 pm

For a moment, AJ could have sworn she saw movement on the other side of the crater (the smaller one you're standing at the ridge of), but just as she pays more attention to possible hostiles, it stops... Was it her imagination? Were you detected?

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Feb 19, 2023 12:35 am

Feb 19, 2023 12:35 am

"More reasons to go for the ship then." AJ listens to Veillon's analysis of the situation and nods her head in agreement, her expression solemn beneath her helmet. Suddenly, a flash of movement catches her attention on the opposite side of the crater, but when she attempts to focus on it again, the movement has ceased. She gives it one last scan with her binoculars.

"Possible movement detected at our 1200." She says into her comm, her voice tight. "No time to waste. We’ll go for the ship." Descending into the crater, AJ moves quickly and directly towards the alien ship, feeling her heart pounding in her chest. As she approaches the ship's hull, she scans for what she believes to be the entrance, although the alien architecture makes it difficult to discern. "Can we get this open?"

Rolls

Awareness vs 11 - (1d20)

(8) = 8

Feb 19, 2023 11:24 am

Feb 19, 2023 11:24 am

Seeing a seam as AJ directed Richter stabs his combat knife into it, and hauls hard trying to pull what he just stabbed free. No joy, the Blade slipped uselessly across the hull. "Shit my knife!" He lamented as the alien material had scratched the near perfect mirror finish. A grumbled grunt as Richter attached the knife to the bayonet lug on his rifle.

"I mean its meant to fly in space... short of high explosives we ain't gonna scratch it."

Turning back to AJ's indicated 12 o'clock he raised his rifle to his shoulder and waited. "I don't have a visual let's keep frosty."

GM note: Nope, something else is going to happen...

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Rolls

Toughness vs 12 - (1d20)

(17) = 17

Feb 19, 2023 4:30 pm

Feb 19, 2023 4:30 pm

As you are now close to the ship, you see it looks like it's composed of liquid metal which somehow manages to keep this shape of this large, horizontal teardrop. This close, the thing almost looks... alive...

Then Richter takes his army knife and attempts to cut or rip through the surface. As soon as his knife makes contact, a jolt of electricity jumps from the ship to Richter. He takes... 1 point of damage (bypasses armor). Richter must now Save vs. Presence at a Disadvantage to avoid being stunned.

Rolls

Electricity damage. - (1d6)

(1) = 1

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Feb 19, 2023 5:18 pm

Feb 19, 2023 5:18 pm

Enzo chuckles to himself as Richter gets zapped. Most people would learn their lesson from this, but he probably wouldn't.

"Maybe we should study the ship a bit before we try to force our way in?" Enzo suggests, holding up his Porta-Lab case. "The ship looks like some sort of non-Newtonian liquid metal. Absolutely amazing I can imagine how such a thing would work - impact resistant at high speeds, probably incredibly resistant to bullets. But if you move slow enough, you might be able to pass right through it. Might be why they charged the entire hull - to prevent anything from passing through except at a specific location or with a specific device keyed to the ship. Let's see if we can figure anything out."

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Rolls

Science (Dis) vs 13 - (2d20H1)

(1814) = 18

Feb 19, 2023 6:16 pm

Feb 19, 2023 6:16 pm

Enzo's theories are fascinating, but to test those would require a sample to be recovered. Seeing what happened to Richter, Enzo is loathe to touch the ship so his theories will remain untested for the time being...

Feb 19, 2023 6:35 pm

Feb 19, 2023 6:35 pm

"Permission to blow this can up, commander?" Melena does not take her hands off her rifle, but itches to give it a try. If Enzo is right, the impact might not put a scratch on the hull, the marine is curious though about what would happen. This in itself could be considered a scientific experiment, no? "How - if at all - do explosive charges affect Grey ships when on the ground" or something like that...

If she positions the charge right, the connection might falter or maybe be disrupted long enough that the door can be opened. "If it doesn't work, it might bring out the hostiles at least...". She raises an eyebrow in AJ's direction.

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Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Feb 19, 2023 7:34 pm

Feb 19, 2023 7:34 pm

AJ's expression tightens at the sight of the liquid metal ship. Enzo's explanation means it would be difficult to decipher the Greys technology. She considers asking Veillon to disable the electric field, but that would require physical contact and the risk of electrical shock. She weighs the options of disabling the electric field and the risks involved with physical contact, versus setting explosives and the risk of exposure.

"Okay." AJ looks to her team, scanning for any other viable solutions. When none are forthcoming, she meets Melena's eyes and nods. "Blow her up."

Feb 19, 2023 7:51 pm

Feb 19, 2023 7:51 pm

"Aye, Aye" She picks the position most likely to impact the connection and the door and goes over there to position one of the two explosive charges she has been equipped with. "Blast radius is 5m tops, guys. Time to get where you need to go and be ready for whatever." As Melena kneels to repeat all steps endlessly repeated in the training drills, she cautiously avoids any direct physical contact with the vessel or its parts.

As soon as she is satisfied and feels she has done exactly what is needed, the marine steps back an appropriate distance. She puts one hand back on the rifle, while the other holds the detonator. "Here goes nothing."

Rolls

apply explosive charge with adv vs 13 - (2d20L1)

(1013) = 10

dmg - (2d6)

(22) = 4

Feb 19, 2023 9:25 pm

Feb 19, 2023 9:25 pm

"Hm" Archer Veillon mutters in the intercom at the order to blow the ship up.
He had prepared to do an examination of the electric charge surrounding the ship and he was not entirely sure the explosives would have the desired effect. Still, on the other hand, a measurement of how many amps the charge had would not bring them closer to the mission's objectives.
And this way he would not have to touch the ship.

Archer moves to a safe distance of the blast.

Feb 19, 2023 10:09 pm

Feb 19, 2023 10:09 pm

Richter fries

Rolls

Save VS Stun - (1d20)

(18) = 18

Disadvantage - (1d20)

(10) = 10

Feb 19, 2023 11:07 pm

Feb 19, 2023 11:07 pm

Yeah, okay, Richter will have been stunned for a little while as Melena was setting up her explosive, but of course will have been able to step back of his own volition before she set it off...

Feb 19, 2023 11:10 pm

Feb 19, 2023 11:10 pm

"Wait..."

Richter was still fighting off the numbness. "Izzat... bomb?" Summoning what reserves of Strength he had left Richter committed himself to a powerful jump to get free of the blast.

Feb 20, 2023 3:17 pm

Feb 20, 2023 3:17 pm

The explosion goes off next to the ship (the habitat being a bit too far away) and as the dust settles, the ship looks to have barely taken a scratch, if anything (gotta admit, those were low rolls for damage). This raises a good question, can you actually dent liquid metal?

Feb 20, 2023 8:33 pm

Feb 20, 2023 8:33 pm

"Welp...

Now what?"

Richter panned a full 360 that explosion was bound to attract some kind of attention.

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(17) = 17

Feb 20, 2023 9:12 pm

Feb 20, 2023 9:12 pm

"Told you it wouldn't work" Archer says, vastly overestimating how much communication is conveyed in a Hm.

From his position a distance away, he also scouts to see if the explosion had caused hostile activities.

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(10) = 10

Feb 20, 2023 10:06 pm

Feb 20, 2023 10:06 pm

"Next try's all yours, smarty pants." Melena is surprised that there seems to be no reaction. Such a nice blast....
If somebody is around, surely they have to be aware of her and the rest of the crew now? How could they not be?

"What do you suggest then, remain silent and v e r y stern and stare at them until they come out?"
Brute force does not seem to be the answer for once...

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Feb 20, 2023 10:45 pm

Feb 20, 2023 10:45 pm

OOC:

Well, obviously, the cables coming form the ship will have been severed by the explosion. But the ship itself looks unarmed.

As Archer thinks of a solution, he notices three forms approaching from the other side of the crater. They are wearing mat black combat armor that looks Dominion made. As they approach closer, he notices they have weapons drawn, but pointed at the ground, showing muzzle and trigger discipline. Eventually, the one up front starts waving at you, which is when pretty much everyone else notices them.

This is when you all hear crackling in your helmet's comm set, indicating someone else has plugged into your frequency...

BZZT... "Are you insane Marine? Stop this at once!"

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Feb 21, 2023 4:41 am

Feb 21, 2023 4:41 am

"It wasn’t a bad attempt." AJ says. Damn Grey ship pretty much indestructible. She contemplates placing the explosives closer to the habitat might have been more effective. Suddenly, three figures emerge, clad in Dominion combat armor. AJ narrows her eyes in suspicion, attempting to discern their department. Their presence was not part of the mission briefing…

"Who is this?" AJ demands sharply, suppressing her irritation. "Identify yourself."

Feb 21, 2023 7:09 am

Feb 21, 2023 7:09 am

"No, that ain't right." Richter had spent a lot of time chewing the guff, shooting the shit, jawing flappin', shit talking, and otherwise lollygagging and scuttlebutting to know that the entire Corps had the combined IQ of potato. It didn't matter what his eyes told him, whatever that thing was that just spoke, it wasn't a marine. Firstly, no Marine would complain about free fireworks, secondly no Marine was capable of a structured interrogative without a verbose litany of profanity. Thirdly, every Marine knew that every other Marine was, by virtue of their job description, perfectly sane.

"Corporal??!?" Richter drew a bead on the lead "marine" urgency and consternation evident in his voice. He took careful aim at the midsection and squeezed gently on the trigger. Just enough that the slightest movement would turn the thing pretending to be a marine into a leaky piece of meat. "The fuck kinda marine bitches about explosions?" Proving his assertion that no Marine was capable of an interrogative sans profanity.

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Feb 21, 2023 9:20 am

Feb 21, 2023 9:20 am

Melena draws without hesitation. She positions herself next to Richter on the other side of the crew, so the big guy and she can easily put themselves between the others and the possible hostiles. The marine looks at who's approaching and tries to make out signs to discern whether this is a deception.

Rolls

Awareness v13 - (1d20)

(18) = 18

Feb 21, 2023 1:11 pm

Feb 21, 2023 1:11 pm

The man up front puts one of his hands up in front of him.

"Hey, hey, hey! Put those fucking guns down. We're not aiming at you, the least you can fucking do is return the goddamn favor! Now to answer your questions..."

He first points his finger at AJ.

"Need to know basis Marine, and I can't tell you much. Let's just say we've been tracking these freaks for a while..."

He points back at the habitat.

"Intel tells us they've captured an important Dominion Citizen, the son of important and influential Dominion scientists. And he must be in there..."

He then points to Richter and Melena.

"And your little fuckery blew our element of surprise, so yeah, now you can guess while I don't like explosions too much..."

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Feb 21, 2023 2:34 pm

Feb 21, 2023 2:34 pm

Enzo plugs into a private frequency as soon as this new team somehow manages to squeeze into the frequency they were using. "Hey Corporal, something isn't right here. Command wouldn't have sent a bunch of fresh academy graduates on this mission if they already had a highly trained team on it. There's either been a massive fuck up with command, or this is a trick. Or this is a fucking conspiracy meant for us to take the fall on something bigger."

OOC:

Can I make a science roll to try and figure this situation out? The book says my education stat can be used to make a science roll to interpret situations. Would this count? I'd like to first determine if these are actually humans vs some other species (maybe my knowledge in terrestrial biology and medicine could help with that?). And then, second, if they are human, to see if they're legitimately a part of our government. Maybe I can't even tell at this point because we haven't had enough conversation to go on - but these are the suspicions that Enzo has and wants to keep an active lookout for. His background as an illegal biohaker has given him some practice looking for conspiracies that would entrap him. This kind of smells like one.

Rolls

Education vs 13 - (1d20)

(3) = 3

Feb 21, 2023 2:51 pm

Feb 21, 2023 2:51 pm

OOC:

Sure, but what would be more like 2 rolls; 1 to determine if they are human, and if they are a 2nd one to try and figure out wtf is going on here...

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Feb 21, 2023 6:26 pm

Feb 21, 2023 6:26 pm

"Point your finger somewhere else unless you want lose it." AJ growls, her irritation growing. Plugging into their private frequency, she says, "Enzo’s right. Keep your guns up."

"You're not exactly inspiring confidence, soldier." She addresses the new comers harshly. "Don’t give me this need-to-know bullshit, why didn't you coordinate with us before charging in here like cowboys? If you compromised this mission, heads are going to roll. You don't get to put our lives in danger because you couldn't follow protocols. I need your name, post, and command. Give us real intel or get the hell out of our way."

OOC:

Can I roll education to see how plausible their story is? According to protocols and everything.

Rolls

Education vs 11 - (1d20)

(20) = 20

Feb 21, 2023 6:43 pm

Feb 21, 2023 6:43 pm

"Shut up! I have the talking stick!"

Richter had to stop and think now. If there was one thing he hated it was thinking. It pissed him off, made his head hurt, and put him in even more of a killing mood. "On your life mother fucker. What's the square root of 121?"

Rolls

Presence vs 14 - (1d20)

(20) = 20

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Feb 21, 2023 7:11 pm

Feb 21, 2023 7:11 pm

Skye was extremely suspicious of these newcomers, having done a thorough visual sweep of the area as her own unit approached and their explanation of who they were. She tries to focus to see if she can push out any outside thoughts from her mind.

OOC:

Attempting to use Mind Shield to momentarily severe any mental illusions or outside influences from her mind. Not sure if I am doing this correctly, but she focuses 1 pt. and rolls Essence? Her Essence is 13.

Should be AP 3

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Rolls

Essence - (1d20)

(12) = 12

Mind Shield AR - (1d6)

(3) = 3

Feb 21, 2023 9:31 pm

Feb 21, 2023 9:31 pm

Archer spotted the newcomers first. He had drawn his pistol at their approach but did not point it at them. Besides, he was packing as heavily as Skye and Richter, and it felt right to let AJ do the talking, so he just observed the group.

"Yeah, something doesn't add up about this" he responds on the private frequency to Enzo's remarks on the presence of two Dominion groups in the crater.
what the hell is going on? Are they really who they claim to be?

Rolls

Sleuth (Awareness) vs 12 - (2d20L1)

(111) = 1

Feb 22, 2023 8:26 am

Feb 22, 2023 8:26 am

"Well I don't see nobody storming out to meet us. So much for element of surprise." She does not move. "You heard the commander: Identify yourself! Then you can tell me a better way of cracking these things."

Feb 22, 2023 3:25 pm

Feb 22, 2023 3:25 pm

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"Like I said Marine, need to know basis, but if you need names, call me Mr. Black. this is Mr. Grey..."

He turns to point to the man behind him to his right.

"And this is Mrs. White..."

He then turns to point to the woman behind him to his left.

"Now lucky for us, the kidnapped Dominion Citizen in question is so important that their parents had him chipped in case of kidnapping for ransom or some shit. Influential parents and all that crap... Turns out it's really convenient when you get kidnaped by freaks for your organs. Now that's how we found them. The real question now would be how the fuck do you know about them being here..."

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Then turning to Richter.

"Fuck you and fuck your math quiz asshole! Save your bullets for the freaks inside Marine!"

Mr. Black then points to the habitat.

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Mr. Black then turns to Melena.

"You messed with the ship, so yeah, they know we're here. Just touching it sets a silent alarm. Trust me, we've dealt with those freaks before. And since they know we can't do shit to their ship, they'll be waiting for us inside. No need to come out after us... So we need to find a way to get that airlock open, and once we do, we need to be ready because we'll be having a fight on our hands. So, is anyone of you a techie? See if they can jimmy that airlock somehow? We have to avoid explosive decompression or else our Dominion Citizen is dead...

Feb 22, 2023 4:20 pm

Feb 22, 2023 4:20 pm

"Careful" Archer says in the private frequency "Mr. Black sounds and acts like the real deal but look at the two oddballs behind him - all nervous and ready to scram. Definitely not DSF either of them. Criminals?"

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Feb 22, 2023 5:12 pm

Enzo quickly speaks to his squad, "They seem human enough, but....."

OOC:

Continued in my next post.

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Rolls

Education vs 13 - (2d20L1)

(14) = 1

Feb 22, 2023 9:28 pm

Feb 22, 2023 9:28 pm

Richter was still pointing the rifle at Mr. Black. He had taken his finger off the trigger switching Comms over to Fleet Tactical Communication. He needed to call his higher power. "TACCOM this is Dagger-6, situation has developed. How copy, over."

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Feb 23, 2023 9:30 pm

Feb 23, 2023 9:30 pm

Skye remains focused and awaiting someone to make the call to the team's next action.

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Feb 23, 2023 10:10 pm

Feb 23, 2023 10:10 pm

"Criminals," AJ says, "or just incompetent?"

It's not out of the realm of possibility that a higher-up had neglected to include this crucial information in their mission briefing. As for their capability, on the other hand, is in question.

"You journeyed here to rescue a high-value personnel, yet can’t hack an airlock?" AJ says, her hand on her pulse rifle, "Go ahead. I want to see you work."

Feb 23, 2023 11:56 pm

Feb 23, 2023 11:56 pm

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Richter tries to contact HQ, but all he gets is Captain Jo "Tornado" Delham...

"What's the matter? Do you need emergency evac?"

That is when Richter remembers the inauguration speech given at the ceremony... Yeah, right, the brass don't like being bothered by ripples.

OOC:

Yeah, I get it's very inefficient for a military to operate like this, but it will give the players the ability to be, well, payers...

At AJ's suggestion, Mr. Black merely grunts and turns to Mr. Grey.

"You heard the lady Grey, get your ass on that airlock!"

"Wha... B-but—"

Mr. Grey doesn't have time to finish his thought when the airlock opens, and a tall, thin humanoid with a large bulbous head, and the helmet to match, steps out, carrying some sort of case. You stand there for a moment, all surprised as it takes a few steps down the stairs before finally noticing you. It lets go of the case which slowly falls to the ground, and open, revealing alien-looking tools while unholstering its weapon. Looks like it was coming outside to fix something... perhaps they're not aware of your presence as Mr. Black thought they'd be... But if that's the case, you'll have to take it out before it can sound the alarm. You have a fight on your hands Marines!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Mr. Black/Grey/Mrs. White
10 The Grey

First round of combat!

Alphia and Melena are up in any order...

Rolls

Secret Roll

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Feb 24, 2023 1:13 am

Feb 24, 2023 1:13 am

OOC:

Continued from my last post.

Enzo paused for just a moment, "But they're not criminals either. Look at those two in the back. They're scared. Nervous. Uncertain. Only the one in front is sure of himself. Like a front man - a con man. Can't tell why they're here yet, but they're definitely not military."

Just then, the airlock opens and an actual fucking grey steps out. Holy shit, Richter was actually right.

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Feb 27, 2023 8:21 pm

Feb 27, 2023 8:21 pm

Skye takes aim and fires upon the Grey with her pistol.

Rolls

Accuracy - (1d20)

(20) = 20

Feb 27, 2023 11:19 pm

Feb 27, 2023 11:19 pm

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Oof, that's a critical failure. Alphia takes aim and squeezes the trigger, but nothing happens. Looking at her gun, she notices the safety was still on. Such a rookie mistake.

Well, that's a loss of the party's Glory Point and me gaining a Dread Point, and seeing how criticals tend to get rolled often here, I think I'll spend it right away to give the Grey an extra action.

Taking advantage of the distraction of Alphia's gun not going off, the Grey will shoot (now I have 6 players and 3 NPCs, so I'll roll at random who it will be...).

A leaserbeam flies wide of Mr. Black... Melena is up next!

Rolls

random target - (1d9)

(3) = 3

Secret Roll

Mar 1, 2023 7:20 am

Mar 1, 2023 7:20 am

Melena does not like their position between enemies and unknowns, but follows Alpha's movements. She aims her pulse rifle at the grey. However, the marine knows not to shoot without permission and bringing back a prisoner is different from bringing home a corpse. She focuses on aiming and trusts the others to signal danger coming from the three strange men. She is ready to shoot or turn around, if necessary.
"AJ?"

When she gets clearance, Melena takes the shot.

Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (1d20)

(4) = 4

dmg - (d6+1)

(1) + 1 = 2

Mar 1, 2023 7:33 am

Mar 1, 2023 7:33 am

"I AM BECOME DEATH!"

Richter belted, screaming, even though there was no way for his enemy to hear his war cry. It sounded like someone had taken a cattle prod to an alligator over the radio, which the low pass filter prevented any damage to his squad mates eardrums from the intensity of his shout. He didn't bother drawing a bead just prayed and sprayed a sustained cavalcade of fully automatic fire at the offending alien. The stream of fire only stopped when the automated cooling system kicked on and disabled input from his trigger after ten rounds.

OOC:

If its dead Richter advanced and teabags it. Otherwise he switches to his pistol.

Accuracy is only 11 but that doesnt change the results.

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Rolls

Accuracy vs 12 - (1d20)

(9) = 9

Full auto - (6d6)

(131346) = 18

Mar 1, 2023 10:55 am

Mar 1, 2023 10:55 am

Seeing the threat change from a suspicious group of humans to a weapon-wielding alien, Archer takes a shot with his already-drawn pistol.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 10 - (1d20)

(20) = 20

Damage - (1d6)

(1) = 1

Mar 1, 2023 1:20 pm

Mar 1, 2023 1:20 pm

OOC:

Yep, after Melena, it was Archer, Enzo, Richter in any order...

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Melena's single bullets fails to piece the aliens's protective suit, however, Richter's hail of bullets does significant damage to the creature's suit. Archer then attempts to fire his pistol, but gets a failure to feed (did you cleaned your gun before the mission Marine?). Also, that critical failure gives me another Dread Point since I spent my last one... I think I'll hold on to this one for now...

OOC:

Edit: Oh yeah, keep in mind that Richter just emptied his clip by firing full-auto and must wait 1 round of cool down before firing his pulse rifle again... and of course, he must reload (d'uh!).

Enzo is still up!

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Mar 2, 2023 12:26 am

Mar 2, 2023 12:26 am

"Why are we firing? The Corporal hasn't given any command to fire! We could have captured him before he contacts his... Fuck! His radio!"

"Damn it! We should have waited for him to be on the other side of the ship! His ship is heavily conductive! It would have blocked his radio and any comms he has!" Enzo yells into his own comms.

Enzo's mind races as he drops to the ground, bullets blazing past him. He quickly opens his Porta-Lab and starts rummaging through his issues supplies.

"Do I have anything that can stop the radio? What do I need? A faraday cage would work, but of course they don't have the supplies for that. No... This won't work. No... No... I don't need to actually jam the signal, I just need to alter it. What can alter a signal? My own radio! I just need to aim amplify it... With this! Then direct it at him and blast it out on all channels - no! The same channel command discovered before they sent us to investigate! Yes!"

Rolls

Education vs 13 - (1d20)

(11) = 11

Mar 2, 2023 11:11 pm

Mar 2, 2023 11:11 pm

Enzo quickly rummages though his porta-lab for some analyzing gizmo or doo-dad that could mess up the Greys' frequencies. He eventually pulls up something, plugs it to his combat suit's own comm system, aims it toward the alien, and hopes for the best...

AJ is up next!

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Mar 3, 2023 1:15 am

Mar 3, 2023 1:15 am

"Marines, engage that hostile now! Do not let it make contact with other Greys!" AJ barks into her comm, trying to overcome Richter’s roar of death. Fucking Mr. Black, standing out in the open arguing about some bullshit rescue that put the whole mission in danger. She's 100% writing him up after this is over. With swift and efficient movements, AJ raises her rifle, her finger tight on the trigger as she unleashes a burst of gunfire towards the lone Grey target.

OOC:

Burst mode has disadvantage, Guns trait has advantage, so I believe it cancels out.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 12 - (1d20)

(3) = 3

Damage - (3d6+3)

(635) + 3 = 17

Mar 3, 2023 2:00 am

Mar 3, 2023 2:00 am

OOC:

Burst is only 3d6 damage, and I just noticed that it is also done at Disadvantage, which I find weird as there are no such notes about full-auto... Still, until I can get to the bottom of that, I'll require a 2nd d20 roll.

Edit: Very interesting explanation @Joms.
Okay, I searched a bit and it seems to be a mistake in the quickstart guide. It is noted as 3d6 for burst on the equipment table on p.11 (continued on p.12), but then as 3d6+3 on the weapon damage table on p.12. In the actual rulebook, burst is noted as being 3d6 everywhere. However, I spotted yet another possible mistake as the single shot is listed as only 1d6 on p.36, but then as 1d6+1 on p.39 (which seems to be supported with the later aimed/sniper entries on p.39). Very weird. It would make sense for the pulse rifle to pack a bit more punch than your typical pistol, so I'll go ahead with 1d6+1 for single shot, but it seems that burst is very much only 3d6. I'll go ahead and note this on my important info thread.

Mar 3, 2023 2:04 am

Mar 3, 2023 2:04 am

OOC:

Full Auto being made without disadvantage is likely due to saturation. 10-20 bullets in about 2seconds in a 2sqft minute of arc is a lot of opportunities to hit, plus a tracer every 3rd makes compensation ezmode. Where burst fire getting disadvantage... is sorta sensible.

Mar 3, 2023 2:20 am

Mar 3, 2023 2:20 am

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AJ's burst catches the grey squarely. You see splashes of red globule slowly floating down from the creature as a whitish plumes coming out of its suit shows it's running out of air. The thing is in really bad shape.

Mr. black, Mr. Grey, and Mrs. White will now take their shot, after which, if the Grey is still alive, it will attempt to save its own sorry skin... Your three mysterious friends shoot the Grey alien, but only manages glancing shots with their pistols, unable to penetrate its envirnoment suit.

The Grey will attempt to warn his allies, which will fail thanks to Enzo, and return fire what it perceives as the biggest thread right now, AJ, who was the one gravely wounding it. It will then also retreat back into the airlock (but cannot close it right away because he took his action to shoot). AJ is hit for 3 points of damage, but that should fail to inflict any significant damage to her combat armor...

Second round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Mr. Black/Grey/Mrs. White
10 The Grey

Alphia and Melena are up in any order again...

Rolls

Mr. Black - (1d20, 1d20, 1d6)

1d20 : (20) = 20

1d20 : (6) = 6

1d6 : (3) = 3

Mr. Grey - (1d20, 1d20, 1d6)

1d20 : (9) = 9

1d20 : (2) = 2

1d6 : (1) = 1

Mrs. White - (1d20, 1d20, 1d6)

1d20 : (9) = 9

1d20 : (12) = 12

1d6 : (2) = 2

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Mar 3, 2023 2:44 am

Mar 3, 2023 2:44 am

As he sees the ineffective pistol he second guesses the use of it placing it back into his holster and presses his rifle's magrelease. "The fuck is its armor made out of?"

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Mar 3, 2023 8:34 pm

Mar 3, 2023 8:34 pm

Skye groans and clicks off the safety. She aims at the grey once more and hopes for a better result the second time.

Rolls

Accuracy (12) - (1d20)

(15) = 15

Mar 4, 2023 12:32 am

Mar 4, 2023 12:32 am

The good news is the gun actually fires this time around. The bad news is that the bullet misses its target by about a foot...

Melena is up next!

Mar 4, 2023 8:47 pm

Mar 4, 2023 8:47 pm

Melena switches modes and targets the injured grey. For now the strangers seem to be on their side and she settles for this to focus solely on what is in front of her. She has to take down the enemy and quick. Then secure her team and make sure they do not get trapped between the two parties.

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Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (1d20)

(13) = 13

dmg - (3d6)

(322) = 7

Mar 4, 2023 9:17 pm

Mar 4, 2023 9:17 pm

That is a critical hit! though not a 1, so no loss/gain of Dread/Glory Points... Melena shoots the Grey, her bullets hitting it in the already damaged area of its environent suit (thus bypassing AR). The Grey falls to the ground, inert, in a bloody mess...

Mar 4, 2023 9:22 pm

Mar 4, 2023 9:22 pm

"There's no way they didn't see that." Pulling a magazine free from his harness Richter taps it into the pulse rifle and racks a round. "What now?"

Mar 4, 2023 9:27 pm

Mar 4, 2023 9:27 pm

Damn, must be that lunar dust Archer thought as his pistol failed to fire. Luckily, the immediate threat seemed disposed of.
But there could be more and more of them could be about and if so the shooting would have alerted them.
Archer crouches and looks around.

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(7) = 7

Mar 4, 2023 9:40 pm

Mar 4, 2023 9:40 pm

Melena keeps the rifle aimed and waits to see if there are any more immediate threats. She spits, then winks her eye to Richter teasingly: "Now you get to kill one." She grins at him, then - as nothing comes at her from the front - slightly turns to see the three strangers and get a feeling for their current position. "Got one - no thanks to you. What now, wise men?" She does not quite aim at them, but makes sure she can turn in an instant.

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Mar 4, 2023 9:49 pm

Mar 4, 2023 9:49 pm

AJ glares at Mr. Black and his lackeys, her patience already wearing thin. "We don’t have time for this. We go in, and hope we haven’t lost the element of surprise." She says. Stepping into the airlock, she kicks the Grey's lifeless body out, sending it tumbling into the blackness of space to make room.

"Take some samples," she orders while she peers inside the airlock, "Grab its communicator too. We'll let the tech guys sort it out."

Mar 4, 2023 9:51 pm

Mar 4, 2023 9:51 pm

Richter follows into the airlock and beats his chest. He was purposefully hyperventilating, psyching himself up. "I'll take point, fuck this is gonna hurt."

Mar 4, 2023 10:10 pm

Mar 4, 2023 10:10 pm

"Alright, big guy. Let's just keep our cool", Melena states as she follows at the rear. She reloads, grabs the communicator and signals Enzo and the others to take samples later. She is not letting anyone stay outside with the unknowns alone. They ought to stick together and eliminate the threat - threats - first.

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Mar 5, 2023 1:46 am

Mar 5, 2023 1:46 am

Archer looks around and there doesn't seem to be any signs that you have attracted attention. Well, at least, there are no more hostiles to be seen.

Feeling the glares of both Melena and AJ, "Mr. Black" sheepishly nods. "Y-yeah, agreed... we should proceed..."

You all step into the airlock and you start collecting samples and alien tech, and keeping an eye on your strange guests. Mr. Black continues. "Alright, we just need to hack this airlock, and we're in. By the look of how that Grey came out, it looks like it wasn't expecting us. So maybe we still have the element of surprise, but we should still be careful; we're heading straight into enemy territory."

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Mar 5, 2023 4:35 am

Mar 5, 2023 4:35 am

"Hold up a moment, Corporal. I'd like to examine this dude."

Enzo advances forward towards the downed Grey.

Yeah, just as I suspected. Look at this. It's maintenance gear. Probably to repair the damage to the explosion Melana caused. I bet they're out of power inside, and they thought it was something wrong with the ship. He came out expecting to do routine maintenance, not coming out in a firefight.

Fortunately, I jammed his comms before he could radio for help. You definitely have the initiative, Corporal. Just remember that the Colonel wants one alive. I'm going to stay here and see what other gear I can grab, I'll follow you in in a bit."

OOC:

Rolled education to see if Enzo understood the situation.

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Rolls

Education vs 13 - (1d20)

(5) = 5

Mar 5, 2023 5:45 am

Mar 5, 2023 5:45 am

Richter picked up the laser rifle and proceeded to familiarize himself with it, the similarities in Grey and Human anatomies left it fairly intuitive. He slung it over his shoulder prepared to use it when his rifle was out of ammo.

Mar 5, 2023 4:07 pm

Mar 5, 2023 4:07 pm

Well, the situation is that you can always wait after you're done here to take whatever sample you need. It's not like he's going to get up and run away... But yeah, Enzo would definitely need to gather tissue and blood samples, in addition to bring back whatever equipment that thing was carrying, like its laser rifle, its tool box, its environment suit (though it is very much damaged now), and whatever that last thing on its person is... it looks like a knife handle but with no blade... very strange...

Looking at the Grey more closely, Enzo realizes it looks like a mess of stitched up flesh and skin. Probably taken from other species. The creature looks more like classic depiction of the Frankenstein monster than what you'd expect a Grey to look like. Still, it has the long emaciated body, the large bulbous head, the large almond-shaped dark eyes, and the two small slits where the nose should be (which Dominion scientists assume must be their ears), but man does it look like it went through a meat grinder, and not because of your bullets! The thing also looks male, or at the very least it seems to be agendered. There doesn't seem to be any indication of pronounced mammary glands or wide child-bearing hips... but then again, you know nothing on how those things reproduce...

As for your three strange friends, they seem far more interested into getting inside than the dead Grey outside or his equipment for that matter.

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Mar 5, 2023 9:36 pm

Mar 5, 2023 9:36 pm

Double-handing her pistol, Skye follows AJ cautiously to the airlock and awaits its opening.

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Mar 6, 2023 3:02 pm

Mar 6, 2023 3:02 pm

Once everyone enters the building, Enzo follows while drawing his own pistol. He wants to ensure the three newcomers aren't going to ambush his allies or destroy any equipment. Any sign of it, and he'll shoot them in the back.

Mar 6, 2023 3:18 pm

Mar 6, 2023 3:18 pm

Seeing no immediate threat, Archer quickly cleans his clogged pistol and follows the rest through the airlock.

Mar 6, 2023 3:22 pm

Mar 6, 2023 3:22 pm

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Mar 7, 2023 2:04 am

Mar 7, 2023 2:04 am

Enzo opens up his Porta-Lab and quickly takes a mouth swab, and then secures the swab in sealed container. If that doesn't take too long (as in, everyone else has already entered the building), he'll also try to cut out some brain matter and place that into another sealed sample container. The rest of the body will have to wait for later.

Mar 7, 2023 3:00 am

Mar 7, 2023 3:00 am

OOC:

darkside of the moon is pretty much the most ideal location for storing a corpse. Its so cold there you'd freeze in seconds with a pulse, let alone if you'd been perforated a dozen times.

Mar 8, 2023 7:30 pm

Mar 8, 2023 7:30 pm

Melena reloads, but never let's the three men out of her sight. As one of them starts to get funky with the next door, she says: "Seeing as we do most of the heavy lifting so far, it my be better to clue us in on some more details. You do want us to help you against these things, no? We've seen how you shoot, so ..." She makes a gesture that indicates it is only logical for the men to admit their shortcomings, think practically and start being more open with them.

"You might - while you're at it - also tell us how your hostage looks. Not that we get confused and shoot the wrong dude....heat of battle and all..." She glances at Richter and smiles a crooked smile.

Mar 8, 2023 9:20 pm

Mar 8, 2023 9:20 pm

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!?" Mr. black looks like he's about to explode, but then Mr. Grey puts a hand on his shoulder. "Hey man, take a chill pill maybe? They got bigger guns than we do... Also, I think they've seen through the bullshit by now, maybe it's about time to come clean... Besides, it was kind of a dumb plan..."

Mr. Black turns around, pushing Mr. Grey's hand away. "Well now they do moron! Just had to open your big fucking mouth..."

Mr. Grey puts his hands up in the air. "Dude... calm down... big guns..." He simply says pointing in your direction for emphasis...

Mr. Black groans and then looks like he's calming down. "Shit! Alright, fair enough... The three of us are actually security consultants for Bennet Implementations Inc., BII for short. A while back, the higher ups noticed that a lot of their biological samples went missing. After a huge inside investigation, we discovered some rogue corporates were smuggling some of our samples to the fucking Greys. You could imagine this made the higher ups pretty pissed, but they also formulated a plan, catch those traitors, and offer them on a silver platter, along with their Grey allies to the Dominion. I guess they'd though this would help BII's standing with the Dominion, grant them some more tax breaks or some shit like that... Anyways, shit went sideways something fierce, the traitors found out we were on to them, and kidnapped the son of a couple of our top scientists, HV and Mary Roberts. The young man's name is Ellis Roberts. Can't really miss him, tall, good physical shape, curly sandy-blonde hair, blue eyes... Looks like his parents used their knowledge of biology to custom make themselves a designer baby... Eh, can't really blame them... Anyways, they'd very much like to get their little Frankenstein back, in one piece if at all possible."

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Mar 8, 2023 9:28 pm

Mar 8, 2023 9:28 pm

Skye listens through her comm. "Now. Was that so hard? That is a way better story than you're first one."

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Mar 8, 2023 9:35 pm

Mar 8, 2023 9:35 pm

"Great. Babysitting amateurs and a civilian."

Richter considered shooting the ringleader but after careful consideration decided he wasn't worth the bullet. "Shoulda waited for them to get killed by the alien. Those pistols do fuck all to that armor."

Mar 8, 2023 9:36 pm

Mar 8, 2023 9:36 pm

OOC:

alright. Got the formula wrong, but rolled a 1 and a 13, yay!

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Rolls

Education v13 - (2d20dh1)

(113) + 1 = 15

Mar 8, 2023 9:51 pm

Mar 8, 2023 9:51 pm

Well, I just lost my Dread Point and you guys gained a Glory Point.

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Mar 8, 2023 10:45 pm

Mar 8, 2023 10:45 pm

"No shooting civilians, you two." AJ warns over their private comm.

She turns her attention back to Mr. Black and fixes him with a steely gaze, "Let me be clear, Mr. Black. We are here on a mission, a mission that takes priority over your corporation's personal vendettas. However, we are also Dominion soldiers, and we don't leave our own behind."

She takes a step closer to him, her pulse rifle held firmly in her grip. "We will help you find your man, but you will follow our lead without question. We are not here to play hero for your corporation, but we will do what we can to ensure that your man is returned to you safely. Understood?"

Mar 9, 2023 12:03 am

Mar 9, 2023 12:03 am

"Y-yes sir!" Mr. Black gives you a proper military salute. They guy obviously must've been DSF at some point. Ex-DSF would be in high demand as security consultants, that would make sense...

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Mar 10, 2023 6:20 am

Mar 10, 2023 6:20 am

Enzo follows up the rear of the group, behind the last one in. Tall and lanky, he towers over anyone from planet-side.

"Hey boys and girls! What we talking about? Little bit of corporate espionage? Sounds fun!"

Mar 10, 2023 7:46 pm

Mar 10, 2023 7:46 pm

"Maybe we should save the chit chat for later. There is probably more of those aliens around" says Archer. He does not trust the other team at all but at least they don't appear to be a threat right now.
He is more worried about what they are walking into right now.

Mar 13, 2023 9:35 pm

Mar 13, 2023 9:35 pm

OOC:

Okay, so looking at the Discord, there seems to be a unanimity of sort forming up about taking your Glory Point to give each of you a nanoboost for +50% AP for the upcoming fight. Everyone's fine with that?

At Archer's suggestion, Mr. Grey nods. "Yeah, we need to hack through this airlock. I doubt the freaks will just open it up for us... I can always try it, but something tells me that if you have a techie with you, he'll have much better luck than me."

OOC:

Hacking the airlock will require 2 checks. 1 to figure it out and 1 to actually hack it.

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Mar 13, 2023 9:43 pm

Mar 13, 2023 9:43 pm

OOC:

Yes, I’m good with it.

Looking at the airlock, AJ turns to Archer, "Can you crack this, Veillon?"

Mar 14, 2023 12:24 am

Mar 14, 2023 12:24 am

"Yeah, give me a minute" Archer replies taking a good look at the airlock.
"It is a bit strange but I think maybe... Damn this is tricky"

OOC:

Is figuring out the lock an education check. I'll give it a shot and use Diagnostics as a Trait. This is just to figure it out.

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Rolls

Education TN 14 - (2d20L1)

(1919) = 19

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Mar 14, 2023 7:46 am

Mar 14, 2023 7:46 am

OOC:

Sure. A nanoboost sounds good to me.

Mar 14, 2023 12:28 pm

Mar 14, 2023 12:28 pm

OOC:

@Archer. The book asked for an Accuracy check, for figuring it out, but honestly, I find that weird. Accuracy to operate it, yeah sure. For figuring it out though, not so much. So yeah, Education is fine, though that roll is a shame...

Archer seems baffled by the complexity of Grey tech. Mr. Grey then step up. "Maybe I can give it a try. If we can't this airlock open, then we've got no choice but to break, which will most certainly result in our charge's death..."

Mr. Grey types on his electronic device for a while and then... "Crap! It's like their algorithms make no damn sense..."

Rolls

Secret Roll

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Mar 14, 2023 2:35 pm

Mar 14, 2023 2:35 pm

OOC:

Is there some sort of hand print lock or key card or something that would open it? Something we can take from the dead guy out front? Also, I'm good with the boost.

Mar 14, 2023 9:51 pm

Mar 14, 2023 9:51 pm

OOC:

You can always re-check your Grey specimen.

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Mar 14, 2023 10:00 pm

Mar 14, 2023 10:00 pm

Enzo sighs, and then turns around to recheck the body for anything that could grant access to the building. He also grabs the alien's case it was carrying.

Mar 15, 2023 3:18 pm

Mar 15, 2023 3:18 pm

Enzo checks the body and fails to find anything that would be evidently used to operate an airlock. Of course, we're talking about an alien being with an alien way of thinking... could there be something in there used to open the airlock?

Rolls

Secret Roll

Mar 15, 2023 3:43 pm

Mar 15, 2023 3:43 pm

"The pride of the Dominion. Stuck behind a door. This is so boring." Richter sighed disgusted at the "protocol" and "preservation" of the "hostage." All the while he relaxed out of thought trying to mentally picture how a grey, a humanoid like creature with humanlike hands might open a door. Without thought or feeling and purely on intuition Richter reached out and touched the airlock door. His only desire was to move through the door, and get back to killing.

Rolls

Presence vs 14 - (1d20)

(7) = 7

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Mar 15, 2023 4:00 pm

Mar 15, 2023 4:00 pm

"Ain't nothing here obvious, Corporal. Maybe we should have Richter blow a hole in the airlock?" Enzo says, after searching the body.

Mar 15, 2023 4:24 pm

Mar 15, 2023 4:24 pm

@ Richter. You touch the door, running your hand along it to try and figure out how Greys would open them. At some point, as you run your fingers along the mid point of the door, you spot a light blink above your finger. Curious you run your hand back to this direction again, and there you see it again, a light blinking above your finger. There seems to be some sort of touch pad imbedded in the door itself. Now you just need to figure out the combination...

Mar 15, 2023 4:28 pm

Mar 15, 2023 4:28 pm

Richter trusts that all people are pretty much the same everywhere. Inputting what he is certain is the default password. Trusting that a species with opposable thumbs and ten digits would have almost identical convention he touched the first five symbols from left to right. 1-2-3-4-5.

"... we're so good at being bad. We'll destroy your planet if you ever get us mad. We're the space..." Richter was humming some kind of jingle to himself as he played with the pretty lights on the door.

Last edited March 15, 2023 4:44 pm

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(3) = 3

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Mar 15, 2023 4:54 pm

Mar 15, 2023 4:54 pm

AJ sighs heavily, knowing their plan of catching the Greys in surprise is going to shit one way or the other. "Stay alert, everyone. Keep your weapons at the ready."

Mar 15, 2023 5:03 pm

Mar 15, 2023 5:03 pm

After trying and failing to figure out how the airlock opens, Archer concludes that it is impossible for them to operate the alien device. If he can't, none of them can.

At AJ's order, he readies his pistol.

Mar 17, 2023 2:05 pm

Mar 17, 2023 2:05 pm

Richter punches in the code he thinks might correspond to "1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5" and the airlock fails to open. Still, it doesn't seem to be raising any sort of alarm, so there's that... Perhaps that you've found something, your techies can take a better look and have a chance of figuring it out now.

Rolls

Secret Roll

Mar 17, 2023 4:05 pm

Mar 17, 2023 4:05 pm

Richter in frustration kicks the door. Like he would any door he was trying to breach he steps into the kick at the supposed locking mechanism, repeatedly driving his heel into it like a battering ram. "No bonus..." He kicks several more times. "Because... this... alien... door... is... the hardest... challenge... of our LIFE!" One final kick to the stupid door. "Ugh its like the door into Moria!"

Rolls

Toughness vs 12 - (1d20)

(19) = 19

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Mar 17, 2023 6:09 pm

Mar 17, 2023 6:09 pm

AJ glares at Richter as he throws a tantrum. "Enough, Richter," she warns, "We don't have time for your tantrum. Get a hold of yourself and focus on the mission."

"Let's take a step back and figure this out before we destroy the entire airlock. We need to find another way in without alerting the Greys to our presence. Enzo, see if you can locate any weaknesses in the surrounding structure that we can exploit. Veillon, take a look again and see if Richter's attempt triggered anything."

Mar 17, 2023 6:54 pm

Mar 17, 2023 6:54 pm

"No tantrums thrown Ma'am. Was attempting dynamic entry. Regrettably as you can see there was no effect." Richter was considerably more relaxed, though thoroughly demoralized by the impedance the door had become.

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Mar 17, 2023 7:27 pm

Mar 17, 2023 7:27 pm

Observant to the proceeding with the door, Skye quietly takes a few mental notes for her eventual PSYCH evaluations.

Mar 19, 2023 9:58 pm

Mar 19, 2023 9:58 pm

"Roger that" Archer Veillon replies to AJ order to try again. He moves pass Richter to get to the lock again.

"Alright, I still don't know how to operate it but maybe I'll be able to bypass it. Just give me a moment."
He puts away his pistol and pulls out a small electric tool kit. He holds op various tools to see if any would be of use with the airlock. He finds one that seems to do the job and starts to work on the alien technology.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 10 - (1d20)

(10) = 10

Mar 21, 2023 1:34 pm

Mar 21, 2023 1:34 pm

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Thanks to Richter's messing around with the airlock, it gave Archer a new angle of approach for this puzzle. He tries the "brute force" method of trying random combinations for a few minutes when the airlock finally activates. You feel a change in pressure, and finally the inside door opens and LASER! A beam hits Mrs. White squarely in the chest. As she gets up with a groan, indicating she is fine, you see who, or rather what shot her; an automated laser turret. Those clever bastards... Further in the habitat, you see a whirl of movements, Greys getting into position and putting on the environment suit helmet, as if getting ready for an accidental decompression any moment now...

First round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Grey Soldiers
10 BII Security Consultants
9 Laser Turret
8 Grey Scientists

Alphia and Melena are up in any order.

Rolls

Secret Roll

Turret attack

Init tie breaker between Greys and BII consultants. - (1d20, 1d20)

1d20 : (8) = 8

1d20 : (12) = 12

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Mar 21, 2023 3:21 pm

Mar 21, 2023 3:21 pm

"Open fire," AJ says as the Greys come into view. "Also someone disable that fucking laser turret!"

Mar 21, 2023 8:35 pm

Mar 21, 2023 8:35 pm

"Richter!" Melena growls loudly as she turns out from cover, goes down on one knee and leans to the right so she can aim inside the room. This is the time for the big guns! She targets the turret and if her bullets won't do much, the Grey closest to them. If she sees any useful cover inside the room, she dashes towards it getting a better position for the battle.

Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (1d20)

(14) = 14

dmg - (3d6)

(411) = 6

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Mar 21, 2023 9:25 pm

Mar 21, 2023 9:25 pm

Skye ducks forward and aims her pistol around the entrance to target one of the Grey's. She squeezes off and shot and pulls back.

Rolls

Accuracy (12) - (1d20)

(17) = 17

Mar 21, 2023 10:38 pm

Mar 21, 2023 10:38 pm

"Fffffffff-" Richter was on it rushing into the closest sector of dominance he provided his own suppressing fire dumping his magazine at and around the Turret as he charged the grey position.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 11 - (1d20)

(16) = 16

Full auto - (6d6)

(464154) = 24

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Mar 22, 2023 2:20 am

Mar 22, 2023 2:20 am

Enzo fires his pistol.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 14 - (1d20)

(20) = 20

Mar 22, 2023 2:53 pm

Mar 22, 2023 2:53 pm

OOC:

A Fumble: You would lose your Glory Point had you not spend it, but I gain a Dread Point in exchange. I'll use it right away to have the nearest grey put on his environment suit right away, so that way, he'll be able to act this round.

A hail of bullets ricochet inside the relatively delicate habitat with all of them missing their mark, but luckily ending their trajectory in tables, cabinets, or other piece of grey equipment, avoiding an explosive decompression... That is until Enzo shot right through the delicate membrane of the habitat. you can feel the atmosphere leaking as loose debris starts flying every which way inside the habitat which causes Mr. Black to angrily shout "Will you idiots stop spraying at random like that! You're going to kill our charge! The habitat is now breached, he probably only has moments to live! I can't see him from here, he has to be further back, we must hurry and break through!"

Archer is still up...

Mar 22, 2023 9:34 pm

Mar 22, 2023 9:34 pm

Still holding the electrician tools, Archer suddenly finds himself in the middle of a shootout s the airlock is opened.
He ducks to cover and tries to get a look around.
The turret is preventing them from entering the habitat and now with the breach time is of the essence.
If only there was a way to disable the turret? he wonders as he looks around. Maybe the wire between the habitat and the generator could cut the power...?

OOC:

Looking for a quick way to disable the turret
Edit: well, nevermind

Last edited March 22, 2023 9:35 pm

Rolls

Education TN 14 with diagnostic - (2d20L1)

(1720) = 17

Mar 23, 2023 12:45 pm

Mar 23, 2023 12:45 pm

The idea to cut the power to the turret was a good one, but right now, Archer fails to spot any connecting wires...

AJ is up next!

Mar 23, 2023 4:29 pm

Mar 23, 2023 4:29 pm

OOC:

Didn't We blow it up?

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Mar 23, 2023 5:15 pm

Mar 23, 2023 5:15 pm

"Okay, everyone, shape up." AJ says, lifting her pulse rifle, taking a moment to address everyone. "Habitat’s already breached. Can’t get any worse than that."

OOC:

Using the Leadership trait to grant advantage to everyone. Is a roll required?

Rolls

Presence vs 14 - (1d20)

(1) = 1

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Mar 23, 2023 7:12 pm

Mar 23, 2023 7:12 pm

Jomsviking says:

OOC:

Didn't We blow it up?

OOC:

This is a good point. I thought the building was powered by the ship, and we severed the connection. That's why they had to come outside to investigate. It should be completely dark inside with no power, unless they have some sort of auxiliary/emergency power hooked up.

Mar 23, 2023 7:13 pm

Mar 23, 2023 7:13 pm

OOC:

Quick what do we use the glory point for?

Mar 23, 2023 10:31 pm

Mar 23, 2023 10:31 pm

Manhattan says:

"Okay, everyone, shape up." AJ says, lifting her pulse rifle, taking a moment to address everyone. "Habitat’s already breached. Can’t get any worse than that."

OOC:

Using the Leadership trait to grant advantage to everyone. Is a roll required?

OOC:

Hmm, good question. The Trait does not really says much about how it's used, but later in the book it states that Presence can be used to inspire the troops, so yeah, a roll would make sense. And since this is a nat 1, you guys gain another Glory Point.

Bookrat says:

Jomsviking says:

OOC:

Didn't We blow it up?

OOC:

This is a good point. I thought the building was powered by the ship, and we severed the connection. That's why they had to come outside to investigate. It should be completely dark inside with no power, unless they have some sort of auxiliary/emergency power hooked up.

OOC:

Perhaps they have auxiliary power, a generator, or some capacitors/batteries, or perhaps the turret also has its own power reserve, who knows... But then again Archer failed his roll so I can't really tell you much...

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Mar 24, 2023 6:55 am

Mar 24, 2023 6:55 am

Jomsviking says:

OOC:

Quick what do we use the glory point for?

OOC:

We already have increased armor. Maybe we could use it for some more firepower.

Mar 24, 2023 11:11 pm

Mar 24, 2023 11:11 pm

Sounds nice

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Mar 25, 2023 1:24 am

Mar 25, 2023 1:24 am

OOC:

oh yeah, since I went with the dice roll for Leadership, that critical will give you An Advantage on your next 2 rolls.

Mar 28, 2023 2:24 pm

Mar 28, 2023 2:24 pm

The grey man at the entrance ducks behind a table and takes a shot of his laser rifle... and Melena is hit by the blast for 4 points of damage.

Mr. Black then says to his companions "You've heard the lady, take that turret down!" and each of them take their shot. The damage seems to be superficial at best...

The turret then retaliates... and hits Mrs. White once again, but the laser glances off her armor this time.

Further back, there is a buzz of movement, you're not sure what's happening there yet...

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Second round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Grey Soldiers
10 BII Security Consultants
9 Laser Turret
8 Grey Scientists

Alphia and Melena are up in any order.

Rolls

Grey man attack (10)

Secret Roll

Mr. Black attack (10), Guns

Mr. Grey attack (10), Guns

Mrs. White attack (10), Guns

Turret attack (9)

Secret Roll

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Mar 28, 2023 8:50 pm

Mar 28, 2023 8:50 pm

Skye steadies her aim against the bulkhead and takes another shot at the grey.

Rolls

Accuracy (12) - (2d20L1)

(1411) = 11

Damage - (1d6)

(1) = 1

Mar 31, 2023 9:21 pm

Mar 31, 2023 9:21 pm

OOC:

sry kinda lost the order. can I act and do we still try to shoot the greys/turret? thx

Mar 31, 2023 10:17 pm

Mar 31, 2023 10:17 pm

Adrasthea says:

OOC:

sry kinda lost the order. can I act and do we still try to shoot the greys/turret? thx

OOC:

Yes, it's still your turn.

Apr 1, 2023 6:06 pm

Apr 1, 2023 6:06 pm

Melena curses loudly as she is hit, then retaliates. Seeing as the attacks were superficial at best, she turns her fire on the turret.

Last edited April 1, 2023 6:08 pm

Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (1d20)

(3) = 3

dmg - (3d6)

(531) = 9

Apr 2, 2023 2:47 am

Apr 2, 2023 2:47 am

Several pieces of armor platings fly off the turret, but it is still standing.

Archer, Enzo, Richter in any order are up.

Apr 2, 2023 7:13 am

Apr 2, 2023 7:13 am

Richter tries to feel out the laser rifle. With no former training he is reduced to treating it like he sees the Greys doing. He doesn't aim, doesn't know how to do that with such a weapon without front or rear sights. Instead Intuition drove him to squeeze and hold the trigger mechanism just as he saw the Greys do it.

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(3) = 3

Damage - (1d6+2)

(6) + 2 = 8

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Apr 2, 2023 9:38 am

Apr 2, 2023 9:38 am

Enzo fires another shot from his pistol. He wishes there was some way to reflect that lazer from the turret.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 14 - (1d20)

(8) = 8

Damage - (1d6)

(5) = 5

Apr 2, 2023 4:19 pm

Apr 2, 2023 4:19 pm

Seeing no obvious way to disable the turret, Archer settles with just shooting it up.

OOC:

edit: rolled a second dice but still hitting like a stormtrooper

Last edited April 2, 2023 5:47 pm

Rolls

Accuracy vs 10 - (1d20)

(15) = 15

Advantage - (1d20)

(12) = 12

Apr 2, 2023 5:28 pm

Apr 2, 2023 5:28 pm

Jomsviking says:

Richter tries to feel out the laser rifle. With no former training he is reduced to treating it like he sees the Greys doing. He doesn't aim, doesn't know how to do that with such a weapon without front or rear sights. Instead Intuition drove him to squeeze and hold the trigger mechanism just as he saw the Greys do it.

The Grey laser rifle is surprisingly intuitive in it's use. a laser flies toward the turret hitting it (roll 1d6+2 for damage please). Sadly, there doesn't seem to be any sort of rapid fire options on this thing... At least, if there are, they're locked behind far less intuitive manipulations of this weapons...

Stefron says:

Seeing no obvious way to disable the turret, Archer settles with just shooting it up.

Thanks to AJ, your rolls are at An Advantage. (This applies to Richter and Enzo as well, but since you succeeded...).

Enzo's shot knocks out a bit more armor from the turret... Soon, you'll probably be able to actually damage that thing.

AJ is up next.

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Apr 3, 2023 3:47 am

Apr 3, 2023 3:47 am

AJ raises her pulse rifle and unleashes a burst of fire towards the turret.

OOC:

Does AJ give herself advantage?

Rolls

Accuracy vs 12 - (1d20)

(2) = 2

Damage - (3d6)

(312) = 6

Apr 3, 2023 2:43 pm

Apr 3, 2023 2:43 pm

OOC:

Hmm, by the looks of it, no, only your teammates. Such is the burden of command...

AJ manages to knock off the last of the turret's armor plating, starting to inflict real damage on it.

The nearest Grey Man pups up from behind cover and fires again at Melena again as she seems to have inflicted the most damage this round... and he fumbles his check. You can hear him curse at his rifle and give it a few thwacks to get it to work again as he dips behind cover once more... (this would give you a Glory Point, but IIRC, you already have one you did not used anyways...).

Then, the security consultants take aim and try to finish off this turret now that the armor has been mostly blown off... The turret is now nearly destroyed, but it does get to retaliate one last time... and AJ gets hit for 3 points of damage.

The buzz of activity at the back continues, what could they be doing back there?

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Third round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Grey Soldiers
10 BII Security Consultants
9 Laser Turret
8 Grey Scientists

Alphia and Melena are up in any order.

Rolls

Grey man attack (10)

Mr. Black attack (10), Guns

Mr. Grey attack (10), Guns

Mrs. White attack (10), Guns

Turret attack (9)

Random target

Apr 3, 2023 4:21 pm

Apr 3, 2023 4:21 pm

"Missed! You Grey piece of shit. Fuck off already!"
AJ shoots down the last piece of turret armor. Finally! Melena fires one last time at the turret to finish it off.

Last edited April 3, 2023 4:23 pm

Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (2d20L1)

(1511) = 11

dmg - (3d6)

(513) = 9

Apr 3, 2023 5:16 pm

Apr 3, 2023 5:16 pm

Melena destroys the target. All that's left in this section of the habitat is the Grey soldier...

Alphia is up!

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Apr 3, 2023 11:17 pm

Apr 3, 2023 11:17 pm

Determined, Skye takes another shot at the Grey seen in the corridor.

Rolls

Accuracy (12) - (2d20L1)

(1318) = 13

Apr 3, 2023 11:37 pm

Apr 3, 2023 11:37 pm

Richter uses the duct taped magazines he had prepared back at base for a rapid reload. And then sprays the Grey down with fully automatic fire.

"Last mag! Full Auto is doing fuck all, why are you still using Pistols?!?!?!"

Last edited April 3, 2023 11:40 pm

Rolls

Accuracy vs 11 - (2d20l1)

(416) = 4

Damage - (6d6)

(611353) = 19

Apr 4, 2023 12:36 am

Apr 4, 2023 12:36 am

OOC:

Last mag already? Damn, you're going through those like a PEZ dispenser!

With a flurry of bullets, Richter rips off most of the Grey's armored environment suit... Most, but not all of it...

Enzo and Archer are still up.

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Apr 4, 2023 8:16 am

Apr 4, 2023 8:16 am

"Does it look like I was issued a pulse rifle, Richter?" Skye answers him. "Crayon-chewing moron..."

Apr 4, 2023 9:08 pm

Apr 4, 2023 9:08 pm

"Pistols are what they issue a technician. Rifles are for grunts. Archer retorts as he fires said pistol in the direction of the covering Grey Man.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 10 - (2d20L1)

(313) = 3

Damage - (1d6)

(5) = 5

Apr 4, 2023 9:11 pm

Apr 4, 2023 9:11 pm

"They sent you here to die?"

Richter was almost incredulous at that... until he remembered one of his standing orders was to do that. "Well... okay yeah that checks."

Apr 5, 2023 2:01 pm

Apr 5, 2023 2:01 pm

Archer's shot shreds the Grey's suit a bit more...

Enzo is still up.

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Apr 5, 2023 4:19 pm

Apr 5, 2023 4:19 pm

Enzo fires his pistol.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 14 - (1d20, 1d6)

1d20 : (3) = 3

1d6 : (2) = 2

Apr 6, 2023 12:41 pm

Apr 6, 2023 12:41 pm

Enzo hits, but his bullet bounces on whatever remains of the Grey's shredded armored environment suit...

AJ is up!

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Apr 7, 2023 6:35 pm

Apr 7, 2023 6:35 pm

"Turret's down. Move in, everyone." AJ says, looking down at the shattered remains of the turret as she steps over it into the habitat. She raises her pulse rifle towards the Grey to fire and over her shoulder she says to Mr. Black, "Go find your boy. We'll deal with the Greys."

Rolls

Accuracy vs 12 - (1d20)

(6) = 6

Damage - (3d6)

(545) = 14

Apr 7, 2023 7:18 pm

Apr 7, 2023 7:18 pm

AJ finally pierce the Grey's environment suit. He seems to be oddly panicking despite being inside an habitat with an atmosphere as he's running away. Mr. Black nods at AJ's assessment and the three security consultants make their way deeper into the habitat, then you hear Mr. Black yell through your comms "We have more hostiles over here!" and then it happens, a large "WOOSH" as you feel the atmosphere drain away form the habitat, in the distance, you see the fourth module collapse and feel the atmosphere escaping the habitat. Seems like the Greys were busy making themselves another way out of here... and once again you hear Mr. Black screams in the comms. "NO! DAMMIT! We have to make it to the boy fast, we might still have time to save him!"

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Fourth round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Grey Soldiers
10 BII Security Consultants
9 Laser Turret
8 Grey Scientists

Alphia and Melena are up in any order.

Apr 8, 2023 3:48 pm

Apr 8, 2023 3:48 pm

Melena nods and pushes forward into the room. She tries to make haste while not neglecting possible cover. She aims at the closest enemy and unloads another clip.

OOC:

what do we see? any way to use what's in the room? - as cover or anything else? how many enemies do we see? I'm not sure what to imagine at the moment. a large empty room? science lab? thx

Last edited April 8, 2023 3:51 pm

Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (2d20L1)

(514) = 5

dmg - (3d6)

(331) = 7

Apr 8, 2023 8:22 pm

Apr 8, 2023 8:22 pm

OOC:

This module seems to be multi purpose. Set up against the walls are sleeping tie-downs, tables, workstations, shelves, and much more.
Also, with AJ's Leadership boost over, I'm pretty sure firing a burst is done With Disadvantage, and as such, you should have kept the 14.

Apr 8, 2023 9:00 pm

Apr 8, 2023 9:00 pm

OOC:

alright. Thx

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Apr 8, 2023 11:32 pm

Apr 8, 2023 11:32 pm

Skye move in, using available cover, until she can get a visual on her next Grey target, and fires off a shot from her pistol.

Rolls

Accuracy (12) - (1d20)

(10) = 10

Damage - (1d6)

(1) = 1

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Apr 9, 2023 1:55 pm

Apr 9, 2023 1:55 pm

As the aliens retreat, Enzo moves forward with the group and takes in the scene. He looks at the module, the sleeping tie-downs, tables, workstations, shelves, and much more - and tries to get an understanding of everything that's going on here. What is it they're doing? And how can they turn it into their advantage?

Rolls

Education vs 13 - (1d20)

(18) = 18

Apr 9, 2023 8:07 pm

Apr 9, 2023 8:07 pm

With the Grey on retreat, Archer is content to let the fighter do the clearing up. He looks around to locate the boy Mr. Black has been talking about. The boy somehow seems to be important and a key to understanding what is going on.

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(18) = 18

Apr 9, 2023 10:16 pm

Apr 9, 2023 10:16 pm

Alphie's bullet is deflected by the Grey's armored environment suit. Enzo tries to figure out how this room could be used to their advantage, but he feels like the obvious is escaping him somehow... Archer for his part is looking for the boy but fails to find him. Could he be obscured by the furniture in here?

Apr 10, 2023 7:09 pm

Apr 10, 2023 7:09 pm

Richter, still hunkered down with some alien technology between him and the Greys slap a mag into his pulse rifle, racks a round and then leans from cover to find a shot.

Apr 10, 2023 11:25 pm

Apr 10, 2023 11:25 pm

Richter takes cover behind what looks like an art-deco alien filing cabinet.

AJ is up next.

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Apr 11, 2023 4:38 am

Apr 11, 2023 4:38 am

"Copy that." AJ answers Mr. Black on the comm. She gestures for her team to follow her deeper into the habitat to look for more signs of the hostiles and the hostage. "Stay close and keep your eyes open."

OOC:

Using her leadership trait to give everyone advantage again.

Rolls

Presence vs 14 - (1d20)

(14) = 14

Apr 11, 2023 12:50 pm

Apr 11, 2023 12:50 pm

OOC:

Well, another critical. Everyone gets advantage to their next two checks again. Since this wasn't a nat. 1, there is no gain of new Glory Points.

The Grey soldier who was still running away is making his way to the last collapsed module of the habitat. Of course, with its environment suit breached, he'll be loosing 1 more HP...

The other two Grey soldiers who are in the same module as you are will take cover, with one of them flipping over a table while the other one lobs something towards your general direction... The grenade lands precisely in the middle of your group and goes off in a bright flash of light, emitting a frequency specifically tuned to disrupt your neural pathways. Everyone roll Save vs. Shock (Presence) at A Disadvantage please or take 6 damage (bypasses armor).

Rolls

Grey man attack (10)

Mr. Black Presence Save

Mr. Grey Presence Save

Mrs. White Presence Save

Apr 11, 2023 7:46 pm

Apr 11, 2023 7:46 pm

Richter turns into the bright light and sees the pretty colors. "Its beaut-" He manages before the light triggers a seizure.

Last edited April 11, 2023 7:49 pm

Rolls

Presence vs 14 - (1d20)

(16) = 16

Disadvantage - (1d20)

(17) = 17

Apr 11, 2023 8:02 pm

Apr 11, 2023 8:02 pm

"What the...!"

Rolls

Presence v12 - (2d20H1)

(1017) = 17

Apr 11, 2023 8:49 pm

Apr 11, 2023 8:49 pm

Archer was too busy looking for the boy, that he didn't see the grenade before it lands.

OOC:

Does the advantage AJ just give cancel out the disadvantage? My guess is it doesn't
TN 10, so a fail

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Rolls

Presence - (2d20h1)

(1613) = 16

Apr 11, 2023 9:05 pm

Apr 11, 2023 9:05 pm

Stefron says:

Archer was too busy looking for the boy, that he didn't see the grenade before it lands.

OOC:

Does the advantage AJ just give cancel out the disadvantage? My guess is it doesn't
TN 10, so a fail

OOC:

Why yes, yes it would. Good catch!

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Apr 11, 2023 9:48 pm

Apr 11, 2023 9:48 pm

Skye sees the grenade and attempts bring up her forearm to shield her against the light.

OOC:

Would the damage bypass Psychic Mind Shield as well? IIRC, she has a 3 pt shield.

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Rolls

Prescence - (1d20)

(17) = 17

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Apr 11, 2023 9:50 pm

Apr 11, 2023 9:50 pm

AJ attempts to take cover as the bright light explodes in front of her.

Rolls

Presence vs 14 (disadvantage) - (1d20H1)

(7) = 7

Disadvantage - (1d20)

(7) = 7

Apr 11, 2023 10:00 pm

Apr 11, 2023 10:00 pm

JamaisVu says:

Skye sees the grenade and attempts bring up her forearm to shield her against the light.

OOC:

Would the damage bypass Psychic Mind Shield as well? IIRC, she has a 3 pt shield.

OOC:

Yeah, okay, about that, because there is some confusion as the adventure notes 2 different stats for the Grey's stun grenades, and it can't agree with itself on how it actually works, I think I've finally figured it out. So the damage does NOT bypass armor. The bad news is that you're not rolling to avoid the damage, but rather the stunning effect of the blast. So yeah, you all take 6 points of damage that applies to your armor (grenade's radius is 3 meters, the habitat's modules are like 5 meters wide at their widest, so yeah, I assume you're grouped up enough). Sorry for the confusion...

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Apr 12, 2023 1:41 am

Apr 12, 2023 1:41 am

Enzo recoils heavily from the bright flash as it disrupts his neural pathways. Too stunned to notice the damage, his suit rips and tears from the explosion.

OOC:

So with the standard armor as AR4/AP20, that means we resist 4 damage and take 2 damage to our armor, yes?

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Rolls

Presence vs 12 - (1d20)

(15) = 15

Apr 12, 2023 9:35 am

Apr 12, 2023 9:35 am

OOC:

now i'm confused...how damaged are we? Thx

Apr 12, 2023 11:04 am

Apr 12, 2023 11:04 am

Bookrat says:

Enzo recoils heavily from the bright flash as it disrupts his neural pathways. Too stunned to notice the damage, his suit rips and tears from the explosion.

OOC:

So with the standard armor as AR4/AP20, that means we resist 4 damage and take 2 damage to our armor, yes?

Correct.

Adrasthea says:

OOC:

now i'm confused...how damaged are we? Thx

See Enzo's post above.

Apr 16, 2023 9:02 pm

Apr 16, 2023 9:02 pm

OOC:

Sorry for the delay

For those of you who failed your Save vs. Shock (which are Mr. Grey, Richter, Archer, Alphia, and Enzo) you will be stunned (At Disadvantage) for 6 rounds.

Mr. black then shouts to his friends. "We won't make it through their armor with those pea shooters unless we aim our shots. Take aim guys! Hopefully, the boy remembered his vacuum training and exhaled before the habitat got decompressed... We might still have a minute or two to save him..."

With this, the security consultents all take aim.

As for further back, you see other Greys wearing different suits fleeing through this new exit them made for themselves, their arms laden with jars and bottles...

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Fourth round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Grey Soldiers
10 BII Security Consultants
9 Laser Turret
8 Grey Scientists

Conditions:
Everyone except AJ have 1 action left With Advantage thanks to AJ's critical on her Leadership ability. Mr. Grey, Richter, Archer, Alphia, and Enzo are At Disadvantage for 6 rounds by virtue of the stun grenade.

Alphia and Melena are up in any order.

Rolls

Stuned duration - (1d6)

(6) = 6

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Apr 19, 2023 7:33 am

Apr 19, 2023 7:33 am

Skye shoots at the Greys again. BANG!

Rolls

Accuracy (12) - (1d20)

(11) = 11

Damage - (1d6)

(1) = 1

Apr 19, 2023 1:47 pm

Apr 19, 2023 1:47 pm

Alphia's shot sadly only manages to graze the Grey's armored environment suit...

Melena is up!

Apr 19, 2023 8:00 pm

Apr 19, 2023 8:00 pm

Melena keeps at it. She attacks the immediate threat, even if that means some of the Grey scientists? get ahead.

She shoots to kill.

Rolls

Accuracy v13 - (2d20L1)

(414) = 4

Dmg - (3d6)

(521) = 8

Apr 20, 2023 3:42 am

Apr 20, 2023 3:42 am

Drawing his Pistol and thoroughly disoriented Richter fires once at the silhouette of what he thinks is a grey.

Rolls

Attack - (2d20h1)

(97) = 9

Damage - (1d6)

(4) = 4

Apr 20, 2023 1:14 pm

Apr 20, 2023 1:14 pm

Melena's burst seem to have done some damage to the Grey's environment suit but Richter's shot was in vain as it merely glanced just like Alphia's did.

Enzo and Archer are still up!

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Apr 20, 2023 6:27 pm

Apr 20, 2023 6:27 pm

Enzo stumbles from the grenade impact. His head is spinning and it's hard to concentrate. The voices in his earpiece seem to be screaming at him, but nothing makes it past the blaze of confusion that's overriding his thoughts.

His years of training as a scientist kick in, however, and he looks around to observe the situation. This gun isn't enough. There has to be something he can use that will turn the tide.

OOC:

Reminder: This was due to AJ's last major success on leadership: Everyone gets advantage to their next two checks again. We've only used it once so far. This is my second roll. I'm using the advantage of her leadership to counteract the disadvantage of stun.

Rolls

Education vs 13 - (1d20)

(7) = 7

Apr 20, 2023 8:27 pm

Apr 20, 2023 8:27 pm

Failing to spot the boy and dazzled by the grenade, Archer just starts shooting in the general direction of the enemies. Maybe that will stop them from throwing more grenades.

OOC:

Also counteracting the stun with the advantage given by AJ

Rolls

Accuracy vs 10 - (1d20)

(9) = 9

Damage - (1d6)

(4) = 4

Apr 21, 2023 3:51 pm

Apr 21, 2023 3:51 pm

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Archer shoots the Greys for another glancing shot... You need something with more punching power, or perhaps follow the security consultants and aim and pick your shots to get through this armor...

AJ is up next!

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Apr 22, 2023 10:19 pm

Apr 22, 2023 10:19 pm

AJ quickly shakes off the disorienting effects of the grenade and steadies her grip on her pulse rifle. With lightning-fast reflexes, she tracks the movements of the closest Grey soldier and unleashes a hail of shots in its direction.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 12 - (1d20)

(12) = 12

Damage - (3d6)

(211) = 4

Apr 24, 2023 7:15 pm

Apr 24, 2023 7:15 pm

Thanks to the critical hit, AJ manages to wound the Grey.

Speaking of Grey soldiers, it is now their turn. Both of them take cover behind the toppled table (which means you'll be shooting at them At Disadvantage from that angle), but not before lobbing another grenade...

You have another save vs. Shock (Presence) to make At Disadvantage (not this won't accomplish much for those already stunned, unless I roll another 6 on the duration...).

Rolls

Stun Grenade damage - (1d6)

(6) = 6

Mr. Black/Grey/Mrs. White's Saves. - (2d20h1, 2d20h1, 2d20h1)

2d20h1 : (85) = 8

2d20h1 : (1818) = 18

2d20h1 : (1515) = 15

Grey grenade toss. - (1d20)

(10) = 10

Apr 24, 2023 7:38 pm

Apr 24, 2023 7:38 pm

Saving throw

Rolls

Presence 14 - (1d20)

(5) = 5

Presence - (1d20)

(1) = 1

Apr 24, 2023 8:04 pm

Apr 24, 2023 8:04 pm

Save

Rolls

Presence v12 - (2d20H1)

(158) = 15

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Apr 24, 2023 8:25 pm

Apr 24, 2023 8:25 pm

Shock roll!

Meanwhile...

"Richter! Aim for those crates!" Enzo calls out. He's pointing to a set of crates right next to the Greys hiding spot.

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Rolls

Presence vs 12 (Dis) - (2d20H1)

(115) = 15

Apr 24, 2023 8:57 pm

Apr 24, 2023 8:57 pm

Archer tries to cover himself from the impact of the grenade.

Rolls

Presence 10 - (2d20h1)

(1213) = 13

Apr 24, 2023 9:26 pm

Apr 24, 2023 9:26 pm

Can't wasn't part of Richter's vocabulary. He pulled up the laser and still bleary eyed looked for the crates. Aimed, and fired trusting the beam would slice the cover to ribbons.

Rolls

Aimed Accuracy - (2d20l1)

(209) = 9

Damage IIRC - (2d6+2)

(14) + 2 = 7

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Apr 24, 2023 10:12 pm

Apr 24, 2023 10:12 pm

OOC:

Save again...

Rolls

Prescence - (2d20H1)

(1411) = 14

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

Apr 26, 2023 7:55 am

Apr 26, 2023 7:55 am

OOC:

Save

Rolls

Presence vs 14 (dis) - (2d20H1)

(113) = 11

Apr 26, 2023 4:11 pm

Apr 26, 2023 4:11 pm

Jomsviking says:

Can't wasn't part of Richter's vocabulary. He pulled up the laser and still bleary eyed looked for the crates. Aimed, and fired trusting the beam would slice the cover to ribbons.

Next round buddy, we're still ending this round...

So by the looks of things, Mr. Grey, Mrs. White, Melena, Enzo, Archer, and Alphia all failed. Yeah, I guess the perfect location of the grenade could lenghten the stun duration, so I'll roll 2d6 for it... which adds up to 5 rounds... Not much of a difference for those who were already stunned...

Heeding Enzo's advice, Mr. Black shouts to his companions "You heard the man, aim for those crates! then we move out and try and find the boy!"

Mr. Black's and Mrs. White's concentrated shot tips the crate stack which ever so slightly fall towards the Greys. they notice too late and are burried underneath an avalanche of crates. The moon's low gravity doe not damage them, but they'll be stuck dealing with the new obstacle for a few rounds, giving you all a welcomed break. Sadly, Mr. Grey's shot ricochet at an awkward angle and comes back to hit... Alphia for 3 damage.

After a quick mumbled apology, they all get up to move toward the back of the habitat to find their charge. The remaining Greys seem nowhere to be seen; they probably boarded their strange ship...

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Fourth round of combat!

Initiative
13 Alphia
13 Melena
12 Archer
12 Enzo
12 Richter
11 AJ
10 Grey Soldiers
10 BII Security Consultants
9 Laser Turret
8 Grey Scientists

Conditions:
Mr. Grey, Mrs. White, Melena, Richter, Archer, Alphia, and Enzo are At Disadvantage for 5 rounds by virtue of the stun grenades.

Alphia and Melena are up in any order.

Rolls

Stun duration - (2d6)

(41) = 5

Mr. Black attack (10), Guns, aiming - (2d20l1, 2d6)

2d20l1 : (183) = 3

2d6 : (56) = 11

Mr. Grey attack (10), Guns, stunned, aiming - (1d20, 2d6)

1d20 : (20) = 20

2d6 : (46) = 10

Mrs. White attack (10), Guns, stunned, aiming - (1d20, 2d6)

1d20 : (6) = 6

2d6 : (11) = 2

Random target: 1d9 - (1d9)

(3) = 3

Apr 28, 2023 6:53 pm

Apr 28, 2023 6:53 pm

"Wait up, you sons of bitches!" Incredulously Melena looks at the damage caused to Alphia's suit and starts after the strangers, gun in hand.

May 1, 2023 10:17 pm

May 1, 2023 10:17 pm

OOC:

While we're waiting for Alphia, Archer, Enzo, and Richter, you can go ahead and post your actions...

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May 2, 2023 7:35 am

May 2, 2023 7:35 am

Skye moves forward with pistol in hand, but holds firing unless a Grey appears.

May 2, 2023 8:01 am

May 2, 2023 8:01 am

Richter still half blind stumbles to the crates. He steps on the first Grey he finds, center of its torso. Brandishing the laser rifle he places it dead center on the creatures head. Glowering down at it. Speaking the universal language of violence, he steps on the Grey's hand and kicks its gun away. "Hello, you ugly motherfucker, welcome to Earth." Pulling his sunshade up from the visor of his armor, Richter's wild blue eyes glowered madly, chewing on that Ultramarine crayon like a cigar.

Rolls

Presence to force surrender vs 14 - (1d20)

(12) = 12

May 2, 2023 9:27 pm

May 2, 2023 9:27 pm

With the Greys retreating, Archer starts looking for the boy again. He moves further into the habitat. Searching for any clue to his whereabouts.

OOC:

Using the Trait Sleuth to cancel out the disadvantage of the grenade

Rolls

Awareness vs 12 - (1d20)

(7) = 7

May 3, 2023 12:57 pm

May 3, 2023 12:57 pm

Alphia is ready to fire at anything non-human she sees, luckily for Richter, he is excluded from that list...

Speaking of Richter, he has managed to get one of the Greys (the one who was least buried by the crates) disarmed and subdued, that, there is still movement underneath that pile of crates...

As for Archer he makes his way to the detached habitat, spotting a very still and bloodied form laying on a sort of operating table, various wicked surgical instruments on robotic arms surrounding it. From the distance, it does look like a young man in his early 20s with curly blonde hair. The security consultants seem to have spotted him as well and are converging towards his position.

May 3, 2023 7:19 pm

May 3, 2023 7:19 pm

Melena flanks Archer immediately, gun not quite pointed, but ready.

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May 3, 2023 9:13 pm

May 3, 2023 9:13 pm

Enzo, still dizzy and discombobulated from the grenade, decides to hide behind a fallen table, to avoid any more shots coming his way.

May 3, 2023 9:32 pm

May 3, 2023 9:32 pm

"Got movement over here. This dipshit seems to have surrendered."

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

May 4, 2023 7:37 am

May 4, 2023 7:37 am

AJ, recovering from the effects of the grenade, quickly regains her composure and points towards the operating table where Archer has found the young man. "That's our boy. Let's get him out of here."

"Good. The Colonel wants one alive." AJ says to Ritcher. "Keep an eye on him. Don't let him go anywhere."

May 4, 2023 7:42 am

May 4, 2023 7:42 am

"Copy! But I cant say I won't have to execute this one if his buddy keeps moving."

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May 5, 2023 1:31 pm

May 5, 2023 1:31 pm

"Is the boy still alive?" Enzo asks, getting up despite his head still being filled with grenade static. Man, that thing was a head killer! Like the worst hangover he'd ever had. Fortunately, it dissipated much faster than a hangover.

"We got anything to tie it up?" Enzo asks. "Someone look for something; this is a science lab, there's going to be something. I need to check on the patient."

The patient. This was Enzo's wheelhouse. This looks like exactly the sort of thing he had been doing for years; cutting people up, operating on them, implanting illegal bioware and genetic upgrades. Time to see what was happening to the patient. Time to see what they were trying to do and whether or not he could keep him alive.

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May 5, 2023 1:43 pm

May 5, 2023 1:43 pm

As Enzo makes his query, Mr. Black turns towards him... "Oh yeah, sure, here..." and hands him two pairs of handcuffs. As the effect of the grenade clears, Enzo notices to young man is lying on the table quite dead. Looks like the Greys were collecting various biological samples from him from skin, organs, fat, bone marrow, etc. By the look etched on the young man's death mask, and the amount of congealed blood on the table, it looks like none of this was done humanely... Without an autopsy, it will be hard to determine exactly what killed him, whether it was the operation, the sudden decompression, or a combination of both... All three security consultants looks dejected at the sight of the scene, only Mr. Black seems to be in any shape to say anything... "Shit... those bastards! We're going to have to break the news to his folks..." After a quick nod to Mrs. White, she closes the boy's eyes, and then produces a body bag from her backpack.

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May 5, 2023 1:54 pm

May 5, 2023 1:54 pm

Enzo's voice crackles over their private channel radio, contacting AJ, "I can do an autopsy right now, if you want, corporal. It'll take a while, though. At least an hour. Or I can focus on collecting the most valuable scientific equipment. And what's the plan with the body? We letting these Corpo's take it, or is this whole place government property?"

May 6, 2023 8:50 pm

May 6, 2023 8:50 pm

"He is dead alright" Archer replies. "If the aliens studied him it means he is part of whatever they are doing here. And since we were tasked to find out what they were doing, I reckon we need to include the body in our investigation."

May 7, 2023 2:00 am

May 7, 2023 2:00 am

Richter uses the cuffs to restrain the Grey and proceeded to flip it prone and drag it away from its comrade. He examined the creature closely. As his vision was clearing the Grey's face was all he could see through its own Vaccsuit. "Huh, its unfuckable." There was as much regret and disappointment as any man could offer in his saying this. Resigned he shrugged and moved over to the remaining Grey, disarmed it and stood on its chest. "God damn this one is even uglier. Hey Corporal can I smoke this one? Its looking at me funny."

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

May 7, 2023 3:10 am

May 7, 2023 3:10 am

AJ sighs as she hears that the boy is dead. "We don’t have time for an autopsy here," AJ says. "Enzo, gather whatever equipment you can, and make sure it's secure for transport. We're taking the body with us back to the base for investigation." She turns her attention to Mr. Black and his team, her eyes locking onto theirs. "We need to take the body, and you'll have to come with us to answer some questions. We'll make sure his family gets the closure they deserve."

"Cuff them both, Richter." AJ says, ignoring his comment. She steps out to see if the other Greys and their ship have left the scene.

May 7, 2023 3:33 am

May 7, 2023 3:33 am

"Got it top!"

May 7, 2023 3:39 pm

May 7, 2023 3:39 pm

Mr. Black nods, though he seems a bit unsatisfied by the turns of event. "Listen, do you really need the body? Please, just let his parents bury him. It's not like an autopsy will reveal anything we didn't already knew; he most likely died from a combination of being cut open without any anesthetics and the sudden decompression of the habitat... Besides, in light of this tragedy, I'm sure BII will be more than happy to cooperate with the Dominion and offer them the identities of the traitors as well as any other details the Dominion might require."

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May 7, 2023 4:19 pm

May 7, 2023 4:19 pm

"Look, I'm a geneticist," Enzo says, as he walks around the lab looking at equipment that would be the most important to transport. He's mentally taking inventory, judging importance based off his own experience as a biohacker. "And there's a lot more to this than just cutting open a body. The Greys are known for performing genetic alterations, and you can't determine that with just a glance. An autopsy needs to be done. It's unlikely the government is going to allow you to just take this body away from them, not without breaking quite a few laws and paying off multiple people. So unless you want all of us, you included, to end up in a government prison, then yes, we have to take the body. The only way you are taking the body is if you're also buying all of us out of our military contracts."

Enzo is making it seem as if it's implausible to do this the way they want, but he's also planting a bug in their ear that it might be possible for them to work out a deal.

May 7, 2023 4:29 pm

May 7, 2023 4:29 pm

"Performing genetics alterations? That's the first time I ever heard that. I thought they only took genetic material in order to patch themselves up... Well, if you say so..." Mr. Black still seems unsatisfied, but he's not giving you any problems.

Maybe Enzo can roll a Presence check since there seems to be a manipulation element to what he's saying...

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May 8, 2023 1:39 pm

May 8, 2023 1:39 pm

Presence Roll

Rolls

Presence vs 12 - (1d20)

(4) = 4

May 8, 2023 2:52 pm

May 8, 2023 2:52 pm

You're pretty confident that you've managed to convince the BII security consultants of the possibility of working out a deal... Of course, they'd have to talk about this to their boss first as they are obviously not authorized to broker deals with the Dominion.

May 8, 2023 6:35 pm

May 8, 2023 6:35 pm

Melena in the meantime checks the different parts of the habitat for useful objects and information. She sweeps the rooms for threats first, then methodically looks for clues, weaponry and interesting looking gadgets.

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May 8, 2023 8:50 pm

May 8, 2023 8:50 pm

Skye is ready to leave this all behind and get transport off this rock. They should simply call for pickup and get the body out of here.

May 8, 2023 9:07 pm

May 8, 2023 9:07 pm

Archer is also gathering objects and information that might be of interest to their mission. Anything that could be important alien technology or lab equipment that could give insight into what the Greys have been doing in the habitat.

OOC:

Any roll needed?

May 8, 2023 9:21 pm

May 8, 2023 9:21 pm

Richter tries to locate some contraband or other things he can trade for more crayons, and bullets.

Rolls

Accuracy vs 11 - (1d20)

(20) = 20

May 9, 2023 1:58 am

May 9, 2023 1:58 am

Melena notices that aside from the medical lab which seems to be rather well furnished, probably for that whole genetic material collection, the rest seems to be rather basic living accommodations, not unlike the Grey's equivalent of camping but with a bit more luxury. Sleeping pallets, tables, lighting, basic foodstuff, waste disposal, etc.

Archer, for his part, is more interested in the lab, and the Grey's medical tech seems much more advanced than the Dominion's by what little he can see. Especially what they seem to be using for the collection and preserving of viable biological samples.

Richter for his part is more interested in the waste disposal... for some reason, he convinced himself that what people really want is an alien porta potty...

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

May 9, 2023 6:02 am

May 9, 2023 6:02 am

AJ nods in agreement with Enzo's assessment. "Enzo's right. We need to know exactly what happened to this young man, and an autopsy is the only way to find out. We'll make sure the body's properly handled and the parents are appropriately compensated."

"Let's gather all the valuable scientific equipment we can and get out of here."

AJ gives a call to Captain Tornado. "Captain? We're ready for extraction."

May 10, 2023 3:06 pm

May 10, 2023 3:06 pm

Captain Jo "Tornado" Delham arrives a few dozen minutes later.

"Hey, you got two hostiles! Good job marines!"

She then notices the BII security consultants.

"Who are those guys?"

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May 10, 2023 11:39 pm

May 10, 2023 11:39 pm

"We have one victim, deceased. The grey's were working on the body when we infiltrated. These fine folk are here to collect and return the body after we're done with it."

May 11, 2023 7:40 pm

May 11, 2023 7:40 pm

"And help with identification, now that secrecy isn't the main worry anymore. Right?"

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May 11, 2023 8:28 pm

May 11, 2023 8:28 pm

Skye quietly enters and strap into her seat awaiting their departure.

May 11, 2023 8:31 pm

May 11, 2023 8:31 pm

Richter installs the portashitter next to the ammunition machine and spray paints "Ammo Dump" on it laughing at his own cleverness before strapping the aliens and himself in.

May 11, 2023 8:32 pm

May 11, 2023 8:32 pm

Archer gets the things, he has collected onboard the craft and find a seat for departure.

May 11, 2023 10:05 pm

May 11, 2023 10:05 pm

Mr. Black nods. "The body is Ellis Roberts, son of HV and Mary Roberts of Bennet Implementations Inc. We'll head back and inform his parents."

Hearing this Jo Belham let's out an "I'm impressed" whistle. "Damn, those aliens are really starting to go after the big names!" She then notices what Richter is up to. "Hey, are you seriously loading up a shitter in my bird? What the hell man..."

May 11, 2023 10:08 pm

May 11, 2023 10:08 pm

Richter gestures to the ammo foundry. "Ammo." Then to the latrine. "Dump. And you can thank me when you need it."

Rolls

Personality v 14 - (1d20)

(15) = 15

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

May 12, 2023 6:44 am

May 12, 2023 6:44 am

AJ nods at Captain Tornado. "These are the BII security agents. The victim was kidnapped by the Greys and they were here to retrieve him. We found him being experimented on by the Greys, but he was already deceased upon our arrival. We have brought the body for further investigations."

She keeps an eye on the Greys when everyone enters the ship and straps themselves in. She make sure to secure the Greys before sitting down in her seat.

May 12, 2023 12:42 pm

May 12, 2023 12:42 pm

Belham seems less than impressed with Richer's potty humor... "Well, I'm not carrying two loads of shit back to base, so either you or your shitter gets on board, not both."

She nods, acknowledging AJ's explanation and then turns to the BII security consultants. "You guys need a lift back home? If I'm not mistaken you must be about 50 clicks from your corporation."

Mr. Black politely declines. "Thanks, but we don't want to intrude anymore on Dominion business than we already have. Besides, the sooner you perform that autopsy, the sooner his parents can get his body back. We'll manage to find our way back, don't worry about us..."

Belham simply shrugs. "Okay, suit yourself."

May 12, 2023 5:29 pm

May 12, 2023 5:29 pm

Pulling the latrine out of the wall Richter tears a hole in his suit. Spending his patch kit after throwing it into a heap on the Moon surface.

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Rolls

Toughness - (1d20)

(20) = 20

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May 12, 2023 5:33 pm

May 12, 2023 5:33 pm

"That was one hell of a mission," Enzo thinks to himself as they depart. "Greys. Never thought I'd actually see one in person. I knew they existed, I've done experiments with their DNA. But to actually see one alive! And I was the one who captured it! This might turn out to be the best thing yet; the opportunity to work on grey genetic material, to experiment with it and see what we can do with it! We can enhance humanity!"

Enzo departs from the site with a mixture of excitement at the prospects do working on these new discoveries, and a bit of shame that he's actually considering trying to stay with the Dominion rather than make it on his own again. His own science vessel is still out there, hidden amongst the asteroid belt. "It'll be ok," he thought. He looked around at his crew - Corporal AJ was competent. Alphia was a fine medic. Archer was a top notch tech. Melena was as good a marine as he could think of. And Richter? Well, that lovable idiot at least is able to get things done when they needed getting done; when he paid attention to the Corporal, at least. "I can always go retrieve my ship later. It's always an option in case I need to ditch the Dominion. But I think I'll stay here for now."

Last edited May 12, 2023 5:34 pm

May 13, 2023 12:24 am

May 13, 2023 12:24 am

Jomsviking says:

Pulling the latrine out of the wall Richter tears a hole in his suit. Spending his patch kit after throwing it into a heap on the Moon surface.

OOC:

You don't really need to roll anything to unload the alien porta potty, but if you want to make a fool of yourself, we can say you managed to splash some alien poo on your combat armor...

As you come back to base, Colonel Lucas Edson is elated.

"Great work marines! Not only did you brought several examples of alien tech with you, but you also manages to capture us two live subjects. I'm sure the lab boys will be eager to do to them what those freaks usually do to us... I can't wait to read your repots! Once this is done you'll have earned yourself a little R&R on Icarus II."

With an adventure under your belt, you're all now level 2. You can pick up a new talent. If picking up a talent which increase an attribute, you have an upper limit of 16 on your attribute. Colonel Lucas Edson is also so happy with the result of that mission that you've earned yourself 2 Purchase Rolls. And of course, all spend ammo is replenished. I'll leave this thread open a few days longer so you can make any finalization you wish to make before starting the next mission.

May 13, 2023 12:52 am

May 13, 2023 12:52 am

Richter requisitions an Avenger Mini-Gun and a Mechanized Hardsuit.

Having missed a sustained fire and nearly getting his team killed because of it Richter spends his down time, blowing apart targets at the live fire range with his newly acquired minigun.

Last edited May 13, 2023 1:03 am

Rolls

Requisition vs 14 - (1d20)

(11) = 11

Requisition vs 14 - (1d20)

(12) = 12

May 13, 2023 1:50 am

May 13, 2023 1:50 am

Damn, Richter is equipped to the teeth now. Okay, but you just get the 200 rounds that comes with it, make your bursts count...

May 13, 2023 2:02 am

May 13, 2023 2:02 am

OOC:

no interchangeable parts or ammo right? Minigun ammo isnt pistol or rifle ammo?

May 13, 2023 2:07 am

May 13, 2023 2:07 am

OOC:

Hmm, good question. Yeah, the ammo foundry doesn't say how many production slots minigun ammo takes. If I go by Fallout logic, that would be the same as pistol ammo.

JamaisVu Inactive for 1 months

May 13, 2023 7:51 pm

May 13, 2023 7:51 pm

After filing her evaluations, Skye puts in for a transfer to a PsiCore unit.

May 14, 2023 8:43 pm

May 14, 2023 8:43 pm

After the mission, Archer Veillon spend some time brushing up on manipulating computer systems. That lock in the habitat had been too tricky if only they had been able to open it more subtly. The mission would have been smother.

OOC:

Taking the Bits and Bytes trait.

He then files a request for a PDA (again) and subsequently a Drone. This time he tries to use a more amiable tone in the request.

OOC:

I guess Archer gets his PDA this time.

Last edited May 14, 2023 8:44 pm

Rolls

Purchase roll (TN 10) - (1d20)

(6) = 6

Purchase roll (TN 10) - (1d20)

(12) = 12

May 14, 2023 11:53 pm

May 14, 2023 11:53 pm

JamaisVu says:

After filing her evaluations, Skye puts in for a transfer to a PsiCore unit.

We'll look for the possibility of transferring you to a PsiCore unit. For now, enjoy your shore leave on Icarus II.

Athena Jackson "AJ"

Manhattan Inactive for 9 months

May 15, 2023 12:25 am

May 15, 2023 12:25 am

AJ spends the next few days training relentlessly on how to move in her armor. She practices running, jumping, crawling, and even dancing in the heavy suit until every movement is second nature. She practices with her weapon, firing it from different positions and angles while wearing the armor.

OOC:

Taking the Armor trait.

She requisitions for five clips of pulse rifle ammo and a flash-bang grenade.

Last edited May 15, 2023 12:26 am

Rolls

Purchase Roll vs 14 - (1d20)

(4) = 4

Purchase Roll vs 14 - (1d20)

(9) = 9

Bookrat Inactive for 6 months

May 15, 2023 11:10 am

May 15, 2023 11:10 am

Enzo manages to somehow talk his way into joining the science team experimenting on the Greys, and he studies as much of the alien biology as he can.

OOC:

Taking the Xenobiology trait.

Rolls

Purchase Roll vs 12 - (1d20)

(6) = 6

Purchase Roll vs 12 - (1d20)

(19) = 19

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