Chapter 1: The Commencement

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Feb 4, 2025 4:18 am
Guidance
About 15 minutes later, you receive another message from Guidance:

Good work assisting Zigvigix. Your next task will be to aid Fitch, the leader of the Wayfinders with a task. She is currently located on the Master of Stars in orbit around Absolom Station. Report to the Hangar 17 and you will be taken by shuttle.
Feb 4, 2025 8:46 am
"Well, that didn't take long!" Soryn says. "No time like the present - I'll head straight there and await the rest of you, unless you're coming now as well."
Feb 4, 2025 12:45 pm
I'm looking forward to flying again.
Again she look up the fastest route and guide the group to Hanger 17
Feb 5, 2025 1:02 am
Xiordin puts down his headphones and smoothie, about ready to finally listen to the new album. "Great timing. Alright. I mean, yay spaceship!"
Feb 17, 2025 11:59 pm
The station’s Armada can be seen from the shuttle’s view screen as it takes off, gleaming figures standing out against the emptiness of space. The Master of Stars immediately stands out from the rest, as layers and layers of scaffolding obscure its hull. Tiny lights flicker among the metal beams as distant figures weld plates and heat shields to the ship’s exterior. The shuttle smoothly glides closer until it reaches the starship’s docking bay, slipping through the magic field that keeps the hold pressurized with breathable atmosphere. As the shuttle doors open, a small drone flies in and pops up a holoscreen, displaying a harried-looking ratfolk.

Fitch
"Finally, fresh meat!" the ysoki exclaims over the screen, sounding pleased. "Name’s Fitch—pleasantries over, time to get to work. I had some trouble earlier with the lights flickering on the ship, and now both the lights and computers have suddenly gone out on E-Deck. No idea what’s causing it, but you work this job long enough and—" Fitch’s attention flicks to something offscreen, and she shouts "Kirkath! The welding torch is not a toy! You wanna go in the toddler’s pen with the other kids?" She snorts dismissively before continuing, "Sorry, some of these little ones would cut off their own heads if I let them. It could be some screwed up wiring, but that’s a pretty big system failure for a simple electrical short. I’d prefer to send in some people with combat training to scout it out, just in case someone or something is sabotaging the ship. If it’s nothing, great, get the power back on if you can. If there’s something suspicious, use your comm units to report in to me. I’ll give you the access codes, so—Selicha! If you touch that panel I will staple you to the hull!"

The screen on the drone cuts out, then flashes to display the ship’s schematics and the passwords for the computers on E-Deck.
OOC:
If you have any further questions for Fitch, you do have comm units to keep in touch
Feb 18, 2025 3:59 am
Xiordin isn't a sound technician, but turns to the others in his crew. "Saboteurs or mechanical failure! How exciting. Scrap, do I have everything you need to do any emergency repairs once we have secured the area?"
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Feb 18, 2025 9:03 am
"This sounds equally mysterious and worthwhile. I hope we're able to find out what's going on with their power system and get it functioning again. Actually, I'm quite confident we will!" He takes note of the schematics and passwords for their upcoming foray on the E-deck and gets ready to disembark.
Feb 18, 2025 7:23 pm
Sioux boots up her diagnostic programs and summons broad-spectrum scanning kit.
Lets go find ourself a gremlins
Everyone knows the stories about gremlins causing trouble with wirings and such.
[ +- ] Minor Form : Tool Kit, Starfinder Armory
Feb 20, 2025 12:41 am
When you arrive at the entrance to E-Deck, you find that the doors are closed and there doesn't seem to be any power going to this area of the ship.
OOC:
If you want to try re-routing power to this area, it will be an Engineering or Computers check, otherwise you'll have to go in with just flashlights to light your way and you'll need to force the doors open
Feb 20, 2025 2:34 am
He steps forward and puts the back of his hand to the door, testing it for the intense cold that would signal naked vacuum on the other side. "Plan A, let's get power to the door and do this the easy way. Just in case, I've got Plan B."

He steps forward and flexes his muscles. "It's you and me, door. Best get your affairs in order. Or-door?"

He winces with the first pull. "Ahh, my groin!"
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Rolls

Str - (1d20+3)

(2) + 3 = 5

Feb 20, 2025 3:01 pm
Let me try.
Sioux connects her wrist pr with an input port on the wall terminal.
There... Power restored.
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Rolls

Computers - (1d20+6+1+3)

(19) + 10 = 29

Feb 23, 2025 5:10 am
Soryn watches as Sioux sets to work, though winces when Xiordin struggles with the door. He hopes Sioux has more success in getting the power systems back on.
Feb 24, 2025 11:01 pm
Sioux easily re-routes power into the area while Xiordin pulls a muscle and begins limping around like an old man.

The lights turn on and the door controls begin to work again, easily sliding open at the push of a button. Scattered barrels and boxes line the lower section of this storage chamber. A hallway continues to the starboard side of the ship, with open door storage units arrayed until the hall curves. A curving hall leads from the fore to the port, also filled with additional empty storage units. You hear a small scrape as if something moved somewhere in the room as well as a whimper.
Feb 25, 2025 2:02 am
"I'd whimper too, if I was in the dark and saw us coming in armed and angry!" He manifests solar darkness, which sheds find light in a twenty foot radius. It is a mote of stellar energy slightly smaller than his fist that hovers near his head. With a hand on his sword hilt he enters. "Ready my friends?"
Feb 25, 2025 6:50 am
With the scanner in one hand and her pistol in the other Sioux enters the room to search for the whimpering creature

Rolls

Perception +4 from scanner - (1d20+4+4)

(1) + 8 = 9

Feb 27, 2025 2:14 am
Sioux follows just after Xiordin and it doesn't take her long to spot movement behind one of the crates. A pair of young children cower there, clearly unaware that they've been seen.
Feb 27, 2025 10:03 am
Soryn relaxes at seeing the children hiding. "Come now, what are you doing here? Look, not so bad, we got the power back on. Let's get you back to safety, yes?"

Rolls

Diplomacy - (1d20+1)

(4) + 1 = 5

Feb 27, 2025 10:39 am
Scraps ears and whiskers twitch as the children are pointed out. She scampers afte ther others, touching a button on her wrist to have bomts stay by the door. Apparentally some people found the robot scary, thoigh she didn't understand that herself.

'Hello. It is okay. We are friends.' She waves from behind Soryn
Mar 5, 2025 9:47 am
One of the children squeaks in alarm, clearly not realizing that they'd been spotted. The little boy among the pair peeks out and then whispers to the little girl before they both cautiously show themselves. They look ready to dart away at the slightest thing.
Mar 5, 2025 9:51 am
'Hello. I am scrap! Wjat are your names?' The ysoki stays where she is but gives another little wave. She wasn't always the best at picking up on social curs but even she could tell these children were nervous.
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