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[Beirus]

Follow those guys down the pier, bring the blind person if they need help. Use the data pad for light if necessary writing a flashlight app for it if I need to.

[Hapah]

Are the rods set out in any pattern (like they might be marking a pathway or perimeter), or are they appear to be scattered at random?

Spoiler: Hapah (click to show/hide)

Inventory:
Chrome Perforater
Extra Mags (2)
CS Space Suit
Flashlight
Tool Box
Cutting Torch
Knife
Luminous Marking Pen (2)
Datapad w/ Adapter set
Backpack
Cigs + Lighter
-----------
Jury-Rigged Beacon (in shuttle)
-----------
26:Rationalist
29:Death Rage
Flaw
25: Dangerous Honor
Credit:180
Pain:1
Sanity:2
Weight:4

[swordsmith04]

Crack a glowstick and give it to Tavik Toth's character, then backtrack for the two teammates left behind, and lead them to the tower.

Spoiler: Ben Febinez (click to show/hide)

Ben lived on a small colony, specialized in mining. Crime was rampant, so Ben took a few self-defense classes. Then he starting buffing up. Like, really buffing up. More than once, he was accused of steroid abuse. His muscles were put to good use in the mines, helping to pay for his family's apartment and food costs, until one day a family member won the Corporate lottery. Ben seemed like the most likely family member to survive whatever dangerous scenarios the Corporation would put him through, so he quit his job in the mines, claimed the "prize", and was soon on his way to the Crossroads.

50 Credits
Boons:
- Buff (+2 to rolls involving physical strength)
- CQC Basics (+1 to melee combat rolls)
Flaw:
- Distracted (-1 to rolls involving understanding or examining things)
Inventory:
Mercenary Suit
Backpack
- Rocket Launcher
- Box of Glowsticks [30]
- Synthetic Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Cutting Torch
- Bottle of Painkillers
- Bottle of Tranquilizers
- Radio Headset
Flashlight (on)
Luminous Marking Pen
Combat Knife
Stun Club
Pain: 1
Sanity: 1
Weight: 6/7

[piecewise]

Crack a glowstick and give it to Tavik Toth's character, then backtrack for the two teammates left behind, and lead them to the tower.

Spoiler: Ben Febinez (click to show/hide)

Ben lived on a small colony, specialized in mining. Crime was rampant, so Ben took a few self-defense classes. Then he starting buffing up. Like, really buffing up. More than once, he was accused of steroid abuse. His muscles were put to good use in the mines, helping to pay for his family's apartment and food costs, until one day a family member won the Corporate lottery. Ben seemed like the most likely family member to survive whatever dangerous scenarios the Corporation would put him through, so he quit his job in the mines, claimed the "prize", and was soon on his way to the Crossroads.

50 Credits
Boons:
- Buff (+2 to rolls involving physical strength)
- CQC Basics (+1 to melee combat rolls)
Flaw:
- Distracted (-1 to rolls involving understanding or examining things)
Inventory:
Mercenary Suit
Backpack
- Rocket Launcher
- Box of Glowsticks [30]
- Synthetic Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Cutting Torch
- Bottle of Painkillers
- Bottle of Tranquilizers
- Radio Headset
Flashlight (on)
Luminous Marking Pen
Combat Knife
Stun Club
Pain: 1
Sanity: 1
Weight: 6/7

Follow those guys down the pier, bring the blind person if they need help. Use the data pad for light if necessary writing a flashlight app for it if I need to.

Ya'll get back together near the tower. 

Are the rods set out in any pattern (like they might be marking a pathway or perimeter), or are they appear to be scattered at random?

Spoiler: Hapah (click to show/hide)

Inventory:
Chrome Perforater
Extra Mags (2)
CS Space Suit
Flashlight
Tool Box
Cutting Torch
Knife
Luminous Marking Pen (2)
Datapad w/ Adapter set
Backpack
Cigs + Lighter
-----------
Jury-Rigged Beacon (in shuttle)
-----------
26:Rationalist
29:Death Rage
Flaw
25: Dangerous Honor
Credit:180
Pain:1
Sanity:2
Weight:4

They're set out along a straight line, all of them about 50-60 feet from the base of the structure.

                         PYRAMID
__________________________________

                      Empty space

O          O          O          O          O          O
                            Rods

                      Empty space

BONESBONESBONESBONESBONESBONES
BONESBONESBONESBONESBONESBONES
BONESBONES  You   BONESBONESBONES
BONESBONESBONESBONESBONESBONES
BONESBONESBONESBONESBONESBONES

[swordsmith04]

Walk up the tower side-pier. Is there a control panel or something on the side of the tower or on the pier?

Spoiler: Ben Febinez (click to show/hide)

Ben lived on a small colony, specialized in mining. Crime was rampant, so Ben took a few self-defense classes. Then he starting buffing up. Like, really buffing up. More than once, he was accused of steroid abuse. His muscles were put to good use in the mines, helping to pay for his family's apartment and food costs, until one day a family member won the Corporate lottery. Ben seemed like the most likely family member to survive whatever dangerous scenarios the Corporation would put him through, so he quit his job in the mines, claimed the "prize", and was soon on his way to the Crossroads.

50 Credits
Boons:
- Buff (+2 to rolls involving physical strength)
- CQC Basics (+1 to melee combat rolls)
Flaw:
- Distracted (-1 to rolls involving understanding or examining things)
Inventory:
Mercenary Suit
Backpack
- Rocket Launcher
- Box of Glowsticks [29]
- Synthetic Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Cutting Torch
- Bottle of Painkillers
- Bottle of Tranquilizers
- Radio Headset
Flashlight (on)
Luminous Marking Pen
Combat Knife
Stun Club
Pain: 1
Sanity: 1
Weight: 6/7

[Beirus]

Follow Ben. If there is a control panel, can my data pad interface with it using the adapter?

((I wonder if we got sent to check out some sort of alien cooling system or garbage disposal.))

Spoiler: Alec Badel (click to show/hide)

 
Berius:
Name: Alec Badel
Background: An employee for a digital security company, he learned how to twist electronics to his purposes. He might have made it far in the company, but he had a couple of problems. If he didn't succeed at something on the first try, he gave up on it and moved on, no matter how important the project. The even bigger problem was that being hurt often caused him to flip out and start trashing workstations, whether if was from slamming his finger in a door or accidentally putting a staple in his hand. The higher-ups did some final in with the lottery to have him win and "politely suggested" he go to the Crossroads. At gunpoint.
Boons
21:Berserker
14:Techie
Flaw
20:Defeatist
Credits
130
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Weight:4
Inventory: Talon Gauntlet, Data-pad with Adapter kit, Merc Suit

 

[swordsmith04]

((If I remember correctly, the oceans on the quiet-world from mission 7 were completely sealed off from the atmosphere, in order to use them as giant power generators. I think these towers are the same kind of thing.))

[Hapah]

That's so weird that there's no bones by the rods. I wonder if it pushes them away?

Cautiously approach bone/empty space divide. If everything feels okay when on the edge, toss a piece of bone towards the nearest doorway, between the rods, at around normal height.

Spoiler: Hapah (click to show/hide)

Inventory:
Chrome Perforater
Extra Mags (2)
CS Space Suit
Flashlight
Tool Box
Cutting Torch
Knife
Luminous Marking Pen (2)
Datapad w/ Adapter set
Backpack
Cigs + Lighter
-----------
Jury-Rigged Beacon (in shuttle)
-----------
26:Rationalist
29:Death Rage
Flaw
25: Dangerous Honor
Credit:180
Pain:1
Sanity:2
Weight:4

[piecewise]

Walk up the tower side-pier. Is there a control panel or something on the side of the tower or on the pier?

Spoiler: Ben Febinez (click to show/hide)

Ben lived on a small colony, specialized in mining. Crime was rampant, so Ben took a few self-defense classes. Then he starting buffing up. Like, really buffing up. More than once, he was accused of steroid abuse. His muscles were put to good use in the mines, helping to pay for his family's apartment and food costs, until one day a family member won the Corporate lottery. Ben seemed like the most likely family member to survive whatever dangerous scenarios the Corporation would put him through, so he quit his job in the mines, claimed the "prize", and was soon on his way to the Crossroads.

50 Credits
Boons:
- Buff (+2 to rolls involving physical strength)
- CQC Basics (+1 to melee combat rolls)
Flaw:
- Distracted (-1 to rolls involving understanding or examining things)
Inventory:
Mercenary Suit
Backpack
- Rocket Launcher
- Box of Glowsticks [29]
- Synthetic Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Cutting Torch
- Bottle of Painkillers
- Bottle of Tranquilizers
- Radio Headset
Flashlight (on)
Luminous Marking Pen
Combat Knife
Stun Club
Pain: 1
Sanity: 1
Weight: 6/7

Follow Ben. If there is a control panel, can my data pad interface with it using the adapter?

((I wonder if we got sent to check out some sort of alien cooling system or garbage disposal.))

Spoiler: Alec Badel (click to show/hide)

 
Berius:
Name: Alec Badel
Background: An employee for a digital security company, he learned how to twist electronics to his purposes. He might have made it far in the company, but he had a couple of problems. If he didn't succeed at something on the first try, he gave up on it and moved on, no matter how important the project. The even bigger problem was that being hurt often caused him to flip out and start trashing workstations, whether if was from slamming his finger in a door or accidentally putting a staple in his hand. The higher-ups did some final in with the lottery to have him win and "politely suggested" he go to the Crossroads. At gunpoint.
Boons
21:Berserker
14:Techie
Flaw
20:Defeatist
Credits
130
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Weight:4
Inventory: Talon Gauntlet, Data-pad with Adapter kit, Merc Suit

 

You both head down the side path toward the tower, but the heat quickly becomes too much. The water near the base of the tower is literally boiling, and the steam is hot enough to melt flesh. No one without a space suit can get near it, at least not without kissing their skin goodbye. Regardless, you don't see any sort of control panels for the tower, even from the halfway point, which is about as far as anyone can get.

That's so weird that there's no bones by the rods. I wonder if it pushes them away?

Cautiously approach bone/empty space divide. If everything feels okay when on the edge, toss a piece of bone towards the nearest doorway, between the rods, at around normal height.

Spoiler: Hapah (click to show/hide)

Inventory:
Chrome Perforater
Extra Mags (2)
CS Space Suit
Flashlight
Tool Box
Cutting Torch
Knife
Luminous Marking Pen (2)
Datapad w/ Adapter set
Backpack
Cigs + Lighter
-----------
Jury-Rigged Beacon (in shuttle)
-----------
26:Rationalist
29:Death Rage
Flaw
25: Dangerous Honor
Credit:180
Pain:1
Sanity:2
Weight:4

You slide down the bone pilings until you reach the edge of the empty space. Nothing feels... Ok everything here feels wrong. You're in an alien boneyard attempting to gain entrance to a mile high black pyramid, this is far from normalcy. But the pylons don't shoot you and nothing makes your hair stand on end or your skin crawl any more than normal so...You pick up a bone and hurl it towards the nearest doorway, between two of the pylons. It makes it to the pylons, hits a solid wall of air and then rebounds off, silent in the limited to non-existent atmosphere. The bone clatters to the ground, seemingly undamaged.

[Beirus]

No use getting any closer. Might as well go further down the pier, preferably following someone with a light.

Spoiler: Alec Badel (click to show/hide)

 
Berius:
Name: Alec Badel
Background: An employee for a digital security company, he learned how to twist electronics to his purposes. He might have made it far in the company, but he had a couple of problems. If he didn't succeed at something on the first try, he gave up on it and moved on, no matter how important the project. The even bigger problem was that being hurt often caused him to flip out and start trashing workstations, whether if was from slamming his finger in a door or accidentally putting a staple in his hand. The higher-ups did some final in with the lottery to have him win and "politely suggested" he go to the Crossroads. At gunpoint.
Boons
21:Berserker
14:Techie
Flaw
20:Defeatist
Credits
130
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Weight:4
Inventory: Talon Gauntlet, Data-pad with Adapter kit, Merc Suit

 

[Hapah]

Hrm.

Approach barrier. Try to pass a hand between two pylons, across the invisible wall. If the hand doesn't stop at the wall, try to walk through.

Spoiler: Hapah (click to show/hide)

Inventory:
Chrome Perforater
Extra Mags (2)
CS Space Suit
Flashlight
Tool Box
Cutting Torch
Knife
Luminous Marking Pen (2)
Datapad w/ Adapter set
Backpack
Cigs + Lighter
-----------
Jury-Rigged Beacon (in shuttle)
-----------
26:Rationalist
29:Death Rage
Flaw
25: Dangerous Honor
Credit:180
Pain:1
Sanity:2
Weight:4

[Tavik Toth]

Wait for the others then lead them down the main pier. Hold onto glow stick it was given as well.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Reinhard Kohlhase, A stupidly lucky and intimidating, if gullible, German from one of the outer colonies.
Boons:
28:Supernatural Luck
17:Intimidating
Flaw
28: Gullible
Credits:1100
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Weight:3
Merc Suit
Snapper
Active Glowstick (Given by Ben)

[Illgeo]

Follow everyone.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

O-16ə "Oswald Synte", Male
Beautiful Blind Human Lie Detector with 6th Sense
Credits:370
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Inventory:
Merc Suit
2 First Aid Kits
5 Medifoams
Cauterizing Rod
Bioscaner
Suture Gun
Weight:3

[swordsmith04]

"Damn."
Continue down main pier.

Spoiler: Ben Febinez (click to show/hide)

Ben lived on a small colony, specialized in mining. Crime was rampant, so Ben took a few self-defense classes. Then he starting buffing up. Like, really buffing up. More than once, he was accused of steroid abuse. His muscles were put to good use in the mines, helping to pay for his family's apartment and food costs, until one day a family member won the Corporate lottery. Ben seemed like the most likely family member to survive whatever dangerous scenarios the Corporation would put him through, so he quit his job in the mines, claimed the "prize", and was soon on his way to the Crossroads.

50 Credits
Boons:
- Buff (+2 to rolls involving physical strength)
- CQC Basics (+1 to melee combat rolls)
Flaw:
- Distracted (-1 to rolls involving understanding or examining things)
Inventory:
Mercenary Suit
Backpack
- Rocket Launcher
- Box of Glowsticks [29]
- Synthetic Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Cutting Torch
- Bottle of Painkillers
- Bottle of Tranquilizers
- Radio Headset
Flashlight (on)
Luminous Marking Pen
Combat Knife
Stun Club
Pain: 1
Sanity: 1
Weight: 6/7

[piecewise]

"Damn."
Continue down main pier.

Spoiler: Ben Febinez (click to show/hide)

Ben lived on a small colony, specialized in mining. Crime was rampant, so Ben took a few self-defense classes. Then he starting buffing up. Like, really buffing up. More than once, he was accused of steroid abuse. His muscles were put to good use in the mines, helping to pay for his family's apartment and food costs, until one day a family member won the Corporate lottery. Ben seemed like the most likely family member to survive whatever dangerous scenarios the Corporation would put him through, so he quit his job in the mines, claimed the "prize", and was soon on his way to the Crossroads.

50 Credits
Boons:
- Buff (+2 to rolls involving physical strength)
- CQC Basics (+1 to melee combat rolls)
Flaw:
- Distracted (-1 to rolls involving understanding or examining things)
Inventory:
Mercenary Suit
Backpack
- Rocket Launcher
- Box of Glowsticks [29]
- Synthetic Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Cutting Torch
- Bottle of Painkillers
- Bottle of Tranquilizers
- Radio Headset
Flashlight (on)
Luminous Marking Pen
Combat Knife
Stun Club
Pain: 1
Sanity: 1
Weight: 6/7

No use getting any closer. Might as well go further down the pier, preferably following someone with a light.

Spoiler: Alec Badel (click to show/hide)

 
Berius:
Name: Alec Badel
Background: An employee for a digital security company, he learned how to twist electronics to his purposes. He might have made it far in the company, but he had a couple of problems. If he didn't succeed at something on the first try, he gave up on it and moved on, no matter how important the project. The even bigger problem was that being hurt often caused him to flip out and start trashing workstations, whether if was from slamming his finger in a door or accidentally putting a staple in his hand. The higher-ups did some final in with the lottery to have him win and "politely suggested" he go to the Crossroads. At gunpoint.
Boons
21:Berserker
14:Techie
Flaw
20:Defeatist
Credits
130
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Weight:4
Inventory: Talon Gauntlet, Data-pad with Adapter kit, Merc Suit

 

Wait for the others then lead them down the main pier. Hold onto glow stick it was given as well.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Reinhard Kohlhase, A stupidly lucky and intimidating, if gullible, German from one of the outer colonies.
Boons:
28:Supernatural Luck
17:Intimidating
Flaw
28: Gullible
Credits:1100
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Weight:3
Merc Suit
Snapper
Active Glowstick (Given by Ben)

Follow everyone.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

O-16ə "Oswald Synte", Male
Beautiful Blind Human Lie Detector with 6th Sense
Credits:370
Pain:1
Sanity:1
Inventory:
Merc Suit
2 First Aid Kits
5 Medifoams
Cauterizing Rod
Bioscaner
Suture Gun
Weight:3

The pier continues for miles, past several more of the towers. Finally, after what must have been two or three hours of walking, the pier runs up against stone; a natural rocky island by the look of it.  The pier transitions into a metal plated pathway up through the rocks around the shore and deeper into the island. Somewhere up ahead the group can just barely see light eminating from something deep in the rocky crags of the island.

Hrm.

Approach barrier. Try to pass a hand between two pylons, across the invisible wall. If the hand doesn't stop at the wall, try to walk through.

Spoiler: Hapah (click to show/hide)

Inventory:
Chrome Perforater
Extra Mags (2)
CS Space Suit
Flashlight
Tool Box
Cutting Torch
Knife
Luminous Marking Pen (2)
Datapad w/ Adapter set
Backpack
Cigs + Lighter
-----------
Jury-Rigged Beacon (in shuttle)
-----------
26:Rationalist
29:Death Rage
Flaw
25: Dangerous Honor
Credit:180
Pain:1
Sanity:2
Weight:4

You slowly walk to the pylons and reach out with the pinky on your left hand, carefully  advancing until it hit the "wall".  Reality distorts around your finger, almost like you're pushing your way through a clear jelly, and your pressure is warping the view through it, causing everything around it to look bent and distorted. But with a little bit of pressure it moves through and the rest of you follows it. It's not easy, it's a bit like struggling your way through a wall of molasses, but you manage it.  As you make it through reality ripples and then settles back into it's usual state behind you.

Your suit  beeps and gives you a reading that you are in a habitable atmosphere. You look up and the sky of dead stars has been replaced  by a blue expanse covered in wispy clouds. The ground, still the same reddish copper color, is covered in a thin layer of plant life. The pyramid is exactly the same though, still as massive and imposing as before.