1645 GREENHEART TIME, MAY 21st, 301 P.L
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Mark Johns'son (Pencil_Art):[4] The running water up ahead comes not from a river, as you expected, but rather from what appears to be the rain's edge! There is a torrent of falling water forming a "wall" of rain, beyond which there is no more rain.
This boundary does not move, nor does it vary with time. Puddles form at the bottom, and the water seems to be flowing albeit very slowly. There are little snails in the water, as well as blades of grass.
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
No damage to any limbs
Traits:
none
Inventory:
x20 Bandages: Stops bleeding. Requires bandages equal to the amount of damage the bleeding will do in the next 3 turns, rounding up.
x10 Medical Gel: Facilitates rapid healing and pain relief in organic tissues. Paralyzes the bodypart if used.
Magnus Hazardsuit: Gives +1 to DEFENSE rolls. Also provides the user with air, chemical protection, and limited thermal regulation. Roughly 48 hrs left on battery.
Oxygen Mask (empty)
[5 - new miniquest] You rob the soldier of his handgun and turn it back on him. It's even loaded for you!
(4) The handgun is much easier to aim at close range than the rifle. You fire several shots, one at each of his limbs. That's four rounds. You miss his head, but land the last three shots on his torso.
(6) Somehow, though, SOMEHOW, he doesn't even flinch! After all that! There's even blood on the ground!
There is hardly time to curse the game designers, however, for he himself pulls a knife and charges at you, shouting one word and one word only as he brings his knife down on you with his last breath.
"Regi volt..." The knife hits your left shoulder, and the hostile soldier releases his grip as he falls to the ground.(His rolls: 6, 1, 2)
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
Head took 2 damage (Nose and tongue burned, can get infected if you roll a base 1 on any action)
Left Arm took 4 damage (you lose the arm in 3 turns)
Traits:
(Miniquest) Massive Damage: Get a critical (roll a 5) on one more attack roll (Reward: You can launch one attack that ignores block rolls once per enemy)
Masochist: Wounds cannot be infected
Gamer's Focus: +1 to all accuracy when your head is damaged
Inventory:
Magnus Hazardsuit: Gives +1 to DEFENSE rolls. Also provides the user with air, chemical protection, and limited thermal regulation. Roughly 48 hrs left on battery.
x10 Bandages: Stops bleeding. Requires bandages equal to the amount of damage the bleeding will do in the next 3 turns, rounding up.
x2 Medical Gel: Facilitates rapid healing and pain relief in organic tissues. Paralyzes the bodypart if used.
Oxygen Mask (empty)
Trooper's Pistol (Power: 5) (Accuracy: 5 in close proximity, 3 at range)
Trooper's Rifle (Power: 6) (Accuracy: 2 in close proximity, 5 at range)
You can almost hear the Capitalization in her words.
"You been talking to that poet? Most of us just call it the apocalypse. Fits better that way.
Here's how it goes. Mankind used to span across all the useful land on this planet. But at some point, beings from space came down and burned all of our cities to the ground. From space. Our society got pretty much destroyed.
The historians say we entered some sort of dark age after that point and people stopped taking notes, because they thought humanity was going to die off. But somehow we pulled through. Now we're here. They call this the 'Sixth Aeon,' because the technical dark age was the fifth or something. I don't remember the rest."[1] The survivor's only wounds are inside his lungs, apparently, and you can't take his mask off while the doctor looks.
[6] The oxygel could very well catch fire from a spark, but rigging it to explode will be difficult without removing the water first.
The battery could conceivably be overcharged with too much voltage. It is a graphene capacitor after all. You'd have to rig up a DC rectifier though--AC current like that of the outside generator does not charge capacitors.
The locals don't seem all that trusting of you though. You hear a pair of them standing in the back whispering.
[1] The pod computer draws too much power. It blows the fuse on your suit's battery!
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
No damage to any limbs
Suit fuse broken (no power)
Traits:
(Miniquest) Scavenger: Find the 8th pod, or whether it exists (Reward: +1 extra item when conducting a mass search)
(Miniquest) Inside Job: Find out what happened to the batteries (Reward: +1 to modifying electronics and computers)
Inventory:
x10 Bandages: Stops bleeding. Requires bandages equal to the amount of damage the bleeding will do in the next 3 turns, rounding up.
x2 Medical Gel: Facilitates rapid healing and pain relief in organic tissues. Paralyzes the bodypart if used.
Magnus Hazardsuit: Gives +1 to DEFENSE rolls. Also provides the user with air, chemical protection, and limited thermal regulation. Roughly 48 hrs left on battery.
Printer Blueprints (Shuttle Parts)
Handsaw (Power: 4) (Accuracy: 4 in close proximity, 2 at range)
We train because we're fighting the Reich. That insistent child-emperor claimed the Latin crown, and my country got called in to join the Latins. Now we're just sitting here waiting to find them in case they come out from under their rocks."Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
2 damage to left arm - disinfected and bandaged (no infection possible)
Suit absorbed 2 punctures (8 left)
Traits:
Applied Phlebotinum: +1 to resourcefulness
(Miniquest) Destructive Testing: Perform 1 more destructive test (Reward: +1 to all power rolls that are part of a scientific experiment)
Inventory:
Magnus Hazardsuit: Gives +1 to DEFENSE rolls. Also provides the user with air, chemical protection, and limited thermal regulation. Roughly 48 hrs left on battery.
x14 Bandages: Stops bleeding. Requires bandages equal to the amount of damage the bleeding will do in the next 3 turns, rounding up.
x2 Medical Gel: Facilitates rapid healing and pain relief in organic tissues. Paralyzes the bodypart if used.
Oxygen Mask (empty)
[5-new miniquest] The soil analysis tool performs a surprisingly comprehensive search. The display is annoyingly small, so you plug it into your helmet and gain the ability to view the results in a 3d holographic projection. It doesn't actually project an image, of course, but the head-tracking lets you view the list as if it were a giant scroll in front of you.
The results look good for now--there aren't any known toxins in the soil. This particular dirt is mostly void of nutrients, but they are
there, it's just that the concentrations aren't high enough. Plants won't grow here without fertilizer, but there is still hope of finding more fertile regions on the planet.
[5] The fire starts readily. In fact, you would have probably burned your hand if it weren't for the suit you're wearing. That oxygel catches fire
fast, at least in this oxygen-rich atmosphere.
Unfortunately, there is no brush or wood around to sustain the fire--it's just an empty plain. The oxygel seems to burn longer than you expected it to, though. After a few minutes it's still going as strong as it was before, and is noticeably warm even through the suit.
Some rain may be leaking into the shuttle's lower compartments below the floor (which itself is ruptured in many places). You hear some faint tapping below the floor.
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
No damage to any limbs
Suit absorbed 1 puncture (9 left)
Traits:
(Miniquest) It's not Rocket Science: Determine the length of the day and the year (Reward: Gain +1 to using scavenged gadgets, excluding weapons)
(Miniquest) Scout: Find a sustainable source of food (Reward: +1 to finding clues while tracking people and animals)
(Miniquest) Not Real Science: Successfully grow a plant (Reward: +1 to applied science such as botany, chemistry, etc)
Inventory:
Magnus Hazardsuit: Gives +1 to DEFENSE rolls. Also provides the user with air, chemical protection, and limited thermal regulation. Roughly 48 hrs left on battery.
Soil Analysis Tool
x15 Bandages: Stops bleeding. Requires bandages equal to the amount of damage the bleeding will do in the next 3 turns, rounding up.
x2 Medical Gel: Facilitates rapid healing and pain relief in organic tissues. Paralyzes the bodypart if used.
x3 Parachute Tube
x6 Microcharge: Wired explosive charge. Vs people it deals 5 damage if it explodes directly on a bodypart, otherwise roll a die for each bodypart (reroll 5's and 6's)
Oxygen Mask (empty)
A timer set on 1602, May 21st.
Spade (Power: 6) (Accuracy: 2)
Redfish Blades (Power: 4) (Accuracy: 3 in close proximity, 2 at range)
((No action :C))
Standing outside the door to the infirmary, you hear a shout coming from afar. It sounds like "Hans et meissen!," and is being repeated a couple of times.
A few soldiers dash past you, splattering mud on your face. They seem to be heading for the officer tents.
You hear a voice from a soldier standing around. It's in English: "I never liked his coffee anyway."
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
All bodyparts - 1 damage
Traits:
(Miniquest) Into the matrix: Repair/replace your data reading chip (Reward: Gain the ability to decrypt unknown data compressions)
(Miniquest) Kill it with fire! II: Kill a living being by burning it (Reward: +1 Accuracy with flamethrowers)
Kill it with fire!: Flamethrowers get +1 power (includes handheld blowtorch)
Man of Steel: You don't need to breath and have lots of cool features, but are vulnerable to long-term wear.
Inventory:
Armknife (Power: 3) (Accuracy: 5 in close proximity, 2 at range)
Armtorch (Power: 5 against unarmored, 3 against armored) (Accuracy: 4 in close proximity, 1 at range)
Armreader (damaged, needs repair)
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