1715 GREENHEART TIME, MAY 21st, 301 P.L
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Arthur Staunch (Megggas):[4] The fish does not resist bullets. It is now dead, so you search the corpse.
Its stomach contains several small beads that look much like pearls. Surely valuable stuff! Its teeth seem to be the part that makes it stick, they seem to have some velcro-like effect on both skin, clothes, and your suit fibers.
You see more fish in the water, but the bullets just splashes into the water and disappear, so you can't kill any of them. Actually, the bullets seem to have been slowed by the water. You find them lying among the rocks on the riverbed.
You reload the weapon. By now the fish have left, but you can see a faint glint of light coming from the riverbed. It's hard to see what it is, what with all the mud kicked up by the retreating fish, but it could be more pearls!
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
Head took 2 damage (Nose and tongue burned)
Left Arm took 4 damage (contains knife)
Suit absorbed 2 damage (8 left)
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.
x13 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 + Tank (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)
2x rifle clips (5 shots each)
2x pistol mags (8 shots each)
5x pearls
Stickyfish maw
A loud, muffled bang thoroughly wakes you.
You're currently inside a cryopod, scheduled to wake up some time after the troubles on the ship were over. You read the digital timestamp above your face... it reads "1715 GREENHEART TIME, MAY 21st, 301 P.L." That's ninety-two years since you were interred!
And it seems like the situation on the ship hasn't gotten any better. If your clouded vision serves you well, your pod is currently sitting in the bottom of a muddy river... though as the dirt in the water clears up you can see a dark, blurry figure above the surface of the water at the shoreline. The artificial sky is violet, for some reason.
Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
No damage to any limbs
Traits:
Fast Learner: You'll gain a full trait instead of a miniquest for your next base 5. This trait will then disappear.
Inventory:
Oxygen Mask + Tank (5 minutes)
Cryo Jumpsuit
I see... I'm already armed if need be. Can you spare the time to whisper me what's going on or are your hands full right now?
You hear a person start running outside, near the tent. It runs away.
...
The steely-eyed officer raises a brow at the word "Angel." He waits for you to finish. [1] But the removing-your-helmet trick doesn't seem to have an effect. The idea that the air could be poisonous to humans had apparently never been brought up before you came along.
"You impress me, speaking of Angels and thousands upon the land, all mustering together to fight for the common good! But I'm afraid it doesn't look like you have any weapons on you, is that right?
My responsibility is to my own people, not to some foreigners. I understand the moral obligation that you speak of, and I answer that I don't give a ratte's ass about your ire and that this is a warzone. I think the Reichmen are gonna be a whole lot less hospitable than we are to you if they win the war."It seems a good speech is useful if you can actually convince your audience... but you really did just ask him to
give it to you. Without a sort of bargain deal it seems he is unlikely to budge.
I'll tell you what. If it really bothers you that much, how about you let one of our technicians tag along for a long while and take a look at your stuff when you're not using it. We learn from you, and we'll help you with whatever you need. Does that seem good enough for you?Status: (All bodyparts can take 5 damage)
No damage to any limbs
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.
x1 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)
[6] The armory is bustling with personnel going inside to grab equipment, though not rifles; most of them carried rifles to the spot from the barracks. Instead they seem to be getting machine guns, ammunition, and searchlights, and large radios carried in backpacks.
Three teams assemble, six people each. One in each holds machine gun; one carries a radio on his back and is only armed with a pistol; one carries a searchlight but has his rifle slung over his shoulder. The rest have just rifles.
You hear a set of engines purring in the distance. Two jeeps pull over, with a third one waiting in the back. Their drivers call out in the men's strange language. One of then shouts "Schnell!"
"Hey, what are you doing?" you hear from your left. It's Enzio from the firing range.
"You joining the army all of a sudden?"He nods toward the rifle on your back.
"Well, I wish you luck. One of ours's gone missing and we need to find him. Or his body."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 + Tank (empty)
Trooper's Rifle (Power: 6) (Accuracy: 2 in close proximity, 5 at range)
((I was actually expecting you to post another action, but I'm assuming you'll just dig anyway))
The parachute cover works perfectly to keep the rain out! Your workplace, now sealed, is mostly free of flooding (as soon as you shovel out most of the wqater already inside the hole). Sure there are leaks here and there, but it's slow enough that it's manageable.
[4] You are able to dig around the object, gradually moving your side panels to keep the mud out. By the time you can see through the glass, it is already obvious that you just dug up a cryopod. And there's a person inside.
She is currently floating in the oxygel in her jumpsuit, watching you dig. As it stands, the pod is currently wedged underneath the shuttle and you can't lift the cover without moving either the pod or the shuttle. But something bothers you, something you don't immediately recognize until the shock of finding a person buried alive clears up:
Frozen people usually have their hair cut short. The woman in the pod has extremely long, white hair; in fact it is floating freely in the gel as if underwater.
Sure, the dingus had long hair when he came out of the pod, but he was a dingus. Any sensible person would cut her hair to prevent her scalp from rotting out during sleep and all sorts of other nasty things.
Unless...
Unless she is also a dingus. You shudder to think.
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)
(Miniquest) Master Chef: Locate some seasoning for your food (Reward: Eating one of your meals gives you a +1 to a character's next action)
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 + Tank (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)
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