I think the implecation was to point the cannon up the passage, that way if anything follows us, the bore is already in the right position to shoot.
Good enough. I just needed someone else to make the decision and thus take the responsibility out of my hands. This way if everyone dies it's not my fault!
Why yes, I am taking a medicolegal class at the moment, and yes a lot of it is about how to shift blame off you if someone bites it.
EDIT
To clarify, Deira will move the bore along the underground river area, then point the cannons toward the spider goo stuff. Be ready to bore in whatever direction is away from the spiders ASAP.
'You can do this girl' Deira strokes the control console gently
Name: Deira
Archetype: Worm Driver
Blast:
Fight:
Dodge: 40
Cover: 60
Endure: 40
Move: 60
Hide:
Find:
Transcend:
Recover: 40
Build: 80
Control: 90
Body: 60
Mind: 40
Knowledge:
Items:
Pistol (4d6)
EVEN BETTER.
36/90 control
You lean over the controls and lock the legs before switching them to manual control. You're not even sure this thing can survive a hundred foot drop; its a lot of force to put on the legs. Whats worse, they all have to come off the wall at the same time and hit the ground at the same time. Any variation and the bore could fall off kilter and slam into the ground on its side, or land with uneven weight distribution and snap a leg. You push the hair back out of your eyes and speak into the intercom.
"All hands, hold tight. This will be rough."
You wrap your hands around all four manual control levers and take a deep breath. As you squeeze in the safety catches you feel electricity tingle across your palms. The blue sparks leap across the controls and when you look back at the machine's brain it is completely hidden behind flame and light. You feel the engine rev up, pistons beating faster and shaking the entire machine. Metal groans and strains like muscle contracting and the very air around you grows tense and electric. The bore knows what's going on. And it's ready.
You pull the levers back and the machine is in freefall. Your feet lift off the ground but your hands seem to work on their own. It's hard to tell how much is you and how much is the bore moving the levers on its own. The legs straighten and point themselves at the ground. A second passes. Then another. And then contact. Your harness stops you from being smashed to the ground, but the legs of the bore scream with effort as it tries to soften the impact. They bend, coiling up until they have nowhere left to go and then the structure itself flexes and groans. It stops and is still for a moment, as though resting from the exertion. You flip the switch to put the legs back on auto and push the throttle up while directing the machine forward towards the cave entrance. It lifts itself up and charges forward, walking crablike down the tunnel. You slow down as you reach the cave mouth and then do your best to angle the cannons towards the cave roof. [17/0 blast] But you're not very good at it.
"Hey, any crew that's not dead after that, you wanna come up here and load some cannons and maybe aim them?"
"Time to escalate"
Shoot my pistol at one of the strands holding up an orb
50 blast
50 fight
80 dodge
80 cover
40 (+10) endure
40 move
0 hide
40 find
0 transcend
20 recover
0 build
0 control
Body 11/80
Mind 20
Pistol, paint, rock, diesel gauntlets (after returning to the bore)
[Blast roll, -20 for static object, 39-20=19/50]
You pull out your pistol and take a shot at the crystal orb. [14] The shot hits and ricochets off the crystal with a resounding, ear piercingly high tone, like nails on a chalkboard through a megaphone.
[endure 54/50]
[Mind 2d6=1+1= 2 damage. Mind 18]
Despite the fact that you don't even have normal ears (you're honestly not sure how you hear things) the sound resonates in your head like a nail bomb and you sink back underwater holding your metal skull. The crystal begins to rise back up, along with the ones around it.
"Meatbag, it seems our work is finished. I must confess, it looks suitably imposing. Shall we try it on, see if the basket is comfortable enough for your squishy body?
Not that it will matter much, since you'll probably spend a lot of time unconscious anyway."
"Why yes, let's give this a shot, shall we?
Keep building Building complete! Let's take this pony for a spin, aka crawl on to the back and become a basketcase.
Name: Joshua Abraham Darvaza
Male, 30 years old
Styling himself as ‘Emperor of the Deep’, Joshua is ever so slightly unhinged at times.
Dau-de-Daleth Ascetic
Starts with an Eye Disk, Priest’s Beadchain, and +10 Transcend
ABILITIES
Blast: 0
Fight: 0
Dodge: 0
Cover: 70
Endure: 50
Move: 80
Hide: 0
Find: 0
Transcend: 80 =>95 (+10 priest's beadchain +5 eye disk)
Recover: 50
Build: 70
Control: 0
ATTRIBUTES
Body: 30
Mind: 70
Knowledge: Depth Drive 15/150
INVENTORY
Eye Disk
Priest’s Beadchain
Soldier's suit (60/60)
Pistol 4d6
"Let's."
Crouch down so Joshua can get into the basket. Then run around a bit and make a jump or two to see how badly my mobility is affected by carrying another person.
Race: Engineheart
Blast - 80
Fight - 0
Dodge - 0
Cover - 80
Endure - 70 (60+10)
Move - 70
Hide - 0
Find - 70
Transcend - 0
Recover - 40
Build - 0
Control - 0
Body - 75
Mind - 25
inventory:
Pistol 4d6
Rifle 2d8+10
Soldiers suit with basket attachment +10 armour (equipped)
I don't see no bracing actions so lets roll.
96/70 and 80 Move
Welp, guess you didn't move quick enough to get braced for the drop.
Endure 10/50 and 70
But you weren't injured in the wild ride down, so that's ok.
Pancaek's character, because his sheet doesn't have a name on it and I remember its breakfast themed so I'll just call him Muffin, straps on the soldier suit. It takes a bit, especially with the bore shaking like it is, but once he has it on it is both pretty comfortable and also very obviously protective. It's got metal plating all over the chest, shoulders, head, waist and upper legs, as well as thick fabric across the rest of the body. It doesn't breathe worth a damn and if you were any place warm you'd be swimming in sweat within minutes, but at least it will probably stop most minor threats.
Joshua climbs into the basket on the back and, though he isn't too heavy, his weight does slow down Muffin's movement by 20.
Something else to consider is the fact that the arrangement doesn't give Josh the same armor. Instead it simply lets Muffin elect to take damage for him. And cart him around.
Archetype: Engineer
Blast: 0
Fight: 30
Dodge: 20
Cover: 40
Endure: 30
Move: 0
Hide: 0
Find: 80
Transcend: 0
Recover: 40
Build: 90
Control: 80
Body: 60/60
Mind: 40/40
Knowledge:
0/?? For milling machine (simple)
INV:
Cleaver (4d4 dmg w/fight)
Pipe Gun (4d6???)
Admire work done, then go visit the command center and move the bore to cover a retreat.
"Can I get someone who can shoot in the command center and another manning the cannons for reload?"
Woops. Too late. But had she failed you would have rolled to take over, so being here isn't a total waste. Man, our pilots have no freaking shooting ability.
is there some external speaker or something on the crawler? If so, use it to tell Bargthor to please get in the crawler, if not, then just hang tight and keep the bore crew informed over the payphone radio
Jakie 'Razorblade' Rede
Tunnel Dweller
Blast - 70
Fight - 70
Dodge - (50 + 5) 55
Cover - 55
Endure - (50 + 5) 55
Move - 40
Hide - 20
Find - 20
Transcend - 0
Recover - 35
Build - 0
Control - 0
Body - 75
Mind - 25
Knowledge - 30/300 ("Ruthless Fury" sacrifice 10 points in mind for +20 to blast of fight)
Pistol (4d6 [4-24])
Knife (3d6 [3-18]) - on loan from Nameless
Other
- Missing a finger
Description
wearing a nice suit and glasses, and keeping well groomed gives Jakie a rather slick appearance. She has a very no-nonsense personality, and speaks with a slight tunnel accent. She comes of as very cold, with calculating and emotionless eyes that remind one of a reptile.
Backstory
Jakie Rede was born in a little tunnel town right outside the city. Jakie didn't like the lack of opportunity, so she made her own, in the booze business. Being as how these "operations" weren't entirely legal, Jakie learned how to protect her interests when the need arose, and the need arose often. But, getting too greedy, Jakie lost control of her turf, was muscled out and forced to skip town. Now, down on her luck, she wants to explore, see the world, and maybe find a nice place to set up a new "operation"
"HEY ROBOT MAN, GET IN THE DAMN CRAWLER! I REALIZE I'M TELLING YOU TO GET IN A VEHICLE THAT IS LITERALLY UP A WATERFALL FROM YOU, BUT JUST COME IN THIS DIRECTION AND I'LL MEET YOU HALF WAY. WAIT. DID YOU JUST SHOOT THAT THING? OH GOD DAMN IT. WAIT, WHATS THAT NOISE? OH GOD THE FUCKING BORE IS RUNNING THIS WAY!"
move the bore up to the cavern roof. Let's see what's up there.
Actually just bring the crawler down to the cavern floor and usher everyone who wants to leave out.
Tony Vermis
Archetype: Worm Driver.
a former Worm driver, Vermis grew bored with shepherding the worms and left the trade to make something of himself.
Blast: 60
Fight:
Dodge:
Cover: 40
Endure: 45
Move: 50
Hide:
Find:
Transcend:
Recover: 45
Build: 80
Control: 80+10=90
ATTRIBUTES
Body: 65
Mind: 35
Knowledge:
inventory:
pistol 4d4 (4-16)
((Whoops sorry))
67/90 control.
You avoid the rampaging entrance of the Bore by driving the crawler down onto the cave floor.
"Alright, last stop, everyone out. If you want. I guess."
It seems stupid that nobody has asked or observed this before, but which way is the water flowing?
Its flowing down the tunnel in the direction of the cave you are now in. Then down a waterfall into the cave, where it then sort of spreads out across the floor of the cave going in roughly the same direction but not nearly as fast or hard.
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