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[HmH]

Almost forgot about this. Whoops.
Anyway, how many 5's are required for a skill-up?

If Dwarmin fails to disable the prisoners his way, Transfer Life from one(or both, if possible) of the engineers to Ivan. Don't hold back on the life-taking stage - take everything. But try to drain their life starting with the head - maybe that way, their brains will die before they feel any pain.
After the prisoners are dealt with, go with Herros.

[_DivideByZero_]

Oh, just one 5. Forgot to raise the skill, haha.
Oh wait, there is no magic user skill... maybe I should add that in? I always felt that a 5 gives you new abilities to play with, which it did.

[HmH]

I'm fine with abilities. Giving bonuses to spellcasting in its entirety would be a bit unbalanced, and dividing the magic into schools sometimes turns out to be a meaningless overcomplication. Spellcraft, however, as something that describes rolls concerned with creating user-defined spells, seems to be a good item to add into the list of acquirable skills.
I, however, have this sudden itch to rule-lawyer things a bit for the sake of weaponization of divination-type spells: Alignment Vision seems to have a side effect of giving a magical link of a sympathetic type to the viewed person, like an imaginary voodoo doll. If that functionality was listed in the ability's description, I'd be more than happy to exploit it in cruel and unusual ways.

[micelus]

Can I have a spot on the waiting list? From the looks of it, no one ever dies :\. But I still want a spot if possible.

[_DivideByZero_]

Roll 23

@micelus added
@HmH Perhaps if you exercise the spell a bit more, you might be able to do that. But the ability only lets do see if someone has good or bad intentions, not directly control them.

Locations:

Spoiler: Centauri University of the Unknown (click to show/hide)

-Central Stairwell
-Exam Arena
-Military hall
-Training Rooms
-Firing Range
-Industrial Wing
--Laboratory
--Mechanics Workshop
--Ironworks
-Market Wing
-Library

Spoiler: Aurora (click to show/hide)

-Unknown Engine Room
--Door 1
--Door 2
--Bottomless Pit

Events:

Spoiler: Actually, I'll include putting Caplus' suit on with the next roll. Sorry for forgetting! (click to show/hide)

EDIT: Caplus grabbed his HEV suit and put it on. He wondered for a moment where he'd been keeping the suit up until this point... didn't matter. He removed his power armor and entrusted it with the group... luckily, these Ross power suits had an autopilot feature, so the suit would just follow the fireteam around until prompted to stop.
He then donned the HEV suit and followed Jaffar.

Herros licked his chapped lips. Through his helmet, nobody could see him, though.
Alright, time to do his, he thought. Ross are short little scum. I guess they're just as short as we are, but we have intellect, they have stupid fanciful operating systems... they look like they're made for children!
He lifted his rifle, ran a pulse of energy through the length of his arm, channeling it into the rifle's receptor. He had designed the rifle to be charged primarily using his remarkable ability to generate energy out of nothing but sheer whim. But he always kept a few energy cells around just in case his powers failed him, which they never have. Herros glanced over to Kayle, and shouted over his shoulder, "Cover me, I'm moving in."

Kayle nodded, but first turned to Jaffar and told him to disable the prisoner's communication systems if Amatin and Caplus were done with them. Jaffar nodded and turned around, supposedly beginning his task. Kayle turned back to Herros and saw that he was already making his way around the corner up ahead, recklessly
Well, she thought, if he gets himself killed, it's not like me fault. Heh.
She drew her own weapon and hurried over to the corner, staring hard at the wall in order to observe any motion. [4] She saw what was obviously Herros' signature, but she also noticed a rather large cluster of smaller red blobs. Either Herros is in trouble, or there's a door in the way. If there's a door, we'll have the element of surprise...
Suddenly, a hand fell on her suit's shoulder.

Milia walked up, in a slight state of shock from watching Amatin.
"Don't move, I'm going to listen to figure out what's up ahead," she said.
Kale nodded, second time this turn, and turned her focus toward her rifle while Milia stood still, cancelling out all the sounds she heard.

Now it was all silent. Her mind carefully filtered all familiar sounds out of her mind, reporting only new ones. [3] She still heard nothing.



Meanwhile, Amatin pondered his course of action. One crewman was dead. The other was supposedly insane. Jaffar was working on the third one, but that didn't mean that he wasn't insane first, victim to a shattered reality. The Ross were the most pompous race he could ever conceive. They insisted on their own strengths and never talked about their misfortunes. Well, that was about to change. Thanks to Herros, they'd probably all go crazy over why their cameras aren't working. Sooner or later they'll find out, but not before he reached the bridge, Amatin believed.

But with the this 'Steinfield' dolt either truly insane or feigning it, he'd be useless. Therefore, Amatin thought, Amatin could transfer this guy's life into Ivan as well, just to make ensure Ivan's survival through the mission.
[2] Amatin once again entered his alternate-reality, and searched for Steinfield's energy. In front of him, it appeared a dizziness-inducing splatter of red and green... this guy had such a weak mind. He snatched it away, and thrust it into Ivan. In the real world, Steinfield stopped twitching--now dead, and Ivan fell over!
"Oh... oh dear. Something's wrong..."

Amatin pondered for a moment about what he'd just done to Ivan that could have hurt him. He kneeled over Ivan, gently slapping. With no response, he increased the intensity of his blows. That still didn't work...

Ivan struggled to get up. Something just happened... something he had no idea about. Maybe Amatin should have tested his powers first...
Ivan's entire body felt numb... it didn't respond, it was as if he had lost control. Even his eyes failed him... He decided to doze off for a moment and play a mental game of tetris while he presumed Amatin would make sure to fix his body.



Jaffar linked up his portable computer (he has one, right?) to the socket on the crewman's suit. The crewman shook around for a moment, but after a few quick lines of code the suit entered lockdown mode. Normally, lockdown was intended to be used when being sucked out of a vacuum or falling from a height, in order to prevent loss of limbs. It also worked to immobilize the crewman. [5+1=6] Next, he typed in the following:

Code: [Select]

>systemconfig
Enter Password:
>Swordfish
Access Granted
>???
Options:
-s system
Affects the corresponding system
-e
Enables the system
-d
Disables the system

>systemconfig -s comm -d
Comms disabled. Have a nice day!
Too easy.


Varron engaged his suit's life-support again, and, after prompting Herros for and downloading a quick list of parts that Herros required, walked through the opening left by the first door the group had entered. The group should really seal that gap... he thought. On second thought, maybe he should...
The ship had systems to equalize the pressure, right? But this likely consisted of bulkheads that would be difficult to penetrate... ah, right. Herros knew this all along. Varron decided that he had better hurry and find the parts Herros needed.

"Alright, first in the list... a high strength motor..."
He entered the other side of the room, and attempted to force the door open. He could probably grab a motor from that, if he could get it free. But the door wouldn't budge. He needed a way to get through.

Current Time: 1328

Spoiler: Character Sheets (click to show/hide)

Kayle Silvertaugh
Race: Cyrian
Traits: Strong | Overly Honest | Cyrian
Skills: Adept Marksman | Skilled Fighter | Competant Ambusher | Rusty Liar
Passive Abilities: Detection Field
Active Abilities: Drain Life
Armor: Black Bodysuit | Nanosteel Hazardous Environment Suit [19] | Veil of Deceit
Equipped: GC MKIII Capacitance Laser Rifle [5] (24/30) | Custom VibroBlade (Sheathed) [5]
Inventory(43/150 kg)
Backpack [5]
-4x Reserve Oxygen Tank [4]
-10x High-Quality Class 12 Energy Cell [10]
-4x Class 12 Energy Cell (restores 25/30) [4]
-Fruity Oaty Bars (3/3) [1]

Caplus Orange
Traits: Electromaniac | Debater | Ross
Skills: Novice Navigator | Proficent Repair | Adept Sniper | Proficent Gunslinger | Adequate Crossbowman
Passive Abilities: Liberty Field
Active Abilities: EMP
Armor: Patriot Medium Power Armor [30] | Guise of Resistance [5]
Equipped: M45 Gauss Rifle (6/10) [14] (2-handed)
Inventory(83/125 kg):
HKM-40 UPP (10/30) [5]
Ruger Mark VII Laser Pistol (9/9) [3]
Mysterious Hammer (9/10)
Backpack [5]
-Binoculars [2]
-Duct Tape [2]
-Wrench [1]
Magazine Belt [1]
-3x 20mm Gauss Magazine [9]
-7x Class 9 Energy Cell [3]
-7x 7mm UPP Magazine [3]

Herros Machlan
Traits: Wacky Tinker | Sociopath | Centauri
Skills: Talented Tinkerer | Adequate Ranged Weaponary | Not Observer | Not Judge of Intent | Rusty Manual Labour
Passive Ability: One Sided Tech
Active Ability: Energy Surge
Armour: 4C3 Herroid High Mobility Frame [25] | Cloak of Binaric Computations | HEV Suit
Equiped: V9R Patented Patent Pending Disruptor Gauntlet [3] | S1NGE Magnetically Coupled Particle Accelerator Rifle (203/300) [7]
Inventory(50/150 kg):
10x Class 15 Energy Cell [10]
Toolkit [3]

Ivan
Traits: Curious | Hearty
Skills: Competent Striker | Competent Dodger | Competent Pacifier | Competant Armor-User | Competent Swimmer 
Passive Abilities: Must... Press.... Buttons...
Active Abilities: Randospelliousus
-Random Element Ball
Armor: Leather Cap | Leather Pants | Leather Jacket | Leather Shoes (All this [3]) | Cloak of Unpredictability | HEV Suit
Equipped: Silver Longsword [7]
Inventory(20/100 kg):
HKM-40 UPP (9/30) [5]
5x Stone [2]
20x Strawberry [1]
Health:
Both Arms
Upper Body
Left Leg
Damaged Left Lung
Pale
Lost Physical Control

Milia Kurasaki
Traits: Deadeye | Nervous | Aroth | Backwater Aroth
Skills: Adept Archer | Adequate Tracker | Adequate Dodger |  Adequate First Aid | Adequate Arrow Recovery
Passive Abilities: Heightened Senses
Active Abilities: Imbue Shot
-Alter Trajectory
Armor: Leather Quiver [7] | Sturdy Clothing | Anti-Ballistics Barrier Shirt [2] | Feather Cloak | HEV Suit
Equipped: Well-crafted Longbow [3]
Hunting Knife [1] (Sheathed)
Inventory(20/100 kg):
Herros' Bow (0/1) [5]
6x Bandaid
Herbal Medicine [1]
Disinfectant Spray (3/3) [1]

Amatin Seathunder
Traits: Point-Blank Fighter | Prone to Rage | Aroth
Skills: Talented Leader | Talented Explosives User | Rusty Stealth | Rusty Diplomacy
Passive Abilities: Fearsome Presence
Active Abilities: Detonate
Life Transfer
-Life Blast
Glimpse
-Alignment Perception
Armor: Impact Suppression Pads ASP02 [5] | Heat-Insulation Suit AIS15 [3] | Shroud of Runes | HEV Suit
Equipped: Durgen Industries Impact Hammer [8]
Inventory(56/100 kg):
HKM-40 UPP (15/30) [5]
Revolver Missile Launcher WRL93 (3/6) [4]
NovaTech Direct Conduit Laser Projector (50/25) [7]
6x 7mm UPP Magazine [3]
2x Class 12 Energy Cells [2]
1x Class 15 Energy Cell [1]
3x 50mm Heat-Seeking Missile [6]
1x Lead Brick [10]
Durgen Industries Loudspeaker [2]
Durgen Industries Superglue
4x Dragon Fangs

Jaffar Cole
Traits: Thrives on Tension | Low Born | Polaric
Skills: Proficent Repair | Proficient Fighter | Talented Scavenger | Proficient Tinkerer | Adequate Hacker | Diplomacy | Not Dodger
Passive Abilities: Toxin Resistance
Active Abilities: Heartless
Armor: Blue Jumpsuit | Hanover Lt-13 Engineers RIG [10] | Cloak of the Starfarer | HEV Suit
Equipped: Tangiers XX Sonic Mace [4]
Inventory(61/100 kg):
MiliTech B4Z O-0KA (0/1) [4]
Blastech Plasma Energy Bolter (41/50) [10]
Unidentified Fusion Cell [8]
5lr 3He Tank [3]
Robot Parts [5]
Targeting System [5]
Frenchman Chip
Utility Belt
-2x 70mm Shrapnel Rocket [2]
-2x 70mm AT Rocket [2]
-1x 70mm HE Rocket [1]
-Anti-Radiation Pills (4/4) [1]
-Plasma Recharger Sphere (5/5) [5]
-Toolbox
--Holo-Mapping System (currently empty)
--3x Oxygen Tank [4]
--Spacer's Rations (3/3) [2]
--Squid Bar

Varron Carse
Traits: Reactionary | Headstrong | Polaric
Skills: Skilled Melee Fighter | Talented Dodger | Competant Armor User | Competant Gunslinger
Passive Abilities: Motion Sense
Active Abilities: Gravitokinesis
Armor: Clothing | Cobalt Steel Plating [14] | Smart Cloak | HEV Suit
Equipped: X-12 PPC (11/15) [4] | ExxTech VibroBlade (Sheathed) [5]
Inventory(32/100 kg):
Backpack [5]
-Plasma Recharger Sphere (5/5) [5]
-Rations (10/10) [4]

[/quote]

[HighEndNoob]

Continue to.......stand there.
EDIT: Get into the new HEV suit

[SeriousConcentrate]

Kayle glanced at Milia, awaiting her word on whether to charge in guns blazing or wait for the others.

[wolfchild]

What did I see? was there a door?

[_DivideByZero_]

Oh, whoops. Yes, there is a door. You can blast it open, you can knock, you can do whatever. Or just open it.

[wolfchild]

Wait for the others to be ready, while that is happening examine the door closely

[jakeread1]

Uh..

Did you roll my action?

Ivan thanks Amatin and tried to threaten the scientist with my gun by pointing it at his forehead.....The safety is on right....Eh it'll be fine.

Uh.. you saw my action right?

[Talarion]

Find a way to get through, utilising my abilities or otherwise.

[_DivideByZero_]

Uh..

Did you roll my action?

Ivan thanks Amatin and tried to threaten the scientist with my gun by pointing it at his forehead.....The safety is on right....Eh it'll be fine.

Uh.. you saw my action right?

Well one's dead and Jaffar's working on the other. And no interrogation got done anyway.

[Errol]

I can't hear anything, but those doors might as well be airtight. Let's cautiously advance for now, there seems to be no fighting. Kayle, what's your findings?

After that, move towards the door, press ear on it, continue listening.

[Dwarmin]

Jaffar finished with the prisoners and strolled off, to join Herros
"Those guys are down for the count. You need some help? Honestly, I could build a better one myself..."

Finish disabling the prisoners, then help Varron find the parts.