Heroica: Glory Amongst the Stars - Mission #7: My Bleeding Hart

[KotZ]

Varen moves to B4, stumbling as he goes, his rifle swaying. "Almost got it." He again shoots at the Calyx. Oh I better hit this thing, he thinks to himself.

[The Legonater]

Round 4:
Kirwin moves to C2
Kirwin rallies Varen
Merei casts healing light on Varen (4, 5 +1) 3 Successes, +3 Vitality
Varen vs. Hydra Calyx - (4, 3, 1, 6, +1) 3 Successes vs. (1, 6) 1 Successes = 2 damage
Zaria moves to C4
Zaria drinks a Plasma Potion (5) +5 Vitality

Hydra Sprout B moves to C1
Hydra Sprout B vs. Kirwin - (1, 4, 2, +1) 2 Successes vs. (3, 6) 1 Successes = 1 damage
Hydra Calyx uses Thorn Shoot!
Hydra Calyx vs. Varen - (6, 3, +2) 3 Successes vs. (6, 2) 1 Successes = 2 damage
Hydra Sprout A vs Merei - (2, 1, 6, +1) 2 Successes vs. (6, 4) 2 Success = 0 damage

The party spends the round recovering - Merei summons her energy to heal Varen while Zaria backs away from the Calyx to chug a plasma potion. Meanwhile, Kirwin's drone guides Varen's aim once more. This time, the lawyer's rifle scores true, burning through the fluid flesh of the Calyx. The alien creature is heavily wounded, and eyes up the man who shot it. Without Zaria forcing it back, it is able to root itself in position. Its liquid mass shifts, drawing away from its legs and towards its large talons. The appendage then shoots out, stretching across the room with its added length, puncturing Varen through his armour before pulling back into itself. The Sprouts join in the attack but aren't able to make much damage, only gnawing away at Kirwin's arm. 

The Enemy:

Hydra Sprout A
Vitality: 3/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: None
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)
Passive Ability: Self-Pollination - 1/3 chance to revive upon death, gaining 1d4 health.

Hydra Sprout B
Vitality: 5/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: 10 Credits
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)
Passive Ability: Self-Pollination - 1/3 chance to revive upon death, gaining 1d4 health.

Hydra Calyx
Vitality: 1/10
Velocity: 2
Strength: 4
Skill: 2
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Intimidation 1, Nature 1, Short Range Weapons 3
Equipment: Hydra Claw (Standard Kinetic Short Range Weapon)
Innate: Swiping Claws (Standard Kinetic Short Range Weapon), Striking Talons (Calibrated Kinetic Long Range Weapon)
Passive Ability: Thorn Shoot - Forgoes a Position action to make a Long Range attack, using its Velocity stat as its proficiency modifier

The Party:

Kirwin (karmajay)
Character Points: 3/16
Vitality: 3/6
Velocity: 1
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 3
Proficiencies: Coding 2, Piloting 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 
Credits: 18
Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Adventuring Leathers (Standard Kinetic Armour), Utility Belt
Inventory: 3 Hampering Minor Chemical Contained grenades, 2 Plasma Potions, Hacking Chip, Captain Ilbery's Security Card, Captain's Sidearm (Standard Short-Range Energy Weapon, Alien Mandible (Standard Kinetic Weapon), Makeshift Flamethrower (Standard Short-Range Elemental Weapon)

Merei Teo
Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi) 
Character Points: 2/16
Vitality: 3/6 
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 3
Spirit: 0/3
Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1
Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity Sink
Credits: 151
Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success)
Inventory: Essence of Intellect, Plasma Potion, Nanite Elixir, Aether Brew

Varen Nastayo (KotZ)
26, Male, Human
Character Points: 3/15
Vitality: 2/5
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 2
Spirit: 0
Proficiencies: Culture 2, Deception 1, Insight 1, Persuasion 2, Long Range Weapon 1, Coding 1*
Known Spells (if applicable): 
Credits: 124
Equipment: Lawyer's Rifle (Standard Long Range Energy weapon), Translator Cube
Inventory: 1x Essence of Glibness, 1x Essence of Intellect, Ion Repeater (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Adrenaline Decoction, 2x Bulking Stim, Aether Brew, Plasma Potion

Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 
226 Year Old Female Elf
Character Points: 3/17
Vitality: 6/6
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 1
Spirit: 1/2
Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 2, Melee Weapons 2
Known Spells: Warding Bond, Sonic Sweep
Credits: 139
Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour), Farsight Goggles
Inventory: Plasma Potion (3), Aether Brew, Essence of Toughness, Holoscroll (Enhanced Vision)

MM Note: The Sprout specials didn't have names before but now they do! Enjoy.

Edited January 15, 2022 by The Legonater

[karmajay]

Kirwin uses the flamethrower on Hydra Sprout B to drive it away.

[Zepher]

"Well, that was only partially successful," Merei mutters as the Hydra sprout chews on Varen just as her healing light passes over him. "Stay in there." She defends Varen.

[Kintobor]

Tossing the bottle of Plasma Potion onto the floor, Zaria leaps back into the fray. Moving to B5, she strikes the Calyx, looking to end the creature's existence.

[Zepher]

Varen fires on Hydra Sprout A.

[The Legonater]

Round 4:
Kirwin vs Hydra Sprout B - (+1, -1) 0 Successes vs. (2) 0 Successes = 0 damage
Merei defends Varen
Varen vs Hydra Sprout A - (5, +1, -1) 1 Success vs. (1) 0 Successes = 1 damage
Zaria moves to B5
Zaria vs Hydra Calyx - (2, 5 +1) 2 Successes vs. (3, 2) 0 Successes = 2 damage

Hydra Sprout B moves to B2
Hydra Sprout B vs. Varen - (4, 5, 1, +1) 3 Successes vs. (5, 6, 4, 6) 4 Successes = 0 damage
Hydra Sprout A moves to C4
Hydra Sprout A vs Zaria - (4, 6, 1, +1) 3 Successes vs. (1, 4) 1 Success = 2 damage

The heroes stand their ground against the alien infections. Kirwin lets another burst of flame soar overtop the sprout's head, sending it scuttling back towards Varen. It tries to take a bite of the lawyer, but Merei's defences protect Varen from any further damage. Varen levels his rifle at the nearest Sprout, but the shot mostly glances off the Hydra before it's able to reach its effective range. Zaria, fully healed, finishes her charge, dissecting the Calyx with a firm hit. She's taken off-guard by the foul odour rising from the dying creature, and a Sprout uses this to its advantage as it jumps after, sinking its mandibles into her arm. 

The Enemy:

Hydra Sprout A
Vitality: 2/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: None
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)
Passive Ability: Self-Pollination - 1/3 chance to revive upon death, gaining 1d4 health.

Hydra Sprout B
Vitality: 5/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: 10 Credits
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)
Passive Ability: Self-Pollination - 1/3 chance to revive upon death, gaining 1d4 health.

The Party:

Kirwin (karmajay)
Character Points: 3/16
Vitality: 3/6
Velocity: 1
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 3
Proficiencies: Coding 2, Piloting 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 
Credits: 18
Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Adventuring Leathers (Standard Kinetic Armour), Utility Belt
Inventory: 3 Hampering Minor Chemical Contained grenades, 2 Plasma Potions, Hacking Chip, Captain Ilbery's Security Card, Captain's Sidearm (Standard Short-Range Energy Weapon, Alien Mandible (Standard Kinetic Weapon), Makeshift Flamethrower (Standard Short-Range Elemental Weapon)

Merei Teo
Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi) 
Character Points: 2/16
Vitality: 3/6 
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 3
Spirit: 0/3
Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1
Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity Sink
Credits: 151
Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success)
Inventory: Essence of Intellect, Plasma Potion, Nanite Elixir, Aether Brew

Varen Nastayo (KotZ)
26, Male, Human
Character Points: 3/15
Vitality: 2/5
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 2
Spirit: 0
Proficiencies: Culture 2, Deception 1, Insight 1, Persuasion 2, Long Range Weapon 1, Coding 1*
Known Spells (if applicable): 
Credits: 124
Equipment: Lawyer's Rifle (Standard Long Range Energy weapon), Translator Cube
Inventory: 1x Essence of Glibness, 1x Essence of Intellect, Ion Repeater (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Adrenaline Decoction, 2x Bulking Stim, Aether Brew, Plasma Potion

Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 
226 Year Old Female Elf
Character Points: 3/17
Vitality: 4/6
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 1
Spirit: 1/2
Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 2, Melee Weapons 2
Known Spells: Warding Bond, Sonic Sweep
Credits: 139
Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour), Farsight Goggles
Inventory: Plasma Potion (3), Aether Brew, Essence of Toughness, Holoscroll (Enhanced Vision)

[KotZ]

"Nice work, Zaria," Varen says as he moves to D2 and shoots at Hydra B. "Come on, buddy! You know you're not that great against us." Varen chuckles.

[Kintobor]

Squinting in pain as another attack strikes her, Zaria turns around and slashes at Hydra Sprout A. "As long as I stand these creatures will find no respite from my blade; no place of rest or ease of burdens!"

[karmajay]

Kirwin uses their drone to help Varen line up their shot. Kirwin rallies Varen.

[Zepher]

Watching the larger creature fall, and finding herself beside the smaller brethren, Merei defends herself.

[The Legonater]

Round 6:
Kirwin rallies Varen
Merei defends herself
Varen moves to B5
Varen vs Hydra Sprout B - (6, 6, 5, 3, +1) 4 Success vs. (4) 1 Success = 3 damage
Zaria vs Hydra Sprout A - (3, 5 +1) 2 Successes vs. (2) 0 Successes = 2 damage (Hydra Sprout A death roll = 4, no regen)

Hydra Sprout B moves to D3
Hydra Sprout B vs. Varen - (2, 5, 4, +1) 3 Successes vs. (6, 5) 2 Successes = 1 damage

The party stays put, hunkering up against the two Sprouts as they charge. Kirwin's drone aids Varen as he places a solid shot through the center of one Sprout, almost splitting it in two. Its body stays together just enough for it to hurtle across Engineering, biting into Varen's ankles. Seeing the creature so close, Merei prepares for the worst. Zaria, meanwhile, continues her assault, turning towards the remaining Sprout and tearing it limb from limb and rendering the tendrils innert. 

The Enemy:

Hydra Sprout B
Vitality: 2/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: 10 Credits
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)
Passive Ability: Self-Pollination - 1/3 chance to revive upon death, gaining 1d4 health.

The Party:

Kirwin (karmajay)
Character Points: 3/16
Vitality: 3/6
Velocity: 1
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 3
Proficiencies: Coding 2, Piloting 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 
Credits: 18
Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Adventuring Leathers (Standard Kinetic Armour), Utility Belt
Inventory: 3 Hampering Minor Chemical Contained grenades, 2 Plasma Potions, Hacking Chip, Captain Ilbery's Security Card, Captain's Sidearm (Standard Short-Range Energy Weapon, Alien Mandible (Standard Kinetic Weapon), Makeshift Flamethrower (Standard Short-Range Elemental Weapon)

Merei Teo
Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi) 
Character Points: 2/16
Vitality: 3/6 
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 3
Spirit: 0/3
Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1
Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity Sink
Credits: 151
Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success)
Inventory: Essence of Intellect, Plasma Potion, Nanite Elixir, Aether Brew

Varen Nastayo (KotZ)
26, Male, Human
Character Points: 3/15
Vitality: 1/5
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 2
Spirit: 0
Proficiencies: Culture 2, Deception 1, Insight 1, Persuasion 2, Long Range Weapon 1, Coding 1*
Known Spells (if applicable): 
Credits: 124
Equipment: Lawyer's Rifle (Standard Long Range Energy weapon), Translator Cube
Inventory: 1x Essence of Glibness, 1x Essence of Intellect, Ion Repeater (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Adrenaline Decoction, 2x Bulking Stim, Aether Brew, Plasma Potion

Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 
226 Year Old Female Elf
Character Points: 3/17
Vitality: 4/6
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 1
Spirit: 1/2
Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 2, Melee Weapons 2
Known Spells: Warding Bond, Sonic Sweep
Credits: 139
Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour), Farsight Goggles
Inventory: Plasma Potion (3), Aether Brew, Essence of Toughness, Holoscroll (Enhanced Vision)

Edited January 18, 2022 by The Legonater

[karmajay]

Kirwin uses their drone to help Varen line up their shot. Kirwin rallies Varen.

"You're all clear, Varen, now let's blow this thing and go home!

[KotZ]

Varen whoops as he lands a solid hit. He moves to C1 and shoots Hydra B. "I wasn't worried for a moment."

[Zepher]

Merei moves to B4 and rallies Zaria.

[Kintobor]

Zaria moves to D4, slicing into the final Sprout. She shouts as she swings her blade into the creature, putting her energy into a cleave she hopes will bisect the scorn-inducing creature.

Edited January 19, 2022 by Kintobor

[The Legonater]

Round 7
Kirwin rallies Varen
Merei moves to B4
Merei rallies Zaria
Varen moves to C1
Varen vs Hydra Sprout B - (6, 4, 5, 6, +1) 5 Success vs. (4) 1 Success = 4 damage (Hydra Sprout B death roll = 3, no regen)
Zaria moves to D4
Zaria vs Hydra Sprout B

Kirwin and Merei steady Varen and Zaria as they focus on the final remaining Hydra Sprout. Zaria moves to charge the creature with righteous fury, but before she can even strike, Varen places another shot directly through the Sprout's eye, tearing it in half and severing all of its neural activity. They all wait a moment for something to jump at them, but it appears that Engineering has been cleared.

The Party:

Kirwin (karmajay)
Character Points: 4/17
Vitality: 3/6
Velocity: 1
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 3
Proficiencies: Coding 2, Piloting 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 
Credits: 18
Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Adventuring Leathers (Standard Kinetic Armour), Utility Belt
Inventory: 3 Hampering Minor Chemical Contained grenades, 2 Plasma Potions, Hacking Chip, Captain Ilbery's Security Card, Captain's Sidearm (Standard Short-Range Energy Weapon, Alien Mandible (Standard Kinetic Weapon), Makeshift Flamethrower (Standard Short-Range Elemental Weapon)

Merei Teo
Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi) 
Character Points: 3/17
Vitality: 3/6 
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 3
Spirit: 0/3
Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1
Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity Sink
Credits: 151
Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success)
Inventory: Essence of Intellect, Plasma Potion, Nanite Elixir, Aether Brew

Varen Nastayo (KotZ)
26, Male, Human
Character Points: 4/16
Vitality: 1/5
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 2
Spirit: 0
Proficiencies: Culture 2, Deception 1, Insight 1, Persuasion 2, Long Range Weapon 1, Coding 1*
Known Spells (if applicable): 
Credits: 124
Equipment: Lawyer's Rifle (Standard Long Range Energy weapon), Translator Cube
Inventory: 1x Essence of Glibness, 1x Essence of Intellect, Ion Repeater (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Adrenaline Decoction, 2x Bulking Stim, Aether Brew, Plasma Potion

Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 
226 Year Old Female Elf
Character Points: 4/18
Vitality: 4/6
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 1
Spirit: 1/2
Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 2, Melee Weapons 2
Known Spells: Warding Bond, Sonic Sweep
Credits: 139
Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour), Farsight Goggles
Inventory: Plasma Potion (3), Aether Brew, Essence of Toughness, Holoscroll (Enhanced Vision)

Loot:
10 Credits
Hydra Claw (Standard Kinetic Short Range Weapon)

The heroes look around at the room. Two people lay unconscious - a dwarven engineer at the activated desk, and a human woman at the far side of the room, heavily injured by the Hydra. The air lock port appears to be partially destroyed, and an emergency energy shield is all that separates the party from the coldness of space. They can gaze outside at the entrance to Container Beta, sitting a few feet of infinite nothingness away.

Edited January 20, 2022 by The Legonater

[karmajay]

Kirwin quickly looks around to make sure the team is doing ok before speaking. "Please check the survivors and I'll use the terminal to check on the status of the ship and this area."

[The Legonater]

17 hours ago, karmajay said:

"Please check the survivors and I'll use the terminal to check on the status of the ship and this area."

Kirwin moves to the desk and finds an array of alerts and messages. 

<Valencia Electrical Diagnostic>
- Freighter Alpha|Power Status: Emergency Power Only|Would you like to restart main power? (Y/N)
- Container Beta|Power Status: Power On
- Container Gamma|Power Status: Power On
- Container Delta|Power Status: Power On
- No signals recurved from any other containers

<Warning>
- Engineering > Container Beta Access port currently disabled. Running diagnostic...
Container Beta air lock|Status: Functioning
Engineering air lock|Status: Disabled
Emergency shielding enabled|Would you like to disable? (Y/N)

<Backup Messages>
<09/02|1345 Personal Recording: Chief Engineer Ernest McSorley>
<09/04|1606 Personal Recording: Chief Engineer Ernest McSorley>
<09/05|1523 Interior Recording: Engineer Artemis Callaghan, Chief Engineer Ernest McSorley>

<Play All? (Y/N)> 

Edited January 20, 2022 by The Legonater

[Kintobor]

Zaria takes a moment to clean her blade of the muck staining it. She looks to Varen and nods in approval. "Well aimed, Varen. We all did well. Varuth's guidance is with us, surely." She looked to the corpse of the larger Hydra. A challenging foe had been vanquished by her blade. She calmly cleaved the claw from the creature and latched it to her belt as a trophy for later. "<Varuth, guide on the Great Path, accept this trophy as a token of my devotion to you; that you may give me strength and wisdom to lead my friends and I to safety, no matter the perils.>"

She turns to attention to the injured woman on the floor and examines her, looking for injuries.

[KotZ]

Varen slings his rifle, pulling out his flask and taking a sip. Then, he offers it to the others. "Nice work everyone. That drone worked miracles."

[The Legonater]

16 hours ago, Kintobor said:

She turns to attention to the injured woman on the floor and examines her, looking for injuries.

Zaria can quickly spot that the woman's arms have both been torn off, the bleeding patched up with gobs of the Hydra substance. Other than that she has some scratching across her face and torso, but nothing quite as serious. 

MM Note: Loot added to the end of the fight post, thanks for the reminder!

[karmajay]

6 hours ago, KotZ said:

"Nice work everyone. That drone worked miracles."

Kirwin holds a thumb up to Varen while initiating playback of the messages.

[The Legonater]

4 hours ago, karmajay said:

Kirwin holds a thumb up to Varen while initiating playback of the messages.

<09/02|1345> [Personal Recording: Chief Engineer Ernest McSorley]

Well, that's it. This damn goo is killing people now, and we ain't done nothin' but bunker down and wait for it to happen. I'm not sure that Ed realizes that even if we get out of this mess, Hart higher-ups are going to eviscerate us for what we've done to this shipment. There's no bright sides to this one anymore. Best we can do is get a message out of this damn nebula and tell 'em where their packages are. 'Could tell 'em to bring guns, too. And tell 'em to hurry. 

The way I see it, we can still get everyone off this ship. If we can act now, then the folks who have died will at least have died for something; we get our customers what they ordered, make sure this goo is dealt with, and get Greenlaw's research somewhere it can actually be used. I, for one, doubt that good ol' Valenciai has the sum total of... whatever this thing is. Someone on the other side could serve to learn from whatever we've done out here. It came up in the mess hall earlier today, and I confess I maybe got a bit louder than I should, but it seems like folks agree. 'M gonna talk to Gail about it and see if we can't come up with some sorta action plan. Anything's gotta be better than the nothing Ed has been doing.

<09/04|1606> [Personal Recording: Chief Engineer Ernest McSorley]

Gods damnit, Ed. He's going to blow the whole ship. Valencia'll disappear like a blip on a radar and no one will know what happened. This is what happens, you old fool. You hum and you haw... I know you tried your best, tried to put the crew first. Ya' always figured you were protecting them, doing your damn hardest to get them out of the way of whatever imminent threat seemed to loom over them. Angry mercs? Dangerous nebulae? Some angry goo? But ya never were one for the long-term plan. So when the goin' gets tough you hold back, trying to find the golden road that'll lead you out of the mess you've made. But sometimes it just don't exist. Sometimes you just gotta make a sacrifice right now to make sure the long-term goes better for you. If we made the call from day one, we could have had a Hart rescue party here to clear out the cargo and the crew. But you didn't want to risk anyone else getting hurt... you and your damn bleedin' heart. Now we're all gonna die.

I guess we're swapping roles, now, Ed - because there's no way I'm lettin' all these people's families take the loss as you make this call. But I ain't gonna stand and wait, either. Time for some drastic action.

<09/05|1523> [Interior Recording: Engineer Artemis Callaghan, Chief Engineer Ernest McSorley]

You called me here, Chief?

So, the cap'n has called on us to build him a bomb. He wants someone to go back to Delta and rig something to the power shipments that'll blow Valencia to smithereens. 'Take this alien thing with it.

But... that'll kill all us, too!

Of that I am aware. Which is where I want your unique skills... We're gonna build him a bomb, but one we can retrofit into a signal booster. We'll send a message out to Hart command and see if we can't get a rescue craft in here before we decide to go with the nuclear option. 

I just can't believe... was there some sort of meeting? He can't just decide to do that, can he?

We're all doin' the best we can. Stay with me, Callaghan - can you mock something like that up?

A bomb that can act as a comm relay... I'll see what I can. 

Be snappy, Callaghan. Time isn't exactly on our side for this one.

[karmajay]

On 1/19/2022 at 12:01 PM, The Legonater said:

<Valencia Electrical Diagnostic>
- Freighter Alpha|Power Status: Emergency Power Only|Would you like to restart main power? (Y/N)

Kirwin looks at the team and say "Ok, I can restart ship's power from here. We now know that it is unlikely set up with a bomb since we did receive those emergency signals out there. I think it will be fine to restart the main power. Any opinions?"

Edited January 21, 2022 by karmajay