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CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water.

Posted by AzraileFor group 0
Huoshui
player, 1234 posts
Akashic Brotherhood
Drunken Master
Mon 29 Jan 2018
at 18:33
  • msg #447

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Just more meant trying to use the first dot vision stuff from where he is. See if he can see anything.
Edith Goddard
player, 100 posts
Daughter of Ether
physicist gadgeteer
Mon 29 Jan 2018
at 23:25
  • msg #448

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

The more Edith realized she didn't know about the craft, the more interested she was. She automatically pulled out her Electroplasmic field generator to scan the craft, trying to identify if it was still being powered and what kind of material it was made from.

She hardly noticed the other three wander off for a chat.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:26, Mon 29 Jan 2018.
Azraile
GM, 2606 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Tue 30 Jan 2018
at 02:14
  • msg #449

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

It's quite a long way away and hard to see but oddly he can't see the pastern of the ship at all. Edith's scans find out why....

Her scan's can't penetrate the hull but they are able to analyze the hull of the ship... it's infused with a layer of Hardened Primium.... the inter ship. Well there is one part of her job done, she's confirmed the value of the ship.

A small expository research ship decked out intierly in Hardened Primium must have been intended for some NASTY hazards. Usually ships like this are tiny one man ships owned by the Ceres Prime Research Base not somewhere like Ganymede.
Raven
player, 520 posts
Wrong side of Heaven
Rightious side of Hell
Tue 30 Jan 2018
at 12:14
  • msg #450

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven for his part decided to blow the dust off his old investigatory skills, and with his modified eyes took a second more careful look over the visible area of the craft. When he was done with that he'd inspect the ground, for any suggestion the ship may have been moved to the location and planted as opposed to having crashed here as first thought.
Azraile
GM, 2607 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Tue 30 Jan 2018
at 16:33
  • msg #451

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven can see the ship did crash further up the side of the steep incline and has been sliding down. He can also tell the ship has taken a grate deal less damage than one would expect for a ship to take based on the impact damage to the environment. Combined with the fact he can't see the pastern of the ship's hull but he can see the pastern through hull breaches and the hull black... he can guess it's Hardened Primium.

He can also guess if they don't do something to secure it is going to slide right off into the deep waters just like they are worried about.... though that won't stop them from dredging it up if it's hull is Hardened Primium... it will just make it a lot more costly.

It would probably be best if they secure it before they try and enter it too.
Edith Goddard
player, 101 posts
Daughter of Ether
physicist gadgeteer
Tue 30 Jan 2018
at 18:49
  • msg #452

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

This was what they had come for.

Edith joined the head of the team where he was no doubt discussing the situation with others. "We need to secure the area first. I can put up a gravity web to hold down whatever you think we need to deal with."

Donovan was watching the trio discuss whatever they were discussing. He thought about joining them, but wasn't sure he'd be welcome.

Paracelsus the cat was only happy to see the ship because it meant they were that much closer to going home.
Devellana
player, 247 posts
Tue 30 Jan 2018
at 20:06
  • msg #453

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Devellana was non-responsive to the call for force workers, and even to her comrades gave only a nod. Then as her two companions focused on the wreck, so too did she. Pulling forth her sacred blade, the knight held it with the tip angled toward the ship. Then she tried to focus her control over the sphere of force, pulling the upper end of her sword toward her as though it were a fishing pole. Trying to grab something f unknown size and shape seemed not wise to her, so instead of moving that she was attempting to relocate the salvage out of the beast's reach.
Huoshui
player, 1235 posts
Akashic Brotherhood
Drunken Master
Tue 30 Jan 2018
at 21:04
  • msg #454

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Huoshui took a moment to appreciate the metal's properties, not knowing what it was never distracted the monk from taking moments like this to admire how even given the gifts training gave one. There was always mysteries.

"If the area needs securing, what equipment is there to enable this. This world is a harsh life rich plane of existence. The cities take much power to hold back the world from consuming it. Internal Alchemy, life, can be channeled without but I cannot claim practice in this. However I am willing to try with doing something to aid us in this."
Azraile
GM, 2608 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Wed 31 Jan 2018
at 06:47
  • msg #455

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Dev is way to far from the ship, and can barely get a sense for it's patern... she could move it if she was closer but not by much, likely not enough to lift it with out help anyway.

They are still a few miles off, there not quite to the waters edge and even if it is a narrow sea... it's still a sea.
Azraile
GM, 2610 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Mon 19 Feb 2018
at 21:21
  • msg #456

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

I should probably add for when everyone is back and ready. This ship is made of a lot of valuable materals and there is a likely a fair amount of normal primium in there in addition to the hardened. While they could let the scavangers have it.... first come first surve right? It would likely lead to a fight if they couldn't find a way to compensate the hunter party and Edith. HOWEVER.... Lucy could 'eat' this ship and grow into a larger ship, as well as integrating some of it's componates into herself.

Raven might guess this as a possability, she's a living ship... she grows with magic but things growing with magic work better if they eat things and eating things is how things normaly grow. It might be an idea that pops in his head atleast as a possability when sitting there looking at that big pay check on the hill side that there just letting these guys have at and not getting anything out of it.

Huoshui would be quite sure Lucy could do this, even if he would not likely put the idea forward as some one has already called dibs on the ship and all, and are the people helping them with things.

Edith don't know much about living things but knows machines can cannibalize parts from eachother generaly if they can self repair and rebuild/redsine themselves. However not knowing anything about Lucy she would have to be consulted on this by some one else asking her.

Devellana knows you have to eat a lot to grow big and strong!!!!!!
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:22, Mon 19 Feb 2018.
Raven
player, 523 posts
Wrong side of Heaven
Rightious side of Hell
Wed 21 Feb 2018
at 15:47
  • msg #457

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven looked around, then dropped his voice lower in an attempt one his friends could hear him.

"Look, I'm not in favor of stabbing these people in the back or anything, but what if we took the ship for ourselves? It would be easy, salvage laws haven't changed in probably more years than even I've been alive; this area we're in isn't held by any power here, if it were there'd be a government funded team and not a bunch of freelancers here right now. They don't own the wreckage, not until the retrieve some part of it.

"That looks like a pretty nice vehicle, and Luci took a hard hit before we ever did the Smuggler's Run and landed here. There could be parts we could use, better or at least more plentiful than our delegate has managed to date. That thing is still a mile away, I can fly there first and snag the first thing I find. Then everything there belongs to us, simple as you please. Then in trade for helping us haul stuff back, we let these people pick over hat we don't want. And before anyone says we'd be cheating the scavengers, I'd like to remind everyone that they made us pay through the beak to be here so they won't be hurting quite as much as you might think."

Huoshui
player, 1236 posts
Akashic Brotherhood
Drunken Master
Fri 23 Feb 2018
at 11:22
  • msg #458

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Listening carefully to the words of Raven. The monk felt uneasy about what could be seen as a betrayal. As much of an advantage they could make from dealing with this in the presented manner, might not outweigh the negative energies associated with what was still in his mind a betrayal. Turning and looking to the man bird, casting through his gaze as was often his method for mind rotes. Pressing the impression of a link and also hesitation, offering the communication of nonverbal methods. More could be said through the mind if the link was made but his honest hesitation of the idea was made known along with the invitation to the link.
Azraile
GM, 2612 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Sat 24 Feb 2018
at 03:50
  • msg #459

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

(for ease you don't have to roll if the person is willing and they can just say there not and ingore you in there post lol)
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:50, Sat 24 Feb 2018.
Devellana
player, 248 posts
Sat 24 Feb 2018
at 04:16
  • msg #460

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Develanna also listens and gives much thought to the matter.  At long last, she speaks:

"I am ahungered
.  Might this be a goodly time for a picnic or a product placement?"
Edith Goddard
player, 103 posts
Daughter of Ether
physicist gadgeteer
Wed 28 Feb 2018
at 00:31
  • msg #461

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Edith continued to discuss the situation with the head of the team to see if they preferred to deal with the dinosaur now or approach the ship- considering they were limited in how much time they have available.
Raven
player, 524 posts
Wrong side of Heaven
Rightious side of Hell
Fri 2 Mar 2018
at 20:53
  • msg #462

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven felt the monk's mind touching his, and answered the implied hesitation by first projecting the a not small number.

"You see that? That big chunk of change is what we paid for them to bring us along. Money might not mean much to someone walking your path, but to put it in perspective for you that's a shitload of rice cakes. The more expensive pre-made kind, not the cheaper homemade variety. It will shelter them, put cloths on their backs, make sure they don't go hungry and even put feed in their animals' bellies with some change left over.

"Our ship, no wait, our friend is hurt, possibly badly, and what's over there could help her. Even if you don't care about Luci's health, she's missing vital parts. I was able to land her only because a replaced the wrecked and missing stuff with copies made out of energy, and I have no clue how long those are going to last. It might be a simple flip of some cosmic coin as to if we can't leave this planet, or crash on the next one.

"Here's where it stands right now; we take ownership of that wreck, take only what we need or can use in trade for such, then hand the rest of it to the scavengers. They get something they want, we get what we have to have, everyone wins. Otherwise we help them for free, and have to buy off them what we could have taken in payment. Your type likes balance in things, and them with everything and us with nothing doesn't sound fair to me. Look, they want us to use our skills and talents, and these are not a bunch of starving nuns and orphans so I see no reason we should do so for free to begin with. And I'm not thinking about lining my own pocket, or even the group's; I'm thinking about helping a friend who's had our backs and seen us through more shit than this lot could even begin to bend their heads around. Come on FW let me help her, I'm an eighty plus year old asshole and I just don't have that many friends to begin with. I'm trying to throw a starfish back into the ocean, please don't keep me from doing what good I can."

Azraile
GM, 2613 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Sat 3 Mar 2018
at 02:00
  • msg #463

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

The female hunter from before comes over noticing something is wrong. "Hey don't worry about it, we are equipped to handle this, we just don't want to take unnecessary risks and want to make sure we are prepared and have everything planed out instead of just rushing in. Wounds out here get infected easily and no one wants to waste resources or worse lose a raptor so we try and make sure every chance we get we plan out an encounter with a hostile out here."
Huoshui
player, 1237 posts
Akashic Brotherhood
Drunken Master
Thu 8 Mar 2018
at 09:25
  • msg #464

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Huoshui nodded, it wasn't difficult to take a step in that direction for a friend such as Luci. "Take what we need, I am happy with that." The monk projected to Raven in reply, really even if such betrayal was a stain on the soul it wasn't bigger than any others which already existed. Accepting this, the monk switched to open voice. "Raven do we have communication with Luci from here, can we call her so she might take advantage of this?" If they were to take charge and claim the item before them then it should be open and with respect. "Devellana, that does sound a marvelous idea." It would allow them time to set up or if possible wait for Luci to arrive, failing that receive message back from her.
Raven
player, 525 posts
Wrong side of Heaven
Rightious side of Hell
Thu 8 Mar 2018
at 16:46
  • msg #465

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven shook his head.

"Luci was offline since we arrived, I don't know if she'll answer. I'l give it a sho, though..."

Touching one of his ear holes to activate his comms unit, the bird said,

"Luci, this is Raven. If you can hear me, pick up the phone Sleeping Beauty."
Azraile
GM, 2614 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Thu 8 Mar 2018
at 22:39
  • msg #466

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

The woman guesses she misjudged the situation and heads back.

The transition goes through to Lee instead... though if what he says about his skills are true he can answer there questions.  <Hey, This is Lee... I felt it best to let Sleeping Beauty sleep rather than wake up in the middle of surgery so to say. I have no idea how her.... mind? Is built to handle this sort of thing so I felt best not to risk it. Many of her systems are up and running though on what you might call her subconscious, communications included. She's built a lot tougher than she looks though for a ship this size, who ever built/grew this baby is a mad genius... but she was while we wheren't docked with that ship while it exploded we where in docking range and those little squid critters did quite a number.... particularly the one you threw in the ion-drive. That said she built to heal herself and that makes healing her a lot easier.>
Devellana
player, 249 posts
Fri 9 Mar 2018
at 00:03
  • msg #467

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

In reply to Azraile (msg # 466):

I like tater tots!
Raven
player, 526 posts
Wrong side of Heaven
Rightious side of Hell
Fri 9 Mar 2018
at 21:17
  • msg #468

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven sighed when a particularly annoying voice came on the line; Lee hadn't been shot out into space and left to float until some kind hearted person picked him up, but it was still on Raven's bucket list... Still, you go with what you got, so he replied,

"So we took a side trip, and I'm looking at a wreck from FW's moon world. Hold on a sec..."

The bird looks again at the ship, and relays the name, markings, and ID number to Lee.

"If you can find info on it, that's what's in front of me. Anything on there Luci could use, to get better faster? Or parts we could trade price-wise for parts we need, that would work too."

The old splicer thought if Lee could put his money where his mouth was, he might not need spacing; stranding the kid on an asteroid worked basically as well.
Azraile
GM, 2615 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Fri 9 Mar 2018
at 22:55
  • msg #469

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

(WOW he got a SERIOUSLY good roll on this...6 10's lol apparently the dice gods want you to know all about this ship!)

<Hold on....> There is a long pause ... much longer than a simple search should take, just when you think he's not going to respond he comes back with, a intrigued sound to his voice... he id differently interested in this. <Well.. this is.... odd. I am doing a light dive into the info sphere, this is... stuff has been cleaned out. It seams there was a Starship Anäis that was a pre-fall ship built by those working with the Baylor Pleasure Dome to built a luxurious space craft designed to bring peace and pleasure across the universe. It was apparently great success, the pride of both Ecstatics and liberal minded Etherites. The crew not only brought music and sensual pleasure, but often food and medicines to poor or impoverished worlds, even helping Nephandi enslaved worlds find freedom. The Miller was a smaller exploritor vessel that was attached to the Anäis. It was disined as shuddle for landing missions, a smaller ship that could separate from the main craft, or as in a worst case situation... an escape pod. The Anäis was damaged trying to help people during the fall and was taken out of commission, the Ganymede Goverment couldn't afourd to repair it and it whent into dry dock and got forgotten about. Here presently a few years back all this information was sweeped off the surface of the sphere and I had to dig deep to find this.  All I found on it was some talk about the ships reasonence being right and something called "Project
Dionysus" my guess is the goveners been promising to find the Baylor Pleasure Dome... it's likely this all has something to do with that.
>
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:14, Fri 09 Mar 2018.
Raven
player, 527 posts
Wrong side of Heaven
Rightious side of Hell
Fri 9 Mar 2018
at 23:23
  • msg #470

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

Raven tilted his head slightly.

"Pre-fall, huh? So, nothing onboard Luci would be able to use?"
Azraile
GM, 2616 posts
The Storyteller
Dislexic
Sat 10 Mar 2018
at 00:15
  • msg #471

Re: CHAPTER 3: Blood in the Water

<Are you kidding me? I know your from Earth too and we kinda thought all the spacers rode out the fall rather unscathed not having gotten hit by a fucking space rock but damn they got set back too, not as bad but this thing was top of the line high end military grade super secret hush hush hyper tech... it's still high quality shit in there, and god knows what they did when they re-built it... this is some kinda government black op. Lucy is capable of assimilating tech and mass and converting it, I would say just have her... for lack of better terms.... EAT this ship if we could some how tow it some where to give her the time to do it quietly. I would scrounge it first though, do you have any idea how much the location of Baylor would be worth?>

He would... oh would he.... Baylor was like a fairy tail, one for perverts and sex freaks. Like if heaven was a sex club and it was real out there some where floating around, some lost stronghold that got thrown off into the depths of space in the fall. Story says Baylor was a realm created by the Cult of Exstacy with the Sons of Ether that orbited earth. Like most orbiting realms it was tied to the dimensional barrier, and like most when it disestablished the realm was sent flying along with everyone in it into the abyss of space. It was a paradise where time seamed to stand still and one could indulge in any sort of pleasure they could think of and the only price was for how ever long one spent being pleasured in the place they had to spend just as much time serving the place to help the pleasuring. Be it as benine as serving drinks or scrubbing the floors, to being the one helping pleasure others in ways it was hard to find people interested in. You got what you gave.... though people where sure some political favors got some high up people free time and thats why there is such a push to find the place..... Imagine the power the Governor would have to be able to hand out free time in that place.
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