Django marvels at the decaying star ships, and suppresses the urge when he almost slips up and whistles.

12:16, Today: Django Blint rolled 18 using 1d20+6.  Spot.

12:16, Today: Django Blint rolled 5 using 1d20+4.  Listen.

His hearing is probably in need of some sort of bio-implant. His tinnitus kicks in and he gets a slight ringing sensation in his right ear.

The sights are really quite impressive and given her numbness to the fact makes Tump wonder. He whispers in a low voice. "How long have you known about this place?"

11:38, Today: Tump rolled 18 using 1d20+5.  Listen check.
11:38, Today: Tump rolled 6 using 1d20+5.  spot check.

Clearly oblivious to anything other than the space ships, Tump doesn't notice much else.

Inarra looks back at Tump and scowls, but it is a brief look.  She sighs and lets the two men catch up to her before she speaks in a voice so soft it is half lip reading that helps you understand her.  "I've never been down here before.  The last three-man team we sent down here didn't return."

She turns back around and takes a few more steps.  She freezes, transfixed by something in front of her.

Tump glances over to Django as if to say, "Nice knowing ya...", and then stops abruptly trying not to bump into Inarra.

21:13, Today: Tump rolled 24 using 1d20+5.  Listen check.
21:13, Today: Tump rolled 6 using 1d20+5.  spot check.

Seriously, 2 1's in a row on spot, but Tump can hear a mouse fart from a mile away....

Django freezes and narrows his eyes, searching in the dark ahead.

The ringing in his ear has stopped.

22:22, Today: Django Blint rolled 23 using 1d20+6.  Spot.

22:22, Today: Django Blint rolled 16 using 1d20+4.  Listen.

"I want it."  Apparently Inarra's caution at silence doesn't apply to her.  She darts forward toward a very large pile of junk, spacecraft parts all jumbled together in a heap.  However, at the bottom of the 'hill' is a small, one man craft.

The craft was no longer than ten meters with a wedge shape.  It's narrow vertical profile was broken by two oversized engines on the back.  One of the engines is surrounded by a diagonal stabilizer fin running from the back to the front of the engine, but the other has broken off.  There is also the remains of one cannon on one side of the sleek craft.  The other side is somewhat covered by the junk.  The canopy looks to be intact.  The horizontal profile from back to front tapers somewhat as it sweeps forward and there is a small split down the middle of the front section, roughly a meter long.

There is not much left of the blue paint that once colored the ship.  Now it is mostly a dull grey, pitted and scarred from who knows what battles of the ancient world.

"Inarra. Back away. Slowly" Django hisses with urgency in his voice. He pull out his energy pistol and readies an over-charge shot.

"Step back, Inarra. There is something else over there. Watching us."

Inarra freezes and looks around.  Then she takes a step back.

Inarra's movement draws the beast out, frustrated that it lost the easy kill.  It leaps from the pile of garbage and lands on the ground in front of the three of you.  The ground shakes mightily with its landing [Reflex Save vs. DC 16 or fall].  It roars its challenge with a wide, toothy maw capable of engulfing the upper torso of a human.

Inarra falls to the ground, which probably saves her life as the creature's tail sweeps around and cracks the air where her head was a second before.

[Phase 1]

Seeing the beast leap, Django bends his knees slightly and hops right before it hits the ground. As he lands, he opens fire.

16:34, Today: Django Blint rolled 26 using 1d20+6.  Reflex Save.
Extra shot this phase for crit save
Take 10 + (5-1[over-charge]) = 14

21:31, Today: Django Blint rolled 19 using 5d6+4.  Energy Pistol: Over-charge Shot.
21:31, Today: Django Blint rolled 21 using 5d6+4.  Energy Pistol: Over-charge Shot.

Total Damage: 40

The sudden movements of the beast caught Tump completely off guard and when it lands, Tump stumbles and falls prone, knocking the weapon from his hand. It skitters across the floor, past the beast.

21:15, Today: Tump rolled 8 using 1d20+6.  reflex save.

[Phase 2]

Inarra falls to the ground as the beast hits.  Rather than scrambling to her feet, she digs for a bot and sets it loose.

Django's shots slam into the monstrous carnivore full force.  A blue glow appears momentarily each time and the shots bounce off into the dark before slamming into something a bit farther away.  There is explosive debris that can be hear to rain down in the background somewhere.

The creature takes another step forward and roars again.  It does not appear to be injured.

[Spot checks.

Phase 5]

Tump picks himself up off the ground and draws the energy pistol he picked up from Polerin.

23:36, Today: Tump rolled 20 using 1d20+5.  spot.

Django takes aim again and hesitates, trying to discern what just happened.

05:45, Today: Django Blint rolled 17 using 1d20+6.  Spot.

[There is some kind of device on the creature's back at the base of the neck.  It is flat and low.

+1 Spot XP for both.]

The monster rears up and makes a chuffing sound before it lowers its head, opens its maw, and spews forth a cone of flame.

[Reflex Saves]

The flames spew forth fast as Django scrambles to move out of the way, practically stumbling on his own feet.

08:49, Today: Django Blint rolled 9 using 1d20+6.  Reflex Save.

Tump, seeing the gout of flame heading straight for them, deftly jumps directly into it.


No amount of evasion is going to save this roll!
11:18, Today: Tump rolled 10 using 1d20+6 ((4)).

Inarra rolls to the side out of the flame's path.  She finds her feet behind a large rectangular object made of metal.

The blast of fire is not as large as adrenaline and fear in the depths of the ruins might have made it seem at first.  Tump and Django are singed a bit [1 DMG to your hats], but not on fire or anything.

There is a clanking sound as the monster tries to take a step forward, but can't.  Instead, it turns to the side and begins to pace.

Taking cover behind a pile of corroding equipment, Django manages to snuff out the singed edges of his hat with a frown. He peers around his cover to hear the clank and see the creature is apparently leashed to something. "A well guarded guard dawg eh? Tump, can ya see what's holdin' it back?".

"Good idea, I like it. You make like a nice juicy target, and I'll head around to the other side."

Tump winks then heads for cover to get a better angle on the device embedded on the fire breathing creature's back, giving wide berth.

Inarra takes a cue from Tump and heads around the other way, examining the threat at a safe distance.

As the interlopers cease their frontal assault, grow more cautious and split up, the monster quiets its roaring and stomping about.  It swings its head to the left and right trying to keep both Inarra and Tump in sight.