====== Session 1 ====== //**NOTE:** Die rolls are just die rolls and I will (and have) fudge a roll or two if it helps tell the story I want to tell. The story is more important than mechanics. Mechanics are there to assist in telling the story. The characters for the story I want to tell and what I have "rolled" up are heroic characters (a cut above your average person walking the streets). All character Stats are all based on actual dice rolls on the Background, Motivation, and Class tables. All starting equipment has been "fudged" to give the characters a better chance of survival as I learn the game rules. For Example - In the first play session, Marissa explored Rebus. I used the actual die rolls to tell the story of how Marissa and Annie start the first mission with Auto rifles. Marissa "spent 9 credits" and purchased 2 Auto Rifles and a Rattle Gun from an Arms Dealer that she found in some back-alley. In the Post Battle events, I spent another roll, and 4 credits, to "explain" how Annie started the game with a Cling Fire Pistol. I rolled a 42 on the d100 (Alien Merchant offers you some strange device). In that case, I felt it right for the character to spend credits for something she already possessed. In the end, I feel it will wash out and tell a great story. – The Storyteller// \\ \\ ===== WORLD EVENTS ===== Marissa suggested that I start recording what we do. "Just in case", she said. "Just in case of what!", I asked. "You know, if something happens to one of us, the others can pick up and finish what we started. That bastard, [[people:percy_durrance|Durrance]] must pay for what he's done!" \\ \\ //This represents the transcription of those recorded events from Mason Bray.// \\ \\ ==== 1) Upkeep and Ship Repairs ==== The start of a new week. As usual, [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] returns with supplies and then hands out the payment from last week's bounty. Pitiful as it was, at least everyone got paid this week //(-1 Credit)//. Well, almost everyone. [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] always makes sure the "guys" have credits in their pockets, even if she doesn't. \\ \\ ==== 2) Assign/Resolve Crew Tasks ==== [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] tells everyone that she's going for a walk to clear her head and suggested to the others "to get out there and find us some work if they want to be paid next week!" \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:geoff_grimwood|Grim]], in his usual pissed-off style, just leaves and slams the door behind him. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] said he was gonna go out and shoot some [[adventures:bray:dict:start#k|Krol]] at the old processing station. [[adventures:bray:characters:lionel_garth|Spacer]] said that it sounded like fun and joined him. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] said he would go see an old contact and was sure he could get them some work. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] said she was headed to [[adventures:bray:dict:start#l|The Lynx]]… \\ \\ \\ ==== 3-5) Determine Job Offers, Assign Equipment, Resolve Rumors ==== === Later that evening… === \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] and [[adventures:bray:characters:lionel_garth|Spacer]] came back to the office bragging to each other about the shots they made earlier while picking off those [[adventures:bray:dict:start#k|Krols]] at the processing station //(each earned 1XP)//. Their jaws hit the floor when they found [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] already sitting there cleaning 2 [[adventures:bray:dict:start#a|Auto Rifle]]s and a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#r|Rattle Gun]]. She said she paid 9 credits for them from some guy behind the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#l|Legacy Terminal]]. "They all seem to be in good working order too and they don't seem to be [[adventures:bray:dict:start#g|gene-locked]] either! I'm keeping one of the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#a|Auto Rifle]]s but the rest is first-come-first-served.", she said. \\ \\ A few hours later [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] came back saying his contact at [[orgs:kilsonic_security|Kilsonic Security]] came through, although he did have to pay 3 credits for a "[[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Sub-Contractor]]" card. The "Card" gives them access to their job portal anytime they want, and he's already found a job paying "Top-Dollar". The job details says it pays extra and that there will be plenty of loot opportunities as well. Mason asked what the catch was… "Well, we have to do it tonight and there's a good chance this job will piss off the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#e|EPs]] again!" he said. \\ \\ "**Oh, Hell no!**" shouted [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]]. "**We're just now not having to look over our shoulders or around the next corner for those guys. No way I'm going back to living like that! Find something else!**" \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] had slipped in during [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]]'s rant about the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#e|EPs]] and when the silence became awkward, she quietly said "I, I found us a pickup job if you're interested." \\ \\ "**As long as we don't piss off the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#e|EPs]], I don't care what it is!**" [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] continued to shout. \\ \\ The awkward silence continued... \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:lionel_garth|Spacer]] said, "Well, are you gonna tell us about it or what?" \\ \\ "ok, I started talking this guy up down at [[adventures:bray:dict:start#l|The Lynx]] and it turned out he is a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#d|diplomat]] for the [[orgs:sigma_federative_commonwealth|Sigma Federative Commonwealth]]. He had been told [[adventures:bray:dict:start#l|The Lynx]] might be a good place to find an individual or a group of individuals who could quietly retrieve a stolen package for him. I told him that my friends and I specialize in retrieving packages. He handed me his card and said if we really wanted help, to meet him at the address on the back in one hour. He said he has excellent intel on the package's whereabouts and if we could retrieve the package, undamaged, he would pay us handsomely." \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] got up, took the card from [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]]. Turned it over, looked at the address, and said "The item is probably hot but what the hell, Let's go see a guy about a package." \\ \\ The group soon found themselves at the address on the back of the card. A large, multi-story glass building with a sign out front that read... //Embassy of the [[orgs:sigma_federative_commonwealth|Sigma Federative Commonwealth]]//. A smartly dressed, middle-aged man walked briskly towards the group and introduced himself as [[people:alexandre_hallett|Alexandre Hallett]]. "Follow me please, quickly." he said. \\ \\ The group followed him inside and up to a large ornately decorated room. An oval table sat in the middle of the room surrounded by a dozen or more finely crafted chairs. Finally breaking the silence, the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#d|diplomat]] said "Please, have a seat. We have much to discuss." \\ \\ He was legit a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#d|diplomat]] for the [[orgs:sigma_federative_commonwealth|Sigma Federative Commonwealth]] and he was legit looking for someone to retrieve a package that had been stolen from him a few weeks earlier. He explained that his membership of this [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|sector]]'s governing body necessitated that the retrieval was to be done as discreetly as possible. Absolutely no [[adventures:bray:orgs:unity|Unity]] or [[orgs:epsilon_sigma_security_force|EP security forces]] can be involved or we run the risk of the package being destroyed. [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] asked what was inside this package they needed to retrieve, it's physical size so they would know it when they saw it. [[people:alexandre_hallett|Mr. Hallett]] simply said we would know it when we saw it and that his intel said the package was located in a shack at the old [[adventures:bray:locations:zue_s_hope|Zue's Hope]] research facility. He also provided tracker info for [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]]'s [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Scanner Bot]] to pinpoint the exact location of the package once our group was on site. The exchange of information took less than an hour and then we were back at the warehouse discussing the mission details when we heard several loud bangs coming from outside the warehouse. Almost as if someone was knocking. Knocking loudly! \\ \\ We all exited the warehouse with guns drawn and it was at that moment, when we saw [[adventures:bray:characters:geoff_grimwood|Grim]] laying on the ground in a bloody mess, that we realized none of us had known [[adventures:bray:characters:geoff_grimwood|Grim]] had not returned. A guy standing there, with hands raised high in the air, said he found him behind [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Sixdigits]]. He found a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Stim Pac]] on him while looking for ID, and used it just to get an Address from him. The guy said he didn't see what happened and was just passing through the ally on his way home. [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] gave the guy a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hand Gun]]. Told him to keep it, sell it, and thanked him again for seeing his friend home. \\ \\ We took [[adventures:bray:characters:geoff_grimwood|Grim]] to [[people:odell_drewry|Dr. Drewry]] to get patched up but the doc said it would take a few weeks and he'd be lucky if he don't come out of this without some sort of implant. We left [[adventures:bray:characters:geoff_grimwood|Grim]] with [[people:odell_drewry|Dr. Drewry]] and got back to the warehouse just in time to get a few hours' sleep before we were to head out to [[adventures:bray:locations:zue_s_hope|Zue's Hope]]. \\ \\ \\ \\ ===== TABLETOP BATTLE ===== We arrived at [[adventures:bray:locations:zue_s_hope|Zue's Hope]] just after dawn and took up positions on the southern edge of the compound. Dilapidated buildings were scattered about the area but they would still provide the necessary cover when needed. [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] was the first to notice the uneasy stillness that permeated the morning air. No wind, no noise, no sound of any sort. \\ \\ ==== ROUND 1 ==== [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] gave the hand signals to spread out as he deployed the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Scanner Bot]]. He soon pointed northeast of his position and took up a crouched position on the right flank against the southeast corner of a large shipping container. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] took up a position also on the right flank but against the northwest corner of the same shipping container [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] was against. He had overwatch on the center of the compound and could see through a section of a warehouse to the other side of the compound. \\ \\ Suddenly, the morning silence was broken by the distinctive sound of mechanical servos… [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] whispered into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]]. \\ "[[adventures:bray:dict:start#b|Bots]]. Repeat. We have [[adventures:bray:dict:start#b|Bots]]. North of my position, far side of the compound. No visual. Repeat, No Visual." \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] immediately moved into cover behind a shed as did [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]]. Everyone froze. \\ \\ {{adventures:bray:log:post_round_1.jpg?direct&400 |}} ==== ROUND 2 ==== [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] clicked the safety off on his [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hyper Blaster]] and started sprinting towards the warehouse in the center of the compound. He came to a sudden stop as a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]], armed with a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hand Laser]] came into his view. He still had several meters of ground to cover before he could take up a good firing position but remained frozen in place. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] identified the location of the Package and continued moving on the right flank from shipping container to shipping container. He whispered into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]] that he had eyes on the Package's location; a small shack on the far side of the compound. He said he would be at that location in a few moments, retrieve the package. Once he had the package, they would bug out and meet at the large rock south of the compound. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] clicked the safety off on her [[adventures:bray:dict:start#a|Auto Rifle]] and moved into position on the northeast corner of the shed. She took up a crouched overwatch position and could provide covering fire for [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] if he needed it. \\ \\ {{:log:post_round_2.jpg?direct&400 |}} ==== ROUND 3 ==== [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] continued moving on the right flank along the side of the shipping container towards the Package location. \\ \\ The [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] turned towards the central warehouse, alarms blaring, and fired its [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hand Laser]]. Instead of striking [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]], who was still unmoving out in the open, the white-hot plasma struck the building to his left, only inches from [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]]'s head. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] bolted into cover on the south side of the central warehouse and opened fire with his [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hyper Blaster]]. A barrage of energy bolts filled the air inside the warehouse as the three loosed bolts of energy hurled towards the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]]. The first bolt sailed past the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] and struck the building behind it. The [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]]'s luck quickly ran out as the second and third bolts of energy struck the bot center-mass, leaving a massive hole in its wake. The [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] fell backward onto the ground, unmoving, the light from its optic sensors quickly fading. "ONE DOWN!" [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] screamed into [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]]. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] moved towards the right flank and took up position against the shipping container. \\ \\ {{adventures:bray:log:post_round_3.jpg?direct&400 |}} ==== ROUND 4 ==== No one even realized the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] //(Lieutenant)// was there until it stepped out from the left side of the central warehouse and fired at [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] with its [[adventures:bray:dict:start#i|Infantry Laser]]. Fortunately for [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]], that shot also struck the side of the shed she was still crouched against. She yelled into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]] "A bad-ass [[adventures:bray:dict:start#b|Bot]] on the western side of the central warehouse with an Infantry Laser!" \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] replied back "you guys keep it busy, I'm almost at the package location and then we'll bug out" \\ \\ "I'm on it Boss" screamed [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] as he shoved his [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hyper Blaster]] around the corner and opened fire. "Damn it [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]]" screamed [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] "That was not even close! Hang on, I got this!" \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] steadied herself against the shed and popped off two rounds at the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] //(Lieutenant)//, both rounds striking the building mere inches from its head. "Damn it. I missed too!" she yelled. \\ \\ "Do I have to do everything for you guys?" Yelled [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]] as she reversed course back to the shed where [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] was. To that [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] replied "Come on Sis! Don't be like that. You know you want a piece of this action!" \\ \\ {{adventures:bray:log:post_round_4.jpg?direct&400 |}} ==== ROUND 5 ==== [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] whispers into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]]. "At the package location. Moving in for retrieval now. Stand by to bug out." \\ \\ "Oh, Shit! We've got more!" yelled [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] just as another round from an [[adventures:bray:dict:start#i|Infantry Laser]] strikes the building beside her along with a higher caliber round of some sort. "Another one is making its way on the left flank towards that crate pile" she continued. \\ \\ She steadies herself again against the shed and pops off two more rounds at the newly appeared [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]]. Both rounds find their mark and the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] stumbles backward and hits the ground. "Another one down!" she screams into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]] again. \\ \\ "I'll take the little one!" says [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] as the whirring sound from his [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hyper Blaster]] echos from within the central warehouse. Three more bolts of energy downrange. The first bolt strikes true as it spins the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] around just in time for the other two bolts to take off its head. "Boyah!" yells [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] moves into a corner shooting position just as the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]]'s head mealts away. \\ \\ {{adventures:bray:log:post_round_5.jpg?direct&400 |}} ==== ROUND 6 ==== [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] kicks open the shed door fully expecting to fill the air with bluish-white bolts of energy from his [[adventures:bray:dict:start#p|Plasma Rifle]] but he certainly was NOT expecting what he saw. A young boy, laying slumpted against the back wall of a large locked cage. "Package acquired!" came the faint call over the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]]. [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] yelled, "Finish off those damn [[adventures:bray:dict:start#b|Bots]] and meet me in the center of the compound. [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]], we'll need water and [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Stim Pacs]] when you get here." \\ \\ "What's wrong [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]]" she replied. "Just finish off those damn [[adventures:bray:dict:start#b|Bots]] and get here quick!" he yelled back into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]]. \\ \\ The [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] //(Lieutenant)// fired another round from it's [[adventures:bray:dict:start#i|Infantry Laser]], striking [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] right in the center of her armor's chestplate, knocking her back and into the open. \\ \\ "[[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] is down, repeat [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] is down" screamed [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]]. \\ \\ "It'll take more than an [[adventures:bray:dict:start#i|Infantry Laser]] blast to keep me down", said [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] as she grabbed her [[adventures:bray:dict:start#a|Auto Rifle]] and crawled to her knees. "Dang that stung! It's gonna leave a mark too" she chuckled. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] steps out into the open from his position and levels his [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hyper Blaster]] at the one remaing [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] //(Lieutenant)//. As the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hyper Blaster]] starts spinning up, [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] glances up just in time to see the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Security Bot]] //(Lieutenant)//'s head disappear from it's body. It's [[adventures:bray:dict:start#i|Infantry Laser]] falls to the ground as its slumps to its knees, motionless. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] steps out from around the shed says "Yep, I wanted in on the action too." As she smiles at [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] who was still on her knees. \\ \\ The laughter and high-fives were interrupted when [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] yelled into the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Comms]], "[[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]], get your ass over here with that water and [[adventures:bray:dict:start#s|Stim Pacs]]. \\ \\ {{adventures:bray:log:post_round_6.jpg?direct&400 |}} \\ \\ ==== Battle Epilogue ==== All three members sprint through the warehouse and out the other side just to stop dead in their tracks once outside. \\ \\ "Not the Package you were expecting huh?" Said [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] \\ \\ "This is Jervis. [[people:jervis_hallett|Jervis Hallett]]" [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] continued. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]], he is weak and not sure when the last time he ate or drank anything. Let gets him patched up enough to travel. The rest of you spread out and comb the area for stragglers and anything else of value we can find." \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] continued, "I want to get him back to his dad as soon as he can travel." ===== POST BATTLE ACTIVITIES ===== Since the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#b|Bots]] were just the [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hired Muscle]] of some other group, we did not pick up a new [[adventures:bray:dict:start#r|Rival]]. [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] found some nice electronic parts she sold to a scrap dealer on our way back to town. That scored us another 1 Credit. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:deston_harwood|Snap]] found what he thought was a large weapon stash but it turned out that it was picked over pretty good. He did manage to find enough parts to assemble a working [[adventures:bray:dict:start#m|Military Rifle]]. No one has an immediate need for it now so it will go into the group's armory. \\ \\ To say [[people:alexandre_hallett|Mr. Hallett]] was glad to see his son alive and well would be an understatement. He thanked us a thousand times and went on and on about remembering us if he ever needed something handled again. He paid us 7 credits and said we could call on him any time we needed to. [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] jotted down his contact info for future reference. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] then went and sold the two extra [[adventures:bray:dict:start#h|Hand Guns]] and a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Colony Rifle]] we had in the armory. She got 3 credits for those and had enough to buy a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#d|Distraction Bot]]. That should come in handy. \\ \\ [[adventures:bray:characters:mason_bray|Mason]] headed to the spaceport in search of a starship he might consider purchasing. However, the only thing available right now was an old [[adventures:bray:dict:start#f|Former Diplomatic Starship]]. The guy wanted 100 credits for the piece of junk as well! And the hull didn't look that great anyway. He told the guy he would pass on the ship today. \\ \\ Some random guy approached [[adventures:bray:characters:marissa_bray|Marissa]] in the market and said he had a "Strange Alien Device" that he thought she needed. He said he only wanted 4 credits for it. Turns out it’s some sort of freaky hand-gun called a [[adventures:bray:dict:start#c|Cling Fire Pistol]]. The damn thing can set shit on fire! Of course, she bought it and gave it to [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]]. \\ \\ Turns out that [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] was right after all. That laser blast to the chest did leave a mark! //(You’ve had time to reflect on your adventures.– Character Event)( [[adventures:bray:characters:annabel_salt|Annie]] earned an additional 2XP from her recent adventures)(Used the 6XP she earned so far to bump her Toughness to 5)// \\ \\ \\ \\ //**NOTE**: As much as I tried, there is no easy way to account for the mechanical benefits a character receives from the Battle Experiences and Character ability upgrades from a story perspective. Some perhaps, but not all of them. In the Post Battle phase, Mason earned enough XP to increase his abilities by 1. I choose to increase his Reaction score by 1, to 3, so he can move first (or try to always move in the quick phase). \\ \\ Mechanically, it means he will hopefully always act in the quick phase but from a story perspective, not sure how to say he always goes first because of…. In the Log recap writeups, I will continue to list all character/enemy actions in the order in which they occur during the round. Of the 6 rounds played in the First Session, Mason acted in the quick phase 5 of the 6 Rounds. Just lucky die rolls. – The Storyteller//