Play@YSDC

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 1:53 pm**

24 houres latter…

You all have been crammed in a locomotive for about 6 hours. Captain Malcom wasn’t very satisfied that to get the ore, he needed to go make a detour in the north to solve the strike, so he decide that Mary and Ota (both in charge) with two new guys that he just hired would go (he went with Kathy to solve the other problem with the Tcherenko brothers). The nephew of Picked (a certain Abe) was also there (to everyone surprise, he was much older than everyone thought).
It is hot, and the door is automatically closed. The landscape is monotonous: plains with grass for miles and miles with an occasional farm and small villages. Finally, a warning that in 10 minutes you will arrive: the landscape here is even worst, just barren land...

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 7:35 pm**

Former 1st Officer Jacob Abe's head jerks up as the ten minute warning sounds. Almost by instinct, the would-be merchant-prince's hand reaches down to grab the holdall stashed between his feet before his conscious mind even registers the fact that he is awake.

Reassured by the bulk of the laser carbine within said holdall and the initial panic subsiding, he grunts with satisfaction. Eyes rheumy with sleep, he scans his new companions. Not the most inspiring crew he'd ever worked with, he reckons, silently cursing that old fox Picker for calling in yet another family favour.

"Still, I've travelled with worse I guess..." he mutters, realising too late that he's speaking out loud.

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 12:30 am**

Ota bristled at the comment. ”You’re the nephew of someone who thinks he’s important,” he snapped, aggrieved at this jumped up kid - well, obviously not a kid, given his age - but jumped up, all the same. ”You got this job because someone pulled some strings. From my experience, those kinda people don’t do so well when things start getting tasty, if you get my drift?!”

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 4:54 am**

"Likewise," says Mary in response to Jacob Abe. "I'm Mary Tanaka, the pilot."

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 7:44 am**

Rourke:

Rourke is looking quite dapper in a cream sweater, dark blue jacket and dark blue cargos. A not-quite-uniform. He is studying a print-out of a global map of the planet and also trying to update himself on system local news and affairs.

He casts a quick eye at his new crew-mates. "I'm sure everyone will have their moment to shine," he says with a wry smile.

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 10:26 am**

Jacob responds to Ota first. Typical ex-military, he decides: bitter at his discharge but still yearning for a regimental life. He knew the type well.

“Well, let’s hope things don’t get ‘tasty’, and we don’t have to find out, eh soldier? As for pulling strings… I know full well how important my uncle thinks he is, and rest assured the asshole’s pulling my strings more than he’s pulling yours.”

He then turns to Rourke. Ex-navy maybe? Even in such casual attire, the guy had a nautical air about him.

“I’ve had to shine once too often my friend,” he replies with a smirk.

Lastly, he nods in greeting to the girl. A tough-looking character: a flyboy eh? Ex-marine? Ganger? Either way, someone more than capable of ‘shining’ if things did get tasty.

“Pleased to make your acquaintance. I’m Jacob: merchant and, evidently, spoiled nephew.”

“I’ll be honest with you: I’m only here ‘cos a few too many deals went sour. What brings you guys to such a salubrious hole?”

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 8:14 pm**

"Oh, the usual," says Mary. "Find a crew, find a job, keep flyin'. We sold a load of spices here, and we're planning to buy a load of ore with the proceeds - once we make sure the ore gets moving again. Then it's off to another planet to sell it for a profit. Wash, rinse, repeat. You know the drill. You look like you've been a merchant longer than I've been alive."

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 9:15 am**

Ota didn’t say that he was only planning to be with the crew until something better came along. He didn’t think the army would come calling again but perhaps a Merc company, one looking for strong leadership? Or a security outfit looking for a senior officer with plenty of experience?

”I’m here to make sure they don’t get their tails shot off,” was his short reply.

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 11:31 am**

Rourke:

Rourke looks up again and focuses on Jacob. "I'm just a spacer, happy to work my passage to the more active trade routes. Getting out of this system has proved to be more of a problem than I expected though."

He straightens and neatly re-folds the map printout, and goes back to studying it while listening to planetary news reports from an ear-plug.

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 8:22 pm**

Hiroto gets up from having been half-asleep on one of the hard wooden benches serving as seats in the locomotive and brushes off some non existing dust from his jacket. He produces a metal cylinder and pops out two yellow pills and downs them with a grimace. "Hiroto, at your service, should you need service, now or later." He drowsily checks the car passengers out, A merch, a space jockey and two guns for hire. They´d sure will need services soon enough.... "Well, I sure bet on the wrong horse a couple of times to many. Guess, I, like the lot of you, will live to die in another parsec." He gets up and looks out the array of windows. "Bleak, man. Just bleak."

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 11:42 pm**

Ota frowned. He recognised the benefits that certain drugs could bring in sharpening the senses or prolonging endurance, but Hiroto seemed to be popping them like candy. He marked him down as unreliable and went back to field stripping his rifle and sidearm.

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:55 am**

Rourke:

Rourke pauses, puts the map down neatly and studies Hiroto. "Will live to die in another parsec," he says slowly. "Will live to die in another parsec?"

"I'm sorry, what does that mean? That we will all survive this planet but we can expect to die once we're outside this system? Or that we actually hope to die, but die outside this system?"

"This planet seems sufficiently dangerous that some or all of us may die right here. And I hope none of us is hoping to die."

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:06 am**

“I’ll drink to that,” says Jacob, eyeing up the pill-popping medic and hoping that he won’t need his services.

He turns to survey the depressing view that rattles past.

“What a dump…”

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:27 pm**

Hiroto tilts his head slightly. "Just vitamines, man. All pharmaceuticals are´nt drugs you know. But I feel your reluctance to trust anything I say. We´re all newcomers here." He flips the metal tube at Jacob. The lable says Calciferols.
"Artificial sunshine, my friend." He taps the window. "Back on Terra, they used to say - Live to fight another day. I like to think I´ll live to see onother parsec, That takes the metric from time to distance. I care to think I have more miles than days ahead of me. Just a way of looking on life, I guess."

Hiroto realizes he has failed keeping his mouth closed with the new crew. He clenches his fists and double bumps the window. "No time to think back." He takes his seat once again and relaxes his bones.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:58 am**

"Everybody dies eventually," says Mary. "I guess the idea is to put it off as long as possible."

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:15 am**

”Well, thanks everyone for that morale-boosting chat,” said Ota, sarcastically. ”We’ll be there soon so let’s just get our shit together and enjoy the last few minutes in quiet contemplation, shall we?”

‘Burnt out spacers and civilians? Damn…’

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:35 am**

Rourke:

Rourke regards Ota slightly sceptically. "Errm, right." He sticks the earphone back in his ear and resumes examining the map printouts.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:07 pm**

“I admire your optimism my friend,” Jacob mutters as he hands the tube of vitamins back to Hiroto.

“Let’s hope the miners at Calamity are just as optimistic. I don’t know why they’re withholding the goods, but it must be something considerable; it’s their livelihood after all.”

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:07 pm**

"So, Mary and Ota, what is our plan of action? Find intel and make a plan after that? Or do we know where the people holding up the flow of commerce are, and do we know why? At this point it feels like we are tourists here."

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:08 pm**

”Reconnoitre first, determine the enemy’s strengths and then plan our attack,” replied Ota, briskly. ”We’ll have this sorted and be on our way again in no time.”

Posted: **Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:12 am**

"What he said," says Mary, "but it may take a little longer than no time."

Posted: **Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:46 am**

Rourke:

Rourke looks up from his maps. "Recon, by all means. We gather the intel we need. But surely there might be better solutions to the problem than attacking the miners?"

"Miners who actually agree to go back to work are going to be much more productive in the long run than miners working at gunpoint."

Posted: **Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:57 am**

"So, get the lay of the land and adapt accordingly." He nods affirmatively and gives a thumbs up. Hiroto brings up a crude PDA from a pocket in his cargo pants. Syncs with the, should there be one, network and tries to obtain some kind of live news feed.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:57 pm**

You feel that the locomotive is reducing the speed until it finally stop: suddenly you hear the warning that you arrived at the place and the door opens.
You get outside: one the left side of the line, there is the station (a small building), several warehouses, and a central street that goes in direction of the town. On the right side there is only barren land. What you notice as soon as you get outside is the silence. Besides the wind, you don't hear any other sound.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 5:06 pm**

“No reception committee? I’m disappointed,” Jacob mutters as he alights.

He scans the platform, looking for signs of life.

“Are the porters on strike too? Let’s find out.”

Shouldering his hold-all, he heads to the small station building.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:27 pm**

Ota stepped down onto the platform and looked around. The silence was disquieting. Even in a back-of-beyond hick town you’d expect to see somebody… He didn’t say anything but just carefully unbuttoned his holster, just in case…

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:17 pm**

Mary looks around for any kind of movement or life on the way to the station.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:52 pm**

Rourke:

"You'd expect someone would be here to collect freight at least. Somewhere this far out, the arrival of the train should be of some interest."

Rourke heads towards the Station. "I wonder if there's someone like a Station Master?"

Posted: **Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:40 pm**

Stepping out last of the bunch, Hiroto leaves the locomotive and trails after the others towards the station building. He checks if anyone else got off the train after them. He only has what small trinkets he can carry upon his person.

Posted: **Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:31 am**

The station is empty. There is a small office that says "personnel only", but the door is open, like if somebody left in a hurry.

Posted: **Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:39 am**

With his hand on the butt of his pistol, Ota approached the door, pushing it open so he could see into the office behind. ”Anyone in here?!” he barked.

Posted: **Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:37 am**

Once Ota has checked that everything is safe, Jacob looks around for any useful paperwork.

Posted: **Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:51 pm**

Rourke:

"Is there a computer terminal of any description I could examine?" Rourke starts looking for just that.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:29 am**

Mary stays on lookout, keeping an eye open for anyone approaching, though the whole place seems deserted.

Posted: **Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:22 am**

There is a computer terminal and lot's of papers. You see also a an old sandwitch full or bugs.

Posted: **Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:42 am**

Jacob selects a random pile of paperwork and reads through it.

Posted: **Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:07 am**

Ota poked at the sandwich with the barrel of his pistol. How old did the bread look?

Posted: **Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:57 pm**

Something is off here,Hiroto thinks to himself. A major strike and angry miners... Where?

"Do we have a life scan of the area?"

Posted: **Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:16 am**

Rourke:

Rourke smiles and heads over to the computer terminal. "Finally, something I can get my hands on." Cracking his knuckles, he turns it on and starts searching.

OOC: Can Rourke make a Computer roll?

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:24 am**

Snapper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:16 am Rourke:

Rourke smiles and heads over to the computer terminal. "Finally, something I can get my hands on." Cracking his knuckles, he turns it on and starts searching.

OOC: Can Rourke make a Computer roll?

OOC: yes he can.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:25 am**

The bread seems about 2 or 3 days.
You don't scann any lifeform in the immediate zone.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:55 am**

”It doesn’t look like anyone’s been here in at least 24 hours,” said Ota. ”Get that computer working. I’m going to take a look around.”

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:47 pm**

Jacob lets the paperwork drop onto the desk.

“Nothing here I guess.”

He turns to Ota and Rourke.

“I’m not the greatest computer expert, but I know a thing or two about electronics if you need help.”

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:40 pm**

Rourke:

Rourke looks at the departing figure of Ota with exasperation but shakes his head. Looking over to Jacob, he says, "Thank you, much appreciated. I'll give it a try first and see how I get on but if I can't get it to start, your skills might be called for."

OOC: Result of 13.

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:45 am**

"Where is everybody?" says Mary. "This place should be as crowded as a... train station."

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:52 pm**

"No life. Odd, right? We should have a bustling hub, here, and protesters, strike breakers, officals and what not. Are we in a time-slip or something? Or are we put in a simulation chamber?" Hiroto stops himself before saying something wildly crazy. He starts to walk back to the tracks and watches the stretch of line in both directions. He also looks for a sign about the next train.

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:12 am**

"Maybe they fled some sort of disaster," says Mary, "but there's no sign of it. I don't think this is a simulation. Feels real to me. The possibility that this is all just a game seems absurd."

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:14 pm**

Snapper wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:40 pm Rourke:

Rourke looks at the departing figure of Ota with exasperation but shakes his head. Looking over to Jacob, he says, "Thank you, much appreciated. I'll give it a try first and see how I get on but if I can't get it to start, your skills might be called for."

2d6+2p

OOC: Result of 13.

You open the computer and find a kind of diary. Reading the last days, you find the following things of interesr:

6 days ago:
"it seems there will be a great storm in 2 days. Great, we don't work that day!"

5 days ago
"7 AM
The work was normal. I heard a rumor about a missing team of miners and the others are whining because to keep the quota they will have to work extra hours. A rescue team has been sent, but no news for now".
5 PM
"What the hell is happening? All the miners has simply vanished; the police team sent to the mines has vanished too."

4 days ago
"Oh my God, I tried to send a message, but with the storm, all the comunications are cut! I escaped here because it is at the limit of the city and I was with hope that one of the trains would pass here, even if usually none pass with the storm. I saw what they did to Jerry, I prefer to kill myself! If anyone can read this... wait, I think I heard a sound outside. I just hope it is another person and not one of..."

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:45 pm**

Peering over Rourke’s shoulder, Jacob frowns.

“Damn… weird… can you access any weather records? Maybe find something about this storm?”

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:15 pm**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:55 am

”It doesn’t look like anyone’s been here in at least 24 hours,” said Ota. ”Get that computer working. I’m going to take a look around.”

Is there just the office? Any living accommodation?

Yes, just the office and waiting room where people awaits for the train when the weather is very bad outside. It's really a small place.

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:25 pm**

Ota pushed the door to the waiting room and looked around. Were there any belongings left behind by the people who had been here?

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:13 pm**

Hiroto watches back and forth along the tracks. "Hey! Did you find anything? This place is a dead end!"

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:28 am**

Ota: you can roll Fwd Obsvr at 0 to see if you can see anything

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:26 am**

Rourke:

Rourke looks at Jacob with concern.

He calls to the others, "Rest of you, come and read this, quick! We may be in danger. There may not be any locals left."

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:55 am**

Mary hurries over and reads it. "This explains a lot," she says. "They didn't come back from the mines. Maybe the storm stirred up something nearby that took shelter in them. What sorts of animals are native to this part of the planet?"

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:23 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:13 am**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:23 pm
Forward Observer - 2d6

You don't see anything.

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:15 pm**

Rourke:

Rourke continues examining the computer with all his might.

OOC: Does the computer have any other useful functions? Like a communications link back to the Starport, or a map of the town, access to CCTV even?

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:33 pm**

You have the first 2; you have just 3 cameras, one to the outside of the station on the trains side (east), another to the waiting room and another to the outside station on the city side (west).

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:51 pm**

Hiroto finds himself a bench by the tracks and waits for a sign of life, from any direction. The previous scan had shown no life. What in all worlds were they doing here?

Posted: **Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:30 am**

The lack of people was unnerving. Ota unslung his rifle, quietly checking the load and that the safety was off. With his weapon ready, he walked to the main entrance to scan the town beyond.

Posted: **Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:02 pm**

Ota looks at the town. He sees several broken windows and doors opened.

Posted: **Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:56 pm**

His eyes peeled for trouble, Ota moved out of the station, closing the gap to the town. He tried to judge how recent the damage was, whether it was fresh or if it appeared to be older.

Posted: **Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:38 pm**

Hiroto spots Ota coming out of the station building and walks towards him.

Posted: **Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:24 pm**

Ota’s eyes flicked in Hiroto’s direction as he approached. ”You see any sign of life?” he said abruptly.

He didn’t wait for the man to answer before he was looking in the direction of the town again.

Posted: **Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:24 am**

"Why is this place called Calamity City?" Mary wonders aloud. "Has something like this happened in this city's history before? Maybe we should check the archives."

Posted: **Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:29 am**

kabukiman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:33 pm You have the first 2; you have just 3 cameras, one to the outside of the station on the trains side (east), another to the waiting room and another to the outside station on the city side (west).

Rourke:

Rourke attempts to use the computer to send a short, urgent notification to the Starport that everyone in this town has disappeared, apparently as a result of something unknown attacking them. He requests help be sent.

Then he will a attempt to print out a map of the town.

Finally, Rourke double checks the three CCTV cameras that are available to make sure there's nothing odd or dangerous.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:31 am**

Someone answers you from the starport:
"What do you mean everyone disapeared? And who are you? I'm gonna ask of of my supervisors what to do."

Posted: **Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:33 am**

Rourke:

"While you're at it, pass the message on to my captain, Mac Malcolm. And get some help to us!"

Posted: **Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:35 pm**

"Who is captain Malcom? Is he from the military? Are you from the army? I'l give that information to my chief."

You get a map of the town and the images of the camera show only Hiroto and Ota and nobody else.

Posted: **Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:49 am**

Rourke:

Rourke sighs. "You do that. Captain Malcolm, ship's captain."

Collecting the map, he heads outside to join the others. "I don't think there's much chance of assistance coming our way anytime soon."

Rourke shows the map to the others. "Is there some local police station or sheriffs office, I wonder? That might be a good place to start. And if there are locals left, you'd think they might be holed up there, or maybe the medical centre, if there is one of those as well."

Posted: **Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:57 am**

"Yeah, the police station's a good place to start," says Mary, studying the map.

Posted: **Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:50 pm**

Ota’s studied the map briefly to get his bearings then said, ”Ok, let’s move out. Keep your eyes peeled and shout out if you see anything.”

Posted: **Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:42 pm**

Jacob unpacks his carbine and nods grimly as he slings it over his shoulder.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:26 am**

"Yeah, let´s see the law." Hiroto agrees. Still feels like they went throgh some kind of slip in the fabric of time... "Did you ask about the current galactic time? What if we had a time-slip?" There it is again. Quiet, man..

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:02 pm**

You walk in the silent city. Well, not completly silent: there is the wind and ocasional doors making noises. There were several stores (many liquor stores), and private houses.
After a short walk in the central avenue (10 minutes, specially because you are walking with caution), you see a building in wood that says "Police". It has one upper floor, but the building is completly closed (both the door and windows).

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:42 pm**

"Huh. I guess we should knock?"

Jacob saunters over to the police station door and raps his knuckles against it.

"Hello? Anyone there?"

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:41 pm**

Ota stood off to one side of the door, watching the street for any signs of movement, weapon held ready.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:50 pm**

Hiroto watches the houses on the other side of the street as the new arrivals try to rustle up the Police.

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:55 am**

Mary stands on the other side of the door, her own weapon at the ready, and keeps alert to her surroundings.

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:52 am**

Rourke:

Rourke joins Jacob. He yells through the door, "Anyone there!? We're a team sent to help! If you can hear us, please open up! We're the good guys!" Rourke gives Jacob a worth a try look.

Rourke takes in the door, looking to see if there's an old-fashioned key-lock, a number pad, or a swipe reader even. Experimentally, he tries the door to see if it's locked.

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:35 am**

Everyone roll 2d6.

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:34 am**

Jacob rolls his eyes at Rourke and steps back to give him free rein.

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:06 am**

Hiroto waits..

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:22 am**

Posted: **Sat Jul 02, 2022 3:49 am**

Mary has a bad feeling about this.

Posted: **Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:57 am**

Rourke:

OOC: 8

Posted: **Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:58 pm**

When everyone is calling someone in the building, Rourke notices a lone figure that is passing in a crossroad about 200 meters. He is dressed like a miner, but his clothes are all torn and you cannot see his face. He haven't notice you yet.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:20 am**

Rourke:

Rourke holds up a hand to get his colleagues' attention then points at the stranger. "At least one person is still here."

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:04 am**

Mary looks in the indicated direction.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:12 am**

Ota swung his rifle up to cover the man. ”You there!” he barked. ”Come here!”

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:05 am**

“Way to ingratiate yourself with the locals…” Jacob mutters.

Nonetheless, he quietly readies his own weapon.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:39 pm**

The man turns the head in your direction. You can see he has several wounds in his face, but with paterns, like drawings. A triangle maybe? He makes a face of fury and screams:
"Ia!"
You immediatly hear a voice screaming behind the windows:
"Your fools! You make him call the horde!"

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:10 pm**

"I didn't do it," says Mary. "Quick, let us in. We'll help you fight them off."

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:45 pm**

Jacob looks around, trying to see where the voice was coming from.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:10 pm**

Watching the tattooed man, Hiroto backs up on the pavement towards the police door.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:25 pm**

Ota didn’t hesitate. He lined up the man in his gunsights, took careful aim, and fired.

Posted: **Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:36 pm**

OOC: Don't forget to add your skill level in the relevant weapon.

Posted: **Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:41 pm**

Rourke:

Rourke whirls back to the police station. "Let us in, right now, or we start shooting your lock until we can get in ourselves. Lock might not work after that, of course."

OOC: Rourke is frantically searching the door for a lock or swipe reader or something.

Posted: **Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:54 pm**

OOC: since you have 4 in rifle + the 4 from the dices, it is a success. Roll the damage please.

Posted: **Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:34 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:16 am**

You hit him and he fall to the ground unconscious. Meanwhile, you hear some noise near the door that opens and you see a men in his 3o's talking very fast:
"Enter quick!".

Posted: **Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:08 pm**

Jacob needs no persuading and follows the man’s instructions.

“Hey: what the hell’s going on?” he demands.

Posted: **Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:21 pm**

Ota grunted, satisfied with his shot. He kept his aim on the man for a few moments more until he was satisfied that he wasn’t getting up, then lifted his rifle and stepped through the door. ”Lieutenant Colonel Ota,” he announced himself. ”Who’s in charge here?”

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:25 am**

Mary scrambles inside and looks around. "Hi, I'm Mary Tanaka," she says.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2022 4:28 am**

Rourke distinctly winces at Ota's use of the rank and the implication they are here officially, but he says nothing. Instead, he makes sure the door is shut and locked again once they're all inside.

Posted: **Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:23 am**

You see a group of 3 men and two women: a xerife (about 50, tall and bald) and his deputy (early twenties), a man dressed in old cloths who seems that never seemed to shave (or take a bath), a women dressed like a hooker and a girl in her early teens. The deputy asks immediatly:
"Are you part of the strike team? Are there more troops?"

Posted: **Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:51 am**

“Don’t know anything about a strike team. We just came here on business.”
Jacob replies.

“Perhaps you should tell us what’s going on.”

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:48 am**

"Nobody in the capital seems to know what happened here," says Mary. "We're here to find out."

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:19 am**

Everyone seems somber when you say that nobody knows what is happeing and the the xerife says:
"Well, it all started some days ago: a team of miners vanished in one corridor. Of course we didn't know anything about that, the company usualy don't give much details unless they need to and I was worried because the news said that a huge storm would hit us. Well, the company send some men looking for them and those vanished too. It was then that we heard about that, the miners were getting too nervous, but they went working anyway. And suddenly there was no miners and we were hit by the storm: it was really huge and we lost all comunications but at the same time the missing miners appeared and they were transformed: they were full of scarifications and behave like a wild bunch killing or dragging people to the mines. As soon as I received some news of what was happening I gathered my men to stop them, but we were too few and we had to run. We found more people but after some casualties we managed to escape to the police station and barricade ourselves. There was a real massacre outside. We have been waiting that someone outside notices that something went wrong and send help since we cannot comunicate."

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:27 pm**

"I got the computer in the train station working, and managed to use it to speak to some idiot back at the Starport. But we have no official status here, we're just civilian spacers, and so I had no way to convince him to get the authorities to send help."

"I would expect a request from local law enforcement would carry far more weight."

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:45 am**

"We could escort you there," says Mary. "Or he might be able to get a computer here working too."

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:56 am**

Ota looked around. ”Where’s your computer?” he demanded.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 9:21 am**

“Are there others here, or are you the only survivors?” Jacob asks.

Posted: **Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:52 pm**

Hiroto observes the group in the office, especially the sheriff. "Are any of you wounded? I´m a Terran medic and can help you out. Hiroto Yang, at your service, sir."

Posted: **Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:16 am**

"Our computer isn't working. We are all fine, none is injured, thank you. I'm pretty sure there are more survivors in the city, but all scattered. And besides..."
You start hearing a sound. First it seems distant, but latter more clearly. It seems voices, screaming "IA-IA". The rest in not understandable.

Posted: **Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:14 am**

"We'd better start barricading, fast," says Mary.

Posted: **Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:16 pm**

”Upstairs!” snapped Ota. ”We’ll get a better view!”

With his rifle held ready, he looked around for the stairs to the next floor.

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:21 am**

Completely ignoring Ota, Rourke heads back to the door they all entered through, to check that it is indeed locked again. He tries to keep low and out of sight of anyone looking in through a window from outside.

Then he will help Mary barricading it.

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:23 am**

Having no sidearm, Hiroto helps Mary drag and tilt a table in front of the entrance door. Also, he looks for something to jam between the table and a nearby wall, to create an effective stop.

If there´s time, he will try to use as a wedge in the bottom of the door opening. While looking for a wedge, he also is on the lookout for a knife to protect himself with,

Posted: **Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:40 pm**

OOC: Anyone else is upstairs besides Ota?

Posted: **Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:03 pm**

OOC: Not Hiroto

Posted: **Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:27 pm**

With Mr. Military presumably taking an elevated sniper position, Jacob, being also armed, decides to remain on the ground floor to help shore up defences.

“Does anyone else have a weapon?” he asks. “And is there another way out of here?”

Posted: **Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:25 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jul 24, 2022 2:56 am**

OOC: Rourke is busy barricading downstairs and generally ignoring Ota.

Posted: **Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:19 am**

You finish the barricades just in time of hearing people trying to smash the doors. They are screaming... something.

Posted: **Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:50 pm**

Barricades completed, Jacob steps back with his carbine readied. He turns to the Sheriff.

"I'll ask you again: is there another way out of this building?"

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2022 4:47 am**

Mary positions herself well back from the doors, her pistol ready.

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:11 am**

Rourke keeps low and creeps around, looking for a spy-hole that will let him see what's happening outside.

"They don't sound very happy," he mutters.

Rourke looks around for Hiroto and hisses at him, "Doctor Drugs, what could cause normal people to start behaving like this? An infection? Narcotics?"

Posted: **Fri Jul 29, 2022 11:43 am**

You hear hito screaming from upstairs:
”Head’s up we’ve got company! There’s got to be a hundred out there!”. Then he shoots

"No way out, unless you can fly from one roof to the other"- says the sheriff.

Outside you start hearing people beating the doors and windows. with some kind of objects, smashing it. After a while, you see some hands, trying to push the barricades.

Posted: **Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:33 am**

Mary takes aim, waiting for the mob to break through enough to present a clear shot. "They're like zombies," she says.

Posted: **Sat Jul 30, 2022 10:01 am**

“Looks like we’ve got a fight on our hands,” mutters Jacob, grimly.

He checks the charge on his carbine and moves back to get a decent shot.

Posted: **Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:00 am**

Rourke finds the sheriff. "Do you have any vehicles we could use to escape?"

"Or are there any tunnels below this building? Drainage, or early mining tunnels? A basement even?"

Posted: **Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:18 pm**

"If there's no other way out down there," says Mary, "the basement's the last place we want to go. Haven't you seen any zombie holovids? We'd be trapped! We're better off heading to the roof if we can't hold the entrance."

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:20 pm**

To Rourke, Hiroto offers: "It could be a virus, or they are poisoned by the atmosphere... Some atmospheres have gases that are toxic to humanoids. I´d say it´s somethinmg that affects the hearing or the senses all over. They did get attracted by our precense... Almost zombie-like you could say. We won´t know more until we examine one of the carriers... Right?" He winks at Rourke at the end of the reply. "The best bet is to just stay still and be quiet. If they leave, that´s one lead that they are following sound." He puts his index finger before his lips and hushes at the others.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:34 pm**

Jacob nods and makes a zip motion across his mouth.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:23 am**

You all hear shots from upstairs and you have all a clear vision to hit the enemy. who are tearing apart the barricade.
Everyone fires.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:44 am**

Mary takes a shot at one of the intruders.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:16 am**

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:06 am**

Jacob fires.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:26 am**

Hiroto uses a knife to stab at one intruder.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:12 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:06 am

Jacob fires.

Not sure how this works, so here’s 2d6.
[6, 4] = 10
2d6: [ 6 4 ] = 10
Jacob has laser carbine 2, so do I add +2 to that?

OOC: That’s how it works, as far as I understand it. 2d6 + whatever skill you have in the task being attempted. You normally have to score 8 to succeed but there may be modifiers for difficulty (or range, if you’re firing a weapon).

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:59 pm**

Modifiers:
Roll dice,+ the value of the skill, need a 8 to pass.

Modifiers.
Blank range +1
Against a crowd +1
Rifle laser:
If have 11 in dex, gets a bonus of +2. If not, have a malus of -3.

Knife:
If you have str 8, you have a bonus of +2. If not, have a malus of -2.

Everyone that fires, can make a second roll to see if the bullet hit someone else.behind.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:54 pm**

Rourke sighs in resignation, draws his automatic pistol, adopts the regulation two-handed firing position and takes a shot. "I think they know we're here."

First shot:

Spoiler:

OOC: Hit.

Damage:

Spoiler:

OOC: 12 points.

Person behind:

Spoiler:

OOC: Miss.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:58 pm**

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:28 pm**

Posted: **Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:30 am**

Mary's shot hits one of the "zombies," doing a lot of damage, but it lodges in her target and doesn't hit anyone else.

Posted: **Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:35 am**

Posted: **Fri Aug 05, 2022 3:15 am**

Posted: **Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:14 pm**

Four enemies seem to be inconscious... and suddenly you see small bugs (the size of a hand) leaving their mouths and crawling the floor in your direction!

Posted: **Sat Aug 06, 2022 3:14 am**

"Shoot the bugs, they're parasites!" shouts Mary, taking her own advice and firing a shot into the bug nearest to her. "They must have gotten into these people and made them this way! Don't let them get close to you!"

Posted: **Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:36 am**

Rourke decides Mary's advice seems pretty sensible. He climbs onto a piece of furniture to get both feet off the floor. Then talking careful aim, he shoots at a bug. Unfortunately, the little creature is a difficult target.

"That is just disgusting."

OOC: Miss.

Posted: **Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:46 am**

Freaked out by the bugs, Jacob also misses.

Posted: **Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:05 pm**

Hiroto tries to stomp one of the bugs. Seems futile to stab a critter.

Posted: **Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:05 pm**

You start hearing the people that "lost" their bugs starting to speak (in english!):
"What is happening? Who are this people! Arrg!"
The ones still with the bugs try to capture them.

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:37 am**

"This way, fast!" Mary calls to the people. "You're in danger!"

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:49 am**

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:27 am**

Mary splatters a second bug.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:53 am**

Jacob darts forward, swinging his carbine like a club and trying to rescue the people who have been freed from the bugs’ influence.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:09 am**

Everyone can shoot at blank range with a +2 bonus OR help to rescue someone.

Meanwhile, Ota screams something about grenades...

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:18 am**

Rourke, trying to maintain a regulation two-handed grip on his pistol while kneeling on a chair, concentrates and takes another shot.

"What did Ota say? Does he want some grenades?"

OOC: Hits with a 9.

OOC: 13 points damage.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:16 am**

In between bouts of grappling to pull out ‘disinfected’ people, Jacob replies:

“More likely he’s going to throw some!”

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:29 pm**

"Oh good, it has been far too quiet. We needed some more fireworks."

Posted: **Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:53 pm**

Hiroto, having impaled one critter with his knife, helps one of the freeed people to get up. Then starts to back up to the second floor.

OOC: rolls for rescue move.

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:06 am**

After getting 2 persons (who seem in shock), the other ones seem to stop trying to enter.

Posted: **Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:19 am**

Posted: **Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:02 am**

OOC: No and no.

Posted: **Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:04 am**

Posted: **Thu Aug 18, 2022 3:40 am**

"We can rescue more of these people," says Mary. "We can knock them out, then kill the bugs when they emerge and get the people out of harm's way."

Posted: **Fri Aug 19, 2022 9:52 am**

OOC: Most are leaving and just a group is staying at safe distance.

Posted: **Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:03 am**

Jacob nods at Mary’s suggestion.

“Maybe I can set my carbine to stun…”

OOC: Is it possible to reduce the power of his gun so that it only stuns?

Posted: **Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:43 pm**

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:30 am**

"We should be able to rebuild the barricades too, now that they're backing off," says Mary. "Once this all settles down, we can talk to the people we rescued and find out what they remember about what happened."

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:54 am**

Holstering his pistol, Rourke pulls a small notepad and pen from a pocket and tries to quickly determine some logistics:

How many people were inside the Sheriff's Office with the Travellers?

Are there any other weapons available?

Is there any transport available, or another exit?

OOC: This may involve quizzing the Sheriff.

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:25 am**

Hiroto aproaches Ota up on the second floor and checks the room as he and the rescued person gets up there. "What´s the intel from up here, Ota?" To the rescued person Hiroto asks : "I am Hiroto, who are you and what do you remember happening to you?"

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:39 pm**

Mary (with someone else?) starts rebuilding the defenses.

The xeriff says:
"We have some guns here, riffles pistols, ammo and 2 smoke grenades. I know where we can get some dynamite, in one of the warehouses of the company, but we can't leave with the hord outside"

One of the persons that you saved (a miner) starts talking:
"Where am I, what happened? All I remember was that I was working and one of the teams appeared, but they were weird, they attacked us and dragged me to..." (he gets suddenly very pale, stops talking for a while and seems very scared but then resumes) "they dragged us to a big cave that we didn't know. There was a huge worm putting eggs, where some larvae ecloded. And they forced me to swallow one of them. I-I don't remember anything after"

OOC1: Jacob, to you can't, but don't worry the system to kill is complicated.

OOC2You saved 2 people and in the room were already 5 persons. So it is 7 npc's.

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:22 pm**

Jacob looks down at the squashed bugs on the floor.

"Does anyone know any science? We could examine those things and see what makes them tick."

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:34 pm**

Ota glanced back at Hiroto and said, ”Most have gone, except for that small group there. I think we can go back downstairs, we’ll be able to pick them off if they get closer.” With one last look out of the window he turned to head down the stairs, where he tried to take control of the situation as befitted an officer of his experience.

”Help to barricade those windows, but leave spaces so we can shoot out if necessary. Xerriff, did I hear you say you had weapons? Issue them my team and any of these civilians, assuming they are proficient with such things.”

He turned and stood in front of of one of the rescued miners, hands on his his hips and his legs shoulders-width apart. ”So where’s this cave you were taken to? It sounds like someone needs to go and deal with it,” already thinking about the type of notoriety that such an endeavour might bring… ...

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:36 am**

"I don't," says Mary to Jacob. "I just know how to kill them, not dissect them. Sounds like that big worm in the cave laying eggs is their queen. We're going to have to find her and kill her to put a stop to this. Can you give us directions to this cave?" she asks the miner.

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:59 pm**

The xeriff nods, go to an armory and gets several 2 riffles and 4 pistols; he gives the riffles to the two miners (he and his deputy had already one each);he distribute to the two women a pistol each and the remaining 2 pistols to your group and then asks:
"Who gets the 2 smoke grenades?"

The miner:
"It is in the mines, I know the way to get there, but that is dangerous and what do you want to do? Figth all those creatures and then kill the big bug?"

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:31 pm**

Ota shook his head. ”We need recon first. Find out what we’re dealing with.”

He looked over to the xerriff. ”How many people live in town? We’ve got to consider the possibility that everyone outside this room could be infected.”

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:48 am**

"It would be better to sneak in there and kill the queen rather than fight all the creatures," says Mary. "Once she's dead, they won't be able to produce any more bugs. The remaining bugs may also not know what to do once she's dead. Thanks, I'd like a smoke grenade."

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:28 am**

The sheriff says:
"Nobody actually knows, probably a thousand, there is always new people coming."

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:53 am**

“A thousand?” Jacob gulps. “Maybe sneaking to the cave is our best bet… unless we can hide in plain sight…”

He turns to the recently possessed people.

“Can you remember what you were chanting when you had those bugs in you?”

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:12 pm**

"Hiroto, surely your medicinal skills extend beyond manufacturing narcotics. Can you not take a look at one of these survivors and make some medical assessment of what had happened to them? There might be treatments or vaccines we could use to protect ourselves or cure the other unfortunates outside."

"The other option besides attacking some big alien bug is we head back to the train station first and use that computer to call for help. It may take a while, but at least we would know rescue was on the way."

OOC: Rourke will collect several more magazines' worth of ammunition for his pistol if available from the Sheriff's armoury. And reload the 3 rounds he has just fired.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:49 am**

"Yeah, that's a good idea," says Mary. "We'll need to escort the police back there so they can talk to the authorities in the capital. They're not going to believe it otherwise. Then we can hole up here until reinforcements arrive."

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:25 am**

”Agreed,” said Ota. ”We call for reinforcements and barricade this place until we arrive.”

He looked at the ragtag group before him and grimaced. Not much to work with but they’d have to do.

Posted: **Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:22 am**

OOC: Could Rourke make an 'Engineering' check to see if he can improve the barricade? May not be the right skill for this so if you don't think he can help, all good.

Posted: **Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:51 pm**

OOC: Yes you can.
So the plan is to try to escape from this place?

Posted: **Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:15 am**

Posted: **Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:48 am**

Posted: **Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:27 pm**

OOC: Success with an 8.

Rourke happily busies himself identifying the strongest and heaviest objects and having people move them towards the front of the barricade. Then he starts setting up struts and other reinforcements to help hold the barricade in place.

All the while he is advising the locals on ways to best build and reinforce the structure, in a calm and methodical voice.

Posted: **Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:49 pm**

Jacob will volunteer to sneak out to the train station.

Posted: **Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:12 am**

Mary lends her strength toward reinforcing the barricade.

Posted: **Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:57 pm**

The barricade seems solid for now. Who stays or goes to the station?

Posted: **Wed Aug 31, 2022 6:46 pm**

Jacob will go to the station.

Posted: **Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:59 pm**

(Ota will go to the station).

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:19 am**

OOC: Satisfied with his work with the barricade, Rourke will go to the Station.

He'll encourage the Sheriff to either come or give the Travellers something they can use as evidence they speak with his authority when they are asking for help.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:27 am**

Mary also goes to the station.

Posted: **Tue Sep 06, 2022 10:22 am**

So, you have 4 "possessed" people outside of the station.

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