5.2 Lost!

Post by **KahlessNestor** » Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:02 am

Date: January 4, 110 PA
Mission: Day 1
Time: 1505
Weather: Normal for the season the season (cold); no wind; no snow
Location: Wilderness
Ley Line: Yes; Nexus
Scene modifiers:

Light/Visibility: No penalties

Round 0

The Trailblazers gathered the next morning and headed out to the northeast toward their assigned patrol area. The first day went relatively smoothly until the afternoon came and they started to consider if they should be looking for an area to camp in, and the came across a nexus point where two ley lines met, one going north and south, and the other east and west. The first was medium size, a quarter mile wide and five hundred feet tall, but the other was gargantuation, one and a half miles wide and a mile tall. The nexus put out a lot of energy.

They examined the phenomenon with fascination until Ryder realized that they had somehow gotten turned around and lost their way.

Lost!

Loot

Combat Notes

Elennar · Post by **Elennar** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:00 am

Elennar's eyes narrow. "Lost? How can we have gotten lost with this sort of landmark right in front of us?" She turns to @Vik. "With your permission, sir, I would like to wander the field to locate any other distinguishing landmarks that may help orient us." Assuming permission, she nods, grabs her bow, pulls the hood over her head, and exits into the wilds. She dashes into the landscape, for any familiar features of where they are and where they came from. Clambering up a boulder, she spies a ridgeline that seems to resemble one on the map Lt. Winston had.

Jericho · Post by **Jericho** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:52 pm

Jericho looks as the team gets lost. "I think I can get out of this. But a little help you guys would go a long way." Then he spends some times laying out some of the help they could use.

In a situation like this every little bit of help mattered, whether it is actually navigating, or simply helping prepare meals and clean up at the end of the day so others could rest. Jericho wanted to make sure, Vik and Elennar knew what he needed, to do what they needed him to.

(@KahlessNestor I am going to wait for the support rolls for my post and roll on survival.)

Dr. Asterisk · Post by **Dr. Asterisk** » Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:45 pm

Lost just means we're somewhere we ain't been before. No worries unless it has already taken us off this world and hasn't informed us yet. Otherwise we'll come out of it. However, I sincerely doubt @Ryder would be able to get us lost, or that our systems would be that far off. So I am going to get up on the roof and check our reception the old fashioned way but I'd guess this has something to do with those infernal magic lines. Nothing good ever comes from them in my experience and if I were in Vegas I'd be placing chips by "rifty shenanigans" on this one. I mean, "Rifts," who designed this world anyway? It seems I'm going to have to devote even more time to study of magic next chance I get.

Support=making sure it isn't our equipment at fault.

Manual inspection and diagnostic (Repair) 1d10!!+6: [1]+6 = 7
Wild 1d6!!+6: [5]+6 = 11

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:09 am

+2 Support via Electronics

Ryder shrugs at Ellenar's query. "Frankly, that 'landmark' may very well be what caused us to go off-course--those things play havoc with mundane systems, when they want to--not to mention time, space, and other dimensions." He then nods to Jericho. "Okay, yeah, I think I can help you out, there. Lemme do some intensive scans of the area, see if we can get a proper layout of our surroundings and see if anything is familiar."

Vik · Post by **Vik** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:17 pm

Vik stares up at the nexus, thinking about all the flash things that could be done with that much energy ... if a bunch of barking gob-shite demon-y types didn't come crawling outta the thing every 15 minutes to piss in the gubbins.

"Eh, er, right, best do a bit of a walkabout, see wheres we're at.

Seeing Ryder and Doc Spot already messing with more traditional antennae, Vik salvages a mostly-unused plunger from the Casa-Wiggle's head and repurposes the aluminum handle into a dousing rod. With a few bits and bobs from his tool-box, it starts tapping into the nearby ley line, which Vik hopes to use to gain a glimpse of the surrounding area.

The cobbled-together gadget seems to work a little too well, drawing more and more energy from the nexus, flooding the surrounding area with thick blue mist.

"Hrrm. Mighta made a miscalculation-like, boys. Might I suggest taking a step or three back, just in case?"

Jericho · Post by **Jericho** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:34 pm

The days and nights working to get them back on track was hard work. The ley lines were annoying and messing with the warriors senses as he moved, and when Vik channeled so much of the energy near them it causes a surge setting off a buzzing in Jericho's head like an old hangover.

But as things got back on track the help from everyone else was enough to get him back on track and within few hours he was getting the team back out of the valley they had found themselves lost in.

Post by **KahlessNestor** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:33 am

Date: January 5-6, 110 PA
Mission: Day 2-3
Time:
Weather: Normal for the season the season (cold); strong wind; light snow
Location: Wilderness
Ley Line: None
Scene modifiers:

Light/Visibility: -1 for snow

Round 0

Jericho got the Trailblazers on the right path again, and they left the interference of the ley lines and nexus. A light snow started again, obscuring visibility slightly.

Instructions

Loot

Combat Notes

Dr. Asterisk · Post by **Dr. Asterisk** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:43 am

Receiving an indication to scout the surroundings, Dr. A makes some stretching motions and then leaps off the side of the Cassowary, Zoidberging and spinning for a moment in midair before disappearing into the snow.

Scouting (Stealth) 1d10!!+4: [2]+4 = 6
Wild 1d6!!+4: [2]+4 = 6

meh, rerolling (benny)

Stealth 1d10!!+4: [6]+4 = 10
Wild 1d6!!+4: [4]+4 = 8

Elennar · Post by **Elennar** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:49 pm

Settling into their assignment of patrol, Elennar remains vigilant throughout this branch of the journey. Through careful attention to detail and a keen memory, Elennar from her review of the cursory map provided by Lt. Winston, helping @Jericho and @Ryder keep them on the best course for patrol.

Vik · Post by **Vik** » Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:55 am

"Right, everyone off to the like, scoutin' and trailblazin' and sundry assorted duties," Vik says, before settling into the main turret of the Casio-whatsit with a flask home-brewed spirits and a bag of crisps to watch for trouble.

Jericho · Post by **Jericho** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:52 pm

Jericho sets to work looking for the better paths, and scouting for dangers. Appreciating @Elennar's help. While Jericho makes sure to keep regular check ins on the window every couple minutes, but otherwise prefers to keep to himself and not waste a lot of time with chatter.

Post by **KahlessNestor** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:02 am

Ryder Piloting roll 9

Date: January 7, 110 PA
Mission: Day 4
Time: 11:35 AM
Weather: Normal for the season the season (cold); no wind; light snow
Location: Wilderness
Ley Line: SW to NE, Large: Half-a-mile wide, 1,000 feet tall, 50 miles long.
Scene modifiers:

Light/Visibility: -1 for snow

Round 0

The Trailblazers managed to avoid any trouble for the next few days until they finally reached their assigned patrol area. They established a camp, and then the next day they set out on patrol. Shortly after they left camp, they found themselves neary a large ley line rising up high into the sky. Thanks to Dr. Asterisk’s scouting, they also noticed movement through the large snow about eighty yards away (40”).

Notice Success

Notice Raise

Loot

Combat Notes

Jericho · Post by **Jericho** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:49 am

Jericho was finding himself more useful to the team than he originally expected he would be, his survival skills getting pushed and as he explained what he learned or observed it helped him to understand his own skills better.

His reports back to @Ryder and @Vik about the directions he felt would be best and trying to account for the size of paths needed for the vehicle, he found that it really helped his understanding. He had spent years working alone or in small teams on foot as a hunter. But working in a team like this was great for his own growth.

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:58 am

OOC Comments

Ryder practically glides the Cassowary through the snow, at points jumping over small crags and such without even unsettling the passengers, mainly because it was more fun to do that way than go around. However, when Dr. A reports on movement ahead, he becomes a bit more serious, and checks the sensors.

"Well, crap, folks, we seem to have another cluster of Daemonix up ahead, ten of 'em all told. Doubt we're lucky enough to have them be as badly banged up as the cluster we ran into last, so everyone should get ready for hell-bear; Vik, if you could charge up both the Cassowary's weapons, that'd be much obliging.

Dr. Asterisk · Post by **Dr. Asterisk** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:10 pm

It's a good bet the Empire knows we're here...

I'd offer a diversion if it wasn't the Dumb-onix who'll prolly run right at us anyway. Anyone have anything really big and splodey to be placed between them and us? I mean, what they trip over is their problem.

WIP

Post by **KahlessNestor** » Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:39 am

Date: January 7, 110 PA
Mission: Day 4
Time: 11:45 AM
Weather: Normal for the season the season (cold); no wind; light snowa
Location: Wilderness
Ley Line: SW to NE, Large: Half-a-mile wide, 1,000 feet tall, 50 miles long.
Scene modifiers:

Light/Visibility: -1 for snow

Round 0

The daemonix slowed, keeping an eye on the Cassowary on the horizon. The column of otherworldly creatures shifted from strung out to a more compacted, defensible formation, though they did not change their course, watching what the Mountaineer would do.

OOC Comments

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Combat Notes

Vik · Post by **Vik** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:12 am

Vik squints and makes faces for a moment or two, running over possible approaches.

"Eh, them demon-a-trixies is annoying gits, take a fair lasering to reduce 'em to salvageable bits, an' even then you gots to break out the industrial-type cleaners to clear the shite and hell-sick off the gubbins. Could have a sit and see if they'll bugger off on their own accord, like, though I s'pose what we're here for patrolling and eliminatin' nobs like them as a matter of course and courtesy."

He shrugs.

"Nothing for it but a scrap, I reckon, though maybe you put a shot in the ground right at their feet ... or hooves, or sumfin' ... and see if they scarper. Give me a tick and I'll whip up a bit of super-charge for the shooters."

Vik uses arcane machinist to whip up a smite device. He then uses it (w/Greater Smite, Armor Piercing and Additional Recipients mods) to super-charge the Cassowary's Helios Cannon and railgun -- and up to one other weapon that someone brings to him -- with +6 damage and +6 AP.

Elennar · Post by **Elennar** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:04 pm

Elennar grits her teeth, biting back the urge to charge the daemonix. She tightens her grip on her bow. "I for one would prefer not leaving such vile abominations to their own devices. Still, that is a formidable force. Call the order, sir, and I'll arrange an attack." She addresses @Vik, hoping he opts to let the Legionnaires off the chain.

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:40 pm

6 Wounds to the Basal, 7 Wounds to the Immolator

Ryder nods to Vik's instruction, letting him charge the weapons up. Then as he begins turning the Cassowary to turn broadside to the Daemonix, in order to gun it if they charge, he taps the controls for the Helios Cannon, twice. Twin beams of solar heat and light arc through the falling snow, instantly producing a trail of mist through the air surrounding them. Both shots strike dead center in the faces of two of the foul beings--one in the bulky head of the monstrosity with six cybernetic legs, and the other in massive brute with a head like a carnivorous whale--hopefully, giving them something to think about, or even better, stop them from thinking entirely.

He glances back at Vik, a bit sheepish. "Sorry, Sarge. Sometimes with these alien buggers, it's a bit hard to tell which end's the feet, y'know?"

Post by **KahlessNestor** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:57 am

Basal Soaks, GM Benny, Soaks 1

Immolator Soaks, GM Benny, Soaks 1

Date: January 7, 110 PA
Mission: Day 4
Time: 11:55 AM
Weather: Normal for the season the season (cold); no wind; light snow
Location: Wilderness
Ley Line: SW to NE, Large: Half-a-mile wide, 1,000 feet tall, 50 miles long.
Scene modifiers:

Light/Visibility: -1 for snow

Round 1.1

PLAYERS WON INITIATIVE

Ryder’s first shot slammed into the Basal, sending the large daemonix staggering. It bellowed in rage even as the second shot slammed into the immolator, also knocking that great monster back. Both looked very hurt, but were still standing.

BARINTHASHEER, ROBERT, LITHIUM ROSE, DR. ASTERISK, AND JERICHO CAN STILL GO THIS ROUND.

Loot

Combat Notes

Robert · Post by **Robert** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:58 pm

Robert perks up at the prospect of action. He slides his faceplate back on, and throws Matilda gracefully to his shoulder. A couple of pops and a thin steam of smoke, and then... a screaming across the sky. His missiles hit solidly, one striking a Manslayer, another one of the Feculence that have not yet been struck.

1st Shot 32 AP 24, 2nd Shot 20 AP 24

Lithium · Post by **Lithium** » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:43 am

'You wanna be tough, be a Juicer. If you wanna be a God, be a Mega-Juicer.'

Some reason the slogan she read outside of the row of chop shops that offer a world of delight in combat augmentation had been playing through Lithium's mind. The inspiration probably came when someone suggested that she be assigned to guard duty while waiting for the 101st to come back from patrol. That person had Sargeant strips on and did not take it well when Lithium gave her unabashed opinion about that suggestion. Chain-of-command is essential and is life, do not tell off people in the chain-of-command.

Cooler heads decided to cut her loose to go join the team. She packed up on the bare essentials and let out after them. Whatever word of mouth she could dig up before leaving told Lithium that the group had been doing good work in the area. Dangerous work, which really appealed to her as it meant there was little chance of getting bored. Tacking the Mountaineer was easy to track, with its presence being the size of a mobile home. Their riding alongside the ley line set her teeth together, the hum rubbing on her innate psychic bio-feedback. Sometimes it was a good feeling, other times, it made the hair on the back of her neck stand up. Depending on what time of the day it was and who or what was messing with the magical power.

Then she heard the tell-tale sounds of weapons fire, and she guns her little dirtbag forward. She keyed the radio-mic taped to her armor, "101st, this is Lithium Rose; I'm going in on your six. Don't shoot me; I'm your new rookie team member."

So does not wait for a reply, hitting the breaks to bring the bike to a sliding halt. Lithium grabs the ladder and vaults up to the top of the Mountaineer. Minding where the weapons are pointing, she looks out to see what the team is firing on, unslinging the grenade launcher. The drugs were kicking in now; everything became crystal clear and sharp—the thump of micro-missiles against demonic flesh and colorful explosions. The anguished cries of the monsters as weapons fire tore into them in prismatic color gore. It was a lovely picture of combat that brought a crooked smile to Lithiums' face. So few could understand this perspective of her life.

For good measure and waiting to participate in the violence, she fires a HE grenade projectile amidst the monsters to add to their suffering. God, how she hated demons. How despised the misbegotten creeps who summoned them in the first place.

Combat

Elennar · Post by **Elennar** » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:22 pm

Elennar grins as @Ryder "accidentally" blasts two of the daemonix in their hideous faces. "Right." The elf maiden leaps gracefully out of the Cassowary. She scans for one of the creatures who hasn't felt the wrath of the 101st. She settles on a particularly ugly Feculence. "Hunter, guide my arrow. May it strike true, with all the power of the Light!" Drawing her bow, she of the monster, striking true and with . "We have them on their heels, friends! Give them a full volley! Spread out and give them smaller targets to strike." She glances only momentarily at @Lithium, the new arrival, long enough to watch her fire at their shared enemy. "A palatable blow, warrior. We will have them deafeated momentarily!"

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