SNOW BEASTS
The bodies of the large “snow rats”, the Vithen Wraiths, lay dead in the drifting snow. Glancing around you don’t see any signs of additional threats. The situation seems settled, though the weather picks up and a wind starts blowing with some ire.
Inside EBA suits you don’t feel the bitterness of the bitting wind, nor the deadly cold of the planet. You do see the once warm bodies of the snow rats rapidly freezing. Ice forms on their bodies and your own ship is forming a thin layer of ice on its surface.
From here it’s a short distance to the landing dock.
- Base
GETTING INSIDE
Located outside in the biting cold wind is the spaceship that Victoria Geist flew here from Phase World. It is hovering and stationary at the far end of the outside portion of the dock.
As you first approach the docking platform and entrance to the base (A) you can see further inside. The platform and tunnel leads deeper into the mountain side (B). Located in this metal tunnel are two men who look human and are dressed in heavy modern fur coats and carrying tools. They are relaxing and chatting with each other out of reach of the cold breeze.
Beyond the two men and deeper inside the mountain is a large bay with a lift (C). There are four humans moving about in the large room attending various tasks and packing crates. There is some very obvious security measures in the tunnel and beyond in the bay, dozens of video cameras are stationed about.
Of the six seen human workers you will note that none appear to be wearing weapons or armor.
① You may, if you desire to, attempt to disable the video feds from the cameras - this will require an appropriate skill check at a -4. The -4 is due to the cameras and security systems being very sophisticated and of unearthly design.
No more than one Player Character can roll for this and only one character can roll to assist on this roll. (If desired ). The player that assists the roll is only at a -2. Note: Failure sounds the alarm. Success puts view on a loop so you are not seen on the cameras.
If you get a success and two raises you can slave the system and view the camera feds yourself.
② You can outright attack the six Arcane Company (AC) employees, if desired. This will require an appropriate skill check
for each of the six at a -2. If even one check is failed the employees will radio for help. (There are 6 of you and 6 of them. You’d each be rolling. Note: if you did the above video roll or assisted roll, yes you can also do this roll afterwards).
③ You can subdue the six AC employees, if desired, instead of hurting them, "knock 'em out". This will require an appropriate skill check
for each of the six at a -2. If even one check is failed the employees will radio for help. (There are 6 of you and 6 of them. You’d each be rolling. Note: if you did the above video roll or assisted roll, yes you can also do this roll afterwards).
④ You can attempt some sort of Stealth maneuvers where you sneak past them all and head into other tunnels. This will lead you either right towards (G) a large storage area or left towards (D) the centers command room. If you have a specific destination in mind you can tell me where it is you are headed. Note: There may be a magical means to sneak about however if your method is not magical in nature you still will need to deactivate the cameras to be completely unseen. Unless one particular method of stealth covers everyone's Characters you will each need to roll to succeed at this check. There are lots of crates in the bay to hide behind however the tunnel is open and there are two men there. This check will be at a -4.
⑤ You have a different plan altogether. Lay it out in narrative form and I will respond with details as needed.
The readout that you saw on your stolen pirate ship that displayed the base map and showed locations of humanoids (the red dots) can be transferred to everyone’s EBA HUD (environmental body armor, heads up display) or laptop etc and be taken with you. Where in the base Geist is (which red dot is her) I leave up to you to work out. (Guessing or trial and error as you search).
It’s your story feel free to share your character’s experience.
By the way: @Action Stan, take a bennie for the antics in your post.
@Tula feel free to flesh out your above post. Or if you are swamped just feel free to carry on.