Chapter 1: Into the wild black yonder OOC

I will accept that plan. Though you will need to find the body.

Fair enough, though as I've been promised one as part of the witch hunt, Ignatio will spend the rest of his spare time working on the modifications to the Centaur that we discussed earlier. Here's my proposal for that:

Crafting Proposal:

Item to be crafted: Modifications to Centaur (top hatches, removal of heavy stubber for more crew capacity) - Average

Difficulty: 0, similar to repairing a stone door.

Duration: 12 Days, similar to creating a custom set of armor.
Interval 1 day.
(https://orokos.com/roll/786616)

Parts are Common, Acquired automatically.

Damn, Torian gets shit done.

So what checks will I need to do for the inspection and training? So the run down of the inspection would be like, uniform inspection / greetings and interviews. I would assume some combination of perception, charm, and intimidation checks, but not sure what you had planned for it.

Then the training checks would be a series of ballistic (like displaying ballistic abilities to drill and execution during sparring), intimidation, and charm checks?

And how all those turn out affects what I learn about the armsmen, my relationship to them broadly (intimidating, amicable, or apathetic,) and how much they learn from the training and sparring.

Saelean:

For an inspection, an awareness check. The training tests though would be mostly tied to command though. Attached tests (Bs, Ws) would just give boosts to the command checks. If you want, we can try to find an alt carreer path to fit with your SoB theme.



Heath:

I actually have a document prepared for navigation. You can consider that:

1-This is a stable route
2-You have good quality charts of these routes

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rDohMWYzzMvNhHXipPbsRt8qeq2I_Ve-

Go through the doc, make the appropriate rolls for stage 1, and we can continue.

Is there anything Astropath-worthy that needs attention/testing before we set out? If not, I am ready to go!

Pirite:

For the mods you want to do, I will consider this a Challenging (+0) difficulty, with a duration of 6 days, and a time interval of 1 day. You roll at the end of each day, and each DoS reduce the time left by 1 day, or can be summed to improve craftsmanship ( 5 DoS for good, 15 DoS for best).

Oh, and its gonna take 3 days to reach the mandeville point.

Iron and Metal wrote:

Is there anything Astropath-worthy that needs attention/testing before we set out? If not, I am ready to go!

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Not at the moment, though you can spend some time with your metal birdy if you want a chat.

Editing my IC now.

//Rolls for Training

Command: 60 (needed <17)

BS: 18 (needed <51)

WS: 20 (needed <43)


Description Command
Results 1d100-20: 40 [1d100=60]*
https://orokos.com/roll/788023

*I misunderstood how to subtract the 20 from my Skill test, actually just 60

Description WS for training
Results 1d100: 18 [1d100=18]
https://orokos.com/roll/788024

Description BS for training
Results 1d100: 20 [1d100=20]
https://orokos.com/roll/788025

Ok, so I'm ruling that you get +5 to command roll for each of the DoS on the weapon checks. Which gives you a +35. So 52 vs 60 (1 DoF).

I'll rule that while your display was clearly impressive, with various members of the gallery making positive comments, pointing out interesting moves. Nonethless they dont find you particularly inspiring. You will likely need to prove yourself to lead them. (Write it up as you want).

Does Alexium have any idea what this bird is on about? Does he know what Jaicro is or that these things usually "take on students"?

Iron and Metal wrote:

Does Alexium have any idea what this bird is on about? Does he know what Jaicro is or that these things usually "take on students"?

No he would not. These statements are deeply confusing.

Rolling out all 6 days of the Centaur modification, with various crew tech-priests assisting me.

Trade: Armorer rolls for modifying the Centaur.

Day 1: 8 under 56, 5 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788189)
Crew Assist: 27 under 40, 2 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788193)
Total DoS: 6

Day 2: 54 under 56, 1 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788191)
Crew Assist: 29 under 40, 2 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788195)
Total DoS: 9

Day 3: 89 over 56, 4 DoF, Setback, +1 day, -1 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788196)
Crew Assist: 31 under 40, 1 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788197)
Total DoS: 9, +1 day

Day 4: 1 under 56, 6 DoS ( https://orokos.com/roll/788198)
Crew Assist: 45 over 40, 1 DoF. (https://orokos.com/roll/788199)
Total DoS: 16,

Day 5: 71 over 56, 2 Dof (https://orokos.com/roll/788201)
Crew Assist: 44 over 40, 1 DoF (https://orokos.com/roll/788202)
Total DoS: 16

Day 6: 19 under 56, 4 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788205)
Crew Assist: 18 under 40, 3 DoS (https://orokos.com/roll/788206)
Total DoS 23

That's a lot of DoS. After spending one to drop the day 7 I earned because of the day 3 setback, that still leaves me with 22.

So best quality definitely. Could I spend the extra 7 DoS on getting it set up to be hermetically sealed, or additional armor, or some other benefit?

Heres the navigation rolls:


Stage 1:
Psy +20 vs 63
https://orokos.com/roll/788222
58

Stage 2:
I dont think I roll these tests.

Stage 3:
https://orokos.com/roll/788223
28 vs per 43 (Im not sure what My Mods are here?)

Stage 4:
https://orokos.com/roll/788224
84 vs 71 (+/- mods for stable route?)

https://orokos.com/roll/788234
psyniscience +10 vs 63
46

Im not sure if stage 5 needs a test or if I need to roll for any of the incidental tests during the transit?

+20 to the navigation roll for the stable route & pre-existing charts. That should give you 2 DoS

From your rolls:
You believe that the Astronomican a is clear for this route. Your estimate for the duration is about a day in the warp to reach the dread passage, wehre the conditions force ships out of the warp.

I'll start working on this stuff to get you into the warp.

Interviews (all intimidate rolls, success = <56)*

*EDIT: <66 (forgot to include blessed scars +10 on intimidate)


Ahab
82 [1d100=82]
https://orokos.com/roll/790842

Eladrine
40 [1d100=40]
https://orokos.com/roll/790843

Hecatomb
43 [1d100=43]
https://orokos.com/roll/790844

Just as a note - Alexium, knowing that Sir Reginald Darkhorse can give advanced warning of Gellar Field Failure, will want a direct line to the Magos in his quarters - as well as a direct line to the Gellar Field Generator room. At least then we will have an efficient means of telling everyone to prepare to die terribly.

Iron and Metal wrote:

Just as a note - Alexium, knowing that Sir Reginald Darkhorse can give advanced warning of Gellar Field Failure, will want a direct line to the Magos in his quarters - as well as a direct line to the Gellar Field Generator room. At least then we will have an efficient means of telling everyone to prepare to die terribly.

No problem.

Iron and Metal wrote:

Just as a note - Alexium, knowing that Sir Reginald Darkhorse can give advanced warning of Gellar Field Failure, will want a direct line to the Magos in his quarters - as well as a direct line to the Gellar Field Generator room. At least then we will have an efficient means of telling everyone to prepare to die terribly.

No problem.

For Alexium:

Roughly, you will be gaining a "secret" elite advance, where I will give you the possibility of learning new, jaicro themed talents and psychic abilities. These will be given as you advance in the story, and lean from the bird.

FL Archeotech +10 to do stuff with the Adamantine chest:
66 under 66. That becomes 2 DoS because of my Cortex.

https://orokos.com/roll/792834

Wendigo Bob wrote:

For Alexium:

Roughly, you will be gaining a "secret" elite advance, where I will give you the possibility of learning new, jaicro themed talents and psychic abilities. These will be given as you advance in the story, and lean from the bird.

This has me SO STOKED, dude. YES.

Brenonya wrote:

As they departed on the lighter, Brenonya wondered if she was going to have to punch a big space bubble during the rescue mission.

I snorted.

Is anyone else picking up some serious Borderlands vibes from this space-container-message? It's hittin me hard. Let's go!

Ok, so some OOC stuff:

Added some things in endeavor form.

The map of the arcadian expanse is here:

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/segmentum-obscurus-the-calisota-sector-wendigobob/map/45e7db0f-2d7d-48ee-8804-18746c07dc3c

You guys are starting out at the center, in the bottom. The closest system is numbered 32881. You guys still havent told the patriarch about the chest.

So a couple of questions:

Are we in the Halo Zone? What does that mean exactly? And why does it cut off at the top end of the map? If not, what is the discolored area we're in?

System 32881 is one lightyear away, but we'd still have to get there through the warp, correct? Because getting there on sublight would obviously take more than a year.

Obviously travel so far has been ridiculously fast. Will travel times from here on out be more 'normal', or should we adjust our expectations for that?

Psyniscience +10 <48; rolled 62/3 DoF
https://orokos.com/roll/793638

I keep forgetting that Psyniscience is Perception based and not WP. Fucks me every time. Gotta start boosting that Perception, I guess.

EDIT: Astral Telepathy is either a fail or success depending on the distance. At +10 distance (+20 overall) it's 62 vs 89/4 DoS; at +0 distance it's 62 vs 79/3 DoS; at -10 distance, it's 62 vs 69/2 DoS, etc.

Iron and Metal wrote:

Psyniscience +10 <48; rolled 62/3 DoF
https://orokos.com/roll/793638

EDIT: Astral Telepathy is either a fail or success depending on the distance. At +10 distance  (+20 overall) it's 62 vs 89/4 DoS; at +0 distance it's 62 vs 79/3 DoS; at -10 distance, it's 62 vs 69/2 DoS, etc.

You'll get multiple hits. There is definitely human life there. Numerous minds are psychically active, though three stand out as they are meditating, and are clearly in a more receptive state.

The first mind feels old, but somewhat savage. It is a strong, disciplined mind and is clearly an experienced psyker.

The second feels more immature but ordered. A person of straight lines, of faith, though of simple knowledge.

The third is different. It is focusing on something else, using its powers, and you can see the spoor it leaves in the warp. Strange, wicked shapes shelter around the light of this creature's soul.

Pyritefoolsgold wrote:

So a couple of questions:

Are we in the Halo Zone? What does that mean exactly? And why does it cut off at the top end of the map? If not, what is the discolored area we're in?

System 32881 is one lightyear away, but we'd still have to get there through the warp, correct? Because getting there on sublight would obviously take more than a year.

Obviously travel so far has been ridiculously fast. Will travel times from here on out be more 'normal', or should we adjust our expectations for that?

1: The halo zone is where the astronomicon starts to dissapear. In fact the astronomicon can dissapear in the zone. Beyond the zone, you reach the outer dark, where the lmavigation is very difficult and much more risky, though doable through standard methods of "blind navigation".

2: Yes, warp. I consider your best sub-light speed is about 0.1c

3: This will be more normal, yes. Though depending on what paths you chose, that will change; the warp has its own paths, much faster than normal, that typically connect lived-in systems due to the conceptual weight. Some systems will be astonishingly easy; others will take much longer.

Oooo, hard fail on assembling my scout team.

Needed less than or equal to 37

92
https://orokos.com/roll/794193

Hey, 7 DoF ain't bad. Could be 8!

#BrightSide
#BlightSide

saelean wrote:

Oooo, hard fail on assembling my scout team.

Needed less than or equal to 37

92
https://orokos.com/roll/794193

Ehehe...well, you've created the perfect team of intensily self-involved armsmen.

Given their experiences prior to Warp travel, does Alexium know which planets host which of the minds they reached out to?

If not, does he have an idea based on the previous interactions?

Iron and Metal wrote:

Given their experiences prior to Warp travel, does Alexium know which planets host which of the minds they reached out to?

If not, does he have an idea based on the previous interactions?

Not exactly. Though you are fairly sure none of the people you talked to had access to radio equipment. Could allow a psyniescence check to find them.

Did I read it wrong or did we just quick jump the warp?

Psyniscience to figure out where the Psyker planets are: 6 vs 48/6 DoS
https://orokos.com/roll/794555

Oh yeah, baby. Oh yeah.

Map of the system:

System map:

Also, for Lethia:

The passage through the warp you found is a stable, accelerated route-allowing easy travel between the gate and this system. You have started on your map of the region in the warp!

Iron and Metal wrote:

Psyniscience to figure out where the Psyker planets are: 6 vs 48/6 DoS
https://orokos.com/roll/794555

Oh yeah, baby. Oh yeah.

Ok, so the woman is on AE-32881 IV, which is relatively accessible in the outer sphere-maybe one day's travel.

The old man is on AE 32881-I, which may pose some problems. Easily 2 weeks to get there, assuming flying so close to the sun isnt a problem for the ship.

Charm Test
https://orokos.com/roll/794812
92 vs 50, 5 DoF
terrible roll, god

Astral Telepathy roll to reach out w/Choir to seek out lesser psychic emissions - focusing on Glacia, but also areas of the system Alexium didn't get pings from before:

14 vs 79/8 DoS
https://orokos.com/roll/794913

GETTIN AFTER IT.

Iron and Metal wrote:

GETTIN AFTER IT.

(considering this a psyniescence roll, as seeking out messages and emissions is stil a psyniescence check. Still 3 DoS)

Cant give you everything yet, but you do find this one thing:
From glacia itself, you get the usual weft and weave of souls, but as you scan the planet you seem to communicate with something strange; you receive a shreak back and little else, the final fosilized scream of a long-dead soul (possibly millenia dead), found deep under one of the large and ancient hives doting the surface.

FP Reroll
Charm test
https://orokos.com/roll/795071
99 vs 50

You didn't pray to the dice gods well enough. This is your fault.

didn't even light incense or flick holy oils at my laptop. I should've seen this coming

Agh. What were you thinking, bro? I hope you've learned a valuable lesson here. Now I am off to rub my balls on my laptop in supplication to its machine spirit. Say ten Hail Omnissiahs and be on your way.

Intelligence check to impress the Manutarch:

22 under 56! 4+1=5 DoS!

https://orokos.com/roll/795098

Ok Alexium,

From you psyniescence:

From glacia itself, you get the usual weft and weave of souls, but as you scan the planet you seem to communicate with something strange; you receive a shreak back and little else, the final fosilized scream of a long-dead soul (possibly millenia dead), found deep under one of the large and ancient hives doting the surface.

From the priestess, you get a faint reading, her mind too active to be receptive to any messages.

OK cool. I'll bring that up when the audio button is "ON."

I don't quite understand that second part. Is the "Priestess" the Manutarch? If so, does a "faint reading" mean that Alexium senses she is psychically active but not actively paying attention because she is focused on dealing with Ignatio?

Iron and Metal wrote:

OK cool. I'll bring that up when the audio button is "ON."

I don't quite understand that second part. Is the "Priestess" the Manutarch? If so, does a "faint reading" mean that Alexium senses she is psychically active but not actively paying attention because she is focused on dealing with Ignatio?

Prioress, sorry. The one on the other planet. Hard to catch a message when you arent by the fone.

OK, cool. Got it.