[OOC]Devastation Ark

[rogue_alchemist]

Feel free to pull up a chair at the space bar and talk about whatever is on your mind. I'll pour 1 of whatever you want, but after that it'll cost you!

The game thread can be found here.

Roll any dice here.

Spoiler: The Ship of Questionable Provenance

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JSQX96KFWJ - Tier 13
Large Destroyer
Speed 10; average (+0 Piloting, turn 3)
AC 18; TL 17
HP 210; DT —; CT 30
Shields Heavy Shields 420 (forward 105, port 105, starboard 105, aft 105)
Attack
-forward arc (2 heavy) Gatling Cannon
-port arc (1 light) Laser Net
-starboard arc (1 light) Laser Net
-aft arc (1 light) Laser Net
-turret (1 heavy) Persistent Particle Beam
Power Core Gateway Heavy (400 PCU);
Drift Engine Signal Booster
Computer Mk 5 Duonode
Sensors Advanced Long-Range
Armor Mk 9 armor
Defensive Countermeasures Mk 10 Defenses
Expansion Bays Medical Bay, Science Lab, Tech Workshop
Systems Consciousness Uplink Drive
Crew
Minimum Crew 6; Maximum Crew 20

PCU 357/400

399/400
Destroyer Frame 30 BP
Gateway Heavy 50 BP
Heavy Shields 420 30 BP/90 PCU
Signal Booster 20 BP/100 PCU (When used)
L10 Thrusters 10 BP/120 PCU
Mk 5 Duonode 50 BP/ 30 PCU
Advanced Long-Range Sensor 16 BP
Mk 9 armor 88 BP
Mk 10 defenses 27 BP/13 PCU

Medical Bay 8 BP/4 PCU
Science Lab 1 BP/2 PCU
Tech Workship 1 BP/3 PCU
Consciousness Uplink Drive 4 PB
Crew Quarters (Good) 2 BP
Biometric Locks 5 BP
Anti-Hacking Systems 3 BP

Upgrade Weapon Mount to heavy (turret) 6 BP
Persistent Particle Beam 25 BP/40 PCU
Laser Net x3 27 BP/30 PCU
Gatling Cannon x1 20 BP/ 20 PCU

Spoiler: Space Table with Space Sheets (in the order they were posted in) | Last updated: 2023-02-03

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Player	Character	Species	Classes
grumblyarcher	FAR-US	Android	Nanocyte
ahyangyi	Akifansha	Sylph	Technomancer
Lord Bayushi	Kisada Ironscale	Uplifted Bear	Soldier 1/Mechanic 12
Lord Bayushi	Iron Scanda Drone	Artillery Drone	Class Feature
Feathersnow	ICARUS-II	SRO	Tyrrant
Kvard51	Isar Kveldhrafn	Svartalfar	Precog
DrK	Delta V -248 (Delta)	Android	Soldier
Ridai	Ramshackle	Android	Operative

[ahyangyi]

I stared at my keyboard and wondered why would you pour anything on the space bar

Akifansha's character sheet is here.

[rogue_alchemist]

Good call, I will copy over the character sheet table into the top post here for record keeping.

[Lord Bayushi]

Throwing down a link for my drone.

*Begins reconfiguring my keyboard's space bar into a cup of some kind.*

You have to do it like this.

[Kvard51]

Checking in. Rolled a little Culture in the Dice thread.

[Kvard51]

Also, I'm happy to add Skill Focus Acrobatics if we think I'd best serve as Chief Mate.

[Ridai]

I think I'll let Ramshackle talk in dark orange, the halfway house between the color of copyrighted-but-universally-known medic symbols (and blood and general warnings and evil lasers), as well as the other warning color, this one of the weirdly ubiquitous stripes on space floors and around space doors surrounded by shallow angles.


As for the Chief Mate position, I think you'll do fine as is, my quick run-down of "best in role" was mostly theoretical rather than practical if we absolutely, positively want the best modifiers we have in the most roles. Unless I misunderstand how the crew system works, roles can be switched at-will at the start of a round, so given we have a pretty multi-talented crew, we can probably just decide from round to round who does what, or double up on some roles if necessary and the like. We might not even need the best possible modifier for a job each round and can also distribute people accordingly.

tl;dr: Only add the Skill Focus if you want to have it, and if it would also benefit you outside of starship combat. At least that is my opinion on the matter.

[rogue_alchemist]

I think I'll let Ramshackle talk in dark orange, the halfway house between the color of copyrighted-but-universally-known medic symbols (and blood and general warnings and evil lasers), as well as the other warning color, this one of the weirdly ubiquitous stripes on space floors and around space doors surrounded by shallow angles......

Good catch. Everyone pick a color for speech for ease of differentiating quickly.

[Ridai]

@rogue: Are the languages of the Kishalee and the Sivvs available as learnable languages via Culture? Ramshackle has three language slots still unspent, so given she is already an extreme polyglot, maybe she learned what is known about either of them as prep (and to pass the time in transit).

Also, given we are deploying to a very cold planet, would it be okay to buy a Thermal Capacitor armor upgrade ahead of going there?

[grumblyarcher]

Will post tonight.

Anyone that wants to be along on FAR-US's ship are more than welcome, either as crew or working passengers as the ship has been chartered for this expedition.

[rogue_alchemist]

@rogue: Are the languages of the Kishalee and the Sivvs available as learnable languages via Culture? Ramshackle has three language slots still unspent, so given she is already an extreme polyglot, maybe she learned what is known about either of them as prep (and to pass the time in transit).

Also, given we are deploying to a very cold planet, would it be okay to buy a Thermal Capacitor armor upgrade ahead of going there?

The languages are millions of years old and not recorded anywhere to learn. However, if you can find source material (maybe during the course of your investigation), learning the language is definitely a thing you can start doing. I guess there are some pictures of the ruins from the original exploration of the Kishalee through the Starfinder Society, that could give you a start on that language, but no good records of the Sivvs language or culture survived the millions of years since their fall.

Also go for upgrading armor based on anything I've posted so far.

[Lord Bayushi]

Kisada will speak in bold dark blue.

[Feathersnow]

Unit: ICARUS-II will address you in red

Here is my character sheet

[Ridai]

The languages are millions of years old and not recorded anywhere to learn. However, if you can find source material (maybe during the course of your investigation), learning the language is definitely a thing you can start doing. I guess there are some pictures of the ruins from the original exploration of the Kishalee through the Starfinder Society, that could give you a start on that language, but no good records of the Sivvs language or culture survived the millions of years since their fall.

Also go for upgrading armor based on anything I've posted so far.

Sounds good. I'll have Ram look into the subject of learning/reconstructing the languages as things go to pass the time and maybe move research along.

I added a Thermal Capacitor Mk I to Ram, equipping it to her android upgrade slot. Better to have it there than on her plexigrass suit, just in case something goes really wrong.

[grumblyarcher]

FAR-US will use bold purple

[DrK]

Delta is here as well now. As i post from a phone I often post in bold

[ahyangyi]

Akifansha will speak in... blue-grey?

[Kvard51]

OK, Isar will switch to Dark Green from Dark Slate Gray based on Akifansha's choice that I had not seen when I posted...

[grumblyarcher]

Oh, hey, something I should probably point out is that FAR-US is going to be very hard on terrain and surroundings. All their weapons will have the 'penetrating' trait and high damage regardless.

[rogue_alchemist]

Let me know if I missed addressing something. I am not trying to purposefully ignore anyone or anything, but with 7 people doing things it will be easy to overlook something.

[Ridai]

I'm okay with handling scenes like this like you have. It's not a critical scene, we can still get in roleplaying, helps get the ball rolling to when we do need to decide how to proceed.

[Lord Bayushi]

Likewise, it helps to push through some interactions due to the format. I'm sure we can all be flexible enough to allow for a little bit of railroading in the name of forward movement.

[DrK]

Its always needed to railroad slightly in PbP to avoid things stalling

[Kvard51]

Its always needed to railroad slightly in PbP to avoid things stalling

Mild railroading is always needed, period. Unless you have a very experienced party who are familiar with your style. Even in "sandbox" adventures.

[rogue_alchemist]

@grumblyarcher, your reaction is perfectly reasonable, but they are not overtly hostile, just something changes in the way they are observing that feels out of place to you, like something nefarious is trying to hijack the system, but hasn't yet.

[grumblyarcher]

@grumblyarcher, your reaction is perfectly reasonable, but they are not overtly hostile, just something changes in the way they are observing that feels out of place to you, like something nefarious is trying to hijack the system, but hasn't yet.

I figured. FAR-US just has zero chill even in the snowstorm. They are something of a blunt instrument and very much of the opinion that there is no such thing as 'overkill'

[rogue_alchemist]

Oh and I'm going out of town for the weekend, so I will be a bit slower to update until Monday.

[Ridai]

How long would it take to look into the hacking situation?

Ramshackle can also serve as navigator with Survival +23, if needed.

[rogue_alchemist]

How long would it take to look into the hacking situation?

Ramshackle can also serve as navigator with Survival +23, if needed.

Akifansha can do that in the amount of time it takes Ramshackle to talk to Janus, it isn't too hard to monitor the system and see what is happening. If you are wanting to actively counterhack whatever is happening, that is going to be a lot harder, as the invading code is in an unknown alien language and the security protocols are pretty tight.

[grumblyarcher]

One of my minor gear arrays is a Advanced Autograpnel. Is Delta targetable with that or has she sunk too far into the snow?