Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

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Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by GM Nicha » Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:34 am

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The overtaxed engine of your landspeeder protests as you fly after Lady Tensefor. The trees of the Hushed Forest are coming up alarmingly quickly ahead of you. But she shows no signs of slowing down as her own craft rockets towards cover!

The Chase is on.

Chase Rules

Section 1: Pedal to the metal


Tensefor's speeder kicks up arcs of snow ahead of you as it flies over the frigid land beneath. The engine in that thing clearly has some serious kick! The PCs may choose either a piloting ground, a mechanics or a survival check (representing superior piloting, on the fly engine repairs or charting a superior course) at average with two setback to make up the lost ground. ■ ■ .

If either or both of you succeed add two boost dice to your rolls in section 2. Advantage and Disadvantage are turned into boost and setback for that character’s next roll at a rate of 2 to 1. A triumph upgrades the player's next roll, a despair upgrades the difficulty of the player's next roll.

Section 2: Getting into position

Abruptly the terrain around you changes to scrub and then trees. You're heading into the Hushed Forest...that will make driving interesting. Tensefor is trying to shake you, making tight turns left and right. She would only need a couple moments to get away.

The PCs may roll their choice of perception, vigilance or computers at average difficulty with one upgrade (representing keeping an eye on her or using your scanners) to stay on her tail! For each success and then every two subsequent successes upgrade your dice pool for step 3. Advantage and Disadvantage are turned into boost and setback for that character’s next roll at a rate of 2 to 1. A triumph will broaden the available skills for section 2, a despair will reduce them.

Section 3: The Jump

There's a shriek of tortured metal as Tensefor's speeder slams into your vehicle! She's given up trying to lose you and is now simply trying to end you. Worse, your vehicles are approaching a deep ravine as the forest floor begins to drop rapidly away. Either you're going into the ravine, or she is!

If a despair was rolled in section 2 the PCs must roll discipline to hold their nerve and stay locked, vehicle to vehicle! If no despair was rolled the PCs may choose to roll discipline or piloting ground, if a triumph was rolled the PCs may choose to roll mechanics or perception in addition to their other options. All of these rolls are at average with two difficulty upgrades. .
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Snowflake » Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:10 am

Section 1

Snowie was clearly confused and frustrated with the possibility that the good Lady might have double-crossed them. He kept confident - or maybe trying to believe - it was all just a misunderstanding for all of the way as they headed into the forest. It was strange that the Lady seemed to rev up more and more, but it was just a matter of finding the best way to intercept her to ask what had happened, right?

Fortunately, Snowflake had been through that particular area a huge number of times before, so he knew exactly which way to take to get them to close in on her!

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Section 1 roll
D8 - Chasing Lady Tensefor! Section 1 - Kick that pedal! Survival vs Avg, 2 setback.
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -1

Success! 2 boost dice to our Section 2 rolls!

Also 1 more Strain taken, to 4/15!
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Apollo » Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:39 pm

Apollo wasn't quite sure either what the truth was, but it was exciting to throw himself into a wild chase to find the truth, so there he was!

Also, he didn't like being bamboozled. He was supposed to be the one doing that.

With his mind so preoccupied with many things, Apollo wasn't doing his best work with the chase.


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D8 EA. Chasing da truth! Piloting: Planetary/Agility vs Average + 2 setbacks. Boost from Launch Bay
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 0
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Apollo » Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:31 pm

As he and Snowflake looked around for Tensefor, Apollo wasn't able to pick up much of her trail...


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D8 EA Chasing The Truuuuth! Assume the position. Perception/Cunning. 2 Boosts from stage 1.
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 3
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Snowflake » Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:46 pm

It wasn't easy, but with Apollo's help Snowie managed to keep his eyes on the movement in the tree branches and the snow being thrown up, allowing them to keep her in sight, although at a distance!

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D8 - EA Chasing after the Truth - Section 2: Getting into position. Vigilance vs avg, 1 upgrade. 2 boosts from Section 1.
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 1

1 success, so 1 upgrade to dice pool for step 3 (Only Snowie's in this case? Or both Snowie's and Apollo's?)

Also 1 strain recovered, to 3/15
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Snowflake » Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:45 pm

Keeping strong and focused under dire circumstances was one thing was definitely something had grown very prepared for - definitely in his time with his Obroan homeclan, but also due to his earlier, much worse experiences.

Doing that while someone you had cared for, even considered something like a friend, tried to push you and a fellow Hoper off a cliff, however, was definitely much harder. The Gigoran held stalwartly, trying to support Apollo the best he could while they tried to keep their speeder under control and prevent them from falling down. His eyes were dead-set, face hardly showing any emotions.

Deep down, however, the betrayal hurt like a vibroknife to an open wound.

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D8 EA Chasing after the Truth. Section 3: The Jump! Discipline vs Avg + 2 upgrades. 1 Upgrade from section 2, 2 boosts from equipment.
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Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 2

3 Successes, advantages I don't think do much?

... and also 2 Despair. That's a lot of Despair I've rolled this game!
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Apollo » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:54 pm

Apollo tried to maintain control of the vehicle, but it was too much for the engine! "Hang on, it will get rocky!" And with that he clinged to Snowflake.


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D8 Chasing Truth! Piloting: Planetary/Agility. +1 upgrade from Snowflake's previous roll. +1 Boost from previous roll
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 3

Just fails this scene. :lol:
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by GM Nicha » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:14 pm

Double Despair Spend

Your two speeders become entangled as they clash again and again before both your speeders tumble into the ravine! You hear a loud bang as your speeder tumbles side over side, the world shifting violently before everything goes black...

A few minutes later you both wake up, a little worse for the wear, but alive.

((Apollo and Snowflake each take 3 strain with no soak from a pretty violent speeder crash))
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Apollo » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:24 pm

"Mbleeeergh," Apollo grunts awake as he gets his bearings, looking around to see if he was still whole and where they were. "I promise, this was not my best landing... nor my worst. You alright, Snowie?"

With a slightly blurry vision, he looks around to see if he could spot the speeder that did them in.
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by GM Nicha » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:27 pm

Lady Tensefor's speeder is in slightly better condition, probably because it cost a magnitude more than yours. That being said, it's still upside down, heavily battered, leaking fuel and...empty? Its driver side door swings open and shut with a sad whine in the wind.

A few paces away you find the Lady's pistol and a pair of gauntlets neatly stacked, pinning a small handwritten note to the ground.
Note wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:14 pm

To my guides

This was fun. I think you could have both made fine crusaders in another life (yes, even you Apollo). Your abilities have impressed me. I will see you both again soon under different circumstances. In the meantime, a token of my respect.


-Krenna
((Apollo, the pistol is a H-7 "Equaliser" Blaster Pistol with the paired weapon attachment and the Blaster actuating module attachment. The blaster actuating module has one +1 damage mod and one +1 pierce mod successfully completed.

Snowflake, the gauntlets are refined Cortosis gauntlets with the "superior weapon customization" attachment and the Stun pulse attachment with two +1 stun mods successfully completed.))
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Re: Day 8 - EA Chasing After The Truth (Expecting)

Post by Snowflake » Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:17 pm

Snowflake takes even longer than Apollo to get up - if the Zeltron looked at him, he'd see the Gigoran's eyes open, but shifting around as if they were still swirling in the air - maybe trying to find focus, or make sense of the whole situation.

When he finally stands up, he nods in answer to Apollo's words, then scans the area to locate Lady Tenesfor's vehicle.

"The Lady... we couldn't ask her what happened! Is she..."

It wouldn't take long to find out that she wasn't dead. But putting his head around the whole thing would take a long while. Was she glad she met them, then? But she was attacking the whole planet, so she must hate them!

... But then, why would she do this?

The Gigoran's brows frowned more and more as he tried to make some sense of the whole thing. At some point, he just gave up, turned to Apollo, thought hard for a while longer about what to say as he tried the gloves the Lady Kreena had left for him.

All he ended up saying to the Zeltron, with a voice that would somewhat resemble a child's if not for the deep tone, was:

"...I'm confused"
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