The Undiscovered Frontier (Finished!)

Deuce Traveler · Nov 14, 2012

You get the impression that if the golem could raise an eyebrow he would. "Correct, sir. You are on the CS Warden, though from listening to the stress of her shaking hull, she has seen better centuries."

Queenie · Nov 14, 2012

Lealani's head hurt from all this strange information, the pounding making it hard for her to think straight.

"So, we are on a ship. And we are supposed to be incarnations of an old crew... What year was it when you were shut off, the year you last can recall?"

Deuce Traveler · Nov 14, 2012

"You have to understand that time works oddly in the wormhole. We made the jump near Alpha Centauri in the year 2288. The Sathar followed us and damaged the navigation equipment and engines, so we never exited the wormhole. An unknown segment of Earth time passed before the repairs were made, but by then the Sathar found us inside the pocket dimension and attacked once more by firing before making an attempt to board. Again, an unknown period of time past as the droids fought the Sathar to another standstill, but many generations past among the oblivious general population. When the more advanced droids began to lose ground the master computer activated the pleasure and teaching droids, as we were more humanoid in form and thought. As more ground was lost the human crew was awoken and was astonished to find the state of the ship around them and the Gamma Worldness of the rest colony."

TD-14 then begins to give a lecture on the timeline of events before the jump of the CS Warden.

OOC: See here for the timeline, but ignore events after 2288 as TD-14 is clueless on what might have occured and my timeline is slightly different: http://www.metamorphosisalpha.net/Site/The_Timeline.html

Queenie · Nov 14, 2012

Lealani got a sick feeling in her stomach as an idea swirled in her head but for now she kept it to herself. Her companions look just as confused as she is as they all tried to work out the details and facts.

"So we are in a ship, in a wormhole in space. Who is running... piloting... the ship? If the Captain was killed, who is the Captain now?"

She pauses and rubs her temple. "Also, you mention that some of the people who were on the ship died. Two of us are somehow connected to two who have perished. You mentioned many more of the top ranking crew who were also deceased. What became of them? Were they buried here on the ship somewhere?"

Her mind was racing faster and faster with questions, faster than she could process her own thoughts. "If I may...one more question. You mention Anya Loki and that her mission with the flind was partly successful. Can you explain that any further? It may help us with that enemy going forward."

Deuce Traveler · Nov 14, 2012

"Ma'am, most of what you ask I have no knowledge of, though I guess that most of the deceased's remains are still decaying in their hibernation pods or were blown out into space. Those that awoke were either buried or left behind to the Enemy to be either ignored or disposed. As for Mrs. Loki, she did save a few Flinds to help us in future battles, such as the noble Tak."

GlassEye · Nov 14, 2012

Arkos reels from all the information. A world that is a ship in a hole for worms, a snake creature that is a worm, dead gods that are reborn as themselves but different... he shakes his head and raises one hand.

"Enough! What you say makes no sense; your words are gibberish! If this ever made sense then too much has been lost in the generations that passed for us to understand it.

What I do understand is the Sathar, these worm-snakes, have taken over the world which you say is a ship and is our birthright as we are somehow the reborn god-crew of the world-ship. If we are to save ourselves and the children created by the gods..." He looks down at the myconid pod protectively, "...then we must bring the war to the Sathar and their allies."

[sblock=Mini Stats]Arkos Stoneborn
Initiative: +1
AC: 12 (11 flat-footed, 12 Touch) [15 w/ Barkskin]
AC: (Predator) 16 (15 flat-footed, 12 Touch)
AC: (Aerial) 14 (13 flat-footed, 12 Touch)
HP: 56 Current: 35
Fort: +8 Reflex: +3 Reflex: (Aerial) +5 Will: +9
Speed: 30 ft., burrow 10 ft.
Speed: (Predator) 50 ft.
Speed: (Aerial) fly 40 ft. (good)

Current Weapon in Hand:
Current Conditions in Effect:

Attacks
Spear +9 (1d6+7 /crit. x3)
Sling +5 (1d3 /crit. x2)
Bite (Predator) +13 (1d4+8 /crit. x2; as magic)
Talon (Aerial) +12 (1d4+7 /crit. x2; as magic)
Breath Weapon (1d8; bludgeoning; Ref 15 for half dmg.)
2 Tentacles (while in Predator) +11 (1d8+7) 10 ft. reach

Spells Prepared:
Spell Save: 14 +SL
3rd level: 3; cure moderate wounds, evard's menacing tentacles (PHB2), evard's menacing tentacles
2nd level: 4; barkskin, bull's strength, ~~heat metal~~, resist energy
1st level: 4; cure light wounds, faerie fire, goodberry, produce flame
orisons: 5; create water, cure minor wounds, detect magic, ~~light~~, purify food & drink

Backpack: healer's kit (x2), sunrod (x2), thunderstone (x2), tanglefoot bag (x2), smoke stick(x2), bedroll, 2 wand CLW, 19 pebbles of CSW & 5 pebbles of Remove Disease. food and water.[/sblock]

Shayuri · Nov 14, 2012

"It all comes down to this GAIA thing," Mellisande says. "It's what the Sathar want. All this is just what they're doing to try to get it."

She had other questions too, many, but she sensed this golem had reached the end of what useful information it had to give.

Or almost the end.

"Golem, where can we find out more? Surely this world, this...ship...must have histories. Writings. You may not know these things, but others do, or did. Who should we seek out? Where can we go for more?"

Queenie · Nov 14, 2012

"My guess would be that GAIA is running the ship or somehow can control what goes on here. It's no wonder the enemy would want to take that over, if you controlled that you would control everything."

She shrugs, "Of course I'm just as lost as you all are and that is just a theory."

Deuce Traveler · Nov 15, 2012

TD-14 answers, "The upper decks likely still have such information, but there is only the central lift that can take you there. The Sathar built a ziggurat over the entrance, adjoining what the natives referred to as the Life Tree. The lift is inside the structure."