StarLog
Session: Planning
Session: -1
2022-10-19We decided:
- Brian would run
- The game would be Starfinder
- It would be every week
Session: 0
2022-10-26Quick Links
People
- Dead Starfinder Duravor Kreel
- Starfinder Chiskisk
Factions
- Gang Level 21 Crew
- Gang Downside Kings
- Company Astral Extractions
- Company Hardscrabble Collective
Things
- Ship Acreon
- Drift Rock
Places
Arrival & Ambush
Arriving in Docking Bay 94 at Absalom Station on the shuttle Okimoro
We see a dwarf (our contact Duravor Kreel) waiting for us.
Also seen setting up positions are two different gangs of shady people. Gunfight starts. The two gangs are:
The two groups are attacking each other; we are caught in the middle.
Duravor Kreel is killed.
Aftermath
Duravor has a data pad that has our names and another contact: Chiskisk
The security personnel arrive and, finding we are new to the station and prospective Starfinders, decide we are innocents and directed to the Lorespire Complex to in order connect with the Starfinder society.
Starfinder Spire
We found out Chiskisk is high level Starfinder officer, they meet us in their office.
As potential new Starfinders we are asked to investigate:
- Was Duravor murdered or just collateral damage in a gang-war
- Why were those gangs fighting?
- Were Duravor or the Party the actual targets or unfortunate bystanders?
Investigation Begins
We got set up at Hotel Moons of Sleep.
Some people used social skills to find out about Duravor, companies, and gangs, others used public terminals and news feeds and found
| News Stories About Derelict Ship Acreon |
|---|
| All crew missing |
| Rumors that they killed themselves or were killed to keep a secret |
| Has a drift rock in tow |
| Drift rock may have riches or technology |
| Ownership disagreement between Astral Extractions and Hardscrabble Collective |
| Astral Extractions Commissioned the journey and rented ship from Hardscrabble Collective |
| The Acreon is in a secret position somewhere within the Armada |
Session: 2
Kept my Jacket on at the Jack-It-Off2022-11-09Quick Links
People
- Level 21 Leader Jabaxa
Place
- The Rig House
- Jack-It-Off Brothel
- Momma Fats Bodega
- Fusion Queen Nightclub
Thing
- Faction Lowrigger gang
We dip our toes in the seedy side of Absalom Station
There is a neutral area to both gangs (because it is run by a different gang) called The Rig House. This is a commercial area that would fit in in the better part of bad part of any town. The gangs keep it safe because of all of the “legal” money it brings in, but are assuredly taking a protection cut from each of the vendors.
The crew, deciding that both gangs had ties to prostitution, went to a brothel (the Jack-It-Off) in this neutral territory.
| Things We Learn at the Jack-It-Off |
|---|
| The Level 21 Crew are social justice warriors. |
| Level 21 Crew were hired by The Hardscrabble Collective |
| The Downside Kings were hired by Astral Extractions |
| The Downside Kings have a base at the Fusion Queen |
While at the brothel we made some noise about wanting to contact the Level 21 Crew and got a message to meet their leader Jabaxa at Momma Fats on level 21.
Meeting with Level 21 Crew at Momma Fats
We brought a high-quality moon-shine (because we heard that it was their drink of choice).
Met with Jabaxa (their leader) and several gang members.
Since we came in peace and friendship (with a gift) they reflected out attitude and it was a pleasant meeting.
We are now friends with the Level 21 Crew.
| Things we confirmed during the meeting |
|---|
| The were hired by Hardscrabble Collective to provide protection |
| The Downside Kings were hired by Astral Extractions to strong-arm Hardscrabble Collective |
| Level 21 Crew know we are going to try and meet Downside Kings |
| Downside Kings are known to use a nightclub called Fusion Queen |
| Neither we nor Duravor were targets of Level 21 Crew |
| Don't know what Downside Kings were doing in docking docking bay. |
We requested and introduction to Hardscrabble Collective.
Things We Still Don't Know For Sure
Because Duravor has a valid beef with Astral Extractions (cousin) and owned a small stake in Hardscrabble Collective it is possible he was a target of Downside Kings and not an innocent bystander.
What Downside Kings were doing in the docking bay.
Next Steps
Get info from Downside Kings.
- Maybe talk to the guy arrested by security?
- Maybe go to Fusion Queen
Session: 3
Confusion Queen2022-11-16Quick Links
Place
- Fusion Queen Nightclub
Person
The Fusion Queen
At a loss on how to get more information from the Downside Kings we go to their nightclub. We go in hoping for a conversation but expecting and ambush.
The gang has us check our weapons at the door. Amech also checks a (pretending to be shutdown) Kitre-3.
We see the guy who was arrested in Docking Bay 94 drunkenly dancing. After Nill Mosaeall tried to talk to him but was getting drunken gibberish CIOS Voidstar attempts to use magic to determine what was making him so unaware and confused - this starts a brawl. Kitre-3 was able to return our checked weapons. By the time the brawl was finished we had worked our way into the back office and confronted and killed Ferani Nadaz (the Downside Kings Leader) and a powerful Unnamed Vesk Lieutenant.
Where do go from here?
- Interrogate the only living Downside Kings drunk-guy.
- Search the office.
- Hack the Datapad
Session: 4
Investigation Ends2022-11-30Quick Links
Place
- Fusion Queen Nightclub
- Eox Embassy
- Eox
Person
Fusion Queen Wrap-up
We got what we needed from the a Datapad recovered from Ferani Nadaz at the Fusion Queen nightclub and made our way into back to home base. We reported back to Chiskisk what we learned.
| Things we learned from the datapad |
|---|
| Astral Extractions placed a hit on Duravor Kreel in order to “send a message” to the Hardscrabble Collective |
| Confirmation of stuff we already knew |
We were told by Chiskisk to not pursue Astral Extractions extractions ourselves. We were made full Starfinder members and given a pin. We were told that they have no mission for us presently.
A Summons from the Ambassador of Eox
After a day or so we got a suspicious invitation from His Excellency Gevalarsk Nor who little research told us was the head diplomat for the Eox a pact world mostly peopled by undead. We arrived at his lavish black marble mausoleum of an embassy office.
Eos, being neither associated with Hardscrabble Collective or Astral Extractions is acting as a mediator of their contract dispute. We find out that they are not entirely disinterested: The Acreon was carrying a package for the embassy that is not caught up in customs. The ambassador is most desirous to recover it.
What we were hired to do was
| Tasks from Eox |
|---|
| Go first to the Acreon and then the Drift Rock to collect information |
| Find evidence to support either claim |
| Find out what happened to the crew |
| Find out what happened to the cargo |
| Investigate the Drift Rock |
| Get recorded by a drone the entire time |
| Recover the ambassador‘s package |
We will be granted use of the Absolon shuttle Hippocampus
Astronomical Marketing
Ms. Joss from Astral Extractions invites us to the headquarters to give us a slick marketing pitch. During the pitch she emphasizes all good Astral Extractions is doing and how lucrative working with them could be. She also pitches the subtle bribe that if things go their way in the mediations there could be opportunities with Astral Extractions.
Session: 5
2022-12-15Quick Links
Place
- Dust Runner Spaceship
Person
Hardscrabble Meeting
We got a summons to a meet with Captain Otal Serissi of the tramp freighter the Dust Runner. He is A red-skinned human from Akiton. It is a meeting that could have been an e-mail. They just want to know what happened to their crew, and use the Drift Rock proceeds to help the poor families. He was unwilling to provide any material support for this cause. He had an assistant, a mousey lashunta he called "Mary." There was also a Ysoki bartender.
Space Combat
We were attacked by a Death’s Head Necroglider with a single android crewmember. Space combat is ongoing.
Session: 6
2022-12-22Quick Links
Place
- Acreon Spaceship
- Drift Rock
Thing
- Noqual Metal
- Akata
- Void Zombie
Spaceship Battle
After winning the Starship battle (the enemy ship’s power core exploded... There were no survivors)
The Mission
We arrive at the Acreon and Drift Rock. A scan shows the Acreon has an open rear airlock and the ship's internals are exposed to vacuum. There are two additional airlocks on the port and Starboard that are closed.
The Drift Rock seems to resist the scan.
Once we arrive on the Acreon we find a dead Goblin (not a crewman) and are attacked by an Akata. We find a cargo hold that seems to have been a bit of a science lab and two more Akata... We make it to the bridge and fight 3 more Akata. On the bridge we were able to hack the computer and found the logs.
The crew found structures of Noqual on the Drift Rock. The crew brought them back to the ship. Once in atmosphere they found that the Noqual were cocoons for the Akata. The crew was overrun and tried dumping atmosphere; it didn’t work so they escaped to the Drift Rock... But they think there is something far nastier on the Drift Rock. Atmosphere was restored and all doors closed on the ship.
PS
The Akata carry a disease called the Void Death that, if you die you can become a Void Zombie We have 6 bulk of Noqual (500 credits per)
Session: 7
Exploring the Ship2022-12-28Quick Links
Place
- Acreon Spaceship
- Drift Rock
Thing
- Noqual Metal
- Akata
- Void Zombie
The Ship
We learn that the Goblins may have been on the ship for around three days, but only had enough air for 1 day, maybe a little more because they are small.
We found a kitchen and repurposed a flame pistol we had found earlier into a salt-water supersoaker.
In some crew cabins we found dead goblins - apparently of asphyxiation. We also found a computer card and a datapad.
The goblins had rigged a boobytrap to fire at the door if opened.
Cargo Hold
In the cargo hold we found the mysterious package for Gevalarsk Nor. We did not open it but scanned it as best we could manage. There was a small magical object inside. Our plan was to fly it to the Dust Runner and have it scanned with the x-ray visor before delivering it but [SPOILER] we probably will not be able to do that.
We rested the night to recover from damage and recharge. We moved the package to the shuttle.
Engineering
There were a few more Akata there. We also found a tactical arc emitter.
To the Drift Rock
We went aboard the shuttle Hippocampus and checked it for infestation an found it clear. We took the hop to the drift rock and landed it there. We made our way to the cave when suddenly the Hippocampus computer clicked that the autopilot program self-activated and then disconnected us - we watched in relative horror at our betrayal as our shuttle took off and left us - we took special time to look in the cockpit, it was empty.
Session: 8
Welcome to the Rock2023-01-04Quick Links
Place
- Acreon Spaceship
- Drift Rock
Thing
- Noqual Metal
- Akata
- Void Zombie
The Drift Rock
After being abandoned by our shuttle we made our way into the cave. There were a few branches.
The Fate of the Crew of the Acreon
We have found a few members of the crew. That is to say we have found Void Zombies wearing the crew's spacesuits. We found the captain as well as a few others.
The Mystery Pilot
It turns out the pilot of ship that attacked us, the android, had somehow made it to the drift rock. They attacked us and unfortunately died. We are carry around the body in the hopes that we can have it reanimated with a new soul and a new life.
Non-Pact Tech
We found a spacestation like door and followed it to a room where we were attacked by a robot.
Session: 9
We got a ship2023-01-11Quick Links
Person
Place
Thing
Moriko Nash, served in two ways
Moroko Nash was the Captain of the Sunrise Maiden a ship. While Drifting she came across the Drift Rock and landed. She ended up being attacked by a creature that couldn't get through her forcefield. When her gun was almost empty and her forcefield drained she left a [Holographic Will] that told her story and left the finders of the ship the legal ownership of the her ship. She then killed herself (creating an entity called a Drift Dead. The drift dead then attacked us.
Control Panel
The Drift Rock was part of a much larger structure. We couldn't tell what this larger structure did.
Flying Telepathic Drift-Lamprey
We then found her ship and a Flying Telepathic Drift-Lamprey who tried to kill us. We hurt it enough that it ran away through the walls. It hates electricity by the way.
Session: 10
Exit Stage Left2023-01-18Quick Links
Place
Thing
Leaving the Drift Rock
We started up the shields on the Sunrise Maiden and registered ourselves as crew. A couple members snuck outside and opened the docking bay doors.
Before we could gather ourselves
We were attacked by a ship of the Corpse Fleet before we could gather our baring and before we could make sure we were not harboring aliens.
Session: 11
Return ro Absolon2023-02-01Quick Links
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Person
Thing
Corpse Fleet
We defeated the Corpse Fleet with no clue why they attacked. When their ship was close to incapacitated they activated a self-destruct so we may never know.
Return to Absalom
Apparently our (edited) escapades were being broadcast by Gevalarsk Nor so some ships from the Armada came to our aide just after the battle was over. We went back to Absalom Station and filled out the legal paperwork giving us pact-official ownership of The Sunrise Maiden.
Meeting with Gevalarsk Nor at Eox Embassy
Gevalarsk asked us for opinions and a description. He was very cagey about the package, the shuttle return own its own, and the corpse fleet. At least he paid us our money and had the non-package items we put about the shuttle Hippocampus put into storge for us at Starfinder central.
New Heroes
Since our escapades were broadcast we have become local celebrities. We were approached by two “organizations” reached out to us.
Diamond Defense and Surplus has offered us a one-time discount.
Session: 12
2023-02-15Quick Links
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Person
Thing
Finishing Up
We reported to Chiskisk and they thanked us for our findings. We were told to lay low for a bit.
We went shopping. We parlayed our fame into discounts and geared up for whatever comes next.
What Came Next
Chiskisk called us back to their office and we talked about the language seen on the Drift Rock. The Starfinder database found a matching language.
The match was in the journals of Halkueem Zan, a sensationalist "archeologist" who wrote about it in his much maligned book Pyramid People of Ukulam.
His notes and the site were on the planet of Castrovel and there may be more information at The Qabarat University of Xenoarchaeology and Xenoanthropology.
We were given contact a post-doc student named Whaloss.
Arriving at Castrovel
We were heavily interviewed and warned about contaminating the planet. Weapons are allowed but frowned upon in public places. We were given the thrice-over and then allowed to meet our contact.
Whaloss was a young kid who was highly interested in Starfinder adventures and was drawn to use because our titles.
Trouble at Qabarat
When we arrived at a college the reception Ikimsi was being overrun by Media. We pushed them out and made a friend. The person who could help us (Professor Muhali) was quite busy with her own problems.
Lectures
A Contemplative named Ailabiens 21:2 had given an inflammatory lecture where we logically explained that genocide would have been a better choice than making peace with a culture that Castrovel was at a war with centuries ago. Professor Muhali was upset and either wanted Ailabiens 21:2 to apologize or him fired.
We agreed to "mediate" to come up with a solution if she would be willing to help us.
Session: 13
2023-03-19Quick Links
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Person
Solving the local politics
We met with Ailabiens 21:2 and got him to apologize. He and Professor Muhali told us that the real expert on Halkueem Zan was Doctor Olmehya Solstarni.
Plot Twist
Doctor Olmehya Solstarni has been kidnapped. There were notes that she was invited to meet a Dr. Eyrub Paqual at The Five Arches (a café) in the Qabarat’s Gateway District.
Smuggler's Gambit
We met some smugglers who admitted they forged some paperwork and got the port authority to overlook stuff. They were going to follow Halkueem Zan’s path starting at Turhalu Point. Equipment they were smuggling in:
- Guns
- A sniper rifle
- More guns
- Fungus spores
- More guns
- A large communication array in 3 parts
- 15 Lasunta Merc.
Zan's Notes
Collectively, Halkueem Zan’s records provide a fragmented course that the PCs can follow from the coastal outpost of Turhalu Point on the continent of Ukulam inland to the “accursed pyramid city of Loskialua,” which Zan claimed to have discovered. These records—both text and audiologs—contain several key warnings and landmarks described in Zan’s judgmental verbiage.
Wildlife
“Castrovel crawls with vermin and beasts of all kinds. Thunder-bellied behemoths clear paths through the jungle while bellowing madly. More vexing, though, are what we’ve come to call stingbats—some hellish cross of monkey, bat, and scorpion (Kaukariki - Known pest also called Epstein bats) that travel in troops and harass us regularly. I fought one off as it attacked a porter and shot another as it fled, and from then on they targeted me. It’s as though they can sense strength, yet resent it.”
The Rune Obelisk
“A dramatic spire barely rising above the tree line was the first of our great landmarks. Each side of it was once engraved with untold wisdom, but only the sheltered runes near the base have survived the ages. The plants here grow thicker, as if feeding upon some gifts left by the ancient elves—sacrifices of flesh and blood, no doubt.”
The Plague Warden
“This massive stone figure is a reclining elven form covered in weathered boils. I suspect it is an effigy that served ritual purposes, such as absorbing the illness of some great king so he might live forever.”
The Forsaken City
“The city in the foothills is a forest of small pyramids overgrown with vines. As with the funerary monuments of lost Osirion, it might be this was not a place of the living but a realm of the dead. Initial excavations uncovered multiple stone tiers of fine architecture—displaying skill truly more advanced than the builders’ primitive contemporaries.”
The Stairs to Eternity
“From the Forsaken City rises a staggering, weathered staircase carved into the mountain beyond, evoking mystical contemplation in all who would climb it. Beyond stands a great temple whose haunted guardians feasted upon my comrades, forcing us to flee the savage sentinels.”Journey Begins
We prepared to make chase. We have to go through the Elf Gates because air-travel is forbidden. Our contact is Dr. Khair al-Nuaf.
We gear up and go into the wilds. The fungal spores are being used to lure Yaruk. We are also stampeded when one is shot..... by a sniper rifle
