THE GALAXY TRAILBLAZERS

Our Starfinder campaign, wherein the characters seek fame and fortune....

Aren the Mystic went up into the hills to commune with a (holy?) place where he could learn new mystic insights. Others were seeking the missing robotic medic, who happens to be formian-shaped. The PC party goes west on the agricultural continent, tracking down the missing person, who was studying the soil and farming out in the countryside. The Carsians are basically moth-like people. just before they reached a distant village, some Carsian giant spiders (orange furred) attempted to eat some of the party. Later as they approached the village, things seemed creepy, like theses rustic Carsians living out in the boonies were quite superstitious.

Also, it had not been revealed in the travel literature that underneath the oceans an amphiban tribe lived in the cool waters. Pix: the Carisan moth people, {the black areas are hands, not a bikini}

and at right, the PCs battle giant alien spiders.

Coming out of the Drift into Vogon Space, at the edge of the Carsis system, the Infinite Smoke is immediately hailed by Vogon Assessor ships (huge cubes not unlike the Borg) who scan the ship in intimate detail. Then they charge the players 1% of their current value. (mark credits off character sheet) Carsis lies in the protectorate, where the ancient bureaucracy has run things since pre-Gap.

The PCs sell fertilizer, the value of which is not the bulk, but the new strains of bacteria needed by the farmlands here. They made quite a buck, because of the oddities about local agriculture. Then the PCs set out for their real mission, to locate missing Starfinder agents, none of the 5 of which have reported back in over 2 weeks. They land at the spaceport Akeelan of Carsis. The five missing SFS had foolishly split up over the 5 continents.

Then, they visit Milone the most mystical continent first, and meet an old Vesk, the local moth-people, kill an assassin who works for the Herkor thieves guild, and they meet a mystic hermit, who helps them find the first agent, who turns out to be dead in the wilderness. It had not been revealed in the travel literature that underneath the moth-people an arachnoid tribe lived in the darkness.

7 NOV 18 - Intrigue within the Court and Nobility on Vishaka 7 GROUP REP: 10

Having dealt as good as possible with the "evil queen" the PCs prep to leave for P.W. and head home to square up the details of this deal, and maybe line up the next one. They sought to wrap up all loose ends before leaving Vishaka, the last of which was Katholi, the SFS tech who acted as doctor for the nobleman requesting med. supplies. She was a day overdue, and finally texted the group, saying please come get me. She was no longer where she was, at Ghastcanthi, but was now in the same arcology as the PCs, Wilholm!

She was at a high level , and being held hostage by a noble house. Since previous encounters with noblemen had been troublesome, the crew went down to the next tavern, the Growling Griffon, and hired 4 more skilled beings who were willing to risk life and limb for even more credits.

They went up to level J (early letters = more noble) and found her, and blasted down the house Tarak guards.

Then they had to escape the cops, other noble houses, and possible wrath of queen. At least they committed no capital crime, which on Vishaka would have been the assault of a nobleman proper.

Turns out that the queen has medical issues, which affect her sanity, which affect her solarian abilities, which throws shade on her nobility. So the mayor of Chastcanthi sought to help her medically, even against her will, which was from a certain point of view, a good deed. Hopefully the fallout of this will not harm the PCs deals or reputation. They cruised back to Absalom, and will seek to aid the SFS again at Carsi.

24 OCT 18 - Trailblazing through the Hot Swamp of Feudality and Nobility on Vishaka 7

PC party leaves the boondocks of Ghazcanti and heads into the big city of Wilholm, the "capitol" region. They labor long to wrangle an appointment with the "evil queen" Convivia, who is the head of the most noble and well-connected family, who has the rights to manage and profit from the giant arcology's 5 million people.

They garner time with her adjutant, and win her over and are promised a slot. They spend the evening getting wasted, and in a bar fight at ROCKET RABBITS tavern. The next morning they go shopping, to wear proper clothing to impress the nobles they will meet in the afternoon. Then some thugs from House Baijo, a rival of Convivia's House Eastwind, accost the PC party rudely and try to strongarm them into modifying whatever it is they want, (upper pic at left) but the PCs win the fight, and the Baijo run off.

Later the queen still sees them, and they make it on time and commit no real gaffes. The negotiations go reasonably well, as Flips will pull strings with an appropriate free-trader he knows to deal with Vishaka's nobles and their odd culture appropriately. But it comes out that House Baijo wanted to run interference somehow, and that their may be medical intrigue somewhere in the noble district. Also apparently Convivia is some sort of Solarian Mystic hybrid caster. (upper pic at right, Throne Room) . . ..

10 OCT 18 - Absalom Wildside & Nightlife

Most of them had never been to Absalom, and so spent much time shopping, touring and dining. But the next morning, when the reminders of maintenance, and desire for upgrades came back, the PC party sought out a source for jobs. Ones both for cash remuneration, but also as a way to expand the prestige of the Galaxy Trailblazers group. Since Solstarni and Altronus had paid dues for Starfinder membership, they heard about the "honor" race that Radaszam the Vesk wanted Laboni the Mechanic to win, down in the Scrapyard.

On the way to the junk yard area of the Spike, they were accosted by a heavy Eoxian enforcer, named Vashalygo, who demanded a "deal" for the antique Queen card from adventure 1. (picture above) The group accepted his unfair terms.

Before the race, the players did their best to augment the racer, and Calinthia tried to sabotage Ratrod's hovercycle. It took forever but Laboni won contest, issued her sorry apology, and earned some point for the SFS. Scavenging around the junkyard, the players were leaving with junk, within the limits of the Union rules for buying scraps. So the group found some helmets, a gauss pistol, a nice comm set, and then CLANK, the solarian's crowbar encountered the hood of a race-fighter in sad condition buried in the piles. So they insisted they were legally allowed to have it, because they had earned entry and each person could claim one salvaged thing. Well the union saw differently, not giving away a starship for a simple price of admission. After much arguing, the Union said "fine. you have 1 hour; if you can get it working, great; otherwise piss off".

Well the old racer was pretty much unfixable, needing shipyard attention. But the players hatched a plan. Then Theta the Ghost-Op started pitching the lie that it would soon be working fine.; Flips the Ysoki Op started stringing lights, hot-wiring panels, jury-rigging vents, and making little smoke emitters so the rig would appear to be working; And Altronus the Solarian sat down, meditating and gathering his energy for maximum attunement. Then after about 45 minutes of "repairs", he lifted the fighter using much resolve and the Gravity Hold, thus the group crafted an illusion of the racer slowly levitating, and hovering right out of the junk yard. This did not please the scavengers union, but they failed to see through the lie.

Then the group went down to the Obsidian Borealis Casino ; to have some drinks and win some cash-money. However there was a total jerk at their table name Kethend the Dragonborn who pretty much ruined the evening and kept anyone from raking in big pots. Fortunately the PCs made it back to the Infinite Smoke to sleep off the booze and death-sticks. Soon they will launch out and try to make a deal at Vishakha VII, a planet out in the Vast region; in Lalande quadrant, between the Catgirl and Celestial sector.

5 SEP 18; Old Elven Village; Ukulam Jungle; Castrovel

PC PARTY: Paul, Pete, David, Careem, Sean, Jason, Gene, Bob

Finishing the exploration of the Temple of the Twelve. Three new gentlemen join in on a bounty hunt for Eyerub Pascal. Avissa the cultist ambushes the party. Panelliar the Guardian was recharmed and is holding Solstarni prisoner. PCs find out about lore guardians. Then fight epic boss battle with "Pascal" and the rest of the cult.

Picture above shows fire-fight over staircase to astrology wing, with blue smoke popped to cover the fighters.

PCs have mild nightmares about an old elven structure.

8 Aug - Skipweek

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