An Uninvited Guest

I'm certain you've noticed I haven't mentioned Cole in the last Stars Without Number entry. That's specifically because Cole's player was absent during that seesion and, as such, we left out his shenanigans on the ship out of the narrative.

An inevitable consequence of going after the Players

As our fight in a pub rages on, we instead turn our attention to the ship and, more specifically, the captain's quarters. An intruder alarm causes Cole to pull his trousers back on, leave said captain's quarters and search for the intruder by shouting out if anyone is anywhere on the ship. He stealthily made his way to the cargo hold while using all his special abilities to negate his failed Stealth rolls. When he finally ran out of options, he had to accept the failed result of not noticing someone sneacking up behind him with a pistol to his head.

Meanwhile the fight rages on in the pub. This time we were missing Yannick's player so Cole's player graciously offered to take control of him for the duration of the fight scene. He mainly supported Ian in taking out the armed mooks while Jokkenson took on the sword wielding brute. When Ian shot down the last enemy soldier, Jokkenson was on his last breath but instead of giving up, he gave his opponent an offer. He gave his word he would let his opponent go provided he would tell them who sent this group after them. He made a very convincing case but his opponent simply opened his mouth to show he had no tongue... so Jokkenson chopped his head off.

At the conlusion of the fight, Jokkenson was very close to falling down and bleeding to death so he looked through the men's bodies for any medical equipment he could use. Cyrus was in a more immediate danger. Although he was our main medical professional, Ian's combat training included field medicine. A quick look at Cyrus showed he suffered internal bleeding from the gun shot wound and we were about to lose him. He had only enough time to roll three times to stabilise him. Keiran assisted him by putting pressure on key points of his anatomy, which provided Ian with a bonus to his roll.

For a moment there,
I thought he'd be a goner

The first dice result was a failure.
The second dice result was a failure.
The third dice result was a success.

We were relieved to see that Cyrus regained consciousness after some of his wounds were taken care of. He quickly put his mind to work, focing his own body to accelerate the healing process and doing the same for Jokkenson. It did put considerable strain on both of them.

Keiran received a message from Cole about an uninvited guest on board. It was about time we left before any authorities were to arrive but not before Jokkenson found the proprietor of the pub and handed him a compad with more than enough credits to cover the damage cause... which he found on the men we defeated.

As the fight was still going on, Cole managed to distract and annoy his assailant enough that when he lost his concentration, he went for his gun. He overpowered him, threatened the guy who didn't want to say anything... so he shot at the guy's knee. He didn't know the weapon he was holding had plasma rounds which burned his knee right off. Unfortunately, he refused to be questioned any more about his motives by screaming in pain until he lost consciousness. That was the point when Cole contacted Captain Keiran.

Upon our arrival, we transported our uninvited guest to the medbay where we restrained his remaining limbs. We recognised the man as the same one from the pub Jokkenson was talking to and who most likely sent the group that we've only just eliminated. Ian stayed with him to monitor his lifesigns and make sure he'll eventually recover enough to be questioned while Cyrus went off to go over the security footage to find out how he got on board our ship. The rest of the crew, especially Jokkenson, needed a moment of downtime to recover from our most recent ordeal.