Session 16 - Now This is Podcasting
Our Scruffy Nerfherders have completed the first step to get to Captain Falco Dragon. But can Phallius get to stealthily and convince the Alderaanian to help the Rebel Alliance? Can the others stay hidden? Well no they can't but will they turn to the power of friendship or use more violent methods?
Scruffy Nerfherders Full Episode
Originally aired: December 21, 2017
Podcast Edited by Addy Thomas
Music: Purple Planet Music
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00:00 – Intro & Podcast Network Plugs
01:18 – Character Introductions
02:02 – The Infamously Chaotic Recap Begins
06:35 – Phelius Disguises Himself & Sneaks Through the Corvette
11:21 – The Crew Hides in the Barracks
13:17 – Podracing Video Games Change Everything
16:47 – Force Friendship Creates an Unexpected Alliance
24:36 – Phelius Reaches the Alderaanian Diplomat
31:47 – The Truth About Alderaan & the Death Star
36:36 – The Fantasy Podracing League Debate
43:15 – Contacting Slippery Jim & Docking with the Rebels
50:56 – Airlock Explosion & Mysterious Invaders Arrive
52:46 – Outro & What Comes Next
Transcription
00:00
Foreign.
00:05
Welcome to another episode of the Scruffy Nerf Herders. I'm Addy Thomas.
00:09
I am Ben Milton.
00:09
I'm Corey.
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I'm Jmike.
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And I'm Case Aiken.
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Thanks for joining us for another session of our adventures as a Scruffy Nerf Herders. Don't forget, you can go to our website, certainpov.com while you're there, be sure to check out all the podcasts that we have as part of certainpov.com the certain point of View show is with me and Ben. We talk a lot of nerd news. We'll do movie reviews, but then we also got Case taking a look at movies. Taking a deep dive and tweaking movies up a little bit. Even if they're good movies, but, you know, sometimes they can afford to revisit.
00:39
Yeah, like, could be good, could be great, could be bad, but could be even better.
00:44
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01:18
I am Phallus Vaz, Killer, the human Fringer. I'm sort of like a survival specialist from the Outer Rim.
01:24
I am Hu Flung Dung and Misa Dungan. Failed pop artist. Join the Rebellion Rebels.
01:32
Rebel.
01:33
I'm a soldier. I am Zabrak. I am Steamboat Steambolt.
01:39
Tenure.
01:40
Zabrak.
01:41
Noor. I am Zabrak anymore.
01:46
It's all about pace with you, man.
01:48
He thought this was a poetry slam.
01:51
My name is Timbolt. SNORING I am a Zabrak tech specialist. Apparently I'm a racist today.
02:00
It's not racist if it's true.
02:02
And I am your dungeon master. And for your dungeon master, could I have everyone roll a D20 for me for the recap?
02:11
Damn it.
02:12
Yes.
02:13
9, 18, 10.
02:16
Saddy.
02:18
All right. So, Corey, we just recorded this.
02:24
Oh, no. Oh, God. This is gonna.
02:27
Come on, man.
02:28
What just happened?
02:31
She went upstairs to talk about. Get some water burners.
02:36
So much has happened. There were Explosions.
02:39
We laughed and we cried.
02:40
We laughed. We cried. There was lots of wind in space.
02:47
Kind of true, actually. That actually works.
02:53
And I did asteroids on the ship. Asteroid field.
02:57
Yes. So where did you guys leave off before and what was the first thing you did?
03:04
I was wearing a suit and I couldn't take it off.
03:08
Kind of true. Second thing, though.
03:12
So where were you?
03:15
What got you into that suit?
03:17
Space, the final frontier. Man, I can't even make this stuff up.
03:23
That's funny.
03:24
So you remember when we jumped on.
03:25
That ship, Corey, we did jump on something.
03:28
Yeah. Do you know why we jumped on that ship?
03:30
We needed to. It was the mission.
03:31
There was a guy on that ship.
03:33
We need to talk to.
03:33
Right, right.
03:34
Yeah.
03:34
And we needed to convince him.
03:35
Where is the ship currently?
03:38
It's in space.
03:39
Yes, but where in space?
03:40
Surrounded by asteroids.
03:42
Where are those asteroids from?
03:44
Alderaan places.
03:47
Yes. Okay. So you are in space in an asteroid.
03:51
That joke he remembers. We gotta chain each event to a joke for you to latch on the.
03:58
Memories that used to be the planet Alderaan. And you made a jump.
04:04
I feel like Case deserves the experience points for this.
04:06
I know, right?
04:08
From what to the ship.
04:11
An asteroid to the ship.
04:13
Yes. From your stealth base hidden inside an asteroid.
04:17
Yeah.
04:18
That you remember Assisting, getting onto asteroid and implanting.
04:22
Exactly how I remember it.
04:23
Okay. And then you got onto the ship and then what happened?
04:28
Then we closed some doors.
04:31
True. So you've got. You opened the airlock, you got in.
04:36
Don't need to play my make door.
04:38
Then you opened the door into the ship and you closed that door. So those doors are closed. And then what happened?
04:43
And then he went bleep, bloop, bleep.
04:45
And pulled up a map of the spaceship that we're on.
04:50
Yes. And then where did you go from there? Now that you could have a map to tell you where things were.
04:56
You know, remember that one place, like a thing?
05:01
We came up with a plan.
05:03
Yeah.
05:04
What are the four of us doing?
05:06
I was following you guys.
05:07
This is true.
05:08
This is all true. You followed me into. That's right. We went into one of the living quarters.
05:13
One of the living quarters. Yeah.
05:14
You went into the living quarter. And in that living quarter, once you all made it in there, what did Ben do? What did Phelius do?
05:22
I don't remember.
05:25
Sorry.
05:26
This part of it we recorded 10 minutes ago.
05:30
So much can happen in 10 minutes.
05:32
I think this recap might be this entire episode.
05:36
This is the new episode recap.
05:37
I'm sorry.
05:39
Oh, my God.
05:39
So you got into someone else's room, found their things, including their. What?
05:47
You know, a suit that he had. The human had to put on.
05:51
Yes. The one human in your group.
05:53
Yeah.
05:53
Yes. Put on the clothes of another person and then stepped out.
06:00
Exactly.
06:01
To pretend to be someone else.
06:02
I know it's really fun to make fun of Corey right now, but I think Qui Gon would be very proud because he's very mindful of the problem present, not so much the past. But, you know, he lives in his moment.
06:13
I'm gonna say that's a drink.
06:16
Well done, sir. Well done.
06:17
That was good. I don't get it.
06:19
I'm proud of you guys. I'm proud of you all. This was.
06:25
Drugs are bad, guys. That's what I learned tonight.
06:32
Drugs are bad.
06:33
Okay. Cheesy.
06:35
Okay, so Fallius Vag Killer steps out into the hallways of a Corellian Corvette, cloaked in the attire of the crew of the ship. That's right.
06:47
Looking sexy, too.
06:49
So let us get some. I guess this would be a disguise check. Do it. Three. All right. The uniform doesn't fit amazingly. A little tight in the wrong area is a little loose in other ones. But you do have a little bit of a hat to hide your face. So as long as you have. As long as you don't get too close to anyone, they're not going to notice immediately that you're out of place. Okay.
07:26
I'm a loner.
07:27
But you can't get too close. Happens to the best of us. Yeah.
07:31
Gotcha.
07:31
Okay.
07:31
All right. Give me a. That's just a straight intelligence check. I don't know where my rules.
07:46
Five dice.
07:49
Exactly where your. Your hips went. That's nuggly to the pizza. I might be dumb, but I do know what love is.
07:59
Frank. Star Wars.
08:00
Our princess. It's still better than the lines we got in Revenge of the Sith.
08:09
Star wars adjacent.
08:13
The galaxy.
08:14
Far more. Ooh. There you go.
08:17
All right, let's go. All right, so your recollection of the schematics of the ship is not so refined that you remember the big hallway that you're on. And you remember that if you keep it going that way, it will eventually take you to the general area you need to be. Okay, you do not remember any of the different branches. And if there's like, a particularly.
08:34
This sounds like a travel route. Yeah, sounds exactly like me.
08:38
Okay, so if you continue on, you should be able to walk past some offices in other living quarters, eventually to the mess hall. And beyond that is where the senior staff Offices and living quarters are. And beyond that is the bridge.
08:51
Okay, awesome sauce.
08:55
So give me a move silently. Check to sort of see how.
08:59
Do I really need to move silently if I'm in?
09:01
We're gonna use this for just general, not draw attention to yourself. It's not literally tiptoeing, but Emily is a 17. All right, so you walk on your way, and you're not doing anything to draw attention to yourself. No one's seeing your gate as out of place or anything in particular.
09:19
Awesome.
09:20
Okay, so you're heading on past all the offices. Okay. Are you doing anything as you go?
09:26
Just keeping my hat, head down, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible. I need to find a computer terminal to refresh my memory to find out exactly where I need to go.
09:37
Okay, give me a spot check.
09:45
23.
09:46
Okay. As you're walking along, you do see an open office space that no one is in there working.
09:53
Oh, awesome.
09:54
Perfect. It has a computer terminal that's up and running. Okay, computer use 12. You bring up the schematics. You aren't in any sort of screen right now where you can get more specific information. You do see the basic layout, which is that, again, you were sort of on a main hallway. There are some side hallways that you could walk over to that might have less attention, but you were going in the right direction, and everything is pretty much fine.
10:31
Look around the office real quick. See if there's anything useful, any kind of either a weapon or anything else that might be useful in case things go awkward.
10:43
Sure. Give me a search check. 12. Okay, so you see some rations that you might be able to throw in your pockets in case you're hungry or anything like that. You see some porn, there's that chest.
11:03
Snickers and porn.
11:04
This sounds like a Saturday night.
11:06
And you do see a blaster.
11:07
Saturday.
11:11
All right, I'll grab all three.
11:13
All right.
11:13
I'm not a proud man,.
11:17
And as you leave this office, I'm gonna cut back over to the other guys.
11:21
Hooray.
11:22
What are you guys doing while you're inside this barracks?
11:26
I'm looking at.
11:28
Speaking of porn, all the shiny objects,.
11:30
Do I see anything special?
11:32
Looking in the drawers, see if there's.
11:34
Whose drawers?
11:36
Not like those drawers.
11:37
I have to ask. After your little.
11:39
After your little.
11:40
Your hut experiment, you don't know anything about that.
11:44
What do you have under there? All right, guys, give me search checks if you're looking around.
11:52
14.
11:56
Wow. Stendolf doesn't see anything but the eyes on the Gungan foe and Hoof, they find two blasters. Boom. And there's some rations, some water. It's nothing too much. This isn't. You find some like terminals or. Not terminals, like smaller screens to watch videos on. It's someone rack room. It's not like an arsenal or anything like that.
12:29
Because I want to relax, especially because I'm a little worn out from using some of my voice powers. So I just kind of want to sit down.
12:35
All right, you're going to relax for a little bit.
12:37
Yeah.
12:38
Okay. For the time being, while you're trying to sort of relax and sort of zone out on any sort of perception related checks, you're going to be at disadvantage because you're trying to sort of center yourself and not extend yourself into the outside world. And can I have all three of you give me listen checks? And Addie, you're at disadvantage, but you are recouping.
12:59
13.
13:00
Getting an 11.
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16.
13:02
First up, Addie, you recover one vitality point.
13:08
Woo.
13:09
Got 16.
13:09
Looking better already, buddy.
13:11
And all of you do hear two people talking coming up to the door.
13:17
You guys hear that?
13:18
Kill them.
13:22
Yo, man, I can't wait to show you. Now, this is pod racing, like on my screen. It's gonna be so much fun to play. Come on in. Like, I'm so happy that we have some break time.
13:29
Is there a closet?
13:32
Give me a spot check. At disadvantage, not YouTube. I mean, you guys get spot check, just not the disadvantage.
13:39
7, 10, 18.
13:42
Addie, you recover three vitality points. And the rest of you, Hoof is the one who's able to see the closet space. He points to a large enough being like, I can fit this way and sort of points you into the right spots. Everyone give me hide checks. 18.
14:02
Yep.
14:02
Good thing about Gungans is we can spot places to hide, but we don't know how.
14:08
3, 13.
14:11
All right, you guys all take up hiding positions and the doors open.
14:16
Hiding positions.
14:19
Can I ask what kind of hiding position? Like, is he hiding behind a plane? Please tell me he just put a hat on. He's like standing next to the hat rack.
14:32
What do you think? You look like an idiot.
14:35
Yeah, actually, I saw some drapes and I hid behind them and my ears.
14:41
Are hanging out some drapes out in space.
14:45
In space. You know what I'm saying?
14:46
Space drapes.
14:47
Space drapes.
14:47
Space drapes. I kind of pictured as Koof being in the closet and like behind clothes, but he's like a little bit taller than what the hanger rack is, so you can clearly see his face. And also his giant floppy feet. And he's just standing there with a big old grin on his face.
15:09
While I'm humming Wolf em Gundam style.
15:13
The hit that never was.
15:16
So these two younger men open the door. One walks in and the other one goes oh force. Dammit man. Don't you ever clean up your place? Aren't there regulations? I didn't think I left it this bad. I don't know. Here, come check out the screen. And he.
15:32
That was close.
15:34
Picks up one of the. One of the screens and they start playing a video game of podracing.
15:41
God damn it.
15:43
Some of the people in pod racing.
15:48
Distracted. They are focused on that. And you guys have the opportunity to do something your future.
15:55
Kill them.
15:56
Kill them, Addie. Strike them down in your anger.
16:01
I want to do something that'll make me. Motherfuckers.
16:03
Yes. Yes.
16:04
Thank you.
16:04
Alright.
16:05
Yeah, we got it. I want to do something that's going to make sure that Hoof is going to stay silent because I'm afraid that he's going to strangle him.
16:18
I'm afraid that. Right. I'm afraid that he's going to see something cool and say oh, that's the.
16:22
New pop racing game.
16:23
Oh, that's a neat trick. Try spinning. I want to play the right.
16:33
While he's thinking about that. What are you guys wanting to do? Because you don't know what each other is thinking right now. You just know that there's two people playing a video game in a room where you're not sure that you're hidden. You know, they've been more perceptive. They may have noted you.
16:47
I'm going to use effect mind to try to, you know, let Khazric Hob Hoof down a little bit.
16:55
Okay. You're doing this to Hoof.
16:57
Yeah.
16:58
Okay.
16:59
I'm getting ready to entertain the game.
17:06
So. All right. Yes. So foe do that. 19.
17:14
Don't make me roll. A gentle intimidate.
17:16
No. Give me a will save to see if you're affected by that.
17:24
Will save.
17:30
Five. You affect his mind. What?
17:36
I suddenly don't feel like intimidating.
17:37
I do. Take another vitality point damage.
17:40
It's worth it.
17:42
All right. So you feel a great calm and slow stillness come upon you. So you do not feel like you want to just jump out and intimidate not particularly threatening individuals. But what do you want to do? And Stimbolt. What do you want to do?
17:57
I just want to stay hidden.
17:59
You want to stay hidden.
18:01
You don't want to play the game. It looks fun.
18:07
Looks really fun.
18:09
Anything to knock him unconscious or like incapacitate them.
18:14
You could do a move silently, check to get into position.
18:21
He's not even with us, right?
18:23
I don't want to kill them from walking again, though.
18:27
The power of personality allows Felius to sort of have his voice linger in the back of your mind. Falius is not with you right now, so you want to move silently to get into position to knock them out without them noticing you.
18:42
Yeah, give me that. Roll down in your head.
18:46
What are you doing? Stipple?
18:48
Yeah, don't trip on my big.
18:50
Is that a 20?
18:50
Don't trip on my big.
18:51
A 20 side die. Or is that a 10 sided die?
18:52
It's a 20.
18:53
That's a 20. I'm just making sure.
18:54
Trying to help.
18:56
He ended up getting less than tens all the time.
19:00
All right, you. Let's say you were under the bed and you sort of slide yourself out. And while they're facing the other direction and you guys see him starting to stand up behind them, readying like a smack, like a double handed smack across the back of their head.
19:17
Zabrak style.
19:18
Both have a moment to react. Hoof, with your superior soldier instincts, what do you choose to do right now?
19:26
Shoot the Zabrak.
19:29
Kill them all like animals.
19:33
I think they're gonna worry about like.
19:36
If somebody's eating a dead Zabrat and stomp in their room. That's not gonna help.
19:41
Can you imagine if you're just sitting there playing video games, A dead alien falls in.
19:46
Holy shit. And then another alien jumps out of the class and is like, I just saved you guys. I'm from the future. Could be the greatest ever. Oh, that would be so much fun.
20:05
Do it guns blazing.
20:07
Let's do it. You're gonna shoot or are you gonna shoot them? Who are you shooting?
20:13
Wait.
20:13
He's centered. What happened to me? I feel too calm.
20:18
We need to note that you are centered. You see that? Stimbolt is climbing out and about to knock unconscious the two people who are passively playing video games in the. In the room that you're just afraid would alert more guards if they discover your presence. Not if they're dead.
20:36
Yeah, I mean, he's out of my reach too.
20:40
Is he getting to react first or do I get a chance to?
20:42
Well, you two or foe and Hoof. You guys are the ones who found the blasters. So each of you have a gun in your hand.
20:52
Addy, there's only one thing you can do.
20:53
No, there is more. There's other options. They're still good. In this group, I am knocking them out.
21:05
He is just going to knock them out. He has a. He is just using his fist to, like, smack him across the back.
21:11
That still depends on a good roll, guys.
21:14
I'm not entirely to knock him out.
21:18
Yeah, he can do it. He's a Zomrat. If they look up and see his feet, this is how they have him. This is how they mate.
21:24
Or.
21:25
Guys, think about this. We could have a really fun time playing video games. I know there's more than four of us in this room, so one person can't play, but we could rotate out.
21:33
The loser since he's not clear on what he wants to do right now.
21:37
Foe.
21:38
I am curious. Go on with this plan.
21:40
Forged friendship. It's on my sheet and I want to finally use it because there's no other way we'd ever use this. All right, all right. That depends on a good role too,.
21:51
If you seriously want to do this. Give me a roll.
21:54
Damn it, addie. Damn it. 19.
22:02
Oh, yeah.
22:03
19.
22:04
So first off, you take another point of vitality damage.
22:09
Okay, that's all right.
22:11
17.
22:13
The two guys look up at Stimbolt towering over them. And it's like Scary Terry in Rick and Morty. He wakes up after being incepted, where he goes like, hey, Wanna play? All right. That's awesome. And like, in a daze, they're just like, this is natural. We can all play video games together. And the screens have little joysticks that come off the side of it. And you're all able.
22:50
It's like a switch, guys.
22:52
And you're all able to play. In fact, you're able to do four players at a time. Now, as FO noted, you guys are gonna have to switch out whoever gets the worst in any given race. But you guys are all pod racing against each other right now. And some of the great famous podracers of the past. Name's Three. The Bulba, Sebulba, Anakin.
23:17
Who.
23:18
Anakin won the Boutique game.
23:20
Yeah. Yeah.
23:21
It's the only human who's ever done it.
23:22
Yeah. And.
23:28
I have three.
23:29
The. The other guy that. That. The guy that used to. To race for Watto that got injured. Everyone forgets his name because he had a promising career that cut short.
23:43
Yep.
23:43
Okay.
23:43
Yep. Close enough. That checks out. That's good. So you guys are. You guys are all playing pod racing games.
23:50
This is great. I love Star wars despite its flaws.
23:57
So I guess this is like the power of forest weed uniting people. And while they are under your sway,.
24:09
You're playing video games together. Dumbest plan. Whatever. Nobody got shot. We're all good right now. Nobody's going to get shot.
24:21
You understand that? Like, eventually, reality will kick in, but for the moment, everyone is cool.
24:25
But they'll have to think about the great times that we had together.
24:30
And they will. But we're gonna zoom back over, find out on the next episode.
24:36
We can give our, like, trade gamer tags still, guys.
24:42
So you're continuing down.
24:43
Oh, Lord, I'm gonna kill everybody.
24:45
Okay.
24:46
All right. You come to the edge of the office areas, and it's the mess hall. You can see that there's still the late breakfast sort of stuff laid out. There's pastries, there's refreshing beverages filled with stimulants. There's people kind of just milling about. It looks like a lot of people went up to their stations, but now that they sort of landed, or not landed per se, but, like, came out of hyperspace, you have arrived and sort of come to a rest. Like, come to anchor in space at this asteroid field while those who are feeling moved are taking in the site of their dead homeworld. So a lot of people came to work, got to their stations, and they're all kind of shifting off brakes, and there's maybe five to 10 people in the room at the moment. Wow.
25:35
It's like a third of the crew.
25:37
It is. But they're not paying very much attention, and they're all kind of moving in and out. So a lot of them are going back. Some. Some people are coming in. So it may be 10 people at most when. When that crossover is occurring. Right, right.
25:50
All right, well, I'm just gonna try to move through it as quickly as possible, as with, you know, inconspicuously as possible without getting noticed, and try to get to the other side so I can get to the officers area.
26:04
Okay. If you're just walking through, give me a move silently. Check.
26:13
16.
26:16
Okay. So you. Yeah, you walk on through. You don't stop for coffee or anything?
26:22
No, sir.
26:23
You walk casually. Just fly casually.
26:26
Just walk casually. Just walk casually. That's from the movie Drink.
26:35
Well done, J. I'm proud of you.
26:38
That's a line.
26:38
That's a legit. It's a legit.
26:40
Take notes.
26:42
I just want to be like you when I grow up.
26:46
No, you don't.
26:47
You make your way past the mess hall.
26:48
Awesome.
26:50
Beyond you see the bridge. Straight ahead and off to your right and left, there's a couple of different office areas and living quarters for the most Part for the senior officers here, it's office. And then past that is their living quarter.
27:05
Let's start office. Let's look for our diplomat's office.
27:11
All right, give me an intelligence check to recall which one you think was the lieutenant commander's.17. Oh, wow. Yeah, so you remember. It's the one just off to the right of you.
27:24
It's like a steel trap. All right, let's head to the left. No,.
27:29
Let's go in.
27:30
Let's go into his office.
27:33
You buzz on or you come to the door. There's a doorbell. Essentially, it's a buzzer to alert them to your presence. Or you could just bypass the controls and just open the door yourself.
27:46
We're gonna bypass the controls and open the door myself.
27:49
All right, give me a computer use. Check.
27:52
10.
27:56
Nothing happens with that. You tried. You don't think anyone noticed that you're there or were doing it, but the doors don't open. Okay? So you. If you're gonna try to do that again, you're gonna have to do another check. Or you can ring the doorbell.
28:17
Eight.
28:19
Nice.
28:21
Nothing's doing. Give me a spot check to see if you think.
28:29
12.
28:31
It doesn't look like anyone's noticed you yet. You can still keep working at it.
28:41
22.
28:42
All right. The door opens. And sitting there is a human male behind a desk, faced towards the door. He looks up. He's middle aged, in good shape. Graying temples, but seeming to keep the prime of his life for the most part. Who are you? Lieutenant Commander. Yes. I don't recognize you as part of the crew. He starts to rise. You can't tell. But his hand is moving towards the desk. Or rather, you can't tell what it's going for, right? What do you do?
29:26
Diplomacy.
29:27
Okay, give me a diplomacy check,.
29:32
13.
29:33
And then spiel some bullshit at me.
29:37
Sir, I have grave news and some information that I need to share with you privately here very quickly. It is of the utmost importance.
29:46
Who are you? How did you get aboard this ship?
29:48
Sir, my name is Stingray Salubla and I have some really important information. I stowed away on this ship and I need you to see a video of what happened to Alderaan.
30:09
Give me another diplomacy check,.
30:13
27.
30:15
Okay. And give me a spot check.
30:24
That's 29.
30:25
Can't touch this.
30:29
His hand is wrapped around the bottom of his desk. Keep giving me some bullshit.
30:38
Sir, I just need you to just watch a video real quick. And I will. It will explain everything that's happened to Alderaan and That has been happening with the Imperial Senate and what Senator Palpatine or Emperor Palpatine has been up to this entire time and how it affects Alderaan and the tragedy that happened there. Sorry. All right. I just need you to look at this.
31:07
This. Well, show it. Okay. Slowly, of course. And his hand comes up, pulling a. Holding a blaster aimed at you. Okay.
31:15
All right, let's just stay calm. I'm just gonna. Very slowly, I'm gonna pull this out and. And show it. Show you the. The video. All right.
31:26
So.
31:26
Gonna move real slowly. My hands are going in my pocket.
31:29
Give me a deception check or, pardon me, a diplomacy check. 17. All right. He doesn't fire on you as you reach. And pull out a hollow emitter to show the video that you're gonna put over the Holonets.
31:46
Okay.
31:47
Yeah. So I'm just gonna hit. I'm just gonna set it on the desk and hit play so he can see it and then slowly back away.
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All right? On it. A hologram shows off.
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It was.
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It was a piece of propaganda that was kept together by Rebel high command. Showing footage of the asteroid field of the Death Star itself. There is this whole call to arms, explaining what the Empire is doing. You recognize some faces and voices talking about it. The whole thing is set up to be a. A propaganda piece to incite rebellion. And Lieutenant Commander Dragon is looking at it and studying the material. Give me a listen check, please.
32:39
13.
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You don't notice until you feel two butts of blaster pressed against your back that guards have also come.
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Hey, guys,.
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Wait. Is this true? This weapon? This Death Star?
33:02
Yes, sir. What else could have destroyed this planet?
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I had been led to believe that it was some sort of rebel weapon. I can't say that it seems plausible, but that's what they had told us.
33:16
We don't have that weapon, sir. If we did, this war would be over.
33:21
You would. You mean your Rebellion would use it against. Against the people?
33:26
No.
33:27
Never.
33:29
And then how would it. What would you use with it?
33:32
This weapon is so incredibly powerful. It is. It's a natural. It's a deterrent. It would be a deterrent for the Rebellion. The Empire is the one who uses it. A weapon like this, we don't have anything close to this capability.
33:46
Give me another diplomacy check.
33:50
30.
33:54
Okay, yeah. He lowers his blaster and sets it on the table. Guards, I think you can step back now. I'm sorry. What did he say? Did you say your name was again?
34:08
Stingray Sobobala.
34:12
Well, Stingray, I have to admit. You present a compelling case. How did you get aboard this ship?
34:23
We snuck aboard, sir.
34:25
We? So there's more than one of you?
34:28
I have multiple personalities.
34:32
So there's more than one of you?
34:33
There's more than one of us? Yes.
34:35
God damn it.
34:39
Yes, sir.
34:39
All right.
34:41
We're not here to harm you.
34:42
What do you want?
34:43
Sir, we need.
34:43
What do you want of me?
34:45
We need your help. The Rebellion needs your help. I'm with the Rebellion. We need your help.
34:51
So I take it, what? That you've somehow infiltrated the ship and presumably there are others watching us?
34:59
I wouldn't say watching, as I think they're just here to assist me in getting it back off. They got me on the ship and they're gonna assist me getting back off the ship if things. If I needed to get out quick. Sir, the number of us and that we're here. I know is awkward and it is not an easy task. But we need your help, sir. We need your help. In the Rebel Alliance. We're at a critical point. This Death Star you're looking at what it can do. It can destroy planets. It's destroyed your home world. All the people you knew and loved are gone because of this weapon that the Empire has. We have to do something to stand up and fight against these monsters, against the tyranny of the Empire.
35:51
You know, I've been at. I've lived in a time of war almost my entire life. The Clone wars and then the insurrections of the Rebellion. War is tiring. It's been a hard life, and it's now cost me nearly everything. What would you have me do?
36:26
I'm trying to remember what Slippery Jim.
36:28
Wanted us to do with that. We're gonna cut back to the other.
36:33
What the hell did Slippery Jim want us to do, guys?
36:36
Just convince him.
36:38
To do what?
36:39
To help us figure out the next step.
36:42
Meanwhile, we're gonna be back at the other guys who are playing video games still.
36:46
My turn, My turn.
36:47
I totally want to telepathically ask Faileous if he can pick up some Bantha wings on the way back.
36:52
Oh, I swear to God.
36:53
Kill the mess off. I hope you kill yourself with all these force powers. I'm not gonna do it, but I'm.
36:59
Just thinking about playing video games and all of a sudden you hear a knock on the door. Hey, guys, are you still playing the game? My shift ended early. Like force watching.
37:10
Guys, get ready to roll.
37:12
So what are you guys doing?
37:13
First friendship.
37:15
Okay, the door opens up and another human male walks in. Hey, guys, what are the aliens doing here?
37:22
18 Friends everywhere. I don't know. What?
37:28
Wow, cool. Yeah. Come play. I got this. All right. That's awesome.
37:35
Don't believe me? You can look at this roll bed.
37:39
And you take another point of vitality damage.
37:41
It's all right. We're having a great time. 16. I wish you were like a lever that just blood was just pouring out of your face right now.
37:49
It's vitality not. Yeah, not the.
37:52
Not wounds.
37:53
Yeah, yeah.
37:54
We're gonna cut back to Phelias. God damn it.
37:57
Already?
38:01
He solved an entire encounter with a force power.
38:04
Oh, Ganny. We might have a whole like. I'll all. 29. 29 Of the rest of the deck. We're gonna pod race our way out of this thing. Hey, maybe you can have the Diplomat join us in the game too. You might join us.
38:19
Get it up on the big screen.
38:20
Right. Okay.
38:21
All right.
38:22
I think I'm ready do a little pod racing tournament.
38:24
Nice.
38:26
Lieutenant Commander, what we need you to do is we need to get as much information about this Death Star. We need to find out if it has any weaknesses, how it's being used, where it is. Any kind of information. Any information that you can use in the Senate that can be passed on to the Rebellion Would be of great service to us at this point in time, sir.
38:45
I see. I mean, I'm familiar with weapons programs going on.
38:51
You didn't know about this one?
38:53
No, but I knew about funding going to several larger projects. The scaling. Fascinating.
39:00
Other projects? What other projects?
39:04
Well, there are several things. I mean, money has been funneled into so many things since the war. But research into new types of engines, new types of shields. Shields. Blasters. Invaders out of Pet Frost.
39:26
Vader has a pet project. What do you know about it?
39:30
I know that's expensive. It's almost as much in a short development cycle as what I can only imagine was the front for this Death Star was over the last decade, annually. Wow.
39:46
Sir, any information that you could pass along to us. We would be of great use.
39:54
Well, you see, what you're telling me now is that projects that had been supposedly for public works or for just general research are actually being applied into superweapons of some kind. So what you're telling me is that everything I've been overseeing, every document that has crossed my face has been in some kind of code.
40:16
Do you.
40:16
Do you think that you could crack that code?
40:18
It's hard to say.
40:20
Are you willing to try?
40:21
Sir, I don't know if I can do it by Myself.
40:24
What do you need?
40:26
I think I need to be pointed in the right direction by your rebellion.
40:31
If I can put you in touch, are you willing to talk to them? Think of your family. Think of the millions of people that.
40:40
Died in the graveyard of Alderaan. We might be safe to talk. Okay.
40:47
I can make that happen.
40:50
So your rebel friends are hiding somewhere in this asteroid field.
40:54
They're nearby.
40:55
All right. I'm happy to talk to them. Okay. With that, we're gonna cut back to the other guys. And you have amassed three more people all sitting around playing video games. They have collected some of their rations waters. The room's getting kind of tight, but it is a very hospitable, excited room. Like, it's starting to smell like dude. But it is one of those, like, excited. I'm happy to be here, dude. Stanks.
41:26
Why are you looking so stressed, Timbal?
41:28
Aren't you having fun playing?
41:29
No.
41:31
Because eventually this is gonna end.
41:33
Everybody knows every party has video games.
41:39
We just need to get some drinks for everyone so by the end of.
41:43
This, they don't remember when we leave.
41:44
Guys, these guys are laser focused on the games right now. Like you the cycling of who's been playing. Because remember, it's been matches and whoever at first it was. Whoever was worst has been dropped out. It's been forced up to. The only person who's staying is the number one. But these guys are laser focused on this game right now. And you guys have all been cycled out.
42:06
Actually, we can just leave, like, right now.
42:08
Well, we gotta at least wait for,.
42:11
Like, another room or something.
42:12
Where do we go?
42:13
But then, like, it'd be kind of weird also if we disappear.
42:17
Focus on the game we're having close to the door.
42:19
I. I am that so I can. Hoof is definitely having fun with the game right now. We're gonna kill Hoover. You're the. You're the newest of the groups that dimple. We're going to kill Hoof. I like the way you go in this. I can get the zipper up.
42:36
That was a rough zipper.
42:38
S. So Hoof's attention is drawn to the door.
42:41
Yeah, I saw a bug in it, and then I. Then I noticed I was by the door, so. Look out.
42:45
Give me a spot check.
42:46
Oh,.
42:49
Let's see another bug and go.
42:50
Right back in the room.
42:54
I really. I mean, the curtain looks clear. Hey, guys.
42:59
Looks clear out here.
43:00
I didn't actually look outside the room, but it looked clear to me. Oh, God.
43:07
All right, so we're going to cut back to the bridge.
43:11
Meanwhile, Barney, how do we get out of this?
43:15
What is he doing to us? Where You've been escorted up to the communications array to try to contact the. The rat.
43:24
I'm gonna use my sense motive skill.
43:27
Sure.
43:27
And just see if this guy's BSing me. If I feel like he's. Like, is he conning me? Is he just trying to lure the. The rebels?
43:35
Give it a roll, 13. He seems completely on the money.
43:43
Okay, that was a shit roll. He's right on the hairy edge of being useful information. All right, well, I'm gonna go with it. Okay, I'm gonna open hailing frequency to contact Slippery Jim. Hey, slippery jim, this is. Nerf herder. This is nerf herder1.
44:18
Use of short tongue. Why say use of contacting me?
44:25
We have a deal. Sir, we have somebody who wants to talk to you.
44:30
Garth Bego.
44:31
Are you, sir, on the level? Yeah, they said. Not making this under duress, are they?
44:40
No, sir.
44:44
And Yusa, what's the use of promise?
44:52
Look, you asked to have open communications with the Lieutenant Commander here, and he wants to talk.
45:04
Okie day. This is. This is space itself reaching out to Lieutenant Commander Falter Dragon. How say you, sir, doing today? Hello, space itself. Yes, I spoke to your. Your compatriot here. He showed me the video. He showed me what happened. And I feel like it has earned you an open ear at least. I'd like to know more. Oka oka. Yusa, you okay with us docking and having a formal chit chat? I think we can make that happen, yeah. Want to give another synth motive Check nine. This sounds like a great plan.
46:18
Oh, damn it. We're all gonna die. Guys, I'm sorry. Not us.
46:23
We're gonna enjoy playing some podcasting.
46:25
No, we're all gonna die. We're podracing. Podcasting. We're definitely paying podcasting. We're gonna do a pod racing podcast with the group of these guys.
46:40
So the.
46:41
Can I do a spot check to see, like, how are the. Is there anybody else with us in that room?
46:48
Yeah, you're on the bridge. There's several people.
46:50
Can I do a spot check to just kind of see, like, how everybody else is reacting? Like, what their. Like what they're kind of.
46:57
There's like. Yeah, yeah, give the roll,.
47:06
28.
47:08
There's confusion and concern all across the room. You're a stranger amongst them. But they've all heard the rumor. If they didn't actually see the video themselves of what you brought. And as I said, this is An Alderaan ship.
47:22
Okay.
47:23
We're just making sure like nobody's like got their gun like you know, doing.
47:26
Like one of these things where they're like kill that son of a bitch.
47:31
All right, this is a great plan. This sounds good. Let's make this happen.
47:35
Okie day. We are about to disembark the. The hidey hole and we said going to bring the Susan and connect it to your ship if we may. You need to lower your shields. And we will make our presence known. All right, I'm lowering my shields, men. Stand down. Shields down.
48:12
Like a boss.
48:13
And outside in the starfield you see a little flash of light. There was a. They used or flippery Jim used charges to blow out the rock exterior that was covering them. And you see the Susan fly out from the mobile base into space. And it sort of makes a. It pulls out and then flips around to come and sort of be head to head or rather parallel positioned with the Corvette and it pulls up to the dock.
48:54
Nice flying fender. All right, cool. Shall we make our way to the dock, Lieutenant Commander?
49:02
Sure, sure. And you made it here by yourself?
49:09
No, there are three others and they're.
49:14
Where's the rest of my crew? We're gonna wait till you guys walking up to the room which has now become almost everyone.
49:22
And I'm gonna suggest to everyone here, can we start a fantasy pod racing league?
49:29
I mean that would take the men's mind off of the tragedy of the loss of their homeworld.
49:32
There we go. So yeah, let's sign everyone up online. We'll set a draft like maybe a month or something like that before the new season starts.
49:42
That does sound appealing. Everyone give me.
49:47
Listen to the power of forced friendship. Guys, you're like a Care Bear. Sorry, what was the role for looking for Listen.
50:04
God damn.
50:05
18.
50:05
Nice.
50:06
20.
50:07
Why didn't he bring you.
50:12
Perus? You're with them now.
50:14
We got to talk to Slippery Jim.
50:15
About what is going on. Fantasy powder. Look what it looks like.
50:20
You want to join one give a listen check.
50:24
19.
50:25
All right, everybody but spimbolt. Here's a thud that's a little bit softer than what Susan should be. And on the other side of the ship's airlocks. What was that?
50:39
Are we alone?
50:41
And the sort of scene of half the crew all just peering out of this one bunk down the hallway and.
50:51
Everyone like lined up.
50:56
Around the corner. An explosion on the other airlock goes off.
51:02
Oh no.
51:06
And you hear the sounds of entry. What do you guys do?
51:13
Draw our guns and then get into the hall.
51:17
Okay. You guys rush out into the hallway. Around the corner is something. You don't know what I'm gonna use.
51:24
God, I gotta use another force power for a scene.
51:27
Or you could just kinda look around the corner.
51:29
Yeah, I don't wanna get a shot looking around the corner.
51:33
That never happens.
51:33
Stormtroopers.
51:34
Yeah, I guess that's never happened. Yeah, but what if it's. These are clones. Yeah, but what if it's a bounty hunter?
51:43
Oh, that would be badass, right?
51:45
Look like a Trandoshan.
51:48
Look, no, I'm going to use far scene.
51:52
Okay,.
51:57
19.
51:59
Your consciousness is pulled around the corner. And you see.
52:07
You see.
52:07
Even the moments before, you see the airlock itself. And you see a sequence of charges running along the center of it, blowing it outwards. And three figures who are now standing just around the corner from you, dressed in black mesh with red plates. And they each are holding rods that from the tips of each end, pop blades holding blasters in the other hand. And with that, we end the session.
52:46
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