Skulls and Starships

"What in the hell was that!?" Thrash would shout as the freighter disappears. " Anyone else see that or did I get ahold of some bad stew or somethin?"

Dani: With a 7 you are unable to glean any knowledge from what little you saw of the ship.

"No ******* idea," Dani says succinctly.

Check to make TBD hammer (flavor will come once I know what I made and if I failed): 14

Like with yesterday, the next day goes by uneventfully as you fly towards the rock. But the next night, your ship runs into some interference that interferes with your radar and other navigation tools. You hear the sound of a ships' automated bell coming over your comms and from the blackness of space, you see the hulk of a ship off your port bow. It's hull is rusted and burned. Before the ship fades into darkness once more, you can see its' name on the bow for a moment-Deathknell.

Further checks (half-plate for the medium armor beans):

1: 24
2: 13

Adv b/c smol goblins exists frack: 21

3: 19

Dani spends most of the time post-Acreon in the hold. She also doesn't let anybody else down there. By the time she emerges though, she's grinning. Her armor has been upgraded to smooth, interlocking plates that move with her soundlessly. She hands Toni and Thrash each a set of expertly forged half-plate armor made of the noqual. "I still have enough to make one more thing. Let me know what you think I should do with it, or if we should just sell it." The artificer looks pretty pleased, all in all.

When the weird ship passes by, her eyes narrow. "Don't laugh, but I think we may be being haunted."

Toni looks over at Gin and nods, her antennae glowing and twitching as she says to her sister, “Ghosts?! I don’t think I can fight ghosts.”

"Pfft, sure you can!" Gin grins, trying to keep a face for her sister. "Just gotta... give 'em the good one, two! RIght, Dani?"

Dani glances up from fiddling with a rivet on her armor. "Hmmm? Oh, yeah. Or electricity." she says absently.

“Can you catch ghosts on fire?”

"Wait... what ya talking about? You all know sumptin about that ship that I don't?" Thrash asks as he moves to try to get a better look before it disappears. "I bet it has some kinda fancy an expensive cloakin device on it.... There's no such thing as ghosts." The lizardfolk would reply with a knowing grin. "I've eaten lots of folks.... uhh... all bad ones... lots of bad folks." he adds quickly before continuing. "An i never had a ghost tell me to spit'em back out or nothin."

The next day is uneventful, but tense, as you all know that the Deathknell will return tonight and wonder what will happen when it returns. When the night falls, your navigation tools once again malfunction, reducing space travel to mere guesswork. From the blackness of space, you see the Deathknell appear, with an eerie red light shining. It begins to fly towards you ship.

“Hey Dani?....can we ******* shoot that thing? Or do we try and communicate with it and find out what it wants?”

HISTORY CHECK TO TRY AND RECALL ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEATHKNELL: 7

Thrash would admire his new armor while looking out the view screen. When the strange ship appears he'd shake his head and slam his fist into the console. "What is that thing. I want it. I want that ship..." He'd growl.

History? 17

History: 16

Thrash and Dani recall hearing tales about the Deathknell, a ghost ship led by an undead captain who searches for sailors to feed his undead crew and man his ship. You've heard rumors that it stalks its' prey for two nights before taking them on the third, which is likely why it's here tonight.

"Oh shit... I remember that name know." Thash says with a low hiss as he adjusts his tricorn hat. "Guess it ain't just a old ghost story. that friends..  is a ghost ship... well the ship ain't a ghost but the crew and captain are all rotten corpses that aint fit for eating." He'd say as he looks to Ashley. "Open fire on that thing! All guns full power!" Thrash would shout as he begins to steer the ship away from the oncoming attacker. 

Dani rolls her eyes. "Whaddya know, ghosts are real after all," she deadpans as she pushes herself to her feet and heads for the deck, priming her new wrist gun as her defensive field buzzes into place (gaining 3 temp hp). "Let's find out if we can kill them with fire."

Toni looks around to see if there is anything she can do to help, otherwise she’ll start playing music to get everyone pumped up. “Thunder! Oh wa oh wa wa oh wa oh. Thunder!  Oh wa oh wa wa oh wa oh..” slowly building up a la AC/DC.

Thrash initiative 17