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For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:37 am
by GM Nicha
For All Time
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The ongoing attack on Nus Gralwill hopefully distract the Mandalorians long enough to allow a small group to infiltrate the famous Celebratus Archive. Bal’Fortenes continued siege of Obroas has developed into a single minded fixation. There must be more to it than a strategic location, this is personal, somehow. If the answers are anywhere on Obroa-Skai, the Archive is the first place to look. One of the galaxy’s most celebrated collections of data, this ancient institution has the answers to questions some would consider unnatural.

In this event the PCs will infiltrate the Celebratus Archive and attempt to divine Warlord Krenna Bal’Fortenes’ goal without alerting the Crusader garrison.

This event is open to all PCs, each PC who participates must roll for all steps. Players are highly encouraged to coordinate.

There are 3 possible answers contained within the archive, one is correct, two are red herrings. At the end of the event each answer will roll a dice pool and the pool which rolls the highest number of successes (triumphs add an extra success, despair's upgrade the ability of a random red herring, advantages convert to successes at a 2:1 ratio) will be the answer the PCs leave with. The right answer will give you an advantage when confronting the warlord, the wrong answer might leave you dangerously exposed.

Advantage and Disadvantage are turned into boost and setback for that character’s next roll at a rate of 2 to 1. Every 2 triumphs upgrades the dice pool of the correct answer’s roll by 1, every despair upgrades the ability of one of the red herrings’ rolls (assigned randomly).

Each answer starts with a base ability pool of

Step 1 - Going to the Library

First you actually have to get into the archives. Resembling 6 titanic metal lances stretching into the sky, you know most of the archive is actually below ground. Traditionally supplicants would enter one of the spires corresponding to their desires (the spires are named Power, Healing, Family, Charts, People and Universe). They would then descend into the depths of the archive to petition the archivists. The war has upended all of this as half the spires have been sealed and the other half are guarded by bored looking Crusaders.

Power, Family and Universe remain open, you must pick one of these spires. The spire with the most total successes rolled by players throughout the event who select it will be the spire chosen! Choosing the correct spire will upgrade the ability of the correct answer’s roll by 1, Choosing the wrong spire will give two upgrades (randomly assigned) to the red herrings.

PCs wishing to gain entrance to the archives may choose to roll an average with one setback deception, stealth or education to get in either without the guards noticing, or by convincing them you’re an innocent archivist ■ . Success and every 2 additional successes will upgrade the ability of the right answer’s roll.

Step 2 - I hope they use Dathomirian Decimal


Now that you’re inside the seemingly infinite archive stretches out before you. Almost every form of data storage imaginable is used down here from paper books and sculpture to clouds of pheromones which project ancient memories. With the archivists gone searching this collection is a daunting prospect, but you didn’t come here to backout after some light reading, right?

PCs wishing to search the spire may choose to roll an average with one setback and one upgrade education, perception or computers check ■ . Any player may choose to add two boost dice to their roll to represent following a hunch, but if they do so and do not succeed a randomly assigned red herring will receive an upgrade. Success and every 2 additional successes will upgrade the ability of the right answer’s roll.

Step 3 - It runs on some hyper advanced storage, V…C…R?

Now that you’ve located the information it’s time to try and interpret it. Depending on the medium of storage, this might be harder than expected. The Archive does have all the necessary equipment to display the knowledge stored here, one simply has to match the information to the system.

PCs may choose to roll computers, mechanics, education, lore or vigilance at hard with one upgrade and one setback to try and match the data to the correct system ■ . Force sensitive PCs may add their force rating to this roll to represent the force guiding them in this crucial moment. Success and every 2 additional successes will upgrade the ability of the right answer’s roll.

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:55 am
by Tomin
While Tomin hadn't taken full advantage of her access to the archives, she's visited before and has a general idea of where things are. She's pretty sure the Crusaders all around the place wouldn't be keen to let a Jedi stroll in, so she figures she'll sneak instead!

It's very successful...as far as she knows. In truth, she was spotted pretty quickly and watched. The Jedi have had extensive access to the archives, and they've been instructed to watch and see if such infiltrators lead to anything juicy.

That said, they probably didn't get all that much from her access of Miralukan Force-written records. Muddy swirls of ink make sense for those who can decipher them. Of course, that means deciphering things for the team trying to put together all these bits of information into something useful. But she's been doing that sort of thing since childhood.

She manages to lose her tail long enough to slip away instead of being captured for interrogation about those writings, moving quietly through the familiar forest.

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Choosing to enter the Family Spire

Step 1 - Going to the Library

Day 9: For All Time: Going to the Library-Stealth, Average with one Setback
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 3

Failure
Boost to next roll

Step 2 - I hope they use Dathomirian Decimal

Day 9: For All Time: I hope they use Dathomiran Decimal-- Perception, average with one setback and one upgrade, Farsight Power enhanced, Boost from previous roll
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -1

1 Success

Step 3 - It runs on some hyper advanced storage, V…C…R?

Day 9: For All Time:It runs on some hyper advanced storage, V…C…R?--Vigilance, hard with one upgrade and one setback
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 2

Converting light pips into success.

1 Success

Total of 2 successes for the correct answer
Initial choice Family

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:23 pm
by Apollo
Having dated an archivist here in his past, Apollo knew a bit about some of the routines from back when he'd sneak in to makeout in the broom-closet. It was almost nostalgic to apply the old techniques from years ago. However, the one working the front desk might have recognised him, which gave him limited free time to work with.

Feeling he had a lead to work with from yesterday's encounter, he headed to the Family archives. He hadn't been close enough to "Tensefor" to get a good idea of her scents, but he felt sure he could recognise it or something close to it... and perusing the stored pheromones, he found something! A lead perhaps!

Pulling out the relevant data for that sample, he tried to go through the database for matches. "Computer, do a thorough comparison analysis on this," he announced to the terminal. No response.
"Hello computer?" Still no response. Seeing an attached device, he figured that maybe it was the sound-recorder, and leaned in closer. "Hello computer!"

A passing janitor gave him a curious look. "Sir, that's the navigational-device for the terminal."

"Ugh. I don't have time for this! You, run a thorough comparison analysis on this sample!" Apollo waved it at the janitor, and left the building, already tired of all this thinking!

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D9 For All Time. Family! Step 1: Going To The Library. Deception/Cunning. +1 Advantage [Pheromones]
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Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: -2

D9 For All Time. Family! Step 2: Dathomirian Decimal. Perception/Cunning. +1 Setback from previous roll. +2 Boosts from a HUNCH!!
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -1

D9 For All Time. Family! Step 3: VCR??? Hail Mary Computers/Intellect.
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: -2

Total of 2 successes for the correct answer
Choice: Family

Running total: 4

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:56 pm
by Flora Sylvana
Flora looked forward to the library! It was a great place! Despite the weird smooching noises everywhere.

"I'm ready to enter hte Metaverse!" She said in front of th edoor.

"The whatnow?"

Flora sighed, and just went in. "I'm just here to alphabetize things."

She had a feeling on where to start....The Conquering the Know Universe series of books! She managed to find the whole 13-book long collection, annotated and signed by the author.

It took some time (and banging of feet into equipment) to get the holoreader to read it, but she finally managed it!

OOC:

Choosing universe

D9 - For all time - Education (Int) - Average, one upgrade, one setback
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Net Successes: -1; Net Advantages: 2

Boost for next roll

D9 - For all time - Dathomir Decimal, Education (Int) - Average, one upgrade, one setback, 1 boost from previous roll, 2 boost from hunch
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Net Successes: 7; Net Advantages: -1

Triumph: upgrade correct answer
4 upgrades for correct answer

D9 - For all time - Dathomir Decimal, Education (Int) - Average, one upgrade, one setback, 1 boost from previous roll, 2 boost from hunch
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Net Successes: 7; Net Advantages: -1

1 upgrade to correcct answer

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:45 pm
by Terreck Fec'klee
Books were boring, big towers full of books were likely even more so. I mean really what were you even supposed to find in them? A bunch of nerdy librarians? Not likely with all the Mandalorian around. Still maybe the warriors had done something interesting with them. Maybe not anything like a sex dungeon, but perhaps a colosseum?

It was hard to imagine what they really might do. After somehow gaining entry Fec made his way to the depths of the Book Labyrinth of the Universe, hoping to find answers. Why were Mandolorians in the Universe? What were Mandolorians in the Universe? Were there a lot of hot Mandolorians in the Universe?

None of them quite seemed like the type of question the Mandolorian warlord would ask. You could never know for certain though. After some various digging, he did manage to find some leads that could be useful though. How useful? Hard to say.

He did learn it was tough to find a hot Mandolorian at the very least though, and that they had been active in the galaxy quite a long time.

Day 9: For all Time. Lets Enter the Universe! Stealth! Stalker! +1 advantage! Difficulty Average! With a setback! Plus an Upgrade!
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 2

Failure!

Day 9: Into the Universe. Dathomir Decimal. Perception. Boost from previous step. I have a Hunch! Average with a setback and a upgrade.
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 2

1 success = 1 upgrade

day 9: Lets journey to the center of the VCR. IT runs off of??? Vigilance. Boost from Previous Step. Boost From Meditation room. Average with a setback and an Upgrade
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -1

1 Success is 1 upgrade.

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:36 am
by Vala Roke
Vala heard all sorts of things regarding the archives but never had any real interest in them. That sort of stuff was for scholars and she was a woman of action when it came to getting things down. Studious matters were for those who were more concerned about the long-term and beyond. Vala's problems were often in her face, ever-present, and nearly insurmountable. Now, what if those problems were scholarly and currently at risk? She suppose those Mandaloarians were really going to strike at every angle, even studious ones. What a bother but she never chose the battlefield.

Getting inside was easy. Vala was light on her feet and wandered easily without getting any guard's attention at all. This was for the best, as she didn't exactly have any good excuses cooked up to stroll inside there. It was lightly going to involve blasters and broken noses. There was a part of her that kind of wished she would be turned away. However, this was serious and went beyond her own comfort level.

Once she was in the archives, she kept a keen eye on her surroundings. This looked like it was going to take forever to go through, especially when it didn't mean just finding the right medium but also needing to read through the texts. Why couldn't they just get some of the scientists involved in the search? She supposed that she might have gotten a bit lucky in reading the people trail, rather than the information trail. It seemed that a large amount of research was done in this general area. However, when it came to actually understanding the information, that was something that had no success. It was enough to have her go cross-eyed and wonder if she was entirely out of her league here. After a while, she would have to make her leave before the guards returned.

She hoped there wouldn't be an exam on this because she wasn't going to do the reading.

Choosing the Universe!

Day 9, For All Time, Step 1 - Going to the Library: With Stealth!
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Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 0
+2 Upgrades

Day 9, For All Time, Step 2 - I hope they use Dathomirian Decimal: With Perception!
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Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 0
+1 Upgrades

Day 9, For All Time, Step 3 - It runs on some hyper advanced storage, V…C…R?: With Vigilance!
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Net Successes: -5; Net Advantages: 2

At +3 Upgrades for Universe ??? (Question Mark?)

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:00 pm
by Zephrin Hayn
The archives! Famed throughout the galaxy for the knowledge held within. Not that a Jedi cared much for fame, but the collected knowledge almost radiated out into the Force that bound the place together. It was inspiring. It was also something of a tragedy that the war had come and sealed the place up.

Zephrin managed to convince the guards that he was a Scholar interested in family. It was quite convincing given the rarity and history of the Miraluka. They barely paid him any attention at all.

Onwards he went, into the limitless cavernous chambers. Every conceivable, and several inconceivable, type of storage device was there. Or at least that was what the Droid caretaker assigned to him said. Over 12 million languages. Pheromones. Polarized light (skip that). Magnetic fields (no good). Tactile inscriptions. Hypersensory implants. On a hunch he checked out some audio recordings in Mando'a.

"What do you mean it can't be played back?" The Droid explained that the recording was made on some sort of partially magnetized tape and it had become uncoiled. No one on Obroa Skai happened to make the size 37b hydrorachet that was the right size for the cassette. Zephrin reached out with his force sight. "I think my little finger might suffice?"

It took a good half an hour of winding the tape with one finger while holding the device in his other hand. There was a lot of muttering under his breath. At times he thought perhaps it was going to break, but eventually the tape tightened sufficiently for playback to proceed. The Droid brought in a large rectangular device with two speakers, one on each end. He slotted the cassette into the machine and it gave up its secrets to him...

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D9. For All Time. Family. Step 1. Education at Average with a setback and upgrade.
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 1
Success! 1 upgrade to right answer.

D9. For All Time. Family. Step 2. Education average with one setback and one upgrade. 2 boosts, 2 furious. Because family. Player destiny.
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Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 3
Success! 1 upgrade to right answer, 1 boost to next step.

D9. For All Time. Family. Step 3. Hyper advanced storage. Lore at hard with one upgrade and one setback. Boost from previous. Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Net Successes: -1; Net Advantages: 4
D9. For All Time. Family. Step 3. Forgotten FR.
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Use 2 light pips as successes,. 1 success! Plus 4 Advantages to find something else that's useful?

Total: 3 upgrades to right answer.

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:19 am
by Snowflake
Raised in Obroa-Skai since he was a small cub, Snowie had heard about the Celebratus Archive a great many times, of course, but he had never been even near it. The homeclan didn't go there often at all, at least as far as he knew. And he was pretty sure he'd not be the clan's first choice if they did need someone to find information there.

But these were desperate times, the Hopers needed answers. And after the conclusion of his and Apollo's meeting with Lady Tenesfor... he wanted answers too. He was still so confused, so uncertain...

Given what he remembered from the talk, he went straight to the 'Family' spire. He wasn't sure what he could say, so he just tried to take advantage of the large number of people lining up (many of them fellow Hopers as well, of course) and tried to get in unnoticed.

That was another thing the Gigoran wasn't used to doing at all, for obvious reasons. But somehow it worked! He was inside!

If a giant Gigoran in an endless library sounds like an unlikely plot, that's because it is. The oversized visitor didn't really know what to look for - okay, something related to Tenes... ehm, Kreena's family. But what? She had mentioned a brother. She had mentioned her parents having trouble with him. She mentioned she should be a better daughter... but was she even telling the truth there? Was that mine even real??

Suddenly he felt something. A smell he thought he recognised. It was hard to tell for sure - he'd been near Apollo all the time while they were with lady Tenesfor, after all! But it was familiar. Was smell a family thing? It might be... so maybe that'd be a good place to start looking!

He did find quite a few things that sounded, looked, or smelled like they might be of interest. Might is the pivot here, of course.

He was a bit at a loss - all this technology was far beyond his understanding, he was far out of his depth here. There was this Vardos-Corellian thing that seemed promising - it was a small box that made interesting sounds when you moved it around, and seemed to react to some of the smell and sound-based files in some way. He had no idea what the reactions meant, though. So he tried to open the box to see if that made things clear.

Some five minutes and a larger amount of force than would probably be recommended later, the contents came open.

They looked just like grains of rice. Still danced around to music, or when particularly fragrant files were placed next to it. But... so what?

He tried to note down or record some things before leaving, but he wasn't sure how much that would help...

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Step 1 - Going to the Library

Picking 'Family' spire.

D9 - For All Time, Step 1 - Going to the Library. Stealth vs Avg, 1 Setback, 1 Upgrade.
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -2

1 upgrade to right answer's roll!
1 setback to next roll

Step 2 - I hope they use Dathomirian Decimal

*NOT* following a Hunch...

D9 - For All Time, Step 2 - I hope they use Dathomirian decimal... Perception vs Avg, 1 Setback, 1 Upgrade. Setback from last roll.
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Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: -3

2 upgrades to right answer's roll!
1 setback to next roll, plus 1 strain taken.

Step 3 - VCR? Is that... Vardos-Corellian... Rice?

D9 - For All Time, Step 3 - VCR? Is that... Vardos-Corellian... Rice? Vigilance vs Hard, 1 Setback, 1 Upgrade. Setback from last roll. Adding force.
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Net Successes: -4; Net Advantages: 1

Noooooope! XD

Results: 3 Upgrades to the right answer's roll!
4 Successes towards Family spire

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:38 am
by Rece Charak
Every good investigator knows the importance of getting inside a suspect's head, and Rece is eager for the chance to do so with Warlord Bal'Fortenes. The constant fighting hasn't afforded him time to build a profile on her, but Snowflake insists that she's a family woman based on their conversation over tea, and that's a good enough lead for Rece. He heads towards the Family Spire.

The Mandalorians are watching the front door closely, keeping anyone suspicious from descending deeper into the archive. That's why Rece goes where they least expect: up. He grapples to a tower window, then slips unseen down below.

A good investigator also knows when to trust his gut when it comes to sniffing out forbidden knowledge. The more it seems like someone is trying to keep you away, the hotter the trail is. Unfortunately, sometimes the hottest trail leads to the forbidden knowledge that a Mandalorian and an archivist are making out in a broom closet. Rece is fairly sure that isn't a clue... but then, what if it is?

Rece is certain he's seen this kind of storage medium before back on Chad, where folks don't always keep up with the times. But even his best attempts at tinkering with the playback device yield no results. The best he can do is be kind, rewind, and leave the tech room in a better state than he found it for the next person. But will that individual be a Hoper, or someone more sinister?

D9 For All Time 1 - stealth
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Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 0

2 correct upgrades

D9 For All Time 2 - perception w/ hunch
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 2

1 red herring upgrade
1 boost die

D9 For All Time 3 - mechanics
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 1
D9 For All Time 3 - boost
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 0
1 triumph
1 red herring upgrade

Total:
3 successes for Family
1 triumph
2 correct answer upgrades
2 red herring upgrades

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:00 am
by Zeline Koth
It was a grave insult to be taken as, well, not a scholar in the midst of a library. Just because she came from a farm... and so on. Still, unless she was horribly, horribly wrong, she had indeed found the correct answer and contributed a little towards it!

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D9 Event (FOR FAMILY) Roll 1: Education
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Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 2

D9 Event (FOR FAMILY) Roll 2: Education
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Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 3

D9 Event (FOR FAMILY) Roll 3: Education
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Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -2

Re: For All Time - (All Day Event)

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:15 pm
by GM Nicha
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Event Result

It's not easy puzzling out the answer to Krenna's ambitions. But the Archives have nearly infinite data and you are able to put your heads together and hash out the only plausible answer.

It's about family.

The Bal’Fortenes are an old and proud Mandalorian clan with a history dating back to the era of the original Mandalorian Crusaders. They fought alongside Mandalore the Indomitable and Ulic Qle-Droma as part of an honourable legacy.

But after the original Crusaders were defeated and the Mandalorians fragmented the Clan began to lose it way. Many in the leadership advocated the Neo-Crusader ideology seeking vengeance against the Republic and the Jedi. Krenna's older brother Diovol Bal'Fortenes spoke against a return to war with the Republic, but was overruled. Rather than accept his fall with grace he fled in secret along with many of the clan's most important artefacts to a small icy planet, Obroa-Skai.

His actions disgraced the family, Krenna in particular. In an instant their reputation was in tatters and most of the Bal'Fortenes retainers left to join other, stronger Mandalorians. Krenna never forgave her brother's cowardice, how it forced her to work twice as hard to prove herself and to gain any sort of following. But when the Mandalorian wars started she became one of the most zealous Neo-Crusader leaders and her successes finally allowed her to begin rebuilding the clan. But the stain on their honour could never be wiped clean until Diovol was killed and his stolen artefacts recovered.

Diovol made this both easier and harder by dying, leaving his only child and heir, Bevin under the family's new name, 'Connors' as the target for Krenna's wrath.

She came to Obroa-Skai both because of its vital strategic location and to find the remnants of her family, slay them publicly and thereby restore her family's honour. And now she's just days away from doing so.