Space Truckin 6

Starfinder
~Space Truckin~
-Session 6-
Captain Rosk and his assembled crew of the newly Re-Christened 'Longshanks' had gotten underway, heading out to rendezvous with the rest of the Windsong Fleet at the edge of the Pact World Systems. Their gathering point being the Sapphire Star Trading Post, a station at the edge of the pull of Golarion's Sun. However, as they came out of the drift and back into normal space, they picked up a vessel tailing them with no identification.
>>>Session Begins<<<
As the ship follows behind them, Kiturva picks up increased heat signatures and shield readings, a clear indication of hostile intent.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
"Captain, unidentified ship is raising shield and warming weapons, Sir." She actively pings the hostile seeming ship

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Rosk remains calm. It helps both with getting what he needs done and helps keep the crew able to do it. "Can we identify the type of ship?"
Soweli watches, eyes glued to the screen. This is all a lot very fast."

Meilin01/21/2020
Zye heard 'hostile ship behind' and decided that was enough to start making her move. The ship's big gun was on the front, so she'd need to bring it around so they weren't exposed to the ship from the rear with just the turret covering them.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Kit bends the sensors to her will and starts sifting through a trove of data. "It's a Kevolari Venture, Captain. She's faster than us. High Explosive missile launcher coming hot in it's turret. She can't take the beating we can sir."

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Rosk watches. Zye is acting with no orders, but things are a bit delayed. The issues will be smoothed out with experience. No need to become upset currently. "They're not answering, Get them in range and fire."

Meilin01/21/2020
Zye can be heard groaning as she starts to bring the ship around. "Okay, this is definitely not my Voidrunner," She turns to the Captain. "Was trying to, but we're not exactly nimble. Any chance we can get more out of the thrusters?"
The Venture jets towards them and turns to face their port quadrant.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Soweli's ears perk up. "Oh! I can do that!" Rosk nods. "Yes, that will help."

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Wolf hits the command overide on his station to take direct control of the turret, dumping the out of arc main weapon to his subordinate. He tracks the target, lining up a shot.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Soweli starts going through her terminal, getting quickly used to how it all works and starting to send more power to the engines.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
"Engaging target, Sir." He begins firing the turret mounted laser.

Meilin01/21/2020
The shot is a bit outside its range, but does impact their shields, though they don't go down. The pirate Venture's turret swings around and fires on their port side.
The high yield missile detonates hard against the port, tearing through the shields and causing some hull plating to buckle.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Soweli screams as the impact rocks the ship.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Zuck is relatively impassive at the impact, not showing and outward signs of distress. Kit curses in some language. "Port shields down, Armor damaged but not breached." A line of scratches are next to her station where she grabbed on with her claws.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Bring us around helm. The ship doesn't matter, you can fly it regardless."

Meilin01/21/2020
Zye feels the ship start to move faster as the engines are boosted. She concentrates on getting it around and manages to get out of the forward firing arc of the smaller ship, the heavy forward gun bearing down right on top of them.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Kiturva sees them coming around. "Reinforcing forward shields, Captian."

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Good job." Yes. They'll do nicely with some experience.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Zuck dumps control of the turret back to his subordinate as they come around. The heavy laser is heated and ready to fire.

Meilin01/21/2020
The pirate vessel seems to have been surprised by the maneuver from the larger, heavier vessel and their turret fires before it's fully come around to the proper arc, the missile sailing off into the void. Wolfgang punches the Longshanks' heavy cannon through their port shields and tears into its hull.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Soweli looks at the battle, looking a little lost in the confusion. Rosk notices. "Soweli, get us back some shields. Gunnery, lay into them. You haven't missed yet and you won't start now." Soweli snaps out of her confusion and starts working on her task. It's easier with a task.

Meilin01/21/2020
The smaller vessel swoops nimbly around to try and get into the aft blind spot of the Longshanks, but Zye is already on top of things. THere's a hard jerk as she stops the ship and turns it in place, bringing the forward gun to bear once more, as well as providing the cover from the juice up forward shields.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Rosk watches them swing around. "Kit, bring everything you can to defend our front."

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Kit reinforces the shields and Wolf takes cool, calculated aim at the ship.

Meilin01/21/2020
Another missile explodes against the Longshanks' shields, but the reinforcement prevents any damage from punching through to their hull this time. In return, the heavy forward cannon melts through their forward shields, warping their hull and leaving an opening for a glancing followup from the turret. Kit's sensor readings indicate power core fluctuations on the enemy ship, and warbles from their return pings indicating damage to the sensor array.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Try hailing them, but continue to fire."

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
"We've tagged their reactor, Sir. Erratic sensor pings... I think we got their sensors too."

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Soweli just keeps trying to do the same thing. It's what the captain said!

Meilin01/21/2020
The pirate ship attempts to get behind the Longshanks once more, but Zye continues to prove herself more than capable of handling the bigger ship now that she's gotten used to it, bringing them back around to aim their bow at the port of the pirates, their port shields still down. She smirks, figuring that should be good for Wolf to put that big gun to work.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Kit considers the level of their shields and the minimal effect trying to keep reinforcing them would have. "Zuck! I'm sending you active sensor targetting assitance to home in on their power core!"

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Zuck focuses in with the new data and prepares to loose the beam of coherent light into the pirate vessel.

Meilin01/21/2020
Once again the pirate ship seems unable to handle such a big ship moving so nimbly and their missile turret fires off into space once again. As Wolf brings the heavy cannon to bear, the lack of shields in his way combined with the influx of targeting data allows him to blast through the hull and graze their power core directly, as well as warping the missile turret. A quick double tap from the turret operator disables the ship and leaves the power core wrecked.
The pirate vessel starts to drift as its thrusters die

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Kit gives a whoop.  “Nice shooting Zuck! Captain, enemy vessel is adrift.”

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Good. Cease fire unless they fire back. We'll let them drift until the others arrive.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
Zuck powers down the weapons to their normal thresholds.  ‘A good pirate is a dead pirate’ is a good adage but not as good as ‘kill the meat, save the metal’.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Kit, contact the Flotilla and let them know they have guests waiting to be picked up."

Meilin01/21/2020
Zye relaxes a bit and pats the throttle. "We need to work on that big rudder of yours, but I think we'll get along nicely." She looks back to Rosk. "We gonna get back on course to the station then?"
Kit, still on the sensors, notices that, while warbly, the drifting venture had turned its transponder back on to broadcast distress. It would be an easy matter to direct an allied ship to the beacon.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
“Captain... they’re broadcasting.  If they have any friends around, they might come looking...” on another channel she sends a hail to the floatilla.
Kit sends out broad spectrum hail as well.  Maybe they’ll talk.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"We're set to arrive early. The Flotilla is an hour away. We can wait that long. If friends show up, we can blow them up and leave."

Meilin01/21/2020
Zye checks their bearings. "If any of the fleet is there already maybe someone with a tractor beam can come haul them back."
Kit's hail is met with a response bearing the signal of the Sapphire Star Station itself. A small hologram projects the image of a draconic humanoid with shimmering blue scales. "This is Sargeant Garret, Sapphire Security, is this an emergency?"

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
“This is the Destroyer Longshanks, we have engaged and disabled a pirate vessel. They have been rendered adrift.” She turns her attention to Rosk, muting the microphone.  “Captain, I have the station on channel, should I transfer them to your station?”

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Please."

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
She transfers the transmission to his station.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
He wastes no time. "This is Captain Rosk of the Longshanks. We have a pirate vessel adrift and ready for hauling away for an interrogation. We're transmitting the coordinates. It should be noted that so are they with a distress beacon active."

Meilin01/21/2020
The dragonkin, 'Garret', nods and barks some orders in draconic over his shoulder, then seems to be looking at a screen off to the side as her talks with Rosk. "We've had reports of hit and run raids on ships approaching the trading post, seems like they finally bit off more than they can chew. We'll get them hauled in, with their ship or without. With any luck we'll be able to recover some stolen goods."

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"And, hopefully a base location. We thank you Sergeant Garret. We'll hold steady until help arrives."

Meilin01/21/2020
The dragonkin gives him a little salute and ends the communication. An hour of following the adrift pirate ship passes largely uneventfully before Kit picks up an approaching Freighter. Its transponder was broadcasting Windsong ID credentials. The Multifold Seedship closes distance on the pirate ship, and Kit picks up graviton emanations as it seizes the explorer in a tractor beam. A hail from the cruiser is accompanied by a holographic projection of the holy symbol of Triune.

Wolf_Kit01/21/2020
“Transferring transmission to main screen, Captain.” She makes it so.

EDtiGron01/21/2020
Rosk looks up, ready to speak.

Meilin01/21/2020
An android's visage greets them. "This is Devout-4, of the One-Zero-Zero, making your acquaintance Captain Rosk." The bulk freighter hauls the ship around, starting to tow the disable pirate vessel back towards the station. "We shall escort you to the station. Some of the others have already assembled. Do you require repairs?"

EDtiGron01/21/2020
"Thank you, Devout-4. We need only minor repairs. Helm, let's travel alongside."

Meilin01/21/2020
Zye gives him a thumbs up with one hand as she brings the Longshanks around to follow the Seedship. As they draw closer, the Sapphire Star Trading post becomes visible on the viewscreen. Not as impressive as Absalom Station, but a respectable outpost. Most notably the dome of the station was made of transparent blue plasteel, giving it the look of a giant jewel floating in space. In the space around the station a dozen ships had already gathered together, not including those directly docked there.
>>>End Session<<<
Rewards: +200 Xp Each