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"This is dire."

Casslan to 5-5, unequip Hatchet and guard Orf.

"You're next!" Claude shouted, pointing his sword at the other Shade.

After the Windcaller is dead and Claude is healed: Claude to O-13, Mage Masher Shade B into goo as well!

I figured I might as well post some updates from the commissions since not everyone's on Discord:

I don't expect you to, honestly. The part about showing the resulting die roll isn't even necessary since I just like double-checking; the most important part is knowing when there's been a roll and the DoF/DoS so we can know when to re-roll, for example.

I think it bears mentioning again, but if any ally following Marco's orders (like Symonne) ends up rolling for a test while doing their thing, feel free to claim the +10 from Exceptional Leader.

I'm running out of ideas. Also, it does hit me that Triggvaldr might be interested in the fact we're dealing with Eldar. Plus I was talking to Sirus over Discord about how his apparently unnatural charisma might be the result of that xeno-modification, like pheromone glands for example. Just theories for now.

Edit: as an extra note Stirk, when there's tests could we get a spoiler pointing out there were rolls and the result? I ask only because it's good to double-check results.

Has anyone ever played in a RT game with a ship that had a nova cannon? I'm actually curious now since that thing's so expensive both to purchase and maintain that it seems to be the rarest type of combat component to ever be used.

And I remembered finding availability for Crew somewhere, and as it happens it was in the core rulebook.

Restoring Crew Population can only occur at a planet inhabited by humans. The captain can make an Acquisition Test to restore his Crew Population to maximum, hiring  on  new crew members from among the locals. The availability of the crew should be considered Common (+20), though this can depend on the world. A hive world may have a large enough population that crew are considered Abundant (+50), while an isolated outpost may put a premium on manpower (Scarce or even Rare). The GM can choose to add bonuses or penalties due to the scale and quality (craftsmanship) of the crew being hired as well. Failure, of course, means the Explorers must look elsewhere for their crew. See page 271 for more information.

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No attempts to restore a starship’s Crew Population or Morale can increase these values above the starship’s maximum Crew Population or Morale values. Any Acquisition Tests made to restore Crew Population or Morale do not count against the number of Acquisitions an Explorer may make in a game session.

"Oh, my apologies. Thank you for your interest in contributing your assistance as an equal participant. We've had a lot of volunteers, but no Traders yet."

So apparently it had been a misunderstanding. Good thing too, since Marco had been just about to contact the Governor again and ask if a peaceful solution is really necessary.

++Is there any reason for the Trader who brought you here not to have joined your cause? Have they left before the conflict began, perhaps?++

Be a good listener. He's totally a real Trader too. If he's too busy and/or it doesn't seem like there's any intel to be had, just have small talk, close off the comms and  deal with the matters of resupply until we can get the raptor corpse clone to bring both Traders to the negotiation table.

"First Officer, we'll need as much information on the other Traders as possible for future negotiations. Especially when it comes to Triggvaldr."