45 PoD Varados En Marduk Eng

Here is the summary of the session based on the provided transcript.

Fire and Rain on Marduk

PCs present

• Lyra Vance: Captain/Pilot. 42-year-old woman, medium build, dark hair pulled back, technical clothing.
• Clayton: ~30-40 years old, tall, thin, fair skin, cowboy hat, pilot jacket, smokes cigars.
• Pika (Yankee): Asian features, appears older than she is, wears corduroy pants and colorful socks. Programmer/Computer scientist. Loves sweets and noodles (“flungis”).
• Jimmy Mendoza: Thin, nervous, Latino appearance with a thin mustache. Lackey to King Oleb.
• Félix Corben: Middle-aged, well-kept beard, graying hair, hard features but polite. Ex-diplomat and doctor.

NPCs present

• Evan: A Vargr (described as “a bar” in the transcript, but with ears and a muzzle, Tobias’s lawyer). Skittish, wears a grey office suit.
• Finan Tremix: Human, middle-aged, somewhat fat, sloppily dressed. Investor/Scammer, talkative and cowardly.
• Karim: Young native woman of Marduk. Tunic, fingerless gloves, large backpack. Knows the local terrain and dangers.

Major developments in PCs’ lives or the campaign

• The group convenes under the orders of King Oleb XVI to recover a vital package on Marduk and secure possession of the ship The Ginger.
• The PCs survive an attack by Oghma barbarians and a plane crash, becoming stranded on the hostile surface of Marduk.
• The direct threat of Oghma slavers, who are raiding the system, is established.

Loose ends

• Contact Johnny Belen is in the Downport with the package; the group has not reached him and his status is unknown after the attack.
• Survival on the surface of Marduk with limited resources and under freezing rain.
• The presence of a barbarian assault ship that has landed near their crash site.
• The fate of Finan Tremix’s investments and whether he actually has contacts within GeDeCo.

Meeting at the Highport

PCs present: Lyra, Clayton, Pika, Jimmy, Félix. NPCs present: None relevant (local waiters/porters). Location: Bar in Marduk Highport (Marduk/Marduk System). Ships: The Ginger (Mentioned, docked at the port, equipped with twin laser turrets).

The group arrives at Marduk Spaceport (Marduk High). Lyra has received instructions from the Royal House of Drinax to meet Jimmy Mendoza. Jimmy informs them that they must go down to the planet (Marduk Downport) to pick up a package held by one Johnny Belen and take it to Drinax. During the meal, they introduce themselves: Lyra and her crew (Clayton and Pika) meet, while Félix introduces himself as an ex-diplomat and accountant interested in attracting King Oleb’s attention. Pika enjoys some local noodles. It is established that the atmosphere at the port is tense due to incursions by Oghma barbarians.

The Interrupted Descent

PCs present: All. NPCs present:

• Finan Tremix (Heavy investor trying to involve Pika and Félix in a fishing business scheme).
• Evan (Vargr lawyer, nervous, working on his tablet).
• Karim (Native, pragmatic, seems to know the port personnel). Location: Interior of a transport Shuttle (Orbit-surface transit). Ships: Passenger shuttle (Standard orbital transport model).

The group boards the shuttle to the surface along with three other passengers. During the journey, Finan tries to sell an investment opportunity to Pika and Félix, claiming to have insider information from GeDeCo. The conversation is cut short when the captain announces a massive attack by Oghma ships on the spaceport. The shuttle performs evasive maneuvers and dodges two missiles, but a third explodes close enough to damage the ship, killing the pilots and causing the vessel to nosedive towards the surface between the jungle and islands of Marduk.

Survival and Escape

PCs present: All. NPCs present: Evan (Archetype: Coward/Useless Civilian), Finan (Archetype: Nuisance/Materialist), Karim (Archetype: Guide/Survivor). Location: Crash site on Marduk surface (Steppe/Jungle zone under torrential rain). Ships:

• Crashed shuttle (Total loss).
• Subsidized Merchant (400t freighter, likely captured by pirates, lands nearby after the crash).

After the crash, the PCs wake up bruised but alive. The ship is destroyed and the pilots are dead. Under the leadership of Lyra and Jimmy, and with medical assistance from Félix, the group quickly scavenges emergency equipment: a survival kit for 12 people, a shotgun, a rifle, food, water, and warm clothing. Karim warns that the Oghma barbarians will come to capture slaves. Indeed, a merchant ship (presumably hostile) lands nearby. The group decides to abandon the shuttle wreckage immediately. They head towards a rugged area to make tracking by vehicles difficult, with Félix in the rear trying to erase their tracks under a freezing rain that is beginning to cause hypothermia. Finan and Evan are terrified and barely cooperate, while Karim guides the group.