ND Cragsand S3E6: New Sights

:Return to character article: Sten Berglund
==Season 3: Neon Divide==
===Episode 6: New Sights===
====Completing yesterday's tasks====
Working overnight Sten wakes up in the restaurant and competes the finishing touches of rodent proofing the place. Jyggal is not in yet but when Shiloh appears for work he offers breakfast on the house as special thanks. Running low on meat they still have some fish remaining. Jyggal already keeps several hamsters as pets for the entertainment show and they must also need feeding.
Enjoying the food Sten sees Chester fly for the first time. Previously not believing the claims it seems the cat-looking-man can indeed fly, through some magical means. He also demonstrates some ability of invisibility. 
Phineas is still looking to collect blood. Daring to ask the reasons he is looking for rare non-human blood which Avalon is paying for.
Overhearing Torok ranting about needing to murder with some big dragon dude named "Corn", it becomes evident he means the tall dragon-looking man named Cornelius. Luckily Zes seems to be successful in stopping his reasoning. Other rumors tell of this Cornelius inventing some special brand of shoes or footwear for birds and dragonkin.
Opening the gun range for Maya and Midge, Sten tells them that the place used to belong to the mercenary guild The Dunewalkers and if they're interested in renting the place they should check in with the council. 
Opening the store Ty asks for help getting her credit chip set up. At the junkmart there is no Hanz. The elephant man has gotten Hank to fill in for him and the place has a queue of eager customers. Pushing along towards the ATM to register a new chip they run into problems. Sten, terrible at computers tells her to follow the instructions on screen. Unfortunately she can't even read. Pressing buttons randomly they both realize this is going to be difficult and wait for Hank to complete all the customers business. While queuing a wild hamster runs in and Sten comments that they seem to get smarter and smarter by everyday, as if on cue, it steals Hanks food and runs away. Getting a closer look at him, Hank looks worse for wear, as if he took a punch to the face. The reason he works at the store is to pay off his rent debt. 
Ty mentioning repaying, Sten interrupts her and tells her not to worry, just to make sure to bring any customers with work orders interested in armor to the smithing store. Her tailoring in combination with Maxies armoring and another venue for advertising is well enough for the tiny cost of a credstick. Looking for a modeler, Willie offered her but no offense towards him, an old man lacking limbs might not give the best impression. Excusing himself, saying he doesn't mean to toot his own horn Hank offers to model as long as he can keep one of the shirts and she agrees.
:-200 credits
====Material gathering expedition====
Chester is gathering interested for an expedition to look for carbon, for a machine pistol and some armor. Chester rents a car from Ima who runs the garage now in Ront's absence. Chester unsure of the best locations Sten tells him of the last place where they got Titanium from memory. If they're describing the same place, Ima calls it the "King Crabs Lair", a very dangerous location and he recommends circling by Bramble Canyon instead. Thinking it less dangerous. Recalling from last year it should be past the canyon with all the stone pillars past some "magma falls". Not really aiming for a fight but intending to run if they encounter hostiles, they decide to go in that direction. Another expedition with Herk is intending to go out to hunt down a sandworm for food. Very daring. Unsure if they should go together is unclear and they keep delaying.
Promising Maya the scrap and "shinies", Chester agrees to share the carbon, as long as it gives a discount on the crafted things he intends and Sten agrees. They head out together with Midge, Maya and a mercenary named Titus. As per planned they pass through the pillar canyon and reach bramble canyon. Parking the car at a large entrance with vines they see sand fleas skitter about in the distance and decide not to dare enter. Outside Titus explains that he dislikes the corps but that the Wyverns aren't strictly anti-corp but do take contracts from them on some occasions. The only one he'd trust working for is Traverse, but not Masaru, who are currently on his "shit-list". Maya asks if Sten has been in there before, but no, he's only heard stories of others.
:4xIron Ore
:2xCarbon 12
Driving back Maya jumps off the roof of the car she's been riding on, shouting "shinies!" after spotting some red crystals on top of some rocks. Out of reach close to the obsidian wall above running magma, Chester flies up to retrieve some for her. Midge remarks how she sometimes feels as her owner, and not the other way around because of her impulsive behavior. She also reveals that Maya keeps her stash of scrap in her toilet. That does explain the terrible smell from the pieces she sold before.
====A magical place====
Another strange reveals itself after finding some white plants. Investigating further a whole secret area reveals itself in a valley covered in a blue fog. Seeing what looks like strange floating ethereal plants, Titus tells them that he can only see them with one of his eyes. On his other augmented eye, these floating objects are invisible to him. Midge is unable to see them at all. Scouting around there is a pool of water with an enormous face carved on the canyon wall. Several circular doors with some kind of lock mechanism keeps them out. Touching and prodding some sort of force field blocks them going further and they decide any followup expedition they should bring magic users who actually know what they're doing.
Chester finds some plants that he gathers and gives to Maya. Pointing out some crystals Chester hesitates to touch them. He explains that them being solidified magic they require some sort of sacrifice. Maya approaches the crystals but Sten stops her and gives her fair warning, telling her that they might hurt her if she does. Chester mentions that staying too long or taking things might anger the spirits so they all leave.
On the way back they run into some familiar faces. Willie and Fee-Bee had mentioned planning to head out but finding them walking on foot without any vehicle was still a surprise. Torok and Zes in tow they've been lucky not encountering anything that wants to kill them. Offering their remaining spare seat in the car they decline. 
:1xIron Ore
====Projects====
Returning back to the shop in town, a queue has built up. Norbert picks up Yuna's cotton ball launcher project that Sten completed the launching mechanism for. Maxie lists various orders. Anna requested some radiator fluid. Someone named "Trigger" from the Row asked for an old fashioned revolver refurbished with new sights. 
Prowler having successfully traded with the Pillbugs brings some carbon fiber he doesn't have use for and trades it for a piece of raw carbon. The woman from yesterday who browsed the store returns, this time with a work order for a scrap helmet, and brings the raw material required. Dr. Angela Pulse - certified doctor in surgery. Wishing a really rushed job she offers to pay triple the going rate, a whole doctors pay - for the armor to get done immediately. Seeing a good opportunity Sten gets to work right away. She returns later and retrieves it.
:+1 Carbon Fiber
:-5,000 credits
:-1 Carbon 12
:+15,000 credits
An arena match is announced at the scrapatorium, but with new gates installed and closed there is no way to sneak in and watch the event. McCuldger is really nailing down, locking up the place to not allow freeloading. Watching from a distance listening to the crowds Charles "The Hunter" joins Sten at the gate and tells him he recognizes the fighter to be Cornelius - the Masaru dragon. Excusing himself Sten goes to contribute to the construction of the new watchtower. 
On the high ridge close to the gate, the construction project to build a new watchtower also serving as an observatory has begun. Inspecting the progress some scaffolding is in place and the base placed down. Walkways around are a bit rickety and walking you gotta carefully watch your step. Falling down here would be really bad. Getting to work Sten fastens and mounts 8 large plates of metal in place before calling it a days work.
Asking Toolbox how he's feeling he answers that he isn't feeling anything, just functioning the same as yesterday. He also keeps repeating himself over and over, as if he's stuck in some safe mode loop.
At the gate Torok, Zes and Willie return from their expedition which seems like it was a great success. Both food for the restaurant and ores. Torok pulled out some sword that was stuck in a stone, and remembering the old legendary stories Sten calls him King Torok of Camelot. 
Scumm bet and won in the arena fight, proudly exclaiming him to now be quite rich and wishes to purchases a revolver. He does so, trading in the difference from his current piece.
:+1 Scrap pistol
:-3 Iron for a Revolver
:+17,000 credits
Willie putting together his experimental ammunition for his flamethrower, Sten takes cover in case of any explosions. Luckily the old man succeeds just fine with his creations. 
====Corpo woes====
"That" synth from Trident walks up to the store asking for a "Sniper Rifle". Actually having one in stock Sten does not wish to sell it to this corpo. Right as he enters the shop Sten quickly picks the available rifle down off the shelf and hides it below the counter. When explaining the need for Titanium to craft a rifle the synth suggests "throwing bodies at the problem". Sending employees with no regard or respect for human life whatsoever on a suicide run to retrieve it until they are successful. Shocked at hearing this said so casually Sten tells him he'd prefer that nobody gets injured and tells him that the Vibroblade he's carrying should hold some Titanium if disassembled. Before leaving the synth flourishes his Vibroblade proudly, tells that he can't do as it was a gift. As he leaves Sten sighs, and Willie working by the forge mutters how much "hatred he has in his soul for that absolute tin can".
Hearing McCuldger cursing and shouting Sten and Willie look outside and spot him arguing at some red cat-looking synthetic. The not-so-sane McCuldger is speaking in riddles and remarks how he saw this one last year in "the bunker". Sten realizes the connection to the Titan incident last year. Speaking to Willie it looks very expensive and judging from the colors, it's Valkyrie made. Not wanting it running around unattended, it sneaks about outside of Prowlers store as they both keep tabs on it for a while until it leaves.
Fee-Bee returns after one of her solo-trips, bringing back a whole treasure trove of materials. Keeping some for her own projects she provides the rest for the store.
:+5 Carbon 12
:+4 Titanium
:+3 Low Tech parts
:+2 Medium Tech parts 
:+4 Iron
Torok asks to speak to Willie in private. Sten listening in on the conversation Torok is distraught after finding out Jimothy tried to trick him to kill someone. He laments over how his target was someone who is even "hot" with "nice scales". It's Cornelius. The dragon supposedly even has another friend who is also a clown - like Torok, which is against his traditions. Willie tries to explain to the giant tortoise that he doesn't have to follow directions whenever someone tells him to do something that he doesn't wish to do. 
Sten remembering the big turtle speaking about "blood debts", he has different ideas of the importance of keeping promises. Sten explained to him that he is free to make his own decisions, backing up Willie. Willie tells Torok that his real friends would never use him and that here in scrap town everyone is free, unlike the corporations. Those are the ones who use you. Exclaiming "scrap town forever" Torok announces angrily that he will rip Jimothys arm off. Anna overhearing the conversation, shouts something and zips away. Guess the whole town is going to know about this now.
====No deliveries====
Ty calls Sten over to the side, explaining the was a sniper in town taking shots at people. Sten not noticing anything at all she tells him that the place is under lockdown. As if on cue, the not-so-sane McCuldger appears again ordering everyone to hold their horses and to stop some pizza deliveryman carrying 100,000 credits worth of pizzas... What is he up to. He's acting very weird today. Weirder than normal. The cactus girls with some tame lizards in tow are looking to sic em on this pizza delivery man. To Sten they look like they couldn't harm anyone at all.
Norbert, Shiloh and cactus Charles return from a run and has some trade. Sten purchases a piece of carbon from him. 
:-5000 credits
:+1 Carbon 12
:+1 Scrap metal
:+1 Iron 
Phineas returns to pick up the completed revolver and sell two pieces of scrap. 
:+2 Scrap metal
:-1200 credits
Forgetting about Fee-Bees haul Sten makes a larger revolver for Herk by smelting the scrap and using it for iron.
:-2 Scrap metal
:-2 Iron
:+1 Revolver
Spotting "green Gus" and "red Ron" Sten is curious and asks them what they're up to. Busy bees they've been working on getting the old radio tower and internet up and running again and purchase some ammunition. Ty purchases 1 magazine for a regular pistol.
:+7000 credits for ammunition
:-1 Iron for ammo crafting
Savire asks for a juryrigged job of making dart gun of sorts for launching a syringe. Ever inventive the scrap pistol Phineas traded in should come in handy being refurbished for this purpose. Giving Sten a syringe she tells him to be extra careful not to accidentally prick himself as it contains tranquilizer - supposedly.
:-1 Scrap pistol 
:+3000 credits 
Speaking to Mr Prowler he has figured out a way to bypass McCuldgers gate to get into the scrapatorium by changing some wires around. Wishing it secret Sten agrees not to tell anyone.
Shura and Chester comes in with 5 bottles of Nitrolium, placing an order for kevlar armor to be crafted Sten tasks Maxie to do so, telling him he can keep all the proceeds from the job. Shura short on cash, requests a payment plan. Since Maxie is doing the work and relying on his skill, Sten tells him he can keep all the proceeds for this job as Shura pays it off in the future.
:+1 Nitrolium 
:-2 Carbon
:-2 Iron
:+5000 credits (5,000/30,000 payment plan) for armor to Shura - To Maxie
By the end of the day Sten attempts to convince Torok to aid in the construction of the watchtower but he gets a rain check, claiming fear of heights and that it may not hold his weight. Chester asks what he can get for 30k and Sten agrees to sell him an SMG for part payment with the remaining tomorrow.
:-1 SMG
:+30,000 credits (30,000/40,000 payment plan)
====Planned salaries for employees====
Approximating the employees salaries after the next episode, without counting individual commission proceeds for their own work orders, Sten plans to pay out after the following next day for a weeks worth of work (approx 2500 per day):
*17,500 credits to Willie
*17,500 credits to Maxie
*17,500 credits to Fee-Bee
*5,000 credits for Torok (if he actually does help with the construction of the watchtower)
Since Sten considers Fee-Bee her own person - not an owned synth - she gets paid the same as the other employees, against Hanz advice. With his good nature, he believes this will earn trust, although her being a machine she may not actually respond to this at all.
:Next Episode: S3E7: Tumult from the City
==Inventory==
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==Links==
*Twitch VOD: Neon Divide Season 3 Episode 6: New Sights 
*YouTube VOD: Neon Divide S3 E6: New Sights
===Twitch Clips===
*Sniper Rifle eh? Not for you :)
*Midge reveals Maya's secret hiding spot
*Close call...
*Speedracer is looking for someone
*Chester's magic
==Gallery==
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