ND Cragsand S3E2: Scrapping Profits

:Return to character article: Sten Berglund
==Season 3: Neon Divide==
===Episode 2: Scrapping Profits=== 
====Work work work====
Heading to work first thing in the morning Sten finds Willie snoring on the couch in the shop and decides to leave him to his beauty sleep. Fee-Bee is in early and gets started processing scrap metal to iron. Sharing what was gathered yesterday, from purchases and scrapping between them a total of 7 scrap metal was gather. After processing the iron, Sten crafts a pistol. 
:+1 Pistol
Salvaging Charles Shometsu rifle goes really poorly and only a single piece of scrap is recovered, embarrassed for the failure Sten gives it to Charles asking nothing in return.
Introducing Maxie to Willie as he wakes up, he'll be covering blacksmithing in Torok's absence. Ready to go to work he didn't manage to gather any orders aside Shura wanting to upgrade his sword. Materials needed to do any useful upgrades would be titanium, still lacking. Going looking for work Maxie leaves.
Norbert, the new cybernetics technician from yesterday visits and gets immediately targeted by Willie, telling him he better not be stealing anything. Not one to judge that harshly he doesn't really look the sort to Sten and instead asks about his revolver piece. Hardly using it Sten tells him to keep it well maintained. Recommending "upgrades" to Sten he declines, saying he's way too nervous about going under the knife unless he absolutely has to.
Time to pay up, shouts Henderson from the doorway.
:-5,000 credits for business rent
Phineas has another proposition, a magic potion of some sort for sale that he claims grants you the ability to "breathe lava" but no "fire protection". Looking for someone interested he considered Torok, agreeing he would be about the only one crazy enough to try something like that. Fee-Bee offering an analysis she considered it extremely improbable to be useful. Coming back later he offers a pistol for sale and a stoneskin potion he got from the undercity, something he claims may make the other potion useful. Bringing a saber Sten takes it off his hands for 2,000 credits. Some pillbugs charge into the store and while Fee-Bee manages to trade them for a tech component, they steal and run off with her tablet datapad.
:+1 Low Tech component
:+1 Pistol
:+1 Machete/Saber
:- 10,000 credits
:- 2,000 credits
Herk has been promoted to deputy by Sheriff Mercury and is eager to try out his hand canon that Willie found fitting ammunition for. Opening up the shooting range, worried that the gun might blow up in their faces, Willie and Sten takes cover as Herk looks away and takes a shot. Almost surprised that it worked it seems much greater than anticipated. 
====Another scrapping run====
Another scrap run, Reeza asks sten to come along to gather materials. The materials Sten is looking for are titanium and volcanium. These Reeza believes will require a visit to the Volcano which is much more dangerous than any usual scrapping route. Deciding go through the dunes, then by the stone pillars the caravan heads out. Sten meets a very short fellow who introduces himself as Silas, and a sharing something in common for crafting, he considers himself an inventor of sorts. Joining them are Shura, Norbert, Birdie and Ima. 
Reaching a good looking place with scrap to salvage, the group splits into two separate teams with Sten using his smithing to pry valuable parts loose while Norbert and Shura keep guard. 
:+2 Scrap Metal
:+1 Machine salvage parts
====A familiar face in the desert====
Deciding its time to move on, just as Reeza starts up the engine a stranger rushes towards the vehicle panting and shouting "RAIDERS!". Careful about who this panicking stranger is, a potential bait for some trap the group are careful but eventually decide to pick him up. Stretching out telling him to grab his hand Sten pills him into the back of the truck. Panting and calming himself he looks familiar to Sten who asks if he knows him, or just has one of those familiar faces. In the distance on the dunes 4 raiders chase after the truck shooting wildly. 
Interrogating the stranger it turns out to be Minto, the guy who used to run a restaurant in the Undercity last year. He tells of him being called "leaf boy" and forced to drink the dirty water that the raiders fed him, keeping him captured for 6 months. Learning his new companions are from Scrap Town, seems to help calm him down and Sten remembers and vouches for him, telling the others that he's alright and no danger. When they announced they were going to make him one of them as some initiation ritual Minto saw his opportunity to escape.
Deciding they lost the raiders the caravan reaches the stone pillars and resumes scavenging. Passing by Bramble Canyon they deem it too dangerous to visit without more mercenaries. 
:+4 Iron 
Returning successfully back to town Sten aids getting Minto to the hospital to get checked out. Juno and her sisters are out on business in the city but Savire gives Minto a checkup and treatment. Having consumed contaminated water for so long she tells Sten to go and find purified water. Finding Hanz, he informs him of the situation and purchases a bottle of purified water from the city at the "Junk Mart". Minto dehydrated, he tries to chug it down but is stopped by Savire, telling him to drink slowly as to not upset his stomach. 
:-1000 credits for purified water from Hanz
After some treatment Minto does bring some really troubling news. The raiders are keeping tabs of Scrap Town locals and there are bounties placed on everyone. From what he saw on one of their tablets, someone is offering them 50,000 credits per person killed. Getting Minto a bed to recover Sten rushes to inform the council. Finding Reeza, and Henderson he is pained by the terrible information and says he'll try hitting up some bandit lords he used to know. 
Sten also informs Hanz and Deputy Herk, assuming it must be corporate funding it, as only they would have that amount of funds. After telling Herk he seems very eager to interrogate him further, and felt that if he had to make certain decisions he would. Worried he might hurt him Sten tried to make it clear the man seemed to have only good intentions.
====Strange crafts====
Initially waving away Jerry "Jeremiah" Junior in the emergency rush before, he brings Sten a package with wood material to get his request of having a guitar crafted. 
:+5000 credits for crafting a guitar
The pipeline project seems to be turned into a "pipe dream" because of the hazards of the creatures of the wasteland. Hanz tells that the council shot down his but instead of that, a watchtower is to be constructed for one of the wanderers named Stellar. Handing over 4 pieces of scrap Hanz processed at the store, Sten adds it to the "local security fund" while Hanz starts inspecting the walls and working on blueprints over what can be improved.
:+4 Scrap Metal
Ire with an entourage of Wisp and a dragon-plant looking woman inquire about him purchasing a pistol for her and Sten is happy to oblige. A bit short Wisp pitches in the remainder.
:+ 15,000 credits
:- 1 Pistol to Kaida
====No corpos allowed====
A stranger in Masaru colors, introducing himself as Lyle to Ima, Hanz and Sten asks around if anyone is interested in distributing enchanted clothing that makes them feel cool out in the wastes. Sten, confused asks him if it's charity and Hanz tells him that it would have to be checked out by some magic professional they trust before considering selling, but before giving a response Henderson tells him he's done enough and to follow him. 
Sten later learns whoever his name is got shot down by the council, trying to buy a plot of land and peddle expensive magic for "tourists".
A very expensive, shiny and very much corpo looking synth walks about and gets intercepted by Henderson, Sten and Savire. As Sten tightens his grip on his rifle Henderson tells him angrily that things have changed around town, no corpo can walk around unattended without an escort. Sending Skully to look after him, hopefully he wont be up to anything bad. 
A well dressed woman looking corporate comes asking about Fee-Bee. Learning about her working at the smithy she tells Sten that she has a comms-device of some sort to deliver for her so that she can reach out back to her. Daring, Sten asks her if his ore processing colleague still works for Astral, knowing she used to be an Astral company synth, assuming that this woman is also with them. She tells him that she is "a deactivated asset" whatever that means. Asking for a name to give Fee-Bee, about she tells him that she is "M". Shooting his luck to be friendly he offers to sell her a pistol but she responds maybe later, showing a much more deadlier Shometsu piece that she's carrying. Expensive and difficult to find ammo those can be tricky, and M agrees that they aren't as resistant to sand as conventional ballistic pistols. Cheaper, you won't have to sell a kidney for wasteland firearms, she remarks that is something Avalon does, harvest organs... sometimes not even voluntarily. Ending on that note Sten tells her that she will inform Fee-Bee.
====Craftin====
Savire the lone doc on call feels antsy listening to the chatter on the radio and Sten asks if she'd be interested in a firearm. Getting an extra pistol for the hospital she agrees to a 3 part payment plan.
:+5,000 credits (1/3 payments out of 15,000)
:-1 Pistol to savire
The skittish bird lady asks for a location to purchase a radio and after learning that her name is Maya, Sten and Willie direct her to Mr Prowler. Asking how much Sten buys scrap for, he tells her 500 but she'll consider parting with it. Thirsting for a strong drink the bar is unfortunately closed every time that ten checks.
Selling pistols left and right Sten gets to work crafting more, taking off his coat and shirt he gets to forging and smithing with his god given guns out. Some strangers stop by to pick up Patches left behind old rifle, having forgotten all about that Sten remembers he left a note that someone was going to get it. Without questioning it he hands it over and sends his regards that if he has his ways by, he'd like to catch up. Silas asks if he can borrow some tools and Sten happily obliges. Giving him a hammer 
:-2 Scrap metal
:-1 Iron Ore 
:+1 Pistol 
Hearing something making weird noises from atop the roof, sounding like someone burping and farting Sten and Shura investigates. Climbing the roof from the mercenary guild tower they spot the giant hamster creature that left a mess in Shilohs yesterday. Shouting and shooing it they manage to scare it off. There is something peculiar about it though, it's wearing a bandage, so someone must have treated it.
"Mr Pompadour" Shura say's that hes planned to fight the champion Skully in the arena. Not so fond of that notion he's going to end up just like the hamster.
A man wearing a green masks introducing himself as Gus - the green guy and his companion, a red robot named Ron - with a decisive handshake Sten promised to remember "Green guy Gus" and "Red guy Ron" and to sell them firearms. Already armed they decline and tell that they're looking for some cat person associated with a radio tower. Not knowing who he's talking about Sten mentions that Horizon used to run it but that it doesn't ring any bell. 
====Wastelander justice====
Wit and Sheila coming back from the wastes they are carrying the injured Maxie, telling he got run over a by a car. No medic staff there they head off to the tribal area of town which they now refer to as "The Enclave". Visiting the clinic a new magic user named Stellar healed him so he looks like he will be fine. Giving him a hand Sten follows him along, making sure he makes it safely back to the enclave he thanks the man who healed him. Seeming to speak in riddles, saying he knew that Maxie was "still connected to the stars" he introduces himself. Sharing that he got magically healed once before last year Sten also shares Hendersons word, that the captured perpetrator who ran people over will be pitted to fight in the arena.
Starting to announce the fight Henderson welcomes everyone to the the arena. On one side, Skully, the champion of the arena, on the other side the criminal "Silent Joe", his punishment is to survive for 5 minutes. If he does he is free to go, if not he's well, dead. Surviving for one round but knocked down, some in the audience decide to heal him and give him another round.
At the scrapatorium Sten joins Fee-Bee and tells her about the "M" Astral woman looking for her and she tells that she has good news. Her scrapping expedition with Maxie was a great success, even going to the volcano without seeing any resistance at all. Commending her great work but not knowing what to do with the tech parts Sten tells her she could try trading them herself, possibly to Mr Prowler. According to the databases they're useful in cybernetics.
:+1 Medium Tech part
:+2 Low Tech part
:+2 Steel Ingots
:+1 Battery for medium tier 
:+2 Iron ore
The Steel if some Titanium is also retrieved could be used to craft another Assault Rifle. Maxie would need the same to harden Shura's blade edge. It always comes back to Titanium doesn't it?
Toolbox has an idea to craft a dart injector, sentry pylons, or a spear to stick in the sand throughout the salt flats for a kind of proximity warning system when something is approaching the town. Sten tells him he could work on the crafting of it but to get a meeting together with the council and craftsman to decide what to focus on. Currently the plans with Hanz to reinforce the town itself shouldn't overlap when it shares the same goal. 
By the end of the day, Torok and Zes are about mulling about outside the store. Luckily Phineas didn't succeed in trying to sell or try out that lava breathing potion. Mentioning magic, Sten asks Zes about her skills but she seems careful to divulge any details. Torok sputters out that she is one of the few who can successfully calm him when he enters his "bloodrage". That... is good to know. Having recovered a piece of Crystal and Iron, Sten offers her a deal for it. The ever hungry and drug loving tortoise expresses his willingness to eat the ore and as many times before, Sten gives him the usual reminder. Don't eat materials - trade the materials for credits - then trade the credits for drugs! Agreeing to trade Zes says she will try to keep an eye on Torok, making sure that he isn't eating valuables or getting scammed again. It seems to be a good thing to have someone looking after him, keeping him out of trouble. 
:-1200 credits
:+Iron ore
Fee-Bee tasked to work on Willies heirloom gun makes an attempt to but somehow manages to short-circuit a battery with it blowing up. He's not gonna be happy to learn about that...Neon Divide Season 3 Episode 2: Scrapping Profits Twitch VOD / YouTube VOD
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Crag S3E2 3 Cowboy Pillbug.png|Cowboy pillbug
Crag S3E2 2 Cowboy Pillbug.png|Cowboy pillbug
Crag S3E2 4 Silas (Fysman).png|Meeting Silas
Crag S3E2 Crafting a pistol.png|Crafting a pistol
Crag S3E2 Selling a pistol to Kaida (SilverspoonsGaming).png|Selling a pistol to Kaida
Crag ND S3E2 9 Sten Scrapping.png|Scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 10 Sten Scrapping.png|Scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 12 Norbert Sten Scrapping.png|Norbert and Sten scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 14 Norbert Sten Scrapping.png|Norbert and Sten scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 15 Shura Sten Scrapping.png|Shura and Sten scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 17 Sten Scrapping.png|Scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 18 Norbert Maya Sten Scrapping.png|Norbert, Maya and Sten scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 19 Sten Scrapping.png|Scrapping
Crag ND S3E2 21 Norbert Shura Minto rescued.png|Rescuing Minto, chased by raiders
Crag ND S3E2 22 raiders chase.png|Chased by raiders
Crag ND S3E2 26 Silas Norbert Shura Minto rescued.png|Minto questioned
Crag ND S3E2 29 Norbert Minto rescued.png|The rescued Minto
Crag ND S3E2 32 Silas Iron Ore.png|Silas iron ore
Crag ND S3E2 36 Jerry Junior package of wood for guitar.png|Jerry Junior's package of wood
Crag ND S3E2 47 Hanz offers 4 more scrap metal for the security fund.png|Hanz scrap metal
Crag ND S3E2 50 Deputy Herk.png|Sten and Deputy Herk
Crag ND S3E2 51 Armored McCuldger.png|Fully armored McCuldger
Crag ND S3E2 52 Armored McCuldger.png|Henderson and Savire
Crag ND S3E2 53 Sergeant Jonathan corpo synth Armored McCuldger.png|McCuldger stopping a very corpo looking synth
Crag ND S3E2 56 Kaida Phycoduru Wisp and Chester Ire.png|Ire and Wisp purchase a pistol from Sten for Kaida
Crag ND S3E2 57 Kaida Phycoduru purchase a gun.png|Kaida purchase a pistol
Crag ND S3E2 58 Phineas sells a gun.png|Phineas trading a pistol and potions
Crag ND S3E2 59 Stranger (BR-16 Oblivious).png|A stranger comes to pick up Patches old leftover rifle
Crag ND S3E2 62 M (Miranda DeadlyDoener).png|"M" from Astral asking for Fee-Bee
Crag ND S3E2 64 R0n and Gustavo.png|Meeting "R0n the red" and "Gustavo the Green"
Crag ND S3E2 65 Savire treating Maxie.png|Savire treating Maxie
Crag ND S3E2 67 Savire treating Maxie.png|Henderson tells the perpetrator driving over Maxie was captured
Crag ND S3E2 66 Stellar Sten.png|Meeting Stellar
NeonDivideCreditsInfographicThingy.png|Neon Divide RP approximate prices infographic
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