The Pirates Campaign/Session 6

Engaging the pirate ship:

* Aetherfish further betrays the party by describing weaknesses of the *Antelope* (that the guns on the top deck are display-only). Goblin officer goes to fetch captain of pirates ship in response.
* ACE witnesses additional betrayal by Aetherfish, becomes more enraged. Engages Aetherfish and Ogodno. Ogodno attempts to slingshot ACE with chain-whip as he attacks Aetherfish. ACE is heavily wounded by chain attack, loses an eye and an ear, becomes permanently catatonic (Charisma score reduced to 0). ACE achieves high velocity and drags Ogodno with him into space. Aetherfish avoids being hit by ACE, goblin (Garret) splatters against ACE as he speeds towards exterior hull. ACE hits the wall and abruptly stopped, taking impact damage. Ogodno pulls chain from ACE’s face, ripping face off. ACE instantly dies. Final thoughts: “Eh.. I’m a zombie”.
* Ogodno impacts ACE’s jet engines, breaching them. Jet engines explode, Aetherfish evades explosion and ducks into captains quarters.
* Aetherfish attempts to take the ship from the captain through intimidation. Captain is less than impressed, engages Aetherfish. Captain appears to be a human with grafted parts of other species. Chair has a specialized back brace to support bone structure. Presses button which causes many guns to emerge from his chair to fire 24 shots at Aetherfish. 2 shots hit (47 points of damage), killing Aetherfish instantly. Miraculously dodges all other shots, dying in style. Last action is to shoot confetti gun in air to celebrate his end.
* Pirsig, Thefaren, Agnar, and Normal Bob arrive in hangar bar. Surprisingly empty, other skiffs are gone. Weapons are firing etheric tracer rounds at the *Antelope*.
* Pirsig and Agnar attempt to create a null space to encompass the weapons. Create a null field, but not one large enough to encompass weapons. Normal Bob attempts to record sounds of the null space, music makes him see colors.
* Ogodno informed of intruders in hangar bay. Eats Aetherfish in response.
* Pirate ship fires at the *Antelope*. Melon Tusk still on the *Antelope* due to the captain's insistence. Pirate ship shoots very effectively, directly hitting and destroying engines in a fiery explosion. Bridge is also destroyed, killing everyone in the room. *Antelope* fires back and hits the bridge.
* Melon Tusk and 69 don moon suits and go to captains quarters. Takes anything useful he can fit into his moon suit. Takes blackmail documents, antique silverware, and map charts. Makes escape out of hole in the ship’s hull, propelled by explosion of engines.
* Pirsig senses *Antelope* exploding, relates to Thefaren, Agnar, and Normal Bob. Talk about taking the ship from the engine room. Ogodno appears with engine running. Shows party the remains of the Aetherfish. Cromwell gains deeper control of Thefaren, Pirsig goes temporarily insane and places box on head. Normal Bob is fine.
* Thefaren runs towards the ship, Ogodno attempts to grapple Thefaren with chain. Thefaren reaches ship, turns on systems, flies ship at Ogodno and hits. Ogodno chainsaws the cockpit window, doesn’t make it through; offers Thefaren a job. “Well, why deedn’t you say so?”
* Thefaren goes to fetch Melon Tusk. Melon Tusk perceives that Thefaren is distressed.
* Captain leaves safety of machine gun chair to inspect party. Ogodno gives brief assessment of the party to the captain.
* Agnar and Melon Tusk demonstrate their value to the party. Agnar offers services in rune smithing, Melon Tusk performs sleight of hand with surgical tools.
* Twelve remaining crew from the Antelope are brought on board the ship, including the accountant. Accountant works out a deal to be Melon Tusk’s business manager.