You are Captain SAMANTHA WELLINGS, a newly minted captain of the Centauri Accord!
Currently, you were receiving some concerning news from Tank, who seemed to notice that something was amiss. Definitely not a good thing, since you were sitting inside a pirate ship docked inside a goddamn pirate hideout.
"Pleeeeeeease don't tell me Carly's thinking of backing out on me." You groan.
Tank indicates that Carly is not the source of the issue. At least this time. Well, kinda.
"Can you be a bit more specific?" You roll your eyes.
Namely, he notices that more pirates are boarding the Long Claw and leaving it.
"Well, it's probably just maintenance crews fixing up ships, right?"
Maybe, but Tank is not entirely convinced. These guys certainly didn't LOOK like regular maintenance guys.
>You should go investigate. >You should try and warn Carly. >It's probably nothing. You should check up on Scott. >Other
Easton Gutierrez
>You should try and warn Carly. Hopefully Tank's wrong but...
Aw shucks, he ain't wrong.
Colton Hughes
>>You should go investigate. Time to split up and search for clues, gang!
Ryan Russell
>You should try and warn Carly.
Julian Howard
>>You should try and warn Carly.
Aaron Jones
>You should go investigate.
Cameron Garcia
>You should go investigate.
Brayden Morgan
>You should try and warn Carly.
James Scott
>inb4 we find out Carly can't leave because she pulled off a ton of loot from one of the previous heists. Namely from a bunch of rich people who have way too much time and money on their hands and a Luxury Space Yacht.
Charles Torres
>>You should try and warn Carly.
Brody Wright
"Hey guys, check it out, even the toilet seats are marble and gold!"
Kevin King
>Suddenly rich people personal private army attacks
Carter Walker
Damn, it looked like Carly some of Carly's pirate crew was gonna mutiny on her! Now, from your experience, pirate revolts and mutinies were usually quite common. After all, pirates generally only tolerated their leaders as long as they could consistently bring in loot to keep them appeased. You've run into more than one pirate gang that had torn itself apart when times went bad and various pirates within the crew thought it was the best time to seize power.
Was Carly having less success than she was giving off? Were the pirates not happy with her policies?
Or did somebody leak your plans to a rival of hers?
Either way, you needed to warn her something was up!
>Go in your OFFICIAL CAPACITY as an Accord officer. They wouldn't dare touch you. >Try to blend in with the crew. >Well, you basically look like Carly... >Other
Luis Rivera
>Try to blend in with the crew.
Joseph Allen
>Well, you basically look like Carly...
Jackson Peterson
>>Well, you basically look like Carly...
Time to let loose all of our pent up stress.
Isaac Harris
>Well, you basically look like Carly... >inb4 we get rumbled because our tits are a smidgen bigger
Blake Morris
>Well, you basically look like Carly...
Time for a makeover?
Gavin Williams
>Try to blend in with the crew.
Henry Cook
>a smidgen bigger That or we manage to seduce the weaker willed people into obeying us.
Jackson Torres
>we get rumbled because our tits are a smidgen bigger >"Are you saying my tits are small?!"
John Rivera
If things do get violent, tell Scott not to pull out the Spider Mines. I bet there are a few people in the galaxy that still get nightmares from the movies of those Mines going rogue and latching onto people.
Ethan Carter
>Well, you basically look like Carly...
Ian Foster
>We crit fail to the point when everyone actually thinks we're Carly, and taking it to an extreme.
Justin Barnes
>>Well, you basically look like Carly...
Carson Gomez
>we crit succeed tot the point when we believe beyond even a shadow of a doubt that we ARE Carly
Levi Wright
Well, you basically look like Carly, so... well... you could probably just pretend to be her and waltz your way over to where the real Carly is. It could totally work!
Probably.
Maybe.
Tank, of course, thinks it's a bad idea.
"Don't be such a worrywart, Tank! I can take care of myself!" You sigh.
Tank insists on coming with you.
"If you do that, then they'd KNOW I'm not Carly!" You groan. "You stay behind and make sure Scott is safe, all right?"
Tank reluctantly agrees.
All right, so now you just had to figure out if you could go it alone or ask one of Carly's crew to help. She seemed to trust them enough, but you couldn't be totally sure yourself...
>Go it alone. >Try to recruit one of Carly's crew to help. >Other
Lincoln Baker
>>Go it alone. What would Carly do in the situation?
Spit, Swear, and chew out people. We're a fucking Space Pirate who doesn't afraid on anything!
Michael Parker
>Go it alone. NO FEAR NO REMORSE NO REASON
Cooper Stewart
>>>Go it alone.
Julian Brown
>Go it alone.
Isaiah Jackson
>>Go it alone.
So where do you think our bosses will send us next after this little vacation?
I'm hoping we get sent to an ice planet so we have an excuse to have THERMAL SUITS and THERMAL CUTTERS (Read: Transparent Orange Chainsaws).
William Collins
>>Go it alone.
Juan Morris
>>Go it alone.
inb4 crit success to Psi-Deceive people into believing we truly are Carly
Wyatt Torres
>Go it alone.
Jace Bailey
I personally wouldn't mind busting Confederate smugglers skirting through the edges of Accord space and maybe taking their ANCIENT ALIEN MACGUFFIN(s)
Thomas Young
I like the way you think
Jack Johnson
I wish they made a new Ice Planet set
Christian Howard
>Try to recruit one of Carly's crew to help. The tin can. Because no one would consider going against him.
Hudson Allen
Pretty sure the crew wouldn't mind going to Tropical Island Paradise Planet for beach scenes, and missions! Might wanna get some swimsuits or adapt some clothes for the climate.
Jose Edwards
>Tank flusters seeing Sam in her underwear, but is perfectly fine seeing her in a Swimsuit.
Austin Allen
Nah, you could totally do this alone! Totally!
This wasn't going to backfire on you in any way!
Thankfully, you have access to Carly's quarters, which means you have access to her wardrobe, too. You quickly dig into her closet and drawers, assembling a collection of shirts, pants, and overcoat that most closely matched what your remembered Carly was wearing.
Man, you kinda miss wearing actual clothes. One of the sacrifices you had to make serving in the Accord.
Anyways, you quickly pull on your little selection of pirate clothing, noting how the shirt was a bit tight in the chest. However, you pause as you approaching the open loading ramp, where you could see dozens of pirates boarding and disembarking, loading and unloading crate and cargo of various kinds. What if one of them saw through your disguise...?
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself! >Maybe you should find a more... subtle method of getting off the ship. >Other
Benjamin Parker
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself! Just straighten your back, walk like you know where you're going, and think "murder"
Nolan Martinez
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself!
GREETINGS FELLOW PIRA-I MEAN CREW. PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME ON YOUR CURRENT TASK AND PAY NO ATTENTION TO MY SLIGHTLY ENLARGENED BOSOM
Daniel Sullivan
>>Gotta double down and trust in yourself! I trust Carly enough to be somewhat impulsive enough to do things on the fly.
*Cue Biotic/Psychic Mind Trick*
Matthew Stewart
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself!
Parker King
>Not mentioning the mandatory private bathing moment in a waterfall and inviting Tank to join
Kayden Reyes
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself!
Gavin Johnson
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself!
Adrian Bell
>>Gotta double down and trust in yourself!
Ethan Kelly
>Gotta double down and trust in yourself!
Joshua Myers
Well, if anyone questions our orders, we can always say, "I change my mind!"
I'm just hoping Carly doesn't somehow get half the pirate base on her ass if things go south.
Jason Taylor
You just gotta double down and trust yourself in your ability to ape your own sister's habits! Realizing your eyes were obviously a different color from Carly's, you quickly flip on a pair of tinted glasses to hide your eyes and stride through the crowd as confidently and quickly as you could.
>Roll 1d20
Jace Edwards
Rolled 3 (1d20)
ERE WE GO ERE WE GO ERE WE GO
Henry Stewart
Rolled 15 (1d20)
Logan Phillips
Rolled 20 (1d20)
"Okay, ladies, less sass or I'll kick your ass!"
Henry Allen
Somehow, I knew that would work.
Jaxson Wood
Rolled 14 (1d20)
David Campbell
...
William Cooper
We are keeping that crit
David White
Huh, looks like our passive Psychic Mind Trick worked.
Gavin Nelson
She obviously does this all the time.
Nolan Flores
...and nobody so much as bats and eye toward you as you stride down the loading ramp and past all of the assorted pirates.
H-holy crap! It's actually working! You fight the urge to happily skip the rest of the way as you confidently stride deeper into the base.
And that's when you see that Carly's ship is not the only one here. As you move deeper into the hideout, you could see similar hangar spaces carved into the ground similar to the one Long Claw is docked in. You could see a handful of other destroyer and frigate sized ships, and about a dozen smaller corvette class ships. Carly had her own damn little flotilla!
No, you weren't jealous of her at all!
Unfortunately, you now realize that you don't actually KNOW where Carly is in this damn base! Maybe you should ask for directions... but that would look weird coming from the supposed captain since Carly was supposed to now the place...
>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually! >Ask someone for directions. >Other
Julian Cooper
>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually!
Jackson Russell
>>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually!
Dylan Edwards
>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually!
Benjamin Ross
>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually! Don't worry guys I just sold my soul to the dice gods
Josiah Hall
>>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually!
John Kelly
>>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually!
Cooper Peterson
>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually!
Austin Jenkins
>Don't worry guys I just sold my soul to the dice gods >Don't worry guys >Don't worry
Jordan White
>>Just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually! Not lost, exploring
Ian Morgan
So is this one more tally to the "Sam actually has psychic powers (AKA Sam is surprisingly good at EVERYTHING)" list, or the "Things Sam can pull off while dressed up as Carly, and vice-versa?"
Isaac Jones
Sam is a psionic super soldier designed for covert ops.
Ryder Lee
Stop with the fucking shadowruns guys
Jackson Clark
Well, you'll just wander around a bit. You'll find it eventually! After all, since this is going to be a meeting between Carly and all of her subcaptains, they had to be organized in the most secure part of the base right? So you just had to head deeper in! Yeah, that's it!
Your luck was holding out pretty damn well so far, after all!
>Roll 1d20
Juan Jackson
Rolled 3 (1d20)
FAIL
Noah Long
Not so much shadowruns when it's like looking at a Legend coming to life! Sam was always meant for the greater things!
Parker Clark
Rolled 17 (1d20)
At this point in the quest, we can give her a jet and she'll be able to fly it by the end of the day.
A good question is what don't they teach her at the Academy?
Caleb Edwards
Rolled 8 (1d20)
Benjamin Nguyen
Rolled 5 (1d20)
Andrew Torres
Rolled 6 (1d20)
Sebastian Jackson
Rolled 19 (1d20)
Dominic Watson
Rolled 4 (1d20)
Thomas Hernandez
Oh god, we're essentially the Kerrigan to Tank's Raynor.
Dylan Taylor
Let's NOT go further in that comparison okay?
Landon Reyes
You feel like you're heading in the right direction, as the crowd of random pirates milling about starts to drop off sharply, replaced by more purposeful and heavily armed pirates posted at regular intervals, obviously guards. A few of them give you curious, confused looks, as if they'd just been hit with a sense of deja vu.
That was good, that meant Carly must have passed by not so long ago!
You quicken your pace, so as not to give the guards enough time to mull about how there might be two Carlys, and finally you see a larger group of various pirates up ahead. And leading them was Carly herself as they headed to what looked to be a fortified meeting room.
Damn, you didn't have much time.
>You need to find a way to grab Carly's attention! >You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room. >Other
Nolan Lewis
>You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room.
Lincoln Collins
>You need to find a way to grab Carly's attention!
Christian Anderson
>>You need to find a way to grab Carly's attention!
Lucas Morales
>You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room.
Mason King
>>You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room.
Luis Thompson
>>You need to find a way to grab Carly's attention!
Do we have any childhood thing we used to do like hand signals, symbols, shadow puppets, etc.?
Matthew Powell
>>You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room. Commencing Virtuous Mission!
Nathaniel Adams
>You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room
Eli Cruz
>You'll have to find a way to sneak into that room.
Josiah Rivera
Did merc die?
Evan Johnson
You watch as the gaggle of pirate officers follow Carly into the meeting room, and the two large blast doors leading into the room slowly slide closed with a loud but low WHUMP. That door definitely was too thick to just kick down, well, for you at least. You were pretty certain Tank could force them open on his own, but unfortunately he wasn't here, and you were starting to really feel his absence now.
However, the mechanisms keeping the door shut didn't seem that complicated, and there were only two pirates guarding the door. If you were quick enough, you could probably get the drop on them.
Then again, you've learned from various raids that doors weren't necessarily the only way to get into a room...
>Try to find an alternate path. >Just force your way in! >Other