04 Freefall
Set the Scene
The squad wakes up, bound against the walls of the hive, covered in sticky paper like cocoons. They need to escape.
Complication: 2 An obstacle blocks your way
Altered Scene: 5 Altered
Alteration: 3 Unexpected NPCs are present
With them are a small number of tribal Florans that are covered in red fungus.
Athletics 0 - The group struggles to get free now that they are awake
Failure Move
6 Foreshadow Trouble
The noise from the slow deliberate tearing of cocoons and grunts of exertion rile the red Florans still stuck. they are not themselves and start aggressively trying to escape while biting at the squad they cannot yet reach.
Medicine 4 - Ekaterina attempts to apply some anti Fungal and anti psychotic boosters to calm the Florans but it has no effect
Failure Move
5 Reveal an Unwelcome Truth
As they work they notice they also have early signs of Fungal infection. maybe still early enough to treat.
Ekaterina quickly applies powerful restoration injections to the rest of the squad. they don't have enough to include themselves. they can synthesize more but it will take take time and those cocoons are about to break
Combat - One of the Florans breaks free and attacks Patli. Ekaterina patches them up with a med kit and the squad attacks and takes down the Floran who absorbs an unnatural amount of punishment before going down. the other Florans writhe and pass out again without escaping.
Dungeon Entrance
Dungeon Theme:
How it looks: KD Dignified (technical)
How it is used: KC Transform (physical)
Location: 1 Typical area
Encounter: 6 Unique NPC or adversary
Objects: 4 A useful tool, key, or device
Exits: 2 additional exits
Outside of the grotesque conversion chamber there a large welcoming room with intricate and decorative Fungal growth lining the walls like a palace. in the center of the room there is ...
A terrifying large beetle-like creature standing on two legs. wielding a delicate ceremonial stone blade. it looks at them with a knowing stare and the room is plunged into darkness Combat - Darkness and pain. the squad can barely track the creature in the darkness and it hit and run tactics leave the squad trying to wait to retaliate as they are ambushed in the darkness individually. When the lights come back in Ekaterina is nearly out of combat med supplies, Adanna is badly injured, and Kuro's head has been served cleanly from their body. The overseers corpse lays in the ground twitching as the squad spies what looks to be gifts for them had they turned fully from the fungus
Yes/No (Even)
is there a moon door for the ship?
4,6 Yes and...
In the center of the room is a small personal ship frame covered in fungus pulsing and alive. it looks to have been built from scratch and it's possibly alive and sentient all on its own. which is terrifying in its own right. it doesn't seem fully completed however, just the frame. Under the frame is a moon door to drop the ship into whatever is below. They pry it open and find a steep drop from the canopy of the Fungal jungle. at least 100m. Patli looks at the others then to Kuro's body. closes their eyes and jumps out of the hive. their Avian wings can't fly or even glide but a drop like this won't hurt them at all when they land when it would kill Ekaterina or Adanna outright.