Face to Face is the fifteenth episode of season 13, A Starstruck Odyssey.
Intro[]
Last we left off, our Intrepid Heroes were on Myrmidon Station in orbit over Onolo Dos, having come here to rendezvous with Auma Liu, the original designer of Sundry Sidney. We had just come from Mas Vegas, Lavada, having won the Battle of the Brands at the Kubla-Cola Gladiatorial Arena, how about it? 1.2 million galactic credits, and an advance of 200,000 spending cash... [from] this incredible battle you guys are getting brand new Acme-Ashmun shields on the Wurst. You've come to an Acme-Ashmun ship nursery where you've got a bunch of ship mechanics working to install a ton of new mods and equipment. Since the last shoot, we know that we're getting Mark Four thrusters, Mark Two plating, Atomo-Torch Particle Blasters with the Kaleida-Connect Acme-Ashmun telescoping targeting systems, a whole bunch of flare pods coming in, we got a whole bunch of dope stuff happening.
Not only that, but as we remember, it's been a long adventure here in the galaxy. What started as a mistreated rag tag group of bottom of the barrel proldiers has quickly become a force in the galaxy under the business acumen of Margaret "Maggie" Encino, and the new piloting skills of Skip. Our crew of gunners, Sundry Sidney and Big Barry Syx, our ship's mechanic Gunthrie "Gunnie" Miggles-Rashbax, and comms officer Riva, have all come together to take, first, a Smash n' Grab job on Rec 97 for Hyacinth Khrome, getting Aurora Nebbins, followed by another Smash 'n Grab that you actually kind of turncoated on to kill Sheriff Warner Codge in the town of Baustin, New Texas, getting a briefcase of Kublacaine and selling it to Crunch Moon-Jones. You've got a ship with Barry's Big Win Casino and your permanent gambler Bambi LaRoux, there with your Bar Buddy droid. You also have-- the highest it's ever been-- a Jib-Job space with 13 Jib-Jobbers overseen by your bud Raymond Zam, the facility manager here from Jib Job, and a stocked kitchen with the Princeps Zortch as your in-house kitchen staff. Princhef Zortch [is] cooking incredible meals around the clock. As well. as a crew, having joined U4F, a union ship, [you are] now able to take union contracts, with a little bit of charity work on the Skip's part managing facilities for the Galactic Girl Guides troop that you now find yourselves also here with on the trip. And also, the wonderful Royal Blue Mastiff Aurora Nebbins, helping you with your big horned tortoise problem, and also, maybe, someone else on the ship...
That's right, we've made friends all over the galaxy, but we also, in the Griivarr worlds, were cornered by the GUernican Art Squad, who amongst all of the factions coming after us... the Amercadian Space Brigade, United Free Trade Planets, Repo Reapers, Living Doll Cybernetics and their Warfare Whitneys, and now the Guernican Art Squad as well as the dreaded House of Frangus, the cerebro-slug monarchy... God, there's a lot going on this season. But all of this revolving around the discovery of Gnosis, the super powerful planetary supercomputer embedded in a holofract, passenger on your ship that you awakened into android consciousness. Gnosis working on a plan to undo the coming violence in Rubian V, to save the people of Rubian V, to somehow disperse itself throughout the galaxy because as Gnosis said, as long as Gnosis exists, all of you will be in danger. And you also, arriving at Myrmidon Station to meet up with Auma Liu, you were instead ambushed and surprised by Lucienne Rex and Barry Nyne, murderer of the Barry Battalion, and a squadron of UFTP shock troops which is where we return. Auma Liu [is] the last piece of your puzzle that you wanted to come and retrieve while Gnosis was concocting the plan to return the Rubian V and fix the coming crisis there. As we know, billions of pilgrims coming to the planet. The Monarch of Rubian V (the parent of Princhef Zortch), they're rattling sabers and preparing for war to breach contract with UFTP. Chaos coming on the horizon! Very little time left.
Synopsis[]
UFTP Troops, Lucienne Rex and Barry Nyne surround the crew. They're under arrest without charge and will be released when it's convenient for the company.
Riva can tell that Lucienne Rex and Barry Nyne are just holograms.
Reva's protector drone shuts down as the drugs in the water kick in. They are kidnapped by UFTP agents.
Gunnie makes himself, Sid and, Skip invisible. Sidney makes holograms to replace them, but they are captured anyway.
Lucienne arrives to talk to Margaret and dismisses the guards and disables the cameras. Lucienne reveals she isn't actually engaged to Natalia. Lucienne was going to be framed for Natalia faking her own death. Lucienne instead fabricated a holographic proposal instead. She then informs Margaret and Sidney that Auma was captured and bribed into giving them up with ¤150 million. Margaret and Lucienne talk for a while, clear up confusions, and confess feelings. Sidney has Handy Annie record the conversation and transmit the recording to the ship. Lucienne and Margaret then make out after Sid temporarily deactivates to give them privacy.
King Prylbus arrives, piloting Barry Nyne, and confronts Skip, communicating through tongue to eye contact. The loyal slugs plan on forming a slug amalgamation the size of a planet to take over the mind the of "Mother Void" via the black hole in the center of the galaxy. The King is to remain outside the mega slug in the body of the Princeps to direct the takeover. Skip calls him a coward. From their cell Riva passes this information on to Zortch telepathically.
Gunnie gets a message in Morse Code from Gnosis via the power system. They aren't able to render assistance as they have insufficient power to do more than communicate. Gnosis has a finished plan, it will involve taking over satellite like the one the cerebroslugs have built at Rubion V.
UFTP has been promised the holdings of all the slug hosts in exchange for facilitating the slug's plan. Lucienne disagrees with this plan as she thinks Gnosis is even more valuable.
Riva gets the Girl Guides to agree to break them out of prison in exchange for ¤100k.
Auma Liu has invested her bribe in the Handi Andi Corporation which will make her very wealthy when she leverages Sid's trademark.
Handy Andi is smuggled out of the cell in Sid's tray of food. It collects Skip in slug form to carry him to try to take over one of the guards.
Locations[]
Characters[]
Players[]
New[]
Returning[]
- Lucienne Rex
- Barry Nyne
- Handy Annie
- Princeps Zortch
- Gnosis
- Auma Liu (recording)
- Khloe, Malika, and Stacks
Mentioned[]
- Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar
- Chamberlain Drablian
- Bambi Leroux
- Damien Factor
- Dr. Barry Bohunk
- The Barry Battalion
- SQ