GAMMA WORLD: Jan 26, 2012 ReCap

Hey Gammas!

Great game this week!  The Dude did not get “cast aside like the caterpillar’s cocoon” (Thank you, AutoDoc!), and all the Alien Scuttlers were defeated.  You all were able to convince the people of LARD that, although you did kill two of their kinfolk, those kinfolk would have died any ways.  Folks generally agreed there would have been more deaths if you had not bravely stood up to the attackers.

After the attack, Raaaa noticed Mayor Skaro having a heated argument with two people.  The Dude teleported over and heard one of them say, “… are my terms, so you can take them or leave them.”  The two people then spun around, weapons drawn when they realized someone has gotten this close to them!  A laser cannon popped out of the shoulder of the taller one, and took aim at The Dude.  “Who the fuck are you!?”

The Dude managed to calm the situation, but with a dismissive “Oh… you’re a Fluxer”, the two turned and walk away.  A quick conversation with Mayor Skaro revealed that the two were Magrak Irontusk and his assistant, HK-47.  They are slavers.  They were offering to defend the town, if the mayor would agree to give them a few citizens as slaves.

The party considered attacking Magrak Irontusk and HK-47, but decided instead to offer their services to resolve this reality instability issue.  The instability started to the north of town, but has been spreading.  Mayor Skaro agreed to come up with some kind of reward (including Omega Tech items), should they succeed (Quest!).  He directed them to Kirn, the Blue Tails Negotiator, who he believes may have some information as to the cause.  He also suggested they talk to Old Charlie out by the Sewer Drain, northeast of town.  Old Charlie has been to the MedCen a few times, but will only talk about it after drinking a lot of Carol’s Special.

Kirn remembered seeing a “strange bug” launch itself from the roof of a building in the MedCen about 8 days ago.  It crashed to the ground in a ball of fire a few minutes later, but it was shortly after that the troubles began!

From Kirn’s description, you were able to determine that the strange bug was a helicopter.

Asking around a bit more, the General Store owner, Boontah (no relation), remembered that a porker gang came through LARD around two weeks ago.  The leader was a mountain of a porker named Genghis Tangh.  He wanted to buy bacon, but there was none in stock at the time.  Word around LARD was that the porker gang had been run off from somewhere to the west by the Knights of Genetic Purity.  The gang headed north after a couple days in LARD.

After picking up some of supplies (4 carbines, 4 “units” of ammo, 4 radiation suits, two pounds of bacon, jug of Carol’s Special, etc), the party headed to talk to Old Charlie.  After drinking most of a jug of Carol’s Special, Charlie started rambling about clickies, blood birds, robot sentries and nice warm glowy places. (Charlie seems to have more than a few radiation burns on him)  Once he passed out, the party headed to the north once more, following the main road.

After four hours of travel, the party discovered a gas station.  It seems to have porkers inside, and a flock of blood birds on the roof.  The Dude teleported to the window, took a peek in and saw five porkers, just before one of them saw him.  He teleported back… and this is where we will pick up next time.

Also, I assume you left all your food and other trade goods with Boontah, but you took your horses, wagon and pickup truck with you.  Is this correct?

(Please feel free to add and/or correct any details you feel are important)

peace,
Andy