Session 8

Overview
Vic and Rickmann turn on The Daedalus' docking lights and try to decode the mysterious signals on the radio, but with no success. Vic grows anxious as both the storm and strange occurrences intensify.

Back in the Bunker Nahtesh and Logan enter the labs and carefully search for Shian. They find the corpses of several researchers and signs of violent struggles, along with evidence that some creatures have been released. Despite this they encounter no resistance and even find an old disabled terminal in one of the server rooms. Logan manages to re-engage it and discovers some more of the history of the bunker while Nahtesh is drawn to a sealed room in the heart of the labs.

Tensions and tempers fray on The Daedalus as Rickmann grows increasingly panicked. The sounds of scuttling and chittering are enclosing while the sandstorm rages harder but nothing comes out of the dark. Vic prepares the ship for weathering the storm just in case they are forced to leave, a scenario that feels increasingly likely. Throughout all this the voice on the radio grows clearer and more aggressive.

Nahtesh enters the sealed lab and sees signs of electrical fire. A large runed orb is suspended inside some large apparatus in a quarantined room that connects to the lab and he knows immediately what it is. Despite his better judgement he responds to it's conversational prompts on a terminal, where it requests that he surrender himself to it.

Nahtesh grows increasingly anxious and Logan realises what is happening. He forces the confrontation by destroying the terminal and they discover Shian is inside the quarantine room, speaking over the radio and terminals on the Orb's behalf. With no other recourse available, Shian tries to break out and forcefully subdue Nahtesh. However the pair are able to kill him and flee the labs as the fire grows stronger.

Back in the caves, Vic discovers the source of the noises when large winged rodents fly down at the ship. Most are scared off by the lights and warning shots, but some are eaten by an enormous snake-like creature that bursts out of the ground at grabs them from the air before re-burrowing. From the disturbed earth they realise it is nesting under the ship....

New Characters

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Notable Quotes
 - James and Mart "That's called meta-gaming, so no-one gets any XP" - David