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Niven: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2025-11-19T05:30:05Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	"I cannot point to any one place where something went wrong - ultimately, the job was a success, my frustrations with Veles's strangeness notwithstanding. But I fear... I fear this is only the tip of the iceberg. The artefact we recovered does not look to be an entire item, and so I am forced to wonder what, precisely, the Draco Foundation is doing. In my desire for professionalism, what have we handed them? And why do I feel so strangely sad, so distantly off-put, as our wings turn towards home? What am I missing?" - [[Samael]]		"I cannot point to any one place where something went wrong - ultimately, the job was a success, my frustrations with Veles's strangeness notwithstanding. But I fear... I fear this is only the tip of the iceberg. The artefact we recovered does not look to be an entire item, and so I am forced to wonder what, precisely, the Draco Foundation is doing. In my desire for professionalism, what have we handed them? And why do I feel so strangely sad, so distantly off-put, as our wings turn towards home? What am I missing?" - [[Samael]]

			"Everything went swimmingly until we entered those caves. As soon as our team members descended into the prison-caverns, we found ourselves completely out of our league. We could have taken a different approach, but instead we inadvertently disrupted something much bigger than us, possibly permanently. I can only plead ignorance in defense of my actions, and hope that the consequences never return to haunt me." - [[Ardent]]

Niven: /* The Journey Begins */ fixed a typo

2025-11-19T03:03:46Z

The Journey Begins: fixed a typo

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	Unfortunately, the travel is slow-going. The area is mostly wetlands and a number of the roads are submerged. Maps aren't up to date, either, leading to moments of frustration where a seemingly functional route turns out to be impassable. It's turning one such moment that the team looks around and realizes Wagan Biryanu, who moments ago stood at the edge of a nearby pond, is not with them. Something bubbles up from the bottom of the lake. Chance spots the kid through the sensors, thrashing at the lakebed, but not the thing grappling with him. Seeing no other option, Sam dives in and fires a blight round into the invisible creatures mouth. The annoyed animal swims off and they are able to rescue their mage from the bunyip.		Unfortunately, the travel is slow-going. The area is mostly wetlands and a number of the roads are submerged. Maps aren't up to date, either, leading to moments of frustration where a seemingly functional route turns out to be impassable. It's turning one such moment that the team looks around and realizes Wagan Biryanu, who moments ago stood at the edge of a nearby pond, is not with them. Something bubbles up from the bottom of the lake. Chance spots the kid through the sensors, thrashing at the lakebed, but not the thing grappling with him. Seeing no other option, Sam dives in and fires a blight round into the invisible creatures mouth. The annoyed animal swims off and they are able to rescue their mage from the bunyip.

	Their travel through the rainforest isn't much smoother. Improvised explosive traps are disarmed by Veles and bikie gangers wage guerilla ~~warfarew~~ through the trees. Eventually, however, they make it through to the mountain crossing, where they are greeted to a set of corporate issue FBA impaled on a spike. A warning from the aboriginals.		Their travel through the rainforest isn't much smoother. Improvised explosive traps are disarmed by Veles and bikie gangers wage guerilla warfare through the trees. Eventually, however, they make it through to the mountain crossing, where they are greeted to a set of corporate issue FBA impaled on a spike. A warning from the aboriginals.

	Ty and the shaman break off to look for a crossing point while the rest of the team guards the vehicle. They notice they're being watched by a group of aboriginal warriors, who Ardent is able to pacify with honeyed words. They also notice a looming manastorm on the horizon, coming from the rainforest. The bikie gangers, fleeing the manastorm, decide to make a push for the team and their supplies. The resulting gunfight is short and sweet, with Australial ganger grit failing to measure up against the teams firepower. Despite the vehicle being damaged by an explosive, it's not too bad. Ty and co return, having found the crossing point, and everyone hunkers down while the manastorm washes over them. It isn't pleasant (and the magical compulsions have Argent cold clock Wagan Biryanu with his cyberarm) but with the magical protection of the tapestry, they make it out okay.		Ty and the shaman break off to look for a crossing point while the rest of the team guards the vehicle. They notice they're being watched by a group of aboriginal warriors, who Ardent is able to pacify with honeyed words. They also notice a looming manastorm on the horizon, coming from the rainforest. The bikie gangers, fleeing the manastorm, decide to make a push for the team and their supplies. The resulting gunfight is short and sweet, with Australial ganger grit failing to measure up against the teams firepower. Despite the vehicle being damaged by an explosive, it's not too bad. Ty and co return, having found the crossing point, and everyone hunkers down while the manastorm washes over them. It isn't pleasant (and the magical compulsions have Argent cold clock Wagan Biryanu with his cyberarm) but with the magical protection of the tapestry, they make it out okay.

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Sleevey: /* Aftermath */

2025-11-19T02:04:33Z

Aftermath

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	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

			The draco foundation graciously provide air evacuation. Wagan Biryanu returns to his tribe with the tapestry and the MCT metaplanar traveler dissapears into the sands. The team makes sure not to part with relic until a larger number is quoted by the draco foundation affiliate. Luckily enough, the operating budget was graciously extended. Despite the conflict happening beneath their feet, the auction goes off without a hitch.

			Even after their great journey, even after all the hardships faced ... the day still passes like any other. Whether bikie or mimi, shadowrunner or tribesmen, vrygoth or blood mage, the sun rises and falls all the same. We all share the same earth with the same hours in the day. History wraps and flows around all of us.

			My dear children ...

			''Gumurr-Djararrk Yawirriny'''

	==Rewards==		==Rewards==

Sleevey: /* The Final Stretch */

2025-11-19T01:58:50Z

The Final Stretch

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	==The Final Stretch==		==The Final Stretch==

			All of the creatures imprisoned with the opal caverns have seemingly been let loose. They find a hideous centipede man, bloodied after a fight with a spirit. Despite his horrific appearance, he seems willing to help the team get out of the tunnels. Enemy of my enemy and all that. The team pushes on, past a weeping crystal creatures and runs into a pair of earth spirits. Their fight is brief but bloody, as one of them crushes Ty with an engulf. It would have been lethal if he had not shifted form in the nick of time. He survives with only a missing arm and a crushed ribcage (and a burned point of edge). There is not time for rest, however. The chamber with the staff awaits.

			The shard of the sevenfold staff lies within a chamber where a rift to Id has yawned wide open. Countless shadow spirits climb up from the wretched cityscape below and pour through. Two mimis and a number of spirits do battle with the rift and its inhibitants while the staff levitates upon an altar on the far side. It is a pitched battle with high force spells being thrown back and forth and more spirits swarming out of the rift every second.

			Samael creeps around the edge of the room, being battered by the guardian spirits and their mental attacks. Argent hides with the drones while giving tactical advice and Chance pilots the flamethrower anthrodrone to lay down the heat on the hoard. He even spots a matrix signal across the rift, some sort of metaplanar traveler's distress call in Japanese. Ty, worried about the staggering bgc and the risk of physical drain, relies mostly on pinpoint laser fire to support the team.

			And Veles breaks apart. She starts muttering in Ukrainian and charges forward into the hellish abyss. She kicks the centipede man into the abyss, despite his attempts to help and drops spirit after spirit in her cold fury. Samael creeps around, drifting closer and closer to the relic. He leaps across the gap, it's almost within reach. Chance extends the anthrodrones hand to the metaplanar traveler and pulls him out of the abyss but the wall climbing centipede scrambles out after him, eager for revenge against Veles. The mimi spells warp the battefield with the raw mana.

			And then Samael fires off his grappling hook and grabs the relic. After so long, it's finally in hand. The only thing left to do was get out alive. Easier said than done ... but done nevertheless. The team is battered and bruised, some of them barely alive ... but they are able to escape with the relic. They avoid a few more terrors, such as a blood shade and a stabber and eventually ... they find themselves miles and miles away. Through the magic of the opal caverns alchera, they have stepped out into the caves overlooking the Great Australian Bight. The ocean waves lap against the cliffside and the sun rises over the land of red sand. It is over. The mission is complete.

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

Sleevey: /* The Journey Begins */

2025-11-19T01:42:01Z

The Journey Begins

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	Their travel through the rainforest isn't much smoother. Improvised explosive traps are disarmed by Veles and bikie gangers wage guerilla warfarew through the trees. Eventually, however, they make it through to the mountain crossing, where they are greeted to a set of corporate issue FBA impaled on a spike. A warning from the aboriginals.		Their travel through the rainforest isn't much smoother. Improvised explosive traps are disarmed by Veles and bikie gangers wage guerilla warfarew through the trees. Eventually, however, they make it through to the mountain crossing, where they are greeted to a set of corporate issue FBA impaled on a spike. A warning from the aboriginals.

	Ty and the shaman break off to look for a crossing point while the rest of the team guards the vehicle. They notice they're being watched by a group of aboriginal warriors, who Ardent is able to pacify with honeyed words. They also notice a looming manastorm on the horizon, coming from the rainforest. The bikie gangers, fleeing the manastorm, decide to make a push for the team and their supplies. The resulting gunfight is short and sweet, with Australial ganger grit failing to measure up against the teams firepower. Despite the vehicle being damaged by an explosive, it's not too bad. Ty and co return, having found the crossing point, and everyone hunkers down while the manastorm washes over them. It isn't pleasant but with the magical protection of the tapestry, they make it out okay.		Ty and the shaman break off to look for a crossing point while the rest of the team guards the vehicle. They notice they're being watched by a group of aboriginal warriors, who Ardent is able to pacify with honeyed words. They also notice a looming manastorm on the horizon, coming from the rainforest. The bikie gangers, fleeing the manastorm, decide to make a push for the team and their supplies. The resulting gunfight is short and sweet, with Australial ganger grit failing to measure up against the teams firepower. Despite the vehicle being damaged by an explosive, it's not too bad. Ty and co return, having found the crossing point, and everyone hunkers down while the manastorm washes over them. It isn't pleasant (and the magical compulsions have Argent cold clock Wagan Biryanu with his cyberarm) but with the magical protection of the tapestry, they make it out okay.

	==The Outback==		==The Outback==

Sleevey: /* The Caverns Beneath */

2025-11-19T01:39:58Z

The Caverns Beneath

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	Ngiyari's head explodes. Despite this injury, he apparently is still alive as the runes begin to come apart and the central dais shakes. The team readies their weapons as they push across the room and Chance spots a few matrix icons, apparently drones from a previous corporate expedition that have been imprisoned. He grabs some marks on a juggernaut anthrodrone that seems to be moving with alarming sentience. One by one, the mana barriers on the prison cells break down. The spirits animate to pursue both the team and the escaping creatures. Under the combined fire of the team, Ngiyari's corpse is put down for the good. The team hopes the recorded evidence is good enough for the aboriginal elders to uphold the promise they made. They have more pressing concerns to worry about. The anthrodrone joins the party and scoops up Chance and Argent and the team makes a fighting retreat out of the central chamber. Just as they crest the final hill, the central pillar cracks like an eggshell and an enormous claw pushes it away. Ty recognizes it as some sort of artificial lifeform from the world before that has had its pattern written over by something terrible. The mimi and the spirits rush to contain it and the team slips away into the tunnels beyond, guided by Ty's intution that moving towards the next largest magical presence will bring them to the staff.		Ngiyari's head explodes. Despite this injury, he apparently is still alive as the runes begin to come apart and the central dais shakes. The team readies their weapons as they push across the room and Chance spots a few matrix icons, apparently drones from a previous corporate expedition that have been imprisoned. He grabs some marks on a juggernaut anthrodrone that seems to be moving with alarming sentience. One by one, the mana barriers on the prison cells break down. The spirits animate to pursue both the team and the escaping creatures. Under the combined fire of the team, Ngiyari's corpse is put down for the good. The team hopes the recorded evidence is good enough for the aboriginal elders to uphold the promise they made. They have more pressing concerns to worry about. The anthrodrone joins the party and scoops up Chance and Argent and the team makes a fighting retreat out of the central chamber. Just as they crest the final hill, the central pillar cracks like an eggshell and an enormous claw pushes it away. Ty recognizes it as some sort of artificial lifeform from the world before that has had its pattern written over by something terrible. The mimi and the spirits rush to contain it and the team slips away into the tunnels beyond, guided by Ty's intution that moving towards the next largest magical presence will bring them to the staff.

			==The Final Stretch==

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

Sleevey: /* The Caverns Beneath */

2025-11-19T01:39:37Z

The Caverns Beneath

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	Initially, all seems to be going well ... until Ngiyari breaks off from the group and creeps over to the central dais. He slices his hand open and begins to let his blood flow into the ruins, corrupting them. Veles, seeing what she believes to be a blood mage, promptly shoots the man in the head. All hell breaks loose.		Initially, all seems to be going well ... until Ngiyari breaks off from the group and creeps over to the central dais. He slices his hand open and begins to let his blood flow into the ruins, corrupting them. Veles, seeing what she believes to be a blood mage, promptly shoots the man in the head. All hell breaks loose.

			Ngiyari's head explodes. Despite this injury, he apparently is still alive as the runes begin to come apart and the central dais shakes. The team readies their weapons as they push across the room and Chance spots a few matrix icons, apparently drones from a previous corporate expedition that have been imprisoned. He grabs some marks on a juggernaut anthrodrone that seems to be moving with alarming sentience. One by one, the mana barriers on the prison cells break down. The spirits animate to pursue both the team and the escaping creatures. Under the combined fire of the team, Ngiyari's corpse is put down for the good. The team hopes the recorded evidence is good enough for the aboriginal elders to uphold the promise they made. They have more pressing concerns to worry about. The anthrodrone joins the party and scoops up Chance and Argent and the team makes a fighting retreat out of the central chamber. Just as they crest the final hill, the central pillar cracks like an eggshell and an enormous claw pushes it away. Ty recognizes it as some sort of artificial lifeform from the world before that has had its pattern written over by something terrible. The mimi and the spirits rush to contain it and the team slips away into the tunnels beyond, guided by Ty's intution that moving towards the next largest magical presence will bring them to the staff.

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

Sleevey: /* The Caverns Beneath */

2025-11-19T01:32:33Z

The Caverns Beneath

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	More tunnels finally give way to a sort of central chamber, a large circular room. A number of 'cells' are built into the walls and an enormous dais or pillar pushes out of the center of the room. Eldritch runes from this pillar spill outwards, connecting the various cells and descending into the rock itself. Occasionally, the pillar shakes slightly, as if something is inside. Another Mimi sits, cross-legged, on top of the pillar, apparently focusing on the magical energies. Other spirits patrol back and forth, keeping careful watch upon the prisoners. Ngiyari sets down the old man at the entrance of the room and then the group starts to creep across.		More tunnels finally give way to a sort of central chamber, a large circular room. A number of 'cells' are built into the walls and an enormous dais or pillar pushes out of the center of the room. Eldritch runes from this pillar spill outwards, connecting the various cells and descending into the rock itself. Occasionally, the pillar shakes slightly, as if something is inside. Another Mimi sits, cross-legged, on top of the pillar, apparently focusing on the magical energies. Other spirits patrol back and forth, keeping careful watch upon the prisoners. Ngiyari sets down the old man at the entrance of the room and then the group starts to creep across.

			Initially, all seems to be going well ... until Ngiyari breaks off from the group and creeps over to the central dais. He slices his hand open and begins to let his blood flow into the ruins, corrupting them. Veles, seeing what she believes to be a blood mage, promptly shoots the man in the head. All hell breaks loose.

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

Sleevey: /* The Caverns Beneath */

2025-11-19T00:13:53Z

The Caverns Beneath

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	The team (now consisting of Argent, Samael, Veles, Chance, Ty, Wagan Biryanu and Ngiyari) pushes past the initial guard outpost with the help of Ngiyari's distraction. They delve deeper and deeper into the earth, the background count rising as they go. Veins of opal crystals spiral across the walls and strange mana barrier contraptions imprison astral horrors. There's a brief combat encounter with a few shedim and a maddened blood adept but the team is unbothered. They delve ever deeper, encountering a number of other horrific creatures imprisoned here. Eventually, Ngiyari stops before a cell that contains an emaciated old aboriginal man with a ragged, floor length beard. He unravels the ward and carries the man over his shoulder. The team is somewhat hesitant to allow him to free a prisoner of this place, given that all the other prisoners are terrible eldritch abominations, and they may well have to kidnap Ngiyari at some point in the near future ... but ultimately they decide to kick the can down the road and get their hands on the relic first.		The team (now consisting of Argent, Samael, Veles, Chance, Ty, Wagan Biryanu and Ngiyari) pushes past the initial guard outpost with the help of Ngiyari's distraction. They delve deeper and deeper into the earth, the background count rising as they go. Veins of opal crystals spiral across the walls and strange mana barrier contraptions imprison astral horrors. There's a brief combat encounter with a few shedim and a maddened blood adept but the team is unbothered. They delve ever deeper, encountering a number of other horrific creatures imprisoned here. Eventually, Ngiyari stops before a cell that contains an emaciated old aboriginal man with a ragged, floor length beard. He unravels the ward and carries the man over his shoulder. The team is somewhat hesitant to allow him to free a prisoner of this place, given that all the other prisoners are terrible eldritch abominations, and they may well have to kidnap Ngiyari at some point in the near future ... but ultimately they decide to kick the can down the road and get their hands on the relic first.

	More tunnels finally give way to a sort of central chamber, a large circular room. A number of 'cells' are built into the walls and an enormous dais or pillar pushes out of the center of the room. Eldritch runes from this pillar spill outwards, connecting the various cells and descending into the rock itself. Occasionally, the pillar shakes slightly, as if something is inside. Another Mimi sits, cross-legged, on top of the pillar, apparently focusing on the magical energies. Other spirits patrol back and forth, keeping careful watch upon the prisoners.		More tunnels finally give way to a sort of central chamber, a large circular room. A number of 'cells' are built into the walls and an enormous dais or pillar pushes out of the center of the room. Eldritch runes from this pillar spill outwards, connecting the various cells and descending into the rock itself. Occasionally, the pillar shakes slightly, as if something is inside. Another Mimi sits, cross-legged, on top of the pillar, apparently focusing on the magical energies. Other spirits patrol back and forth, keeping careful watch upon the prisoners. Ngiyari sets down the old man at the entrance of the room and then the group starts to creep across.

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==