# Session 12 - Two Ships for the Expedition of One!
**URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-two-ships-for-the-expedition-of-one/1001
**Category:** Starforged
**Tags:** recap
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-two-ships-for-the-expedition-of-one/1001 "2021-05-13T05:43:21Z")
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### Author:  [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-two-ships-for-the-expedition-of-one/1001/1 "2021-05-13T05:43:21Z")
# Advances
We take them!
# When Last We Left Our Heroes
We’re back on the _Wayfinder_ to check out the Habitat Vessel (HV), falling into the sun.
(Not to be confused with the Anomalous Reading, where signals don’t bounce off.)
# We’re Going on an Expedition!
An Expedition! Feros to the HV. Troublesome.
**Bleys** prays ==\> Strong Hit
Bleys Undertakes an Expedition ==\> Strong Hit. Advance.
Reach a waypoint and …
… and become aware that traveling closer than Feros means … encountering meteors. A chaotic mess of them. A dense nebula that is free from meteors, but will need to fly on sensors. And … it’s not a naturally-occuring nebula, we find out from within. _O HAI PRECURSOR VAULT!_ Kinds looks like a habitat ship, too (research station).
(Cortex gets a tick on his vow)
The HV’s situation, Gather Information ==\> Strong Hit.
It’s a solar flare … will be some damage, but will pop back out in a couple of weeks.
It’s going to take a few hours to check this out. It will be here for the foreseeable future.
**Earl** is going to suit up. Explore a Waypoint (wits) ==\> MISS!
Immediate hardship or threat. Check for atmo – zip. Flip and attach mag boots. Powering the panel, open the door … nope, okay, saw through. Yeah, two blades in, and nada.
Pay the Price. (Sacrifice Resources)
Gives up, comes back to ship – ALGO will research if the Feros folk knew about it, and did they have any clue about how to get through. Gain Advantage ==\> Weak Hit. +2 Mo.
ALGO … yeah, they knew about it. But they towed it to a spot, and this is NOT it.
Check Gear ==\> 13 vs 10/10 = 10 vs 10/10 = MISS ==\> CONFRONT CHAOS!
Fine, just need a binary cutter. Twenty minutes later, inside the ship.
**Bleys** begins to worry when Earl doesn’t say anything for 15 minutes.
Comms are pinging back every minute … except … in the log … there is some skipping. Increasing.
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/HOPgI.gif)
Call Nails.
Check out Earl’s status, put a signal booster inside the door.
**Nails** suits up. 3 cargo -\> 2 cargo. ==\> OPPORTUNITY!
Bleys - Gain Advantage ==\> Weak Hit
Hunt Earl down - Gather Information +1 +2 ==\> Weak Hit
Comm handshake doesn’t help. Still getting further apart.
Obvious path leads to dead end. But then doing well to track down Earl. Some disassembled stuff, probably Earl. Good News: Find some interesting tech, like Cortex has talked about. Calls back, gets no response.
Also … find **Earl**!
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He’s looking at a holographic panel.
Earl – Serious Stress. ==\> MISS + Mo ==\> Strong Hit, recover Spirit.
It is full of Stars. Planets. Worlds. It’s part of the map of systems of the gate network. But some of them have gone out – no stars in those systems.
Not all, but some. Updated as of … our coming in the Astrid Gate.
Earl thinks he’s been over there 10-15 min. Nails says it’s been more like an hour. And, yeah, we should leave.
Emerge from the ship (research station),
One of the dark systems was where another CC team is working.
Nails and Earl. Earl is grabbing the data.
And the system has some minimal power, too.
They emerge. Time dilation – watches need to be reset to the chip.
Bleys disbelieves.
Also, should we stay and get more information? Critical if they know about gates.
But go to the HV? Before it hits the solar flare, because it was the last thing that came through the gates.
**Earl** is going to back to his cabin and get the shakes.
Nails encourages him.
Earl also doesn’t remember having salvaged any tech on the way in …
Nails - Secure Advantage ==\> Weak Hit … +2 Mo
Earl - Hearten ==\> Weak Hit, +2 Spirit, -1 Mo, starting to calm down, and comms chirp, needing his help.
**Bleys** charts the course ==\> Weak Hit
Expedition ==\> weak hit ==\> Navigator, so Strong Hit (this once).
Waypoint … metallic wreckage.
Nails assists for the next jump … moral support … building confidence … Heart ==\> COMPLICATION OF THE BEAST ==\> Momentum ==\> Strong Hit.
Bleys ==\> Charts! ==\> MISS , + Mo ==\> Strong Hit
Undertake Expedition ==\> Weak Hit
So … 1 hit to Hull, 1 hit to Spirit.
Sighting … a comet! Ooooooh, pretty.
[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LeanAjarAttwatersprairiechicken-size\_restricted.gif(image larger than 4096KB)](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LeanAjarAttwatersprairiechicken-size_restricted.gif)
Bring the journey home. Nails is supportive!
Conclude Progress ==\> Weak Hit, but Nails lets that change to OPPORTUNITY!
The HV – the _Guiding Star_ – doesn’t look horrible, just worn with time.
Conveniently open shuttle landing pad! (from the Opportunity!)
# Next Time
Exploring a derelict! Sounds like fun!
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### Author:  [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-two-ships-for-the-expedition-of-one/1001/2 "2021-05-25T07:45:21Z")
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