Tomb Of The Cylons - The Iblis Gambit - Actual Play

Things got off to a rip roaring start tonight for this Star Ships & Space Men/Stars Without Numbers mashup

 The crew of the Leif Ericson class star ship John Brown got its first taste of action tonight while investigating the disappearance of the Phoenix.
The John Brown of course is a pirate/merc star ship which is actually part of a top secret utlra black level mission specialist class of vessel.

There were 10 players & so the game went convention style with very little in the way of subtle at all. This was a straight up military mission with the players devided into 5 being the various department heads & the other five players being the special forces red shirts.

Havard 7 is a gas gaint with raging storms & a crushing gravity. There was something very wrong on the surface of the planet & the players knew it. They detected various metallic ruins & debris flying through the storm laced atmosphere & they wanted no part of it at first..
Since the gravity was so high they needed some special gear to deal with the planet

The Gas Giant Gear 

1. Heavy Mecha  Exo Suit - AC 5 23 hit points, Pretech Nanite -Octagon Field good for 1 hour of use in the atmosphere of Harvard Seven 
2. Telepresence + VR  Remote Spirit Avitar Robotic Units -Good For 4 hour shifts in the atmosphere & pressure of Harvard Seven 
3. Robonox Robotic Spider Units With Extended Pressure Skins & Forms - Mostly unlimited use in the pressure & atmosphere 
4. Industrial Grade Teleporter for gathering samples & such 

Aboard The Phoenix 

The Phoenix was completely deserted & the players found some really spooky things aboard.

1. The fusion reactor was missing along with all of the fuel 
2. There were several corpses of scientists with their heads missing 
3. Vital components from the computer core were gone & most of the A.I. was psychically taken apart bit by bit 
4. There was a make shift bio computer created from three of the scientists heads & they were working in tandem
5. The navigation computer from the Phoenix was missing along with vital data banks.
6. There was evidence of ion trails leading back to the planet's surface & a few strange metallic fragments left behind  

The Cylon Planet Rise 

The players launched a few probes down to the planet & began their investigation. That's when the first of the Cylon Mantas appeared! 

 The Players learned that sometimes retreat is better part of valor but in this case it was too late! The PC armed the ships weapons & raised shields!
The battles were brief & nasty! The Cylons took the most hits & retreated... For now.
The PC's retreated to the far side of a near by moon to lick their wounds. The captain & his yeoman retreated to his cabin for some old fashioned R&R.


The quote from this moment," Why yes Virginia, Cylons can track your skanky butt with infravision in the dark aboard a Leif Ericson class star ship as you make out with your captain. Now both of you roll save vs laser bolt through the head! I realize that Kirk made out with lots of yeomans but you Sir are no Kirk!"

Once again the party does not want to resurrect the other player's characters. In this case in a science fantasy game cloning is too damn expensive. They apparently don't care if he was the Captain

 The number one in this case a wife of one of the other players is now the new Captain!

Ten Interesting Facts About Cylons 

1. Cylons can & do track things within the infrared & ultra violet ranges 
2. Cylon warriors are immune to most mind effecting powers except the telekinesis class of powers 
3. Cylons use surgically implanted explosives in human victims & their not afraid to use children NPCs. They're bad guys 
4. Cylons are very strong & modeled upon their reptilian forefathers 
5. Golden Cylon  Overseers are very intelligent & utterly ruthless 
6. The boots that Cylon warriors wear are magnetic & they will use them to walk on the hulls of space craft 
7. Cylon warriors have & do perform boarding actions & are capable of deceptions 
8. Cylon Warriors shoot first, don't ask questions, & shoot some more 
9. Cylons don't have a single god & worship no being except for power which they crave more of 
10. Cylons have very long, long memory banks & hold a grudge 

The Final Gambit 

The players had had it all at the end of the game! They had their ship boarded, their red shirts surgically implanted with bombs along with his son, they had their Captain & his mistress killed, & they had their ship brutalized!
They launched an antimatter torpedo right down the wind pipe of the Cylon Battle Star & they weren't taking any chances with it. They had rescued four scientists from the clutches of the Cylons
That's when the crew heard a manically laughter echo throughout the bridge of their ship!
They were face to face to a Count of Court of Iblis. These god like beings are thought to be the forefathers of the Cylon race. The Reptilian demigods who have ascended to a higher state of being.. The monster reminded them of their place in the grand picture of things. With a flick of his wrist they were thrust into the depths of space as the charge went off!
After dealing with being thrown over 3 light years away the crew was confronted with a Tauran war ship at the end!