Scene 1: Crime Scene
After accepting the sub-operation "Big Shots," the party seeks out the last known position of the Autobots that were testing the experimental weapons. This is in an open area of scrubland west of
Mission City.
There are only a few short bushes in this area. The ground is transitioning from baked dirt to rocky wastes in the east. There are two dead Autoroopers, A and B. They are lying on the ground near some shrubs.
A DC 15 Tactics check will reveal that Autorooper A was killed by multiple small explosives, likely micromissiles. A DC 20 Tactics check will reveal that Autorooper B has been killed by a directed energy weapon.
An Investigation check will reveal:
- DC 10- Footprints on the ground belonging to a Colossal creature.
- DC 15- A set of depressions on the ground indicating the deployment of Portable Rails, headed West towards some abandoned railroad tracks.
- DC 20- A set of tire tracks heading in a similar direction to the Portable Rail marks. Both sets of tracks seem to be recent, DC 25 two hours old.
Following the tracks southwest will lead to an abandoned rail yard. Another Investigation check (DC 10) will reveal that the No Entry barrier over the entrance has been destroyed very thoroughly. Within the rail yard there are many scattered abandoned boxcars and hoppers. At the far end of the yard is a white boxcar that is covered in similar burns to Autorooper B. Down the line from that boxcar is a service shed, where voices can be heard.
Scene 2: Family Reunion
The service shed is filled with workbenches and tools scattered on the platforms and tracks. Inside the service shed are the corpses of 2 dead Speedwagon Pushkas, as well as Blastpipe, who is secured against the back wall with a black biomass.
Six is there as well, and she is currently eating the last of the Pushkas alive.
Six: What's this? A second helping? No, that's... sister?
If asked about her disappearance-
Six: Those Autobots in Miami were rotten to the core. Scrabbling after every little bit of power they could get, and hoarding it all for themselves. I left before Trypticon even showed up. I wandered this country for years, and got lost in this desert. But then, I was found. And I found some things out too. I found something bigger than myself. That's what Tacker was always going on about, right?
You see, this universe is rotten, too. Everyone, everywhere, uses everything they have to grab up a little slice, and take it from someone else. The only way to win is if you're the only one playing. And that's what's going to happen. We're going to swallow everyone up. One life. One being.
If asked about her EATING PEOPLE-
Six: They were fresh, and I was hungry. What, are you going to bring the taboos into this again? Everything you consume is dissolved and reconstituted, just as I was. Just as you will be.
If asked about her new appearance-
Six: Don't you like it? It was a gift, and one I am putting to good use. It's perfect for ripping and tearing. You wouldn't believe the things I can do now.
If asked about the Speedwagons and the weapons-
Six: My master wants to know more about these poor souls. They want to understand them and enlighten them, too. So I found some all on their own, alone.
*Six reaches down and rips the head off of the dying Puska and bites into his cranial casing.*
There, that's what they were up to. These weapons- *she picks up a Laser Rifle*- they were testing them. Seeing if they could reverse-engineer them. If only they knew how easy that was. *The Laser Rifle is absorbed into her body* Care to help me try it out?
If help is offered-
Six: No, I don't need help. I have all the help I need. Maybe you should let
me help
you. Come on. Join us. My master would love to meet you. It will be painful, I promise, but completely worth it.
If help is refused-
Six: Oh? That's too bad. But you know, the funny thing is, I'm still hungry. And I'm not sure I'll be satisfied even if I eat Blastpipe over there. Oh, you don't know how it
burns.
Six attacks. During the battle, the second laser rifle can be found at Blastpipe's feet. Blastpipe's restraints can be broken by dealing 10 Slashing damage to them.
During the fight, characters carrying the
Weird Fragment will notice that Six will hesitate to attack them, seeming to take too much effort. If any
Angolmois is spilled on the ground, the Weird Fragment's presence will cause it to retreat slowly.
Six begins the fight by simply toying with the party, dodging attacks and using her scythe's Trip feature. After her health is reduced by 30 points for the first time, she will begin to attack the party. If she disables two party members or more,
Road Rage will arrive to assist.
RR: Get away from them, you glitch! Did I... did I get that right?
If asked how she's there-
RR: Oh! I got let out of prison on good behavior! Hooray!
If asked how she found the party-
RR: Well, I just asked the guy in charge over and over until he told me! He said he'd tell me if it would get me out of his face so he told me and here I am! Out of his face!
RR: I don't know who this lady is, but if she's not a friend of yours, I don't think she's a friend of mine.
Six: This one... there's something about her...
If Six nearly kills RR, she will stop and writhe in pain.
Six: WHAT? Arrgghhh, Master, why? I don't... I don't understand!
Six: Damn it all... You will all see soon... one being... one body... you will all be devoured! Just you wait!
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