Genni

The Treasure of Emily Gray - A Swashbuckling Sci-Fi Mystery

Ic isnt up bro

@DeadDrop

Sis.

The Treasure of Emily Gray - A Swashbuckling Sci-Fi Mystery

Man look at how cool the addisions are.

@DeadDrop

Dae: "Not so cool. They still owe me payment for the last favour I did for them."

Neon Lights - Gang Fanfare and The Smell of Death

Rules? What rules? :P

The Treasure of Emily Gray - A Swashbuckling Sci-Fi Mystery

@Genni Looks okay, just keep in mind that the Erkani can even take the form of other alien races, and be fairly convincing.

@Perpenheimer

What level of shapeshifting do Erkani possess?

1 - Camoflague: Retain their shape and size, but can alter their outward appearance to disguise themselves as other members of their own race or physiologically similar ones (e.g. any humanoid race.)

Camoflagued form

2 - Form shifting: Retain their basis shape (number of limbs, etc.) but can change their size to take on new forms.

Big and Small

3 - Zoological transformation: Can transform into the shape of any known creature, but only gain the attributes the physical form would provide (gills = breathe underwater, wings = flight, etc.)

Beast Walker

4 - Full mimickry - Can transform themselves into any known lifeform, and gain all attributes and abilities native to that lifeform (psionics, cultural bonuses, etc.) Can transform into basic machines with moving parts, but not chemical, electrical or radiological components.

Doppelganger

5 - Fluid form: Their true form is a liquid mass, and they can reshape themselves into any shape at will. They can mimic any individual close enough to fool close friends and family. Can form complex machines and devices.

Melting Man

How easy is Erkani shapeshifting? Could Dae dodge around a corner and moments later step back in a completely different form, or would she have to 'cocoon' herself for several hours or days to metamorphose into a new form? Could she shapeshift her limbs during combat to form weapons?

The King is dead, long live the King!

All nice happy politicians, with absolutely no hidden blades and poisoned chalices? Sounds fun. :D

Corrupted Veins

As long as I get to grow a tentacle or two, I'm interested. :D

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Dae Sikil

Name: Dae Sikil
Race: Erkani
Age: Early 20s (?)
Sex: Female (?)
Appearance:

Dae Sikil

History: Dae tends to be extremely tight lipped about 'her' past, as do many other members of her enigmatic, shapeshifting race. 'She' claims to be in her early twenties, but at times makes offhand comments and refers to cultural keystones from a far older time. Whether this shows a deeper knowledge of the galaxy than 'she' likes to let on, or shows 'her' personal history to be something far more involved than 'she' lets people know is just another mystery about the strange alien and 'her' true motives.

Personality: A twisted puzzle with many facets, Dae has the ability to switch moods on a dime in order to gain the best advantage in any given situation. Sometimes flirty and funloving, and other times cold and direct, the onyx enigma rarely lets those around know 'her' true feelings or motivations until the outcome is certain.

Allegiance: Herself. Dae's allegiances are fluid and sha shows no real loyalty to anyone other than her own unknown agenda.
Occupation: Facilitator
Personal Effects: Dae carries few possessions with her, preferring instead to procure whatever she needs as requirement appears.
Other: As a shapeshifting Erkani Dae's gender is fluid, although she seems to prefer a female form in most situations.

'Ship'

Ship Manufacturer: Erkani Synthetic Labs
Ship Designation: 'Ship'
Ship Class: Personal Transport
Ship Size: Variable, standard 12m
Ship Crew/Personnel: Variable, usually solo
Ship Armament: Adaptive energy emitters
Ship Technologies: Erkani adaptive hull and engine systems
Ship Appearance: Variable, standard featureless spherical
Other: Similar to the Erkani's own shapeshifting nature, their space vessel technology is highly adaptive and although the 'standard' appearance of their ships is a featureless sphere they can be reconfigured into virtually any shape to suit the crew's needs.

The internal systems are also adaptive, with components being shifted between roles depending on the situation. This can allow Erkani vessels to fly faster, withstand more damage and have more powerful weapons than other races, but always at the expense of other features as engine power is transferred to weapons or hull generation or vice versa.

Neon Lights - Gang Fanfare and The Smell of Death

If you're in need of a fixer to fix up fixings I'd be fixed to fix that. :D

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Are you ever gonna let me live that down?

@rush99999

Probably not. :p

...does upgrade effect our XP bonus from com-links?

@knighthawk

No, it only affects stat boosts and status effect durations which are derived from carried equipment. So if you use the Stun Baton on someone while Ironside's around they'd be affected for five turns rather than the usual one.

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do we need to be near ironside prime to retain upgraded status, or do all of her clones sound as signal boosters?

@knighthawk

All the clones provide the bonus as well as Ironside herself, although the effect doesn't stack so you still only get the one boost (otherwise by this point you'd be getting +16 for the buff and that'd just be ridiculous.) As long as you're within range (about half a kilometer) of any of the Ironsides you'd still benefit from the effect.

The clones are all exact duplicates of Ironside, with the same skills, traits, abilities, personality, memories, sexual proclivities, strange fascination with Frank Sinatra and everything else which makes her an individual, apart from the fact they're fake copies who only 'live' for a few minutes at a time.

PS: You don't get scantily clad cheerleader robots until the boss fight, so Rocksmith has time to charge up his fireballs and roast them all.