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Occupied Equestria - Boiler Room
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
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No.195000
195001
The rear portions of the SSRS Kostroma have been cleared. The Boiler room draws near. Still that sound persists. Calling them.
756 replies and 60 files omitted.
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
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No.195216
I'm off work Monday and Tuesday (or supposed to be, retail managers don't really get guaranteed days off), so hopefully I'll be able to finally play.
Posey
7a39a51
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No.195217
195218
2679557__safe_female_pony_oc_mare_human_hug_armor_oc-colon-anon_cuddling_royal+guard_snuggling_holding+a+pony_undead_zombie_guardsmare_artist-colon-n.png
>>195215
I can see that you are intentionally evading the question of if he is handsome. That won't stop Posey :3

.

"He witnessed the madness spreading among his crew, and with no hope to escape he turned his gun on himself, choosing to join the dead on his own terms than to become 'one of them', panicking like the prey animal animal he is, forced to be a warhorse by the machinations of this world and faced with horrors beyond his comprehension. Does that make him a coward, or is he really a hero? Does it even matter? His fate is tragic either way..." Posey whispers, biting her lower lip slightly and shimmying her hips in appreciation, her stoic and paralyzed face melting into something softer, more romantic.
Glancing over her shoulder slightly to check that she is not being directly observed in the darkness, she continues to prod at his corpse, gently grasping his head in her hooves and entropy flows from her little heart-shaped stigmata, getting a good look at his features, or what remains of them, and whispers to him gently as her unholy touch slightly accelerates the rate of his decay. She taps her horn to his with little red spark of magical intimacy.
"Alas, darling, cruel indeed had been your fate. Is your spirit truly sundered from this heartless world? Does no ember of vengeance yet gleam within your soul? For a wraith most wicked you could be, a shade to haunt these seas, an Allip of dreadful renown." she whispers
Rolling Perform, for slam Poetry (+4 for understanding how he died):
[1d20+12 = (9+12) = 21]
She then makes sure that her head is concealed by her hood before she kisses him, licking the blood away from his face to leave him relatively presentable.
She then pulls her head away and stands over him, staring down at his lifeless body.
"But feel free to stay still for now if you will. I will come to collect you either way, and then you can ride with us for all eternity."

Visibly reenergized by the tragedy and the taste of blood, she holds her head high and begins to turn away, ready for business.
The Floof and the Noodle
193b490
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No.195218
195219
>>195215
>>195217
Does Kira's keen snek senses give her any insight on what's going on?

Spot: [1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
Listen: [1d20+8 = (11+8) = 19]

Silver tilts his head at the form of Posey leaning down over the corpse, unsure what exactly she is doing. He speaks up with a question for Black Heel. "These are navy ponies, so that begs question of if you observe burial at sea."
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
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No.195219
195220 195222
>>195218
About what?

Blackheel
"Where feasible, the preference is to return the bodies home. But yes."
The Floof and the Noodle
193b490
?
No.195220
195221
>>195219
About Posey's...eccentricities, with regards to the pony corpse.

Silver nods. "When coast is clear, we can see if we have enough time to put them in one of those row boats and set it towards island."
Posey
234a02d
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No.195221
>>195220
Posey is just trying to encourage an Allip to spawn by charging the corpse of a suicide victim with negative energy.
Posey
234a02d
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No.195222
195223 195225 195226
>>195219
Posey sets this particular corpse on her floating disk (I forgot that's still active) and moves to towards the door of the boiler room.
"For now, we should lay them outside the boiler room, so that they do not distract or sicken the repair ponies while they work here." Posey says
"So let them get to work, so that we can set get to the control tower where Light Water is holed up. Giddy up."
As she gets to the door, she addresses the NPCs outside
"No monsters are left in this chamber. Repair ponies can come inside and get to work now, while the rest of us address the source of this madness. Giddy up if you want us all to make it back to shore in one piece. Chop chop." she says

She takes the body to a corner of the cargo hold, preferably behind cover.

Then she wipes herself off
"Who is ready to catch a hippogriff?" she asks
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195223
195224 195226
>>195222
Where the corpse was located is already out of the way and not easy to see. But it was by the boiler. Then again, Posey probably can't identify what a boiler looks like, what it is, or what it does. The engineer team are already in the room

Stained Sand protests
"Ready? Nothing has changed. I can't see shit."
Posey
234a02d
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No.195224
195228
>>195223
I mean, it moving the body doesn't make sense, then Posey won't do it. She just thought the workers would be more productive if they didn't have to work with a dead body locked in the same room.

Posey addresses Stained Sand
"Would you prefer to wait until after the workers relight the boiler and the lights turn on to go after Light Water?" she asks
Cavaliere
9c489fa
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No.195225
195228
>>195222
"We agree on that, and all creatures are inside. I suggest we take bodies to the prior room until it's safe enough to set up a proper morgue. As for Light Water, I had thought you preferred a direct attack on his 'ally' first."

GM, has Cavaliere made it to the catwalk or located a way up yet?
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
?
No.195226
195228
>>195222
>>195223
Kira assists with moving the pony corpses out of the room using her long and powerful tail. Even when dead, a part of Kira has to morbidly admit that ponies are still pretty cute and friend-shaped, which makes the whole thing even more sad.

Silver trots up to Zara, and lights up his horn for her to see. "Need any light to help with working?"
Posey
7ec6d69
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No.195227
195228
Have the repair ponies responded and entered the room yet?
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195228
195229 195230 195231
>>195224
Stained Sand
"Well what else would we do? Fight in the dark? They can see in the dark. At least I assume they can. We can't. If all you wanted to just mad dash for the one place you think that he's at you could have just done that and not bothered with the boiler. Why else are we here if not to relight it?"

Blackheel
"It's not too late to leave and fire both tubes at the ship."

It kind of does make sense to move the body

>>195225
Cavaliere jumps up and is painfully rebuffed by a railing on the walkway that he either did not see, or more likely, simply failed to clear. He does at least find a stairway up to the catwalk.

>>195226
Zara comes in and looks around timidly. "Yes..." Her ears wiggle, takes a step, sand she looks at Silver

>>195227
Yes
Posey
7ec6d69
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No.195229
195233
>>195228
"Very well then. We will regroup and plan our next strike as the boiler is being prepared." Posey says
"I can stand watch in the meantime. How long you estimate the boiler repairs will take?" Posey asks
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
?
No.195230
195233
>>195228
Silver keeps in close to the zebra, keeping his horn lit and letting the almost ethereal blue light shine their path. "You lead way, I will keep you safe and provide light."
Cavaliere
9c489fa
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No.195231
195233
>>195228
Cavaliere goes onto the catwalk and shines his light around the boiler room from above.
Posey
7ec6d69
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No.195232
195233
I am confused. Are we, the party, supposed to be fixing the boiler, or leaving it to the repair NPCs? What is Cavalier investigating?
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195233
195234 195235 195238 195247
>>195230
She looks at a brick wall - literally there is brick inside of the ship - opens a slat, moves over and checks a few guages, opens a valve, walks around

"The fuel was cut off..." she checks a gauge. With some use of force, she presses down on a lever, making an "umph" sound pressing it down. This is a job for a stallion, or at least, a strong mare. And Zara proves strong enough. She turns around to Silver.

"The fuel has gone cold. You must understand. This isn't like gasoline, which evaporates at low temperature and never freezes, nor like diesel. This is bunker oil. It's like tar, or asphalt. It freezes in cold temperatures. It's... It's not quite cold enough to freeze, but it flows like molasses. It needs to be heated up. And... well it's not a simple process."

>>195231
Cavaliere finds it. Cavaliere finds a couple spent cartridge cases on the catwalk as well. Looking down into the boiler room, not much is revealed that isn't already known. No creatures besides those he knows about. Blood and oil on the floor, but mostly just steel grating. Networks of pipes, and what Cavaliere can recognize as a giant steam piston engine in the center.

>>195232
Players can take an active part in relighting the boiler, or they can just walk past it and assume NPCs will do their thing without even being ordered to do it. Player choice

>>195229
Zara Zama:
"It'll take... a process to relight the boiler... I'm not sure what damage, if any, has been done
Posey
7ec6d69
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No.195234
195236
>>195233
>Players can take an active part in relighting the boiler
Idk if I have the skills for that.
>they can just walk past it and assume NPCs will do their thing without even being ordered to do it. Player choice
I thought I already ordered them to. Are any skill checks necessary?

Posey sheaves her sword and draws her whip.
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
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No.195235
195236
>>195233
Silver nods. "Just tell me what to do. I will help however I can."
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
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No.195236
195237 195238 195239
>>195234
If this were a video game, you'd get a task and just do the task. But you don't really care about the boiler in the first place because you don't need lights and you trust that the ship can just be moved later and the Traveller and the GRU ship handled without a need of propulsion and electricity. But no one else has dark vision, so they need to care at least somewhat. So... I don't know? Your character alone has darkvision, and no one else does. It means that objectives are not going to be the same from character to character

>>195235
"It's..." She looks at the large brick structure and takes a step back. Then she turns to Silver, and her ears rotate.

"Either the fuel needs to be heated... or the boiler needs to be started with something else. Something lighter, like diesel or kerosene."
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
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No.195237
195240
>>195236
Silver nods, and goes back to see if any of the fuel barrels from the previous room still have some left.
Cavaliere
9c489fa
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No.195238
195239 195240
>>195233
"It looks as though shots came from up here. That unfortunate soul may have been the target of an assassin."

>>195236
"Then we're in luck, if any of that fuel is left back there." He descends and follows Silver to help.

I mean, Posey could describe every important detail to us room by room, but I don't think that's desired.
Posey
a24d489
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No.195239
>>195236
I want the boiler to be relit because I intend to steal and resell this ship. I just don't know what my character can offer in this situation other than wait for the scene to move on.
Maybe I could make a Rally check to or an Intimidation check to motivate the NPCs.
>>195238
She could do that.
Posey does that. She describes the room in as best of detail as she can.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195240
195241 195242
>>195237
>>195238
If the door is already closed, it must be opened again. At the least, the door is easier to open from the boiler room side.

Cargo Hold 4 has a sort of eerie silence. A couple lights and lamps still shine, so the room is dark, but not perfectly so.

Checking barrels, most are empty. A couple have some, and a small few are almost full
Cavaliere
9c489fa
?
No.195241
195244
>>195240
We had the door jammed open, but couldn't open it all the way. It should be enough to feed a barrel through.
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
?
No.195242
195243 195244
>>195240
Silver tries to bring an almost full barrel back.
Posey
a24d489
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No.195243
195244
>>195242
Posey helps, placing the barrel on her floating disk.

Btw, Talisman Of The Disk is a good investment.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195244
195245 195250 195261
>>195241
>>195243
>>195242
Between Silver, Cavaliere's rolling, and Posey's floating disk, a barrel is brought back. At least so far, it's gone easier than taking a barrel through the straight of hormuz
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
?
No.195245
195261
>>195244
Silver nods at Zara. "Okay, now what do we do?"
Posey
a24d489
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No.195246
Posey takes out her flashlight and hands it to her Unseen Servant, illuminating the room.
Posey
9722ae4
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No.195247
195248 195250 195261 195263
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2292521__safe_torque+wrench_solo_smiling_plot_butt_ms+paint_rainbow+roadtrip_wrench_working_artist-colon-sallycars.png
6082301__safe_torque+wrench_solo_rainbow+roadtrip_artist-colon-wrath-dash-marionphauna_rosie+the+riveter_we+can+do+it!.jpg
3057132__safe_torque+wrench_female_pony_solo_clothes_simple+background_earth+pony_cute_looking+at+you_white+background_mouth+hold_box_toolbox_atorque.png
Okay, checking the Repair skill, it can in fact be used untrained, and you can take 10 on it.
If we consider the boiler a "complex machine", it should be a DC of 20 to restore full functionality, and it should take one hour of work (which is also the same amount of time it takes to repair a damaged section of a mechanical or starship) with one worker. Multiple repair ponies making primary checks could reduce the amount of time, while secondary ponies aiding another could boost their skill checks (assuming enough tools are available).
Characters with ranks in relevant craft skill (Silver) could roll that as well.

If the remaining party members and non-repair NPCs all roll to Aid another, about half of us should succeed (the DC is 10), that could be some +12 to the primary with half decent luck, so the repair ponies should be able to take 10 even if they have low low mods (if they're repair ponies, I would assume they have max ranks in Repair/Craft though). We should have no trouble doing it within an hour.

>>195233
>Players can take an active part in relighting the boiler
This is what I got:

Posey realizes that even if her mechanical skills are limited, she can still look the part.

Posey puts on a calm, energetic and cheery demeanor. She ditches her cloak and armor, and she restyles her mane by combing it back, curling her bangs and tying it with a bandana in a way that remembers a humble working-class mare with some strategically smeared grease (taking 10 on disguise, modified 25). Her unseen servant shines a light from behind her and her cutie mark "Rosey Ring" talent activates (the Mark of the Tattoo'd Mystic), the ring of fire on her plot glowing as her head is backlit by a ominous yet beautiful crimson halo, like a cruel angel, shining with the red and gold that is so common among propaganda. She strikes a cute, slightly seductive pose, swinging her hips and pumping her hoof with a smile that is evocative of contemporary Equestrian and Stalliongrad wartime workers propaganda posters that these sailors should be familiar with (taking 10 on Bluff for acting and seduction, modified 24 on both).

"Giddy up, everypony! It is always darkest before the dawn, but the dawn. Push to bring back the light! We can do it!" she says with gusto
Rally check to boost morale (+2 for creative use of disguise and bluff that exploits contemporary cultural iconography in the face of brainwashed soldiers):
[1d20+12 = (9+12) = 21]
She also makes a Charisma check, to further compel any pony that is already charmed by her gaze to push beyond their normal limits.
[1d20+6 = (2+6) = 8]
Posey gets to work assisting with the repairs. She has no ranks in relevant skills, but she has high Intelligence.

Repair check (+2 Synergy from Arcana ranks for using magical spells to assist):
[1d20+5 = (2+5) = 7]

Posey mostly aids by using her superior darkvision to identify damage to the boiler, using the glow of her horn to point out places that need repairs, and levitating necessary equipment with her horn, unseen servant and floating disk.

She takes 20 on Search checks to find and point out damaged parts of the boiler, taking advantage of her darkvision and racial bonuses (modified 25).
Posey
9722ae4
?
No.195248
2078954__safe_torque+wrench_female_pony_mare_ponified_semi-dash-anthro_-fwslash-mlp-fwslash-_drawthread_rainbow+roadtrip_world+war+ii_rosie+the+rivet.jpeg
>>195247
>7 on Aid another Repair
Despite looking gorgeous, Rosey "The Riveter" Ring's actual physical efforts to repair the boiler do not contribute to assisting the repairs in any meaningful way for the hour.
In fact, she might be a little bit of a distraction...

She does raise worker morale though. What a dedicated and hardworking working-class lady she is. Pretty too.

Fun Fact: the real life Rosey The Riveter quit her factory job after only two weeks.
Posey
9722ae4
?
No.195249
195263
This sums up all of Posey's exhaustive efforts on repairing the boiler.

Everypony else who isn't doing the primary check should roll to Aid Another so we can determine if we fix it within the hour.
The Floof and The Noodle
193b490
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No.195250
195261
>>195247
>>195244
Silver may not be a mechanic, but he sees if there's any of his smithing knowledge he might be able to put towards helping get the boiler up and running.

Weaponsmithing: [1d20+12 = (20+12) = 32]
Armorsmithing: [1d20+5 = (13+5) = 18]
Gunsmithing: [1d20+1 = (8+1) = 9]
Posey
59a3381
?
No.195251
2181151__safe_pony_pegasus_ponified_rosie+the+riveter_artist-colon-my-dash-little-dash-veteran.jpeg
I think at least one of Silver's checks should be enough to aid the repair ponies and meet the DC if they take 10 on Repair, assuming they have barely serviceable mods as lvl 1 characters.

Idk though. Do we succeed?
Posey
24b9a31
?
No.195260
combs mane
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195261
195262 195263
>>195247
As Posey tells the creatures to engage their work, they scurry about, looking at the maze of pipes, or working with Zara and Cavaliere with the kerosene. Posey doesn't exactly know how the engines and boiler system work, but she does know how to make menials do their tasks, and she can at least make them busy.

>>195250
Silver has no idea how an engine works, or a boiler. But he does know how a sword works. Silver sees a pipe that has shattered and broken, either from a bullet strike or from a jolt through the ship, and is able to stamp another piece of metal around it, and attempt to weld it in with the torch.

>>195245
>>195244
Zara opens a slot.

"Okay. So it's a converted coal bunker. If you look here you can see that the bunker oil has congealed somewhat. Not completely solid but not flowing enough for our purposes. Okay so let's take a funnel... add some fuel oil here... And now inside of the furnace itself, lets add some fuel oil..."

Mostly the tasks involve holding the barrel up and siphoning it, almost like a gas can.

"And... That should do it. We just need to light the boiler."
Posey
1a7cdf6
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No.195262
breakingnews-v0-tgwbbdu6ni7d1.png
>>195261
"Great job, team." Posey says, striking another pose

She looks to Zara
"Then let us light it."
Cavaliere
9c489fa
?
No.195263
195264 195266 195268
>>195247
Changing costumes for this scene is evocative of the cartoon, even if it's not very realistic, and shows Posey's chaotic side. Nice touch.
>>195249
>>195261
Cavaliere's skillset is not relevant to machinery but being an extra pair of claws should help Zara out with the fuel and lighting.
[1d20+2 = (1+2) = 3]
Cavaliere
9c489fa
?
No.195264
195266 195268
>>195263
Reee why did I roll....
Posey
1a7cdf6
?
No.195266
195267
6219771__safe_imported+from+ponybooru_minuette_pony_unicorn_female_looking+at+you_mare_mare+stare_solo.png
>>195263
>>195264
What skill are you even rolling?
Cavaliere
9c489fa
?
No.195267
195269
>>195266
"Aid Another"
I assume it has intelligence modifier here.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195268
195269 195273
>>195263
>>195264
Cavaliere's grip slips, and he drops the barrel.

The Kerosene-like heating oil, somewhat like the bunker oil, and much unlike gasoline, has a low vaporization point, much lower than gasoline. The fact that the boiler room, Cargo Hold 4, the Torpedo boat, and so much of civilization all manage to smell like diesel fuel is a testament to the sheer quantity of it that gets spilled.
Posey
1a7cdf6
?
No.195269
195271
>>195267
She didn't need an assist roll. She could just take 10 for this.

Good thing skills don't cri-
>>195268
Oh, nevermind...

.
Can we fix this situation without rolling anymore checks?
Posey
1a7cdf6
?
No.195270
Posey catches the barrel to keep it from spilling excessively, then she commands her unseen servant to mop up the fluid.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
f914c1b
?
No.195271
195272
>>195269
Rolls are more fun though. But sure I guess
Posey
1a7cdf6
?
No.195272
195275
>>195271
Rolling Charisma to resolve the situation with force of personality.
[1d20+6 = (11+6) = 17]
Posey
1a7cdf6
?
No.195273
RDT_20260517_0432351138819576793549812.jpg
>>195268
Posey
1a7cdf6
?
No.195274
195275
After we clean up the spilled fluid, is Zara able to successfully light the boiler?