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Norman "The Skipper" Takamori
In the first episode Norman Takamori is the hassled captain of the Red Hot, who answers the Lady Pike's demand for the krystals with "We're not handing over the krystals, goddammit!" SOE1·00:09:12. He tells his gunners "It's just Skipper" SOE1·00:46:29. Riva says his real name is Norman and Skipper is a nickname SOE1·00:46:43. Brennan's flashback shows him in full dress uniform, saluted by ranks of cadets, receiving the Brass Tiger as Ace Tiger pilot of his squadron from General Analinda Weatherall of the Amercadian Space Brigade SOE1·00:10:06 SOE1·00:11:33. A few years later an officer tells him the squadron will not be put under his command, and he chooses to cash out half his pension to get a ship, saying "I'm going to make my own Space Brigade" SOE1·00:14:35 SOE1·00:12:33 SOE1·00:13:46. Back in the fight he says "I'm trying to get the fuck out of here" SOE1·00:46:38.
Norman "The Skipper" Takamori is the former Amercadian Space Brigade ace pilot who captains the Red Hot, and from the end of the first episode his body is occupied by a mind that calls itself Skip SOE1·00:11:33 SOE1·00:14:30 SOE2·00:20:04 SOE6·00:27:26. In the first episode he gets rid of the crates SOE1·01:39:15. He snaps "This is the most worthless crew I have ever had in my entire life" SOE1·01:42:55, and tells Margaret "You're fine" SOE1·01:43:50. At the end of the episode a flash of green goo flies into his face and up his nose SOE1·01:45:17.
In the second episode Brennan tells the new mind that it has been suspended in cryogenic slumber for time out of mind and has found a human being SOE2·00:20:04. Its first word is "Wait." SOE2·00:26:09. It says "Call me Skip" SOE2·00:35:26, and later "My name is Norman Takamori" SOE2·01:37:37. In the third episode he declares at the dock "Rescind, baby" SOE3·00:19:16. When Gust Weatherall calls him Norm he answers "My name is Norm Takamori" SOE3·01:19:06. In the fourth episode the pug Melon licks his eye and calls him Prince Valdrinor, and Skip answers "You must be mistaken. I don't know what you're talking about" SOE4·02:45:00 SOE4·02:45:03. The Rootersnoos ticker then reads that he is wanted for the murder of 12 sisters of the Cosmic Veil SOE4·02:58:45. In the fifth episode he flies Zortch to safety, saying "Carry me!" at the ramp, and in the cockpit "Awesome, let's ram it" SOE5·02:01:27 SOE5·02:11:20.
In the sixth episode he tells the crew he is not Norman Takamori SOE6·00:27:26. He says "just call me Skip" SOE6·00:27:40. He says "I just wanna do some cool shit" SOE6·00:30:21, and that his people "have goals that are all one goal" SOE6·00:29:23. In the seventh episode he is greeted as captain by Lamelia, answering "Right on" SOE7·00:10:16. At the end he says "I got my Proldier's license right here" and shoots at the Sheriff's head SOE7·02:11:34 SOE7·02:11:39. In the eighth episode Brennan says Skip's boot fires a hole through the sheriff, and later that Skip's laser hits the sheriff's throat and Sheriff Warner Codge is dead SOE8·00:13:25 SOE8·01:03:08. In the tenth episode he asks the crew "What is the worst thing that Norman Skip Takamori did to you?" and tells Gunnie "So can I call you my son?" SOE10·00:03:16 SOE10·01:00:51. Riva's Probe Mind finds Gust Weatherall's face in his memory, and the episode ends with a blaster pushed into his back SOE10·01:08:43 SOE10·02:38:48.
In the eleventh episode Chamberlain Drablian tells him the Great Emhatchening must commence, and Skip begs "Just give me more time" SOE11·00:10:18. Skip opens his mouth and vomits a brain slug SOE11·01:53:02. The Skipper's body, awake on the ground, says "This crew. This shitty, shitty little crew" SOE11·01:54:46. In the twelfth episode Skip jumps back into Norman's body SOE12·00:06:46. He confesses to the crew "I'm a prince as well. I am royalty among the slugs" SOE12·00:18:45. After the craniobolt is removed, the memory returns: at Gust Weatherall's party a cadet's head explodes after drinking Gusty Vines champagne SOE12·02:25:36. Gust tells Norman "You're gonna take the fall for this one" SOE12·02:26:13. He says "I just don't want to do that right now" about the Emhatchening SOE12·00:19:34. In the fourteenth episode he tells a nun in the can "Everyone thinks I killed you" SOE14·01:15:16.
In the fifteenth episode Skip meets his father King Prilbus through a tongue in his eye, who calls him Valdrinor, and he answers "Father" SOE15·00:42:15 SOE15·00:42:20. He says "I want nothing to do with this dynasty" SOE15·00:43:11, and calls his father "Coward" SOE15·00:50:44. He spits his slug body out and is carried out of his cell by Handy Annie SOE15·01:31:45 SOE15·01:32:35. In the sixteenth episode his slug takes over a sleeping prison guard the coworkers call Slim, and later returns to Norman Takamori, saying "Right on" SOE16·00:27:36 SOE16·00:28:35 SOE16·01:39:15. In the seventeenth episode Skip is piloting when a crystal dagger is plunged into his stomach and Zortch whispers "Time to come home, my son" and Skip cries "Father!" SOE17·01:21:26 SOE17·01:21:39 SOE17·01:21:47. Earlier, Skip tells Gust Weatherall "Like the fact that you killed an entire squad of Amercadian soldiers" SOE17·00:43:37.
In the last episode Skip cries out when stabbed and hides from Zortch in the pilot's room, where Prilbus looks at him through Zortch's eyes SOE18·00:02:50 SOE18·00:37:14 SOE18·00:41:23. He says "I am home, Prilbus" SOE18·00:42:22. He tells the Skipper "you have the helm, be a hero" SOE18·01:16:50. He then spits himself out and rockets down an air vent after his father SOE18·01:16:59. He takes over Loose Duke's body, shouting "The house of Frangus is mine!" SOE18·01:55:07 SOE18·01:55:58. After shooting his father he says "The king is dead. Long live the king" SOE18·01:57:04. With Skip gone, Norman Takamori pilots the Wurst SOE18·01:22:47. Riva beams his recovered memory to every Amercadian comms channel SOE18·01:58:59. Analinda Weatherall tells Gust "We're drumming you out of the brigade" SOE18·02:00:42. Norman says "No more running" SOE18·02:50:02. A hot dog explodes through the core of Gust Weatherall's ship, destroying it SOE18·02:50:05. In Loose Duke's body he looks into the Skipper's eyes and says "This is your moment" SOE18·02:36:44. He signals Loose Duke over, and Loose Duke spits the slug into the back of the Skipper's throat SOE18·02:54:42. Norman then says "This is the best crew" SOE18·02:54:56. He hands his wings to Gunnie, saying "You're right, we do need a co-pilot" SOE18·02:55:22 SOE18·02:55:10.
Character sheet — A Starstruck Odyssey
A Starstruck Odyssey sheet of Norman "The Skipper" Takamori (played by Zac Oyama). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Features
- Ace Pilot — Character feature on the card. SOE1·00:05:28
- Evasive Maneuvers — Used before initiative. SOE1·00:14:55
- Defiant — Zac adds a d4 to a roll with Defiant. SOE1·01:31:32
- Slippery Pilot — Bonus-action dash while piloting. SOE1·00:19:38
- Skip: a different being in Norman's body — The Skip card reads under new management: a being from cryogenic slumber now runs Norman's body; Zac plays it as Skip. SOE2·00:27:41 SOE2·00:20:04
- Sneak Attack — Brennan adds Sneak Attack damage. SOE2·01:54:34
- Skills Exploit — Zac reads out a skills exploit (Operative): predict a humanoid's behavior within 30 feet, a Wisdom (Perception) check contested by Dexterity. SOE3·01:36:03
- Guerrilla Style — Disengage and dash into the room. SOE4·00:35:51
- Angle Perception — Zac names the Skills Exploit: Angle Perception. SOE4·00:44:52
- Cunning Action — Moves up to 120 feet carrying Zortch. SOE5·00:19:25
- Brain slug revealed — Skip tells the crew he is a cerebro-slug, not Norman. SOE6·00:27:26
- Supreme Accuracy — Second feature on the card; Lethality Practice kit: Assassinate, Priming Attack. SOE8·00:03:56 SOE8·00:03:48
- Bad Feeling — Moves up to his speed before initiative is determined. SOE9·00:06:00
- Starship Charge — Pilot manoeuvre. SOE9·00:37:58
- Colonian Turn — Pilot manoeuvre (power die, long ship move). SOE9·01:44:51
- Leaves Norman's body — Skip vomits his slug out of Norman to try to take over a Guernican Art Squad man; the slug gets in but cannot take control; Norman wakes on the ground. SOE11·01:53:02 SOE11·01:54:40
- Back in Norman's body — Skip jumps back into Norman with Bad Feeling. SOE12·00:05:44 SOE12·00:06:22
- Uncanny Dodge — Zac calls for Uncanny Dodge against spell damage; Brennan rules it does not apply to a spell. SOE13·01:09:38
- Consume Mind and Body Thief — Consume Mind (3d6 vs Intelligence, stuns) and Body Thief (contested Intelligence on an incapacitated target). SOE15·01:32:02
- Slug rides Handy Annie's hand — Skip ejects from Norman's body and is carried by the android's hand; Norman wakes. SOE15·01:31:45 SOE15·01:32:35
- Takes guard Slim's body — Body Thief contest 13 vs 13 takes a sleeping guard. SOE16·00:27:36
- Returns to Norman's body — The guard host dies; the slug returns to Norman Takamori. SOE16·01:39:07
- Cunning Avoidance and Dependable Pilot — Cunning Avoidance: once per round a Dex check replaces AC; Dependable Pilot takes the maximum on a Dex check. SOE17·00:32:19
- Leaves Norman for Loose Duke — Skip spits himself out of Norman's body and wins control of Loose Duke's body (18 vs Prilbus). SOE18·01:16:50 SOE18·01:55:07
- Back in Norman's throat — Loose Duke spits the slug into Skipper's throat; Skipper (Norman) hands his wings to Gunnie. SOE18·02:54:42 SOE18·02:55:10
Items
- Vibro-rapier — Weapon. SOE4·00:46:17
- Jet pack — Fly speed 40, runs on power cells. SOE5·00:04:21
- Gun boots — Bought for 300 credits. SOE7·00:46:56
- Krystal dagger — Used with advantage. SOE8·00:09:26
- Sheriff's hat and badge — Kept from the Sheriff. SOE8·01:14:57
- Blaster pistol +1 — Infused by Gunnie: plus one to attack and damage. SOE13·00:30:31
- Guns and crystal dagger handed over — Handed over at the guard station. SOE15·00:19:20
- Jet pack — lost: given to Barry ("This was Hog's. Treat it well.") SOE16·02:07:51
- Cryo cell blaster — Sneak attack with it. SOE18·00:39:42
By episode
SO E1: Welcome to the Spacin' Life, Buddy
- Captain of the Red Hot and a former Amercadian Space Brigade pilot; called "The Skipper", real name Norman: Riva: "Skipper is actually a nickname." — 00:46:43
- Drops the article from his nickname: "You don't have to call me "The Skipper." It's just Skipper" — 00:46:29; "Skipper, god damn it." — 00:37:50
- Flashback: at a ceremony on Kansas he is given the Brass Tiger as "Ace Tiger pilot of your squadron" — 00:11:33; a few years later is refused a squadron: "we're not going to put the squadron under your command." — 00:12:33
- Chooses half pay and a ship: "I'm cashing the fuck out." — 00:14:30; "I'm going to make my own Space Brigade." — 00:14:35
- Refuses to hand over the krystals: "We're not handing over the krystals, goddammit!" — 00:09:12
- Considers trading his crew: "could I trade my crew for my freedom?" (Zac, as the captain's thought; Riva overhears it telepathically) — 01:20:09
- Wants out of the fight: "I'm trying to get the fuck out of here." — 00:46:38; at the low point: "I wish I had my guys." — 01:29:13
- Gives up the cargo: "Let's get rid of the crates, god damn it." — 01:39:15
- Afterward lashes out: "This is the most worthless crew I have ever had in my entire life." — 01:42:55; exempts Margaret: "You're fine." — 01:43:50
- Gets advantage on Insight from "that pilot thing" — 01:23:22
- A flash of green goo flies into his face and up his nose at the end — 01:45:17
SO E2: Rolling Up The Hill
- A new consciousness in the body: "You, for time out of mind, you have been suspended in cryogenic slumber." — 00:20:04; "You have found a human being." — 00:20:04
- First thought: Zac says "like when a baby giraffe is born and it has to learn to run immediately." — 00:22:43
- Learns the body in steps: Dex save "dirty 20" (00:23:44), runs into a wall "take five points of damage" — 00:24:33; again "take another 3 points of damage" — 00:26:35; opens his mouth instead of his eyes — 00:27:04; "I try to echolocate." — 00:27:21
- Speech: only "Wait." — 00:26:09; later "I...bath." — 00:43:36; "Right on." becomes his phrase — 01:13:02
- Memory flashes of the old Norman: "deep outrage, entitlement, cruelty, misdirected self-criticism cast outward at other people" — 00:30:38
- Sees the stars for the first time: "Endless Void and beyond counting, twinkling stars." — 00:31:38
- Tells Margaret she is important after remembering her financing the ship: "You're important." — 01:08:32
- Pain systems are left off: "Cool. Leave those off." — 00:44:31; so his legs fill with lactic acid and he takes Exhaustion — 01:12:40, 01:14:09
- Decides a name for himself: "Call me Skip." — 00:35:26; "My name is Norman Takamori." — 01:37:37; orders "Make it 12." — 01:37:55
- Fights in the bar: unarmed strike 15, 8 damage — 01:54:19–01:54:43
- The crew know: "you have been made by the crew" — 00:41:50
SO E3: Wrecked on Rec 97
- The Skipper's body, run by the new consciousness; the crew keep covering for him. Speech is a few phrases: "Right on." — 00:08:46; "Fill 'er up." — 00:19:30; "Nailed it." — 01:10:46
- Declares at the dock: "My name is Norman "Skip" Takamori. Rescind, baby." — 00:19:16
- Cat-like observer: Zac says "I'm like when a cat watches you work." — 00:23:04
- Learning to read: Intelligence 12, "you don't quite unlock that skill. You know it says stuff." — 00:37:38–00:38:08; signs the contract: "Right on." — 00:38:28
- Persuasion nat 20 draws Mae's attention: "Hello, what's your name?" — 01:11:15
- Gust Weatherall calls him "Norm Takamori"; Skip answers "My name is Norm Takamori." — 01:19:06
- Intelligence nat 1 when searching the brain for the memory of Gust; Brennan's narration on the nat 1 suggests a former lover or family member — 01:20:11, 01:22:02
- Drinks the double dutch commando and lets out a "high-pitched ululating" cry — 01:23:55
- Suggests going to the pawn shop; Riva: "Maybe skip it, Skip." — 01:25:51, 01:26:06
- Zac uses "a Skills Exploit thing" on a RecPol: 9 against 12, plus a Defiant d4 roll of 2 — 01:36:03–01:36:28
- Gets into the RecShaw: "Let's get in the thing." — 01:41:58
- Does not know hotels: "What is a "hotel?"" — 02:03:23
SO E4: Every Day is Our Wurst Day
- Sits in the steam with the pain systems still off: "The front side of me is bright red." — 00:06:12; "My face hurts." — 00:07:31
- Asks how to approach the room: "Front, back?" — 00:18:10; posts up at the main staircase — 00:24:23
- Zac's Skip tries a smile: "His stern expression makes an attempt at a smile" (stage direction) — 00:24:32
- Uses Guerrilla Style to disengage, runs and dashes 90 feet into the room — 00:35:51–00:36:11
- "Roller blades suck." — 00:36:48
- Kills the plant with his Vibro-rapier and a Sneak Attack: "Dirty 20." — 00:46:17; the man says "I'll tell you everything!" — 00:46:40
- Sleight of Hand 22 loots the body while the slug in his brainstem eats the adrenaline — 00:47:08
- Perception 24 at the staircase: the hotel security is gone — 01:18:58–01:19:03
- Helps boot Sidney back up (lends aid) — 01:20:47
- Shoots at the pug as he leaves: "You see the captain is shooting this pug." — 02:50:28
- Gives his full name to Zortch — 01:59:14
- Pug Melon licks his eye and the slug inside speaks: "You must be mistaken. I don't know what you're talking about." — 02:45:00; threatens: "If you ever speak of this again, I will wipe your line from existence." — 02:45:25
- Goes catatonic while the pug's tongue is under his eyelid; later "You immediately thought that the pug is a superior" — 02:45:32, 02:49:51
- Takes the mohawk man's jet pack with "Give me that." — 02:53:08; roundhouse-kicks him — 02:53:19
- Intimidation 12 on Salazar; Perception 22 reads the Rootersnoos ticker: he is wanted for the murder of 12 sisters of the Cosmic Veil in the Hecatoncheires Asteroid Cluster — 02:55:10, 02:58:45
SO E5: All In the Hot Exit
- Receives the jet pack: "Fly speed of 40, runs off of power cells" — 00:04:21
- Grabs Zortch off Aurora and flies, moving up to 120 feet with Cunning Action — 00:19:25–00:19:43
- Perception 8: cannot spot what is around the buildings — 00:20:14
- Takes the corner of the Freebooters Club for cover: "Please don't shoot." — 00:23:27; Brennan: "A perfect tactical move." — 00:23:36
- Zortch's merge: "Not again." — 00:35:38
- Hits an agent with the Vibro-rapier, 23 to hit, 11 damage, then Guerrilla Style disengage and dash to a rooftop; Siobhan: "You're essentially Zorro with a jet pack." — 01:03:17–01:05:50
- Shoots from above, natural 1: "Nat 1." — 01:47:44
- Flies Zortch to the ramp: "Carry me!" — 02:01:27; the Princeps carries him aboard — 02:01:48
- Sits in the pilot's seat: "Awesome, let's ram it." — 02:11:20
SO E6: On the Run In the Martini Nebula
- Gives away that he is a cerebro-slug when asked: "I'm not Norman "Skip" Takamori." — 00:27:26
- His name: "My name doesn't make sense in your words. I, you can call me, Skip, just call me Skip." — 00:27:40
- On his people: "<…> they have goals that are all one goal. And I don't want to do that and they can't necessarily do that until I do that too." — 00:29:23
- What he wants: "I just wanna do some cool shit." — 00:30:21
- On Norman's body: "He's tough, he's a tough guy. Rough guy." — 00:31:09; Brennan says he has been in the body about three malton units and now feels comfortable — 00:31:33
- Answering Gunnie on whether he will do it to the crew: "I feel like I just did it to like to be able to <…> do it and now I can do it." — 00:32:29
- Insight 21 (18 on the die): remembers his old life as a slug — 00:19:22
- Stole the jet pack of Hogg Cobb: "I stole his jetpack." — 00:41:16
- Investigation 15 on the jet pack finds the Fantanimalland sticker; later tries to cover it with a Jib-Job sticker — 00:43:12, 00:47:27
- Buys "a big t-shirt that says Martini Nebula" — 01:13:44; "I wanna buy new clothes, head to toe." — 01:04:30
- Peeks at the Barry Nyne footage: "Norman "Skip" Takamori?" — 01:51:39
SO E7: Dying Tomorrow, It's a Pleasure
- Greeted as captain by Lamelia: "Right on." — 00:10:16; his smile is loud — 00:10:25
- Tries to say the shop name and stumbles: "Swamp, slugs, bugs. Okay." — 00:26:37
- Pilot 18: practising talking helps — 00:27:31; Brennan says practice is the most helpful thing — 00:27:35
- Athletics 5 on the turtle hunt — 00:32:51
- Buys gun boots: "One pair of gun boots." — 00:46:56; Plug calls him "a tall drink a' water" and a handsome man — 00:46:58, 00:47:05
- "Skip is acting like a dad who is in town on a work trip." — 01:04:50
- Perception 22 sees the deputies noticing him; waves — 01:08:38–01:08:42; accepts the Sheriff's whiskey: "Fill her up." — 01:09:18
- Insight 15: the ship's speed is "not fast or slow" — 01:16:08–01:16:19
- "I think we should skip this one." and starts flying — 01:27:12–01:27:14
- Stealth flying: own stats with disadvantage, 20 and 19 on the dice, plus nine, 28 — 01:35:44–01:35:56; kills the lights and glides in dark — 01:36:38
- Stealth 30 into the room, then Sleight of Hand nat 1, pinned by a sleeper — 01:46:09–01:46:46; "Do I kill him?" — 01:46:57
- Grapples with 19 on the die — 01:49:47
- Suggests killing the Sheriff for the Kublacaine, and later "Let's just put sand in it." — 01:58:41, 02:00:13
- At the end: "I got my Proldier's license right here." and shoots at the Sheriff's head — 02:11:34, 02:11:39
SO E8: Wallops at Swallop's
- Initiative 24: acts twice in a row on full turns — 00:03:19
- "Skip has had enough of this talking and it's just very clear to him that he must kill this idiot in front of him." — 00:03:37
- Boot shot: Assassinate for the Lethality Practice makes a hit on a surprised creature a critical hit; he rolls 19 with advantage, which hits because the Sheriff cannot take a reaction — 00:03:48, 00:04:36, 00:04:59
- Holds two sneak dice for a Priming Attack, so rolls four d6 for 17 damage — 00:05:57–00:06:02; Angle on Perception, rolled 19, gives the Sheriff disadvantage on his next attack and save — 00:06:50–00:06:56
- Hides behind a wall using a reaction disengage — 00:07:43–00:07:56
- Second round: Priming Attack as a lethal strike, DC 15 Wisdom save with disadvantage — 00:08:35–00:08:56; krystal dagger with advantage "11 plus five or yeah, or 7 because I'm proficient", 18, then natural 20 — 00:09:26–00:09:39; 12d6 plus 2d4 for 48 damage, 17 + 48 — 00:10:16, 00:11:30, 00:11:37
- Natural 1 on Stealth after jet-packing up: "You can't, everyone knows. Everyone knows that's where you are." (Brennan) — 00:12:54–00:12:57
- Later a natural 20 on Stealth, sneak attack with a krystal dagger, 19 damage — 00:36:32–00:37:41; "It's pretty good up there." (to Barry) — 00:41:55
- Holds his turn so Margaret's pings can reveal the Sheriff; crashes through the plate glass (Acrobatics 13, 4 damage), 24 to hit, 18 damage (+3 from Margaret = 21) and kills the Sheriff with "Get nasty." — 00:57:20–01:03:08
- Fastens the Sheriff's head on a cactus; keeps the badge and hat — 01:14:46–01:14:57
- Perception "dirty 20" (a total) finds the sirens — 01:10:55; Intimidate with advantage, natural 20 on the second die — 01:16:50–01:17:06
- Insight 17 on Crunch: "You notice that this guy is a doofus and is commanding a tremendous amount of respect in the room" — 01:47:00; asks "Who's your daddy?" — 01:47:14
- Puts in 5,000 credits for the casino: "I'll give you all of my money." — 01:30:01, 01:34:37
- Two natural 1s in a row (Investigation for Loose Duke, Perception while digging) — 02:01:06, 02:02:30
- Last line: "Beep beep." — 02:08:08
SO E9: Baustin Skiffy Limits
- Is first in initiative; uses his Bad Feeling feature to move 40 feet before the order starts: "When you roll for initiative, you can move up to your speed, this movement happens before the initiative order is determined." — 00:06:00
- Natural 1 Perception: "You don't see, you don't see shit. You're just, you're rushing forward." — 00:06:34; "But on that nat 1, I think Skip's gonna go try to kill one of these guys before the turn starts." — 00:06:53
- Bonus action disengage, jet pack over the crowd; shoots the lieutenant for 30 — 00:07:40–00:08:21
- Hides on the wall above the doorway — 00:09:01
- Asks "Am I, was that me?" after an Amercadian cries loyalty to his country; Riva: "You were a bit meaner." — 00:13:14, 00:13:21
- Finds the old skiff's keys: Investigation 18 plus 8 = 26 — 00:22:06; Brennan: "you see that there is a little bobblehead Cosmic Sister doll, you open it up - keys hidden underneath." — 00:22:16
- Pilots the skiff; Piloting 16 plus 8 = 24 on the jump — 00:35:08–00:35:23; uses Slippery Pilot (bonus action dash) — 00:37:58
- Wears the sheriff hat and a Martini Nebula shirt, per Siobhan: "The Martini Nebula oversized T-shirt, purple sheriff hat." — 00:40:05
- Rams a cactus with Starship Charge, 22 damage — 00:50:30–00:52:47; takes the Evade action — 00:59:32
- Flies the Wurst away from the Tigers with Slippery Pilot, Snap roll (a d6 six), Evasive Maneuvers (150 feet), and three Colonian Turns (six for 300 feet, four for 200, a big six for the last) — 01:11:06, 01:34:11, 01:35:19, 01:44:51, 01:51:14
- Rolls initiative on the ship: "10 on the die becomes a nine." — 01:09:31; second ship initiative: "That's a 2." — 01:33:08
- Perception 18 on the offroad choice; Perception 15 which becomes 17 with ship expertise — 00:39:13, 01:27:17
SO E10: It's a Griivarr World After All
- Asks the crew: "What is the worst thing that Norman Skip Takamori did to you?" — 00:03:16
- Memory attempt: an Intelligence check; Brennan: "Yeah, you guys see Skip starts bleeding from the nose." — 00:05:28; a failed attempt (Brennan) — 00:06:18
- On why the Brigade hunts him: "Gust Weatherall. My enemy, I assume." — 00:06:21
- Tells Gunnie he felt a memory that the Skipper was sad not to be a father and asks "So can I call you my son?" — 01:00:51
- Probe Mind on Skip: he takes 5 psychic damage — 01:07:29; the probe finds "A deep scar in the mind." — 01:08:26
- Remembers the mission in Weatherall's office, then a stalled career and a pension: "Got the hot dog." — 01:12:02
- Ends the episode with a pistol in his back: "feel a blaster pistol pushed into your back" — 02:38:48
SO E11: Flee From Fantanimalland
- Addressed "Your majesty" by Drablian and told the Great Emhatchening must commence; Skip begs: "Just give me more time." — 00:10:18
- Claims "I have a son" to Drablian — "Please. I… I have a son." — 00:12:11; Zac: "Either is negative one." and a roll of 4 — 00:12:43–00:12:47; shot in the rear, damage 5: "My ass!" — 00:12:54
- Uses Bad Feeling to move first and flies straight up so Sidney has a clear shot — 00:15:03–00:15:23
- Security kit: "17 on the die, so 24." — 00:18:29
- Tells Sidney, of Drablian's people: "It's complicated, but they want me and I don't want to do it right now." — 01:00:46
- Skip's slug leaves Norman and goes for a gas-masked man; Brennan: "Skip opens his mouth and vomits a brain slug." — 01:53:02; fails three times to take over the man; Norman Takamori is knocked out by Sidney — 01:55:39
- Tells Sidney the other Cerebro-slugs are bad: "just know that I conscientiously object to their goal." — 01:35:41; "I'm just trying to hang out." — 01:35:52
- Gunnie's "fatherly bond" with Skip is used for a joke roll — 00:32:48; Skip coaches Gunnie's piloting: "I'm proud of you." — 01:41:24
- Norman Takamori — Skip's body, awake on the ground when the slug leaves it: "What? ... Sorry. This crew. This shitty, shitty little crew." — 01:54:40–01:54:46
SO E12: Go Big or Go Home
- Uses Bad Feeling to move before initiative and jumps back into Norman's body: "I'm awake. I have my jetpack." — 00:06:46
- Nat 20 Perception to see who is in most physical danger — 00:06:57
- Grabs Sidney and jets up: "Open the doors, please!" — 00:10:25
- Puts a bandage on his backside ("on his ass") and later pulls his pants up: "I got shot in the ass earlier." — 00:17:41, 00:23:08
- Confesses the Great Emhatchening: "I'm a prince as well. I am royalty among the slugs" — 00:18:45
- Does not want it: "I just don't want to do that right now." — 00:19:34; "I feel like I'm on a kind of gallivant, and I just don't want it to be over yet." — 00:20:21
- Lore 13 about the Emhatchening: the traditions and privileges "were true, or maybe they were manicured" — 00:21:04
- Activates the stealth drive, killing scanners and comms — 00:40:18
- Tells Barry "I just wanted to check in about the whole brain slug situation with the other Barry." — 01:26:20; "Just to be clear, I don't agree with whatever they're doing." — 01:26:28
- Tells Ife "My name is Norman "Skip" Takamori." repeatedly — 01:55:13, 01:57:25, 02:03:23
- Piloting check 26 after the craniobolt is removed, with Probe Mind — 02:21:39
- After the flashback: "The thing is, champagne makes your head explode." — 02:27:37; "But I do wanna kill Gust Weatherall." — 02:31:51
SO E13: Battle of the Brands
- Zac and Murph are in plain black t-shirts; Zac: "It's normal." — 00:01:03
- Has a Bad Feeling: "prior to my turn, I also get to move with Bad Feeling." — 00:41:16
- Wants to use a camera nest: "I'm sorry to say this, but it's out of bounds, but there are also no rules, right?" — 00:41:47; grabs Margaret and hides with her — 00:42:00
- Shoots the Plinth first: "Fuck it, I'm attacking the Plinth." — 00:42:18; his own shot ricochets: he takes 4 points and "blood vessels in your nose burst" — 00:42:51
- Forgets a basic ability: "I just truly forgot to use one of my basic abilities in that turn." — 00:44:43
- Asks the others about the nuns he supposedly killed: "You know those nuns that are supposed to be dead that I supposedly killed, or, you know, Skipper did?" — 00:24:32; "They're over there having a bikini party." — 00:24:37
- Wants to wait until after the fight: "I can't wait to go over there, once we have a million credits, and say, "You're not even dead and I have a million credits."" — 00:25:02
- Nat 20 on the second attack roll (Supreme Accuracy): "Natural 20!" — 01:11:15
- Takes 62 points from Brutus's second Venom Breath and goes down — 01:36:01
- Hides in the crow's nest; Brutus "does not see you", Smaggy "absolutely does" — 01:33:00
SO E14: The House Always Wins
- Starts at zero hit points and makes death saves — 00:02:07, 00:21:18; Gunnie's heal brings him up — 00:23:49
- Takes a Dash action and a bonus Dash: "That's a hundred, 40, 80, 120 feet of movement towards-" — 00:43:23; Sleight of Hand 17 to grab Barry — 00:43:39
- Reaction Disengage — 00:44:09
- "We're going to Bob's Fantanimalland." — 00:47:22
- Returns to the pool with a tray of 12 Bellinis (Stealth 16) — 01:12:46–01:13:00; "Why are you alive?" — 01:13:52
- To the nun in the can: "Everyone thinks I killed you." — 01:15:16
- Natural 20 Lore on the Great Emhatchening — 01:40:15–01:40:19
- Asks Zortch about a Great Egg on his home world — 01:47:58
- In the bathroom mirror to Norman: "I'm sorry that I'm in control of your body, but I think I can do a lot better with it than you were doing." — 02:00:08; Insight 21 — 02:00:42
- Has a metal thermos at the moderate lifestyle — 02:04:27
- Recalls the nat 1 Forgery check made to contact Auma Liu (Zac: "Just thinking about that.") — 02:08:36
SO E15: Face to Face
- Perception 11 for air vents — 00:15:24
- Hands over "my guns and my crystal dagger" — 00:19:20
- Meets his father King Prilbus through a tongue in the eye; addressed as "Valdrinor" and answers "Father." — 00:42:15, 00:42:20
- Rejects the dynasty: "I want nothing to do with this dynasty." — 00:43:11
- Calls the plan his father's alone: "The House of Frangus, the monarch of King Prilbus is very much yours and yours alone." — 00:47:05
- Piloting check 16, plus Defiant, 20, for the struggle with Barry Nyne — 00:47:51–00:47:57
- Calls his father "Coward." — 00:50:44
- Offers to spit his slug body out of his nose and be carried by Handy Annie to the guard station — 01:31:45; ejects from his "body craft" and is picked up by the android's hand — 01:32:35; Norman Takamori wakes: "I didn't do it! <…> Their heads exploded!" — 01:33:13
- Explains his two similar abilities: Consume Mind (3d6, only stuns a target) and Body Thief (a contested Intelligence contest with an incapacitated target) — 01:32:02
SO E16: Jailbreak!
- Riding Handy Annie's hand: piloting with disadvantage 15, but his slug has no eyes or ears and only feels the movement; he taps a finger as a direction — 00:05:42–00:06:34
- Goes for a host: "He needs to be incapacitated." — 00:08:20; reads Body Thief aloud: contested Intelligence, an incapacitated humanoid within five feet, total cover while inside, retains Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, telepathy and traits — 00:26:11–00:26:39
- Takes the sleeping guard (13 vs Brennan's 13, success): "a very familiar body comes online for you" — 00:27:36–00:27:59; piloting 15 to awaken — 00:28:16
- Keeps his Intelligence and proficiency in the host ("a plus seven to this with Handy Annie's help") — 00:36:40–00:36:46
- Called "Slim" by a coworker ("you were knocking 'em back last night"); plays along: "Fill 'er up." — 00:28:35–00:28:43
- "I'm fucked up." — the line he uses to cover a failed hack — 00:40:43
- Fails the Intelligence save of 19 against DC 20 right after the cells open — 00:44:29–00:44:34
- Throws a stun grenade into the guard post; the two guards nearest go out — 01:16:46–01:18:07
- His guard host is shot down in round four ("Skip, you go down") and later described as "dead on the ground" — 01:32:45, 01:37:43
- Says "Right on." as the slug returns to Norman Takamori — 01:39:15; "Can someone heal this guy that I inhabited? I feel bad for him." — 01:39:22
- Hands Barry his jet pack: "This was Hog's. Treat it well." — 02:07:51
- Piloting the Wurst as the engines go; relays to Zortch: "As you soon as you hear shit go down, climb aboard." — 02:19:05
- Norman Takamori (the Skipper) — Skip's former body, awake in a cell without the slug, a "soft recently surgery-ed head" and no pain receptors used "in like weeks" (blisters, chafing — 00:22:26–00:22:49): "I didn't kill him!" — 00:04:27; "Why am I in jail, it wasn't my fault." — 00:23:07; "Everyone is out to get me killed." — 00:53:47; later runs, takes four damage, and receives Skip's slug again — 01:06:34, 01:39:07
SO E17: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked (Part 1)
- Greets the Fang: "Father!" — 00:01:34; "I'm just gonna ram 'em." — 00:02:25
- Moves first on a 6 ("six times 50"), 300 feet toward the Warfare Whitneys — 00:06:54–00:06:58
- Pilot features named: Colonian Turn, power-die reroll with resourceful tactics, Cunning Avoidance, Dependable Pilot, slippery pilot, uncanny dodge — 00:20:51, 00:31:15, 00:32:19, 01:06:55, 00:39:56
- Answers Gust: "Like the fact that you killed an entire squad of Amercadian soldiers." — 00:43:37
- Stabbed from behind while piloting for 28 and then 35 damage; "uncanny dodge and that's the only reason I'm alive" — 01:21:17, 01:21:42
SO E18: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked (Part 2)
- Cries out when stabbed: "Ah, father! Prilbus!" — 00:02:50
- Colonian Turn to put UFTP fighters between the Wurst and Gust Weatherall's guns (power die 5, 250 feet): "To try to get some of these little UFTP ships in the way, like get behind some of them." — 00:21:49, 00:22:09
- Locked in the pilot's room with "Zortch": "Who has stabbed me. Several times." — 00:37:14; lets go of the controls, disengages and hides (Stealth 16) — 00:37:29–00:38:04
- Sneak attack with the cryo cell blaster (21 to hit, 17 plus Margaret's targeted strike 6 = 23 cold); "Prilbus looks at you through Zortch's eyes. Uncanny dodge." halves it to 11; the cryo cell adds 2 more and slows — 00:39:42–00:42:02
- "I am home, Prilbus." — 00:42:22
- Leaves his body: "Skipper, you have the helm, be a hero. And just spit myself up." — 01:16:50
- Asks that "what's in my left pocket" go to Gunnie — 01:19:00; later it is 45 cents, a receipt and a straw wrapper — 01:34:00, 01:34:10
- In the cerebroslug hall of power Prilbus wins the opposed check (24 against Skip's 21: a die of 11 plus 10): "Ha! You're still nothing but a child, with a child's mind." — 01:29:39, 01:30:17
- Beats Prilbus on an 18 and takes Loose Duke's body: "The house of Frangus is mine!" — 01:55:07
- "The king is dead. Long live the king." — 01:57:04
- Hovers over Skipper's body and tells him: "This is your moment." — 02:36:44
- Asks Gnosis for a harder prow; Gnosis grants double ram damage — 02:37:06, 02:37:40
- Ending: Loose Duke spits the slug into the back of Skipper's throat; Skipper (Norman) hands his wings to Gunnie — 02:54:42, 02:55:10