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Welcome to the Spacin' Life, Buddy
What happens
- 00:00:38 Brennan welcomes viewers, thanks the production crew and the COVID-safe set, introduces Starstruck and Elaine Lee — 00:01:04–00:02:33.
- 00:02:33 AnarchEra 220, Hecatoncheires Asteroid Cluster outside the Phoebus system: the freighter Red Hot flees through the asteroid belt from Roid Removers; initiative is rolled — 00:02:33–00:03:45.
- 00:04:50 Combat starts at once ("for the first time in Dimension 20 history"); the laptops on the table are explained; the bridge crew is introduced: Norman and Riva — 00:04:50–00:07:50.
- 00:07:55 Captain Jan de la Vega of the Lady Pike hails the Red Hot, demands the Borinyum Krystal; Norman refuses; Needles cackles on a second screen — 00:07:55–00:10:02.
- 00:10:06 Norman's flashback: decorated by General Analinda Weatherall with the Brass Tiger, then told the squadron is discontinued, he cashes out half his pension and buys the Red Hot — 00:10:06–00:14:47.
- 00:14:54 Round one: Norman evades, scans (18), flies; clampers hit the hull, Norman rolls a natural 1 on a Maneuver check — 00:14:55–00:19:08.
- 00:19:17 Norman tries to shake the clamper (4), moves 500 feet and makes a Dexterity save (16) — 00:19:17–00:21:07.
- 00:21:32 Riva's flashback: on Aguatunisia before her gallivant; Sister Mildred of the Cosmic Veil recruits her into a Pleasure Putty scheme; crates of putty wait in her quarters — 00:21:32–00:25:12.
- 00:25:29 The gunners Big Barry Syx and Sundry Sidney are introduced; Sidney shoots at The Lady Pike and misses (11) — 00:25:29–00:28:11.
- 00:28:43 Sidney's flashback: a Handy Andi boardroom, the "Fuck Erotica Ann" ad, the CEO Max Griivarr melting the model down; another young woman is fired ("You're fired" — 00:34:29) and Sidney's channels unlock; she shoots out the window and throws a grenade — 00:28:43–00:36:19.
- 00:36:31 Barry hits a clamped Roid Remover (17 to hit, 12 damage) — 00:36:39–00:37:23.
- 00:37:53 Barry's flashback: born in a vat with the Barry Battalion under Dr. Barry Bohunk; the trip to Uncle Bob's Fantanimalland ends with ten dead Barrys and Barry Nyne escaping — 00:37:53–00:44:06.
- 00:44:15 Gunnie in the reactor core is introduced; the crew mix up channels; he boosts engines and starts hand-calculating a jump — 00:44:15–00:48:30.
- 00:48:41 Gunnie's flashback: TA to Professor Dora Valentine, his fathers on the desert planet Mirage, signing on to Captain Dan Scrap's Bad Call uninsured, a zero-gravity accident, a 600,000-credit cyborg bill and dismissal — 00:48:41–00:59:45.
- 00:59:48 Gunnie breathes under a per-breath charge; boost fails (11), first Astro Nav equation done (roll 10; ten equations needed) — 00:59:48–01:02:00.
- 01:02:09 A Roid Remover crits the hull; Raymond Zam of the Jib-Job coworking space asks to move his meeting — 01:02:09–01:03:50.
- 01:03:56 Hull 27, shields 18, then 7; Strength save (24) dodges the tractor beam; Riva blocks the comms jam — 01:04:18–01:06:39.
- 01:06:39 Captain de la Vega asks why Norman would walk away with half a ship when he could have a whole one — 01:06:50.
- 01:07:05 Margaret's flashback: working from home, hacks Armstrong Roid Removers with Hack Communications, talks to Lucienne Rex, remembers the matching cog necklaces and the Platinum Cog Leadership Summit; Damien Factor announces Lucienne's engagement and promotion — 01:07:05–01:19:22.
- 01:19:31 Round two: Riva probes a pilot's mind and unclamps one Roid Remover; Gunnie rolls a dirty 20 on equations (three of ten); Sidney and Barry each destroy a drone, leaving two of four — 01:19:49–01:28:29.
- 01:28:33 Norman dashes; Box of Doom opposed roll; two drones miss, one is shaken — 01:29:38–01:33:15.
- 01:33:15 Tractor beam hits; Magneto Boy torpedoes; shields go down for good — 01:34:11–01:37:08.
- 01:37:14 The crew discuss dumping the crates; Sidney's hologram plan keeps one crate; Norman gives in — 01:37:37–01:41:03.
- 01:41:12 The Lady Pike scoops the crates and the hologram; the Roid Removers leave; combat ends — 01:41:12–01:41:46.
- 01:42:03 Raymond Zam complains about the airlock alert; Norman berates the crew — 01:42:03–01:44:00.
- 01:44:07 The surviving crate holds rotted sacks of imitation powdered egg substitute; green goo shoots up Norman's nose; end — 01:44:46–01:45:17.
Frames
Key quotes
- “It's a tough galaxy out there, but somebody's got to live in it.” — Brennan 0:04:50
- “Welcome to the spacin' life, buddy.” — Dan Scrap 0:59:41
- “We're so fucked, it's episode one.” — Murph 1:37:08
- “Barrys are always ready, Barry One.” — Barry Syx 0:42:08
- “Presenting new top of the line from the Handy Andi corporation” — Advert 0:29:12
- “Who unfucks the little guy?” — Barry Syx 0:41:06
- “I'm going to space, dad.” — Gunnie 0:53:54
- “I just Slack her” — Ally 1:18:15
- “That's what you needed. You crossed the finish line in a rage.” — Brennan 1:28:29
- “You are naked metal in space.” 1:37:00
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Big Barry Syx
- Gunthrie "Gunnie" Miggles-Rashbax
- Margaret Encino
- Norman "The Skipper" Takamori
- Riva
- Sundry Sidney
NPCs
- A young woman at Handy Andi
- Acme-Ashmun representative
- Analinda Weatherall
- Armstrong Roid Removers
- Barry Nyne
- Captain Dan Scrap
- Captain Jan de la Vega
- Cool Water of the Shaded Reef
- Damien Factor
- Dr. Barry Bohunk
- Dr. Edwina Castor
- Erwin Rashbax
- Handy Annie
- Lucienne Rex
- Max Griivarr
- Monarch of Rubian V
- Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar
- Needles
- Professor Dora Valentine
- Raymond Zam
- SQ
- Sister Mildred of the Cosmic Veil
- Space paramedic
- The officer
Locations
- Aguatunisia
- Amercadia
- Byzon Galaxy
- Cosmic Veil
- Griivarr Worlds
- Handy Andi
- Hecatoncheires Asteroid Cluster
- Kansas
- Mirage
- New Texas
- Phoebus system
- Rubian
- Rubian V
- The Lady Pike
- The Wurst
- Uncle Bob's Fantanimalland
Items and artifacts
- Borinyum Krystal
- Brass Tiger
- Kublacaine
- Laptops
- Magneto Boy Light-Seeking Torpedoes
- Matching cog necklaces
- NavCom / tachyon drive
- Pleasure Putty
- Zero-grav suit / bowl on Gunnie's head
- escape pod
Factions and organizations
- Acme-Ashmun
- Amercadian Space Brigade
- AnarchEra
- Armstrong
- Barry Battalion
- Cloistered Order of the Goddess Uncaring
- Crown and Scepter
- Incorporated Elysian Republic
- Jib-Job
- John Q Brigade
- Living Doll Cybernetics
- Platinum Cog Leadership Summit
- Spacer Guild
- The Gunner Channel
- United Free Trade Planets
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:03:51 | Riva (Siobhan) | Initiative | natural 1 | — | |
| 00:03:54 | Barry (Murph) | Initiative | natural 1 | — | |
| 00:03:58 | Gunnie (Lou) | Initiative | natural 1 | — | |
| 00:04:23 | Norman (Zac) | Initiative | 19 | — | |
| 00:04:28 | Margaret (Ally) | Initiative | 3 | — | |
| 00:04:40 | Sidney (Emily) | Initiative | "just a dirty 20" | — | |
| 00:16:32 | Norman (Zac) | ship Scan check | 18 | — | overwhelmed by drones; tractor beam seen |
| 00:18:16 | Norman (Zac) | Maneuver, advantage from Riva | 11, becomes 10 | — | success |
| 00:18:27 | Norman (Zac) | Maneuver | 13, becomes 12 | — | success |
| 00:18:34 | Norman (Zac) | Maneuver | natural 1 | — | 6 hull damage, speed reduced by 50 |
| 00:20:05 | Norman (Zac) | Maneuver (shake the clamper) | 4 | — | fails |
| 00:21:06 | Norman (Zac) | Dexterity save near an asteroid | 16 | — | passes |
| 00:28:09 | Sidney (Emily) | attack on The Lady Pike | 11 | 3,200 ft shot | miss |
| 00:36:59 | Barry (Murph) | Precision Shot attack | 17 to hit | — | hits; 12 damage, drone shield depleted, 2 hull damage |
| 01:00:47 | Gunnie (Lou) | Boost engines | 8 plus 3 = 11 | — | "one shy" |
| 01:01:54 | Gunnie (Lou) | Astro Nav (Mechanics kit, plus seven) | 10 | — | one equation of 10 |
| 01:02:09 | Roid Remover (DM) | attack on the hull | natural 20 | — | double damage; 25 hull damage said |
| 01:06:02 | Norman (Zac) | Strength save of the Red Hot | 24 | — | avoids target lock |
| 01:06:29 | Norman (Zac) | Scan (opposed, beat 9) | 11 | 9 | comms jam attempt fails |
| 01:11:42 | Margaret (Ally) | Hack Communications power die | 4 (d6 plus 1) | — | drones take 4 damage |
| 01:21:48 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight, advantage | 26 | — | clamper released |
| 01:23:04 | Margaret (Ally) | Boost engines | 14 | — | speed raised to 350 |
| 01:23:31 | Norman (Zac) | Perception | 16 | — | no surviving a straight fight |
| 01:24:49 | Gunnie (Lou) | Astro Nav (Mechanics kit) | "dirty 20" | — | 3 of 10 equations |
| 01:25:20 | Gunnie (Lou) | Constitution check with ship | 6 | — | disadvantage on hull die |
| 01:25:39 | Gunnie (Lou) | hull die | eight and a four | — | 4 hull points back |
| 01:26:19 | Sidney (Emily) | attack | crit | — | 21 plus 3 = 24 damage, drone destroyed |
| 01:27:28 | Sidney (Emily) | damage corrected | "one more, 25" | — | 25 damage |
| 01:27:32 | Barry (Murph) | attack with advantage | 25 to hit | — | hits; 10 damage |
| 01:28:02 | Barry (Murph) | Precision Shot | "One" | — | drone still up; rage bonus action finishes it |
| 01:30:44 | Norman (Zac) | Maneuvering, opposed (Box of Doom) | 10 and 14 | two 18s, two 23s | become 9 and 13 (minus 1) |
| 01:31:43 | Norman (Zac) | Defiant d4 | 3 | — | 13 becomes 16 |
| 01:31:55 | Margaret (Ally) | Defiant d4 | 4 | — | 9 becomes 13: a 13 and a 16 |
| 01:32:42 | Drone (DM) | Maneuver vs 13 | 7 | needs 7 or lower | miss |
| 01:32:58 | Drone (DM) | Maneuver vs 16 | 19 | 10 or lower | hits |
| 01:33:15 | Drones (DM) | laser cannon | — | — | 11 damage |
| 01:34:11 | Norman (Zac) | Strength save vs tractor beam | 7 | — | with a power die 3 = 10, fails |
| 01:35:05 | Gunnie (Lou) | Technology check | 25 | — | sees the torpedoes |
| 01:36:00 | Torpedo (DM) | attack (Box of Doom) | 5 | hits on 3 or higher | 31 points of damage |
| 01:36:53 | Norman (Zac) | snap roll | 3 reduced | — | damage lowered; shields to zero |
Natural 20s: Roid Remover 1 (enemy) · Totals of 20 ("dirty 20", not natural): Sidney (initiative), Gunnie (Mechanics) · Natural 1s: Riva 1, Barry 1, Gunnie 1, Norman 1 (Maneuver check)