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Face to Face
What happens
- 00:00:38 Welcome and DM recap: Myrmidon Station, Auma Liu, the Battle of the Brands win (1.2 million credits, 200,000 advance), the new Acme-Ashmun mods on the Wurst, the crew and the factions after them, Gnosis's plan — 00:00:56–00:06:54
- 00:06:54 Recap ends on Lucienne Rex, Barry Nyne and the UFTP troopers; two Vercadian Protector droids step in behind the party — 00:06:55
- 00:08:24 Lucienne greets Maggie and announces the arrest as "selectively enforced trespassing"; Riva's natural 20 Insight shows Lucienne and Barry Nyne are holograms; Sidney's Technology 21 traces the projection to another room — 00:08:48–00:11:42
- 00:13:17 Riva's psychodrone deactivates, their body is drugged in a glass bulb and carted away; Lucienne shows a hologram of Riva; Gunnie casts invisibility to cameras and Sidney casts Hologram — 00:14:12–00:17:03
- 00:17:03 Barry Syx argues with the Barry Nyne hologram; Insight checks; the party is walked to the prison and disarmed — 00:17:53–00:19:10
- 00:19:45 Sidney repeats the mantra to the Vercadian droids, who say they will not interfere; the party is dressed in lime green onesies; Sidney's boa is sealed in a plastic egg — 00:20:09–00:23:17
- 00:24:35 Cells: Margaret and Sidney together, Skip and Barry together, Gunnie with Riva in a glass bulb; Margaret's Lore 17 on UFTP brigs — 00:25:02–00:26:12
- 00:28:00 Lucienne alone with Margaret and Sidney; the Natalia story; the footage of Auma Liu — 00:28:15–00:40:20
- 00:41:00 Barry Nyne with Skip and Barry: King Prilbus reveals the Great Emhatchening plan; Skip's Piloting 20 and the tongue struggle; the vision of the Fang of Frangus and Zortch; threat to bring Skip to Rubian V — 00:41:29–00:53:28
- 00:53:32 Riva sees the vision and shares it with Gunnie and (distorted) with Zortch somewhere in the station — 00:53:54–00:57:17
- 00:57:18 Gunnie reads Morse code in the wall: Gnosis, drawing on a charging station, has a plan; Riva links Gunnie and Barry — 00:59:54–01:05:36
- 01:05:36 Lucienne tells Margaret and Sidney what UFTP and the House of Frangus are doing on Rubian V and the 20 billion hosts — 01:05:44–01:12:08
- 01:12:08 Lucienne's vision for a supercomputer; the sizzle reel 01:13:07; Margaret and Lucienne kiss 01:13:47; Persuasion 27; Deception rolls; Lucienne asks for Gnosis; Margaret says Gnosis is Bambi LaRoux; Auma's investment in HAC — 01:12:18–01:25:09
- 01:20:28 Riva reaches the Galactic Girl Guides and buys a deal for 100,000 credits of cookies — 01:21:29–01:21:35
- 01:25:12 Individual cells; Handy Annie uploads the recording to the ship's computer; the meal tray; Riva befriends the guard Phil — 01:25:49–01:29:14
- 01:29:46 Handy Annie rides out under a tray; Skip ejects his slug body; Handy Annie carries Skip's slug body while Norman Takamori wakes in the cell — 01:29:59–01:33:20
- 01:33:39 End of episode; "next time" card (Episode 16, "Jailbreak!") and a preview — 01:33:39–01:34:29
Frames
Key quotes
- “So, everyone is always committing a crime here because they are trespassing, so we actually retain the right to selectively arrest anyone we want at any time.” — Lucienne 0:09:25
- “Riva's a very powerful psychic, so that was a priority for us.” — Lucienne 0:16:07
- “Someday, this is gonna turn into a beautiful feather boa.” — Skip 0:22:36
- “There is no interest in killing any member of Sid's ship or crew.” — Auma 0:37:25
- “We are behind the movements of the stars.” — King Prilbus 0:43:50
- “To eat the mind of Mother Void herself!” — King Prilbus 0:46:50
- “I am the ball and I'm rolling up!” — Riva 0:53:45
- “I'm suspended in my holofract right now.” — Gnosis 1:00:16
- “The cog. You cannot tell me that you aspire to be a Platinum Cog.” — Margaret 1:14:42
- “Deal.” — Girl Guide 1:21:35
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Big Barry Syx
- Gunthrie "Gunnie" Miggles-Rashbax
- Margaret Encino
- Norman "The Skipper" Takamori
- Riva
- Sundry Sidney
NPCs
- Arcadia Prime
- Auma Liu
- Bambi Leroux
- Barry Nyne
- Chamberlain Drablian
- Damien Factor
- Handy Annie
- King Prilbus
- Lucienne Rex
- Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar
- Phil
- Princeps Zortch
- Prison Worker
Locations
- Fang of Frangus
- Kubla-Kola Gladiatorial Arena
- Mirage
- Myrmidon Station
- Onolo Dos
- Prison on Myrmidon Station
- Rec 97
- Rubian V
Items and artifacts
- Acme-Ashmun mods
- Glass bulb with psychic-inhibiting drug
- Gnosis
- Handy Annie's recording
- Lime green onesie pajamas
- Power inhibitors
- Promotional dice
- Psychodrone
- Security cameras and data card
- Sidney's feather boa
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:10:50 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight on Lucienne | natural 20 | — | Lucienne and Barry Nyne are holograms |
| 00:11:39 | Sidney (Emily) | Technology, with Margaret's help | 21 | — | projected from another room |
| 00:13:25 | Riva (Siobhan) | Constitution save | "a solid two", then "a three" (die or total unclear) | — | psychodrone deactivates |
| 00:15:24 | Skip (Zac) | Perception | 11 | — | air vent 100 feet beyond the Vercadians |
| 00:17:55 | Skip (Zac) | Insight | natural 1 | — | — |
| 00:17:59 | Sidney (Emily) | Insight | 4 | — | — |
| 00:18:01 | Barry (Murph) | Insight | 15 | — | the thing is not Barry |
| 00:18:03 | Margaret (Ally) | Insight | 25 | — | — |
| 00:18:03 | Gunnie (Lou) | Insight | 16 | — | — |
| 00:23:55 | Handy Annie | Stealth bonus | plus six | needs 12+ against 18 | not rolled |
| 00:26:08 | Margaret (Ally) | Lore | 17 | — | UFTP brigs in general |
| 00:29:35 | Sidney (Emily) | Technology | 16 | — | recording starts |
| 00:47:51 | Skip (Zac) | Piloting | 16, 20 with Defiant | — | struggle |
| 00:55:10 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight, disadvantage | 24 (one die a 20; plus 11) | — | senses Zortch |
| 01:02:25 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight, disadvantage | 25 | — | contacts Barry |
| 01:11:22 | Sidney (Emily) | Insight | 12 | — | facing the corner |
| 01:14:02 | Sidney (Emily) | Insight, smiling at the corner | dirty 20 (a total) | — | outcome not stated (Brennan's "So yeah, you and Lucienne fully hook up." 01:14:13 is about Margaret and Lucienne) |
| 01:15:23 | Margaret (Ally) | 2d6 on the table | a one and a six | — | not snake eyes |
| 01:16:23 | Margaret (Ally) | Persuasion with help | 27 | — | Lucienne wavers |
| 01:17:45 | Margaret (Ally) | Deception, with Handy Annie's help action | 21 | to beat 28 | outcome not stated |
| 01:18:54 | Margaret (Ally) | Deception (Gnosis as an old woman), straight roll | 16 | Lucienne's Insight 21 (a 10 on the die, plus 11) | outcome not stated |
| 01:20:43 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight, disadvantage | 17 | — | Girl Guides contacted |
| 01:22:20 | Margaret (Ally) | Insight on Lucienne | 19 | — | she is scared |
| 01:25:46 | Sidney (Emily) | Technology | 16 plus 8 = 24 | DC 15 | upload |
| 01:26:49 | Brennan | check whether the guard recognises Sidney as an android | 2 | — | a guard slides a meal through the slot |
| 01:27:27 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight | 19 | — | befriends Phil |
| 01:29:59 | Handy Annie (Emily) | Stealth, advantage | 17 | — | past Phil |
| 01:30:44 | Handy Annie (Emily) | Stealth | 14 | — | loose |
"Dirty 20" is a total, not a natural 20; a bare "one" result is a total unless "natural"/"nat" is said. Natural 20s: Riva 1 (one die of the disadvantage roll at 00:55:10 was also a 20, but the kept total was 24) · Natural 1s: Skip 1 (Insight, 00:17:55).