Lower Decks - Episode 1

So what we're gonna do is we're gonna start with w- an extended task.

This is how we're gonna treat this.

You're gonna spend some time, your characters are chasing after this thing.

Um, and we will make rolls, and then when you reach the target number for the extended task you have then caught it.

You can come up with your different methods of things you're going to do to try to capture this thing, or to increase your chances of capturing the thing.

Um, this is my first time of using the second edition extended tasks, which I think are slightly better than the ones that they had in the original one, which was far too much in the way of make a skill roll then roll the damage dice, 'cause they were trying to turn not combat things into combat, which just really didn't work 'cause it was just rolling dice for dice sake.

So, um, there's not a specific order, so does anybody wanna start? And how did...

Uh, anyone got any ideas of what they're gonna do to try to begin this trying to capture this piece of goo?

Um, I, I think something to contain it straight out would be the smartest thing.

Okay.

Uh, is there such thing as, like, a, you know, fire alarm button that you press and then doors shut?

Uh, well, you can try to do, um, emergency force fields.

I think that's more of a thing in Star Trek is emergency force fields in sections.

I, I don't want it to be, like, a really...

You know, we don't want it to be really obvious, right?

You could try and hop over the door.

We don't want a weather like that into our ship.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, let's see if we can just-

Suction device

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The Hoover.

Grab the Hoover.

Yeah.

I, I, I'll just-