Mutant Future : Session 2

Justin turned up to join the game, giving us a full compliment of players.  He made a Mutant Human, keen to have a try at a few of the fun mutations in the game.

Player	Character	Type	Mental Mutations	Physical Mutations
Damien	Kurt Ordinaire	Pure Strain Human	n/a	n/a
Danie	Teegra	Mutant Human	Mental Barrier	Gigantism (18’ tall) Pain Sensitivity [Drawback]
Henry	Kat	Mutant Animal (Cat)	Damage Turning Phantasamal Damage [Drawback] Nerual Telekinesis Metaconcert	Complete Wing Development Increased Sense (Smell) Bizarre Appearance (Fluro Pink Fur) [Drawback]
Jeremy	Kryten	Android (Replicant)	Know Direction	Epidermal Photosynthesis Natural Armour (moderate)
Justin	Tobias Griffen	Mutant Human	Metaconcert Combat Empathy Vampiric Field Atrophied Cerabellum [Drawback]	Increased Sense (Vision)

RECAP:
After discussing a few more things with the armoured dwarf, the group headed off the next day further into the Wastelands, with the mechanical mule in place of their previous pack animal.  They had five fuel cells for it, and Kurt had been shown how to change them out, a process that took about 30 minutes without the correct tools.

As they continued, Kurt drove whilst Tobias and Kryten rode in the flat tray that was pulled by the mechanical mule.  Kat continued his aerial surveillance and Teegra strode beside the mechanical beast.

It was during one of his sojourns aloft, that Kat saw a mass of creatures moving ahead of the group on a perpendicular passage.  There were littereally hundreds, if not thousands of these creatures, all relatively large.  He flew down and informed the group.  Were they herd creatures, and if so, could their food concerns be over?  Kat wasn't sure, but moved closer to find out.

The creatures were immense spiders, like a tarantula.  They moved together like a herd, and each one stood larger than a normal horse.  They did not seem to be fleeing or being driven by anything, nor did they seem to be moving aggressively towards someone or something.  Kat knew enough about spiders to know that these creatures were acting unusually, but they were obviously evolved considerably from their base stock.  He returned to the group, and they stopped and waited, turning off the mechanical mule.  With the hum and vibration of their vehicle now no longer operating, they could all hear and feel the vibration made by the passage of the creatures.

When the sound of the spiders had disappeared into the distance, the group traveled on.

That night, as they slept around their technological marvel, Kat smelt something or someone approaching them.  He woke the rest of the group up, and it was Tobias who saw the person, armoured and creeping toward them, clearly trying to avoid being discovered.

He called out "Who goes there?"  But the figure instead changed direction.  As Tobias called out again that "I can see you!", the figure stopped and stood.

"Give me your vehicle" it demanded.  The group refused and combat was joined.  The man-machine, for that was what he was, part organic part mechanic, was not merely comprised partially of ancient technology, but he used a strange bladed weapon that seemed to hum in the air with a semi-transparent blade.  When it cut, it stung, and he also was able to shoot forth beams of light that made the ground explode with fire and smoke where they hit.

Outnumbered, though definitely not outgunned, the machine-man went down.  But Teegra also fell, bleeding from numerous wounds.  Kryten was able to stabilise her before the giantess died, but it was a close thing.

Now the group has some serious ancient technology to play with.  The weapon of the machine-man and the machine-man himself.  It didn't take long, perhaps just under an hour for Kurt to discover the usage of the strange knife-like device which he turned over to Tobias.  As he finished, he discovered that Kryten had been tinkering with the body of the machine-man, trying to activate or determine how to activate the weapon from his hand.  He hadn't managed much, other than the animation of some of his fingers through probing and twisting with cables, buttons and wires.  Kurt and Kryten argued over who should try to figure out how the machine man worked, Kurt eventually winning.  Kryten moved off in a sulk.

Kurt investigated the body for another hour or so, but after managing to get one of the dead figure's eyes to glow red and a low humming sound to occur, he could not get any other function working.  He resigned himself to investigating it at a later date and the camp was reset.

The next day, the group came upon a ruined village.  The construction was unusual and the buildings appeared ancient.  It could not have been the City of the Ancients though, since it was so small.  Kat had done a reconnoiter of the village, and could smell both a creature that he couldn't identify and the overwhelming scent of mold.

Kurt was overjoyed when he made the village.  The mechanical mule was positioned in a semi-intact building and turned off as Kurt began to scavenge as best as he could, finding plenty of metal tubing.  It was good, but not enough for their purpose.  The creature that Kat could smell was no longer to be found, but Kat continued searching for it.

As the group were ransacking the village for whatever they could scrounge, Kat in the air, saw a group of mutated rabbits approaching.  They looked to be armed and some bore Ancient Weapons.  He quickly went to alert the group.

Hoop Warparty

Suddenly, the sound of battle could be heard.  Some of the group rushed forward to see what was happening, and could see and the Hoops fighting a monstrously big and mutated scorpion.  Kat was in the air, Kryten and Kurt on foot as the battle raged.  Teegra and Tobias had remained near the mechanical mule, worried that the battle might prove a good diversion.  As the battle was fought, Kryten was struck by an errant leg from the giant arachnid and sent sprawling, Kat was blasted by a beam from the scorpions tail and Kurt tried to pull a dead Hoop out of the way so that he could loot the body.

The dead Hoop had a blue foam frothing from a gaping would in its chest.  Kurt was careful to avoid this, but Kryten, now on his feet and determining that this was not a fight that he wanted to be in, tried to help, but got the foam all over his hands.  He tried to wipe it off, but found that it tingled on his skin.

Teegra was over not being involved in the fight, and began to climb to the top of the building where she was resting.  She could see the scorpion, but not well enough to try and shoot it, frustrated as it was becoming from Kat's Damage Turning.

Suddenly, Kat's chest began to foam blue from the previous wound.  Kryten and Kurt had a good idea what was coming, seeing the dead Hoop turn to a blue, viscous goo.  Suddenly, the scorpion decided that retreat was a better strategy, but as it tried to burrow to safety, an arrow the size of a small tree slammed into its back, killing it.  Teegra smiled and put away her bow.

But Kat was not feeling well.  Quickly his companions rushed him back to the giantess who was a skilled medic.  She cut away much of the burning, foaming flesh and washed and cleaned it as best she could.  She was careful to keep her hands away from the foaming mess.  Kurt was happy with what he had looted from the dead Hoop and was curious about what these new artifacts were and how much fun it would be to work out.

Ensuring that the Hoops had retreated, that the fight had not attracted any other attention, and that their injured had been tended, a couple headed for where the smell of mold was coming from.  Tobias and Kurt lead the way, and found a small tunnel system underground.  There, below the centre of the town they found a reservoir that was covered in a green slime, thick and robust.  Tobias threw a rock onto it to see just how thick it was.  The rock bounced and then settled onto the slime, before the slime covered the rock in a most unsettling manner.

Kurt moved forward with a torch and swished the flame near the slime.  It retreated, revealing a thick brown sludge-like water beneath.

Quickly they filled their containers and retreated as the slime returned to it's previous shape.

The water wasn't drinkable, but it didn't take long for a filtration system to be created and fires lit to boil what was left.

-- Game to be Continued --