Episode 64 - Through The Looking Glass

Episode Description
The Crew struggle against the gravity of the planet Agora and the situation. How will they get themselves out of this mess?

Summary
The episode opens with Jörmungandr being pulled down to the surface of Agora. After some bickering, Jörmungandr instructs Z how to get them into a stable orbit. Martle decides to recruit an actual pilot.

Jörmungandr doesn't recommend landing the ship, and says havoc pods won't protect them from the molten glass rain, but Demia gifted Lelia a shuttle as a going away present. It has voidsuits, which will last about 30 minutes in the rain.

They scan the planet for structures, and find that there might be underground caverns. Lelia finds where they need to land, within a 200m radius. Martle says they should land as close as possible, then find a place to shelter from the rain. Jörmungandr says a storm is coming to the landing site in 2 hours, and will last 5 hours. After that, the next storm will be within 2 hours. The crew lost the gravity inhibitors they used on Iepetus when the Torog was destroyed, but the voidsuits, designed by the Progenitors, are designed to withstand extreme gravity for almost 2 hours. Juniper asks if there's a permanent teleportation circle onboard, and Jörmungandr finds one in a cargo bay.

They suit up, Martle helping Juniper tuck her tail in, and Lelia turns on her chair's hover mode. Juniper rips one voidsuit but succeeds with another. Z uses the child setting, which shrinks it to fit her. Lelia sees Z drinking and tells Theran to take her bottle away, but he isn't sure how well she fights sober.

They board the shuttle, and Martle sits next to Rell and offers her hand to hold. A haze of smoke is visible in Zarial's suit. They launch to Agora, and the ship starts shaking as it's struck by huge pieces of glass. The episode ends with a warning that one of the forward thrusters has been clogged with glass.

New Information

 * Temperature on Agora ranges from 212 to 260 degrees Fahrenheit. This is due in part because it is located between two suns.
 * Agora has a very tilted axis.
 * The drop ship is fairly spacious. It's like a big square box that tapers elegantly towards the cockpit. It's built as a personnel carrier, and the seats have bracers in case of an impact.

Memorable Quotes
Matt: Juniper and Rebecca, I mean, Martle - Rebecca (yelling): I'm here now! What's up, nerds!

Ben: I mean, guys, we should consider who's rolling this? Matt: Fuck you Ben. Jason: Super low. Boston: Okay. But last time that happened, Matt rolled really high. Ben: It's true. Matt does roll well when he's a DM.

Rebecca: Martle walks away to go start putting on a suit. Follow me, ducklings!

Lelia: I thought this up when I was reading an old comic. It was this old dude who was bald and - Rebecca: Hoy. Are you making the X-men canon? Matt (absolutely losing it): Why not?

Trivia

 * Both Rebecca and Ben rolled crits on intelligence checks for a total score of 19 and 18 respectively.
 * Matt gave Mitch and Natalia 200d100+200 psychic damage, a new record.
 * Juniper wanted to use Teleportation Circle to get back from the planet, but it can only link to a permanent circle that she knows, and it takes a year of casting the spell daily on a spot to make a permanent one. Boston said she'll start on it now and they'll get the device in a year, and Natalia stated that was canon for the wiki. Matt, being a kind and benevolent DM, had them guess high or low. They eventually decided on low. Matt rolled 46, so there's a circle on Jörmungandr.
 * Boston suggested maybe the gravity in the cave could be somehow changed with weird magnetic rocks, and Matt gave her advantage on her next roll.
 * Z got an extra attack with her latest level up, and canonically her new, stronger drink is responsible.