Episode 1 - Going To The Market

Intro
Matt: Hello and welcome to Celestial Expanse, a real-play D&D podcast set in the Celestial Expanse universe. My name is Matthew, I am your DM for today, and playing with me today is Ben... Ben: Hello. Matt: Jason... Jason: Hello there. Matt: Rebecca... Rebecca: Hallo. Matt: Boston... Boston: Spooters! Matt: Aaaand Natalia. Natalia: Ewo!

Episode Description
The crew finally meet at the mysterious space station, Starbase Cronus, after receiving a job to dispatch some dangerous creatures. They soon discover the job is a lot more dangerous than originally thought.

Summary
The episode opens with the adventurers landing in the harbor of Starbase Cronus, which is large enough to have its own weather and ecosystem. They go looking for Huntmaster Bunric Bloodchest in Spooters. The waiters are very fancily dressed, and Theran turns to leave. A dwarf standing on the bar, Bunric, shouts for him to come back and sit down. Bunric insults everyone who walks in before telling them to sit down. Theran pulls Juniper and Rell aside to tell them to ignore the "spasshole". Z ignores Bunric's insult to her height and joins Theran's group.

Bunric tells them that they will be paid 1000 credits per head of whatever monsters have been attacking at night - no one has seen them. Z asks how they're supposed to know what they're hunting if they don't know what they look like. Martle says it'll be the nearest spooky thing, and Z identifies Martle as one of the monsters. Bunric goes on to say that soloing is not allowed. Z goes to leave, but Martle calls her a coward, so Z goes to charge her.

At that moment, a dragonborn comes bursting in, shouting about monsters at the marketplace. Martle goes to hunt some monsters, and Z trips her. With Martle flat on her face, Z introduces herself and walks off. Theran and Rell team up and head to the market, and Juniper, Z, and Martle follow.

There are a number of mauled bodies on the ground, being eaten by humanoids with rotting flesh. Theran, Rell, and Martle shoot at the spombies and Juniper sets some on fire. Z struggles and fails to jump onto a box, then throws her handaxes at them. Eventually they defeat their group of zombies, with 3 heads to show for it. Theran takes some of the dead people's credit chits. Bunric congratulates them, and says there are way more monsters to fight elsewhere on the station. They go back to Spooters to regroup and get paid.

Trivia
Rebecca rolled a 2 on Martle's dexterity check to avoid Z's trip as the first roll of the game.