Episode 3 - Open the Cargo Bay Doors Rell

Intro
Matt: Hello and welcome to the Celestial Expanse Podcast, a real play D&D podcast set in the Celestial Expanse universe, my name is Matthew and I'll be your dungeon master for the evening, playing with me today is Ben... Ben: Hello. Matt: ...who's playing as Rell, Jason... Jason: Hello. Matt: ...who's playing as Theran, Rebecca... Rebecca: Hallo. Matt: ...who's playing as Martle. I got Boston here.. Boston: Yello! Matt: ...who's playing as Juniper, and Natalia... Natalia: Ewo! Matt: ...who's playing as Z, because her actual name is too complicated. Natalia: Even for me.

Episode Description
After a disastrous ride down an elevator, the crew end up in a creepy cargo hold. What horrors does this old place hold and maybe it has some spare parts for Rell's robot arm

Summary
The episode opens with the party in a free-falling elevator. Theran presses the emergency stop button, and there's a screech, but then the brake runs out of power. Juniper reroutes power from the lights to the brake, and they stop. Theran falls on top of Z, and attempts to pickpocket her, but fails. They open the door to see a cargo bay and a dead body. Juniper investigates the body and finds that though it is dead, it's still moving. It sheds its skin and stands up as a skeletal creature with no apparent feet or hips, and needle-like fingers. It screeches, and several similar creatures respond from just behind it. Juniper recognizes the creatures as Shedders: special, deluxe zombies normally only found in ancient Mentaru ruins. They fight the shedders and after missing several times in a row, Z ragequits and runs back to the elevator to have a tantrum until Martle calls her a child. The non-Z party members finish off the shedders, and Martle tells Juniper to stay in back from now on, since she's squishy. More shedders arrive, and the episode ends with the party starting to run.