Ziost - Crown of the Sith Empire

The Rakatan computer sat on a table in the command centre with Ashley Hin pouring over it. Jo'ren had the Rakatan control module in his hand.

"Can you see any obvious way of interfacing this with the terminal?" He would wait for his guests to leave before consulting Darth Malak.

Lucinia frowned, leaning forward to examine it more closely. "It is at least easier to examine it here. If we need to, we can try disassembling it. But I think that should be a last resort."

One eyebrow went up as she turned to another guest. "Much as I hate to admit it, this is not my greatest area of expertise. What do you think, Alister?"

"Ancient technology isnt truly my strong suite, but I can take a look." He'd actually prefer to be in his lab, the equipment in this command center wasn't bad, but it was from from the best either. Not that he was going to say that to the pair of Sith Lords.

Lord Rath nodded at Alister. "See what you can do. This piece is important to me," he indicated the control module, "so if you can access the computer some other way that's fine too." He didn't know this human, but Lucinia and Shaisha had vouched for him. "Lieutenant Hin will assist you."

Lucinia took out her datapad once more. She moved to stand nearby. "I'll record. Anything messages could be of use later, if only for the next time we come across something like this." She smiled coldly. "Slowly, we uncover their mysteries."

"Lieutenant." He offered a polite nod to the woman as she stepped up to help. Letting the conversation of the other two fade to the background he got started. It wasn't a easy task, the item was after all quite bizarrely designed. Still many things were built in a similar fashion and after some effort he believed he understood how it worked.

Looking over the rakatan computer hard difficulty, 2 set back, spendign a destiny, assistant from ashley: 3eP+2eA+1eB+3eD+2eS 6 successes, 1 threat


((If ashley Adds 2 Advantage via improved researcher it should be 6 success, 1 advantage))

Shaisha arrived right behind Lucinia and Alister, curious of what the computer would reveal.


(Busy at Work, but wanted to plop Shaisha in here)

OOC: Difficulty is Daunting with two setback due to alien design and age.

Dapper Dog wrote:OOC: Difficulty is Daunting with two setback due to alien design and age.

((Okay, want me to roll again or just add a difficulty die?))

((Just rolled the additional 1eD))

Fixing difficulty: 1eD 1 failure, 1 threat


5 successes, 2 threat. Makes it 5 success, 0 threat with improved researcher? If that applies

After about forty minutes of work he can get the device to power on. It hums with power as it continues to boot up.

"Well, that's a good sign." Alister murmured as the device powered on. "Though I'm no linguist so let's hope it has some sort of translation function."

Lucinia grimaced. "I shall do my best. I've had some exposure to the language; more than most, I expect. But it's just far too unusual."

Still, she moved gamely closer, readying her datapad.

"Good work you two." He leaned in to look at the screen wondering if it would make any sense.

"Didn't know people still knew Rakatan... not even my attendant knows it and she seems to know all other languages."

Likewise, she watched the process with interest. What would something so old reveal?

It produces a scrambled image and words begin emitting from the damaged holo display.

OOC: Lore check at Hard with a setback.

Frowning with concentration, Lucinia leaned forward, studying the holo carefully. Raising her hand, she gestured the Lieutenant over to assist with the analysis.

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D5MA, Compute! Lore, SL reduces diff, setback, assist from Ash: 2eP+2eA+2eD+1eB 1 success, 3 advantage


+2 adv from the Lieutenant for 1 sux 5 advantage

She can make out parts of the Rakatan speech, “Domination of lesser… slave species modification in… strong adherence to Force… give report to the Master.”

The message seems to cycle again but still choppy.

Frowning thoughtfully, Lucinia first made note of all of these words in her datapad before repeating them in galactic standard for the rest of the group.

"Does this mean anything to any of you?"

"Only that the took slaves and genetically modified them to serve their purposes." Or at least that's what it sounded like. "Perhaps like the work being done with the Massasi?"