Odyssey fun world aurora12/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Beleaguered Boss: He's barely holding his ship together and throws the blame on his incompetent crew.Is taken over by a brain slug at the beginning of episode 2, to everyone's confusion (and joy.) The beleaguered captain of The Red Hot, who's starting to regret everything that's led him up to this point. Their first battle is them in a pitiful single spaceship against an armada of droids with a powerful ship backing them up, and predictably ends with their ship being nearly reduced to scrap, forcing them to comply with their assailants' demands. Underdogs Never Lose: Painfully averted in the first episode.True Companions: While they were never close during their initial stint with Norman, Margaret's kind leadership and Skip's nicer personality allowed to form a tight-knit group really quickly, as they all wanted to be pals before.Survival Mantra: The ball is rolling up!.Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: One of the most random bunch of characters to have ever inhabited a starship, some of whom have no business even being in space to begin with.Mythology Gag: Their daring escape from Rec 97 by using Rec Pol scooters mirrors a similar action scene happening at the same place with Brucilla and Galatia, ( some of) the protagonists of the Starstruck graphic novel.Skip remains at Level 2, because while he's much more competent at being an operative than Norman, he's very rusty at actually piloting a body.Margaret and Norman are Level 2, because while they are classically trained, their jobs (high executive and pilot) didn't allow them to apply all of their class features to gain experience.Gunnie is only Level 1, as his leased body would have prevented him from getting into scraps and becoming a more experienced fighter.However, they are only Level 1 in their deployment, since they've been working on a ship for little time so far. Barry, Sidney, and Riva are all Level 3, which is normal, as their class abilities have been part of them since their actual births, especially for Barry and Sid who were designed for combat.Gameplay and Story Integration: The crew's differences in levels are unorthodox for a TTRPG party, but completely understandable In-Universe:.Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: They might have their idiosyncrasies, but they're surprisingly competent in combat.This is especially apparent in the Battle of the Brands, as despite being severely underpowered in comparison to their opponents, they end up winning the contest with guile, strategic use of items, and split-second reactions. Combat Pragmatist: Since the main antagonists are powerful corporations with virtually endless resources, they have to get clever to win. ![]() In fact, the most intelligent foe our heroes face, Lucienne Rex, is the villain who can hurt them physically the least, due to her lack of influence compared to the high executives of Crown And Scepter. Meanwhile, most of their antagonists are, on some level, Stupid Evil, but they are massively powerful and dispose of colossal resources.
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