Rules Change:
Given the shift in gameplay at this point, it was determined that the party should start receiving experience not only for treasure, but also for advancing the cause of forming a new faction.
They were granted 1000 experience each for their dealings with The Underduke, Duke Dayvos, Team Gopher, and ASCII. They were granted 5000 experience each for their dealings with The Hangman and The Highlander.
This came to a total of 14,000xp, divided evenly among them.
Recap:
The party decided to explore the area outside of the Dome, starting with a return to the temple to the unnamed deity they first discovered in sessions 83 and 84.
To prepare for their journey they spoke with the Highlander and the Hangman to acquire cell phone boosters to help them stay in contact with the Dome, and a set of large inflated spheres for them to roll around in on the martian surface. Jinny Beau also borrowed Ronnina’s Lasorator. On the way they discovered a crevice containing baby bones. Presumably these were from the same crater the Outsiders take their children to, but these had little teeth marks on them, suggesting that some of the babies are being taken from the crater by something.
The party continued on the the temple, and were surprised to encounter a diplomatic greeting at the door. They were invited in, and offered a banquet of simple but wholesome foods. The women admitted they were worshippers of Neve Canri, queen of secrets, and claimed to have a greater capacity for understanding and repairing technology than anyone in the Dome. They agreed to help the party on the condition that they return the Stone Sphere stolen during their previous meeting. Some of the party returned to the Dome to get this, and also brought their copy of “The Inscrutable Machinations of Neve Canri,” which the cult was surprised and happy to get.
The priestesses spent some time working on Ronnina’s lasorator to bring it back up to it’s full power, and also tinkered with the cylinder Jeb had pickpocketed off some aliens in session 118. It turned out to be the equivalent of an alien smartphone. Its interface was too complex to get much use out of, but they were able to access something like a photo album, giving the party access to hundreds of photos taken by an alien insurgent, many of which were personal in nature. The priests also revealed a secret about Edward Sallow, leader of the Redstone Lords: he has epilepsy, which he disguises lest people think him weak.
The party returned to the dome, but on the way made a detour to track down the creature that was devouring Outsider babies. They captured it, and brought it back to the Space Station for study.