The party met with Farthest Reach, the Various leader of the Craruan Defence Force, in the CDF mech hangar on the beach near the Craruan capital of Armour Bay
They were briefed about the mech, Thundering Storm, which had gone missing on patrol, and given directions and a map to West Bluff, where the mech’s patrol had begun
During the briefing a Scourge attack alarm was issued, and the mechs began mobilising around them; a few critters got in, and the mechs occasionally stomped around them, knocking them to the ground, before eventually one managed to stomp accurately and squish the remaining monsters
The party set out on foot to make the trip to West Bluff, dealing with an assortment of critters on the way, including some cliff eels
The party were briefed by 41C Dependable Ordnance, the garrison commander at West bluff, in the officers’ mess, where they were given scanners and the transponder codes for the emergency beacons, some information about the missing mecha and its pilots, and shown plans of the mecha
They walked for a day or so before finally coming into range of the emergency beacons. They were discussing ways to safely fort up in order to do the triangulation scanning, when they were attacked by sandsharks.
They successfully fought off the sandsharks long enough to gather the triangulation data, and between Impulse and Resort, were able to bodge one of the scanners into a device which could repel sandsharks, though they did break it, and Resort’s IFF module, a little in the process
They tracked down the black box recorder and one of the pilots, and fought off some Sand Sharks of Unusual Size, as well as some slime creatures which could distort vision and electrical equipment, before rescuing the pilot, Happy Accident,
Accident corroborated the black box evidence that suggested the mech had been bitten by something, then its scanners and sensors had gone very weird, there were conflicting reports that it might have unexpectedly entered water, and the emergency eject buttons were pushed, however, the other pilot, Dangerous Quest, was still missing. The Thing Repulsor was retuned to work on Glitchy things, Resort was able to make a cryo suspension system into a cryo sword, and Impulse was able to convince the black box recorder to record the rest of their mission
They were able to follow the mech tracks to the downed mecha, which had fallen head down into shallow water and over the following days, gradually been sinking, eventually leaving only its feet exposed
They made their way in through the mech’s feet, fighting off acidic, electric, and glitchy slimes, as well as hazardous parts of the broken mecha, before entering the mech’s power core
In the power core they fought off more small slimes and one particularly large slime which was repeatedly repulsed, before splitting into two smaller slimes, and eventually causing a lasting distortion effect to Resort’s sensory systems. The power core was slightly damaged, but Impulse was able to MEND it to keep it in a functional state
Export was able to not only fix Resort’s sensors, but temporarily upgrade them to be able to see through walls.
They made their way through the neck of the mech, past more malfunctioning elements, and a defence turret which could not be convinced that Resort was a person and not an enemy, before entering the head
In the head they found Dangerous Quest who was delirious from a long confinement and trapped under his console, which had failed to completely eject during the accident.
Resort was able to see through the walls to identify the oncoming Scourge which was about to begin eating the mecha
They freed Quest and ran out through the mecha as it was being gradually eaten by a ring of absolutely enormous teeth, pausing only to activate the power core’s self destruct mechanism, before fleeing through the leg, just in time to exit the foot door in a blast of flame and steam before the mech was swallowed, then exploded.
Collecting Accident, they were able to return to West Bluff without significant incident.