GM: Paul
Players: Brad, Cary, Jon, John, Bob, Bill, Dave Z, Dave L
Game Date: May 29 – June 1, 2018 / June 30, 2018

We are in a shipping container and a curtain opens. We see a heavily tattooed Latino man and he asks us who we are. It seems to him that we have been here for a long time. We tell him that we’ve just arrived and we are from Wisconsin. During this, Simon introduces Meghan as his “friend” which she clearly doesn’t like. Glaring at him, she introduces him as “my boyfriend Simon.” The man we met says that we are in Orlando. We smell a lot of burning wires and see some smoke.

Everyone especially Joseph bring up their guns but we agree to de-escalate. We see that their generator is completely toast.

A man they have called Dave says that it seems like alien technology. Alex asks him why he might think that, and he explains that his theory is that the meteor that was seen during the solar flare was an alien spaceship, and it crashed and spread radiation, mutating plants and animals. He thinks that either the aliens were just passengers and are friendly, or that they are evil.

Amazed at Dave’s guess, Alex reveals himself as an alien and explains his backstory and about his people. Shocked but seemingly accepting this news, the Orlando colonists explain that they had brought the shipping container here recently and just powered it up. When we came it it had blown the generator, though. We explain that we have our own compound similar to this in Wisconsin, and we could make a teleport connection between us to trade and communicate.

We are inside an old resort that used to be known as the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, and there are around 200 people here. This is the largest colony that we have ever seen. They explain that the place is now called Lordville. They offer to give us some steaks and fresh fruit. We have not seen an orange in 5 years.

Dave goes to a council meeting and tells them about us. They come back and give us a tour of the compound. We see many young children, more than we’ve seen anywhere else. Dave explains to the people that the generator is down and it is going to get very hot in here for the time being. It is also said that they have Seekers here in Florida (they call them Blimpies) and need to be careful about major power sources.

Flaco, the latino man, stays up and drinks with us. In the morning, he comes to our room and tells us that breakfast is ready. We go downstairs to a large buffet.

Later it is decided that we should take a small boat up Bonnet Creek. From there we can get into the Magic Kingdom park and find some generators.

After we have been traveling in the boat upstream for a while, using an electric trolling motor, Ian and Simon see some large (4 foot long) iguanas in a tree ahead. Simon sounds the alarm to stop the boat and shoots at one of them, but misses. The lizards spit goo down on top of us and it paralyzes Cody. Dave falls backward into the creek.

JD, Branson, Ian, Flaco, Simon and Megan all begin shooting at the Giant Geckos. JD lets loose with a spray from his AR sending some of the Geckos fleeing.

Alex runs to the back of the boat and shuts the motor off. He tries to throw a rope to Dave to pull him up but misses. He creates a psionic barrier behind him so he can’t go downstream any further. He tries again with the rope but accidentally gets it caught in a tree and tangled in his leg. He falls out of the boat upside down into the water, hanging from the tree.

A few of the geckos jump into the boat with us, and we are able to attack and kill them. We pull Alex and Dave out of the water and clean out the boat before we continue on our way.

We get to Bay Lake, the west side of which has the Disney Contemporary resort which is adjascent to the Magic Kingdom. We hug the east shore of the lake just in case there is something in the deeper water. Flaco notices that there is a curved structure above the trees ahead.

Suddenly a huge crocodile leaps into the boat and tries to attack us. He grabs Scotty in his jaws and goes underwater. Joseph tosses Ian a grenade. Ian pulls the pin and shoves it down the croc’s throat. It explodes but the croc doesn’t immediately die. Flaco tries to pull Scotty out of its mouth. Dave throws a bag of goo that he had collected from the geckos but it goes onto Scotty. Branson shoots him with a shotgun and it finally is killed. Flaco and JD try to pull Scotty out of the alligators mouth. Branson heals him as he is a pre-med student. Ian takes a couple of teeth out of the gator before we leave.

After the altercation, Meaghan approaches Cody and expresses how impressed she is with his actions during the battle. Simon seems a bit dumbfounded and doesn’t say anything. Flaco tells Simon that he will help him win the girl back.

We bale out the boat as we troll away since it has taken on some water. We get to the north side of the lake and see some slips where boats were but they have sunk. We see ahead the structure that we saw earlier, and it appears to be a part of the Talolan ship. Underneath we see a lot of overgrown flora, some of which are Talolan.

We go to the warehouse nearby but the area is protected by a sonic field just like the compound in Wisconsin. As we are checking it out, Dave is grousing about the “aliens”. Ian confronts him and says that if he doesn’t stop verbally attacking the members of his team, he will take him out. They yell at each other for a while.

Alex and Scotty go inside the warehouse. They find the controls for the sonic security system, and also two generators, cloning vats and robot tugs that can move things for us.

We decide to add the people here to the system so they are not affected by the sonic barrier. Then we go to take some of the nearby boats in storage out so we can take a generator back to the base. It takes us a couple of days to organize everything.

We check out the other nearby warehouses and see all kinds of materials, solar panels, and lots of decorations. Simon has a field day here and takes lots of merchandise with him. Flaco sees this and advises Simon to tone it down so he can get Meaghan’s attention back. She actually does notice, and Simon invites her to take a look at the things he’s gotten. She agrees. But later, Ian, Joseph, and Simon are walking through the warehouse and see Cody and Meaghan together in one of the aisles making love. Simon does not outwardly react but is very upset.

The group spends two days referbing two more tour boats so they can bring back the plasma generator, large generator, 3 smaller generators, and the Disney trappings that Dave gathered for the residents of Lordville. Dave explains that the Disney stuff should help morale.

After a few more weeks, we have the plasma generator in place and determine how to set up trade between the colonies. Dave allows anyone who wants to go up to Wisconsin from Lordville to do so. There is still a lot to be determined.