Gargantus Scrap Yard (#26/31, #299/365)
The Plane of Rust takes its corrosive toll on all metals, even upon metallic demons, golems and automatons. And so, here at the Scrap Yard, a team of Gargantus demons work on finding spare parts from rusty hulks, and using them to repair themselves and others, aided by covert tech from the Machine Mage. In addition to running fix jobs, unsalvageble scrap is sold on to the Circus Demonicuss for their Wheelie Races.
The leader of the Scrap Yard is a Brass Golem, whose skull-chamber contains the transplanted brain of Q'suul CopperBolt (verbose, calculating), a Pangarian Technomancer operating at the very limits of machine intelligence. Q'suul and her Gargantus minions sell the following parts which can even be bolted on the living tissue, with the marginal loss of 1-6 Initial STAMINA:
- Mechanical Arm or Hand: Counts as Medium Armour, +1 to Damage Roll when striking with that hand, also has Strength Special Skill. Activities requiring fine motor skills, such as writing, sleight of hand, disarming traps, etc., have a penalty of -1 to -3 to the dice roll.
- Mechanical Leg: -1 to -3 for any Movement or Stealth Special skill rolls, but counts as Medium Armour, and grants an extra kick attack with +1 to the Damage Roll.
- Armoured Torso: Heavy Amour, +1-6 STAMINA points, however all electrical attacks cause double damage.
- Mechanical Eye: Replaces one normal eye, provides vision and special attack as per a RED-EYE.
Currently, the Scrap Yard has been the scene of numerous sabotage attempts including an infestation of Iron-Eaters, an attack by a Ferrovore, and even an outbreak of Ironbane fungi. Q'suul is perplexed by the bad fortune, and looking to hire extra guards to man the perimeters of the Scrap Yard at all hours. In reality, they have been perpetrated by a rogue cell of Plane of Steel operatives, working covertly within the Thagwar to disable rival machine technologies.
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