# Clockwork Sidestory, Session 2
Journal of the 7th Ancillary Squad
Author: Ancillary Scribe

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The (mis-) adventures of the 7th Ancillary of the Altasian Army

# 2022-01-17

#### Events

- Professor Stein and Co begin establishing a college-side camp
  - Complete transfer of good via working trolly
  - Party moves to nearby rise to secure area
    - Plenty of broken-down stuff
    - A massive carving, vaguely pear-shaped, with some wavy lines; a relic from pre-colonization.
    - To the right: a large, rectangular building
    - To the left: the domed roof of another building, behind rubble
    - An animated corpse, with some sort of magical fire in the belly and genitals.
      - COMBAT! The enemy tries to escape, but is chased down and eviscerated by Gustav
    - Two Cadavers approach from behind a debris pile
      - COMBAT! Despite their tenacity, they are swiftly dealt with
    - A flesh golem moves to flank the group!
      - COMBAT! It nimbly avoided a pit, then was swarmed by the party and destroyed
- The party explores the plateau
  - Several clockwork goblins were heading towards the camp, but took note of Holden, and began moving to engage the party
    - COMBAT! The goblins are dispatched with impunity, and they explode!
  - We find an old, broken carriage
    - We find a clockwork phonograph, with several cylinders
    - We find a box with 140gp
- Reconnect with Professor Stein
  - Learn of Mosely’s supply train
  - Agree to meet and discuss further details
  - Party Split! Gustav takes a rest, the remainder explore some more.
    - Heading towards the domed-roof building, party finds combat between the undead and the automata. A clockwork wall, 30 feet tall with gears and towers, from which are firing rapidly bolts.
    - Salvages 3gp worth of copper!
  - Stein provides details:
    - Either approach the domed building, or the circular building, in search of professors’ stuff
    - Buildings of Note:
      - Chapel, under the alien edifice
      - First Building of the College (domed-roof building)
        - Under the fountain in the plaza before the building
      - Student Housing (large, rectangular building)

#### Locations

- The College Arcanum

  - Trolly Landing
  - Top of the Rise

#### NPCs and Notable Characters

#### Other Notes

- Next steps:

  - Heading to the student housing to search for tunnels under the college campus