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Title: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 01, 2015, 04:00:13 PM

Juno has had the ship in hyperspace for a dozen days when Galen calls a meeting. "We're almost there, and if my vision is correct, we're going to meet some friends."

A few minutes later, the ship drops out of hyperspace. Several hundred meters away there is an old Republic Diplomatic ship.

Galen smiles "So far, so good," and hits the com.

*************************************

The streaks and clouds of hyperspace shatter into streaks, then pinpoints of light as Ch'lana's ship reverts to real space. You are far out in the Horuz system, and Ch'lana checks the passive sensors. "It looks quiet. We should be Ok to approach."

He is about to throttle up when Ch'lana hesitates. His eyes are drawn to a point in space out the viewport. "We have company."

A moment later there is a sudden bright flash as another ship reverts from hyperspace, far from you.

A moment later, the com starts beeping. Ch'lana slowly activates it. A grainy image of the other ship cockpit comes into view. You see a short-haired young man. Standing behind him are a woman you do not recognize, and Trax.

The young man says, "We are friends. I think we have a lot to discuss, and time is short. May we dock with you?"

Ch'lana says, "All right. Starboard side."

*****************************************

A few minutes later, the hatch opens. The young man walks in, followed by a female with blond hair. Trax comes next, with the woman you do not recognize with revealing clothing, plenty of tattoos, and a fauxhawk.

The young man offers a hand. "Galen Marek. This is Juno, Nim, and I think you know Trax."

The old man from the diplomatic ship looks you over. "I am Ch'lana. This is Nigthshade, Collan and Niil."

[Over to you guys. Descriptions and introductions please.]

[Ch'lana is old - mid-to-high 60's, grizzled scruffy beard, wearing a light beige robe.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 01, 2015, 04:11:00 PM

?Wait...that?s Niil?? Nim whispered loudly to Trax, pointing. ?Ohh maan. Between the two of you this is a bounty hunter?s wet dream.?

Description (http://karvis.altarka.org/index.php?topic=116.msg2891#msg2891)

Quote from: Nim Naja on April 20, 2015, 12:15:44 PM

Description for Nim- The below avatars are nearly spot on, but other details:

Female human as far as anyone can tell, about 27 in age.

5'10", slender, big busted and tanned. Not exactly a model or athlete, but a bit exotic and pleasing to look at at least.

Pale blue eyes
Dark-haired faux-hawk
Several piercings: ears, nostril and bridge, medusa and dermal piercings (tastefully done)
Full sleeve tattoos, several elsewhere

I'll update clothing style and gear later.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 01, 2015, 04:37:28 PM

Collan was different than Trax last saw him. For one thing, the round face he'd had just a few weeks before was gone. His cheeks were much more prominent and set against his gray-green eyes. He worse a dark red button-up tunic and dark brown pants held up by suspenders. He weapon belt held the blaster Trax remembered but there was a new addition, a long silver and black cylinder similar in shape and size as the one Ch'lana carried.

Otherwise, Collan was average height and build, just under two meters and probably under 75 kilograms. His hair was longish sandy brown, more wavey than curly.

[ooc: more to follow once I know trax's appearance]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 01, 2015, 07:24:46 PM

Niil's eyebrow rose at the woman's less than sotto voce comment, although he had a highly bemused smile on his face. In the few moments before he stepped forward to return Galen's greeting, two particular things imprinted themselves strongly in his mind. This Galen had a lightsaber . . . no, make that two lightsabers on his belt. The next thing was that Trax's right arm was covered, and the hand gloved. What happened there? Niil's eyes creased in concern, and he was about to ask what had happened, when the third particular thing registered rather suddenly.

Trax didn't look like Trax. At least, not the one he'd seen about five or six weeks ago. Something in his eyes . . . and perhaps it had far more to do than with what happened to his arm. Niil clamped his mouth shut and decided to save it for another time. Or perhaps if and when Trax decided to speak of it. His thoughts flicked briefly back to Karvis, and he mentally slapped himself. Don't dwell on that now, and don't tell Trax until you know what state his mind is in.

Niil shook Galen's offered hand, although his eyes flicked briefly down to the man's lightsabers. "Niil Spaar. I see the Force has drawn us all together here for a common purpose." He then shook Juno's had, and had a grin on his face when he shook Nim's hand. In a quiet voice, he said, "More than one bounty hunter, actually, but the cold water we throw at them doesn't seem to cool their . . . ummm . . . desire."

Niil then turned to Trax, and his smile betrayed a little of the concern he was feeling. Clapping an arm on the man's shoulder, he said, "And Trax. Oh, yes, Trax, Collan and I go back quite a ways! Damn, it's good to see you again!" Nill suddenly realized that he didn't know what else to say. He wanted to ask how Trax had been doing, but it was obvious that it would be a stupid question. So, too, would reminiscing about Karvis. Time wasn't their ally right now, and bringing up Karvis would undoubtedly lead to questions. So niil simply stood there with a placid smile, waiting for someone else to speak up.

OOC: Ummm, Niil pretty well looks like his avatar (see personal journal). He's about 5'10", weights around 180 lbs, and has collar-length auburn hair. He's still wearing his KDF combat boots and pants, as well as a well-used blast vest over a light shirt (he put them on as soon as he heard that people were coming aboard). He has two heavy blaster pistols holstered on his weapons belt. And he's also got a gunmetal gray cylinder clipped to his belt - long enough for a two-handed grip, but with a slightly flared end cap. Trax would notice that Niil has gotten a bit leaner as well, and the muscles are somewhat more pronounced than the last time. He also seems a bit more . . . serene than before.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 01, 2015, 08:59:41 PM

Quote from: Nim Naja on October 01, 2015, 04:11:00 PM

?Wait...that?s Niil?? Nim whispered loudly to Trax, pointing. ?Ohh maan. Between the two of you this is a bounty hunter?s wet dream.?

Trax smiled at Nim's comment, but it was small and very brief. Niil and Collan looked quite different and he gave a nod to each in turn, but what drew his attention the most was the cylinders they each carried clipped to their belts. Without thought his right hand had settled on his blaster and the fingers on his left hand almost seemed to twitch. A slight sheen of sweat began to appear on his face, and his breathing sped up slightly. His eyes moved from person to person but they always stole a glance at the cylinders carried by the others.

He barely reacted to Niil's clap on his shoulder other than to shift ever so slightly to put a little more distance between him and the side Niil carried the cylinder.

"Good to see you too." he replied to Niil, but his voice lacked any real enthusiasm or emotion.

[OOC: Trax's is 6'1", about 200 pounds. Short dark hair, pale green eyes. He does look like he's aged a bit since you last saw him despite it only being a few weeks. The look in his eyes is more distant, almost haunted.

Clothing is pretty standard, plain shirt and pants, 3/4 length coat, his color scheme is made up primarily of earth tones. The biggest difference is the 'pistols' he's currently got strapped to him are almost big enough to be considered blaster rifles.

As for his prosthetic arm, it would be covered up and his hand would be gloved to hide it.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 01, 2015, 10:06:38 PM

Niil's smile faded completely when he saw Trax's reaction to the lightsabers. By the Force, I've never seen him this unnerved! What the hell am I thinking? I've never seen him unnerved at all! Something is very, very wrong here.

Niil carefully adjusted his belt to move his lightsaber out of sight, and made sure that Trax noticed the gesture. Pitching his voice low enough so that he hoped only Trax would hear, he whispered, "Something happened, Trax; I can see that. Talk to me about it when you want to, all right?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 01, 2015, 10:13:53 PM

The Shinobi wasn't very comfortable in crowds but as always he hid his emotions well. Although all he added to the meeting was to nod in acknowledgement of his name. Everyone else seemed to be more than willing to talk, so he was, of course, more than willing to listen and glean what information he could.

ooc: Nightshade is wearing his stealth suit and is of average height and build. In fact he may be the most non-descript being you have ever seen, almost as if you have to force yourself to notice him or your eyes would just pass right on to the next thing. He has the two new swords he recently acquired on, but no other visible weapons.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 01, 2015, 11:14:04 PM

Collan worked his lips a bit before talking, not sure how much he should reveal with Outsiders preent but this Galen was clearly a Jedi. He shook his hand in turn. His hands bore calluses from heavy saber uage. And he shook Juno's hand as well as Nim's. Where Niil's face might be more serene, Collan's was more...confidant it seemed.

"The Force seems to be with you Galen," he said to the young Jedi, "you appear to have been expecting us."

The look on Trax's face gave Collan concern. He appeared grossly uneasy with their sabers but not Galen's? What had happened? Collan also discreetly moved his lightsaber further back. How much should he say now? What should he say? Jex is/was Niil's and Trax's friend mainly. He gave Niil a glance to see if he could sense what the man was thinking. Probably Collan shouldn't say anything yet.

At Nim, Collan shook her hand, adding, "You seem to be familiar with Niil. I'm Collan Rostiern."

And then he got to Trax. He clapped the big man on the shoulder. There was a hint of sadness as Collan said, "It's good to see you Trax. We've a lot of catching up to do."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 02, 2015, 07:18:35 AM

Nim watched the group?s nonverbals with curiosity as one by one they nearly shouted their thoughts to her. There were stories there, plenty of them. Niil and Collan almost reminded her of her first read of Mariah.

She smirked in response to Niil?s whispered comment and accepted Collan?s handshake as well. Nightshade however, didn?t seem to greet anyone at all beyond a nod, in fact, it was obvious to the woman that he was content with being invisible, which made her pale eyes linger on him far longer than it had the others. He was frustrating, but after her study it was obvious why. The knotwork and detail on the hilts of his swords were plenty enough explanation. His attempt at being non-descript failed on the infochant.

But for Ch?lana, she almost took a step back the second her eyes laid on him. The older man screamed something else and Nim had to consciously watch her own nonverbal cues to avoid a reaction.

And then there was Trax? she started to wonder if they would all just get each other killed.

?Hey?? she said softly, looking up to him with concern. She raised a gentle hand to his shoulder. ?Save my babies for the Imps, hm? We need these guys.?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 02, 2015, 02:40:24 PM

The observant among you will note that Ch'lana appears distracted by Galen, and much of his attention stays focused there.

Galen looks everyone over. "Look, I think we can all accept that we were led here for a reason. Trax, Nim and I were attacked on Corellia at a meeting to hammer out the details of a rebellion against the Emperor. The leaders of that rebellion - Mon Mothma, Garm Bel-Iblis and Bail Organa were captured. Darth Vader has brought them here for personal execution by the Emperor. We need to free them. Both Vader and the Emperor are on a massive space station in this system, along with eight full legions of Stormtroopers and three squadrons of Star Destroyers." Galen looks at Ch'lana. "Commander Daelin, your ship won't survive the approach. I suggest we transfer the injured to your ship and keep it out here for safety - the patrols won't come out this far. Anyone who is willing and able would then join me on the Rogue Shadow. It's a small ship, but she's equipped with a cloaking device. We can approach the inner system, infiltrate the space station, and get them to safety."

Galen takes a breath and looks at everyone again. "I won't lie - the odds of anyone coming back from this are vanishingly small, and there's only a faint hope we will succeed. But if we do nothing, the rebellion dies right here and the Emperor will have cemented his power. I have to go. But I'll accept the help of anyone who is willing."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 02, 2015, 02:53:44 PM

Niil's gaze flicked in between Galen and Ch'lana as the former spoke to them. What does Ch'lana see in Galen? And Galen knows Ch'lana too . . . or at least knows of him. The rest, however, sent a wash of apprehension through Niil. This has the distinct possibility of getting very ugly, very fast. Not only is Darth Vader at this . . . space station, but so is Palpatine? And not to mention a few thousand troopers and three squadrons - squadrons! - of Star Destroyers?

Still, the Force did guide you here, Niil. And you know damn well that Galen's right. If those three senators are executed, then the galaxy descends into darkness.

Niil looked at Ch'lana briefly, then stepped forward. "The Force guided me to this system, and showed me why I needed to come here. I'll go as well."

Just then, something struck Niil. "One moment . . . I have to ask, Galen, but how do you know so much about this system and the forces here? Have you been here before?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 02, 2015, 03:15:58 PM

Galen shakes his head. "I saw a vision. It led me here, showed me what was waiting."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 02, 2015, 03:31:04 PM

Commander Daelin? This was a new detail.

"The Force led me here as well. I don't think it would bring me here unless it was right for me to be here," Collan said, hoping that his trust in the Force was well placed, "I'm in. Who are your injured?" Collan tried to remember who had gone with Trax.

He'd heard Vader's name before...and knew he was a powerful functionary of the Emperor, but no one really spoke of him.

"So how do we get into this space station? Dress up as bucketheads?" he asked.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 02, 2015, 05:42:27 PM

Juno glances at Trax before she says, "Two of the team that came with Trax. One is injured but mobile. The other will need major medical treatment, and likely some implants, to recover from her injuries." She glances at Trax again, obviously a little nervous. It's pretty clear to everyone that Juno is leaving something unsaid.

Galen shakes his head at Collan. "In my vision, the station was under construction. We should be able to slip in with the Rogue Shadow and get them out that way. But we're running out of time. We can work out a plan on the way, but the longer we wait here, the greater the danger to the rebel leaders. If you can help, you're welcome to join me. But we leave now."

He turns and stalks through the air lock. Juno glances at everyone a moment before following him quickly.

Ch'lana frowns at Galen's back, but says nothing.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 02, 2015, 06:42:52 PM

Trax's eyes narrowed slightly as Niil moved the cylinder behind him, and he even tensed a little when Collan did the same.

"Things happen all the time." he replied to Niil.

He didn't react much more to Collan's clap on the shoulder than he did Niil's. What was going on with these two, began to wonder, they seem to be acting a little...weird. And what was with all this talk of the force from them?

But his thought process was cut short when Nim touched his shoulder and talked about saving her babies for the imps? What was she...the man suddenly realized his right hand was resting on his blaster and it took a surprising amount of effort to relax it and let it fall to his side. He gave her a small smile and turned to the others.

"The mobile one is Wyrren Doha, one of the prisoners we rescued. He worked for one of the rebel leaders. The other is Rand. It's only because of Nim that anyone on that damn mountain actually survived.

And Galen's right, the clock is ticking so we better get moving."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 02, 2015, 08:27:38 PM

"I need Niil alive...if he goes, I go." Nightshade moves to follow Spaar onto the other ship.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 02, 2015, 08:50:46 PM

Niil watched Ch'lana's expression as the man frowned at Galen. Something's not right here. Something not said by either Ch'lana, or Galen. Or any of the others, for that matter. Who was this Galen? "Ch'lana? Will you be coming with us?" Niil gave the older man a slight nod to acknowledge that he knew something was amiss.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 02, 2015, 08:55:39 PM

It takes Ch'lana a moment before he responds. "Something is very wrong here. That man is no Jedi. He is stepped in the Dark Side, and I can sense the blood of Jedi on him. He has killed Jedi, several times. And yet..."

He turns to you both. "The Force led the two of you here. What do your instincts tell you?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 02, 2015, 09:20:47 PM

Niil turned to look at Galen intently. A dark Jedi? Helping Trax to free the senators? And yet the Force guided Collan, Galen and myself here. Niil shook his head. "The Force guided Collan and I here to save Viceroy Organa, but that wasn't the Dark side or Sith treachery; I'm certain of it. And if Galen wanted to trap us or kill us, he could have just as easily warned the Imperials here to have a Star Destroyer standing by before we arrived." He eyed Galen thoughtfully. "The senators must be rescued. Galen's past notwithstanding, I think he truly wishes to get the senators to safety, too. My instinct says we at least trust him in this goal."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 02, 2015, 11:36:23 PM

Collan closed his eyes trying to get a sense of the Force and some guidance. He wasn't sure he'd get it but it couldn't hurt. The Dark Side was likely to try to manipulate him.

"The Force led us here. My instincts say that it wouldn't bring an enemy to us, even one steeped in the Dark Side."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 02, 2015, 11:39:01 PM

Ch'lana seems doubtful, but nods. "So be it." He turns to head through the air lock.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 03, 2015, 07:43:23 PM

Nim breathed a silent sigh of relief that Trax eventually relaxed. What happened on the mountain had a lasting effect and she couldn't blame him but she worried, even with that smile.

He mentioned her saving the crew on the mountain but Nim hadn't had a bloody idea how to patch up anyone. It was nothing short of a miracle that Rand came back after letting go and in her heart she knew it had been Alexa guiding her back and telling Nim what to do,there was no other explanation.

She wanted to help this crew but started to doubt what her contributions would be and if they were enough. Even through all of her damned bravado it was clear now that she'd been too long out of the field. Would she just be a liability?

"Trax.." Nim started, her brows furrowed, "I want to help, but obviously I'm not a soldier anymore. Even when I was, I was just an analyst. You know my skills and what I do for a living. Buzz seems happy slash insists on working with me so that's a large bonus. But if it's not a good enough contribution to the team I want you to tell me. Corellia's not even a speck in comparison to what apparently is going on here and I don't want to get people killed if I'm unable to hit the broad side of a Hutt."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 04, 2015, 08:27:01 AM

Trax looked at Nim. He wanted to tell her that her skills didn't suit what they were about to wade into but he knew it would be a lie and he knew she'd see right through it. And the only reason he wanted to say that was so she would remain where it was safe. But he thought Mariah would have been safer on Tormax's ship and that obviously would not have been the case. At least if she came with, even if she stayed on the shuttle, it had a cloaking device and trained pilot.

"Honestly, I want you to be where it's safest. But despite Galen's reassurance, we don't really know how safe remaining way out here will really be. On Galen and Juno's shuttle, there's at least a cloaking device and a skilled pilot. The safest place will be on the shuttle." he let out a bit of a sigh knowing he didn't answer her question, it was a question he didn't really want to answer.

"But do I think your skills would be useful...I want to lie and say no so you will stay on the shuttle but yeah, I do. I don't know much about Collan, and I definitely don't now anything about the others, but Niil isn't much better with computers than I am. And for my part, if hitting or shooting the console doesn't solve the problem," a he smiled a genuine smile, "then I'm just going to hit it or shoot it again and hope that does the trick.

You can let me worry about hitting the broad side, or any side, of a Hutt. If the opportunity presents itself and you can do so safely, just pick your shots carefully, and follow after me. If my targets don't drop, they'll be easier to hit. And I'll do everything I can to make sure all blasters will be trained on me which will keep them from targeting you."

He placed a hand on her cheek.

"Just promise me that you'll keep your head down if things go crazy. If you have to expose yourself to take a shot, don't."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 04, 2015, 01:00:42 PM

Nim did feel infinitely more confident about going.

?Hutt Scout?s honor,? she smiled, placing her hand on top of his. ?Not much of an honor, but whatevs.? She stood up on her tiptoes and planted a kiss on his lips. A quick one - she knew they had to hurry.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 05, 2015, 07:31:33 AM

Trax slipped his left arm around Nim's waist and pulled her closer as his hand that was on her cheek slid back slightly to hold her head from being pushed back as he returned her kiss, but much more deeply. After a few seconds he let off and smiled at her for a moment before he was back to business. There was a certain task that if it needed to be done, he wanted it to be himself and no other that would perform it. The moving of Mariah's body.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 05, 2015, 08:08:52 AM

Collan gave Niil a look. Something was definitely going on there.

"So...uh. Trax. We have bad news...disasterous really."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 05, 2015, 08:47:17 AM

Trax gave Nim something of an 'is he serious' look before turning to Collan.

"Well, let's hear it."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 05, 2015, 09:09:36 AM

"The Imps bombarded the mountain." Collan's tone was flat-ish; it was easy to tell he was trying to control his emotions. There was still quite a bit of sadness over the doubts he believed to have happened there.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 05, 2015, 09:13:54 AM

Niil closed his eyes. Oooo, Collan, maybe now was not the best time for this. Not in Trax's current state . . .

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 05, 2015, 10:15:31 AM

The look in Trax's eyes turned very cold as he stared at the young man, while Nim could feel his arm that was around her waist tense up and pull her uncomfortably tight against him for a moment before he realized he was almost squeezing her and his arm relaxed. It took another moment before his the look in his eyes returned to normal.

"We'll talk details when the current situation as been dealt with." he replied. There was anger in his voice, but who or what it was directed at was anyone's guess.

He turned his body away from Nim, the arm around her waist directing her, though not as gently as it should have been, towards the airlock.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 05, 2015, 01:05:26 PM

"Damn, I really stepped into it this time, " Collan said under his breath, looking at Niil.

"I wonder what happened to him," he said to the other Jedi hopeful, "but I guess we better step across as well."

Collan stepped across the airlock as well.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 05, 2015, 01:16:22 PM

To Collan's question, he muttered, "Vader."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 05, 2015, 01:21:40 PM

Collan asked, "Who is he? When I was a slave I kept hearing that name in hushed tones I get that he's high up in the empire but how bad can one being me? "

He felt bad for Trax. The man had obviously been through a lot, so much so that it left him extremely on edge. Collan hoped that telling him what had happened wouldn't need him to doing something stupid and crazy.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 05, 2015, 01:36:49 PM

Quote from: Niil Spaar on October 05, 2015, 01:16:22 PM

To Collan's question, he muttered, "Vader."

[OOC: That's OOC knowledge, or at best a supposition. Trax' wounds were consistent with a lightsabre, and you might know Vader was responsible for the attack through conversation with Galen, but I don't think there's a clear line from Trax's state to Vader. Call it a theory or an educated guess.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 05, 2015, 02:02:30 PM

[OOC: Educated guess. Galen was talking about Vader taking the senators, and Trax started getting very antsy when he saw Niil and Collan's lightsabers.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 05, 2015, 02:42:54 PM

]OOC: Fair enough - but treat it as speculation, not fact.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 05, 2015, 03:57:30 PM

As you transfer to the Rogue Shadow, you see Captain Eclipse and the odd-looking humanoid droid transferring Siobhan Rand and Wyrren Doha, along with a stasis container onto Ch'lana's ship. Those interested can tell it is activated, but other than the sombre expression of Juno as she transfers the container, there's no indication as to what is inside.

Doha is unhappy about staying behind, but he recognizes in his current condition he's be more of a liability than an asset, and agrees to stay behind and man the ship. A rendez-vous point is set in case you get separated, and the air lock is closed. A moment later, Juno pulls the Rogue Shadow away, engages the cloak, and heads towards the inner system.

In the cockpit, things are tense. It only takes a few minutes before you spot a patrol of TIE fighters. Juno seems relaxed as she pulled in behind them. It seems crazy to some of you, but Galen says, "They will mask out ion trail. Sit tight, nothing can see us."

Several minutes later, the ship passes around a moon, and you see it.

At first, you think there is an undocumented moon in Horuz. For several seconds your eyes refuse to see what is actually there. Then you notice the open superstructure, like ribs growing into a sphere, and you realize this small moon is actually a space station.

Galen points to a hole in the superstructure and tells Juno, "Take us in there." She breaks away from the TIE fighters, and in a few more minutes you are flying into the structure of the station, inside the atmosphere containment field.

Galen says, "Hold here," and gets up. Juno parks the ship, and follows him.

Galen says, "They're somewhere in the station. If we go together, we don't stand a chance. I'm going in here. I'm going to cause as much damage and set off as many alarms as I can for as long as I can." He turns to look at each of you. "You need to find them, and get them to safety."

Juno says, "Am I ever going to see you again?"

Galen ignores her and says, "The rebel leaders are going to need an evac. You need to find them and get them to this ship. I'll give you as much time as I can."

Galen heads to the boarding ramp, and opens it up.

Juno just stares at him. A moment later he relents and answers her. "Probably not, no."

She considers a moment. "Then I'm unlikely to have to live this down." She hops forward a couple of steps and embraces him. They kiss for several seconds before separating. Even the unaware among you can tell how much these two love each other.

Galen says, "Good bye, Juno" He then falls backwards into the empty air, hundreds of feet above any sort of suitable landing point.

Juno wipes tears from her eyes and, without speaking, closes the boarding ramp and head to the cockpit to do what he needs her to do.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 05, 2015, 09:44:45 PM

Collan can nearly feel tears in his eyes. He wished he knew the Captain better do as to comfort her.

He said, "For what it's worth, Captain, I'm sorry. But we need to make sure his sacrifice isn't in vain."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 05, 2015, 10:15:38 PM

Quote from: Collan on October 05, 2015, 01:21:40 PM

Collan asked, "Who is he? When I was a slave I kept hearing that name in hushed tones I get that he's high up in the empire but how bad can one being me? "

He felt bad for Trax. The man had obviously been through a lot, so much so that it left him extremely on edge. Collan hoped that telling him what had happened wouldn't need him to doing something stupid and crazy.

OOC: Sorry; I missed this. Niil's response would've come right after Collan asked:

Niil shook his head and laughed, although there was no mirth in it. "How bad? Vader's the Emperor's right-hand man, and a Sith Lord, too, so you can bet he's a nasty piece of work. From what Demaia told me, he was once a Jedi Knight that turned to the Dark Side and betrayed the Jedi. Vader's betrayal took the Jedi completely by surprise because his turn was so quick and unexpected. He was one of the big players in carrying out Palpatine's Executive Order Sixty-Six . . . the extermination of the Jedi." Niil's lip curled in disgust. "From what I heard, he was the one that led the attack against the Jedi temple on Coruscant. Slaughtered hundreds, including younglings. Young, old, I guess it didn't matter to him." Looking at Collan, he shrugged. "And no, I don't know who he was before he took his current name, and Demaia didn't know, either."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 06, 2015, 08:46:12 AM

Quote from: Collan on October 05, 2015, 09:44:45 PM

He said, "For what it's worth, Captain, I'm sorry. But we need to make sure his sacrifice isn't in vain."

Collan has to follow her to the cockpit to express himself. As she settles in to the pilot's seat and throttles up the engines, he tells her what he came to say.

She only responds by saying, "I'm looking for a suitable landing position with passive sensors. You'd better get back to the boarding ramp. I'll try and set you down someplace safe, but you'll have to find the senators on your own. I can't risk scanning."

She reaches over and hands a small sphere about the size of a dime to Collan. "I can track you with this. When you've got them, head to the perimeter of the station and I'll pick you up."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 06, 2015, 09:31:05 AM

Trax gave his head a bit of a shake when he saw Collan follow Juno to the cockpit. There was a time when people just needed to be left alone, and this was definitely one of those times.

He checked his gear yet again, it was the only way to keep himself from pacing. He knew something was off, he'd never been like this prior to going into a fight before, but he couldn't figure out what was bothering him so much. He turned to Nim,

"We'll need to find a terminal and try to get a layout. We both know how well I deal with computers so how about you take care of that." He looked at the others.

"The rest of us will keep any unwanted attention focused on us."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 06, 2015, 09:36:00 AM

Ch'lana grunts. "There will be more than enough of that to go around, but we can do what we can."

The engines start to whine as the ship throttles up.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 06, 2015, 09:51:15 AM

Nim nodded, though wasn't overly confident about it. "For big data heists I usually hire teams to get the info I want. Sooo... this'll be interesting. Just sayin'."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 06, 2015, 10:04:07 AM

Niil chuckled, but there was apprehension in his voice. "Yeah, 'interesting' is a good word. Get the senators out of a space station the size of a small moon, guarded by about eighty thousand troopers and two Sith lords. This is going to require some epic focus."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 06, 2015, 10:07:35 AM

Trax smiled at Nim.

"The station isn't complete, I'll bet ninety percent of the people on it need a map to get around anywhere outside of their assigned area." he said, trying to reassure her.

"Bet you dinner you get it down in less than ten seconds."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 06, 2015, 10:22:52 AM

Collan came back, "Captain Eclipse gave me this," he held up a small transponder, "to activate when we find the senators. She'll pick us up at the perimeter when we activate it."

"Nim, how are your slicing skills? I'm betting there will be a record of occupied prison cells or at least a record of where power is being routed."

[ooc: Craig...would using a FP to concentrate and slice records be considered a heroic use since I'm doing it to save the senators?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 06, 2015, 11:14:36 AM

Having said a quick prayer to the ancestors, Nightshade was ready to go. Kitted out in his stealth suit with his grandfather's blades freshly sharpened and ready for combat, the Shinobi waited for an opportunity to use his skills in battle,

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 06, 2015, 04:53:49 PM

The ship moves around for a while. Anyone who wanders up to the cockpit might as well be alone. Juno does not have a lot to say and ignores any questions.

Eventually she comes on the intercom. "I'm monitoring alerts all over the system. I've located a docking bay that's far enough from the alarms that you should not be caught up in it, but close enough that troops there will be drawn away. I'm picking up guards in the bay, so you're going to have to go in shooting. Good luck."

A few moments later, the ship shudders as it collides with something, and boarding ramp opens.

[Actions?]

Once you guys are in the bay, you'll have a little more awareness of what is going on, but you can see half a dozen stormtroopers. It's going to be a DC 10 jump from the ship to the docking bay. You can take your time before jumping to get +1D on the roll. The ship offers hald cover (+2D to dodge) so you can fight from there, but it leaves the Rogue Shadow exposed. You can start from anywhere in the "landing zone" circle. The troopers on the walkways are 15m above you.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 06, 2015, 05:32:08 PM

Collan took a breath. There really wasn't a margin for error so he made sure to line himself up nicely for the jump. [taking the prep time for the +1D]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 06, 2015, 06:06:48 PM

Activating his suit, Nightshade made the jump and looked to move as far away from the rest of he group as he could...his skills shined when he was able to strike unnoticed.

Actions: make the jump with no prep, take the rest of any move action to put distance between me and the group, perhaps toward the equipment on the map to the left.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 06, 2015, 08:59:40 PM

Trax watched with interest as Nightshade jumped down. He was looking forward to seeing what the man could do in combat. He turned to Nim.

"Stay on the ship until it's safe to take cover behind that equipment." Trax said to NIm before turning to Ch'lana.

"Take the high road, start on the left so there's safe cover for everyone else."

With that Trax jumped down and started moving into the middle of the bay so the troopers would concentrate their fire on him.

[OOC: Not going to bother drawing the pistols yet. Don't want the extra MAP and the troopers are all out of range anyway.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 06, 2015, 09:09:56 PM

Niil opened his mouth to call out a strategy, but Nightshade's actions and Trax's own suggestion decided things for Niil. "Collan, let's hit the right side." Taking a calming breath, Niil fought the tiny shifts in the loading ramp's surface before jumping down. It wouldn't serve any good to start the mission with a broken ankle . . .

OOC: Taking an extra round to gain a 1D for the jump. Once Niil hits the ground, he'll try and use the supply crates as cover while he gets withing firing range.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 07, 2015, 02:09:45 AM

"Okay. Be careful, dammit," Nim replied to Trax with a surprising amount of affection clear in her voice. She quickly recovered. "...cuz you still owe me a drink!"

She turned to Ch'lana as soon as Trax was gone and held up her hands as she rapidly spoke. "Listen, please. Do not let Trax see a 'saber down there. I am so not kidding. He's not well and I'm afraid of what he might do..."

Ooc: Staying put unless Juno starts taking off. She'll jump prep but not actually jump yet and keep dodge handy.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 07, 2015, 08:41:24 AM

Niil kept his eyes riveted on the troopers while he made ready to jump, but he heard Nim well enough. "Nim, what happened back there?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 07, 2015, 08:55:52 AM

Ch'lana does not look at Nim when he answers her. "I cannot do that." He glances as her as he removes a cylinder from his belt and ignites it. "A sabre is the only weapon I carry."

With that, he leaps far out into the air, landing well in the open to the left.

The Stormtroopers, seeing the ship materialize and several figures dropping into the landing bay, start to close. A couple of half-hearted shots are fired at Trax, but at the range in question, there is no real danger and Trax dodges them easily.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Status	Target
Nim Naja	on ship (1/2 cover)	-	-
Niil Spaar	on ship (1/2 cover)	-	-
Ch'lana	open	-	(left walkway)
Collan Rostiern	on ship (1/2 cover)	-	-
Trax	open	-	-
Nightshade	stealth, full cover	-	(left)
Stormtrooper #1	left walkway (1/2 cover)	-	Ch'lana
Stormtrooper #8	right walkway (1/2 cover)	-	Trax
Stormtrooper #2	left walkway (1/2 cover)	-	Ch'lana
Stormtrooper #7	right walkway (1/2 cover)	-	Trax
Stormtrooper #3	open	-	Trax
Stormtrooper #6	open	-	Trax
Stormtrooper #4	open	-	Trax
Stormtrooper #5	open	-	Trax

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 07, 2015, 09:25:55 AM

Nightshade fixed his eyes on the trooper on the walkway to their left and made his way over there, looking to maintain the advantage of stealth.

Actions: Normal move, make my way to the ladder on the left leading up to the walkways.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 07, 2015, 09:55:57 AM

Having prepared, Collan left from the ship ducking and rolling towards cover. The Darkside was starting to buzz stronger and push him towards negative emotions ? anger fear.it wanted him to feel and so to call upon its power. But, Collan have been trying to soothe his mind and his emotions, controlling himself keeping him in harmony.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 07, 2015, 10:23:53 AM

Niil watched Collan leap from the ramp, and followed suit. Fear was trying to rise inside of him, but Niil recognized the Dark Side trying to coax it and amplify it. Uh-uh. I've been in firefights before, so go away. Go bother the stormtroopers.

He heard Ch'lana's lightsaber ignite, and grinned. The troopers should be in for a nasty treat if they try to shoot him. I just hope Trax doesn't go buggy when he sees it . . .

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 07, 2015, 10:35:51 AM

Trax drew his pistols as he continued to close. That's right, focus on me you bastards. Pick on someone who can really fight back.

Trax almost began to growl as the troopers closed on him, his anger and desire for revenge for what happened to Mariah growing with each shot they fired.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 07, 2015, 03:54:45 PM

Nim's eyes narrowed. It almost seemed like an act of defiance for Ch'lana to ignite his weapon in front of her like that. The last two weeks of working with trax on his injuries, physical and mental, were about to be undone by a madman. And a million Imperials. But the madman part pissed her off more.

"I would ask the same of him," she replied to Niil, jabbing a finger at Ch'lana already on the deck. "But it's kind of a bad time. Now jump before Juno dumps us."

Nim follows after them, almost wishing there was snow to land on. Almost.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 07, 2015, 07:40:08 PM

Quote from: Nightshade on October 07, 2015, 09:25:55 AM

Actions: Normal move, make my way to the ladder on the left leading up to the walkways.

Sneak counts as an action. I've included that with your move this time.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 07, 2015, 08:42:19 PM

Nightshade continues to move stealthily. Meanwhile. Nim Naja steps off and lands well on the deck, rolling to the left and coming up near the construction equipment.

Ch'lana crouches, gathering himself for something. Trax takes a stutter step to draw both pistols and levels them at Stormtrooper #9. As he brings his pistols up, one of the Stormtroopers takes a shot, but Trax doesn't even have to side-step it to avoid.

Niil Spaar takes a moment to clear his mind and resist the fear and anger lurking in the back of his mind.

Another Stormtrooper takes a shot at Trax, but it goes wide as well, and Trax doesn't even have to move. Two other Stormtroopers continue to close with Trax, spending their effort on closing instead of firing. Another Stormtrooper takes a shot at Trax, but the bounty hunter doesn't even blink, the shot goes so wide.

On the left walkway, one of the Stormtroopers takes a shot at Ch'lana, but the Jedi deflects it. The other Stormtrooper on the left walkway takes a shot at the Jedi, but it is also deflected.

The subject of Trax's ire continues to run forward, closing rapidly with the bounty hunter.

In the ship, Collan also takes a moment to ensure his mind is clear of anger and fear.

A final Stormtrooper takes a shot at Trax, and this one forces the bounty hunter to take a half step to avoid the shot.

Under stealth, Nightshade moves to the left edge of the construction equipment. From here he can see the ladder up to the walkway, and the stormtrooper up there shooting at Ch'lana.

Then, having gathered himself, Ch'lana suddenly explodes into movement. He flies through the air, landing neatly on the walkway within arm's reach of the second trooper on that walkway.

With his weapons out, Trax continues to march towards one of the troopers. The trooper is not at the extreme range of his blaster pistols.

From the ship, Niil leaps into the air and lands lightly on the deck.

Stormtrooper #9 drops to a knee and takes a shot at Trax as Collan steps off and lands a little rough on the desk, but still in one piece.

The Stormtrooper in front of Ch'lana brings up his rifle, but the blade doesn't even slow down as Ch'lana cuts the trooper down. He falls to the walkway, dead before he hits the grilled plating.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nightshade	stealth, full cover	(left)	-
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Ch'lana	Left Walkway	(left walkway)	-
Trax	Stormtrooper #9	-	-
Stormtrooper #4	open	Trax	-
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #7	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #6	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #5	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #8	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #1	left walkway (1/2 cover)	Ch'lana	-
Stormtrooper #2	left walkway (1/2 cover)		dead
Stormtrooper #9	open	Trax	-
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #3	open	Trax	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 07, 2015, 08:42:55 PM

Map

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 08, 2015, 08:29:39 AM

Ugh, still out of range, Niil thought as he sprinted toward the trooper on the eastern walkway. "Coming with me, Collan?"

OOC: Running for trooper # 8, and going south of the construction supplies. If any trooper gets in Niil's firing range, he'll take a shot.

BTW, did anyone else notice how far Ch'lana jumped in a single round? Wow . . .

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 08, 2015, 09:05:11 AM

As Trax came within the extreme range of his pistols one voice inside his head immediately screamed at him to blast the trooper, that he might be the trooper that killed Mariah! A second voice that could barely be heard, tried to call for caution, there was the mission to think of.

The first voice won out, but his actions were at least tempered by the second voice and so he took only one shot at his target while he continued to close.

[OOC: Single shot at trooper #9, if he drops, Trax will immediately change his angle to start closing with troopers 5 and 6, otherwise he'll continue to close on 9.
RB: 25 LB: 24]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 08, 2015, 12:22:43 PM

Trax certainly has all eyes on him now... what an attention whore!

Nim heads right to the nearby equipment for at least some sort of cover.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 09, 2015, 05:43:39 AM

"Yeah" Collan said, following Niil. They could bracket a trooper and make this go faster. Collan was starting to get concerned they'd get bogged down.

[ooc: started a new job so I may post only infrequently]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 09, 2015, 10:59:42 AM

Ooc: not sure what our initiative order is, so let me know if this doesn't work.

Seeing the Jedi launch himself to the walkway changed Nightshade's plans slightly. He had been making his way to the high ground but now he seemed to be redundant up there now. If Ch'lana decided to finish off the trooper on the walk way, the Shinobi would work his way down the left of the room towards the rear, otherwise he would move towards the ladder and head for the walkway.

Actions: Sneak, normal move as dictated by Ch'lana, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 09, 2015, 11:46:32 AM

[OOC: Initiative changes round-to-round, but it will become clear shortly that you'll be needed up on the walkway. Ch'lana was aware of where you were headed, and he's leaving the trooper there for you.

Next round up shortly.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 09, 2015, 12:30:57 PM

As the skirmish in the docking bay continues, you hear a general announcement over the PA system.

"Security Alert in Zone 4. Threat upgraded to Class 3. All Primary and Secondary security personnel in Zones 3, 4 and 5 proceed immediately to your duty stations. Zones 2,3,4,5 and 6 are under lockdown." The message repeats once more.

Ch'lana crouches down again, clearly gathering himself for another dramatic action.

Nim moves to the nearest corner of the construction equipment and takes cover there, keeping her head down. Meanwhile, Niil breaks into a run towards the right, heading towards the ladder. The Stormtrooper nearest to Niil spots him and lines up a shot, but Niil moved out of sight before the trooper can pull the trigger. He keeps aiming, hoping to spot Niil when he pops out of cover.

Trax, out in the middle of the deck, lines up a shot and squeezes the firing stud. The shot hits the trooper square in the chest. He falls backwards to lie sprawled out on the deck. Trax immediately shifts his attention to the other two troopers.

The stormtrooper on the right walkway takes a shot at Trax, but the bounty hunter ignores it as the shot goes wide. The closest stormtrooper on the deck takes a shot, and that forces Trax to absently step to the left, easily forcing a miss.

The remaining trooper on the left walkway lines up a shot on Ch'lana, but the Jedi easily deflects it with his sabre.

Nigthshade moves quickly and reaches the foot of the ladder. A quick climb and he'll be within striking distance. [He'll need a double move - one to climb and one to close, but he can be at the back of the trooper next round with 2 actions. he could then be in a position to also melee attack if he wants.]

Another Stormtrooper takes a shot at Trax and misses. Then Collan breaks into a run, and heads towards the right walkway. The trooper that had been following Niil makes a slight adjustment and fires at Collan before he can make it to cover. Collan takes a stutter step, and it is enough to throw off the trooper's aim and the shot misses. Collan then reaches cover from the walkway on the right side of the bay.

The last two troopers take shots at Trax, but their shots go wide.

Ch'lana then leaps, soaring through the air. He clears the construction equipment in the way, and lands heavily several meters short of one of the troopers by the blast doors.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Ch'lana	open	Stormtrooper #3	-
Nim Naja	partial cover	-	-
Niil Spaar	partial cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #8	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Niil Spaar	-
Trax	open	Stormtrooper #6	-
Stormtrooper #7	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #5	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #1	left walkway (1/2 cover)	Ch'lana	-
Nightshade	stealth, partial cover	(left)	-
Stormtrooper #4	open	Trax	-
~~Stormtrooper #9~~	open	-	incapacitated
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #3	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #6	open	Trax	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 09, 2015, 01:07:13 PM

Well, the drek was bound to hit the fan sooner or later, Niil thought as he head the alert over the P.A. He caught a quick peripheral glimpse of Ch'lana taking an enormous leap through the air, and the sight almost brought Niil up short. Then the trooper on the southeast walkway took a shot at Collan, and Niil broke into a dead run, angling himself slightly away from Collan's path so the trooper would be forced to shift aim between the two of them. Damn, still out of range. Here's hoping their shots keep missing . . .

OOC : I'll take a shot at trooper # 8 once I get in heavy blaster pistol range of him.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 09, 2015, 02:17:25 PM

It was with no small amount of satisfaction that Trax watched the trooper fall backwards, but it was short lived. As soon as his eyes locked on the next nearest trooper, the feeling of satisfaction was gone and the cycle in his mind began a new. Maybe he was the one that killed Mariah...

The rebel quickened his pace briefly before drawing a bead on the trooper and firing off a shot.

[OOC: I'd like to do a double move, then 1 shot on trooper 6.
RB: 24 LB: 24]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 09, 2015, 02:25:14 PM

Now was the time to strike. The Shinobi moved swiftly and silently to bring himself up into position behind the trooper on the left walkway. Once in place he made a single swipe with his sword to finish the trooper.

Actions: double move, sneak, melee attack, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 09, 2015, 04:37:26 PM

Nim silently followed Nightshade with her eyes, watching him skulk around to presumably dispatch the nearby trooper. As soon as he did she was ready to start running to the left side and eventually to the control panel.

OOC: Holding for now, prepping to start a run if I can.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 09, 2015, 05:25:28 PM

Collan followed Niil under the cover of the equipment to get a shot on stormie on the other deck. The Dark Side buzzed at him enough to distract just enough. It was a little frustrating but only a little. Collan kept his mind on the task (battling) rather than ruminate.

[run under cover toward stormie 8. Take a shot if in range or he shoots at me]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 10, 2015, 12:01:35 PM

Nim waits under cover for Nightshade to do his work. His gear and skill were quiet good - she could barely make him out, and she knew where to look.

One of the stormtroopers on the deck takes a shot at Trax. The shot comes very close, and Trax has to pull out the stops to avoid the hit.

Collan continues his run, making it almost to the edge of the pile of construction supplies. He's under cover now, but if he moves much farther, the trooper will be able to see him.

Trax turns from the downed trooper and sprints towards the closest trooper, levelling his blaster as he does so. Ch'lana also breaks into a run, closing the distance with one of the troopers by the door rapidly, overshooting the stormtrooper by a couple of steps. Niil Spaar follows Collan, keeping low and behind the cover of the construction supplies.

Nightshade extends one of his arms, and a molecular adhesion grapple fires, anchoring itself on a girder above the walkway. In moments, Nightshade is on the walkway, and the grapple releases and rapidly recoils. The Stormtrooper on the walkway near him fires at Ch'lana, but the shot goes wide.

The second trooper on the right fires at Ch'lana, and the Jedi catches the bolt on his sabre, deflecting it.

The three remaining stormtroopers on the deck all fire at Trax, but he is already dodging and ducking, and their shots go wide.

Nim continues to wait for the coast to be clear. She lost track of where Nightshade was, so she keeps her eye on the trooper, peering through the machinery to keep tabs on him.

Trax, now only 20 meters from the Stormtrooper, fires. The blaster bolt blows a hole through the chest plating of the trooper, and he collapses forward, sprawled on the deck.

Ch'lana, without looking, reverses his blade and stabs backwards, running the stormtrooper through with his sabre. The trooper stands there impaled for a moment before Ch'lana withdraws the blade. The trooper stands there for a moment before collapsing sideways to the deck.

On on the left walkway, Nightshade runs lightly to stand behind the trooper there and raises his sword. Pulling his right arm back, he thrusts the blade point first, and runs the stormtrooper through, entering just left of his opponent's spine, and driving the blade out through the front of his blast armour. Pulling the blade back, the trooper slide off. He was dead before he hit the walkway. He never even knew what had killed him.

With the trooper down. Nim breaks into a run, and reaches the left end of the equipment.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	open	Trax	-
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Trax	open	Stormtrooper #6	-
Ch'lana	open	Stormtrooper #3	-
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #8	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Niil Spaar / Collan	-
Nightshade	stealth, 1/2 cover	Stormtrooper #1	-
~~Stormtrooper #1~~	-	-	dead
Stormtrooper #7	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Trax	-
~~Stormtrooper #3~~	-	-	dead
~~Stormtrooper #6~~	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #4	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #9	-	-	incapacitated

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 10, 2015, 12:05:46 PM

[OOC: PM sent to Nightshade.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 10, 2015, 02:10:29 PM

With his target down, Nightshade looks to get back into the middle of the hangar. Aiming his grappler at an adequate support beam, he swings down from the walkway to the deck. Upon landing he judges the distance between himself and the nearest trooper before deciding if to try an attack.

Actions: grapple, sneak, melee attack #5 if he is in range of a single move, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 10, 2015, 04:53:20 PM

Collan moved to get into firing position. He would take a shot at the eighth stormtrooper. He wanted to contribute to the assault as well but the dark side was such an irritant.

[ooc: can i take round to quiet my mind before firing without being in his sights to negate the dark side? If not, i move and fire this round, stsying undr cover as much as possible]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 10, 2015, 04:59:56 PM

Quote from: Collan on October 10, 2015, 04:53:20 PM

[ooc: can i take round to quiet my mind before firing without being in his sights to negate the dark side? If not, i move and fire this round, stsying undr cover as much as possible]

You can take a round and quiet your mind, provided all you do next round is fire a blaster. I'll allow a modified preparation.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 10, 2015, 09:20:19 PM

[ooc: no reactive dodge then?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 10, 2015, 09:56:31 PM

Nim was a tad freaked that even her excellent sight was lost on Nightshade. She'd never seen a Nekami in action before, which was a good thing.

The deck wasn't clear yet but her side was, so she left the relative safety of the machinery and started the long run to the north side.

Ooc: Double move towards the other equipment.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 10, 2015, 10:46:32 PM

Quote from: Collan on October 10, 2015, 09:20:19 PM

[ooc: no reactive dodge then?]

If you take one, it'll undo the preparation. You can choose not to dodge - you're under at least 3/4 cover and at range for the blaster rifle. Likely you won't even need to dodge.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 10, 2015, 11:48:24 PM

Niil kept sprinting forward, drawing one of his blasters as he ran. He expected a flurry of blaster bolts to come at him the moment he rounded the cover of the supplies, but he'd also finally be in range to use his heavy blaster pistol. Seeing Collan pressed against the side of the supplies, he said, "Go for that trooper when you're ready to fire; I'll keep him occupied."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 11, 2015, 08:46:11 AM

Collan focysed hus mind and prepped hinself. The shot was important.

[taking the round and the inability to dodge]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 11, 2015, 09:43:41 AM

The rebel should have felt even more satisfaction as the second trooper hit the deck, but oddly enough he felt significantly less. The voice in his head that was screaming for vengeance began to quiet as the voice that had been reminding him of the mission began speaking of Mariah. Is this what she would have wanted him to become, an animal obsessed with revenge? And how could he protect Nim if all his focus was on killing the nearest trooper? Reason began to return to the man's mind.

Trax didn't change direction this time, instead he only glanced towards the trooper to his left as he swung his pistol around and pulled the trigger. He needed to extend his range, and that meant picking up on of the blaster rifles.

[OOC: One shot at trooper 5 and then move closer to trooper 6. If I can get within range to pick up his rifle, I'll holster the heavies at that point. The rifle will get picked up next round.

RB: 24 LB: 23]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 11, 2015, 11:57:19 AM

[Ken, where are you on your shots remaining?]

Nim Naja breaks into a sprint, heading towards the next section of cover. She can't help but feel like there's a target painted on her, but realistically the Stormtroopers have much bigger things to worry about than her.

Nightshade, still hidden from view, leans over the railing and fires his grappler. The molecular adhesion head smacks solidly on an overhead beam and Nightshade leaps over the railing.

Collan runs to the edge of the construction supplies and crouches down, drawing a careful bead on his blaster pistol. He flinches as a blaster bolt came very close and pings off the pile of deck plating, but it does not disrupt his aim.

Trax adjust the aim of his blaster and fires. The shot catches the trooper in the left shoulder. The trooper grunts and grabs at his shoulder, but otherwise appears unhurt.

Behind Collan, Nill keeps up his sprint, clearing the edge of the equipment too fast for the trooper on the walkway to take a shot and needs to adjust to track Niil.

Trax ducks as one of the troopers fires from the walkway. The trooper by the door, seeing a Jedi coming at hime, switches targets from Trax to Ch'lana. It doesn't do much good. Ch'lana catches the bolt on his sabre and sends it directly back at the trooper. The bolt catches him in the helmet, and he goes down, writhing in pain.

Ch'lana continues his run over the deck, running up to the trooper who took a reflected blaster bolt.

The trooper on the walkway takes a shot at Niil, but misses.

The air whistles a little as Nightshade swings through it, landing lightly on the deck and using the momentum to propel him forward. He comes up on the flank of the trooper Trax stunned.

Trax runs up to the downed trooper and, with eyes on the blaster rifle on the deck near him, holsters his pistols.

Niil takes a quick shot, but the blaster bolt pings off the walkway and misses.

No even slowing down, Ch'lana gives a flick fo his wrist and slashes the wounded stormtrooper. He falls back, dead before he hit the deck, while Ch'lana keeps moving towards the right-hand walkway.

Nightshade is pushing himself to his limit, but manages a lucky swing and runs the stunned Stormtrooper through. The trooper hangs suspended by the blade for a moment before Nightshade pulls it out with a flick to clear the gore. The trooper falls sideways, quite dead.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Nightshade	stealth, full cover	Stormtrooper #5	-
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Trax	open	Stormtrooper #5	-
Niil Spaar	open	Stormtrooper #8	-
Stormtrooper #7	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Trax	-
~~Stormtrooper #4~~	-	-	dead
~~Stormtrooper #5~~	-	-	dead
Ch'lana	open	Stormtrooper #7	-
Stormtrooper #8	right walkway (1/2 cover)	Niil / Collan	-
Stormtrooper #6	-	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #9	-	-	incapacitated

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 11, 2015, 12:44:18 PM

That's it, focus on me, Niil thought as he suddenly stopped, aimed, and fired at the trooper trying to draw a bead on him.

OOC: One shot at trooper # 8, and getting ready to Dodge like the Dickens . . .

Shot count: 2 (heavy blaster # 1)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 11, 2015, 02:23:28 PM

Collan recalled his lessons. He took a breath, cleared his mind, let the breath halfway out, and pulled the trigger, aiming for the stormtrooper on the walkway above.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 11, 2015, 02:36:48 PM

Nim keeps running for the equipment although she steals a glance at the floor to see where everyone was now. She was still very concerned about Trax with Ch'lana.

Ooc: Double again

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 11, 2015, 07:47:37 PM

Trax barely caught a glimpse of Nightshade running the trooper through. His focus was on the two up on the walkway, or more accurately, the one that hadn't shot at him for a while now. Picking up the rifle the rebel took aim and fired.

[OOC: Shooting at trooper 8, but if Niil and/or Collan drops him, switch to trooper 7.

RB: 24, LB: 23, Rifle: ??]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 11, 2015, 09:45:08 PM

ooc: If I measured right, the walkway should be in range of the grapple.

ic: Recognizing that he had been lucky to accomplish so much in such a little time, Nightshade decides that it would be more prudent to be more sure of the outcome, now that there are only two visible threats left. With this is mind he fires the grapple at the right walkway, looking to get himself in position for an another strike if it is needed.

Actions: grapple, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 12, 2015, 01:40:38 PM

Nim continues her run, moving towards the control panel. Collan, having spent some time carefully aiming, fires. Ch'lanan, meanwhile, is clearly gathering himself for another feat. The trooper was angling out to try and get a better shot at Niil, and moves directly into the blast. Collan's shot hits him on the helmet. The trooper collapses to the walkway grating and his rifle falls from neveless fingers to land on the deck with a clatter below him.

Niil, denied a target and unable to see the remaining stormtrooper, watches for any additional threats.

Out in the open, Ch'lana crouches slightly, clearly gathering himself for more heroics. Meanwhile, Trax hooks the toe of his boot under the stormtrooper rifle and kicks it into the air. Catching it, he immediately draws a bead on the remaining stormtrooper. As he raises the rifle, Trax sees the trooper aiming at him. Trax doesn't even move, and the shot goes wide.

Nightshade fires his grappler, hitting the beam over the trooper's head. The mechanism immediately lifts Nightshade into the air. A moment later, Ch'lana explodes into the air, sailing through the aid and landing lightly on the walkway. As he lands, Trax fires. The shot goes wide. Then Nightshade lands on the walkway beside the trooper, his blade at the ready.

Ch'lana swings his sabre, but checks the swing a hair's breadth away from the trooper an instant before Nightshade runs him through. Nightshade pulls out his sword, giving it a flick to clear the gore, and the trooper falls to the deck, quiet dead.

A moment later, you guys hear a distant rumble and the deck shudders a little. Close on the heals of that the PA system calls out, "Security Alert in Zone 4. Threat upgraded to Class 5. All Primary , Secondary and Tertiary security personnel in Zones 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 proceed immediately to your duty stations. Zones 1, 2,3,4,5, 6 and 7 are under lock down. All Overseers, execute emergency containment protocols immediately." The message repeats once more.

As the last trooper falls, and without a single injury to any of you, you all feel somehow bolstered. This initial success raises spirits and give you hope.

Then, warning lights activate and a klaxon starts sounding all over the docking bay.

[Actions?]

PM's sent to Nightshade and Nim.

The Force is with you. Everyone receives a temporary Force point that expires when this mission is done.

You guys are currently clear, but there is activity in the control room overlooking the docking bay.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 12, 2015, 01:54:04 PM

"I think we're about to get a meal of hard vacuum!" Collan called out, "We need to get to that control room!"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 12, 2015, 03:05:44 PM

[Edited my post to include a map.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 12, 2015, 04:18:13 PM

At hearing the announcement, Nim turned to the control room and shouted at it with scorn.

"Well kark you too! Try and contain this one, muthakarkers!" She flipped a wildly insulting gesture at the Imperials before spinning around to run for the panel.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 12, 2015, 04:55:32 PM

Trax's eyes began to go wide and sweat began to form on his forehead when he saw the blue light of Ch'lana's saber. He started to tremble, as images of a darkness and a red glow that moved with terrifying speed flashed rapidly through his mind. He couldn't quite make the images out, but the terror that began to build screamed at him that the weapon was a threat so he shifted his rifle ever so slightly and lined the old man up.

But something was wrong, the weapon was a threat, of that he was sure, but it wasn't quite right. The shutter of the deck snapped his mind from it's turmoil and the rifle slowly lowered.

Then he heard Nim's voice, yelling profanities.

"Nim!" he called out, turning to see her running, her angle indicating she was heading for the panel. Trax broke into a full run, looking to meet her there.

[OOC: Move as fast as possible towards the panel

RB: 24, LB: 23, Rifle: ??]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 12, 2015, 10:57:02 PM

Niil brought his blaster pistol down a moment before he fired; Collan's shot had been true. No more shots were being exchanged, which probably meant that their opposition had been neutralized. He breathed a sigh of relief, which was quickly eradicated by the announcement over the P.A. and the alarms going off all over the bay. Sweat dampened his forehead at the implication of that alarm. Frak me, they're going to try and space us!

Rounding the corner of the supplies, Niil could see Trax and Nim heading for the control panel, and Nightshade and Ch'lana over at the northeastern part of the walkway. "Nightshade! Ch'lana! Coordinate and get us into that control room! Collan, grab a blaster rifle and let's move up closer to give everyone support fire!" With that, Niil holstered his pistol ran towards the main blast doors, stopping briefly to scoop up one of the dead trooper's blaster rifles.

OOC: I want Niil to place himself so he can cover the main blast doors and still provide covering fire against the 3rd-floor control room.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 13, 2015, 02:14:20 PM

Nightshade couldn't help but smile at Niil issuing orders. He turned to Ch'lana, saying, "he is still our Gakusei, yes? Seriously though, any ideas on getting up to that control room? I agree that getting in there is a sound strategy. If you don't have another idea perhaps using my bracer, to get you up there and cut through with your saber?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 13, 2015, 02:38:43 PM

Ch'lana doesn't answer. Nightshade can tell he is deep in concentration. The Jedi extends a hand towards the control room. There is a rumbling that is more felt that heard, building in intensity. Then there is a sound, and a dozen fractures have appeared in one of the windows. Ch'lana doubles his efforts, raising another hand towards the window, and more fractures appear.

You're not sure what he is doing, but it seems he's providing an opportunity.

"Go!" he says through clenched teeth.

[OOC: It will be a very difficult jump roll.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 13, 2015, 08:37:28 PM

Always ready for action, the Shinobi aims his grapple and fires to bring himself in reach of the hole in the panel. Focusing his mind on the task at hand, and knowing that time could be of the essence, he centers himself before making the attempt.

Actions: Make the grapple attempt, use my temporary FP, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 13, 2015, 10:33:57 PM

Collan scooped up the blaster that had fallen from the stormtrooper he'd shot. A one meter hole was not a lot to put a shot through. At this distance, he'd be lucky to hit anything. And it's not like you could change physics and make the shot curve. He did proceed closer to provide close fire support.

[ooc: magic space wizard!!!]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 14, 2015, 07:50:48 AM

Trax continued his dash towards Nim and the control panel. Whatever was going on with the others and the control room the rebel would leave to them. He was going to put his trust in Nim's talents. But, it never hurt to be prepared for the worst either. The rebel glanced around, looking for a locker or some other storage compartment that would be likely to hold vacuum suits for emergency purposes.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 14, 2015, 11:39:14 AM

[Taking a couple of liberties for story purposes.]

Nim skids to a halt next to the control panel and her fingers are flying over the controls before she's even caught her balance. Those that are observing notice a small droid that looks like a Jedi training remote hovering over her shoulder. Ch'lana closes his eyes and cleans forward as the window continues to fracture. It is still in place, however, and seems fairly solid. Collan runs over to where the rifle lays on the deck. Niil moves double-time towards the blaster doors, watching to provide cover if they open. And Trax makes a B-line for Nim, but is glancing around looking for storage lockers or other containers that might hold survival gear.

Trax spots half a dozen lockers with bright orange signs on them that seem likely candidates for emergency gear. [OOC: marked and circled on the map. They're scattered around.]

Nim, with the help of specialized software on her wristcomp and with the aid of Buzz, gets to work on the console. She manages to get access almost immediately, but someone is actively working against her, blocking her attempts to stop the process. The opening of the docking bay to vacuum follows a series of processes as a safety measure. With the techs working against her, she cannot stop the process, but she manages to gain access to the sub-routines of the process and increases the timers for those processes. It's not a solution, but she's bought a few seconds at least.

"KARK!" she bellows at the console and gives it a solid kick to release tension. Without speaking to anyone in particular and not taking her eyes off the console she calls out, "Damn techs upstairs are karking with me! Get 'em, or we're all going to be breathless!"

Nightshade closes his eyes and takes a breath. His pulse echoes in his ears, his senses sharpen, and his awareness grows as he finds his centre. He lines up his grapple and fires. The grapple hits just above the fracturing window. A moment later, Nightshade is sailing through the air. He watches as cracks grow and merge. As he approaches, he can see four unarmoured techs inside. Two of them are looking nervously at the fracturing window, but all are working hard on their consoles. In the background of the room there are two stormtroopers.

The cracks continue to spread, then all of a sudden the window shatters into a thousand fragments, glittering like diamonds. Nightshade releases the grapple at the precise moment, and his momentum carries him through the window. He lands with a roll and comes up easily to his feet.

[Actions?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 14, 2015, 11:45:16 AM

Collan looked for a shot. Hebrelaxed his mind and body and tried to move with the flow of the Force. It was more difficult with the Dark Side buzzing in his head but he tried under its duress anyways. Peace. Calm.

[concentration on Blaster. Try to take out any imp that I can see. If I can't feel the Force, I don't take the shot]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 14, 2015, 01:05:03 PM

[Ok guys, you need to focus. I only publicly posted the locker data because I wanted to save the separate maps and PM's. Only one who thought to look for lockers was Trax. Niil is focused on the blast doors, and Collan is focused on the control room window. Neither of you spent time or actions to notice the lockers. That's OOC information.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 14, 2015, 01:58:31 PM

OOC: Niil's still heading for a place where he can keep an eye on the blast doors and the control room. He's putting on his breath mask, and snagging an Imperial blaster rifle as soon as he can reach one.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 14, 2015, 02:08:29 PM

Trax altered his course slightly, heading for the nearest locker. There better damn well be a vac suit in there, he thought as he pushed hard to reach his destination.

[OOC: Still doing an all out run, but heading for the nearest locker, which looks like the one along the walkway.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 14, 2015, 02:27:13 PM

Having heard Nim call out about the techs causing her trouble, Nightshade was torn between taking out the techs first and risking the stormtroopers attacking, or waiting to see if the techs stopped working to vent the hangar bay now that the broken window put them at risk also.

In the end active won out over passive and he lined up the nearest two techs to fire his stun darts. He prepared to duck for cover once he fired.

Actions: fire two stun darts at techs, reac dodge.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 14, 2015, 03:50:41 PM

"Come on, come on!" Nim yelled some more at the panel. It wasn't about survival as much as it was personal now, with those techs pissing her off. Maybe they took her insult seriously.

Ooc: same :)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 16, 2015, 10:28:28 AM

Ch'lana extends a hand towards one of the stormtroopers and takes a breath. The Stormtrooper on the right moves to flank Nightshade, while his partner opens fire. The shot goes just wide.

Niil heads towards one of the downed troopers, keeping an eye on the control room and another on the blast doors, while Nim struggles digitally with the four techs. She's loosing ground, but still managing to delay them.

On the deck, Collan takes a deep breath and closes his eyes for a moment, reaching for the Force. He can feel the force, and it blocks out everything else around him. He opens his eyes just as a trooper head comes into view in a window above him.

Trax adjust course on his sprint, and heads to one of the storage lockers spread out over the landing bay while Nighshade raises a hand. A small dart flies out from the bracer, striking the nearest tech in the neck. The tech starts to convulse violently and falls to the floor unconscious.

Ch'lana then throws his lightsabre. The blade spins as it sails through the air, entering the window, the spinning of the blade synchronized so that it goes around Nightshade's head, where the blade strikes the trooper by the doorway. The blade slashes the stormtrooper across the chest, and he goes down. The lightsabre then flies out of the window and unerringly back to Ch'lana's hand.

The Stormtrooper on Nightshade's flank raises he rifle and fires. Nightshade manages to twist out of the way and barely avoids the shot.

Collan releases his held breath and fires. The shot his dead centre of the reinforced transparisteel, somehow manages to punch through the window, and hits the trooper on the helmet. There is not enough oomph left to do any significant damage, but the trooper did get his bell rung.

Nightshade adjusts his aim and fires a second neural dart. The dart hits and the tech slumps to the floor as his body spasms. A moment later he is unconscious.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Ch'lana	open	Stormtrooper #9	-
Tech #4	1/2 cover	console	-
Stormtrooper #10	open	Nightshade	-
Stormtrooper #9	open	Nightshade	incapacitated
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Tech #1	1/2 cover	-	unconscious 2d minutes
Nim Naja	open	console	-
Collan Rostiern	open	window	-
Tech #2	1/2 cover	-	unconscious 2d minutes
Tech #3	1/2 cover	console	-
Trax	open	-	-
Nightshade	1/2 cover	tech 1 and tech 2	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 16, 2015, 10:29:04 AM

[OOC: The window had +9D to resist the damage. Collan got ridiculously lucky.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 16, 2015, 10:31:05 AM

[OOC: Maps.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 16, 2015, 10:41:22 AM

Quote from: GM Craig on October 16, 2015, 10:29:04 AM

[OOC: The window had +9D to resist the damage. Collan got ridiculously lucky.]

[ <keanu>whoa...</keanu> do I have a clean shot now?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 16, 2015, 10:49:05 AM

[Well, not clean - he's still only a head in a window, and you only did enough damage to punch through the window, not take it out.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 16, 2015, 10:51:49 AM

Seeing the trooper that Collan fired at, Niil brought the blaster rifle to a firing position. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and focused on blotting out all the other distractions going on around him. Nothing else mattered at that point in time except his target. Letting the Force guide his aim, Niil squeezed the trigger.

OOC: Trying to use Concentrate and taking one blaster rifle shot against the same trooper that Collan shot at.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 16, 2015, 11:57:54 AM

Trax slung the rifle he was carrying just before he half stopped, half crashed into the locker doors. Flinging the doors open he took a quick stock of what was inside; four vacuum suits, pair of medkits, a tool kit, 2 suit power packs, some spare oxygen canisters and an emergency atmospheric containment field generator. The rebel tried to recall what he knew about the generator, small bubble, 3 people was pushing it, but it would be big enough to protect Nim and she could still work at the panel, provided she could work while kneeling. At the very least it would buy her time to get a suit on.

Grabbing the generator and if he could 2 suits, but 1 at the very least, he turned and continued his run towards Nim.

[OOC: I'm guessing the most I can do this round is reach the locker and grab the gear, but just in case.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 16, 2015, 12:50:14 PM

Collan felt a rush of joy as the Force had flowed through him. He focused though on the calm though the Dark Side's buzz hadn't abated. He sought that calm place again to gain focus and take another shot at the stormtrooper.

[concentration on blaster again. This time I take the shot no matter what. Blaster Clip: 1 shot. Rifle: 2 shots]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 16, 2015, 01:20:05 PM

Nightshade threw himself into a forward roll towards the trooper, both to throw off the aim of his enemy and keep himself out of the way of any other lucky blaster shots coming through the window. As he finished the roll he lashed out once with each blade.

Actions: roll, two melee attacks, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 16, 2015, 02:07:09 PM

Sweat was beginning to bead on Nim?s brow. Her heart-rate was almost matching the rhythm of the countdown. The stress and panic were beginning to rise and with everyone else everywhere else she was alone again.

?Not now, Alexa, I?m still pissed at you,? Nim growled and slammed the panel with a palm. She looked at Buzz as if the little sphere was somehow judging her. ?You were there, Buzz. Allie let that girl die. She was right.. there. She could have saved her, like she did everyone else, but didn?t.?

Her hands were beginning to tremble, but the infochant tried the routine again. She didn?t care about the dying part, but to have the whole team spaced and the senators lost because of her ineptitude was too much.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 17, 2015, 08:07:57 AM

Nim keeps working, feverishly trying to find a way around the blocks. She starts to pull ahead. The countdown changes in one-second intervals from 11 to 10 to 9.9 to 9.89. The pressure on Nim seems to be lessening.

Collan tries again to reach for the Force, but there are too many distractions and he is not able to focus.

Nim swears again as the countdown advances to 9.7. The techs are still working against her.

Ch'lana raises a hand towards the Stormtrooper on the control room, and Nightshade watches as the trooper suddenly throws himself against the window, smashing his head hard. It doesn't do much, but it shakes him up a bit. Given the distraction, Nightshade executes his roll in safety.

Niil manages to push aside all distractions and reach the Force. Calmly he raises his blaster rifle. Trax quickly slings his rifle.

Nim finds her access momentarily blocked, but she quickly opens a new console before they revoke her access. There seems to be only 2 working against her now, so a lot of pressure is off.

Without the aid of the force, and using a weapon he is not particularly familiar with, the results are predictable. He fires his blaster anyway, and hits the frame about a meter above the window.

Nightshade comes out of his roll with both swords thrust forward. The left one only leaves a deep gouge on the armour, but the right blade finds flesh and runs the Stormtrooper through in the abdomen. Rising, Nightshade withdraws the blade with a flick to clear gore from it and the trooper falls to the deck. Without a target, Niil checks his shot.

Trax loops a vacuum suit over one arm (they're too bulky to carry two), grabs the heavy shield generator, and moves quickly towards Nim.

[Actions?]

No map, only minor changes.

You guys are clear of troopers, and Nightshade is left alone with two techs that aren't much of a threat. They have sidearms, but only rudimentary combat training.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 17, 2015, 09:57:38 AM

Turning his attention to the techs, Nightshade levels his blades at them and states, "Back away from your work stations or die." Ready for a hostile move, he hopes they will have the sense to surrender.

Actions: reac attack to any hostile actions, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 17, 2015, 01:15:50 PM

Collan took off at an all-out run to get to the console and help this Nim woman.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 17, 2015, 04:08:20 PM

Trax was breathing pretty heavily by the time he reached Nim. Damn this docking bay was huge. He put the generator and suit down beside the woman and, readying the rifle took up a guard position on her right.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 17, 2015, 06:22:51 PM

Niil watched as his target went down, and he checked his shot. With little else for him t do at the moment, he kept in his firing position and watched the blast door and the third-floor control room window.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 19, 2015, 02:08:22 PM

Nim wiped her brow and cracked her tattooed knuckles. "Kark no. It's nine seconds, Allie. They won't win this one. I won't let them."

Out of the corner of her eye she spotted Trax dropping a suit and generator at her feet and gave him a dirty look. "You too? Really? I've got this, dammit!"

ooc: same

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 20, 2015, 12:23:06 PM

Ch'lana cocks his head and pauses for a moment, as if hearing something no one else can hear. He then gathers himself for another act of heroics.

Niil continues to keep his rifle up, scanning for targets, and is ready to fire at the first threat he sees. Meanwhile, Trax lumbers up to Nim and dumps his load - a portable atmospheric containment field and a vacuum suit. Nim makes a snide comment, but otherwise keeps working. They are still working against her, but maybe she can do an end run? She starts exploring other systems as a means to bypassing the lockouts.

Then, Nim, Trax, Niil and Collan clearly hear the sound of blaster fire on the other side of the blast doors. It's muted, and clearly no direct threat, but something is happening on the other side of the door. Barely a moment after the sound of shooting starts, you hear a bestial roar of fury.

*************************

Keshani watches as the Stormtrooper level their rifles and open fire on the wookies. The shot goes wide, and is followed quickly by another shot at a wookie, that also goes wide. Then, with a roar, one of the wookies charges a Stormtrooper.

Keshani, out in the open, doesn't really have many options in the way of cover, so she ducks inside the access panel she had been working and tries to hide.

*************************

Up in the control room, one of the techs keeps working, and manages to kick Nim out of her active session. The countdown goes to six seconds. Then Nightshade steps forward and places the tip of his sword at the techs throat. "Back away from your work stations or die." It is not a threat - it is a statement of fact. The tech slowly raises his hands and takes a step back.

*************************

From her spot inside the access panel, Keshani watches as two more wookies charge the stormtroopers. One of them reaches a Stormtrooper, the other one does not reach his target.

*************************

In the control room, the last tech considers his options, raises his hands and steps back from the console.

On the bay floor, Nim is inspired by the "other side of the door" thought, and accesses the blast door controls. She quickly bypasses the system lockout. There is a series of heavy clicks, and the massive door starts to slowly slide up. By opening the main docking bay door, Nim triggered a safety override of the venting, and the warning klaxons and alarm lights in the docking bay stop.

As the door slides up, Niil spots white armour, and sees a group of wookies charging at the troopers. Niil picks one on the right flank, more or less at random, and fires, wounding one of the troopers.

One of the stormtroopers fires at a wookie, wounding him. Another wookie breaks into a run at the troopers, but he has a long way to go. Another trooper fires at one of the closing wookies, and misses. Two more wookies charge at the troopers, but don't reach them yet.

Then Collan throws caution to the wind and breaks into an all-out run, quickly crossing the docking bay. He only makes it about halfway to Nim, very near Niil, and has a long way to go yet. Fortunately, the Stormtroopers are more focused on the wookies. The last trooper fires on a wookie, and hit, wounding the beast.

Then Ch'lana leaps into the air, soaring through the open space from the walkway to land in the middle of the doorway. His sidden arrival has an immediate effect on the Stormtroopers. They immediately shift their attention from the wookies to the Jedi standing before them with his sabre ignited.

Near Nim, Trax fumbles with his slung rifle and brings it around to a firing position. He takes a few steps to Nim's right, and knows there are troopers outside, but cannot get a angle on them to see. His field of view is filled with Ch'lana, who is obsviously making himself a target for the troopers.

Three of the running wookies attack the stormtroopers, and you gear grunts and yells. One of the troopers screams as his arm is physically torn from the socket and thrown away. He goes down, incapacitated. Another trooper is clubbed viciously with a powerful two-handed smash that shatters armour and ribs, and throws the trooper against the rear bulkhead where he lands in a heap.

[Actions?]

No one knows about Keshani yet.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	open	stormtrooper #6	-
Trax	open	-	-
Nim Naja	open	console	-
Stormtrooper #6	1/2 cover	Ch'lana	wounded
Stormtrooper #2	1/2 cover	-	incapacitated
Wookie #4	open	Stormtrooper #2	wounded
Keshani	full cover	Panel	-
Tech #4	1/2 cover	console	-
Nightshade	half cover	tech 3 and tech 4	-
Wookie #2	open	Stormtrooper #3	-
Wookie #5	open	Stormtrooper #4	-
Tech #3	1/2 cover	console	-
Stormtrooper #3	1/2 cover	Ch'lana	wounded x2
Wookie #6	open	Stormtrooper #5	-
Stormtrooper #5	/2 cover	Ch'lana	-
Wookie #1	open	Stormtrooper #6	-
Wookie #3	open	Stormtrooper #5	wounded
Collan Rostiern	open	Console	-
Stormtrooper #4	1/2 cover	Ch'lana	-
Tech #1	1/2 cover	-	unconscious 2d minutes
Tech #2	1/2 cover	-	unconscious 2d minutes

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 20, 2015, 12:48:33 PM

Trax's eyes focused on the blue lightsaber like lasers, and his rifle, which was currently pointed at said lightsaber, trembled slightly.

"No, not a threat. It's not a threat, he's not a threat." he mumbled to himself repeatedly until he was able to lower the weapon slightly and focus on what was happening around him.

Satisfied that Nim had what she needed to stay safe if by some chance the bay did get vented and that there were no threats that could reach the woman without ending up within range of his rifle or pistols first the rebel quickly moved to the edge of the blast doors.

[OOC: Double move.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 20, 2015, 12:55:03 PM

Niil's head snapped up at the sound of blaster fire on the other side of the blast doors. What the hell? Is that Galen on the other side causing that? Then he heard a loud, grating roar, and quickly tamped his suspicion down. Nope, I don't think that's Galen howling like that . . .

Just then, he heard a very loud "ch-clunk" sound from the blast doors, and they started to open. Hunkering down with his blaster rifle ready, he was able to see white boots and . . . fur? Singling out one of the troopers on the right, he fired a shot as soon as the soldier's torso was visible, and was rewarded with a good, solid hit. Unfortunately, the trooper was still mobile, and as the doors opened fully, Niil could see the source of the fur. Six very large and very angry wookiees were laying into the six stormtroopers, and by the looks of it, one of the troopers had had his arm ripped clean from his body.

Time to swing the odds a bit more here. Niil kept his original target in sight, and took another shot.

OOC: Shot count: Blaster rifle (2), right heavy blaster pistol (2). Once I take this shot, I'm moving in to close the distance.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 20, 2015, 01:23:25 PM

"A wise decision, now perhaps you can find something to do on the other side of the station?" Indicating with his weapons that the techs should make themselves scarce, he waits for them to leave before moving back to the window and grappling his way back to the floor of the deck.

Actions: reac attack on hostile actions by techs, grapple, reac dodge.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on October 20, 2015, 02:47:15 PM

Keshani let out a breath as the stormtroopers shifted their focus from her to the wookies. She didn't exactly want to see them get hurt - she had sympathy for them since they were as much slaves as she was. But at the same time, self-preservation was winning out rather easily here.

Ducking into the inside of the access panel she had been working on she did her best to hide and remain NOT a target.

Maybe they'll just forget about me...., she found herself hoping.

But then she remembered that the Imperials rarely "forgot" about anyone. And they didn't take kindly to trouble makers or attempted escapees...

She was still in the same predicament that she had been in before - namely, how was she going to get out of this mess and be free to live her life again?

And suddenly, to add even MORE confusion to the situation, the blast doors behind which the original blaster fire had sounded began to open.

She didn't know who these people were or what they wanted. She tensed up and ducked back behind the access panel even more, trying to be invisible and working furiously to get herself free of the slave collar she was wearing since she had a feeling that some time soon someone would remember the controller...

[actions: until she can figure out at least somewhat of what is going on she is hiding and attempting to not get killed. Also try to get collar off or at least disable it with the tools she has access to]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 20, 2015, 03:37:21 PM

Nim wasn't thrilled with having to open the door before they were ready, but the blaster sounds on the other side gave the possibility of a friendly behind it - so frak those techs, we still win!

"Can you see what's going on?" she asked Trax and then tapped her wristcomp to ping Nightshade. ?Nim here. Nice work. Are you able to get someone up into that room with you? They have fancier tech than I do down here and could really use it."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 20, 2015, 03:41:14 PM

[OOC: Ben, it would be unsafe to grapple her up, but there is a lift at the back of the control room.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 20, 2015, 04:25:56 PM

Collan opted to continue running but slowed down to allow himself reaction time against being shot at. He looked to sling the rifle and draw his trusty pistol. It would ultimately be better in combat at medium range. He angled towards the side of the door opposite Ch'lana.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 20, 2015, 05:33:26 PM

Quote from: Nim Naja on October 20, 2015, 03:37:21 PM

Nim wasn't thrilled with having to open the door before they were ready, but the blaster sounds on the other side gave the possibility of a friendly behind it - so frak those techs, we still win!

"Can you see what's going on?" she asked Trax and then tapped her wristcomp to ping Nightshade. ?Nim here. Nice work. Are you able to get someone up into that room with you? They have fancier tech than I do down here and could really use it."

"Not from this angle." Trax replied to Nim before he headed towards the open blast door.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 20, 2015, 09:04:10 PM

"You could climb a rope, but the lift over here would probably be easier."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 21, 2015, 08:03:20 AM

"I'm definitely not a Wookiee. Speaking of, there's a bunch of blaster fire and all sorts of beasty roars in the other room that oddly started before we opened the door. Soo I'll have to wait on the lift. How's your tech skills? If I remote in to a console can you accept it?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 21, 2015, 10:23:58 AM

"I will try, but if it involves more than pushing a button or two, I can't guarantee any success."

Ooc: if I need to send the lift down to her, I do that

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 21, 2015, 10:38:56 AM

"Great! Working on it now."

OOC: Attempting to remote in to one of the consoles, and I'll walk him through it if it's needed.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 29, 2015, 12:54:52 PM

Nim keeps working the console, looking for remote access to the control room above the docking bay. It's a longshot, and she's counting on help from Nightshade to make it work.

While this is going on, one of the wookies crosses most of the open door way to reach the stormtrooper on the far right. That Stormtrooper totally ignores the wookie to fire at Ch'lana, but the shot goes wide.

Up in the control room, one of the techs raises his hands and backs slowly towards the lift. "The lift is the only way out. You let us go, we'll disappear."

Two more wookies close stormtroopers. Every stormtrooper now has a wookie beside them. However, the attention and weapons of every stormtrooper are focused on Ch'lana.

One of those stormtroopers fires at Ch'lana, and hits him in the shoulder. However, the Jedi completely shrugs it off.

Collan crosses the open space of the blast door, heading towards the left side. Trax takes a run to the left side and finds cover. He pops out for a look, and assesses the situation.

Inside the access panel, Keshani listens to the sounds of fighting. It's hard not to imagine wookies dying over a fight she started. But what is done is done. She goes to work trying to get the damned shock collar off. She manages not to set the thing off, but she's having trouble getting the clasp apart.

One of the wookies delivers a two-fisted slam against a stormtrooper, ringing his bell but doing little actual damage. The trooper was already injured however, and the combined damage is too much, and he slumps to the deck.

Ch'lana appears to be gathering himself for another leap.

Niil lines up a shot at a trooper. Tough - they've got half cover behind some barricades, and they are literally crawling with wookies. It's a tough shot, but Niil squeezes the firing stud. The bolt hits the trooper on the left shoulder, but the trooper's armour absorbs the blast completely.

Nightshade is not much of a slicer, but he does know his way around computers to some extent. It takes a moment, but he manages to punch a whole in the security of the console. Almost before he recognizes he is successful, Nim is in and screens start flashing status reports, station schematics, and many other bits of information he doesn't even recognize.

One of the wookies takes a stormtrooper in a headlock, and literally rips his head off with his bare hands. The decapitates body slumps to the deck while the wookie hoists the full helmet into the air with a roar of victory. The other wookie, left without a target, joins in the celebration.

Up in the control room, the second tech, obviously terrified, simply nods in agreement with his co-worker.

Ch'lana then leaps through the air, landing beside one of the two remaining stormtroopers. The lightsabre slashes out, and the trooper goes down.

Wookies literally tear the last stormtrooper into pieces. Almost as quickly as it began, the fight is over. No hostiles are present.

[Actions?]

No one knows about Keshani yet.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	open	console	-
Wookie #5	-	-	-
~~Stormtrooper #6~~	-	-	dead
Tech #4	1/2 cover	-	-
Wookie #4	open	-	wounded
Wookie #6	open	-	-
~~Stormtrooper #5~~	-	-	dead
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Trax	3/4 cover	-	-
Keshani	open	Shock Collar	-
Wookie #3	open	-	wounded
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Nightshade	half cover	Console	-
Wookie #2	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #3	1/2 cover	-	stunned, wounded x2 (unconscious 2d minutes)
Wookie #1	open	-	-
~~Stormtrooper #4~~	-	-	dead
Tech #3	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #2	1/2 cover	-	incapacitated
Tech #1	1/2 cover	-	unconscious 2d minutes
Tech #2	1/2 cover	-	unconscious 2d minutes

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on October 29, 2015, 01:27:49 PM

Niil pivoted around, and did a 360-degree scan of the area. The troopers were all down, and the control booth was secured. More importantly, the damn bay door wasn't about to pop open any more.

Before he entered the new area, he called out, "Ms. Naja! Can you find out where the senators are being held? An e-map would be great if there's time." He then entered the new area, and winced at the carnage the wookiees had wrought. Nodding in gratitude to the nearest, he said, "Our thanks, warrior!" Pointing back to the bay, he added, "There are more blasters out there if you and your comrades would like them."

And just how in the hell are we supposed to get these wookiees off this station? Niil thought with concern. We can't just leave them here!

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on October 29, 2015, 01:50:51 PM

Nightshade looks up to nod at the two techs. "That would be wise...you may take these two with you if you wish." He indicates the stunned techs with a foot before standing by to await more instructions from Nim.

Ooc: can I reuse the stun darts or do I need to purchase new ammo?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on October 29, 2015, 02:11:39 PM

Keshani was too distracted by trying to get the karking collar off her neck to really pay attention to what else was going on around her. The clasp simply did NOT frelling want to come apart.

She knew she wouldn't get very far with the collar still on. The next Overseer who saw her would simply turn the juice on and she would be down on the ground if not worse....

But suddenly there was a change around her that caused her to stop and look around.

Silence. Well. Relative Silence anyway...

The blaster fire had stopped. Some of the wookies were celebrating.

Keshani let out a breath.

Her escape was far from over, but at least she wasn't going to get fried before it started....

She took a minute to look around at the new arrivals from beyond the blast doors.

Who were these people? Why were they here? Should I be afraid of them? Should I try to kill them?

But they had helped to kill the stormtroopers....they couldn't be totally bad, could they?

But slavers might also try to kill the stormtroopers if they wanted to steal the slaves..., she thought to herself.

But who would be crazy enough to mess with the Imperials?, came her brain's reply almost immediately...

Giving up arguing with herself she shook her head for a second and went back to working on her collar.

She would watch to see what happened next before deciding what she would do.

[actions: continue working on collar]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 29, 2015, 02:14:27 PM

With the troopers all down Trax backed away from the opening. The rebel didn't turn his back to the doorway until Ch'lana's saber was out of his view, at which time he slung his rifle, spun around and moved back beside Nim who was still working feverishly at the console.

A response to her words and dirty look a few moments earlier was on the tip of his tongue, but he held it in check not wanting to distract the woman from her task.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 30, 2015, 02:50:11 AM

"Aww yeah baby," Nim cackled to herself as she pet the console she'd just slammed a minute ago. "The Doctor is in!"

Niil's voice momentarily distracted her. "Oh uh, yeah sure. On it."

She turned back to Nightshade's comm. "Thanks man, works beautifully. I'll let you know if I need anything else."

" Buzz, can you see if you can find where the senators are being held?"

And finally to Trax beside her. "What happened in there?"

Ooc": I'm assuming I don't actively need NS at the computers? First and foremost is map/layout of the station but I'll take whatever she can get (and download the hell out of it). If the senators is too complex for buzz I'll handle that, just trying to get a feeling of how to use him properly.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on October 30, 2015, 07:46:39 AM

"Bunch of wookies tore up some stormtroopers." Trax replied. Despite things appearing to have settled, he continued to periodically look in the direction of the open blast door. Sooner rather than later someone, or a lot of someones, were going to come checking on things.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 30, 2015, 08:17:34 AM

Quote from: Nim Naja on October 30, 2015, 02:50:11 AM

Ooc": I'm assuming I don't actively need NS at the computers? First and foremost is map/layout of the station but I'll take whatever she can get (and download the hell out of it). If the senators is too complex for buzz I'll handle that, just trying to get a feeling of how to use him properly.

[OOC: You use him more as a tool. He's not capable of independent action other than for basic stuff like stay, sit, heel. He enhances your abilities, but there's very little he can do on his own. Think of him as a mobile datapad with some software.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on October 30, 2015, 11:01:20 AM

Quote from: GM Craig on October 30, 2015, 08:17:34 AM

Quote from: Nim Naja on October 30, 2015, 02:50:11 AM
Ooc": I'm assuming I don't actively need NS at the computers? First and foremost is map/layout of the station but I'll take whatever she can get (and download the hell out of it). If the senators is too complex for buzz I'll handle that, just trying to get a feeling of how to use him properly.

[OOC: You use him more as a tool. He's not capable of independent action other than for basic stuff like stay, sit, heel. He enhances your abilities, but there's very little he can do on his own. Think of him as a mobile datapad with some software.]

OOC: Okay. If I need to do one thing at a time I'll startt with the map/layout of the station, then search for our friends, then whatever else I can/do find. Ideally download all to both my comp and Buzz for backup.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on October 30, 2015, 12:18:58 PM

Collan stayed on point, looking for any sign of stormtroopers or other dangers.

"We should be quick here...and we need to help the Wookies escape too!"

[ooc: assumin Keshani is still out of sight]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on October 30, 2015, 07:54:57 PM

Quote from: Nightshade on October 29, 2015, 01:50:51 PM

Ooc: can I reuse the stun darts or do I need to purchase new ammo?

[OOC: The darts are expended when fired. You can carry spares, but there's a danger if you had them in a bag or something. The bracer shields you from accidental discharge. You have replacement darts in your gear, typically you would re-load once the mission is over.]

Ch'lana is in conversation with the wookies, but he keeps his sabre at guard. He breaks off from the wookies to call out, "We're going to have company from the right. A dozen stormtroopers on the way!"

At the control panel, Nim easily pulls up station schematics. With Buzz' help, she cross-references the prisoner database.

[PM sent to Nim.]

In the access panel, Keshani keeps working on the shock collar, but the angle is off, and she doesn't have any tools. It doesn't look likely she'll be able to get it off herself. [OOC: You can keep trying, but the DC is greater than 20.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 02, 2015, 07:57:58 AM

"Nim. Nightshade," Collan said into the com, "We've got company coming. How long before you're ready?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 02, 2015, 08:49:11 AM

A dozen more troopers? Wonderful . . . Moving to get into position, he called out, "I could use some support fire here."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 02, 2015, 11:29:43 AM

Collan continued to move up to provide additional cover and enfillading fire for the team.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 02, 2015, 11:47:47 AM

Ch'lana reaches out a hand, and some of the barricades the Stormtroopers had been using for cover lift into the air and get scattered around the corridor. They will provide decent cover for anyone wishing to shoot from behind them.

Meanwhile, some of the wookies liberate blaster rifles from fallen stormtroopers while others take positions on either side of the door, ready to run out for melee attacks.

[OOC: You have several seconds before the troopers get there, so you can take whatever positions you guys want.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 02, 2015, 12:09:23 PM

Collan moved to go take a forward fire position.

[ooc: if I see Keshani, I call it out and go help if it looks like she needs it]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 02, 2015, 12:58:58 PM

?Wookiees? Really?" She raised an eyebrow to Trax. "Okay... I've got what we need. Ready??

To Nightshade in com: ?All set. The lift will lead you to the next room, dozen troopers on the way to the right of the lift. Couple of Wookiees are apparently helping us, try not to scare the crap out of them when you come out.?

OOC: On the way in she'll grab a rifle from the nearby body and anything else useful he/she might have on him/her (yeah, I said it!). Assuming trax doesn't suggest differently she'll take a spot behind the new cover.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 02, 2015, 01:16:22 PM

Trax walked beside Nim as they headed for the adjoining room.

"Look," he said as they walked, "it's not that I don't trust your skills, I knew given the time you could stop the decompression of the bay. But what if a stray blaster bolt fried the panel, or they decided instead of fighting you to overload and blow the field generator protecting the bay?"

When he noticed Nim's path was taking her towards the cover that had been moved he gently guided her to the far edge of the blast door.

"Then your skills, or my skills, or anyone's skills wouldn't have saved any of us.

That's why I dropped the suit and portable generator at your feet. If something like that happened, then at least you still had a chance. You could fire up the generator which would buy you the time to suit up, and then head out and get back to the shuttle."

He unslung his rifle and handed it to her as he stopped her progress at the edge of the blast door. It was far enough away that she might still be able to provide cover fire and not present herself as a target.

"No closer." he said as he drew his pistols and prepared to move to the door near Ch'lana.

[OOC: Looking to position Nim on the side where your scale is using the edge of the opening as cover for her.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 02, 2015, 04:13:21 PM

"Clear, coming down."

Nightshade took a moment to sheathe his blades and make sure his kit was ready for action before taking the lift down. With a brief nod to Ch'lana he move to take cover at the far left of the corridor, activating his suit once he was in position.

Ooc: moving to top left of map, taking cover and going ghost.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 02, 2015, 05:37:26 PM

Keshani kept (futiley it seemed) working on the collar, growing more and more frustrated and panicked as she worked. She knew it was a long shot to get it off - it wasn't like she hadn't tried before, but now she NEEDED to get it off. If not SOMEONE would turn on the damn thing again and she would be paralyzed with pain.....

In anger she slammed her fist against the access panel, inadvertently causing it to open enough for her to see the scene unfolding around her.

Suddenly, in front of her (a bit of a distance away, but still THERE) she saw the glow of something that until now she had only heard of in stories.

Scary stories - stories told in the dark meant to freak out younger kids or meant to scare kids into behaving.

Stories told of those beings called...the Jedi.

The Jedi, so the stories went, were once the guardians of the Old Republic - way before she was born. They were said to be all powerful and able to do insane things like make things move without touching them or invade the minds of those around them, convincing them to do things that they wouldn't do otherwise.

They tried to take over the Old Republic and as a result the Empire became what it was today.

Damn Jedi...

She heard the Jedi talking to the Wookies. The Wookie seemed to not view him as a threat.

But then a chill ran through the girl.

She remembered OTHER stories. Stories of how the Jedi were sneaky and could not be trusted.

"You never want to trust a Jedi," she remembered Chen warning one time, when the kids were trying to scare each other with stories, "They will pretend that they like you. Even pretend they are your friend. But then they will strike when you don't suspect it, killing without a second thought. They want power. That's ALL they want..."

Kesh bit her lip, staring for another second at the Jedi. Maybe the Wookies didn't know....

And then ANOTHER thought came to mind. Something she remembered hearing - someone had once said that there was BIG money to be made for any information about jedi artifacts and thoe carrying them.

MAYBE, if she could capture this Jedi, the Imperials would let her go. Maybe he was just important enough...

She knew she was acting rashly. But she was desperate. Desperate times called for desperate measures.

And the Jedi's attention was focused on the Wookies and the Stormtroopers they expected to see soon...

MAYBE if she could get control of him she could turn him over to the Stormtroopers as they came near. Maybe she could just get out of here afterall....

And with that the sixteen year old girl grabbed a piece of power cable and ran as quietly as she could toward the Jedi, not thinking of much other than being free, adrenaline coursing through her body, her dirty, greasy blond hair trailing behind her as she ran.

[actions: #1 be a stupid impulsive teenager. #2 grab power cable piece and run toward Ch'lana with the intent to try to strangle him.]

[ooc: actions for Kelly: pray to the Force that my character doesn't get killed. lol]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 02, 2015, 05:49:21 PM

[PM sent to Trax.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 02, 2015, 06:04:21 PM

Nim stopped a second to look at Trax where he dropped her off. ?You're right, that was my bad. A number of things could have happened and it was smart to do that.? Her voice then raised a notch. ?But if you think that I am capable of bouncing my merry self out of here while you stay behind and die, you will be woefully disappointed.?

She stepped closer, her head cocking to the side. She took the rifle but her eyes narrowed.

?And don't think for even a second that you can force me to leave you behind either. It happened to me once, and it will never, ever happen again.?

?And there?s no point in me staying in this spot here, I couldn?t hit the broad side of this station from this far!?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 03, 2015, 11:31:55 AM

"I could only carry one suit and the generator. If I could have carried two I would ha..." a puzzled look crossed Trax's face and his eyes moved to stare over NIm's shoulder.

Mariah? No, of course not she was...on the shuttle? Was he really seeing this? What the blazes was she...oh this would not end well.

Trax raised his right arm, pointed his pistol at the moving target that was behind Nim and pulled the trigger.

[OOC: RB: 23, LB: 23]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 03, 2015, 12:05:40 PM

Everyone jumps when Trax's pistol goes off. They turn to see Trax, aiming at a dirty young girl that looks like she has been caught sneaking. She is holding a loop of high-voltage wire in her hands. A short distance behind her, where Trax apparently shot, the severed end of the cable dances and arcs against the metal deck plating. Apparently Trax shot the cable, severing it.

The girl is young, filthy and obviously malnourished, dressed in the ragged jumpsuit of an Imperial slave. She wears some sort of tech collar. It is the only thing clean about her.

[PM's sent to Collan and Nim.]

The two closest wookies roar angrily. One of them starts charging at Trax, the other one runs towards the young girl, obviously feeling protective towards her and trying to shield her from the rest of you.

At that moment, the lift opens. Anyone looking see two human males in Imperial Technical Corps uniforms. They are unarmed, and carrying two other techs over their shoulder who are obviously unconscious.

Then the blast doors start to open, and Ch'lana calls out, "They're here!"

[Actions?]

There are a dozen Stormtroopers coming through the blast door.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 03, 2015, 12:24:59 PM

Collan wanted to groan. Of course Trax had to shopt the slave girl. He saw the control collar. Not as nasty as the slave insurance he'd had but still bad. Poor kid. He felt sorry for her. He was going to go help her when the stormtroopers entered the picture. Time to give Ch'lana cover.

He opened fire into them. It was rather clinical. He needed to protect his friends and rescue the Senators.

[ooc: can I understand the wookies with my 4D in Knowledge? One shot on the stormies]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 03, 2015, 01:22:10 PM

Trax lowered his pistol as he turned to face the wookie and took a half step forward to put a little more distance between Nim and himself. Just in case the wookie didn't care if there was any potential collateral damage.

"She's fine," he said, raising his voice at the charging wookie.

"I just shot the cable so she couldn't hurt anyone, or herself."

[OOC: Use Brawling Parry: Martial arts to avoid the wookie's attack. Use up to 2 CPs if necessary.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 03, 2015, 02:04:19 PM

One minute she was moving, adrenaline pulsing through her body, fully intending to kill/capture the jedi to turn over to the Stormtroopers who would soon be there.

The next thing she knew a blaster went off and she was left holding onto the useless ends of a now limp cable.

Frell....., she cursed to herself. Now what?

She glanced back, fear registering in her eyes at the man that was holding the blaster. Were they ALL under the control of this Jedi?

And then just as she started to turn her attention, looking between the man and the Jedi, two of the wookies charged up obviously intending to protect her.

Her heart kind of twinged at that. She had put them in enough danger already..

And THEN, before she even had time to think, the Jedi called out that the Stormtroopers were here.

Frell Frell Frell.....

And suddenly all instincts in her body turned toward self-preservation. Looking around wildly at the room she saw a blaster still in the limp hands of the Overseer that had gone down to start this whole thing. He wasn't that far...she could make it....

At least then she'd have something other than a piece of now severed cable to defend herself with...

Eyes still wide and adrenaline still pulsing through her body she switched direction and made for the pistol, aiming to grab it and then find SOMETHING to use as cover...

She wasn't sure yet WHAT she was going to shoot at - she just wanted something to shoot WITH.

<Actions: double move to get to overseer then find coverage if possible>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 03, 2015, 02:24:08 PM

Nim nearly jumped out of her skin and her ears rang for quite a bit after her own blaster went off next to her.

And that's how you get tinnitus. (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tekhh7Iy-sM)

She spun around to see what the kark Trax had shot at. Her eyes did a double take on the girl, then the cable, then the sudden roar of a Wookiee..

Nim didn't have to understand their language to know what both had said (even though she did) - it clearly wasn't anything pleasant. She turned to the one charging them (or just trax).

?He's right, and he never would have missed if it was his intention. ...please don't rip his arms off.?

Ooc: um, persuasion? xD

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 03, 2015, 04:40:19 PM

Niil's head whipped around at the sound of Trax's blaster firing. What the hell? From what he saw, Trax had taken a shot at a woman holding some sort of power cable. No, wait . . . it looks like he shot the power cable she was holding. Oh, drek. Looks like the wookiees didn't like that one bit.

Before he could say anything, the blast doors to the right started to open. And there were a lot of white-armored feet there . . . Close enough for the pistols! Niil dropped his rifle and drew his heavy blaster pistol. He fired at the nearest trooper as soon as he filled his sights, but took the time to yell out to the wookiees, "Focus on the stormtroopers, damnit! They're the enemy here, not us!"

OOC: If I can get my heavy blaster pistol into play this round, take a shot at the closest left-side trooper.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 03, 2015, 06:46:30 PM

The tableau had changed dramatically by the time the Shinobi reached the bottom of the lift. Activating the suit as soon as he opened the door he stood by to see which threat would be the more immediate...the Wookies or the troopers.

Actions: going ghost, reac attack to defend Niil or Ch'lana, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 03, 2015, 08:05:23 PM

When the blast door opens, Ch'lana is standing front and centre, his lightsabre lit and at the ready. Every trooper in the corridor is acutely aware of him, and they all raise their weapons to fire at him.

Nim holds up her hands and screams "Hey! Hey!" at the charging Wookie, trying to get his attention. The wookie brings himself up short, and he looks at her. "He's right, and he never would have missed if it was his intention. ...please don't rip his arms off."

The slave [Keshani] screams and breaks into a run away from everyone and the action. She drops to the deck and skids into a body on the deck there and starts fumbling with something.

One of the troopers in the back row takes several steps to the left, getting clean lines of fire to the upper half of the room. A trooper in the middle of the pack does the same, dropping into a crouch so those behind him can get clear shots.

Then Niil fires his hand-cannon, but he seems distracted and the shot flies over the trooper's head. [Abysmal roll dude. You got 10.] Collan also squeezes off a shot, winging the trooper. He crouches down, momentarily overcome by the pain.

Another of the troopers in the back moves to get a clear shot.

Then Ch'lana runs forward a few steps and stabs the trooper on the right. He stands for a moment, suspended on the lightsabre, before Ch'lana yanks it out and he trooper collapses.

One of the troopers fires off a shot, but Ch'lana brings up his sabre and deflects the shot back at the trooper. It hits him square, and the trooper is momentarily overcome by the pain.

Another trooper in the back moves for a clear shot.

Then a wookie on the right opens fire, and hits a trooper, but the armour completely absorbs the hit.

At this point, the lift opens again, but there is no one there.

Another trooper opens fire on Ch'lana, but misses.

A wookie on the left flank fires, and injures one of the troopers.

One of the techs, burdened by a co-worker, crouches and runs towards the landing bay blast doors, looking anxiously for cover.

Two more stormtroopers move for clear shots.

One of the troopers in the front reverses his rifle and tries to slam the butt into Ch'lana. The Jedi catches the strike on his sabre, and half the rifle falls to the deck, the cut lines from the sabre still glowing and smoking. Another trooper fires, but misses.

The other tech, likewise carrying a co-worker, follows his companion towards the docking bay, ducking and trying to reach cover.

The wookie that was following Keshani continues to move towards her, and the escaped slave feels the large presence of the wookie over her, blaster ready and covering her from any threats.

The wookie that Nim managed to bring up short scowls at Trax and growls and roars something in their tongue at him. He appears to have relented, but he still glares at Trax with a mix of hostility and suspicion.

Another wookie fires, hitting a trooper and wounding him. Another wookie fires and hits, but the trooper armour absorbs the damage.

Eight troopers open fire on Ch'lana. The Jedi moves faster than the eye can see, catching some bolts on his sabre, dodging others. One of the bolts hits him square in the chest, but Ch'lana seems to take the damage and keep going.

Then, Keshani raises a shaky hand from the Overseer's body, and those paying attention can see she is holding a blaster pistol.

[Actions?]

Initiative	Name	Notes	Target	Status
17	Nim Naja	3/4 cover	Wookie #3	-
14	Keshani	open	Overseer	-
14	Stormtrooper #10	open	Ch'lana	-
13	Stormtrooper #7	open	Ch'lana	-
12	Niil Spaar	1/2 cover	Trooper #3	-
12	Collan Rostiern	1/2 cover	Trooper #2	-
12	Trax	1/2 cover	Wookie #3	-
12	Stormtrooper #12	open	Ch'lana	-
11	Ch'lana	open	Trooper #2	-
11	~~Stormtrooper #3~~	open	Ch'lana	dead
10	Stormtrooper #4	open	Ch'lana	stun
10	Stormtrooper #11	open	Ch'lana	-
10	Wookie #5	1/2 cover	Trooper #1	-
9	Nightshade	half cover	-	-
9	Stormtrooper #6	open	Ch'lana	wounded
9	Wookie #1	3/4 cover	Trooper #6	-
9	Tech #2	open	Tech #3	-
8	Stormtrooper #8	open	Ch'lana	-
8	Stormtrooper #9	open	Ch'lana	-
7	Stormtrooper #1	open	Ch'lana	-
7	Stormtrooper #5	open	Ch'lana	-
7	Tech #1	open	Tech #4	-
6	Wookie #4	open	Keshani	wounded
6	Wookie #3	open	Trax	wounded
6	Wookie #2	1/2 cover	Trooper #3	-
5	Stormtrooper #2	open	Ch'lana	stun, wound
2	Wookie #6	3/4 cover	Trooper #4	-
0	Tech #3	carried	-	unconscious 2D minutes
0	Tech #4	carried	-	unconscious 2D minutes

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 03, 2015, 09:59:59 PM

Niil could almost hear the Dark Side chortling at him for his horrible shot, but he managed to push aside that distraction. Switching aim to a pair of troopers firing on Ch'lana, he squeezed off two shots in rapid succession.

OOC: One shot at Trooper # 7 and one shot at Trooper # 10

Shot count: Blaster rifle (2), left heavy blaster pistol (1), right heavy blaster pistol (4)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 04, 2015, 05:45:23 AM

Different pieces of seemingly conflicting information were clattering around in her head as the teenage slave girl slid across the floor, desperate to grab the one thing left that she could use to protect herself.

Grabbing onto the blaster after some fumbling around (she was, afterall, starving, exhausted, and hopped up on adrenaline and her body was NOT exactly cooperating), Keshani looked around for something to hide behind to provide some cover.

As she did so, the conflicting thoughts in her head were setting off all sorts of alarms inside of her head:

1) Was the knowledge that she had been told all of her life that Jedi were evil and not to be trusted.

2) (In conflict with this first thought) Was that this Jedi was fighting against the stormtroopers, working very hard to draw their full attention away from the others in the group. How "untrustworthy" was that? Did he have some ulterior motive here?

3) Although the Man who had shot at her DID prevent her from trying to kill the Jedi, he looked like he was probably a pretty experienced shot, judging from how he held the weapon. People who were experienced didn't miss that badly so she assumed he hadn't actually been aiming at her. And there was the stuff the Lady yelled to agree with that...and the fact that the Wookie that had charged the Man was not now ripping his arms off or any other part of his body....

4) Was the fact that ALL of these people, although she still had no idea who they were, were fighting AGAINST the stormtroopers. Which presumably meant that they didn't like the Imperials. If they were slavers trying to steal the slaves from the deathstar they would have probably just snatched up the wookies and herself while they had the chance instead of staying to fight the Stormtroopers.

So what were they here for and who were they?

In confusion she shook her head trying to clear it.

Did it really matter right now?, she asked herself. Right now there were a whole bunch of stormtroopers trying to kill them all (herself included).

With a quick exhale of air she ducked behind whatever she could, and checking to make sure the blaster pistol was actually safe to fire (IE not going to blow up if she fires it or anything else), she took aim on any stormtrooper in range and fired a quick shot.

With all the knowledge I have of this station, she thought to herself, I wish there was SOMETHING I could use to protect us from these stormies....

<Actions: Find cover if possible and shoot at closest stormtrooper (if any are in range of a blaster pistol. Use Death Star Layout knowledge to try to think of anything that will help to make the stormies stop firing at the group - ie - any barriers like blast doors that can be shut separating them or anything?>

(OOC: Craig if any of this goes against anything that Kesh actually saw, etc just let me know)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 04, 2015, 08:07:16 AM

Collan saw out of the corner of his eye that the girl had picked up a blaster. She looked incredibly shakey and barely in control of her faculties. That was all too familiar. He could still feel the screech of his own panic and fear...memories heightened now because of the combat and the Dark Side nibbling at his mind.

Calm. Peace. Concentrate on the task at hand.

"Nim! Help the kid if you can get to her!" He called aloud and into the comlink, "She's a slave and going to be in a bad place right now. Confused. Scared. She needs someone to guide her."

And then Collan lined up another shot. His initial target was the original buckethead he'd tagged, but he was willing to give it a half second to adjust enough for a miss to also hit a different one (and not his fellow Rebels).

Calm. He took in a breath. The Dark Side buzzed. Half breath released.

Fire.

[one shot at stormie2. Hope it hits him or another stormie]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 04, 2015, 08:20:44 AM

Trax's head went back and forth between Nim and the wookie.

"Rip my arms off?!" he focused his attention on the wookie.

"You can be pissed at me all you want, if she'd have gotten close enough to use that power cable she would have ended up being in the middle of a fire fight." the man almost growled back.

"Now how about you really do something to help her and make sure those techs don't decide to shoot us in the back. There's still a few rifles laying around in the bay." The rebel motioned towards the techs trying to make it past them and into the docking bay. It was true that they were carrying other techs, but once they decided to drop the bodies, there were still a few rifles laying around in the bay from fallen troopers.

Trax whipped his head around to look at Nim. "And you stay here." he said before he managed to calm his tone, and he regretted it the moment he realized it. His body almost seemed to shrink and he lowered his head as he turned around and headed for doors.

[OOC: Double move towards the door.]

Edited: Apparently I missed/forgot that the techs were no longer armed.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 04, 2015, 08:27:08 AM

Satisfied that the troopers posed the larger threat, Nightshade slunk along the wall from the lift to line up a clear view at a trooper. Launching one of the electro-stars, he rolled to his right afterwards to present less of a target to return fire.

Actions: sneak, throw star, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 04, 2015, 08:39:28 PM

A string of Mando curses spat from her mouth to Trax?s back. ?That's right, you keep walkin?!?

It was twofold though, also flung at the techs as they passed by. ?Away from my terminal. Yes, MY terminal. After this you're going to request front line infantry because the fact that it took four of you to remotely kark with me is pathetic. Now go do something useful and play in a space lane or something.?

If the wookiee does help watch them she'll get comfortable in whatever position helps with stabilization while still allowing full sight of the action. If he doesn't she'll have to take up that boring duty.

Ooc: taking a round to prep the rifle, glare at Trax and the techs.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 04, 2015, 08:44:38 PM

Quote from: Collan on November 04, 2015, 08:07:16 AM

"Nim! Help the kid if you can get to her!" He called aloud and into the comlink, "She's a slave and going to be in a bad place right now. Confused. Scared. She needs someone to guide her."

"I would but Asshat kind of dumped me here at the door. There's a furball protecting her at least."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 05, 2015, 11:28:44 AM

Nim takes a breath and lines up a shot, but takes time to aim carefully.

Those of you watching the Jedi notice a change in Ch'lana's posture, the placement of his feet, and the way he holds his sabre. He half closes his eyes, sabre at the ready. It's obvious he's gone full defensive. [OOC: Those with knowledge of Lightsabre forms would recognize Form III - Soresu].

One of the troopers fires at point blank range, and Ch'lana catches the shot on his sabre, deflecting it high.

From out of nowhere, a small projectile appears embedded in the helmet of one of the troopers. He jerks and spasms for a moment as lightning dances over his helmet, and drops to one knee for a moment, temporarily overcome.

Another trooper fires, and again Ch'lana takes the shot on his sabre. A third fires, and it is deflected. Another trooper fires, and this is deflected as well.

Niil fires both hand cannons, hitting two troopers hard enough to wound.

Then Ch'lana takes another blaster shot. This time, it manages to get past the whirling lightsabre, and hits the Jedi in the shoulder. You can all see the smoking hole in his tunic, but the Jedi shrugs it off as if it was nothing.

Collan fires and scores a hit, but the trooper armour absorbs the blast.

Another trooper fires on Ch'lana's back, but somehow the sabre is there to deflect the shot, and it hits the ceiling.

The wookie closest to Keshani sets aside his blaster rifle and offers his great paws, gesturing to Keshani's collar. The girl is unsure, but relents. Furry fingers slip between the collar and her skin. With a quick wrench, the collar snaps. Pain explodes behind Keshani's eyes, but it is only momentary - a brief, intense flash, then the needles in her skin are gone, and she is free for the first time in weeks.

The wookie, however, has a grip on both halves of the collar as it discharges. Muscles clamp down of their own accord, so the wookie cannot even let go of the blasted thing. He collapses to his knees while the collar pieces continue to discharge, helpless until the power cell runs out.

Another trooper fires, and the shot is caught on the blade. Ch'lana whirls and slashes the blade around almost too fats for the eye to follow. It is like he knows where each shot will be before they are even fired.

A wookie on the right fires at the trooper with a projectile lodged in his helmet and hits. The trooper goes down, hard. He won't be getting back up without medical attention.

One of the techs skips 'round the corner and into the docking bay, clearly fleeing for his life and taking his unconscious companion with him.

The other wookie by Kechani kneels down and places a gentle hand on her shoulder, speaking to her. [She can't make out most of it, but he seems to be asking if she is OK.]

Keshani is running through what she knows of the area, and her eyes light up. There's an unshielded power conduit running through the ceiling over the troopers. If the regulator were taken out, a well-placed shot might cause the conduit to overload. It would be way too difficult from here. She's never had much use for blasters - she has natural dexterity of course, but never spent much time learning to shoot. Still, she might make the shot if she were closer. Or, maybe one of these newcomers could do it? Or one of the wookies maybe?

[The regulator is behind an access panel in the ceiling to the left. Blow that, and a second shot at the conduit itself should cause an overload and fry anything in the corridor. There's enough power in the conduit to kill.]

Three more wookies fire, and two of them hit. One of the troopers goes down hard. Another is stunned by a grazing blow.

The last tech makes it 'round the corner carrying a co-worker, and the last two troopers fire at Ch'lana. The Jedi deflects both their shots.

For anyone able to see the Jedi, it's pretty clear he's being pushed to his limits. He is completely defensive and holding his own, but he has nothing
left for offence.

[Actions?]

Initiative	Name	Notes	Target	Status
20	Nim Naja	3/4 cover	trooper #9	-
18	Ch'lana	open	-	-
16	Stormtrooper #10	open	Ch'lana	wounded
15	Nightshade	1/2 cover	Trooper #4	-
13	Trax	1/2 cover	-	-
13	Stormtrooper #4	open	-	mortal
13	Stormtrooper #6	open	-	mortal
13	Stormtrooper #9	open	Ch'lana	-
13	Stormtrooper #1	open	Ch'lana	stun
12	Niil Spaar	1/2 cover	Trooper #7 Trooper #10	-
12	Stormtrooper #11	open	Ch'lana	-
11	Collan Rostiern	1/2 cover	Trooper #2	-
11	Stormtrooper #5	open	Ch'lana	-
10	Wookie #3	open	Keshani	woundx2
10	Stormtrooper #2	open	Ch'lana	stun, wound
10	Wookie #6	3/4 cover	Trooper #4	-
9	Tech #2	escaped	Tech #3	-
9	Wookie #4	open	Keshani	wounded
8	Keshani	open	?	-
8	Wookie #2	1/2 cover	Trooper #3	-
7	Wookie #5	1/2 cover	Trooper #1	-
7	Wookie #1	3/4 cover	Trooper #6	-
6	Stormtrooper #7	open	Ch'lana	wounded
6	Stormtrooper #8	open	Ch'lana	-
5	Tech #1	escaped	Tech #4	-
4	Stormtrooper #12	open	Ch'lana	-
0	Tech #3	escaped		unconscious 2D minutes
0	Tech #4	escaped		unconscious 2D minutes

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 05, 2015, 11:31:42 AM

[OOC: In case it was not clear, Nightshade is still stealthed.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 05, 2015, 11:59:58 AM

Niil paled as he recognized the lightsaber form that Ch'lana shifted to. He's in big trouble here. He's already taken two solid hits. This needs to end now, before any more of us get hurt.

Letting out his breath quietly, Niil closed his eyes briefly and opened himself up to the Force. When his eyes snapped open, both of his heavy blaster pistols spat out a volley of plasma bolts, seemingly guided of their own volition.

OOC: Using my Force point, and taking a shot at each of the following troopers: # 1, # 5, # 7, # 8, # 9, #10, # 11 and # 12.

Blaster rifle (2), left heavy blaster pistol (5), right heavy blaster pistol (7+1 seeing as a bracketed 8 turns into an emoticon wearing sunglasses)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 05, 2015, 01:46:57 PM

Collan saw the trouble Ch'lana was in too. He recognized the defensive weave and the patterns of harmony. Unfortunately, he'd not seen was Keshani had noticed; the best he could do was to keep firing with the rifle. It wasn't his best weapon but it had the best potential to punch through the Stormtroopers' armor.

Like Niil, he surrendered himself to the Force. He let it flow through him and he reached into the well of strength he had inside himself. He let a breath in and half out, firing three shots. One at the same trooper as before. And two, including at the second stormie if needed to drop him.

[FP. 3 shots. I believe my skill goes up to 7D+1, so my final dice would be 4D+1, right? I'll take on whoever is up when my turn comes. If they're in white and standing, I shoot.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 05, 2015, 02:18:36 PM

Kesh's eyes went wide as the wookie dropped to his knees, muscles spasming uncontrollably until the power pack died in the collar.

She hadn't wanted the wookie to get hurt...

But at the same time....the feeling of freedom....it was....exhilerating.

She reached up to feel at her now bare neck out of reflex. It felt like it had been so long....

A furry paw on her shoulder pulled her attention back to the here and now.

She didn't like that these wookies were putting themselves in danger for her. She didn't want others to sacrifice for her. That meant that she owed someone else something....she didn't want any part of that. Owing others things or being in others debts just never ended well...

She visibly flinched but fought to push back her initial reaction. She didn't want to make the wookie angry, either.

"Thanks..." she answered.

But then another thought occurred to her. She studied the ceiling above where the stormies were standing. Wasn't there......

"Hey," she said to the Wookie kneeling next to her, "Think you could hit that regulator over there with your blaster?"

She held up a finger to indicate "1". "First, shoot the regulator out.". She pointed to where the regulator was behind the access panel.

Then she held up two fingers to indicate "2". "Then shoot the conduit".

She looked at the ceiling again. If the wookie could hit it it could make it explode, taking the Stormies out.

Goal #1 met - stop the stormies from shooting in her direction.

But, hmm..., she thought to herself. Would blowing out the conduit hurt anyone else?

Did she care?

She glanced at the Jedi who was currently standing at the front of everyone blocking blaster bolt after blaster bolt.

She visibly trembled again for a second, thinking about the stories she had been told growing up about the Jedi.

She didn't trust that he didn't have ulterior motives. She didn't trust that he wouldn't, if given the chance, try to take over her mind to convince her to do things she didn't want to do.

But, for the moment at least, he was helping this group and through them her, wasn't he?

She chewed her lip for a split second making a decision. The jedi could fend for himself.

"Can you do it?" she asked the wookie

<Actions: Try to communicate to the Wookie and convince him to shoot out the regulator and then the conduit in that order>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 05, 2015, 03:09:50 PM

The wookie grunts and nods, and raises his rifle.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 05, 2015, 03:23:32 PM

The troopers were going down, but still too many stood as a threat, and Nightshade could see that the odds had to be evened soon. Gliding forward to get into position he slashed with his blades looking to attack two of the enemy.

Actions: sneak, melee attack two troopers once each, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 05, 2015, 08:06:52 PM

Trax let out a heavy sigh, his thoughts still on the tone of his words to Nim, while he raised his pistols and prepared to fire.

[OOC: 4 shots at 4 nearest troopers.

Assuming all 4 shots are fired, RB: 21, LB: 21]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 05, 2015, 08:33:07 PM

Rifle ready, Nim pushed aside the extra mental noise and pulled the trigger on her target.

Ooc: one shot, assuming a furball isn't in the way. And maybe Trax. No promises.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 06, 2015, 04:08:11 PM

Two Stormtroopers open fire on Ch'lana simultaneously, but the Jedi somehow catch both bolts om his sabre.

Niil seems to start moving faster, and fires at a pair of troopers. He hits the trooper in the head and he falls back to the deck. His other shot misses. Collan fires simultaneously with Niil, and hits a wounded trooper. That trooper staggers forward and falls to the deck.

Keshani touches the wookie's shoulder and points to the access panel. "There!"

Nightshade suddenly pops into view and stabs forward with one sword while simultaneously stabbing backwards with the other. He runs through both troopers. One of the troopers is wounded, but still in the fight. The other one clutches at his back and falls to the deck. Nightshade removes the blades with a flick to clear the gore.

Then both Trax's hand cannons release thunder, aimed at different targets. One of the targets' armour absorbs the blast, but the second one has taken a beating already and drops to the deck.

Nim, having spent some time aiming, squeezes off a shot. She hits one of the troopers. He's still in the fight, but his shot is disrupted by the injury.

Another trooper fires at Ch'lana, but the Jedi catches the shot on his blade.

Niil then fires both pistols again, aiming the left one to the right, and the right one to the left. He injures one trooper and disrupts his shot. The armour of the second one absorbs the blast. Simultaneously, Collan fires and hits a trooper, but the armour absorbs the hit.

The wookie with Keshani fires. The shot easily penetrates the access panel. Half a second later, there is a secondary explosion that blasts out a good chunk of the wall and cieling, and all the lights in the immediate vicinity flicker. [He's hit the power regulator and it blew.]

One of the wookies fires at a trooper, but misses.

A trooper fires at Ch'lana from behind, but the Jedi blocks it with an "over the shoulder" back parry.

Trax lines up two more separate targets, and both hand cannons thunder again. He hits one, and he flops forward onto the deck. The second shot hits as well, but the armour absorbs the blast.

Another wookie fires, hitting an uninjured trooper in the back square in the helmet. The trooper falls back, hitting the deck hard.

Niil and Collan both fire simultaneously again. Nill drops one, and Colland and Niil fire ont he same target with their shots, blowing two holes in the trooper's armour. He flies back and slams into the deck quite dead.

Two more wookies fire at the last standing Stormtrooper. The armour absorbs the first shot, but the second shot manages to injure the trooper.

Niil lines up both pistols on the same trooper and fires. One shot catches the trooper in the shoulder, wounding him. The other hits square in the head, rocking the helmet back and leaving a gaping, smoking hole. The trooper teeters there for a moment, and falls back, bouncing when he hits the deck. His left leg twitches a could of times, then he lies still.

In the aftermath, you hear the panting of each other, the quite hum of Ch'lana's lightsabre, and the sound of distant alarms. Smoke drifts gently in breezes caused by the ventilation system, but otherwise everything is quiet.

[Actions?]

Initiative	Name	Notes	Target	Status
15	Stormtrooper #4	open	-	mortal
15	Stormtrooper #11	open	-	mortal
13	Niil Spaar	1/2 cover	Trooper #1	-
13	Collan Rostiern	1/2 cover	Trooper #2	-
13	Keshani	open	Wookie #4	-
12	Nightshade	stealth	Trooper #7	-
12	Trax	open	Trooper #5	-
12	Stormtrooper #7	open	-	incap
11	Nim Naja	3/4 cover	trooper #9	-
11	~~Stormtrooper #9~~	open	-	dead
11	Stormtrooper #12	open	-	incap
10	Ch'lana	open	-	-
10	Stormtrooper #10	open	-	mortal
10	Stormtrooper #6	open	-	mortal
10	Stormtrooper #2	open	-	stunx2, wound - Unconscious 2D minutes
10	Wookie #4	open	regulator	wound
9	Wookie #1	3/4 cover	Trooper #11	-
9	~~Stormtrooper #8~~	open	-	dead
8	Stormtrooper #5	open	-	mortal
8	Wookie #6	3/4 cover	Trooper #11	-
7	Stormtrooper #1	open	-	mortal
7	Wookie #3	open	Keshani	woundx2
7	Wookie #2	1/2 cover	Trooper #8	-
7	Wookie #5	1/2 cover	Trooper #8	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 06, 2015, 05:13:11 PM

Niil rose from his cover, both smoking heavy blaster pistols still trained on the prone stormtroopers. No movement. Moving over to the wounded and unconscious stormtrooper (ie. # 2), Niil kicked away the soldier's blaster rifle and looked around. He knew damn well that Ch'lana had taken a few solid blaster hits, and one of the wookiees looked a little worse for wear.

"We've got find the location of those senators, and quickly." Niil tossed his medkit over to the badly wounded wookiee (ie. # 3) and said, "Use it if you want to., warrior." Concern crept into his voice when he turned to Ch'lana. "Ch'lana, you took a couple of solid hits there. Do you need medical attention?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 06, 2015, 05:23:59 PM

Collan didn't know if Nim had gotten the prisoners' location. He holstered his pistol and grabbed the rifle.

"Nim, are we good?"

He called out to the girl and the Wookies, "I'm a medic! Who else is injured?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 06, 2015, 07:02:32 PM

"Holy krazel....", escaped the teenage girl's lips as she stared at the mass onslaught of blaster fire.

The explosions caused by the wookie shooting out the panel were relatively minor by comparison.

Her eyes flicked back and forth, adrenaline coursing through her body - first to the Jedi who she had, moments ago tried to kill, then to the char marks on the downed Stormies to the -

Kesh let out a short scream of surprise as she saw a New Being standing next to the Jedi. He held two swords in his hands and a mask covered his face and she was SURE he had not been there seconds ago.

She let out a short cry of surprise again and without thinking - purely out of reflex and the overwhelming fear caused by the combined sight of this new addition as well as the Jedi and all of the blaster fire- the girl's arm still clutching the blaster pistol tightly, rose up (seemingly on its own accord) and fired at the conduit in the ceiling.

<Actions - fire one shot at conduit without consciously aiming>

(OOC: Do I win the award for the most grammatically offensive sentence? hah)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 06, 2015, 10:18:19 PM

Collan made sure to come over with medpac in hand. Hurriedly, bore the kid hurt herself.

"Stop firing!" He called out, "you're only going to bring more of them!"

When he reached her, he looked to the Wookie.

"I know," he said to them both though mostly for the Wookie to hear, "it gets better from here," he told the kid.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 06, 2015, 10:49:13 PM

As Collan starts towards the slave girl, she fires a shaky shot of her blaster. It fizzles out before it hits anything, but she seems to be aiming in the general vicinity of Ch'lana.

Before Collan can reach her, one of the wookies engulfs her hand and the weapon in a huge furry paw, and gently eases the weapon out of her grasp while making soothing noises.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 06, 2015, 10:58:42 PM

She fought for a few seconds as the wookie tried to pry the blaster from her grip but she was certainly no match for a wookie's strength.

"I know. It gets better from here."

The teenager turned her piercing blue eyes toward the new voice and just glared for a second. There was fire there behind the icy blue. She was angry for sure. There was also pain and desperation. The girl was on the edge - that was for sure.

She subconsciously scooted backward putting physical distance between herself and the stranger.

"Who ARE you and what the frell are you talking about?" She practically spat out a bit too quickly.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 07, 2015, 06:27:39 AM

Collan spoke soothingly, "I'm Collan. I was a slave once too. I know what you're probably feeling right now."

He looked towards the Wookie continuing, "What are your names?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 07, 2015, 09:21:01 AM

The girl backed up a bit more.

"Why are you with HIM?" she asked, her eyes moving in the direction of the Jedi.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 07, 2015, 09:22:14 AM

Nightshade was also concerned for the well being of his friend and moves to him to visually inspect the man, "Are you well, Yūjin?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 07, 2015, 09:43:51 AM

"Because for all his faults, there's good man who needs help as much as we need his," Collan replied, "He carries a terrible pain inside himself and needs to find a way to...release it safely."

He looked to the Wookie with eyes that suggested he needed his help in talking to the girl.

"I don't have a lot of time to explain. More troops are likely on the way. We're here to rescue some prisoners. I don't think we'll come back this way. Your best hope is to come with us. We have a way out and not a lot of time. An ally has basically decided he is sacrificing himself so we can accomplish this rescue and I don't want his sacrifice to be in vain."

"If you stay, the Empire will make you a slave again. This place is secret and you probably know too much."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 07, 2015, 09:47:39 AM

A trickle of perspiration ran down Trax's forehead. He wasn't exhausted from the fire fight by any means, he'd seen a lot more action, it was his proximity to the lit lightsaber that was the cause. With the skirmish now over, all he could focus on was the hum and the blue light.

The rebel was stalk still and his pistols remained raised as his eyes fixated on the energy blade. His trigger fingers even trembled slightly as he fought to keep control. His deepest instincts trying to force him into fight of flight mode, leaning far more on the side of fighting. Then he heard a voice, the girls voice. He needed to know she was okay. Nim...was she okay? Trax managed to begin stepping backward, his focus refusing to stray from the saber and the man holding it. But with each step a bit more control returned, and he was able to slowly lower his pistols. Finally, after a dozen or so steps he was able to holster them and turn away to look at Nim.

He could see her frustration with him all throughout her body. All he could offer in return for the moment was an apologetic look, but he was relieved to see that she was fine. The man was torn at the moment, he wanted to go to Nim and apologize, but he wondered if it would be more easily received once her anger at him had subsided. At the same time, he wanted to move to the girl, but Collan had already closed the distance and being surrounded by strangers would only add to her fear and mistrust.

So Trax remained in place, surrounded by everyone and yet no one.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 07, 2015, 10:05:55 AM

Quote from: Trax on November 07, 2015, 09:47:39 AM

So Trax remained in place, surrounded by everyone and yet no one.

(OOC: Can we get a group "awww" for Trax here? :-p )

Keshani stared into the older human's face for a few moments as if staring right through him - considering.

"If you stay, the Empire will make you a slave again. This place is scret and you probably know too much"

Flashbacks to her time since coming to this place burned through her mind - the executions, the work, the lack of food, the feeling of being trapped.

And slowly she stood, and nodded.

She didn't say anything more - no thanks or "what can I do to help".

But at least she wasn't trying to shoot the ceiling with a blaster anymore.....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 07, 2015, 10:12:14 AM

Collan nodded back, "Do you have a name? Don't want to keep calling you 'kid' the whole time."

How much did need to tell her? This was going to be dangerous.

"We're going to have to find a prison complex. Do you all know your way around the station? That would help immensely?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 07, 2015, 10:23:46 AM

Quote from: Niil Spaar on November 06, 2015, 05:13:11 PM

Concern crept into his voice when he turned to Ch'lana. "Ch'lana, you took a couple of solid hits there. Do you need medical attention?"

Quote from: Nightshade on November 07, 2015, 09:22:14 AM

Nightshade was also concerned for the well being of his friend and moves to him to visually inspect the man, "Are you well, Yūjin?"

Ch'lana extinguishes his sabre drops heavily to a knee and closes his eyes. He stays there for a moment breathing deeply. When he rises, he nods at Niil and Nightshade. "I'll be fine. Bit off more than I could chew there, but I'm only singed."

His words are a lie - you can both clearly see one major blaster wound through his burnt tunic. Althoug you would have expected him to have more - you saw him get tagged a few times, but he's only got the one wound.

He raises his chin and says again firmly, "I'm fine. We have to move."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 07, 2015, 10:27:51 AM

The wookies take the offered medkits and work among themselves for a moment, patching on their injured.

Now that he's closer, Collan can see the girl is badly malnourished, and filthy. There is an unpleasant aroma as well, thankfully masked by the smell of smoke and ozone from all the blaster fire. He can still see the wounds on her neck from the needles of neural inducer. She'll need some treatment eventually, but it's nothing immediately life threatening.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 07, 2015, 11:16:16 AM

Niil eyed the burnt hole in Ch'lana's tunic with a dubious eye, but he also noted that there were no signs of the other blaster hits he'd taken. "All right, then. We have spare medkits if you need to use one, though." And the silent message he hoped to convey was if you need to use one, not if you want to use one.

Nim was likely working on finding the location of the senators and Collan was speaking with the girl - hopefully also trying to get the same information. If they could only trust the girl not to do something foolish. Her actions, words and mannerisms seemed to suggest that she didn't like Jedi. So, there was little else that they could do until they had a route laid out for them. Running around blindly in the space station would quickly get them lost. And killed. Or . . . worse for Ch'lana, Collan and Niil . . . captured.

Niil shot a glance at Trax, and walked over to the hunter. In a low voice meant only for Trax's ears, he said, "I'm sorry, Trax, but I gotta ask . . . you gonna be all right? Look, I'm taking a guess as to what happened to you on Corellia, but I'm thinking it involved a lightsaber. And probably Darth Vader, seeing as I don't think that Galen attacked you."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 07, 2015, 12:12:10 PM

Nim's rifle dropped to low ready and she moved forward to Trax with no time to waste. His poise was familiar to the woman now though, and it forced her to take the edge off of her voice. However, it didn't descend into empathy. There was a mission, after all.

She went to speak but stopped short as Niil seemed to speak to him.

OOC: don't know if I heard what he said, just know that I'm moving there while ya'll are doing your thing a post or two back :P (can't post as frequently now, unfortunately)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 07, 2015, 12:34:18 PM

[OOC: She's have seen them talking, but not heard the question. She's close enough to hear Trax's response, if any.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 07, 2015, 01:35:48 PM

"Do you have a name? Don't want to keep calling you 'kid' the whole time."

"Um, Damaria." she answered back, her words distant, as if she were only paying half attention.

The prison complex? They were going to the prison complex? She didn't know where that was, but she knew it was NOT where she wanted to be going....

On the other hand, staying here by herself seemed like a pretty futile effort at this point, as well.

Any Imperial that saw her now would assume that she had helped to make this .... mess.

They would not believe that she had nothing to do with it. Actually, they wouldn't care either way. Any excuse for a little more bloodshed....

She would be dead before tomorrow anyway if they found her.

"I don't," she answered, regret in her voice. "They don't let us move around the station very much..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 07, 2015, 06:59:01 PM

[ooc: can I tell she's lying about her name?]

"Don't worry about it, Damaria," Collan replied, and to the Wookie he added, "I don't understand Wookie very well but if you speak slowly, I'd like to know your name too."

[ooc: using my knowledge and if possible, Concentration]

After learning what he could, Collan added, "the prisoner we are rescuing are trying to coordinate an alliance to fight the Empire. It was strong enough that the Force guided us here. Will you help us too?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 08, 2015, 01:54:50 PM

Quote from: Niil Spaar on November 07, 2015, 11:16:16 AM

Niil shot a glance at Trax, and walked over to the hunter. In a low voice meant only for Trax's ears, he said, "I'm sorry, Trax, but I gotta ask . . . you gonna be all right? Look, I'm taking a guess as to what happened to you on Corellia, but I'm thinking it involved a lightsaber. And probably Darth Vader, seeing as I don't think that Galen attacked you."

"I'm fine." Trax replied, his voice devoid of emotion.

"Worry about the old man. I helped save his sorry hide once, not sure I'm inclined to do it a second time."

The rebel strode forward towards Nim leaving Niil behind.

"I'm sorry." he said softly, raising his hands almost as if he was surrendering. "I didn't mean to snap. And I didn't mean to be an asshat and force you to stay in the back.

No, that's not true, I did mean to keep you back there. I just..." want you to be safe.

"I'll work on it." Trax wanted to add the condition that she agreed to keep her head down or move away to safety the next time fighting broke out, but he bit his tongue.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 08, 2015, 01:57:06 PM

[PM sent.]

Collan is able to piece together most of what the wookies are saying. The two that seem particularly protective of the slave are Charrua and Tarffahr. They and the other wookies were taken from their homeworld and brought here to work on this space station. There are thousands of wookie slaves here, and many more on the planet below.

Quote from: Collan on November 07, 2015, 06:59:01 PM

"The prisoner we are rescuing are trying to coordinate an alliance to fight the Empire. It was strong enough that the Force guided us here. Will you help us too?"

Charrua asks if you have a ship. Or maybe he wants to buy a ship - Collan is not really sure.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 08, 2015, 01:58:33 PM

The wookie who took Keshani's blaster away apparently calls himself Tarffahr. He growls at you in their tongue, but you can't make any of it out. After a few moments of that, he hands the blaster pistol back.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 08, 2015, 02:11:06 PM

Keshani took the pistol back and checked it over quickly to make sure it was working correctly.

"Anyone have a spare power pack?" She asked the room at large.

She may not be very good at *shooting* blasters but she could hold her own with handling them and making sure they would function properly...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 08, 2015, 04:20:03 PM

Collan nodded to Charrua, "We have a ship that we're all getting out on, including you," he paused, his heart nearly breaking because of what had to be said, "Charrua, this will likely be hard to bear and possibly break my heart were I have to hear it, but we won't be able to rescue your people enslaved here. I'll leave it to you all to decide what you will do but our mission is clear-we have to rescue the prisoners who could lead a rebellion and restore the Republic."

"'Damaria,'" Collan was clear he didn't buy the name, "I respect your privacy but you need to understand something as well. The Jedi is our friend. If you come with us, please don't get any ideas. Between Charrua, tarffarh, and us, you'd be traveling with some experienced soldiers and warriors. You're going to be far safer with us, even in another firefight, which we hope to avoid. Just keep your head down, okay?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 08, 2015, 04:48:30 PM

Again that stare. It was focused and intense - as if the teenage girl were staring right through Collan.

She knew he didn't believe her. But she didn't really care right now. She just wanted to get out of here.

She crossed her arms and her lip turned up a bit into a slight sneery look that teenagers were so good at giving - that look like they were talking to the biggest idiot in the galaxay (because who would know better than a teenager, right?)

"If you really think that you're going to have me follow you all without ANY way to defend myself then the stories are true and the Jedi really HAS turned you mad." was her retorted reply. "If you give me some spare power packs then at least I can help protect myself."

It was attitude to be sure. Attitude the Rebels did not need right now. But there was an undercurrent of fear, as well. The girl was obviously terrified at the thought of not having a way to protect herself, as well...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 08, 2015, 06:29:48 PM

Collan wanted to sigh in exasperation but checked it. The kid was in a bad place...most likely.

"No one is taking your weapon. I prefer you armed; we need all the hands we can get in case things get pearshaped," the word hairy was going to escape his lips but he checked that too, "I'm suggesting you stay out of a firefight because I can tell you're not experienced with blasters," he held up a hand to forestall the typical teenager response, "It's how you hold it and how you fired your weapon just a moment ago."

Collan let out a breath, "Look. I'm not going to tell you that I understand everything in your head right now but it's clear you're scared and not sure what to do next. And that's another reason to keep your head down. You have to be able to control your emotions."

he offered a small smile, "But it's also okay to be scared right now. The Force knows I am. it's what you that matters. Demaria, can you do this?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 08, 2015, 06:38:18 PM

Quote from: Collan on November 08, 2015, 04:20:03 PM

Collan nodded to Charrua, "We have a ship that we're all getting out on, including you," he paused, his heart nearly breaking because of what had to be said, "Charrua, this will likely be hard to bear and possibly break my heart were I have to hear it, but we won't be able to rescue your people enslaved here. I'll leave it to you all to decide what you will do but our mission is clear-we have to rescue the prisoners who could lead a rebellion and restore the Republic."

The wookies confer for a few moments.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 08, 2015, 06:39:40 PM

She chaffed at Collan's words.

"I'm not going to tell you that I understand everything in your head right now but it's clear you're scared and not sure what to do next....You have to be able to control your emotions"

Her jaw twitched as she clenched her teeth practically biting her tongue to prevent a reflex reply.

How DARE this laser brained IDIOT presume to lecture her on emotions. She could take care of herself. She'd been doing it her whole life. Who was he to tell her what to do.

Keshani's face flushed slightly red in anger clashing rather dramatically with her dirty blond hair.

But she held her anger and her tongue (as well as the blaster) in check.

"Fine". She said. "Are we going?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 08, 2015, 06:46:58 PM

"We need to wait on the Wookies. They have a hard and terrible choice to make," Demaria could see the pain on Collan's face at that thought.

"And it's good you're ready. At about this point when I escaped, I think I might have sprayed anything that moved with a blaster. I was a wreck and barely holding it together."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 08, 2015, 06:56:22 PM

He was speaking words, but they just weren't sinking in to Keshani. The last few weeks (months?) had been brutal on her and she just wasn't at a point right now where she could think any further beyond the here and now and more importantly how it affected her.

She wasn't an awful person. It wasn't that somewhere inside of her there wasn't still care for others. But through her experiences here she had had to do an emotional "triage" of sorts and all of her energy was focused right now on how SHE would manage to survive.

"Maybe you don't know everything." she replied shortly and turned away from Collan.

She needed to get away from his pain and his so obvious attempts to put her at ease; to empathize with her.

She didn't need anyone but herself, her subconscious mind reminded her. People always just stabbed you in the back in the end...

She would stay with these people to get out of here and then she would escape them, as well. And once again she would truly be free....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 08, 2015, 07:13:16 PM

Collan shook his head at her departure. Poor kid. He waited on the Wookies.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 07:59:02 AM

Quote from: Trax on November 08, 2015, 01:54:50 PM

"I'm fine." Trax replied, his voice devoid of emotion.

"Worry about the old man. I helped save his sorry hide once, not sure I'm inclined to do it a second time."

The rebel strode forward towards Nim leaving Niil behind.

"I'm sorry." he said softly, raising his hands almost as if he was surrendering. "I didn't mean to snap. And I didn't mean to be an asshat and force you to stay in the back.

No, that's not true, I did mean to keep you back there. I just..." want you to be safe.

"I'll work on it." Trax wanted to add the condition that she agreed to keep her head down or move away to safety the next time fighting broke out, but he bit his tongue.

Nim blinked, genuinely surprised at Trax?s apology. She hadn?t expected the sort, at least not in the middle of a mission of this calibre.

I?ll work on it is what did her in.

"Thank you," she replied just as softly. She slung the rifle and laid a hand on his chest, looking up to him with pale blue eyes. There was a smile on her ruby lips.

?The fact that I can't stay mad at you for long is a bit frightening. You?ve already won my babies. You just might be winning my heart too.?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 09, 2015, 08:43:01 AM

Niil blinked at Trax's brusqueness, then shrugged and turned to other matters. Trax's attitude was starting to grate on Niil's nerves again, and that was a distraction or emotion that he couldn't afford right now. "So," he said to no one in particular, "the location of the senators? I'm afraid my slicing skills aren't up to snuff, and I'm afraid we're rapidly running out of time here."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 09, 2015, 09:07:05 AM

The wookies finish conferring. Charrua comes to Collan, and growls at him. He can't make out most of it, but it's clearly a good by. It looks like the Wookies are going to part ways, in an attempt to free their people. They wish you luck, and as a group they head off to where the latest group of Stormtroopers came from.

Ch'lana, his face grim, starts in the other direction. "We should get moving," he says. His voice is tense. "It won't take them long to send reinforcements here."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 09, 2015, 09:45:07 AM

"May the Force be with you Charrua," Collan said as means of farewell.

He ran over to the others.

"The Wookies are going to attempt to free their people," he informed the group, "I hope they succeed but it will help us no matter what."

Collan looked to Nim, "Sooooo? Where do we go?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 09:57:28 AM

Quote from: Collan on November 09, 2015, 09:45:07 AM

Collan looked to Nim, "Sooooo? Where do we go?"

Nim didn't turn but her other hand raised and was nearly shoved in Collan's face as if saying, "Talk to the hand" while she was busy and focused on Trax.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 09, 2015, 11:15:24 AM

Trax was completely dumbstruck. There was no witty or smartass remark that would come to his mind, and that was definitely a first.

Nim meant a lot to Trax, she'd not only saved his life, but what little progress he'd made in dealing with past events was solely because of her. But it was more than that, much more. He wrapped his hand in hers and squeezed it gently.

Collan's interruption and Ch'lana's voice broke his silence and he sighed a little before speaking.

"They're right, we need to get moving." he said, not letting go of her hand. It was obvious it's not what he wanted to say.

"You've got the map, you lead. We should ask the girl to have a look while we move. In case there are access hatches or maintenance passages."

Trax finally looked away from Nim and turned towards the girl.

"We have to make sure she gets out of here safely." There was a specific tone in his voice that Nim had only heard him use when talking about one other person. Even though the resemblance was slight, she could easily tell that when the man looked at the girl, he saw Mariah.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 09, 2015, 11:21:36 AM

"Perhaps it would be wise for me to scout ahead and at least prevent any ambushes?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 11:22:44 AM

Trax hadn't replied to her confession but Nim couldn't infer from that alone, not with him still holding her hand. A bad place, bad timing for such a thing, and it probably just made everything awkward. Maybe she shouldn?t have said it.

She looked towards the slave girl and nodded in agreement. ?But if she gets herself killed, that's not on us.? She turned back and slightly gestured to him. ?And not on you. You and I both know this is not the same.?

Speaking of? she then turned to the little hovering sphere behind her.

?Buzz, display the map please, and overlay the detention route to the throne room first.?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 09, 2015, 11:50:52 AM

Niil nodded, both to Trax's comment about the girl and to Nightshade's offer. "Good call, Nightshade. Be damned careful, though; they might have automated defenses online now." To the girl, he said, "Demaria, is it? We can get you out of this place if you come with us, but you're need to follow our lead, all right? Trax has been in situations as hairy as this before, so stick to him and Naja like industrial adhesive and follow what he says like gospel."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 09, 2015, 12:24:01 PM

Keshani fought the urge to fold her arms in front of her as Nil addressed her.

Why did all of these people think that she knew NOTHING that could help them?

"Keep your nose clean". "Stay out of trouble". "Do as we say". "Do as we do".

She sighed. She knew she didn't represent herself the best in that last encounter, but she HAD tried to help. And it would have worked, too, if she had thought of it a few minutes earlier....

Just go with them to get out of here, she said to herself. Then you can be free.

"Fine.", she repeated again. There was less of an edge in her voice this time, though. At least Nill hadn't tried to make assumptions about her life....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 09, 2015, 03:15:17 PM

A projector on the shiny little droid lights up, and a three-dimensional display of the station appear. This place is HUGE.

A red blinker appears in a docking bay. Another one appears, near the north pole of the station. A red patch then winds it's way through the station. As the station is still under construction, many areas are exposed to hard vacuum, so the path connecting the two dots is very twisty and convoluted. The path also avoids checkpoints and the like. There's a few blast doors to get through - you'll cross through three different sections of the station - but most of the corridors should be low-traffic.

The station is divided into 12 slices, and two hemispheres, making 24 total sectors. You are in sector 8. The detention area is about twenty decks above you. The trouble Galen was making started in section 4.

The route takes you towards the core of the station, where you'll use some service lifts to get up a few decks. More travel, then another lift. Finally, a bit of a climb, and you'll be in the detention area. From there, it's not far to the throne room. It's probably an hour worth of travel, barring any interruption.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 09, 2015, 03:21:22 PM

"That shouldn't be too bad," Collan said, regretting it instantly as famous last words, "We could always dress up a few of us as stormies escorting prisoners. And I'm good at talking my way into and out of places."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 09, 2015, 03:22:21 PM

[OOC: You do have an embarrassment of riches of trooper armour.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 03:27:50 PM

"Alright, so the system lists the senators being held in the Throne Room all the frikkin' way up here. On Corellia I overheard some troopers(?) saying they would be taken to the Emperor for personal execution so it is the best intel we have besides what the system lists. This first route avoids most of the obvious trouble but we'd have to clear through the detention area."

(for the sake of moving along before we get moved along)

"Buzz, could you overlay the second route?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 09, 2015, 03:38:51 PM

A yellow route appears. This one looks to be going through access shafts, maintenance tunnels and the like. It's very tight - you'll be single file all the way, except for a couple of transitions where you'll be moving in the open. Less likely you'll be noticed, but if you run into trouble there, there will be no room to move.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 09, 2015, 03:43:22 PM

Niil stood there with the ghost of a smile on his lips. The throne room. Yeah, that was . . . great. Get to the throne room, and take the senators away from the Emperor himself. Oh yes, and likely Darth Vader. This was going to require some stellar planning.

Looking at Collan, he piped up, "Yeah . . . I'm sure there's a few of us that can fit some of those suits. It might get us to the detention center with a better chance of success."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 09, 2015, 03:52:44 PM

"So do we play dress up or do we take the chance the shafts and access ways will be clear enough? I think I can talk us through if we get dressed up."

"Buzz...do you have schematics and personnel for the detention area? Demaria, can you add anything?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 03:53:23 PM

"The second route is viable as well but we might be stuck like womprats in a barrel if found while in the tunnels. I'd hope no one is claustrophobic."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 04:03:15 PM

Quote from: Collan on November 09, 2015, 03:52:44 PM

"So do we play dress up or do we take the chance the shafts and access ways will be clear enough? I think I can talk us through if we get dressed up."

"I'm mortified at the idea of you talking us through anything. I can just see you waltzing up to and interrupting an interrogator in a good session."

"That being said," she turned to wink at Trax, "I'm so your prisoner."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 09, 2015, 04:22:49 PM

The teenager shifted a bit to look at the overlayed maps. She thought to herself for a minute and then opened her mouth to speak but closed it again just as quickly, seemingly thinking better of it.

She chewed her lip. They already didn't think she could contribute anything. She didn't want to tell them she could possibly do something and then turn out to be wrong.

Better to let them plan on their own....

She didn't like people depending on her any more than she liked having to depend on others.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 09, 2015, 04:27:54 PM

Niil caught Demaria apparently changing her mind about speaking out, and said, "You looked like you wanted to say something there, Demaria. Please, by all means; you might have seen something we missed, or know something we don't."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 09, 2015, 04:45:25 PM

The look was obvious to the Lorrdian and she smiled to the girl. "Sweetheart, we're flying by the seat of our pants here. Feel free to chime in anytime. I'm Nim by the way."

Ooc:" Sweetheart" is meant in a friendly manner, it isn't patronizing in any way. Nim works in a diner, it just comes naturally :)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 09, 2015, 06:36:09 PM

She looked at the man who had not yet introduced himself and the woman who said her name was Nim.

And suddenly she felt the urge to throw up.

She wished she hadn't opened her mouth. The crushing pressure that she felt at the thought of others depending on her came rushing back.

Caring about others got you killed. Allowing others to care about YOU got THEM killed. Neither was acceptable.

Her motto that she had built as a buffer to protect herself over the last few months rang back through her head and the urge to vomit intensified.

"It's just that um....I'm sometimes kinda good at getting around places I shouldn't be..."

She finally answered with a shrug, her demeanor such a stark contrast to the attitude she was giving moments ago.

"And my name is Demaria.", she said quietly in Nim's direction, although there was a flash of something that could almost be interpreted as guilt in her eyes as she said it.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 09, 2015, 07:23:48 PM

Niil looked at the map, then back at Demaria with an intrigued look. "So . . . okay, what would you suggest, Demaria? If you've got an alternate route that could give all of us an edge, then we're all ears. It'll have to be pretty quick, though; we've probably got a few companies of troopers barreling down on us as we speak. Oh yeah, the name's Niil, by the way."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 09, 2015, 07:33:03 PM

She shook her head. "No...I didn't mean that. Just that I may recognize some things as we go."

She gestured to the map. "We never saw a map of this place and they didn't exactly give us time to look around but I do know some things I'm not supposed to about some side routes and stuff. That's all."

She shrugged again, clearly feeling awkward and out of sorts. "Sorry I can't do more."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 09, 2015, 07:40:18 PM

Niil grinned. "That's a hell of a lot more than we know about this place." To the others, he said, "I'm for the first route, but only because I don't like the idea of being bottlenecked. A few of us should put on some trooper armor if we're going for that. It has a better chance of getting us past the checkpoints. But if we're going that route, we've got to get that armor on now, and PDQ."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 10, 2015, 07:20:04 AM

Collan gave the Lorddian infochant a raised eyebrow. Let her see the amusement at her comment. Even Collan could see she and Trax had something going.

"Trax, Niil, and I should wear the armor. We need to decide now though or just get moving."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 10, 2015, 07:23:30 AM

Trax had been lost in thought as the others planned. The combination of Nim's confession to him added to the suggestion some of them dawn the trooper armor had his mind reeling and his anger rising. There was no way he was going to dress up like one of the bastards that was responsible for killing Mariah. He'd take his chances blasting every single one of them on this station first. He was about to snap at Collan for even suggesting it but he managed to check his anger. Then after a few more moments he calmed himself and broke his silence.

"Look, it's not that I'm opposed to tying anyone up," he shot a sideways glance at Nim, and there was a brief playfulness in his eye before addressing the group again.

"But I'm not putting on that armor. Even the primary route avoids checkpoints and sooner or later, we won't be able to talk our way out. Besides," Trax now turned to Demaria, the look on his face was one of genuine concern and his tone noticeably softened.

"I'm willing to bet one of us would rather risk fighting the whole way then spend another second in restraints."

The man paused before continuing.

"And we might be able to free up other slaves along the way. And if they're anything like the wookies that just left, they'd rather fight and die if it means they can take a few imps with them than spend another second in forced labor. The extra chaos wouldn't be a bad thing. Or we might even gain a few more allies to help get us to our destination."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 10, 2015, 08:47:26 AM

"Look, it's not that I'm opposed to tying anyone up,"

The man who had originally shot the power cable out of Kesh's hands spoke up jarring the teenager out of her own thoughts.

But instead of giggling or showing any type of amusement at this comment the teenage girl seemed to withdraw even further inside herself, physically taking a few steps away from the man and hunching her shoulders over and fists clenching.

The comment about betting that one of them would rather risk fighting the whole way instead of spending another second in restraints just served to intensify the emotions running through the blonde haired girl.

She was sitting in the chair, legs and hands tied as he moved toward her. She was unable to move, to fight, to get away. she was helpless........

She was trembling a bit as she stood there and backed away further (not even consciously being aware she was doing it).

Lost in her own little world the teenager said nothing.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 10, 2015, 08:55:22 AM

[ooc: harshing my ANH buzz, Ken! ;)]

Collan shrugged. It was a fair point. And it freed them up to keep moving faster. Still, it was a decent idea.

"Let's get moving then. I don't want to be here when a whole legion shows up."

[ooc: we ready?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 10, 2015, 09:04:34 AM

Nim looked to Trax and pouted.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 10, 2015, 09:18:00 AM

When Trax caught Nim's pout his eyes almost pleaded, don't make me do that.... But before he could say anything he noticed Demaria shrink away. What had he done? What had he said? The rebel was deeply mortified that something he'd said or done had provoked such a strong reaction. He briefly thought about trying to apologize, but if he was the cause of her reaction, any attempt to apologize or empathize would likely not be met well.

He looked back at Nim, the concern and confusion on his face obvious as he motioned towards the girl. What did I do? she could read the question on his face.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 10, 2015, 10:29:33 AM

Niil shrugged. "All right then, we'll forget about the trooper armor and get motoring. I think the primary route's our best bet."

OOC: Ready to move.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 10, 2015, 10:51:40 AM

Demaria had clearly already seen much in her young life; Nim didn't think anything they would say could be of much comfort. They were all strangers and it'd take a great deal of time to trust them, if she ever did. She gave Trax a small sympathetic smile and shrug. He'd have to understand that communicating and socializing normally with the girl wasn't going to be easy. But there was a mission and they needed to be able to speak freely regardless.

Nim was disappointed in the charade being turned down, if only because she was looking forward to being a uncooperative prisoner. She was much better with playing a role than with blasting her way through things. She unslung the rifle and held it ready, pointed in a slant to the ground.

"Your lead, Trax."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 10, 2015, 11:53:44 AM

Trax looked from Nim to Demaria. He would have to find out what he'd done or said that caused her reaction and apologize for it but they didn't have time.

"Demaria." he said a little louder than normal trying to snap the girl back to attention.

"We need to get moving, are you ready?" he asked, his voice returning to a more normal volume.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 10, 2015, 12:11:31 PM

She didn't respond right away, as if she didn't realize her name had been called.

But after a few moments she seemed to realize that Trax was talking to her.

"Let's go.", she answered, her hand tightening on the blaster that she still held (not having any holster to carry it in)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 10, 2015, 04:45:06 PM

Once the decision had been made, Nightshade took note of the route that had been chosen and activated his suit before moving about 100 yards ahead to scout out any potential threats.

Actions: go ghost and scout.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 10, 2015, 04:47:27 PM

Collan paused to grab a trooper's utility belt before doing anything else.

"We'll need the powerpacks for the rifles," he noted.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 12, 2015, 12:23:52 PM

"That trooper back there ain't dead." Nim pointed to the one clearly still breathing. And possibly playing dead.

She walked over to the closest one to pick up some of the useful items it had, including the helmet that might get them access quicker than slicing.

Ooc: on phone so someone else will have to look up which one it is :P

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 12, 2015, 12:55:34 PM

You strip the troopers of anything usable. The thermal detonators are secured and keyed to individual troopers, so they are not much use to you, but you can all carry a utility belt with a couple of concussion grenades, power packs and the other gear. Anyone suggesting the killing of the unconscious Stormtrooper is met with a firm "no" from Ch'lana.

[OOC: The wrist comlink is built into the bracer, so if you want one, you'll need to wear it. Likewise, the helmet comlink is integral to the helmet - there's no way to remove it from the helmet intact, so if you want to use that, you need to keep the helmet. Maximum 2 grenades per person, and if you take a belt you can have an extra 5 blaster packs.]

Nightshade heads off ahead of the rest of you, a stripped down copy of the route loaded into his helmet. For safety, everyone with a datapad or wristcomp loads a copy of the route as well, in case you get separated.

By unspoken agreement, the new arrival ends up in the middle of the group, and you move out. The periodic security announcements grow quiet, which is somehow more unsettling. About a minute after you start out, the main lighting fails, and you are left moving through the gloom of emergency lighting. As you move through the corridors, you find any computer panels have been deactivated as well, power disengaged somewhere in the system.

About two minutes later, you come to a heavy blast door. The door is locked and the access panel appears unpowered. You stand there considering for a couple of moments when there is a loud click and the door parts slightly. You glance around and find Demaria pulling her head out of a service panel. "Emergency manual release," is all she says.

With some brute strength and help from Ch'lana, the blast door slides open far enough to allow single file passage, and you move into the next part of the journey - your first turbolift ride. Like everything else in the section, the turbolifts are unpowered. You can force the door easy enough, but you're looking at a ten deck climb to the next set of passages.

[Actions?]

Choices: Climb, find a way to override the power shutdown, or find a way to temporarily power a lift. Or something you guys come up with.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 01:03:18 PM

OOC: Before Craig's post . . .

Niil looked over at where Nim was pointing, and nodded to her. He rooted around in his medkit and withdrew a sedative syringe. Dropping into a crouch, he pulled off the unconscious trooper's helmet and jabbed the syringe into the soldier's neck. Without looking up, he muttered curtly to no one in particular, "Say or think whatever the hell any of you want to, but I don't murder unconscious and unarmed people. Even if they are stormtroopers." Tossing the empty syringe to the floor, he straightened and said, "He'll be out for hours. Let's go."

OOC: Gah, the one time Niil actually leaves his datapad behind . . .

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 12, 2015, 01:23:00 PM

Collan took a long look at the turbolift door. He was pretty sure he could do the climb but what of the others? If he used the Force and concentrated, there was a pretty good chance he could restore power...maybe. He looked at Niil.

"If we can tolerate a few minutes of waiting, I think we could restore power to the lift," he informed everyone.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 01:53:17 PM

Niil eyed the control panel. "Only problem with that is that the power surge could be detected and localized. And if have any troopers near where we're getting out, we'd be womp rats in a cage. But we're also running against the clock here . . ." Looking at Nim and Demaria, he said, "Can either or both of you work with Collan and get this lift active? Or do all of you feel more comfortable with a climb?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 12, 2015, 02:05:50 PM

Keshani looked nervously at the lift for a minute in response to Niil's question.

She could probably do it, but there was that thing about having others rely on her again...

She chewed her lip uncomfortably for a second as her stomach did a sort of flip-flop dance inside of her.

She knew that the safety features of the lift would have kicked in, recalling it to its lowest point and locking it in place as soon as the power was out. It would be hard work to haul the lift manually back up to their level so that they could work on powering it...

Finally - "If someone has rope I can go down and try to get it working if we can find something to power it - maybe some of the emergency lights?"

Unlocking it would be easy. Rigging the alternative power source and manually controlling the repulsors would be much more challenging.

Her stomach flip flopped again. Maybe they wouldn't trust her enough to let her try....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 12, 2015, 02:15:52 PM

"How far down is it?" Collan asked, "The belts have synthrope dispensers."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 12, 2015, 02:36:41 PM

The teenage girl shrugged. "Don't got xray vision.. someones gonna have to open the doors to find that out."

Her attitude appeared to be back, but her reply sounded just a bit too forced to be natural.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 02:46:49 PM

Niil nodded with a grin, and took one side of the door, trying to dig his fingers into the seam where the two halves of the door came together. "Trax? Can you gimme an assist here?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 12, 2015, 02:51:25 PM

Trax glared at Ch'lana and grumbled incoherently when he was forced to let the trooper live. See if you're still so high and mighty when they kill someone you care about.

And he was still fuming over it when they reached the lift.

"Why doesn't mister high and mighty jedi just lift us all up?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 12, 2015, 03:00:40 PM

Ch'lana frowns, then extends a hand at the doors. They resist, but suddenly slam open.

The Jedi looks at Trax a moment. "I think there are some here who would not trust me enough for that. You may be confused about who your enemies are, Trax. You may want to sort that out before we go much farther."

Niil peers down. There appears to be a lift perhaps 50m below you - within range of the syntherope dispenser on a trooper belt.

Ch'lana glances down as well. "Demaria, I could lower you down if you would be comfortable with that. It would be faster and easier than using the rope, but pick whichever you are most comfortable with. If someone can acquire the power supply, I can lower that down as well."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 12, 2015, 03:23:23 PM

Collan went to the first of the emergency lights. He closed his eyes and took several deep breathes, centering himself against the Dark Side. The constant buzzing in his head was a little annoying but nothing terribly bad. It was a long moment though as Collan sought the peace he felt in the embrace of the Good Side.

He knew he needed to concentrate and focus in order to do this. Hopefully it wasn't a terribly large risk.

He had pointedly ignored Trax's outburst. Clearly, Trax had been hurt badly and probably not all the wounds were physical. Collan could empathize but Trax was or at least didn't seem ready for empathy. This was the famous anger phase of grief. Collan had liked Mariah; she had been one of the first people he'd met in the Resistance. And now she was gone...well not gone...just passed back into the Force.

Collan shook his head. He had a task.

[ooc: concentration on what skill is needed to take apart the Lights' power source. Taking a round to maximize my chances. Will repeat this process until Keah/Demaria say we have enough]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 03:24:12 PM

Niil glared at Trax for his outburst. It had sounded prissy, and was completely out of sorts for the man. He opened his mouth for a retort, but Ch'lana beat him to the punch. And pretty well said exactly what Nill was going to say. Instead, Niil waited to hear Demaria's response to Ch'lana's offer.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 12, 2015, 03:28:19 PM

Quote from: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 01:53:17 PM

Niil eyed the control panel. "Only problem with that is that the power surge could be detected and localized. And if have any troopers near where we're getting out, we'd be womp rats in a cage. But we're also running against the clock here . . ." Looking at Nim and Demaria, he said, "Can either or both of you work with Collan and get this lift active? Or do all of you feel more comfortable with a climb?"

"Since we took the obvious route, they likely already know where we are. And they probably expect us to climb. But if they were smart they'd prepare and probably rig a surprise for both."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 03:42:43 PM

Niil shrugged with a faint grin. "Yeah, there is that as well. I just didn't like the idea of climbing down a turbolift shaft and having a pack of troopers opening fire on us while we were on the maintenance ladder. We got into a furball like that before, and we were blasted lucky that none of us ended up as flat-cakes at the bottom. The good thing about Demaria's idea is if she can jury-rig the emergency lighting power supply to run the turbolift, it will bypass the lift's usual power source - and sensors. She's pretty sharp."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 12, 2015, 03:58:36 PM

Keshani's eyes narrowed a little at the Jedi's offer. Jedi were evil. They played games with your mind and didn't care about you enough to worry about the results.

But she didn't know if she was strong enough right now to lower herself down. She could recognize in herself just how badly of her body was by this point. But could she trust the Jedi? Well, at least enough to not kill her? Her body started literally trembling all over as she fought to convince herself to trust the Jedi enough to do this.

"Ok". Was all she said, although it was in a very unconvincing coice

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 12, 2015, 04:16:59 PM

Ch'lana slowly offers a hand, and Demaria takes it. He looks her in the eye. "You can trust that I will not let you fall." He points to his eyes. "Do not look away." Demaria, looking into those eyes, senses only quite reassurance, and she believes him. He half closes his eyes and takes a breath.

Demaria feels herself gently lift off the deck. Using their shared grasp to guide her, the Jedi slowly moves her out over the open space in the lift shaft. Instead of feeling panic or fear, somehow she feels calm. She begins to slowly lower into the shaft, and a moment later their grasp parts. Eyes stay locked, however, as the distance between them grows.

It must have been a minute or two, but before she realizes it, her feet touch something. Looking down, she sees she is on top of the turbolift. The pressure holding her up releases gently, and she is free to move. It is a simple matter to open the access hatch and drop inside.

Meanwhile, using Concentration, Collan manages to trace the emergency lights to a central power generator. It is easy enough to pull it out even with the simple tools available, and he lugs it over to Ch'lana just as he releases Demaria. He nods to Collan, and repeats the process with the power generator.

By this time, Demaia has the floor maintenance panel open, and has exposed the leads she needs to control the coils. As she finishes, the power generator lowers gently through the open access hatch, gently pinging off the edge where it made contact. It settles onto the floor.

It's all on her now.

[Actions?]

PM sent to Keshani.

The DC is somewhere between DC 15 and 25 to jury-rig the repulsor coils. She's never done this sort of thing before, so she's not entirely sure how hard it will be.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 12, 2015, 04:28:13 PM

Collan turned to Niil, "Think she'll be okay down there?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 04:34:07 PM

Niil shrugged. "I'm going to go down there to make sure. Collan, did you grab one of the trooper's belts? It should have a syntherope coil on it."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 12, 2015, 04:36:04 PM

Ch'lana holds up a hand to forestall Niil. "She is a very independent young girl who has been on her own since she was five years old. Offer help, or let her ask for it. Do not assume she needs it."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 12, 2015, 04:41:41 PM

Niil shook his head. "Very headstrong, indeed. But it wasn't just for assisting with the power hook-up. I was concerned if troopers or a security droid spotted her. But I see your point."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 12, 2015, 05:20:00 PM

"You're still alive." Trax muttered under his breath in response to Ch'lana and he began to pace back and forth, getting more and more wound up with each step. Niil's comment about troopers or a droid possibly spotting Demaria in the lift caused him to whirl around and glare at the man. Another target for his anger.

"If you were concerned she'd come under fire why the hell didn't you go down first?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 12, 2015, 05:26:13 PM

With the power out Nim kind of felt powerless to do much. She turned to the droid hovering behind her. "Buzz, can you scan for lifeforms for us please?"

OOC: I dunno if the sensors could include other droids but I'd try that separately too.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 13, 2015, 12:09:35 AM

"You can trust that I will not let you fall"

Keshani was still trembling as she hesitantly took the Jedi's hand. She felt caught behind the proverbial rock and a hard place. If she refused the Jedi's help and she fell she would possibly be killed. Or worse she might possibly let these people down. And as much as she tried to convince herself that she didn't care about anyone other than herself she knew very deep down in her mind that it wasn't true.

Accepting the Jedi's help, however, was one of the hardest things that she had ever remembered doing. Because it was a conscious choice on her part to do. No one was forcing her. No one was pressuring her. It was completely her choice.

But as she took the Jedi's hand a strange sense of calm like one she had never felt before washed over her. It would be okay. Everything would be ok. It was a feeling similar to stepping into a warm pool on a cool day and suddenly feeling every muscle in your body relax. Not that she had had many opportunities in her life to experience that...

All of her fear, her anxiety, her anger and apprehension that was pent up inside of her over the last few months, hell the last few years, seemed to bleed away like someone had gently punctured her and it all was escaping slowly through the puncture hole.

As she slowly floated down to the lift car she let out a soft sigh. She felt...in control...for the first time in a long while.

As her feet touched the top of the lift and the pressure holding her up gently released her mind turned back to the task at hand. With the new sense of control the teenage slave felt came a clarity of mind. She could do this. She WOULD do this. Because she had to. She told them that she could.

Popping open the floor maintenance panel she exposed the leads to control the coils. As she was finishing with that the power generator was being lowered down and she reached over to grab it.

She took a slow breath in and let it out. She could do this, she reminded herself. And with a feeling of rare confidence and calm the teenage slave got to work

<Actions: McGyver the lift. maximum of 2 cps (i think...)>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 13, 2015, 12:50:35 AM

It only takes a couple of minutes. Those watching from above note several flashes of light as if from sparks. Then, a creaking groan as the lift starts rising. The woosh of air grows louder as you realize the lift is coming with a great deal of speed. Leaping back, the lift shoots past, slowing to a stop several decks above you. Then, it goes into freefall, whooshing past the open doorway. However, she seems to get getting the hang of it, and the lift rises again, stopping with the deck of the lift about a meter above the level of the floor you stand on. Demaria sits there in the middle of the lift, legs splayed wide. Her feet are controlling two of the three emergency brakes, one hand is running the power generator, and the other is tuning the repulsor coil. Several wires run through her clenched teeth - you're not sure what those are for, but they run between the power generator and something under the access panel.

The inside of the lift looks like a tornado blew through here, with panels open and wiring and gears exposed.

"Geg imm! Nob ab eaby ab ip wooks!" she yells through the mouthful of wires.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 13, 2015, 03:53:51 AM

Nim had to cover her mouth with her hands to keep from howling in laughter to the whole station. "That is brilliant!"

Ooc: She'll wait for a boost. Did buzz pick up anything?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 13, 2015, 05:24:09 AM

[OOC: Sorry, nothing within range.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 13, 2015, 07:27:50 AM

Not wasting any time Trax moved beside the lift and offered Nim a helping hand to get in, after which he hopped into the lift himself.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 13, 2015, 07:38:42 AM

Collan quickly hopped in.

"Anything you want us to do or help with?" He asked the girl. She looked like she mostly had it under control but if she wanted help he figured he could ask.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 13, 2015, 08:27:28 AM

OOC: Sorry, this would have been right after Trax's comment to Niil:

Niil eyed Trax and fought to keep his anger in check. The Dark side was hissing it's pleasure, encouraging Niil to teach the overbearing bounty hunter a lesson he'd not forget. Come on, Niil, Trax practically soiled himself seeing Ch'lana's lightsaber. Fire your own up . . .

NO! Despite his attitude, Trax is still a comrade! Stand down, Niil. "Why didn't you, for that matter? Trax, if you're going out of your way to look for a fight, then there's enough troopers in this station that will be happy to oblige you. But just as Ch'lana said, I'm not your enemy here. You are. I'm sorry, but you'd better get your head back in the game, and quick. And you'd better ask yourself if you're prepared for the possibility of facing Vader and Palpatine. Now enough of this drek. We have a mission to do, and we need you on your A-game."

Just as Niil finished speaking, the lift popped open and he saw Demaria with a mouth full of wires and cables. Grinning, he followed the others into the lift and gave the girl a grin. "Nicely done!"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 13, 2015, 12:31:47 PM

Quote from: Collan on November 13, 2015, 07:38:42 AM

Collan quickly hopped in.

"Anything you want us to do or help with?" He asked the girl. She looked like she mostly had it under control but if she wanted help he figured he could ask.

She may have appeared to be a lot more calm now than she had been before, but she was still a stubborn teenager.

"Just don't step on any of the wires." she replied back to Collan's offer for help, only it sounded a lot more like "Juth doth thep on any wies"

She waited for them all to get into the lift.

"Where we going?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 13, 2015, 07:54:10 PM

Nightshade keeps his opinions to himself as he joins the group in the lift.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 14, 2015, 07:00:35 PM

Niil pointed to the lift's ceiling in answer to Demaria's question. "Up. Nim, what floor do we have to hit from here?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 15, 2015, 12:22:34 PM

Nim pulled up the map and pointed. "That one." <insert floor number here? xD>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 17, 2015, 12:52:21 PM

Demaria works her mish-mash of wires and the lift shoots up 10 decks. She engages the locks, and you force the doors open. You are looking at a lit corridor. According to the map, you have 200 m to travel, rounding a corner halfway, and then pass through a blast door and security checkpoint.

The corridor outside looks clear. The map leads you to the left 120m, then you take a turn to the right and go another 80m to another lift.

[Plans? Actions?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 17, 2015, 02:15:43 PM

The teenage girl let out a soft breath she hadn't even realized she was holding as the lift finally settled 10 floors up and she engaged the safeties on it. That was.....intense.

Visions of the disaster that it would have been if she had lost control of the lift and it had gone plummeting down to a lower level flashed through her head as she pushed herself up to a standing position to get out of the lift.

She felt very tired all of the sudden as the adrenaline that had coursed through her body during the fire fight and then with fighting to get the lift working now drained from her body.

She stumbled as she got up (perhaps from tiredness or perhaps because her legs were like jelly from the lift shooting suddenly up 10 floors) and leaned against the door for a second before moving out of the lift to look around. She wanted to see if she recognized anything - to figure out where they were and if there was any useful information she could relay to the others.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 17, 2015, 02:31:32 PM

Trax was only partially relieved that there was no resistance when the doors opened. He'd found it hard to stand still in the lift, despite the trip lasting only a few seconds. The man needed a target, badly.

But his desire to put plasma bolts into stormtroopers didn't override his concern for Nim, or desire to insure Demaria made it off this massive station alive.

"Hang on a sec," Trax reached out, placing his arm in the girl's path to keep her from leaving the lift. "Don't want you becoming a target if a bunch of troopers round the bend.

Or you." he said, turning to Nim, his eyes asking the woman to let the others go first. There was a significant shift in the tone of his voice. When they all got onto the lift, it was full of anger, but when he spoke now, there was no anger, only concern.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 17, 2015, 02:54:38 PM

Niil nodded in agreement to Trax's caution. It was standard practice to keep the techies and medics protected as much as possible, but he suspected it went a wee bit past that in regards to Nim. "Nightshade's up ahead reconnoitering. You want to take point, or me?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 17, 2015, 03:01:07 PM

The girl's first response was to resist the hand that had suddenly reached out in front of her preventing her from leaving the lift.

She felt resentment at him stopping her from leaving the lift and at being treated like a "kid". She could take care of herself - she always had.

She took a slow breath and the resentment slowly went away. It felt....different.....to have someone seem to actually genuinely care about her safety. She could count on one hand the number of times she had felt that in her life....

Suddenly the image of a face flashed through her mind - first the woman with long dark hair clasped up behind her head wearing medical scrubs at the clinic, and then in rapid succession the image of another face flashed through her mind - this time a face that looked very similar but dressed in an Imperial Army uniform.

"Wait!" she said suddenly, softly but urgently. And her voice seemed almost pleading. "Before we go."

She looked down at the ground for a second realizing that these people really didn't owe her anything and that they most likely would NOT agree to help her...

"You guys have to - " she broke off and bit her lip before continuing.

"I mean I...need your help with something before we leave here". She took a slow breath in an effort to calm down. "Please".

She looked around at those who were still in the Lift, forcing herself to make eye contact with them, as awkward and uncomfortable as it felt to do so.

"There's.....someone we need to bring with us."

She looked down at the ground again and her fists opened and closed before she repeated again almost as a whisper "Please."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 17, 2015, 03:21:59 PM

Ooc: so as not to hold anything up, I am stealthily scanning ahead unless some one either talks to me or threats appear.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 17, 2015, 07:36:44 PM

Nim eyed Trax for a moment but nodded her Understanding without argument. She turned to the girl, her brows furrowed.

"Are you able to elaborate? Whom this person is, where they might be?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 17, 2015, 07:48:46 PM

Although her emotions were muted by the Jedi's powers, distress still broke through.

The girl looked down at the ground and chewed on her lip for a second.

"I...don't know where she is. In a cell somewhere."

She forced herself to look back up at Nim. In her eyes the pain, suffering and horrors that she had been subjected to since being brought to the World of Horuz echoed.

"She...tried to rescue me and got caught."

It would be evident to a careful observer that she wasn't quite saying everything. There was a slight catch in her voice and a slight twitch to her expression that would give the impression to someone who was studying her closely and able to read body language well that she was leaving something out.

But she just continued to look between the Group with a pleading expression on her face.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 17, 2015, 08:27:00 PM

Nim gave her an empathic smile. "A cell is a good start. We need to barrel through the detention area and I believe the boys are planning on opening as many as possible. If we get access to another terminal I can try and find her, if you might know her name."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 17, 2015, 08:31:41 PM

"Danny. Danny Webster", the girl replied. Again, the slight shift in her posture - her gaze shifted down toward the ground. There was definitely something she was afraid to mention...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 17, 2015, 08:39:27 PM

When everyone else had left the lift she lowered her voice and looked into Keshani's eyes. Her tone and posture was of concern and not accusatory.

"I am so sorry for what has happened to you. It is not my business,not my place, and I would never ask you to speak of it. Please understand that. But this person that tried to save you, if there is something that we need to know, please tell me. Not only are our lives at stake, but the entire fledgling rebellion against the Empire. Billions more will be enslaved, murdered if we fail in this endeavor. Sweet pea, I need to know everything important that you may not be telling."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 17, 2015, 08:56:44 PM

Again she looked down at the ground and then back up to Nim. She took a slow breath. It seemed easier right now, for some reason, to concentrate - ever since going down the turbolift shaft; as if her emotions were muted or dampered; easier to talk and express herself; easier to not be constantly scared and in pain.

"I lied before." she said quietly. "My name's not Demaria. It's Keshani. And Danny Webster was an Imperial Officer."

Her tone, which had been pretty calm, took on a note of desperateness; of pleading.

"But she tried to rescue me and they caught her and I don't know where she is now, but I know they're going to kill her all because she tried to help me. Please. I have to help her."

There was clearly more to the story, but there was no more evidence that she was intentionally holding anything back - just that she wasn't sharing all of what had happened to her since being brought to this place...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 17, 2015, 09:21:30 PM

Nim was a bit relieved and intentionally showed it. "Many helping us now are using false names. Nim certainly isn't my birth name. No need to tell anyone yours, it is ultimately whatever makes you comfortable. I promise no one will think less of you. I however cannot give mine out due to the nature of my work, it might hurt many people if it fell into the wrong hands, so I hide behind several."

Then she nodded. "We have some former officers helping us here today. People that have done horrendous things. It is jarring, to be sure, but even they can find redemption. We will do what we can for you."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 17, 2015, 09:41:31 PM

She didn't say no. She didn't refuse outright and say Hell no - no way no how. She said "We will do what we can for you".

That was a good first step...

She nodded her thanks and again was struck by the fact that these people would be so willing to help her. She was a slave. A kid. A street urchin.

Why would they care?

She realized that she had just shared more about herself in this past few minutes than she had shared with anyone in what felt like forever. She still felt a bit....strange...like someone had turned down the "volume" on her emotions. She didn't understand what was going on. But part of her wondered if she really needed to. It was a nice relief.

Do I really need to question it right now?

She shrugged to herself and waited until it was okay to leave the lift.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 18, 2015, 08:47:05 AM

A minor deviation from their path, Trax figured. And even if it was a major deviation, it didn't matter to him. If this friend meant that much to the girl, who now decided to reveal another name, then he'd do everything he could to help.

The rebel looked at Niil, "Point is yours." he finally replied.

[OOC: Unless the plan is to move single file, Trax will walk beside Nim, and have Kesh walk beside her. If we're moving single file, then he'll walk behind the two women, taking up the rear guard.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 18, 2015, 09:14:42 AM

Niil nodded, and holstered his blaster pistol in favor for the blaster rifler. Staying close to the left side of the corridor wall, Niil went forward quietly, his blaster rifle trained on the turn up ahead.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 18, 2015, 10:05:47 AM

Collan whispered to Ch'lana, "Could you mindtrick our way past the security checkpoint or if I can talk fast enough just give us an edge to convince of our legitimacy."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 18, 2015, 10:44:00 AM

He closes his eyes a moment. "No, there are too many. I don't think we can avoid that fight."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 18, 2015, 11:26:04 AM

"Maybe I can buy us a few seconds to get a jump on them then...take their guard down just a bit..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 18, 2015, 12:40:50 PM

Nim laid her hand on Trax's arm as if to stop him from replying before he even started.

"Go ahead and strut your stuff, man. Let's see what you can do."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 19, 2015, 08:32:47 AM

Trax really wanted to express the absurdity of Collan's idea, none of them, in any way possible looked remotely like they belonged there. The young man was likely to get filled full of plasma long before he got within earshot of anyone at the checkpoint. It also meant he'd have to wait a few seconds longer before putting some holes into more stormtroopers. But Nim's touch made him bite his tongue, and he let out a bit of a sigh instead of voicing any objections.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 19, 2015, 03:30:09 PM

[OOC: Taking some liberties for story.]

The group moves down the corridor. More announcements report security breeches in other sections, and it sounds like the whole station is on alert.

You get to the corner without incident, and Collan heads forward to try and distract the guards, but before we can round the corner, Nightshade materializes in front of him, back to Collan, with an arm out.

"This is ill-advised. They are barricaded in the blast door, weapons at the ready. They will not respond to speech - you will only get yourself killed."

Collan sneaks a peek around the corner, and the quick glance confirms Nightshade's description. These are troopers who consider themselves under attack, and are clearly ready to shoot anything that moves.

You face 80m of open corridor, the only cover structure support beams every 10m.

[PM sent to Keshani.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 19, 2015, 03:32:45 PM

[OOC: Forgot to mention - there's 12 Stormtroopers at the checkpoint.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 19, 2015, 04:06:26 PM

Collan pointed to the stun grenades at his belt.

"I think we need to even the odds a bit."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 19, 2015, 04:07:12 PM

Ch'lana shakes his head. "Long throw from here."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 19, 2015, 04:23:00 PM

Niil sighed. "Yeah, too far away for grenades." Hefting his rifle, he said, "Three of us should pop around the corner and give them a round or two of blaster rifle fire; these rifles easily have that range. Then we leap-frog forward, using the support beams as cover. Once we get into grenade range, we chuck two or three at their formation."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 20, 2015, 12:11:51 AM

(OOC: Sorry guys...had an...incident...at work tonight and got to spend most of the rest of the night filling out paperwork. Yay. Didn't mean to hold things up)

The slave girl was looking around as the others were talking. She KNEW she recognized this area. She had worked here before.

Then suddenly she saw it and she remembered. She took a breath to speak and in her excitement she almost shouted. It felt....good....to be useful. It was a new feeling to her.

She remembered at the last minute and whispered in a low voice instead:

"Hey guys, back there." she pointed up to the ceiling about 10 meters back from the corner they were now at.

"That ventilation duct won't get you past the checkpoint, but it'll get you a lot closer and will keep you from having to walk in the open and give them target practice..."

She shrugged. "Maybe someone could drop down on them from above or drop a few grenades on them?"

A crooked half smile formed across her face at that thought. It wasn't an entirely innocent smile, either.

"Give me some grenades and I'd be more than willing to take that job..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 20, 2015, 10:13:11 AM

Niil turned to look at Demaria . . . no, make that Keshani . . . and grinned. "Yeah, hitting that checkpoint from above would definitely give us an edge. How many people could we get up there that way? All of us?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 20, 2015, 10:20:45 AM

Nim looks around for a terminal.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 20, 2015, 10:47:46 AM

[There is a door control panel behind you about 50 meters.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 20, 2015, 10:49:55 AM

Trax listened to the various ideas. Niil's had merit, and was a wise choice for a large part of the group. It would be what he'd ask Nim to consider. Keshani's plan, when she first spoke up about the ventilation shaft, caused him to almost start grinding his teeth thinking it would bypass the troopers all together. Thankfully, in his mind at least, that would not be the case. In the rebel's mind, both plans could be implemented, along with a slight addition.

"Nightshade seems to be able to move around unseen," Trax looked briefly at Ch'lana, "I get the impression you don't mind just walking up to them, and neither do I.

Toss Kesh a grenade or two, let her use the ducts. I'm sure she'd love to serve up some payback. Give her a comm so she can let us know when she's in position. When they start firing on us, start dropping grenads. It'll mean the three of us will have their attention, well two anyway, I don't expect they'll see Nightshade until it's too late for them."

Trax now turned to Nim, but was speaking to Niil and Collan as well.

"The three of you can use our distraction and the beams for cover to shoot or close without presenting yourselves as targets."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 20, 2015, 11:46:52 AM

Niil thought for a moment, then nodded. "That should work. Nightshade, did you want to take the left side or the right side of that corridor? We wouldn't want to tag you by accident. So . . . wait until Keshani is in position and gives us a green light, then we'll open with an initial round of fire. Keshani drops the grenades, and we all leap-frog towards the checkpoint."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 20, 2015, 12:17:53 PM

"Some of us might want to start moving closer before hand, just to make sure they don't decide to target her."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 20, 2015, 12:51:41 PM

Niil shook his head. "No, dropping the grenades right after we round the corner wouldn't be good. I was thinking that she'd pop her grenades about ten seconds after we make our move."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 20, 2015, 05:38:30 PM

The Shinobi smiled as Trax mentioned his abilities to stay out of sight. "I will take the left side," he answers Niil as he hands his stun grenades to Keshani, and prepares to move out when the group is ready.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 20, 2015, 08:17:52 PM

Keshani blinked as the man that had startled her so greatly before(she didn't know his name) handed her two stun grenades. She was so surprised that someone would actually trust her with these that she almost forgot to hold out her hands to take them.

She looked at the man and remembered that when she had first met the people she was now with she had tried to kill at least one of them....

and now they apparently trust me?

It was....strange.

She nodded to the man and looked around at the others.

"I, uh, guess I'm gonna need a lift up to the duct when we're ready to do this...."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 20, 2015, 10:40:57 PM

Niil dropped to one knee and cupped both of his hands together to form a stirrup for her foot. "Ready when you are."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 21, 2015, 06:56:06 AM

She took a slow breath and let it ok.

"Ok. Here goes nothing..." she put her foot in Niil's cupped hands and reached up to the opening of the duct, working to lift herself inside.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 21, 2015, 09:28:28 AM

"One sec." Trax said, slipping the comm of his ear and offering it to Keshani.

"Let Niil or Nim know when you're in position. And be careful."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on November 21, 2015, 12:11:44 PM

Quote from: Trax on November 21, 2015, 09:28:28 AM

"One sec." Trax said, slipping the comm of his ear and offering it to Keshani.

"Let Niil or Nim know when you're in position. And be careful."

Keshani took the comm from him and settled it into position.

His comment caused her to pause again, though.

Be careful...

Again, this display of what seemed like actual concern for her well being. It was....strange.

She studied him for a minute, as if trying to decide if his concern was genuine. He MIGHT just mean be careful she didn't throw the grenades at them...

After a few seconds she nodded. "Let's go."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 23, 2015, 12:47:32 PM

Keshani disappears into the air duct, and the rest of you make ready to drop the hammer on the troopers. Nightshade vanishes, and moves off ahead to get into position, and Ch'lana gathers himself for a leap while you all wait for Keshani's com signal.

[pausing here.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 23, 2015, 01:26:03 PM

On the comlink, you all hear Keshani's nervous voice. It is early - she was supposed to be a couple more minutes yet.

She is speaking in a whisper, and it is difficult to hear, but you manage to make, "Uh, guys? I need you to make some noise. Like, uh, now."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 23, 2015, 02:34:37 PM

With the grenades in a small satchel, Keshani starts crawling down the duct. A minute or so later, she reaches the corner. She needs to be quiet here, or risk alerting the troopers, so she takes it easy. But then she hears something. Looking up, she sees a small service droid emerge from a side duct. The service droids are built for maintenance and observation, but they do come equipped with some weapons, and are programed to help keep slaves in line.

The service droid is a small box, about half a meter on a side, with numerous manipulators and tools attached. A central stalk holds the optics.

The droid sees her almost immediately, and and two long arms extend with electro-probes on them. The droid makes a threatening noise and rushes forward.

[Actions?]

*************************************

Crawling hurt her knees. But she kept her focus on the fact that once at the other end she would get to drop some stun grenades on the stormtroopers who were standing there. That kept her going. It even made a small (very small) smile tug at the corner of her lips.

She had crawling for what felt like forever when suddenly she heard a noise ahead in the duct.

"Frell", she whispered to herself and looked in the direction of the noise.

A droid.

Not only a droid, but one that looked like it could seriously hurt her if given the chance. As it extended its two long arms in her direction she could see what looked like some sort of thing that sure looked like it would generate electricity on the ends of each arm.

She hated droids.

She hated being electrocuted even more.

"Frell". she whispered again to herself.

"Be careful".....

She groaned inwardly. They were never going to let her go off to do something on her own again...not after she screwed this up....

She didn't really have very many options. The only things she had with her were the stun grenades, the blaster she had taken from the Overseer and the comlink.

She pulled out the blaster and aimed it at the droid. If this went wrong she would end up with the shot ricocheting back to her. But if she didn't do anything she didn't like the look of what would happen to her either...

She thought about the commlink now nestled behind her ear.

Should she call for help?

"Be Careful..."

She let out a breath and cued her commlink.

"Uh, guys," she whispered, her eyes totally on the droid and her blaster aimed in front of her,

"I need you to make some noice. Like uh Now."

Action: set blaster to stun and aim at droid

************************************

You clearly hear what sounds like a war zone echoing from the area below you. Whatever they did, it's making a hell of a racket.

[Actions?]

I presume you're going to shoot?

*************************************

yup

*************************************

The droid approaches rapidly, the "tick tick tick" of the spidery legs echoing through the duct. Beneath you, it suddenly sounds like a war erupted, and the boom, ping and zing of blaster fire fills the ducts. You take a breath and squeeze off a shot.

The bolt strikes the droid a little high and too the left. It collapses, legs ticking wildly. Then there is a small secondary explosion and the legs stop moving. A moment later, the optics go dark.

[Actions?]

*************************************

Her eyes narrow at the droid as it approaches, its legs ticking away against the sides of the duct superimposed over the sounds of blaster fire below.

When you ask for noise they sure go all out..., she thought to herself.

Finally the droid was close enough and she fired, praying to whatever powers there be that the shot didn't ricochet back to hit her.

She watched as the thing started twitching and then stopped moving as a small explosion took place. A moment later the optics went dark.

Her eyes narrowed even more. Was it just faking it? Or was it really dead?

She scooted forward and poked the thing with the muzzle of the blaster, ready to trigger another shot if it moved.

If it didn't she would crawl over it if she could to continue to move through the ductwork.

*************************************

You are just done scrambling over the droid and are moving as quickly as possible away from it when the droid detonates.

The blast is not large, but this is a confined space. Shrapnel rips through the ducting, and you feel the bottom give way behind you. The blast throws you forward a few meters, and you are dazed from the pain and your ears are ringing, but you seem to be intact. Your legs look pretty shredded, but they still work. [Wounded twice.]

You are 10 meters away from the diffuser above the troopers.

*************************************

"Frell!!", she whispered one more time under her breath as she shook her head trying to clear away the spots behind her eyes and the ringing in her ears.

She didn't want to look at her legs. She had felt the shrapnel hit. She didn't want to know what they looked like. They worked. That's all she cared about right now.

"Fraking Gods with your cursed sense of humor!"

She groaned and did her best to continue to crawl forward to the other end of the duct so that she could get out of this cursed thing and hopefully still drop some grenades on the stormies heads.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 23, 2015, 03:11:00 PM

Niil's eyebrows rose at Keshani's transmission, but he didn't hesitate long. "First group, go! Remember, Nightshade is on the left side!"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on November 23, 2015, 03:16:37 PM

Trax waited a moment before charging down the corridor. Let the jedi go first, was his thought. If he drew all the fire from the troopers, he could make it farther down and be in a better position to fire when Keshani started dropper grenades.

[OOC: So yeah, if Ch'lana draws all the fire, or even makes it further down the corridor than Trax would using an all out run, then I'll do an all out run. Otherwise, a double move so he can dodge.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on November 25, 2015, 04:27:20 PM

Collan slung the rifle over his should and pulled out his blaster...he needed all his skill for this.

[SOrry...really busy with work...turn corner...fire shot at stormies. dodge as needed.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on November 27, 2015, 07:41:49 PM

Nim turned around and headed back down the corridor to the closest control panel. (all out)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on November 28, 2015, 08:25:20 PM

Nightshade heard Keshani call for a distraction, but decided that the rest of the group would be able to provide that, so he stayed hidden, looking to move as quickly as possible to get within melee range without being spotted.

Actions: sneak, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on November 30, 2015, 02:23:46 PM

About this time, Nim makes it to a wall panel, and goes to work. She's got an idea about blast doors. It might not help the immediate situation, but it could stop reinforcements. And there is always the fire suppression system...

With Keshani's call, Ch'lana runs out from cover and into the middle of the corridor. He stands there for a moment, to make sure the troopers are watching him, then ignites his sabre. At that moment, a wave of firepower erupts downrange.

Ch'lana starts out in defensive form this time, and starts to slowly walk down the corridor.

A moment behind him, Trax leaps out. The troopers are beyond the range of his pistols, but it's almost unimportant. Ch'lana has their attention fully rooted on him.

[Actions?]

Nim has two options, and she can do both but one at a time. One is to activate the fire suppression system, which would fill the corridor with a gaseous fire retardant. It would provide decent cover. DC for that is ~20. The other option is to close the other blast doors. That's tougher - DC 30. There's no direct link from the panel she's accessing,s o she's trying to leap-frog through the door monitoring system into other control systems.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on November 30, 2015, 03:25:41 PM

Niil winced as he watched the hail of blaster bolts smack into the wall at the far end of the corridor, and gave himself a silent five count. Then, nodding to Collan, he rounded the corner and opened fire with his blaster rifle.

OOC: One shot, and closing by leap-frogging forward from stanchion to stanchion. Once I'm in heavy blaster pistol range, I'll use those instead.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 01, 2015, 08:47:05 AM

Trax took advantage of the troopers focusing on Ch'lana and moved quickly down the corridor.

[OOC: Same plan, if all the troopers continue to fire on Ch'lana, then all out run down the corridor. Otherwise, double move so I can dodge if necessary. Let me know when I'm in medium range for pistols please.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 02, 2015, 01:18:03 PM

A wall of blaster fire pours down the corridor, all of it aimed at Ch'lana. It is withering fire, but the Jedi moves his sabre faster that the eye can follow, combining that with dodges and twists. It is as if he knows where each blaster bolt will be before it arrives. He makes slow but steady progress down the corridor.

Trax easily outdistances him, and his swift approach is drawing some attention, but he draws no shots yet.

Towards the rear, Niil begins leap-frogging up the passage. Niil squeezes off a shot, but it hits a barricade.

Colan pops around the corner and takes a shot, but it impacts on a barricade.

Unseen, Nightshade moves quickly up the left side. He'll soon be in sword range.

[Actions?]

Ch'lana appears to be taking care that blaster shots are deflected in safe directions, which seems to take a little more concentration that simply blocking.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 02, 2015, 01:49:53 PM

Nim wishes she could high five buzz but gets on the comm instead. "This is a test of the emergency fire suppression system. This is only a test. Beeeep."

She started punching into the system to drop the osik on everyone.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 02, 2015, 09:07:08 PM

[Over the comlink with Keshani, you can hear the sound of a blaster shot. A few moments later, you hear Kehsnai's voice.]

"Holy hell!" silence a moment. "frak... frak... frak FRAKING FRAK!" The words are cut off by the sound of an explosion. The ceiling near the troopers ruptures. A moment later, alarm klaxons sound, and the entire corridor fills with fire suppressing fog.

No one has any targets, but the troopers keep firing regardless.

[OOC: The fog is mildly toxic. Those of you with breath masks or rebreathers will need to put them on.]

[Actions?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 02, 2015, 09:53:46 PM

What the hell was that? Niil plastered himself against the nearest stanchion, and cursed as the fog filled the corridor. One whiff of it set Niil to coughing, so he ripped out his breath mask and hastily pulled it over his face. Once it was in place, he trained his rifle back down the corridor, but the fog completely obscured the stormtroopers.

Well, let's try to take advantage of this. Niil peeled himself away from the stanchion, hunkered down into a near-crouch, and moved forward, keeping to the wall. His weapon trained and ready to fire at the first sign of the enemy, he activated his comm and whispered, "Keshani . . . Keshani, this is Niil. What happened? Are you all right? Talk to me here!"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 02, 2015, 10:04:38 PM

"I'm fine", came the reply back, although the response was a little slow in coming. Her tone carried with it frustration and stress but there was something else there, as well. Her voice sounded a little....off - as if she were a little groggy.

"I'll be at the other end in a minute."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 03, 2015, 11:11:13 AM

Moving swiftly and silently through years of practice, Nightshade continued to slide up to his enemies, readying his swords for the chance to strike.

Actions: sneak, attack target of opportunity if one gets in range, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 04, 2015, 12:10:03 PM

The explosion and subsequent fire suppressant that began to fill the corridor caused Trax to stop short.

"What the..." he mumbled wondering what was going on. None of them were in position to make sure the troopers didn't target Keshani, why had she blown the ceiling already?

Sticking the blaster in his right hand under his left to hold it a moment he pulled a rebreather out of his pocket and popped it into his mouth. Readying his blaster again he continued to move down the corridor.

[OOC: If readying the rebreather and holding/readying the blaster would be 2 actions then double move down the corridor. If it's 3 actions then a single move.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 04, 2015, 12:32:36 PM

Those of you linked with Keshani hear her whisper "Frell," followed a moment later by "Fraking Gods with your cursed sense of humor!" [sic]

She sounds in pain.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 04, 2015, 12:53:07 PM

"Hail..the..Maker.." replied a hypnotic, monotone.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 04, 2015, 01:52:52 PM

Collan popped on his breath mask as well. Nightshade on left went through his mind repeatedly.

Into his com, he asked, "Keshani...your status?"

He was going to pick his way through the mist and close under cover to drop the troopers.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 04, 2015, 02:15:24 PM

There was an audible pause over the commlink and then you could hear the girl taking a breath.

"I'm fine." She repeated again, this time with a bit more fire and stubbornness evident in her voice.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 04, 2015, 08:29:54 PM

Things progress quickly.

With the troops unable to see their targets, the blaster fire becomes a lot more erratic. Ch'lana rolls to the left and comes up in a run towards the troopers. Trax quickly pops in a rebreather and runs forward. Niil continues to dodge from support to support as he carefully moves forward, and Collan runs forward through the mist, taking advantage of the concealment.

Blaster shots continue to fly down the passage, but they are little threat, since the troopers are fighting blind.

Up in the ducting, Keshani has reached the diffuser.

[Actions?]

Keshani can quietly open the diffuser and start dropping grenades (as an extra action) or she can just smash it out and let it fall.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	out of LOS	-	-
Collan Rostiern	3/4 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #1	open	-	-
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #2	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #3	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #9	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #11	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #8	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #7	open	-	-
Nightshade	stealth	-	-
Stormtrooper #4	open	-	-
Keshani	out of LOS	-	wound x2
Trax	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #6	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #12	open		-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 04, 2015, 08:54:54 PM

Crawling through the remainder of the duct as fast as she could while trying her best to ignore the pain in her legs and the ringing that still was echoing through her ears she couldn't help but let a small smile of satisfaction and anticipation tug at the corners of her lips. She had made it...

Quietly working to open the grate on the diffuser she reached for the grenades, ready to drop them on the stormies.

At the last minute she hesitated, remembering the others below.

She triggered the commlink.

"You guys ready?", she asked quietly

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 05, 2015, 04:33:19 PM

Niil eyed the corridor down the sights of his blaster rifle, but let out a small sigh. All he could see were wild blaster bolts, but no targets. And he wasn't about to fire blindly for fear of hitting his own friends. Moving forward to the next stanchion, he replied to Keshani, "Clear here, Keshani. Trax? Ch'lana? Nightshade?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 05, 2015, 11:35:26 PM

"I am ready." Nightshade waits for the flash of the grenades, looking to use the distraction to let him close quickly and unnoticed.

Actions: Once grenades go off, move to get closest trooper in range of swords and skewer him, reac dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 06, 2015, 07:53:46 AM

Trax waded deeper into the fog, but more cautiously now, and looking for targets. The troopers were nicely grouped together, if he could pinpoint the initial glow from a plasma bolt leaving a rifle, he'd have a good sense of where to aim.

[OOC: If Trax can get a sense of where one or more of the troopers are, he'll take 2 shots.

RB: 23, LB: 22 if I get the shots off.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 06, 2015, 04:22:13 PM

The girl hesitated. She had heard Niil reply back that things were clear and she had heard another voice respond back, as well. But she hadn't heard anyone else.

Was she supposed to go? She wasn't sure who all had a commlink down there. She couldn't remember who she was supposed to wait to hear from...

For a moment in her mind's eye she saw an image of the others as they lay unconscious on the deck, caught by the blast of the stun grenade and she almost panicked. She didn't know what to do.

She looked down through the opening to the duct. She knew the heads of the white armoured stormies were just below.

That small smile tugged back at the corners of her mouth again and her hands found purchase on the grenades.

They knew she was up here. Hopefully they weren't within range...

<Actions: drop grenades on stormies' heads>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 07, 2015, 12:40:48 PM

In the sudden fog, it is easy to loose track of where everyone is. But two things stand out. Ch'lana's sabre shines like a lantern in the mist, and the blaster shots of the trooper are easy to trace back.

The Jedi continues to move forward slowly, but his defence is much easier now.

Collan slips on a rebreather and scurries forward, taking cover behind the next structural support. Niil Spaar takes a break from his advance to fire off a shot, but does not see if he hit or not due to the poor visibility.

Nightshade, having been moving quickly up the left side, sees a barricade loom out of the mist. He crouches here, waiting for the grenades to go off, confident he will be shielded by the barricade. Standing over him, two stormtroopers are firing at Ch'lana, completely unaware that death crouches in front of them.

Kehsani quickly activates the grenades and places them on the diffuser. She then quickly pops the release, and the diffuser falls away, landing in the middle of the troopers with a loud clang.

A moment later there is a triple flash of blue lightning, accompanied by synthesized screams.

Nightshade is moving before the lighting has even faded, and runs both troopers through with his blades. They were likely dead before they knew what had killed them.

Trax runs forward the last few steps to find many troopers prone on the ground. He points his pistols at the nearest two helmets and activates the firing studs, blowing holes clean through the helmets.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Nim Naja	out of LOS	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	open	-	dead
Stormtrooper #6	open	-	dead
Collan Rostiern	3/4 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	open	-	mortally wounded
Niil Spaar	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #11	open	-	dead
Stormtrooper #9	open	-	unconscious 2D minutes
Nightshade	stealth	-	-
Stormtrooper #4	open	-	stunned
Stormtrooper #2	open	-	stunned
Stormtrooper #8	open	-	unconscious 2D minutes
Keshani	out of LOS	-	wound x2
Trax	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #1	open	-	unconscious 2D minutes
Stormtrooper #3	open	-	unconscious 2D minutes
Stormtrooper #7	open	-	stunned
Stormtrooper #12	open	-	unconscious 2D minutes

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 07, 2015, 12:50:46 PM

Niil winced as a trio of explosions went off down near the checkpoint, then smiled as he saw the blaster fire die out. Swapping his rifle in favor of his blaster pistol, he moved out into the corridor and forward, his weapon trained in front of him. Keying his comm, he said. "Nicely done, Keshani, I think you got them all! Nim, could you slice into the fans here and get this fog dispersed?"

Then he heard the sound of blaster fire, and instinctively slammed against the wall. No bolts coming this way? It was then that he saw brief flashes of light arcing downward near the checkpoint, and he snarled an oath. He's executing them! Damn it all . . . Niil trotted toward the checkpoint.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 07, 2015, 01:11:29 PM

Trax was a little disappointed all he could find were downed troopers, but only a little. He took a step or two deeper in looking for any mobile targets but he wasn't going to be picky. He'd been forced to leave one trooper alive already, he wouldn't miss the opportunity to finish the job this time.

[OOC: 6 shots, preferably at active targets but homicidal beggars can't be choosers.

RB: 20, LB: 19 if I get the shots off.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 07, 2015, 02:49:57 PM

Keshani smiled as she saw the flash of the stun grenades going off. It wasn't much in the way of paybacks, but it was something....

She stuck her head tentatively out of the opening of the duct to look around at Niil's words, trying to see if it was safe to come down.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 07, 2015, 09:17:36 PM

Collan opened up with his blaster targeting the closest standing stormtrooper. It was purely a technical shot. Enemy in the way so he had to be taken down.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 08, 2015, 08:10:01 AM

"Sure thing. Need anything else? Should I join you now?"

Ooc pop in a rebreather if she needs it. turn off the fire suppression and/or try and get some exhaust fans going. She'll join them after if there's nothing else/doesn?t hear anything.

Btw Trax has her spare comlink.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 08, 2015, 08:14:10 AM

Niil hesitated, then replied to Nim, "I think they're all down. I think Keshani's going to need some medical attention, though."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 08, 2015, 09:40:10 AM

"Got it. Be there in a jiffy."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 14, 2015, 03:20:31 PM

Nim Naja breaks into a trot and heads towards the intersection. Keshani, waiting for a hand down, takes a moment to admire her handiwork. It may have been a bit of a fluke, but there are a lot of down troopers below her. Two of them are still up, however, and they level their guns at Ch'lana.

Ch'lana, catches both shots on his sabre, and counters with a wide, low slash. He catches both troopers, and they go down hard.

Then Trax walks up to two of the downed troopers, points his hand cannons at their heads at point blank range, and fires.

Collan runs up then, and doesn't see anyone up. Niil likewise runs up, and finds the only troopers left are out cold.

Trax levels his guns at two more troopers and fires, point blank. it takes a moment for what Trax is doing to sink in. Before anyone can react, Trax changes targets and fires again at point blank range.

Everyone is still stunned when one of the troopers gets to a knee to fire on Trax's back, point blank. He never gets to pull the trigger, as two vibroblades suddenly erupt from his chest. He grunts when they are pulled out and slumps to the deck, revealing Nighshade.

In the aftermath, only silence and Trax's ragged breathing can be heard.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	out of LOS	-	-
Stormtrooper #4	open	-	dead
Keshani	out of LOS	-	wound x2
Stormtrooper #7	open	-	dead
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	open	-	dead
Trax	open	-	-
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #9	open	-	dead
Stormtrooper #1	open	-	dead
Stormtrooper #12	open	-	dead
Stormtrooper #8	open	-	dead
Stormtrooper #3	open	-	dead
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #2	open	-	dead
Nightshade	open	-	-

[/quote]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 14, 2015, 03:44:07 PM

Niil stared at Trax in silence for several moments. What the man had committed here was nothing less than simple, cold-blooded murder. An icy chill skittered over his spine. Had Trax become completely unhinged? And would he start becoming a dangerous liability on this mission?

In a flat voice, Niil said, "Nim could use your help, Trax. Keshani got injured up in those ducts."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 14, 2015, 06:01:57 PM

The small smile continued to spread as she saw how effective the stun grenades had been. But then she felt a twinge of pain that caused the smile to fade a bit.

Frell.

She stuck her head out of the opening, deciding that it would be...adviseable...to wait for someone to help her down rather than trying to jump down her own at this point.

As she was waiting she watched the remnants of the short fight wrapping up - the Jedi deflecting the shots of the last two stormies off of his lightsaber (still amazed that they could actually do that...) and Trax.

Trax.

The teenager watched as he walked up to two of the downed troopers and shot them at point blank range.

She had seen so much death and.....abuse....down on the planet that it didn't really affect her as much as she imagined it probably should.

Her stomach didn't even churn as their bodies jerked as the energy went into them.

But something in the back of her head started a kind of silent war with itself.

They were Stormies. They deserved to die. They wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing to her; They were GOING to do the same thing to her. If circumstances hadn't...changed...They were GOING to do the same thing to Danny. If they didn't rescue her.

But there was a small part of her that argued back - just because they were going to do it didn't make it right. Who WAS this man that could so emotionlessly shoot the Stormies who were already out of the fight?

But they weren't out permanently. And they were IMPS. They didn't deserve her sympathy...did they?

She mentally shook her head, forcing herself to pull her attention away from the scene she had just witnessed.

She only was going to be with these guys for a short while anyway. Just long enough to rescue Danny and get out of here. Then she could be back on her own and not have to worry about such moral delemmas.

She ducked her head back out of the duct looking for someone to help her down.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 14, 2015, 07:26:24 PM

Nim makes her way to the group at all out speed as Niil made it sound like the danger had passed.

ooc: did she turn off the fire suppression/get exhaust fans going or do we need to keep the rebreathers in?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 15, 2015, 07:40:36 AM

With no more targets Trax took a moment to try and calm his breathing. Still a long way to go before the scales of balance made even the slightest movement. Luckily this place offered plenty more opportunity to...

Trax's head snapped up and he looked at Niil when he heard the man speak into the comm. Kesh was injured?! He looked up and saw the girl poking her head out of the access panel. Holstering his pistols he quickly moved directly below her, ready to help her down.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 15, 2015, 08:55:37 AM

Collan stood, horrified into silence. This wasn't the Trax he knew from Karvis. Violent...maybe a little, but actively bloodthirsty and murderous!

He couldn't help himself.

"What the hell, Trax?" he exclaimed more than asked.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 15, 2015, 09:17:28 AM

Pausing a moment to clean his weapons and return the blades to their sheaths with the proper amount of respect and ceremony, the Shinobi looked around to ensure that all targets were out of the fight for now. Once he was assured that no other targets presented themselves, Nightshade moved to Ch'lana's side to check on his friend that was bearing the brunt of the defense for the group. Now was as good a time as any to make sure his lingering wounds were properly tended.

ooc: PM sent, Craig.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 15, 2015, 10:59:18 AM

Nightshade and Ch'lana share a few quiet words. Then Ch'lana holds up his hand. "Collan..." His face is serious, and the message clear - let it go.

To the rest of you he says, "Take time to patch up wounds. We have a few moments, but we cannot linger long."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 15, 2015, 11:01:31 AM

Nightshade moves over to assist Trax with getting Keshani out of the vent, if necessary. Once the girl is safely down on the ground again, he asks the bounty hunter for a moment and a word.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 15, 2015, 11:10:20 AM

The teenage girl winces as Trax moves over to help her down.

"Be careful"

Well, she HAD been careful. She hadn't let the frelling thing shoot her, had she? It wasn't her fault the fraking droid's programming had placed it in this duct at this specific time. She hated droids anyway.

Hesitantly she worked to extricate herself from the duct, allowing Trax to help her as she slid down.

As her body became visible out of the duct it was quite obvious that her pants were now torn and blood was pretty prominently covering them. Pieces of metal shrapnel, in some places, were still sticking out of her skin and it was obvious that she was in pain.

It was equally as obvious, however, that she was trying her utmost to pretend that she was fine as she accepted help down from the duct.

"Well....the stun grenades worked...", she commented...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 15, 2015, 11:30:46 AM

Seeing Kesh's blood stained and torn pants Trax gratefully accepted Nightshades help. With visible shrapnel, he didn't want to risk injuring the girl further.

The former bounty hunter gave Nightshade a nod of thanks before he carried Keshani to the side of the corridor and placed her down gently so she could lean against the wall. He glanced down the hall and saw Nim approaching. Good, the young girls injuries were fairly significant, the help would be welcome.

"You and I appear to have different definitions of 'be careful'." he said calmly, concern for her obvious in his tone, as he cracked open a medpack.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 15, 2015, 11:38:09 AM

"I didn't hurt anyone with the Stun grenades! I WAS careful!" she responded back. "Well, other than the Stormies, that is..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 15, 2015, 02:20:53 PM

Collan saw Ch'lana's warning and shut up. Something was clearly wrong with Trax. That was just...just. Beyond. Even at his worst, Collan would not have ever considering shooting an enemy that was out of commission.

He went to the older Jedi.

"Ch'lana...talk to me" he whispered, "That...was not...normal for him."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 15, 2015, 03:11:31 PM

Niil caught Ch'lana's warning to Collan, and had to agree with the advice. Now was definitely not a good time.

He waited until Collan and Ch'lana were done, then said quietly to the elder Jedi, "Speaking of wounds . . . have you had, ummm, time to tend to your own?" Niil was clearly eyeing the burnt patch where he'd seen a blaster bolt slam home, and his voice reflected concern.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 16, 2015, 01:05:04 PM

Quote from: Nim Naja on December 14, 2015, 07:26:24 PM

Nim makes her way to the group at all out speed as Niil made it sound like the danger had passed.

ooc: did she turn off the fire suppression/get exhaust fans going or do we need to keep the rebreathers in?

I assume we don't need them?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 16, 2015, 01:19:50 PM

[OOC: Yeah, you're good. The ventilation system has mostly cleared them. You'll have scratchy throats for a few minutes.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 16, 2015, 01:23:37 PM

"What the hell indeed. Look at that marksmanship!" Nim added as she came up to the group, stepping over several bodies more so she didn't trip over them than out of respect. Sliding her visor down over her eyes she scanned the girl and then looked over everyone else.

"Anyone else hurt?" She peered at Ch'lana. "I don't need tech to see that you are. If you're going to play our Tank then you'd better let someone play Healer."

OOC: She'll help trax if it'll actually help. I dunno how group work works.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 16, 2015, 01:58:18 PM

Quote from: Keshani on December 15, 2015, 11:38:09 AM

"I didn't hurt anyone with the Stun grenades! I WAS careful!" she responded back. "Well, other than the Stormies, that is..."

"I cheated," Trax began replying to Nim as stood next to him. "They were already down, I just made sure they stayed that way."

Trax started to administer the first medpac.

"When I said be careful, I didn't mean be careful not to injure us. I meant be careful not to get hurt yourself." he said to Keshani.

[OOC: Going to do 2 medpacs to remove any wounded status. DCs I think are 5 and 10 respectively, should be easy enough to hit with my skill level, especially with Nim's help.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 16, 2015, 02:14:01 PM

Quote from: Trax on December 16, 2015, 01:58:18 PM

"I cheated," Trax began replying to Nim as stood next to him. "They were already down, I just made sure they stayed that way."

"Duh. Considering the angle of the splatter patterns and all. Oh right, so hope you didn't mind the fire suppression. I thought it might help with cover and seemed better than firing and missing a bunch of targets..or hitting the wrong ones."

She coughed a little.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 16, 2015, 02:26:55 PM

Ch'lana pulls Niil and Collan aside for some quiet words.

You spend a couple of minutes patching people up, particularly Keshani and Ch'lana. Keshani also gets a shot of nutrients and stimulants, which temporarily removes the effects of her malnutrition.

[PM's sent to Collan and Niil.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 16, 2015, 05:04:55 PM

"When I said be careful, I didn't mean be careful not to injure us. I meant be careful not to get hurt yourself"

Keshani stared at Trax for a few seconds, and it was difficult to tell quite what was going on in her mind.

She seemed a bit confused, but that may have still been from the pain she was feeling in her legs.....

Or maybe not.

No one had ever actually expressed concern for her before. For her, not something she was doing or something.

Certainly for the past few weeks of her life NO one had cared about her actual well-being....

Part of her felt a very strong urge at that very minute to get up and run away - to distance herself from this strange feeling.

Her muscles actually visibly tensed up before she realized how ludicrous that idea was.

She let out a breath and just sat leaning up against the wall for a minute allowing Nim and Trax to tend to her wounds.

Finally, a single word escaped her lips. It was almost whispered, but it was audible.

"Thanks".

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 16, 2015, 06:22:50 PM

Quote from: Nim Naja on December 16, 2015, 02:14:01 PM

Quote from: Trax on December 16, 2015, 01:58:18 PM
"I cheated," Trax began replying to Nim as stood next to him. "They were already down, I just made sure they stayed that way."

"Duh. Considering the angle of the splatter patterns and all. Oh right, so hope you didn't mind the fire suppression. I thought it might help with cover and seemed better than firing and missing a bunch of targets..or hitting the wrong ones."

She coughed a little.

A small smile crossed Trax's lips when Nim coughed.

"That was you? Thought it was an automated thing after what ever exploded in the duct. Good thinking."

Trax pulled out a second medpac and began to apply it to the remainder of Keshani's wounds, pausing briefly when he felt her muscles tense. He was skilled enough to do this blindfolded, had he done something to cause her pain? When the girl exhaled and then relaxed he continued.

"Save the thanks for when we get out of here. Until then, how about you stay within line of sight of one of us.

You can grab a rifle if you think you can handle it."

Having finished with the second medpac Trax stood up and then offered Keshani a hand to stand.

[OOC: Trax will grab a rifle off one of the fallen troopers as well as a belt. He was too busy fuming to take one from the last lot of troopers.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 16, 2015, 06:48:47 PM

Her eyes narrowed.

"I can take care of myself. It wasn't my fault a frelling droid decided to be all cozy with me in the duct..."

But then her expression softened just a little and she hesitantly accepted Trax's hand up.

Taking a few steps she realized how much better she now felt than she could remember feeling in a....well, long time. A small smile again tugged at the corners of her mouth as she reached down to grab a rifle off of one of the dead imps. Then, remembering she still was wearing Trax's commlink she turned to hand it back to him.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 16, 2015, 07:20:48 PM

"Keep it, he's got mine. I swear he'll be carrying all my babies by the end."

"Hey Buzz, do a scan for lifeforms."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 16, 2015, 09:22:13 PM

Once Trax had the girl to her feet, Nightshade approached him for a quiet word alone. "May I have a private word with you, Senshi?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 16, 2015, 09:25:17 PM

Keshani blinked at Nim's comment about babies and then just shook her head and shrugged to herself, putting the commlink back on her ear.

"Maybe I missed something important growing up but I thought it was usually the other way around..." She mumbled to herself under her breath.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 17, 2015, 07:53:54 AM

Quote from: Nim Naja on December 16, 2015, 07:20:48 PM

"Keep it, he's got mine. I swear he'll be carrying all my babies by the end."

"Hey Buzz, do a scan for lifeforms."

Trax turned to Nim with an amused look on his face.

"You keep saying stuff like that and people are going to get the wrong idea."

Sen what now? he wondered when Nightshade approached and requested a private word the amused look disappeared, replaced with a look of detachment.

"Privacy and the time it requires aren't luxuries we have right now. And besides, might as well have it out in the open off the bat. That way everyone is on the same page and we can keep moving. What's on your mind?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 17, 2015, 08:27:00 AM

Quote from: Trax on December 17, 2015, 07:53:54 AM

Trax turned to Nim with an amused look on his face.

"You keep saying stuff like that and people are going to get the wrong idea."

"Well I'm not worried. Tis naive to assume everyone is human, anyway, ya?"

Nim heard Nightshade's request and saw the confusion on Trax's visage. She bent real close to his ear. "It's an honorific, I think. Soldier, warrior, something respectful."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 17, 2015, 09:29:31 AM

"As you wish. I would ask that you set aside your obvious hatred for the enemy as shown by executing the fallen, for the current mission. It is clearly upsetting to some members of our group. I believe you understand the value of cohesiveness in a fighting unit, and the distraction that this tension causes will only be to our detriment.

We are up against odds that are already stacked out of our favor, we don't need to make it any worse. If we live, then there will be time to sort out moral differences."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 17, 2015, 11:40:29 AM

Now this was interesting, the rebel thought as he stood casually and relaxed beside Nightshade.

"This is a war, we're soldiers in it and they're the enemy." Trax began, his voice calm and devoid of any emotion, despite the anger that had consumed him moments ago.

"My personal feelings aside, I'm still not going to risk having any survivors flank us when we're already engaged with another squad and who knows what else. You said it, the odds are already stacked out of our favor, to let the enemy shift those odds even further in their favor is idiotic. And we don't have the time, and can't waste the medpacs sedating all of them." Trax paused briefly.

"Let me ask you something, we make it to the throne room and run into the Emperor. In the fight that ensues, he's knocked unconscious. Knowing all the evil he's done, all the millions of deaths he's responsible for, all the evil he will continue to do and all the millions of deaths he will continue to be responsible for, are you going to just walk away and accept that all those millions of innocent lives will be lost because some people don't have the stones to do what has to be done or are you going to finish the job?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 17, 2015, 01:08:01 PM

Niil shrugged, and replied in a calm voice, "That's a hypothetical situation, and one that will be dealt with if and when it happens. I've seen the Imperials commit some nasty horrors, too . . . hell, we all have . . . but we can't let ourselves drop to their level."

Pointing in the general direction of the cell blocks and throne room, he added, "Trax, those senators are the greatest hope of actually getting a full-fledged rebellion going against the Empire. If we can get them out of here. If we do, they're going to need to rely on people like us to make others see that the Empire can be defeated - providing that we can bring them all together in a common cause. Like it or not, we're also going to be acting as role models for the Rebellion, and that means showing people that we're nothing like the Empire they fear."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 17, 2015, 01:27:08 PM

"Do not misunderstand me," Nightshade replied, with no emotion in his voice either, "I understand your points and agree with them. My point was to emphasize the need for harmony in our group to avoid a lack of focus in the now. Let's win our fight and then worry about the future and who needs killing. Getting into a moral discussion now risks fracturing our unity and takes time we don't have."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 17, 2015, 01:58:50 PM

Ch'lana places a hand on Niil's shoulder, and shakes his head.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 17, 2015, 02:00:28 PM

Keshani stood looking back and forth between the three men. She hated the Imps. That she knew. Shooting them at point blank range while they were already stunned....that she wasn't sure about. But she DID hate them.

Flashes back to the past few months flew through her head as she stared back and forth between Niil and Trax and the Ninja (she couldn't remember his name).

She was starting to feel impatient. Danny needed to be rescued. And these Senators they were all talking about.

But standing here wasn't getting any of that done.

"Um. Guys? Can we be finished with the philosophical discussion here and go rescue some people? I really would like to not be here forever..."

Part of her was just being a teenage brat. But there was something serious in her voice, as well. She really wanted off this Station....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 17, 2015, 02:23:36 PM

Collan looked to Nim and Keshani.

"Trax...think about this. If we stop to shoot every stormie dead that's down, we're wasting time. We need to keep moving and do only what is absolutely necessary to rescue the Senators. We have non-soldiers here and movement is life for all of us."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 17, 2015, 02:34:53 PM

Ch'lana tosses a sharp glance at Collan.

[PM sent to Nim.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 17, 2015, 03:00:30 PM

"Keshani is right, we're done, it's time to move." Trax was obviously annoyed at this point and he looked at Nightshade.

"I appreciate your tact but I'm not taking any chances." he said before turning to Niil, Collan and Ch'lana.

"Those who want to avoid losing focus or having their delicate morals hurt, make sure your target is dead before it hits the ground."

The rebel turned to Nim, he was worried that her hands starting to shake, they had to finish this before it got worse.

"Ready to move?" he asked the woman.

[OOC: Did Buzz's scan find any life nearby?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 17, 2015, 03:20:20 PM

Niil's eyes hardened as he shot Trax a glare, but he didn't deign to respond to Trax's insult. Blow it all off like an alcoholic that won't admit that he has a problem if you will, Trax, but personal pain or not, I'm not going to let you jeopardize this mission because you want to drink Imperial blood.

He turned his attention to Keshani and gave her what he hoped was a reassuring grin. "True enough. Let's get motoring."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 17, 2015, 03:29:23 PM

Collan nodded as well.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 17, 2015, 09:54:27 PM

"Escape now, hug later," was all Nim said about the subject as she typed away into her wristcomp. "A dozen troopers on the other side of the door."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 18, 2015, 07:34:10 PM

Ch'lana is calm when he says, "Trax." He indicates Collan, Niil and himself. "We have an obligation to minimize the loss of life. The unconscious troopers were no threat, and by the time they regained consciousness we'd have left them far behind. To your other question - the life of an individual Stormtrooper makes near enough no different in the fight. And while the death of the Emperor would significantly affect the struggle, he is far too powerful for us at this time. And even if he is killed, the Empire war machine would remain a threat. We need an army to defeat them - an army the senators can provide. Even if we had the opportunity to take out the Emperor, I would not take it. Saving the senators is - and must be - our goal."

Ch'lana pauses. "Trax, whatever pain you are trying to salve, killing troopers will not help. The dead are dead and no amount of killing will change that. But there are others with you," he indicated Nim and Keshani, "who are alive. Capable as they are, they are not warriors. I cannot keep everyone safe alone, Trax. They would be safer with another protector, not a killer."

Ch'lana tosses a severe glance at Niil and Collan. He then squeezes Nightshade's shoulder in thanks.

Ch'lana points to the east. "We need to move. More troopers are on the other side of that door. They will get through in moments."

The next leg of the journey is to the west, and there you enter a maintenance passage.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 18, 2015, 08:51:35 PM

She waited for the anger and resentment caused by the Jedi's words to hit. She hated the thought of needing a "protector". She hated the thought of being a burden - something someone else needed to take care of.

She hadn't been the responsibility of anyone since almost as far back as she could remember.

She knew that normally this would have bothered her a LOT and she would have hated the Jedi for pointing this out and herself more for the fact that it was true.

The resentment and anger did not come, though.

Ever since she had been lowered down into the turbolift shaft to work on getting the lift up and running she had been aware of her emotions being.....muted. There really wasn't any other way she could describe it other than that. It was like something went inside of her head and just...turned the volume down. So she could concentrate. And separate herself from them.

It was the strangest feeling she had ever had.

So she waited for the emotions to come that once again did not and instead just watched Trax.

She didn't want to interrupt anything that was going on, but she figured it would probably be a good idea to warn the others about the droid that she had encountered. Maybe there was a better way to disable one than shooting it?

So when everyone finished talking she spoke up.

"Um. If we are going into a maintenance passage, is there another way to disable droids other than shooting them? Because the maintenance droids here seem to have instructions to attack on sight and shooting them doesn't seem to work out so well..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 18, 2015, 10:02:56 PM

"They should be susceptible to the stun setting of your weapon, but that is all I know of them. Perhaps Nim knows more?" This seemed like a good time to change the subject and get everyone focused and moving again. The Shinobi prepared to activate his suit again and scout ahead as before.

Actions: scout the next part of the route.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 19, 2015, 01:10:19 AM

"Yeah...that was what I tried last time but then it decided to explode...."

She made a face. She didn't like droids very much in the first place and the thing exploding all over her hadn't helped much to change that impression....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 19, 2015, 08:13:05 PM

Niil shrugged, then pointed down the path to the west. "Once we hit the maintenance passage, I can take the lead after Nightshade." Suspecting that Keshani might protest, he smiled and said to her, "Trax, Collan and I were special forces, so we've got an edge in combat situations. We're trained with blasters, and we have body armor. But we've got to get going now before those bucket-heads get through the doors."

With that, Niil started heading west down the corridor.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 19, 2015, 09:22:01 PM

One could almost hear Trax's teeth grinding.

It wasn't about trying to heal pain or change the fate of those who died. It was about balance, at least as he perceived balance. He could protect, was protecting Nim and Kesh just fine, as well as insuring their protection by making sure the troopers they encountered would never again post a threat. To them, or anyone ever again.

He was going to insist that Niil and Collan take the position of rear guard but then Niil spoke up again and began heading down the west corridor. Fine, if that's the way it was going to be.

"My acceptance will cost all three of you...dearly. If the lives of the troopers are so important to you then the three of you are responsible for every trooper in front of us. I will only cover our flank. And if a single trooper or blaster bolt gets past any of you and hits anyone else, or if any of you decides to voice their sense of morality in my presence again the deaths of a few troopers will the be least of your worries.

Now move."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on December 19, 2015, 10:03:15 PM

Niil kept walking and didn't bother to reply, although he was doing his best to heed Ch'lana's spoken and unspoken warnings. Right, Trax . . . would you have held yourself up to that same sense of responsibility if a blaster bolt had gotten past you and hit someone else other than Nim or Keshani in the last firefight? You certainly wouldn't have given a womp rat's left butt cheek if Ch'lana had been blasted to atoms. No, you probably would've welcomed that.

But Ch'lana's earlier warnings to both Trax, Collan and Niil wasn't just an attempt to defuse Trax and keep his focus on the mission; it was also a warning to Niil to keep his growing anger under control. The Dark Side was always there, soaking it all in and using it to try and erode Niil's self-control. Get yourself focused, Niil! As he went down the corridor, he took in deep, quiet breaths to calm himself down and push the anger and the Dark Side away.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 20, 2015, 09:36:37 AM

Keshani watched warily as the conversation between Niil and Trax continued.

With her emotions not affecting her thinking right now she could see that there were many things going on in play here that she could not even BEGIN to fathom. She hated the Imps who had enslaved her for the past few months. She could clearly see that Trax had an extreme hatred for the Imperials, as well. The others....their reason for being here seemed much more focused on rescuing these "senators", instead of being fueled by revenge or hatred.

And that divide was clearly tearing this group apart.

From what Niil had said, the three of them - Collan, Trax and Niil, at any rate, had worked together before. It sounded like they had even been friends.

But SOMETHING had clearly happened to create a rift in that friendship.

She studied Trax for a minute as Niil and the others began to walk down the corridor.

She felt....conflicted - like she was supposed to take sides somehow.

Nim was very clearly aligned with Trax here. The others seemed to pretty solid on the "other" side - the Jedi's side.

Again some of the things she had heard growing up about the Jedi and how they could control the minds of others, came floating up in her memory.

But Trax....by that last comment of his....it seemed almost as if he was trying to commit some sort of suicide on this mission. Threatening the others like that....And there was something else, as well - The way he reacted to her. Different from everyone else. Almost as if she reminded him of someone else.....

It didn't boad well. Again the idea that SOMETHING was very wrong here went through her mind.

Her emotions were muted. She didn't feel fear. But she did feel....wary; cautious. This rift between the two groups was spreading and the thought occurred to her that THAT may be more dangerous right now than the actual stormtroopers who were shooting at them.

She didn't know what she could do about it right now; Really there wasn't anything TO do. They were much more trained in combat than she was. She couldn't escape the station on her own. She certainly couldn't rescue Danny on her own, although she was starting to have the sinking feeling that just getting THEMSELVES of this station alive would be a feat in itself without adding rescuing another into the mix....

So for right now she would just watch. And try her damnedest to make sure she wasn't caught in whatever internal crossfire would occur between Trax and the rest of the group...

<Actions: Follow in whatever order she is directed to, keeping eyes and ears open for ANY danger or anything that she remembered that could help them>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 21, 2015, 08:16:47 AM

Collan held Ch'lana's glare. What hed just said to Trax was not substantively different than what came out of Collan's mouth. Perhaps worse. Collan had tried to couch in Trax's interests while Ch'lana had putnit in theirs. None of them: Nightshade, Niil, Ch'lana, nor he had been able to reach the bounty hunter. How far gone was Trax?

He felt the rising heat of anger and annoyance. Ch'lana clearly didn't see Trax's issue either. Nightshade's very gentle intervention didn't. A plea based on Nim and Keshani's interests helped neither. And Ch'lana had the gall to ocularly remonstrate him? Seriously?

And Trax...Collan's first thought was for him to go to hell. But as he was thinking it, he also tried to put himself in the man's shoes. It was hard though. Collan tried a Jedi breathing exercise, one meant to handle combat stress, to bleed the edge off agitation and anxiety.

The Dark Side giggled...or that was how it felt. And Collan knew his feelings now did its bidding. Self-sacrifice? That was how Ch'lana described it. Maybe it should be a letting go of his needs and an acceptance of Trax's real ones-the need to hurt was a symptom. An expression of the need.

"We should move out," he said to all, but to Trax he added, "Look...you're my friend and I'm sorry I got in your way. All I want to do is give you whatever help you want. Okay? I overstepped and I'm sorry."

It was sincere...Collan hoped that a connection and reminder of their friendship would get through. But it was brief, giving Trax no chance to respond or think about it before Collan followed Niil. Blaster in hand.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 21, 2015, 09:02:08 AM

Trax let out a noise that was something between a huff and a grunt.

"Front of the line." he replied to Collan without even looking at the man. His tone wasn't as harsh as it had been a moment ago, but whether it was due to Collan's apology or not was anyone's guess.

[OOC: Marching order, Nightshade and the 3 jedi up front, Nim, Kesh and Trax will follow in a tight group, about 3 to 5M behind, with Trax at the rear.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 21, 2015, 09:20:42 AM

Kesh watched, still wary, as Collan spoke with Trax and then Trax ordered Collan up to the front with Niil and the Jedi.

It was obvious that the three of them used to at least get along. What had changed?

And then there was still this....familiarity....that Trax directed toward her. It was....very similar....to how he acted toward Nim in a way, although clearly different, as well.

But she had never met him before. She was sure of that.

What then?

It was almost like how she had acted toward Danny....

Her eyes went wide with surprise at this realization, and despite the mutedness of her emotions her heart started beating a bit faster.

As they started walking she threw a glance back toward him.

"When you look at me who do you see?" she asked calmly.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 21, 2015, 10:13:26 AM

Nim blinked at the girl as they moved, her rifle at low ready. "Well that isn't oddly specific and personal at all."

"Buzz, do you see anything else up ahead?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 21, 2015, 10:51:02 AM

She was well aware of the fact that normally she would have shrunk back from Nim's words, feeling shame or maybe guilt at having asked. She wasn't good with people and sometimes said the wrong things. Well, actually most of the time. She'd spent most of her life alone and hadn't really had the opportunity to develop "people skills".

She reveled a bit in this new...."Freedom"...that whatever had been done to her (and she had her suspicions that it was the Jedi who was responsible for the "doing) had given to her. It felt...refreshing, in a way.

But now, feeling insulated from her emotions all she did was watch, only flinching slightly at Nim's words, waiting for Trax's answer.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 21, 2015, 11:17:30 AM

Even if Trax hadn't been so caught up in the anger and frustration within that Keshani's question would have caught him by complete surprise. The girl had knocked the anger and frustration right out of him, at least temporarily. The image of Mariah lying in the stasis pod filled his mind and he let out a heavy sigh as Kesh's question, and the image it invoked reminded him of his failure to protect the girl.

"You uh...you do remind me of someone." Trax said, sounding almost defeated.

[OOC: Need to change the distance we'll be from the lead group. I just double checked the damage radius of standard Grenades, we'll be about 10M from the others.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 21, 2015, 11:45:16 AM

She watched his reaction as they walked.

She wasn't good at reading people's emotions. But she WAS good at observing people. That was important when one survived by begging and stealing from others...

And it was almost painfully obvious that her question had...jarred...the man who seemed hell-bent on killing every stormtrooper within reach of his blaster.

The heavy sigh that proceeded his almost equally short reply was maybe the strongest display of emotion (other than hatred) that she had yet seen from him.

"You uh...you do remind me of someone.". There was a tone of SOMETHING in his voice. She wasn't sure exactly what. But it wasn't anger. That was for sure.

Her eyes flicked to Nim, registering that she may not like the direction this conversation was going, before turning back to Trax and nodding slightly in acknowledgement of his reply.

Should she push? It still seemed important, somehow. And while she wasn't sure WHY, it just....did.

"Who was she?" She asked, again her eyes flicking in Nim's direction.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 21, 2015, 01:16:17 PM

"Important." he replied, being purposely even more vague than he normally would be due to Keshani's use of the word 'was' and of course, the topic.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 21, 2015, 01:30:18 PM

Quote from: Trax on December 21, 2015, 01:16:17 PM

"Important." he replied, being purposely even more vague than he normally would be due to Keshani's use of the word 'was' and of course, the topic.

Her eyes burned a bit brighter as she openly stopped and turned to stare at Trax for a minute. Suddenly what they were doing here, the danger they were up against, the storm troopers who were even now marching in their direction intent on killing them all, didn't matter.

Because in her mind it was like a momentary freeze. She was hooked onto the fact that he had admitted that:

1) she reminded him of someone
2) that this person was important to him.

"Important". Yeah. Right. Important. On a scale of 1 to 1 million she would bet that "Important" ranked pretty high up there.....

She felt like she was being painted on some sort of pedestal of sorts. That suddenly she wasn't only herself, but this other person that she reminded him of, as well.

The...tenderness....that he had carried her with after he had seen how badly she was hurt, the care that he obviously had toward her....they were for someone else. Someone who was not her. But she was trapped with the responsibility of being both herself and this other person to him right now.

She shook her head to herself. No. This wasn't her internal battle to fight, but his.

"Ok. Fine. But do you really think she'd want you to die for her? Because that seems to be what you're trying to do here..."

She shrugged and turned around to keep walking, following the others, her foot steps a bit heavier than before, a bit of a flush evident on her cheeks.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 21, 2015, 01:48:27 PM

"Die?" Trax was obviously confused by the girl's statement.

"I have no intentions of dying here. Makes it a little hard to be sure we get out of here if I'm dead."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 21, 2015, 01:50:20 PM

She shrugged but didn't turn around. "Seems like maybe you should stop trying so hard then"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 21, 2015, 02:12:30 PM

Nim shook her head and a string of Huttese expletives slipped off her tongue. "I swear everyone else has a death wish, because nobody can mind their own frakkin' business and pretend that we're actually on a mission!"

She probably should have checked herself, but just couldn't this time. The withdrawals had started and the Jedi were not helping, and now the new girl wanted to get all up in their grill. So many debates she wanted to get into but why start now?

They were in such a world of shit.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 21, 2015, 03:03:32 PM

A dangerous smile crossed Trax's face. He had the look one would expect a predator to show just before it landed the death blow to its prey. And he almost let out a chuckle when Nim spoke. This distraction, as uncomfortable as the beginning of it was, had caused him to lose focus on most of his anger.

"Girl, if those troopers had a hope in hell of hitting me I'd be a lot more careful.

But don't worry, we've got our fearless group of jedi in the lead now. Not only will they save our lives, they'll save the lives of the troopers too."

The rebel moved up beside Nim and put his arm around her, pulling her tightly against him for a few steps. He was fairly certain if her language could kill, the rest of them would just be along for the ride. But he did feel for the woman, her withdrawal had started and it was going to get a whole lot worse pretty quickly.

"If our moral guides get too slow, I'll put some plasma at their feet. See if that doesn't hurry them up a bit." he whispered softly. "I promise."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 21, 2015, 04:38:17 PM

As muted as her emotions currently were, the teenage girl still felt her stomach twinge a bit uneasily at Trax's response.

It wasn't exactly the stormies that she was worried about at the moment....

Her gaze shifted between Trax and then to Nim. Was there a bit of something close to hurt in the young girl's eyes? It was difficult to tell.

But then the girl shrugged again.

"I guess it's a good thing you won't have to deal with me for long then." she muttered softly, intentionally lengthing her shorter stride to move farther ahead of Trax and Nim.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on December 22, 2015, 08:04:21 AM

Trax looked at Keshani.

"Not sure how that's a good thing, but if that's what you want, no one will force you to choose otherwise. When we're out of here, you will have options as to what you want to do, just try not to make any decisions until you've had a chance to hear about all of them."

[OOC: Okay, let's get this train back on track.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 22, 2015, 08:35:30 AM

She was purposely forcing her attention AWAY from Trax and Nim and trying her best direct it forward to the dangers in front of them, so she didn't catch all of Trax's words.

She DID think she heard something about "options" and not making a decision too soon.

Her step faltered for a split second before she remembered to keep moving.

Until that point she had pretty much 100% assumed she would be dropped off at the first spaceport they came to should they make it off this deathtrap.

Why would any of them want a teenager trailing around behind them?

And she was okay with that. At least, she THOUGHT she was. She had lived her life on her own. She was used to that.

Options?

She took a slow breath settling her temper and her nerves.

Later.

She would deal with all of this later.

Right now she needed to focus on staying alive....

[OOC: Ok. Done.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 22, 2015, 08:51:53 AM

Meanwhile, Collan was doing his level best to sneak ahead and watch for danger.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 22, 2015, 02:18:39 PM

You move on, and Nim closes and seals the blast door behind you. Around the corner, Keshani pops open an access hatch that leads to a maintenance passage. It's a tight fit, and you'll need to proceed single file. You crawl into the shaft, which leads you to a ladder, and up you go. It is an agonizing climb, with shoulders brushing against the sides of the passage.

Eventually you come out into a chamber housing a small power core. As you approach, Buzz beeps a warning. At Nim's quick word, you halt and Nighstade crawls forward.

The passage ends in a octagonal chamber about thirty meters across. The centre is dominated by a pyramidal power core. In the room, three technicians are currently working in the device. They are being assisted by two droids - floating spheres with various tool attachments.

[Actions?]

There is a small fork back a ways where you can retreat to discuss plans.

Only one of you would be able to enter the room at a time. It takes a full move to exit the crawlspace and enter the room.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 22, 2015, 02:50:03 PM

(OOC: assuming we retreated back a ways...?)

Keshani felt a momentary twinge as they entered the maintenance passage.

Please make this time go better than before..., she pleaded silently.

Taking a breath and following the Jedi into the passage things seemed to be going okay until Nim whispered out a warning, causing them to stop.

When Nightshade came back to report what he saw the teenage girl winced slightly.

"The back up power cores aren't very well protected. You um REALLY don't want to hit it...."

Her leg gave a momentary twinge.

"And, uh, those droids sound really similar to the one I ran into before. I'm not sure what would happen to the power core if one of those things exploded in there..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 22, 2015, 03:04:47 PM

Collan said, "So what if we roll a stun grenade in?"

"Or...Ch'lana...could you have the tech order the droids and take themselves away?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on December 22, 2015, 03:09:54 PM

Ch'lana shakes his head. "The moment they see me they will be hostile. I do not have the skill to alter their perceptions to that degree."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 22, 2015, 03:13:47 PM

"If a stun blaster bolt made the other one explode would a stun grenade have a similar effect? Maybe I was just unlucky before...I'm not sure."

She frowned. She STILL hated droids.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 29, 2015, 12:12:37 PM

"Probably.. it sounds like a self destruct. I can send in a stealthed Buzz and disable that ability. Then someone can drop in or drop a 'nade or something. I don't really know what a core of that size would do, but I'm sure it'd sound alarms and I don't feel like getting trapped in this tiny crawlspace while they send even more techs and droids."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on December 29, 2015, 12:14:45 PM

"We don't want to make the core explode", the teenage girl replied back immediately. "We really really dont".

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on December 29, 2015, 12:22:57 PM

Collan whispered, "That sounds like our best option really..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on December 31, 2015, 05:29:16 PM

"Okay. Well, can't drop a grenade either then, disabling the computers would probably cause it to nuke too. So, we disable the self-dets, and have the stealthy melee go in to take out the techs." Nim turned obviously to Nightshade, though slightly with the lack of room. "Does that work for you? If I kark it up they might not see Buzz or you but they'll probably attack if they do."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on December 31, 2015, 08:55:22 PM

"This sounds like a reasonable plan." Nightshade nods at the woman.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 04, 2016, 09:50:05 AM

"Who's out next as a backup?" Trax asked.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 04, 2016, 11:18:13 AM

Niil thought about that for a moment, then said, "Ch'lana? I don't want to come across like we're exploiting the hell out of you at every turn, but in this situation you might be the best bet as the backup. If either the droids or the techs open fire, you can at least deflect the bolts so they don't smack into the power cores or other vital equipment." He shrugged. "Or either Trax or I can go. We're the best shots with blasters, and I think we can take the techs out without risking the equipment in this room."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 04, 2016, 11:29:31 AM

"Keshani," Collan asked, "How stable are the cores? Will one rogue shot blow it?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 04, 2016, 12:02:48 PM

The teenage girl shrugged a bit uncertainly. "It's really hard to say...it depends what it hits. But more damage definitely makes the chances worse."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 04, 2016, 12:33:45 PM

"Ehh a single stray shot could cause it to overload. Let's not risk it."

ooc: didn't mean to butt in, I'd asked a million questions a week ago :)

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 04, 2016, 03:16:59 PM

"I'll go then."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 04, 2016, 03:20:41 PM

"Groovy. I'll send in Buzz, get ready. Everyone else get ready to drop in or crawl away like hell I guess."

Nim readies her comp and the little droid.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 04, 2016, 03:55:21 PM

Nightshade, Trax and Nim shuffle up the crawlspace to the access hatch. Nim curls up to hide her holographic interface from view, and access Buzz's systems. The droid shimmers and vanishes into a blurry outline. Nightshade disables the controls for the access hatch and gently eases the access hatch open manually. Buzz floats through the gap.

Nim, her eyes glued to the holo display, controls Buzz to keep him clear from direct observation by the techs, and sidles up to one of the droids. Buzz extends a probe, and quickly establishes a connection. Nightshade and Trax hear a quick beep of alarm from outside in the room that is quickly cut off. Meanwhile Nim works quickly to override security, successfully disabling the self destruct and shutting down the droid. Nightshade can see one of the techs look up a moment before getting to his feet to investigate.

Meanwhile, Nim has shifted Buzz to the next droid and is performing the same move.

As she works, Nightshade slips through the access hatch. Drawing his swords silently, he tiptoes to one of the guards. Nim's actions have made something of a complication - the two techs are now too far for Nightshade to get them both quickly. Nightshade nods at Trax and at the other tech, and Trax eases the hatch open as he readies a blaster.

The last droid gives a quick, cut-off beep of alarm before Nim can disable the destruct and shut it down. The last tech looks in that direction, and spots the open access hatch, and sees Trax just beyond it. Before he can give voice to an alarm, Trax fires. The hand-cannon roars, and the shot is a clean hit, mid-chest, and the tech is thrown back against a bulkhead.

Nightshade is alert and ready. Before the other tech can even react to the thunder of Trax's hand cannon, two vibroblades stab through his chest. The punctures mean the tech can't make a sound as Nightshade slowly lowers him to the grating on the floor.

For a second or two, no one moves. No follow-on alarms sound. You seem to be secure.

[Actions?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 04, 2016, 05:48:04 PM

"Nim, we're missing a tech." Trax said before exiting the hatch and starting a search.

[OOC: RB: 19, LB: 19]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 04, 2016, 06:49:12 PM

"Of all the karkin'.. Kesh, we gotta get down there stat and yank their cores in case there's auxiliary BS. That tech might reboot them!"

Nim starts scrambling down to the hatch post-haste.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 04, 2016, 11:07:46 PM

Staring at Nim's retreating back for a split second the teenage girl blinked, processing the situation. "Uh, sure..."

She moved to follow Nim and head toward the other droid.

She hated droids...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 04, 2016, 11:16:09 PM

Niil slipped out of the hatch and brought his blaster up, peering intently for the missing tech. Waving Collan and Ch'lana forward, he whispered, "One of the techs is unaccounted for, so stay sharp."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 05, 2016, 07:57:49 AM

Collan tumbled out of the access hatch, moving quickly out of the way for Ch'lana to exit. He knew some things about the Force and knew a Jedi could sense nesrby life.

"Ch'lana, can you sense anyone besides us nearby?"

To the others, he said, "We should put those bodies in the access tunnel. They're less likely to be found quickly."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 05, 2016, 09:05:18 AM

Nightshade and Trax look around for the third tech as Nim and Keshani hop out and head to the droid. Ch'lana and Niil come out next, followed by a slightly clumsy Collan. The conversation is making a little noise, and Nightshade holds up a hand and shushes everyone.

In the quiet that follows, the only sound is Nim and Keshani working quickly and quietly on the droids.

Then, from below your feet, you all hear the sound of some sort of tool drop with a clang. Glancing down, Nightshade, Trax and Nim see a tech under the floor grating trying to hide. Before anyone can say or do anything, Trax fiddles with one of his pistols. A cacophonous roar fills the small space as Trax fires through the grating.

However the shot is an ion blast, not plasma. Trax fired on stun.

The tech's body spasms for a moment before he collapses, completely unconscious.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 05, 2016, 09:27:53 AM

Niil was somewhat surprised that Trax had shot the man with a stun blast, but refrained from thanking him aloud. Nope, that would probably come across as condescending. Niil instead gave the man a quick nod and made his way over to where Nim and Keshani were, his eyes peeled for other threats. To Collan, he replied to the man's earlier question, "I don't know if we have time to hide the techs. Besides, if someone discovers that the personnel and droids here are missing - or even if the techs miss a call-in check - they'll know something's up anyway. We should probably keep moving as soon as Nim and Keshani here are done with the droids."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 05, 2016, 09:41:03 AM

Collan nodded but took a look around the room while Keshani and Nim fiddled with the droids. Was there anything useful here? Perhaps a way to delay discovery of the bidies or help the team get through this. Collan had felt particularly unuseful and was getting frustrated with it. He tried to keep a tamp on his emotions but it was hard. The Dark Sude was whispering in his head a little too much for his comfort.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 05, 2016, 11:31:22 AM

Nim manages to disconnect the core of her droid quickly. Keshani also works quickly, but her droid was the first one shut down. As she works, some indicators on the droid start to light up. But with a quick frenzy of tools and access panels, Keshani manages to yank the power core before the droid completes it's power-up.

Close, but the room appears secure.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 05, 2016, 11:35:40 AM

Keshani let out a slow breath, her heart pounding a bit faster in her chest. She STILL hated droids.

"Done.", she said softly, quickly putting on a persona of coolness and looking around at the others to see what was next.

<Actions: look around, see if she remembers anything useful>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 05, 2016, 12:44:07 PM

"Good thing we didn't blast that one," she leaned over and whispered to Keshani, a slight twinkle of amusement (or excitement? blasting the droid could have gotten them all killed, afterall) in her eye.

She grabs anything useful and starts heading to the proper hatch. "Buzz, check for lifeforms."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 05, 2016, 01:04:08 PM

Trax took a deep breath and switched his blaster back to kill.

"Leave the bodies." he said to no one in particular but ending any discussions on moving or hiding them.

"Nim, Keshani, grab any tools you might find useful. And keep the droid power cores, might be able to use them if we need to rig up an explosive charge.

Let's get moving."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 05, 2016, 07:18:53 PM

Nightshade, pleased at the efficient way that the encounter was handled, looked around at the group again in something akin to amazement. He wasn't sure if it was something mystical and unseen, or just dumb luck that had lead them to survive this long, but he hoped it didn't abandon them any time soon.

With his weapons sheathed again, he made ready to head out on point one more time.

Actions: go ghost and scout.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 05, 2016, 07:23:53 PM

Keshani threw a questioning glance at Nim, clearly asking if she wanted to grab the toolkit laying on the ground of she wanted her to take it.

If she indicated for Keshani to take it she shouldered the pack and tucked the droid power core inside.

"Nice job not getting dead", she mumbled softly to Trax as she walked past.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 06, 2016, 12:44:57 PM

With Nightshade moving ahead, you continue down the crawlspaces, and nothing disturbs your travel. Eventually reaching the next point where you must enter the corridors.

Nightshade, under stealth, drops down to have a look while Nim uses Buzz to scout ahead. You can all see projected from Nim's wristcomp what Buzz discovers.

Your passage emerges into a wide corridor that forms a T near you. You would be entering into the main part of the T, and smaller side corridors extend away from you. They are currently empty, but might serve as a route for reinforcements.

And the bottom of the T is a hardened checkpoint. You can see twenty troopers protected by heavy barricades and transparisteel blast shields. There are two repeating blasters on gun mounts on either side of the passage, guarding any approach. The area also appears reinforced by an energy shield. You can see the shield generator in the middle of the checkpoint. The transparisteel blast shield is pierced every 5 meters or so, allowing troopers to sheet out while under cover.

From your entry point to the barricades is 50 meters of open corridor, with support struts along the walls every 10 meters providing the only cover.

You know from your map that beyond this checkpoint is a detention area, and beyond that the throne room where the senators are apparently being held.

There is a computer panel about 20m up the corridor towards the barricade, but it is exposed.

As it stands right now, the troopers would all be protected from energy weapons. A heroic shot might nail one through a rifle aperture.

[Actions?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 07, 2016, 02:23:18 PM

Trax studied the image from Nim's wristcomp.

"Looks like we'll have to crack this nut in a few stages.

Nightshade, think you can take out one or both of those repeater crews? Sneaking through the energy field might be a problem so you may have to be ready to charge your first target once you pass through it. It'd be nice if we can keep at least one of the guns active, just in case reinforcements show up while we're getting past the barrier.

Once the guns are dealt with we'll need to plug those slots so we can either all get close or use that panel. Maybe we can use it to cut power to the generators. A few wall or floor panels would work assuming we can get them there."

[OOC: Purposely leaving out the resonator option or Ch'lana's TK abilities, I don't think Trax would know enough to suggest creating a resonator or understand enough about jedi powers to see that as an option.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 07, 2016, 02:35:20 PM

Collan turned to Ch'lana and whispered, "Could you use the Force to shut down the generator or repeaters? Tossing them around...yanking power cords out...that kind of thing?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 07, 2016, 03:39:09 PM

Ch'lana frowns. "I don't think so, not on my own anyway. Maybe if you and Niil helped? But we'd be stationery targets while trying."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 07, 2016, 08:34:36 PM

Niil looked at Ch'lana, intrigued. "I'm game."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 08, 2016, 12:57:28 PM

[OOC: Map.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 09, 2016, 08:26:52 AM

Collan said, "Niil...those repeaters would tear us apart unless we have cover," a thought then occurred, "Nim...could you get us that smoke cover again? Ch'lana...we'd not need to actually see the repeaters right? Just feel them in the Force? And even then, Nightshave would have cover to get through the shield? Or we feel for the shield's power first..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 09, 2016, 10:39:31 AM

Ch'lana shakes his head. "Smoke won't protect us if they fill the corridor with blaster fire. We don't have to see the repeaters, but it becomes much more difficult. You won't actually be able to feel the mechanical constructs, but you can detect the energy that powers them. The same is true for the shield - you cannot detect the mechanism, but you can feel the energy. Some Jedi could siphon off power to overload shield generators, but that is beyond me. If we could detach a deck or bulkhead plate, we could use that as a shield to get closer. It wouldn't last long, but it might be enough."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 09, 2016, 12:19:38 PM

The Shinobi agreed with his friend's assessment of the situation. "Let us send the droid to scout out their position and see if we can turn the repeaters to our advantage. We need more information to formulate a good plan. But we cannot tarry long either or we risk losing the element of surprise."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 09, 2016, 05:28:09 PM

Collan nodded, "Nim...could Buzz cause a short or even shutdown the shields? That's the key piece...we can blast the stormies running the repeaters then."

At least Collan hoped...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 09, 2016, 09:45:09 PM

Keshani felt a little...overwhelmed by the task ahead of them and the flurry of ideas going back and forth was...intense.

But at the question about shorting out part of the shield Kesh hesitantly looked in Nim's direction.

She felt a little nervous around the woman since the whole thing back in the corridor but she figured it was worth throwing a suggestion out there....

"Nim, you think between the two of us we could rig a shield disruption field out of the two droid power cores? I don't know how long it would take, but it could maybe punch a hole through the shield.."

She shrugged, feeling a bit self conscious but trying not to show it.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 10, 2016, 07:02:06 AM

Ch'lana was right, smoke wouldn't protect them if the troopers filled the corridor with blaster fire but it would help to mask someone moving through the shield. Or if Keshani's plan worked that would open up the repeater crews to blaster fire.

"Smoke wouldn't protect us, but it would help to conceal Nightshade's passing through the shield."

"That might work," he replied to the girl. "Punch the hole in front of the second repeater crew so we could take them out the same time Nightshade takes out his. We couldn't use a smoke screen to cover his passing through the shield but they'd probably all be focused on the hole in the shield anyway."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 10, 2016, 07:54:59 PM

Ch'lana takes a breath. "I can probably hold their attention for a few seconds, but not more than that. If we need a distraction, I can do it. But you'll need to take down those repeaters very quickly.

[OOC: If you need it, Ch'lana can probably hold his own against the repeaters for a maximum of two rounds. It's risky, but he would be the target of choice for those troopers. He can protect anyone directly behind him for two rounds (probably), but not anyone in front of him or to the side.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 11, 2016, 07:53:24 AM

"An unnecessary risk." Trax thought about their options for a moment and turned to Keshani.

"Let's hold of on using the cores. We might need to rig them up as an explosive.

We'll get Nightshade and Buzz to scout out the other two corridors for another panel. If they find one Nim can attempt to hack in and ready the fire suppression system. If that works, Nightshade moves into position near the shield and once he lets us know he's in position, Nim can start our smoke screen and he can strike.

With any luck he'll have enough cover to move to strike on the second repeater team as well."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 11, 2016, 12:54:43 PM

Niil thought about Trax's plan for a moment, then nodded his approval. Especially the part about nixing Ch'lana's proposal to be a distraction against two repeating blasters. "All right, let's do that, then. When the time comes, Collan, Ch'lana and I still might be able to deal with one of the repeaters, or even shut down the shield generator when Nightshade's ready."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 11, 2016, 07:19:15 PM

Keshani nodded at Trax's words but she felt a bit uncertain as well. Trax hadn't mentioned her at all in his plan. Was she supposed to just sit back and watch? There had to be SOMETHING she could do....

"What can I do to help?", she asked, hoping the answer wouldn't just be "stay out of the way"...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 11, 2016, 08:40:20 PM

Collan said, "I think we need to wait...unless we could pull a panel or plating here. There wouldn't be any life support or atmospheric processing conduit we could mess with could there? It's a new station...so an anomaly or series of seemingly innocent anomalies before a smokescreen might help make it seem like nothing out of the notmal is happening."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 12, 2016, 07:45:22 AM

"There might be," Trax began his reply to Collan, "but first step is finding a panel we can safely access."

Trax thought about Keshani's request quickly while he had replied to Collan.

"Just hang tight. A few of us are going to be twiddling our thumbs.

Make you a deal, if we can keep those repeaters intact and reinforcements arrive to flank us one of them is all yours."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 12, 2016, 07:52:31 AM

Her eyes lit up at that. "REALLY?!"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 15, 2016, 01:31:13 PM

"Keshani...Nim...could either of you tell is where to hit those repeaters to shut em down. I'm pretty sure I could make a shot if I knew where to hit."

"Niil...you could too, but we'd need cover," he gave Ch'lana a look.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 15, 2016, 01:54:11 PM

"Keshani would know much more than I," she nodded towards the girl.

"Right, so, Nightshade pick a side and I'll send Buzz down the other." Emphasis on Buzz rather than "the droid." Nim pulled up his view on her comp again and readied to take him out into the corridor.

"Be careful boy, aye? No heroics. I mean it."

When she looked at the little floating sphere the sentimentality really became apparent as the terrible image of him plaintively prodding Mariah in her final moments flashed before her eyes. All of the vids that she hadn't seen yet were still stored away inside him, even the last battle that led to the girl's demise. Things she didn't know if she should watch but would regret not having the ability to any more.

Nim would gift him a true AI one day. He deserved to be a real droid.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 15, 2016, 02:39:03 PM

"Punching through that energy shield with our blasters will be difficult. Collan, if the two of us teamed up with Ch'lana and used the Force, we could probably take out one of those guns without them even seeing us. If the worse comes to worst, though, the two of us could hose one of the repeaters with blaster fire in hopes of getting through the shielding."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 15, 2016, 02:54:49 PM

"I will take the left side." The Shinobi moved to put word to deed and headed to the left, scouting for any useful advantage as he went.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 15, 2016, 07:33:05 PM

Keshani looked back and forth between the others, her eyes flicking to the huge frelling blasters down the hall and the troopers beyond.

Her emotions may have been muted, but looking down at that mess would have caused ANYONE'S heart to start racing faster and she was just a kid who spent most of her life on the streets....

She opened her mouth to speak but suddenly her mouth was too dry to to produce sound.

She licked her lips, took a slow breath and tried again.

"Uh. I think I could figure out the most vulnerable points of those things....sure...uh. It's just mech..."

She continued to stare in the direction of the barricade.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 15, 2016, 07:45:19 PM

Niil saw the unease eating at Keshani, and whispered, "Those guns will be down before we'd even think of asking you to get anywhere near those bucket-heads."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 15, 2016, 07:50:48 PM

She stared at the heavy weapons for a second longer and swallowed.

That fact that the others felt the need to protect her didn`t exactly alleviate the rather hollow feeling in her stomach, but she did her best to shake off the feeling and nodded back at Niil.

"I`m good," she said. "Just tell me what you need me to do."

Her body language didn't quite match her words, but at least she wasn't standing transfixed by the Troopers anymore...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 16, 2016, 12:12:13 AM

Niil gave Keshani what he hoped was a reassuring grin. "For now? Just sit tight until Buzz and Nightshade get back. We'll hammer down the game plan once we get intel from their recons. So . . . you were saying about those repeaters' weak spot? I'm guessing the power cell or power coupling?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 16, 2016, 09:24:21 AM

Buss take one branch of the T, and Nightshade explores the other. Watching through her wristcomp, Nim and the rest of you can see the corridor curves. As Buzz explores, you don't see any computer panel access, though there is a screen next to a lift that might get something. It could be tough to get at the fire control systems from there though.

The corridor comes to another intersection, and Buzz peeks around. You see a similar setup to the one you face, with a hardened defensive barricade protecting access.

Nightshade has much the same experience, with the exception of a four-man patrol that he manages to evade by clinging off the floor to a support strut. There is no lift where Nightshade explores, but he finds a similar junction leading to another reinforced barricade. At this level of the station, there appears to be a circular corridor around the perimeter of the compartment, and at every location where the compartment has access further in, there is one of these barricades.

It's possible Nim might be able to slice the lift controls, but it is going to be very hard to use that as a launch point to get anywhere else. [OOC: DC 25-30+]

It looks like the panel in your corridor is the best option [OOC: much easier to slice, but under fire.]

[OOC: Keep in mind that Buzz can project an energy shield, so you could use him as a defensive shield while you're working on it.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 16, 2016, 12:25:06 PM

"Kark. I don't have much to go on," she started explaining to the guys and the comm. "I can try the screen by the lift but it's much more difficult and there's a possibility it could set off an alarm. The only other option is to use Buzz's defense shield while I work on the one in the main corridor but we'd need a distraction for the distraction..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 16, 2016, 03:04:19 PM

"No," Trax piped up. The rebel wasn't willing to risk Nim or Buzz becoming a target of the repeaters, even if the droid had a shield.

"If we can't use a smoke screen to cover our attack there's little point in using it during the attack. We do this the hard way.

Nightshade, you're going to need to move quick after getting through the shield. I'd really like to keep both repeaters in working condition but I'll settle for one."

Trax looked at Collan and Niil. "If you're going to take a shot and somehow do manage to get it through the shield then I'd suggest taking it at the trooper manning the gun. If the thing blows, you risk Nightshade being caught in the blast.

Once the repeaters are down some of us will close and use floor or wall panels to block the rifle slots so others," Trax looked at Nim and Kesh, he obviously meant them, but he didn't care if others waited as well.

"can close. While we cut through the barrier we'll have the barrier as protection from the troopers behind it, and the shield as protection for reinforcements." He left out that was assuming the troopers didn't just shut the shield down.

"It's time to do this."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 17, 2016, 01:15:29 AM

Collan said, "I'm pretty sure I can use the Force to pop a shot through but I'll need someone to cover me for those few seconds."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 17, 2016, 09:00:46 PM

Niil nodded to Collan. "I can do that, or try to take the gunner out myself."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 18, 2016, 04:47:05 PM

Kesh glared at Trax for a few seconds after he pointedly insinuated that she and Nim should wait for the others to provide protection before they moved forward.

She was frustrated. She was impatient. She felt useless again - a piece of baggage that they were dragging along, weighing them down.

She eyed the wall panels, entertaining the idea in her head of defying his instructions and moving along with the rest of them.

She even inched in that direction before catching herself.

Visions of more than 20 slaves being cut down by those same repeating blasters in seconds came flooding into her head. She'd seen what these things could do first hand.

Her stomach turned a bit at the reminder and she let out a soft sigh.

She was frustrated beyond measure right now. But she knew she really wasn't any match for those guns.

Let the soldiers be soldiers...., a voice in her head warned.

She chewed her lip for a second but sighed and stayed put. Fine....

"I'm ready...just, let me know if I can do anything."

There was a hint of a plea in her voice, but she just moved to stand near Nim and wait.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 18, 2016, 05:04:02 PM

Nim raised a brow as the girl sidled up next to her. Without taking her eye off of the comp projection she dug into her pocket and fished out her droid core, dropping it into Kesh's hand.

"Improvised explosive for later, yah? Go to town."

"Nightshade let me know when you're in position. I'm going to take an extra second to get in the system."

OOC: Send buzz to the panel if he isn't there already. Taking a round for the extra 1D on computers.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 18, 2016, 05:53:16 PM

A small smile appeared on Keshani's face and she started pulling out some tools from the tech tool kit she had picked up, working with the two droid cores.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 18, 2016, 09:19:56 PM

Nightshade acknowledged Nim's request and activated his suit before moving up the left hand sided the corridor. Taking up position within strike range of the gun on his side, he clicks his comm to signal his readiness.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 19, 2016, 12:07:54 PM

"Ch'lana...I don't see much choice. I don't think I could get a shot through the shield...could you show Niil and I how to help you throw the stormtrooper from the repeater?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 19, 2016, 12:22:48 PM

He shakes his head. "There is no time. We will try when the time comes. Trust your feelings, and let me guide you. Remember, your strongest hurdle to strength in the force is believing things cannot be done."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 19, 2016, 01:02:31 PM

Niil nodded. "Remember Ch'lana lowering Keshani down to the lift earlier, Collan. Size and weight mean nothing."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 19, 2016, 02:38:16 PM

"I know," he replied, "I'm not really thinking about that...more like how we'll not get shot."

He smiled...it was a dark joke but a joke nonetheless.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 19, 2016, 02:56:12 PM

Niil gave Collan a light punch on the arm. "Easy. We won't actually be sticking our heads out to see the gun emplacement, so it won't tag us. You already know where it is, Collan. Concentrate, now, and forget everything else except for that repeater. Reach out with the Force and see it in your mind."

Niil suddenly realized that he was speaking like a teacher, and shot both Collan and Ch'lana an embarrassed look as he clamped up.

OOC: Any way that Niil can aid Collan on his attempt Force-wise? Not sure how that would work.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 19, 2016, 03:23:56 PM

Nigthshade clicks his comlink to announce he is moving. Buzz slips into position near the computer panel, and the rest of you watch the holographic projection from Nim's wristcomp feed from Buzz as Nigthshade creeps slowly up the corridor.

It is a difficult task - the troopers are watchful and the corridor brightly lit. Still, Nightshade has trained for years for just such circumstances, and when the left-hand troops glances to his left for a moment, Nightshade dodges into the crevasse behind the closest support strut. A moment later he shifts quickly to the front of the strut, closest to the shield. He slowly reaches back and draws first one then the other blade, holding them up and behind him to shield them from view. The left-side trooper glances away again, and Nightshade explodes into movement.

As he enters the shield, the entire field ripples, drawing the attention of the troopers. One of them calls out, "Movement!"

Four troopers rush to the barricade, their rifles through the gun ports and scanning for targets. Nightshade has still not been seen.

Without warning, Nithshade explodes into action, swinging his blades. He is in a bad position, however, and the first thrust is mostly deflected by the trooper armour. The next blade lands a solid hit on the trooper's back, but the trooper is still up and functioning, though temporarily overcome by pain.

When that happens, most of the troopers spot Nightshade, and start lining up shots.

[Actions?]

Stopping mid-round for actions. Those higher in the initiative were waiting for Nightshade's action. Nightshade is about to be fired on by 4 troopers.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Stormtrooper #8	full cover	Nightshade	-
Collan Rostiern	out of LOS	-	-
Ch'lana	out of LOS	-	-
Niil Spaar	out of LOS	-	-
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	Nightshade	-
Stormtrooper #1	full cover	Nightshade	-
Stormtrooper #11	full cover	Nightshade	-
Nim Naja	out of LOS	-	-
Nightshade	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #12	full cover	-	-
Gunner #1	3/4 cover	-	wound, stun
Keshani	out of LOS	-	-
Trax	out of LOS	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	-	-
Gunner #2	3/4 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #9	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #13	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #4	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #16	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	-	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 19, 2016, 03:50:11 PM

Collan whispered to Ch'lana, "Now?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 19, 2016, 03:57:40 PM

"Now." And Ch'lana leaps out of the access hatch into the corridor.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 19, 2016, 04:11:42 PM

Collan followed Ch'lana out. Trying to keep the battle stress low and focusing on the power of the Force. This would be extremely scary and Collan could feel the Dark Side gibbering at him to give in to his fear and call on its power. He would Ch'lana's lead in this. Ready to imagine a line of force yanking the gunner from his emplacement and buy them all time to get in position.

[follow Ch'lana's lead. Spend the FP needed]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 19, 2016, 04:51:48 PM

Niil jumped out into the corridor right after Ch'lana, and immediately fell prone. Snapping the stock of the Imperial blaster rifle to full extension, he sighted on the gunner and shut out all distractions, praying that the trooper wouldn't draw a bead on him.

OOC: WTH? I thought the plan was to do this out of sight of the guns. All right . . . Niil's got the folding stock extended (if that does any good), and he's using Concentrate to take one shot at the gunner of the repeater that Collan's going after. And hoping to hell that no one open up on him. :P

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 19, 2016, 08:27:00 PM

[OOC: The DC is significantly harder if you don't have line of sight.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 20, 2016, 08:14:07 AM

The rebel was a little surprised that Nightshade's blades had difficulty penetrating the troopers armor. That wasn't usually a problem when he'd seen vibroblades in action. Trax watched events unfold on Nim's holo projector while he kept his left blaster readied and fought to keep himself from pacing. He'd always been one of those that was front and center in combat situations but all the others that had at least some combat experience had left, if he left as well it would leave Nim and Keshani unprotected.

[OOC: Keeping an eye on the tunnel we came through, as well as the other corridor in case reinforcements show up.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 20, 2016, 10:47:31 AM

Noting Trax's clear refusal to leave the girls even in their hideyhole, Nim gave Trax a look - and truly, only a true blood Lorrdian would get it - that read: "I was SpecOps, not a window licker."

But it was for the briefest of seconds; her fingers were already flying across the projected keyboard as if they had a mind of their own.

Ooc: If Buzz doesn't have his shield up, make sure it is and slice away.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 20, 2016, 11:29:53 AM

Kesh was only half watching the holo vid display as she worked to rig the droid cores to be explosives.

But her attention was caught as Nightshade reached the troopers and the events unfolded. Nightshade looked like he was in trouble.

She glanced up at Trax, waiting for him to run to the other's aid. But he didn't.

She remembered how much he seemed to care about Nim. And this whole thing about her reminding him of someone important.

"Uh. Don't you think you're needed down there?" she asked, gesturing with her head (her hands were otherwise occupied) toward the troopers.

Actions: continue to work on explosive thing

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 20, 2016, 12:02:58 PM

"By the time I get there it'd be too late for me to help them." Trax replied, his answer being truthful but only part of the reason he was staying put.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 20, 2016, 12:21:02 PM

Keshani just threw him a look like she didn't quite believe that but continued working.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 20, 2016, 12:48:29 PM

The display of the barricade vanishes in a burst of digital artifacts and focuses on the computer panel. Nim's fingers fly over the holographic controls as beads of sweat stand out on her forehead.

Outside, Nigthshade leaps into a backflip as the troopers start firing. The Shinobi drops to a crouch, and leaps a couple of meters to the side as four blaster bolts try to track him through space. They come close, but none hit him.

A moment later Nim says, "I'm in!"

Blaring alarm klaxons sound and you all hear the loud hiss of the fire suppression system engaging.

Ch'lana rolls out of the hatch into the corridor just in time to see the far end filling with white fog. Collan and Niil are right behind him. In unison, Ch'lana and Collan raise their hands and close their eyes as Niil raises his rifle. At the end of the corridor on the right, with clouds of fog just starting to obscure him, the trooper on the right slowly lifts into the air. In unison, Ch'alana and Collan close their fists and pull them close to their bodies. The levitating trooper is flung through the air towards them, and hits the deck, skidding several meters. He struggles to get back to his feet when Niil fires. The blaster bolt hits the trooper's helmet slightly high and to the right, and the trooper flops to the deck incapacitated.

A blaster bolt is fired down the corridor, but the trooper can no longer see any targets, and it passes harmlessly between Ch'lana and Collan. Another shot goes down range, but is no where near anyone.

Trax rolls out of the hatch and into the corridor, hand cannons at the ready, but stays near the hatch.

A hail of blaster fire pours down the corridor, but none of it hits anything important. One shot pings off Buzz's shield, but the droid is unhurt. Another narrowly misses Collan, slightly singing his tunic but not causing any real damage.

In the maintenance tunnel, Keshani is whipping up a decent explosive. It will take a few more seconds, but it is almost ready.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	-	-
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	-
Keshani	out of LOS	-	-
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #8	full cover	-	-
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	-	-
Nim Naja	out of LOS	-	-
Nightshade	open	Gunner #1	-
Stormtrooper #4	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #16	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #12	full cover	-	-
Trax	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #13	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #11	full cover	-	-
Gunner #1	3/4 cover	-	wound, stun
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #1	full cover	-	-
Gunner #2	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #9	full cover	-	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 20, 2016, 01:16:54 PM

"Nicely done." Trax said to Nim.

"Time to move, stay close, stay low and stick to the wall." he said motioning for Nim and Kesh to exit the tunnel. His tone was clear, this was not up for debate.

[OOC: When Kesh exits Trax will give her his rebreather, and he won't take no for an answer. He's only got his left pistol ready so he has a free hand for stuff like handing Kesh the rebreather and not incurring unnecessary MAPs. He'll hold his breath as long as he can and take up position just off the wall so that any blaster bolts that would likely hit Nim or Kesh would hit him instead. Use CPs to negate damage if necessary.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 20, 2016, 01:20:00 PM

Niil felt a thrill of exultation at Collan, Ch'lana and Nim's success, but managed to tamp it down. Bolting to his feet, he said, "Let's close the distance before they can clear that fog! If we can get to that barrier, we might be able to pop some grenades through those firing slits."

OOC: Agh, simultaneous posts! Anyway, Niil will head for the checkpoint, but Niil will only take a shot if he has a clear target. Going for the repeater if possible.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 20, 2016, 03:55:00 PM

"Keep to the walls. Use your cover," he commed as he made his way across.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 20, 2016, 04:11:36 PM

Nightshade lunged to finish the wounded trooper with a pair of strikes before looking to pin himself next to the barrier, hoping that by staying next to it and away from the rifle apertures he could minimize his target profile from the troopers on the other side.

Actions: two attacks, dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 20, 2016, 06:50:17 PM

Keshani blinked up at Trax as he told them it was time to move.

She looked back down at the droid cores in her hands. She was almost done, but not quite.

She looked back up at Trax and moved to open her mouth and then closed it.

She had a feeling that any answer other than moving toward the hatch would not turn out well....

Carefully she tucked the droid cores back into the bag. She would finish them later....(she hoped).

As she exited the hatch she saw the white fog that must be the fire suppression system. She sniffed cautiously and felt her throat catch.

Just as she was doing this she saw Trax hand her his rebreather.

She looked at him again. Her face began to redden.

"I'm fine.", she answered, ignoring the proffered rebreather and moving to her place along the wall.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 21, 2016, 08:25:17 AM

As much as she might have otherwise celebrated, Nim knew that slice had been the easy one. She popped in her rebreather and launched out of the hatch on Trax's command, sticking to the wall.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 21, 2016, 08:28:28 AM

Trax checked a sigh and simply gave a nod of agreement. The young girl wouldn't be fine after taking a few breaths of the toxic fumes. Not that he'd enjoy breathing them in either, and not that he wouldn't feel the effects, but he'd rather deal with that himself. Still, he wasn't going to force the issue, at least she was willing to start moving. Maybe she'd be more inclined to take him up on his offer when she was close to passing out from the fumes.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 21, 2016, 01:09:44 PM

Nim looked at the holo display on her wrist and spoke into the open comm with a calm voice. "One dozen approaching our six. Ten seconds."

Turning to Trax, "Kesh and I could stay in the hatch but you'll need fire support."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 21, 2016, 01:11:41 PM

Damn! Too long! Instead of an easy trot, Collan broke for the repeater, hoping the smokescreener would prevent him from getting hit. He did try to low though and offer less of an opportunity.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 21, 2016, 01:33:36 PM

Niil heard Nim's message about hostiles arriving, and followed closely behind Collan, his rifle raised and scoping for threats. If they could get to that repeater and get it into play, they'd be able to chew apart the reinforcements.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 21, 2016, 01:34:44 PM

Nightshade added his voice to the comm, "they are venting the corridor and deploying grenades."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 21, 2016, 01:38:25 PM

"Nightshade...your group is? Can you counter?" Collan spoke into his com, "We're coming up to take position on the repeaters.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 21, 2016, 01:46:55 PM

Blaster fires flies down the corridor, first at Nightshade then Ch'lana. They manage to dodge out of the way without much difficulty.

Collan breaks into a sprint, and reaches the fourth strut and cover. Niil breaks into a run, and reaches cover at the third support, on the opposite sides of the corridor from Collan. Stormtroopers take shots at them just after the reach cover, but the shots hit the supports. Keshani reaches cover behind the second support strut. A blaster shot comes close to Nim, but she ducks back a step and avoids it easily. Then a shot hits the strut over Keshani's head. It wasn't really close, but that made this very real - these troopers were shooting to kill.

Another trooper takes a shot at Nigthshade, but the Shinobi is in a tough position to hit, and the shot goes wide.

Ch'lana activates his lightsabre. In the fog, the blue flight shines like a beacon as he drops into the defensive Soresu form. He starts walking slowly forward, reaching the midpoint between struts 2 and 3. A trooper fires at Ch'lana, but the Jedi doesn't even move and the shot goes wide.

Nim ducks to the right and sidles up next to Keshani behind the second strut. Nim can see Keshani has unceremoniously stuffed the UID power core and some tools into her satchel, half-completed.

Nigthshade sees an opportunity and leaps from cover, slashing with his first sword and following that up with a thrust from the second. The first blade catches the trooper on the chest, ripping open armour and leaving a red streak in the flesh underneath. The second blade catches the trooper just under the rounded part of the chest plate and runs the trooper completely through. Not standing on ceremony, Nigthshade kicks off the gunner and ducks back to try and minimize the target he presents.

7 more shots are fired, at various targets, but none of them come close to hitting.

Trax then moves up, providing Nim and Keshani with some meat-shield cover.

5 more shots streak down the corridor, but none of them post any danger.

[Actions?]

If you are moving, I need you to specify single move, double move, or 4x move. Note than 4x move means no other actions (including dodge). Double move incurs a MAP.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	Keshani	-
Stormtrooper #4	full cover	Collan	-
Stormtrooper #12	full cover	Collan	-
Niil Spaar	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	-
Nim Naja	1/2 cover	-	-
Nightshade	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #1	full cover	Nightshade	-
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	Nightshade	-
Stormtrooper #16	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #13	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	Ch'lana	-
Stormtrooper #5	full cover	Collan	-
Ch'lana	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #8	full cover	Nightshade	-
Trax	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #11	full cover	Nim	-
Collan Rostiern	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	Nim	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	-	-
Keshani	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #9	full cover	Ch'lana	-
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	Ch'lana	-
Gunner #1	3/4 cover	-	mortal
Gunner #2	3/4 cover	-	incapacitated

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 21, 2016, 02:04:31 PM

Collan slowed down and took his time for this part. It had been a crazy risk to run like he had and the Force must have been with him. He kept his crouch and hustled to the next strut.

"Nightshade...coming up as fast as we can. I'm on you in 10.Keshani, how are your mods coming on those packages you got a bit ago?"

[full move. 10m right? Take cover at next strut. If it becomes clear I'm visible, I'll fire for effect to obscure sight.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 21, 2016, 03:04:51 PM

Niil looped around the strut he was hiding behind and sprinted for the next support. They needed to get those repeaters within the next few seconds, or they were in deep trouble.

OOC: Double move for Niil (now heading for the repeater by Nightshade), and he won't fire at any targets to conserve any dodge chances he'll need.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 21, 2016, 03:29:51 PM

Trax was torn. He couldn't protect Nim or Keshani if he wasn't with them, but if they made it to the barrier and the troopers deactivated the shield they'd be pinned down and he definitely wouldn't be able to protect them. They could crawl back through the hatch but then the group would be divided and the two women would have to run for the barrier under fire, if what Nightshade had said was true and the troopers were working on venting the corridor, or wait until all 20 troopers were taken down by the others and hope further reinforcements didn't arrive before then. But if they let him, maybe, just maybe...

Trax turned to the two women.

"Listen, there were eighteen shots fired. Count them, then run."

Trax took Keshani's hand and put his rebreather in her palm. "No arguments." he said before continuing to address them both.

"Stay together, count the shots then run as fast as you can." he repeated.

"When you get to the barrier, get down and make yourself as small as possible. Get Buzz to meet you there and his shield if you can."

Trax's eyes locked with Nim's. It would have been obvious to her he was concerned, more for the safety of herself and Keshani than himself, but he would be one man against a dozen troopers. This wasn't going to be easy. This was however, in his mind at least, the best option. He turned away, drew his second pistol and walked towards the open corridor.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on January 21, 2016, 03:50:35 PM

"Grenades being deployed from rifles, trying to counter. Take cover." Thinking quickly, the Shinobi had no real solid ideas on how to prevent the grenades from being fired. The best thing he decided he could manage was to redirect the shots to be less dangerous. He thrust a sword through the closest aperture before moving to the next closest hole to repeat the process.

Actions: stab trooper through hole, move, repeat, dodge

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 21, 2016, 04:02:43 PM

Niil paled. Blaster shots were one thing, but explosions were going to be damned difficult to evade. "Nightshade! Can you shove grenades through the firing slits?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 21, 2016, 08:21:22 PM

It was all happening too fast - the almost blinding flash of the blaster fire clearly set for kill as it hit the strut above her head, the calm statement by Nim that more Troopers were coming up behind them, Nightshade's statement that the Troopers were now beginning to deploy grenades out of their rifles...

For the longest time Kesh hadn't really had any true desire to keep living. She hadn't been suicidal - not since That time, but she didn`t exactly put in a lot of effort to keep herself alive, either. She figured what happened would happen.

But now faced with this situation and the very real chance that she COULD end up dead, she found herself terrified of that fact. She found herself realizing she didn't actually WANT to die.

Her body started shaking a bit as adrenaline coursed through her body, fight or flight response in full effect now.

She blinked as Trax gave them orders in no uncertain terms.

She stared at him for a second, in awe.

She wished the explosives were finished. She wished she could have been just a bit quicker. Because she had an idea of what Trax was going to try to do and she didn't like it at all.

But another part of her - the part that wanted to survive - made her keep her mouth shut.

She wanted to live. If he wanted to sacrifice himself...

But at the same time that thought made her feel like she wanted to throw up. What was this? Was she actually developing....feelings...for these people?

She hadn't known them a few hours ago. Why should she care what happened to them as long as they got her out of her somehow?

She pushed that thought quickly away, forcing her attention back to the here and now - to the rebreather that was now forced into her hand by the very man she was just thinking those negative thoughts about. Her stomach turned a bit.

"I'm sorry." she whispered to him, but didn't argue anymore. She just placed the rebreather in her mouth and positioned herself so that she could move quickly once the 18 shots were fired off.

<actions: count shots and then match speed with Nim as they run. Leaving speed up to Nim since she is more experienced then Kesh...>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 22, 2016, 12:32:14 PM

Into the com, Collan said, "Hey! Can we set these repeaters to just keep shooting without us pulling the trigger? It be great if we could cover our six once we get past the barrier. "

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 22, 2016, 01:03:30 PM

Nim stared back at Trax for an eternal second. She blinked at him, and he could see in her expression that she worried of him too. But her features hardened and her lips pursed.

"Understood." The woman briefly looked back at her wristcomp and raised her hand. "Five seconds. Ten if they're generous."

Nim dropped down into a sprint ready stance and waited for the shots.

OOC: Double move. Instruct Buzz to cover her with the shield if it doesn't incur a penalty.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 22, 2016, 02:40:45 PM

Niil managed to answer Collan as he was running. "No accuracy that way, and Trax might get hit. Besides, once we get past this energy shield, it protects us, too."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 22, 2016, 04:34:56 PM

"No...we dismount it and take it through the barrier with us...it'll fire where Ch'lana cut a hole."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 23, 2016, 09:38:22 AM

A blaster shot pings off the strut just over Keshani's head. An instant later the same thing happens to Collan.

Niil sees a break, and makes a sprint forward two struts, reaching the last strut before the barricade. His movement appears to have attracted some attention.

Nim types a command on her wristcomp, and Buzz flies through the blaster fire to cover in front of her. There is a small "thrumm" sound as he activates the shield, and it shimmers into existence between Nim, Keshani and the troopers. Nim is still counting shots, and stays under cover.

Nigthshade does a forward roll and comes up in a thrust. it is a difficult attack - the target is a fairly narrow opening in the barrier, but Nightshade manages to score a strike on the surprised trooper, running him completely through. Nightshade gives a twist to the blade and withdraws it, using the momentum of his roll to turn and make a back-handed thrust at another trooper. The first trooper slides down, leaving a red streak on the transparisteel. The second trooper is disrupted, and wounded, but still in the fight. Nigthshade has taken two of the grenades out of the volley, but it was a costly attack. A third trooper fires at Nightshade before he can duck down again, at point blank range. From his vantage point, Niil can see Nightshade stiffen as his swords fall from nerveless fingers. A moment later, he collapses.

Another trooper tries to hit Niil, but the shot hits the strut.

Nim sees an opening, but 18 shots have not been fired yet, so she stays put.

A trooper takes another shot at Collan, and nearly hits. Collan has to duck back behind the strut to avoid the shot.

Ch'lana, seeing Nightshade go down, breaks into a run, and heads for the barrier.

There is another lull in the firing, but there still haven't been 18 shots, so Nim stays put.

Then Trax breaks from where he had been covering them, and runs into the open corridor behind the group. As he reaches the corridor, he immediately comes under a hail of fire. But Trax is light on his feet, and doges and deflects all of it.

Nim is only up to 14 shots, so she stays put.

A lull in the firing happens and Collan breaks from cover, reaching the next strut up. The angle is getting less helpful, and the struts do not offer as much cover this close to the troopers.

A trooper fires at Ch'lana, but the Jedi easily blocks it.

Three more troopers fire on Trax, but the hunter continues to evade their shots.

Nim reaches a count of 18, but Keshani is not ready. Nim prompts her, and the two women prepare to run.

Another trooper fires on Trax, but he avoids this one as well.

Then Nim and Keshani break from cover. Buzz tries to keep up with them, but they quickly outdistance him.

Then, all of you hear firing from the barricade, several shots in unison. Only these do not sound like blaster shots - the have more of a "phoomp" sound.

From their vantage point, Nil and Collan see small rockets streak out. One strikes between Collan and Ch'lana, one between Niil and Ch'lana, and one farther bacl near Keshani and Nim.

The rockets detonate with a cacophonous explosion, throwing shrapnel everywhere. Collan tries to drop to the deck to try and avoid the blast, but is too slow, and shrapnel peppers his left side. Nill manages to drop in time, and narrowly avoids any shrapnel, though pieces of it pass within a few millimetres of his head.

Ch'lana is caught in both blasts, and shrapnel rips through the Jedi. Ch'lana wavers for a moment before his sabre shuts down and he collapses on the deck.

The third blast catches Nim and Keshani, but the young girl manages to crouch down, and she is partially protected by Nim. Unfortunately, Nim took the brunt of the blast, and cries out as shrapnel peppers her body.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	1/2 cover	-	woundedd
Buzz	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #23	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #13	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #25	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #32	open	Trax	-
Collan Rostiern	1/4 cover	-	wounded
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #24	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	grenade	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	Keshani	-
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #5	full cover	Collan	-
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	Ch'lana	-
Stormtrooper #31	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #12	cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #11	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #26	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #28	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #30	open	Trax	-
Keshani	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #4	full cover	Collan	-
Trax	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #21	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	-	wounded
Stormtrooper #29	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #1	full cover	Nightshade	-
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #8	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #22	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #27	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #9	full cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #16	full cover	-	killed
Nightshade	open	-	mortal
Ch'lana	open	-	mortal
Gunner #1	open	-	mortal
Gunner #2	open	-	incapacitated

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 23, 2016, 02:52:01 PM

Niil paled as he watched Nightshade and Ch'lana go down, and it was all he could do to restrain himself from letting his anger have its free reign. "Ch'lana and Nightshade are down. Collan, we've got to take these bastards out now. Head for the barrier and pop grenades through the firing slits."

Updated OOC: Ch'lana's too far away, so I'll head for the barricade and try to start popping grenades through the firing slits. Dodge, dodge, dodge.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 23, 2016, 03:28:19 PM

It was almost surreal as first she heard a deafening explosion followed by shrapnel flying everywhere.

She was stunned and could only stare for a few seconds. Every time she thought she'd seen it all....

The sound of Nim beside her brought her out of her daze and she stared over at the woman to see shrapnel peppering her body.

But they were still weren't at the barrier yet.

"Frell," she cursed under her breath.

"Can you still move?" she asked.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 23, 2016, 06:04:08 PM

[OOC: Sorry, forgot the updated map. I added it to the post.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 24, 2016, 09:28:26 AM

It was hard not to notice the sound of rockets being fired and the explosions that followed. But the former hunter would still have left dealing with the barricade to the others, had it not been for hearing Nim's cry of pain. Please be okay, he thought, hoping her injuries were at least relatively minor. He was angry with himself for leaving her and Keshani, but despite that he knew allowing these troopers to round the bend would have been even worse. Still, he had to get back to dealing with the troops and the barricade as quickly as possible. He had to get back to Nim as quickly as possible.

The man's eyes narrowed as he raised his pistols.

[OOC: Force point time. 12 shots, 1 for every trooper.

Shots remaining after this round, RB: 12, LB: 13]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 24, 2016, 01:34:44 PM

Nim let out a string of curses as the girls piled up at the strut and could see Ch'lana splayed out on the deck. "Yes," she replied, her hands checking her own shrapnel, "but stay. Finish the explosive while we wait for Buzz."

OOC: First Aid, wait for Buzz to catch up.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 24, 2016, 02:21:08 PM

Collan looked at Niil and smiled. It wasn't mirthful but instead held a sort of peace. In the last few moments, Collan had realized several things:

1)He was ready to die in serving where the Force had directed him
2)He was okay with that
3)He would do whatever he could to save his friends
4)He accepted that he was no Jedi but that he would die as one.

Collan closed his eyes half-way and embraced the power of the Force as he has just a few moments before. He let the power of the Good Side flow through him, accepting its strength and releasing himself into it. He needed Ch'lana's saber because they needed to get at those troopers to keep them from killing his friends. He knew that he would be the target and no longer cared about that. His friends could go on and rescue the prisoners, but Collan was content to let the Force direct him in handling the danger.

[FP. Try to call the saber to me and use it to take out as many troopers on the other side of the barriers as I can unless the Force directs me some other way. He'll take out the rocketeers first if he can.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 24, 2016, 02:31:56 PM

Keshani just nodded and fished the unfinished makeshift explosives out of her bag and went to work.

<Actions: work on explosives>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 24, 2016, 08:30:25 PM

As Niil rushed forward, a sudden inspiration struck him. It was beyond crazy and would probably get him killed, but the survival of his friends was everything. If the troopers at the checkpoint weren't taken out, there was the grim possibility that they'd all die in this miserable corridor. And unless Galen had any better luck than they were having, the senators would also die, taking away the best hope the galaxy had for rebellion. That wasn't acceptable.

In an eerily calm voice, he said, "Collan, don't get too close to the wall just yet." Niil drew his heavy blaster pistol, and let the Force flow through him.

OOC: I'm going to use a FP to try to get to the wall, stick my blaster through one of the firing slots and take 2 shots at the power generator. If I don't have a clear shot at the power generator, then I'll try and shoot one of those grenades/missiles the troopers are using.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 24, 2016, 08:39:36 PM

Collan intoned, "I will do my best..."

[ooc: delay action till Niil does whatevs..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 25, 2016, 08:38:46 PM

Nim pulls out a medpack, gripping it in her right hand and ripping it open with her teeth, gritting against the pain in her left side. A quick scan reveals no serious shrapnel. A bandage spray and analgesics quickly seal the wound and control the pain.

In the back, Trax seems to be building to something, but for now he's a target. The troopers have changed tactics. The ones to the south have knelt down and spread to the sides of the corridor, while the others remain standing. The troopers are firing by squads. Three of the troopers on the right fire, bracketing Trax. But somehow, Trax avoids the shot, though to Keshani and Nim, he either has amazing luck, or is moving with supernatural speed.

Collan switches his weapon to her left hand, takes a breath, half closes his eyes, and extends his right hand towards Ch'lana. Nothing happens for a moment, but the metal cylinder of Ch'lana's lightsabre twitches, then rolls an inch or two. Then, with surprising swiftness, it leaps through the air directly into Collan's waiting hand.

[OOC: Collan can take a pip in Alter (he does not get a full D), and has learned the Telekinesis power.]

Three more trooper fire at Trax in unison, but he manages to be out of the way when their shots bracket him.

Then Niil explodes into movement. He sprints over the open space before the barricade, taking a position between both repeaters. As he arrives at the barricade, a trooper directly in front of him fires point blank. Somehow, Niil twists, and the shot only his empty air. Another trooper with a clear shot also fires, but again, Nill someone manages to not be there when the shot fires.

Two more troopers fire at Niil, but they have bad angles and the shots miss.

Niil levels his blaster pistol at the trooper directly in front of him and fires. The shot narrowly misses the trooper and pings off the reinforced casing of the power generator that had been feeding the repeaters. Immediately three troopers nearby throw themselves forward to try and protect the generator.

While all this is going on, Keshani pulls out her tools and the salvaged power core and gets to work finishing her bomb. It is as lot less distracting now that the troopers are not shooting at her, and in a few moments she completes the connections, and her makeshift control panel goes live. The device is live, but not armed, and the timer interface is ready to be set.

Two troopers, unable to get a clear shot at Niil, switch targets to the new guy with the sabre, Collan. Their shots go wide as Collan ducks and weaves around them.

Three more troopers fire in unison at Trax, and again the bounty hunter manages to already be moving out of the way before the shots get there.

Another trooper takes a point blank shot at Niil but can't get a good angle and only sprays his boots with metal sparks from the deck plate. Simultaneously, another trooper fires at Collan, but again he manages to be gone when the shot gets there. Another trooper tries for Niil, but can't line up a clean shot.

By this time Trax has walked calmly out into the middle of the intersection. He calmly raises his blasters, one pointing north and the other pointing south. He glances to the right and fires both guns. One of the shots catches the trooper in the helmet, and he falls back to the desk, not moving. The second blaster hits the trooper in the abdomen, and he doubles over and collapses on the deck, also not moving.

Trax glances to his left, and adjust the aim of both guns before firing again. The second shots catch one trooper in the thigh, which doubles him over for a moment, but he is otherwise still in the fight. The other shot hits the trooper in the throat. His arms fly to his throat as he drops to his knees with a gurgling sound as blood sprays from between his fingers, and collapses to the deck.

Niil fires at the trooper again, but again misses the obvious target in front of him. In fact, he had been aiming between the trooper's helmet and shoulder at the power generator. He hits it a second time in exactly the same spot. Military grade power generators are heavily protected, but they are protected from incidental damage, not two direct hits from a heavy blaster pistol at point blank range in exactly the same spot. The first shot blow apart the protective casing and put a divot in the reactor housing. The second shot punches a whole completely through, breaching the reactor itself, and destroying the integrity of the containment field.

Military-grade power generators also put out a lot of power over a sustained period. You will never find one of these in a residence for example, because of the damage they can do if they should breach...

Hot plasma starts spraying out of the hole. The last thing Niil sees before turning away and ducking is a trooper reaching for the reactor controls.

"COVER!" yells Niil.

There is a sudden, blinding, but momentary flash that burns after-images on everyone vision, and and a "crump" that is more felt than heard. Plasma sprays out of the gun ports in the barricade, and you can all hear the screaming of troopers as they are incinerated.

The next shot hits the trooper in the chest, and he falls to the deck hard, leg twitching. The other shot pings off the trooper's shoulder armour, scoring the surface but not doing any damage.

Trax keeps firing, and by now the barrels of both pistols are glowing a dull red. The next shot blows straight through the helmet of the trooper, and he was dead before his body even hit the deck. His off-hand shot grazes a trooper in the torso, enough so that he feels it, but it will not slow him down for long.

The next two shots drops one trooper and stuns another. And with his final two shots, he stuns the last two troopers.

By this time his gun barrels are glowing bright red, and smoke is rising from the housings.

At this point, Collan runs forward, stabs Ch'lana's lightsabre through a gun port and slowly starts dragging the blade through the transparisteel, connecting the gun ports in the beginnings of an octagonal hole.

On the other side of the barricade, there are still 5 troopers that are alive, though most are the worse for wear.

Back at the T intersection, only 6 troopers are still in the fight.

[Actions?]

Troopers # 20 and lower are still behind the barricade. Troopers 21 and higher are back fighting Trax.

Nigthshade and Ch'lana continue to bleed out on the deck.

*** Edit*** Buz moved up to just in front of Keshani and Nim.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Keshani	1/2 cover	-	-
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	-	-
Nim Naja	1/2 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	-	wound x2
Buzz	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	-	stun
Collan Rostiern	1/4 cover	-	wounded
Stormtrooper #29	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	Niil	stun
Stormtrooper #32	open	Trax	stun
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	Niil	stun
Stormtrooper #22	open	Trax	wounded
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	-	wounded
Trax	open	various	-
Stormtrooper #30	open	Trax	stun
Stormtrooper #26	open	Trax	stun
Stormtrooper #31	open	Trax	stun
Ch'lana	open	-	mortal
Gunner #1	open	-	mortal
Gunner #2	open	-	incapacitated
Nightshade	open	-	mortal
~~Stormtrooper #1~~	full cover	-	killed
~~Stormtrooper #11~~	full cover	-	killed
~~Stormtrooper #12~~	full cover	-	killed
~~Stormtrooper #13~~	full cover	-	killed
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #21	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #23	open	-	incapacitated
~~Stormtrooper #24~~	open	-	killed
Stormtrooper #25	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #27	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #28	open	-	mortal
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #4	full cover	-	mortal
~~Stormtrooper #5~~	full cover	-	killed
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	-	incapacitated
~~Stormtrooper #8~~	full cover	-	killed
Stormtrooper #9	full cover	-	mortal

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 25, 2016, 10:56:02 PM

"Niil! Help Nightshade! Nim! Keshani! Help Ch'lana!"

Collan kept cutting expected to switch to blasters once a way was opened.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 26, 2016, 08:00:10 AM

Trax knew immediately what had happened, an explosion of that magnitude had to mean the generator had blown. Either by accident or on purpose, at least that should deal with the troopers behind the barrier. And the reinforcements he wanted to keep the shield up for were unlikely to make it that far. He swung his left pistol to the right and lined up the two remaining troopers on that side.

"Nim, you and Keshani okay?" he asked as he pulled the triggers.

[OOC: Two shots, one at each of the troopers to the north. Need to slow things down a bit so the barrels can cool off. :)

Shots remaining after this round, RB: 11, LB: 12]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 26, 2016, 08:43:41 AM

Niil was shaking his head in an attempt to clear the ringing from his ears, but he heard Collan well enough. Dashing over to Collan, he held out his hand for the saber and pointed to where Ch'lana and the shinobi were. "Take care of Nightshade; you've got the better background as a medic! Let me deal with the barrier and the last . . ." Wait. the concentrate skill that Ch'lana taught him. And all he had to do was stabilize him for the moment. " . . . never mind, I'm an idiot. Keep going, and watch out for those last five troopers."

OOC: Run over to Nightshade first. Using Concentrate to boost his First Aid roll, and also spending a CP (if I can) to stabilize Nightshade.

Blaster rifle: 5 shots
LH heavy pistol: 7 shots
RH heavy pistol: 8 shots

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 27, 2016, 07:24:51 AM

Collan saw the five stormtroopers moving to bracket him and started to examine his options quickly. Grenades were too big. But he had some cover which was good but so did they. He had to stop cutting the wall. Niil had to help Nightshade.

He amended his earlier request, "Keshani...we really need your special toy up here."

Collan stopped actively cutting the wall and began to dance around with the lightsaber in hand. He hoped to move like he would attack to give Niil enough time to stabilize Nightshade and join the fight again.

[draw the stormies' attention, full dodge]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 27, 2016, 11:18:44 AM

Kesh was still somewhat overwhelmed at all the activity in front of her, but her attention was equally caught up by the sight of the Jedi lying on the deck of the Station unmoving.

He had seemed almost invincible before...

"Nim! Keshani! Help Ch'lana!"

Collan's words broke through her daze, but equally conflicting thoughts warred inside of her head.

She had heard her whole life that Jedi weren't to be trusted - that they were selfish and power hungry and that they could play mind games to make you think anything that they wanted you to think.

But this Jedi here....

He had risked his life to save the rest of the group more than a few times even since she had been with them. She didn't know what had happened before then.

But if she ran out there in the middle of the room she would be exposed. There were still Troopers behind the barricade and more that Trax was still fighting against...

Did she really want to risk her life for that of this Jedi?

Speaking of Trax....

Her mind momentarily flashed back to the caucophony of blaster fire that she had heard just moments ago as Trax single handedly took on the huge group of Stormies that were trying to come and box them in.

Alone.

With no back up.

Everyone else in this group seemed to be willing to risk their lives for the good of the others, especially herself and Nim.

Her stomach turned a bit at that. She hated the thought of needing to be protected. Hated it with a passion.

A bit of embarrassment flushed the girl's cheeks and adrenaline started coursing through her body even more.

She couldn't stand being seen as the weak one, and she sure as hell wasn't going to show the others that she was only interested in standing back and hiding while the others risked their lives for her....

With a slow breath she looked around, saying a silent prayer to the Powers that Be, and glancing at Nim to see if she was coming, moved over to where Ch'alana was laying on the floor.

<Actions: Assuming that Nim comes too Kesh will let Nim be lead on the first aid...her skill is higher than Kesh.>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 27, 2016, 11:55:17 AM

Nim was hesitant to run into the middle of the corridor during a firefight, and also knew Trax would object. The old man had pissed her off, too. By all accounts it was a stupid idea to the woman, but before she'd made up her mind Kesh was already heading to him.

Kark.

Tossing the used medpac aside she pushed off the wall and joined her, dropping next to the Jedi and bringing out a fresh kit.

"Wakey wakey, no time for your afternoon nap."

OOC: Stabilize Ch'lana. Nim will cover Kesh from fire from the barricade and have Buzz cover Nim.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on January 27, 2016, 01:14:14 PM

Keshani breaks from cover and heads quickly towards Ch'lana, dropping to her knees and skidding a meter or so next to him. She keeps her head down, and a wary eye out, but she does not seem to draw any attention. As she arrives, you all feel a swirl of air as exhaust fans crank up their speed, and the chemical fog of the fire suppressant begins to disperse.

Niil ducks down and runs to Nightshade's side, and begins to do an assessment. it does not look good - the ninja has taken a point-blank blaster shot right between the shoulder blades.

Nim breaks from cover, only a couple of steps behind Keshani, and drops down at Ch'lana's side, opening a medpack as she does so. Buzz moves up beside her, his shield deployed to provide extra protection.

Collan hopes to draw the Stormtrooper attention, and he certainly seems to have done that. The lightsabre is like a beacon, and it draws their fire and attention. One of the troopers fires, but his wounds and limited arc of fire put the shot well wide of Collan. Another trooper fires, but Collan easily dances aside.

Niil stops here, closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. It is an effort, but he manages to find his calm and block out everything around him. He then opens the medpack and gets to work.

Back where Trax is, the troopers in the south corridor all fire in unison, and very nearly connect, but Trax manages to sidestep the shot.

Another trooper fires at Collan, but again the shot goes wide.

Nim, aided by Keshani, applies the medpack, using spray bandages to cover the numerous cuts and tears caused by the grenades, as well as a mix of stimulants and analgesics to help the Jedi. In short order, his lifesigns stabilize. He still needs serious medical care, or an expertly applied medkit, but he should be stable for an hour or so.

Two more troopers fire on Collan, but he is able to avoid the shots.

The two northern troopers fire in unison on Trax, but again they narrowly miss. Trax levels both pistols to the north and fires. The great hand-cannons roar. The first shot hits the trooper square in the helmet. The helmet (and presumably the head beneath it) explodes. The headless corpse staggers and falls to the deck. The second shot hits the other trooper in the shoulder. He grunts in pain, but keeps his feet.

Niil finishes working on Nigthshade, and successful stabilizes his life signs. He still requires medical attention, but he will be fine for at least an hour.

[Actions?]

Troopers # 20 and lower are still behind the barricade. Troopers 21 and higher are back fighting Trax.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Buzz	open	-	-
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Collan Rostiern	1/2 cover	-	wound
Keshani	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	Collan	-
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	Collan	-
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #31	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	Collan	-
Stormtrooper #29	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #30	open	Trax	-
Trax	open	various	-
Stormtrooper #26	open	Trax	wound
Stormtrooper #32	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	Collan	wound x2
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	Collan	wound
Ch'lana	open	-	mortal (stable)
Nightshade	open	-	mortal (stable)
Gunner #1	open	-	mortal
Gunner #2	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #9	full cover	-	mortal
Stormtrooper #4	full cover	-	mortal
Stormtrooper #28	open	-	mortal
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #27	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #25	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #23	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #21	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	incapaciatated
~~Stormtrooper #22~~	full cover	-	killed

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 27, 2016, 01:27:17 PM

Niil let out a big sigh of relief as he managed to stabilize Nightshade's vital signs. Now to see to . . . wait, Nim and Keshani were already tending to Ch'lana. Grabbing his heavy blaster pistols, he quickly rose to his feet, pushed his heavy blaster pistol through one of the firing slits and opened fire on the remaining troopers.

OOC: Two shots at two different troopers.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on January 27, 2016, 01:35:02 PM

"Niil...crazy idea time. Can you keep these suckers occupied while I try something. I might be able to repeat that trick we started with but I need time and space to focus."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 27, 2016, 01:44:23 PM

"Go for it," he replied over the blaster fire.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on January 27, 2016, 03:09:03 PM

Trax turned to his left and immediately identified the trooper that had coordinated the others. Smarter than the average trooper. Good plan, too bad it didn't work. He swung both hand cannons to the left and fired.

[OOC: 2 shots, first one at the 'leader' and second one at the trooper immediately beside. Just to be on the safe side, if it's necessary apply cps to dodge rolls.

Shots remaining after this round, RB: 10, LB: 11]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on January 27, 2016, 06:16:05 PM

Keshani let out a breath as the Jedi's vital signs seemed to stabilize. He still looked really badly hurt but maybe he would be able to survive?

She looked around at what was going on around her. She wished she could do more to help....

She looked at the barrier where Collan was still fighting against the Stormies.

There had to be something...

She looked at the floor where the barricade met the decking.

Maybe.....

She looked around at the area around her, trying hard to remember. Were there any water pipes running through this area? There had to be some sort of power cable access, too, right? Maybe...

<Actions: Try to remember if there are any water pipes that are easy enough to access to possibly cause a small flood near the barrier and if there is any power cable access long enough to reach where the water would pool>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on January 31, 2016, 06:18:42 PM

Quote from: Trax on January 26, 2016, 08:00:10 AM

"Nim, you and Keshani okay?" he asked as he pulled the triggers.

"Just dandy," she replied to trax. "Ch'lana stable. Nil, need backup?"

Nim looked up for a second to make sure the others were still alright before she decided what to do.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on January 31, 2016, 08:36:05 PM

"Collan and I should be able to deal with these guys. See if you and Keshani can get Ch'lana and Nightshade conscious. We're gonna have to move really soon."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 01, 2016, 01:15:37 AM

"On it."

Nim turned to kesh, her visor registering the girl's vitals in the hud." I know that look, and I like it. But if you can't find anything, I need help."

Ooc: let's use a medpac. I assume there's a bonus to kesh helping, otherwise I don't want to distract her. I'll use up to 2cps if I need to.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 01, 2016, 07:09:24 AM

"I was just thinking...." she answered, her voice sounding kinda lost in thought a bit, "That barrier can't be water tight....if we were able to make a pipe burst to get water underneath it and then run a power cable into the puddle...."

She shrugged, waiting to see what Nim thought of the idea.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 01, 2016, 12:37:07 PM

Collan turtled up...pretending to fall and disengaging the saber.
Hopefully that confused the stormies a bit.

He closed his eyes to focus his mind. Clear distractions. Calm.

[use this round to build to concentration for the 1D bonus]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 01, 2016, 01:14:34 PM

Buzz continues to shield Nim as she rips open another medpack. A glance at Keshani tells Nim the girl is lost in thought. Unable to wait, she gets to work on her own. Artificial blood and some medicinal infusions help improve Ch'lana's condition. His colour returns as his pulse and respiration improve.

For her part, the girl is lost in though. Her eyes stray to the bulkhead over Trax's head. [PM sent to Keshani.] Her eyes loose focus, then she glances lift and right before her eyes fix on the bulkhead at the west end of the intersection. Keshani's eyes narrow, and she seems to reach some sort of conclusion.

Collan ducks down and makes himself a difficult target for the stormtroopers. They still seem focused on him - perhaps it has to do with the lightsabre. Two shots go wide, hitting the deck just beyond Collan's toes.

Niil is unopposed when he runs up to a file power, shoves a blaster through each of two rifle ports, and pulls the trigger at point blank range at the troopers that just fired on Collan. The blasts hit, but are mostly absorbed by the trooper armour. Still, the troopers stagger back, injured.

Three more trooper fire, focusing on Collan, but their shots do not hit.

Back at the intersection, the squad of four troopers coordinates fire again, but Trax easily ducks and rolls clear of their shots. He comes up guns blazing, and hits two of the three troopers. One of the mostly shakes it off, but the other one was hit in the throat and slays backward to the deck. As the smoke clears, Trax's eyes focus on movement some ways down the corridor. A large bi-pedal machine has entered the corridor. At first it looks like a large droid, but then Trax spots a trooper sitting in the cockpit. It turns and starts clomping down the corridor, and a large multi-barrelled blaster on the right arm start rotating. They will be able to fire in a few seconds. The left arm houses something with a large bore barrel - a grenade or rocket launcher perhaps? Maybe a flame-thrower, judging by the soot on muzzle and the small flame visible below the barrel.

Trax also can hear loud metallic stomps from behind him, and a quick glance reveals a second armoured battle suit heading his way.

The lone trooper at Trax's back takes a shot, but misses by a wide margin.

Things are about to get interesting.

[Actions?]

The blaster cannons on the mechs are geared to either increase hit chance (+2D) or increase damage (+2D) depending on the fire mode, not counting any fire control the mechs might have.

Troopers # 20 and lower are still behind the barricade. Troopers 21 and higher are back fighting Trax.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	Collan	-
Keshani	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	Collan	wound
Buzz	open	-	-
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Trax	open	various	-
Stormtrooper #26	open	Trax	wound
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	various	-
Stormtrooper #31	open	Trax	stun
Stormtrooper #32	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	Collan	wound
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	Collan	wound
Stormtrooper #29	open	Trax	-
Stormtrooper #30	open	Trax	mortal
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	Collan	wound x2
Mech #1	open	Trax	-
Collan	full cover	-	wound
Mech #2	open	Trax	-
Ch'lana	open	-	incapacitated
Nightshade	open	-	mortal (stable)
Gunner #2	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #27	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #25	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #23	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #21	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	incapacitated
~~Gunner #1~~	open	-	dead
~~Stormtrooper #9~~	full cover	-	dead
~~Stormtrooper #4~~	full cover	-	dead
~~Stormtrooper #28~~	open	-	dead

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 01, 2016, 01:54:04 PM

Collan continued his focus. It was clear which trooper he would target...whoever was healthiest...and toss that one into as many troopers as possible.

[Concentration on TK. Toss #18 into as many other stormies as possible]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 01, 2016, 03:13:41 PM

"You guys almost done over there?" Trax said into his comm as backed into the corridor before taking a pair of shots at any still visible targets.

"We've got two armored battle suits incoming and they're sporting some very, very big guns."

[OOC: Pretty clear I think, back into the corridor and then two more shots. Use cps on dodge rolls if necessary, and if it's still not enough, use cps to resist damage.

Shots remaining after this round, RB: 9, LB: 10

Actions may change, will post OOC actions in another post.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 01, 2016, 03:58:03 PM

"Close, Trax. We've still got five shooting at us. We'll be there PDQ!" To Collan, he said, "I'll keep these bastards occupied! Leave me the saber, head for Trax and take one of the repeaters with you if they're not burnt out. They can take standard power packs. Or take Kesh's bomb . . . either one."

OOC: Three shots. One each at two of the wounded ones, and one shot at the 2x wounded one.

Shots taken:
Blaster rifle: 5
LH heavy pistol: 10
RH heavy pistol: 10

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 01, 2016, 07:33:14 PM

"I don't need anyone here," Trax replied over the comm.

"It'll just make for more people we need to carry out. We need to get through that barrier."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 01, 2016, 07:40:42 PM

"All right, then. Collan, forget what I said and let's get a hole in this barrier!"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 01, 2016, 07:45:48 PM

Quote from: Trax on February 01, 2016, 03:13:41 PM

"You guys almost done over there?"

"We've got two armored battle suits incoming and they're sporting some very, very big guns."

Making up her mind Kesh moved to stand up, but still crouched low to minimize herself as a target.

"I think I can help Trax, but I need to go *now*", she said to Nim.

As she ran toward Trax (and the scary sounding "battle suits"), Kesh spoke into the comm (a bit out of breath from running and adrenaline)

"Hey Trax, ever see a power cable fall into a puddle of water in a storm?" she asked as she moved

<Actions: start double move. Would like to hold conversation about potential plan before deciding if i'm taking another action this round if that's ok>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 02, 2016, 07:37:44 AM

"No." he replied to Keshani. "I have seen a young girl charge a jedi with a live power cable though.

Where do I find our water and our power?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 02, 2016, 08:41:55 AM

Nim saw Kesh take off and though that worried her, she had to believe the girl could handle herself. In the meantime she brought out a new medpac and hoped to wake the Jedi this time.

OOC: rinse, repeat, up to 2 cps

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 02, 2016, 10:50:07 AM

Kesh couldn't help but smile a bit at Trax's response despite the seriousness of the current situation.

She did seem to be making electricity kinda be her signature move lately....

"There are two spots in the bulkhead above you - one where there are coolant lines and one with a power cord. I can take care of the one with the explosive I made, but the other I'm gonna have to throw the other droid core up and you're going to have to shoot it and a very specific time..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 02, 2016, 03:20:46 PM

"Then it's a good thing shooting things is my specialty. Only get as close as you need to or those mechs will be able to get an angle on you."

[OOC: Sticking with the previously declared actions until I can help Kesh put her plan into action. Back into the corridor and then two more shots, target trooper 31 (I assume he was the 'leader', and then the next nearest trooper. Use cps on dodge rolls if necessary, and if it's still not enough, use cps to resist damage.

Shots remaining after this round, RB: 9, LB: 10]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 02, 2016, 05:23:26 PM

Kesh continued to move as quickly as she could toward Trax, being careful to keep as low as a profile as she could to avoid being shot at.

Holding the droid core she had rigged into an explosive in her hand she ran until she was close enough to safely get the bomb to its target - the area of the bulkhead where she was sure she remembered a pipe containing liquid coolant running behind the bulkhead.

Then, finding as much cover as she could she threw the bomb up in the air, hoping the magnetic grapples would catch and the bomb would stay where she wanted.

<Actions: double move to within range of area I want. Find an area of cover if possible and throw bomb (timer set for enough time to get it up there with a few seconds leeway...i'm not sure how long the rounds are timewise right now) Use a cp or 2 if needed to ensure propper placement of bomb>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 03, 2016, 01:02:23 PM

There's a great deal of movement over the next few seconds.

One of the trooper behind the barricade shifts position, trying to get a better angle on Collan, but his shot misses.

Keshani runs towards Trax, carrying her makeshift bomb in her hands. Meanwhile, another trooper shifts position and takes a shot at Collan, which also goes wide.

Crouched behind Buzz's shield, Nim rips open another medpack. Ch'lana's blood is almost a stew of chemicals and stimulants, and she is pushing his body hard to try and get him back on his feet. Vital signs start to destabilize, and Nim nearly looses ground, but at the last possible moment she manages to offset the harmful effects of so many interacting drugs, and is rewarded with Ch'lana's eyes fluttering open. He is still badly injured, but he is conscious. [-2 CP]

Trax trots backward while still firing on the troopers. He manages to cut off the line of sight of the mechs, but he can hear their stomping foot picking up speed as they move to close. Trax lands two easy hits. One of the troopers takes the shot in the head, and drops like a sack of flour. The other one takes the hit in the thigh, which disrupts his actions for the moment, but he is still in the fight.

The north trooper takes a shot at Trax but misses.

Niil, faced with the re-positioning of the troopers, has no clear shots, and with them scattering, he has little choice but to back up and try to shoot through the rifle ports. He steps back a few paces, and opens fire. They are very difficult shots, and Niil manages to hit twice. One of the troopers gets hurt, but is still in the fight. The other one staggers against the barrier, and slowly sinks to the deck, unconscious.

Two more troopers try for Collan, but both miss. One trooper from the south is still able to shoot, but he misses Trax.

Keshani, after a running start, throws her bomb at the ceiling over the intersection. The bomb is a little wobbly, and it hits with the wrong side towards the plating. However, the spin is enough that the magnets manage a strong enough attraction that the bomb adheres onto the ceiling with an audible "Clank." Three seconds later, it explodes. A torrent of green fluid immediately begins spraying from the jagged hole in the ceiling.

Debris and shrapnel rain down on the troopers in the intersection, shredding their armour. They fall to the deck, incapacitated.

The south mech closes quickly, and Trax figures he is just on the edge of their firing arc. Had they come a couple of meters farther forward, he'd be peppered with blaster cannon fire.

Collan, having taken a dozen seconds or so to calm his mind and focus his efforts, stands. Eyes partially closed, he extends a hand towards one of the troopers that fired at him. Nothing happens for a moment, but then the trooper lets out a yell as he lifts into the air. Collan, obviously struggling, creases his brow in concentration, as if straining. His breath comes in ragged gasps as he suddenly flings his hand. The two next closest troopers collide with the levitating one, and all land in a heap. One of the troopers crawls to all fours shaking his head, but the other two appear to be unconscious.

The northern mech closes, a little slower than the southern one.

[Actions?]

The entire square of the intersection is now being rained on by coolant fluid.

The blaster cannons on the mechs are geared to either increase hit chance (+2D) or increase damage (+2D) depending on the fire mode, not counting any fire control the mechs might have.

Troopers # 20 and lower are still behind the barricade. Troopers 21 and higher are back fighting Trax.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Trax	open	various	-
Keshani	open	-	-
Collan Rostiern	full cover	-	wound
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	-	-
Stormtrooper #18	full cover	Collan	stun
Buzz	open	-	-
Stormtrooper #10	full cover	Collan	wound
Ch'lana	open	-	wound x2
Stormtrooper #32	open	Trax	wound
Mech #2	open	Trax	-
Mech #1	open	Trax	-
Nightshade	open	-	mortal (stable)
Stormtrooper #19	full cover	-	woundx2, unconscious 2d minutes
Stormtrooper #26	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #31	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #6	full cover	-	woundx2, unconscious 2d minutes
Stormtrooper #29	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #30	open	-	mortal
Stormtrooper #17	full cover	-	wound x2, unconscious 2d minutes
Gunner #2	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #7	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #3	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #27	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #25	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #23	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #21	open	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #2	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #15	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #14	full cover	-	incapacitated
Stormtrooper #20	full cover	-	incapacitated

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 03, 2016, 01:26:07 PM

Collan stood, "Niil...cover me!" And he began to cut again.

"Nim? How's Ch'lana? Trax...how are you doing?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 03, 2016, 02:16:20 PM

Niil was taken aback by Collan's display of power in the Force, but focused on the task at hand and targeted the two troopers still standing. "Nim, get ready to haul Ch'lana and Nightshade to the other side of the barrier if we can't get them mobile! I'll help you as soon as I can!"

OOC: 1 shot each for Troopers # 10 and # 18

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 04, 2016, 12:28:34 PM

"Not dead yet." Trax replied to Collan. The rebel took another few steps back as he fired another shot at the last standing trooper.

"Stay where you are," he said to Keshani. "When one of the mechs peaks around the corner I'll say throw, then you tell me when to shoot."

[OOC: Move back 5M and take a shot at the trooper, declaring a reactive dodge as I'm assuming the mech will get a shot in before my shot at the power core, and take a shot at the core when appropriate.

Apply up to 3 cps to dodge roll vs the mech and use any left if required for shot at the droid power core.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 04, 2016, 01:38:59 PM

"Cool...."

The word was out of her mouth before she even realized it as she stood staring at the damage her makeshift bomb caused.

Pretty damn impressive for something she had just cobbled together pretty quickly.

Then, realizing she was still standing out in the open the teenage girl looked around for somewhere to at least give her partial cover but that would still give her easy access to throw the droid core where it needed to go.

"Okay," she responded back to Trax.

"Just tell me when"

<actions: find cover if possible and wait for Trax's go. Then throw droid core where it needs to go (spend cps if necessary to boost up score). Tell Trax when to shoot core to make power conduit blow and hopefully fry mechs...>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 05, 2016, 03:01:01 PM

Nim watched the Jedi open his eyes and waited for them to settle on her own pale orbs. Usually they could do the speaking for her but in this case she wanted the vocal honor.

"I've pulled you from the brink and it was costly, so now I can say this with impunity. Wave your "weapon" in my face again and I'll take it and corkscrew it so far up your wagyx that you'll be puking plasma."

The woman winked and turned swiftly, ducking down to run towards the unconscious but stable Nekami.

"Nim? How's Ch'lana?" the comlink cut in.

"Not dead yet," Nim replied to Collan, purposely matching Trax.

OOC: Whatever run speed + dodge will get her there this round. If it's a single move I'll use up to 2cps on Nightshade. Fyi she's referencing (http://karvis.altarka.org/index.php?action=post;quote=4647;topic=175.500;last_msg=6227) what Ch'lana did on the ship after she politely pleaded with him not to flash his saber near Trax.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 08, 2016, 12:54:55 PM

Nim gets to her feet, and she and Buzz make a quick run to Nightshade's side. Nim drops to her knees and skids in, trying to avoid fire from the troopers on the other side of the barricade.

Trax slowly steps back 5m, firing his left hand-cannon as he does so. He catches the last trooper square in the chest, and he flies back, hitting the deck hard.

Collan, sabre in hand, starts once again to connect the gun ports and try to cut a large-enough hole for people to pass through the barricade.

Trax raises his right pistol and sights, ready to shoot.

Nim ignores the battle around her and breaks open her last medpack. Her fingers fly over the controls, administer the drugs and apply the spray-on bandages. In a few moments she is rewarded with Nightshade's eyes fluttering open as he takes his first non-ragged breath. His vitals are stable, though he is still injured.

Niil takes a couple of shots at the troopers behind the barricade. One of the shots impacts the barricade harmlessly, but the second shot manages to thread the needle and ping off the chest plate of the trooper. He staggers to a knee, then falls over prone, unconscious.

The last trooper still up takes a shot at Collan, but he can't hit the gun port.

Ch'lana rolls up onto his knees and takes a deep breath. You see the lines of his face soften as pain leaves him. He then extends a hand towards the remaining trooper. The trooper flies up into the air, hovers a moment, then slams down into the deck with great force. He does not get back up.

The two mechs continue to close. Though they are not quite able to close to get a firing angle, Keshani and Trax can see the edges of their forms as they approach. In seconds they will be around the corner.

[Actions?]

Trax has a +1D preparation bonus on his "hit the power core" shot, and Keshani has a +2D preparation bonus on her throw.

The entire square of the intersection is now being rained on by coolant fluid.

Nightshade is prone, and will have to spend half a move to stand if he wants to go anywhere.

Collan is halfway through making his cut.

PM's sent to Collan and Niil.

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Buzz	open	-	-
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	-	-
Keshani	1/2 cover	-	-
Trax	-	-	-
Nightshade	open	-	wound x2
Ch'lana	open	-	- (wound X2)
Collan Rostiern	full cover	-	wound
Mech #1	open	-	-
Mech #2	open	-	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 08, 2016, 01:03:55 PM

"Niil," Collan said, "You're better at talking than me. Tell Nightshade...he might be able to talk some sense."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 08, 2016, 01:16:04 PM

"Keep working at the barricade, Collan. I'll . . . figure out something. Nim, Kesh, Nightshade . . . get ready to go through the barrier!" Niil sprinted for one of the light repeaters. He made eye contact with Ch'lana as he ran, and shook his head in a silent plea. That isn't the answer, Ch'lana. We'll get through thisl You have friends here. Fight the call, damn it! You have to forgive yourself for the past!

OOC: Grabbing the nearest repeater and slapping a power pack in it. Hopefully it will work.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on February 08, 2016, 01:42:21 PM

It took a moment for the Shinobi to register that he had come back to consciousness. Moving his head slowly he takes in Nim and sees that she must have been responsible for returning him to life, so to speak. Nodding his thanks, he heard Niil's call and slowly moved to take his feet and prepare to get through the barrier.

Actions: get to feet, dodge as needed.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 08, 2016, 01:46:35 PM

Collan kept cutting and said to the Shinobi, "You're better at talking to Ch'lana than me. He's stopped resisting the Dark Side. I know it probably doesn't make sense but it's like Ch'lana has let himself be more open to evil and violence."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 09, 2016, 11:25:29 AM

Trax kept both pistols raised while he waited for the opportune moment to give Kesh the signal to throw.

He hated waiting. Waiting gave a person too much time to think which had a tendency to override their instincts. That, or it caused one's mind to wander and think about things like what was going on at the barrier. From the comm chatter Nim had gotten Ch'lana up but according to what he overheard between Niil and Collan, the jedi was going to a dark place. Not that Trax cared for the man, but he did care how the jedi's actions affected Nim and Kesh's chances of surviving and escaping.

"Listen old man," he began into the comm.

"I don't care about you, you don't care about me, and I'm just fine with that. But there are people here who I do care about. You don't have to care about them, but damn it, you do have to help me protect them. You told me they're safer with another protector. You told me saving the senators has to be our goal. So I decided to trust you and I let things go so we could focus on that.

If whatever is going on in your head puts our lives and the lives of the senators at risk then it's your turn to let things go, it's your turn to focus."

[OOC: Forgot about this. One shot at the core, apply cps if necessary. Cps can be used for the dodge roll against the mechs firing if required as well.

Shots remaining after this round, RB:8, LB:9]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 09, 2016, 04:04:42 PM

Nim's eyebrow rose at the conversations. It was funny how everyone was so worried over Trax when Trax had nothing on this guy. And certainly nothing on Galen.

And I was the one institutionalized? she thought to Alexa. Then her mind blipped back to an earlier conversation when they were arriving, some bet about the schematics. Damn, I owe Trax dinner.

The woman put a stern hand on the Shinobi's shoulder before he went anywhere. "Sit, need to finish this or you might bite it next time." She grabbed one of his medpacs before he could argue.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 09, 2016, 04:08:40 PM

Keshani remained hidden as much as she could and waited tensely for Trax to tell her to throw.

She listened to the commlink chatter back and forth.

She still had only ever heard stories and rumors about the Jedi and really had no idea what they were talking about. But she did recognize the stress in the voices of the group, and key words like "evil" and "violence" stood out in the fragmented conversation that took place.

It was Trax's comments that gave her pause the most. It was almost ridiculous to even think about, yet in the middle of everything that was going on, a strange tingly/fluttery feeling kinda was taking root in her stomach.

"...but there are people here who I do care about. You don't have to care about them, but damn it, you do have to help me protect them...."

He sounded so...passionate.

Her thoughts turned to Nim - the focus of this man's passion.

And for a moment she felt something that almost felt like jealousy.

But that was crazy. In the middle of everything that was going on? She doubted she was even going to survive to make it off of this station, yet jealous? Really?

She shook her head, trying to clear it, but one thought just kinda stuck there:

I wish, some day, someone would care that much about me....

But then the clank of the footsteps of the rapidly approaching metal....THINGS....jerked her attention back to the present.

Self pity was a wasteful emotion. She had a job to do....

<Actions: remain behind cover and prepare to throw at Trax's word>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on February 10, 2016, 07:44:31 AM

Nightshade nodded at Nim vaguely and stayed where he was on the deck. He was too absorbed in the conversation to even note that the woman had touched him. He waited with great interest to see what the result would be of Trax's words before he added any of his own.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 10, 2016, 12:52:05 PM

Recognizing the change in threat direction Buzz shifts to the side to shield Nim from the oncoming mechs. She keeps her head down and works on Nightshade. An injection of artificial blood and some analgesics further improve Nightshade's condition.

Niil steps past Collan and heads to one of the repeaters. He gives it a look over and finds it is securely mounted. He might be able to remove it from the mount, but it would take time and tools. Yanking off the power cable, he cannot find a receptacle to receive a blaster pack. It seems these repeaters were not meant to be mobile.

Keshani and Trax both wait, one calmly the other anxiously, as the mechs continue to approach. This is going to require precise timing...

Ch'lana appears to ignore all the traffic on the comlink. The Jedi appears to still be getting his bearings, but he can hear the metallic feet of the mechs closing. He reaches for his sabre, but finds the spot on his belt empty. Setting his jaw, he turns and runs towards Trax.

Meanwhile, Collan continues to cut with Ch'lana's sabre. The whole is about 3/4 complete by this time.

Then the first mech rounds the northern corner. It levels the cannon at Trax, and the barrels start spinning rapidly. Blaster bolts rip down the corridor, covering a huge swath of ground. Surprised at the volume of the onslaught, Trax still manages to twist and roll out of the way - barely.

Blaster fire fills the corridor, and Keshani screams as she ducks back in fear and blaster shots hammer all around her.

A moment later, the second mech comes around the corner and also opens fire. But Trax is off balance, and the second mech has him flat-footed as he tries to recover. Blaster bolts rip through the air, and Trax sees his death before him. [Dodge was 20 -vs- 37 to hit. Your resist was 10, they did 27 damage - not counting CP's]

Then there is a screech of tortured metal as a section of the deck in front of Trax suddenly lifts into the air, hovering in front of him. The blaster bolts slam into the deck plating, which shudders but holds it's place mid-air.

A quick glance over his shoulder shows Ch'lana, head down and both arms stretched forward, obviously straining.

With both mechs in the target zone, Trax calls out, "Mariah! Now!"

Keshani hesitates, but she knows who Trax means. She swallows her fear and a moment later when there is a lull in the blasts in her immediate vicinity, she leans out to toss the droid power core.

It arcs through the air, a silver ball reflecting the plasma flying all around it. But the power core was heavier in the throw than she expected, and the arc is shorter than she had intended. The core hits the deck several meters short, and bounces. But it is a high bounce, that easily carries it to the wall. Trax, his blaster already lined up, squeezes off a shot. With the hail of blaster fire, the smoke and the sparks flying, he does not have a clear shot. Acting more on instinct, Trax squeezes the firing stud, and the blaster roars in his hand.

The bolt vanishes in the smoke, and Trax does not even know if he hit. Keshani, from her angle, cannot see the power core any longer either. A moment passes.

Then, there is a cacophonous explosion at the far end of the corridor. It staggers the mechs half a step, but otherwise they are unharmed. A moment passes. Another.

The desperate plan has failed, and the mechs are still up.

Then, without warning, there is a thunderous crackle, and blue lightning explodes out of the far wall. It fills the end of the coridor. The coolant-soaked mechs immediately start twitching. A secondary explosion goes off one the left one. Then, the one on the right explodes in a ball of fire. Shrapnel rips down the corridor, and the concussion knocks Trax from his feet. Keshani, protected by the support beam, is safe, though her ears are ringing loudly and she cannot hear.

A moment later, the lighting stops as the safety cut-outs engage.

The deck plat falls with a loud clang, and Ch'lana drops to his knees. Anyone looking can see he is a bloody mess - he appears to have caught some shrapnel from the explosion, though he is still up and conscious despite major wounds.

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Buzz	open	-	-
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	1/4 cover	-	-
Keshani	open	-	- (deafened)
Trax	-	-	- (prone)
Nightshade	open	-	wound
Ch'lana	open	-	- (incapaciated)
Collan Rostiern	full cover	-	wound
Mech #1	open	-	destroyed
Mech #2	open	-	incapacitated

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 10, 2016, 01:30:23 PM

"Holy frakking sith-spit," Niil muttered in mixed horror and awe. Dashing over to Collan, he blurted, "Pass me the saber and let me take over here! Help Nim treat everyone, and see if you can use the Force to heal Ch'lana. It's worth a shot; you already Force-grabbed his saber without training." Lowering his voice, he whispered, "And don't take no for an answer regardless of what he says or threatens. He's taken enough damned punishment already."

Flicking a glance back down the hallway, his eyes narrowed. There, people, he just saved Trax from becoming carbonized and got himself shredded in the process. Anything else he has to do to satisfy you?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 10, 2016, 01:49:13 PM

The first mech rounded the corner and leveled its cannon at Trax and Keshani's eyes went wide. "Holy frell..."

She wasn't even aware of the words escaping her lips - her gaze was caught and she was frozen staring at the towering thing.

The enchantment was broken, however, when the thing started shooting and blaster bolts started ripping down the corridor.

An involuntary scream escaped the teenage girl's lips and she dove back behind what little cover she could find, praying to any Powers that may be to spare her life or at least to end things quickly if she were to die here.

But then there was a new sound and Kesh chanced a tiny peak to see a metal section of the deck hovering in front of Trax, blocking the blaster bolts from reaching him.

Kesh shook her head, convinced that she was hallucinating. Maybe she was already dead?

"Mariah! Now!"

Kesh blinked and stared at Trax for a full second before realizing that he meant her. Mariah? Who...."

She stared a split second longer before jerking into action, forcing her body to move through sheer will power.

Taking a deep breath she threw, again, pleading silently to the Powers that Be to help her not screw up.

'If I kill all of these people....'

And for a few minutes she thought that she had.

As she waited, holding her breath as her throw fell lower than she had meant it to be, caught off guard by the akward weight of the core, as Trax's shot seemed to just disappear into the smoke with nothing happening.

'I screwed up. This is my fault...', she cursed, an awful solid pit settling in her stomach. Trax had trusted her and she had screwed up. And now they would die.

She took a slow breath, preparing for what she was sure to be the end, as the Mechs continued to spray blaster fire down the corridor.

Maybe she should even step out into the beam of fire, ensuring that it would be quick....

But just as she was contemplating these thoughts of self-pity she was caught off guard again by a deafening explosion that seemed to almost rattle her insides just as much as her outsides.

"Holy....."

The hallway was lit up with a brilliant flash which transended to the two mechs, causing them to start twitching uncontroably. Another flash and shrapnel ripped through the corridor, and the teenage girl screamed again, ducking back behind the support beam she had been using for cover.

Her ears were ringing so loudly she had NO idea what anyone around her was saying, if anything, and for a minute she looked around, panicking wildly hoping that they were still there and not dead.

"Trax! Trax!", she called out in panic, forgetting all about her "cool teenager" attitude and for a few seconds just being a scared kid.

But then she remembered herself and she took a slow breath again.

She was an adult now, not a kid. Willing her racing heart to slow down she leaned back against the wall, taking in the scene around her before deciding what to do next.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 10, 2016, 06:26:04 PM

Collan extinguished the blade before handing it to Niil.

"Not sure what I can do but he should be able to do something..." He ran towards Trax, Ch'lana, Keshani. They had very little time and needed to get out of here quickly.

"Ch'lana...can you do Jedi Healing?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 10, 2016, 07:15:12 PM

Nim stared at the aftermath of the explosion. Ch'lana was clearly hurt but yet mobile, kesh seemed almost panicked. But her heart leaped in her chest at seeing Trax on the ground. Before it even registered her boots were pounding steel.

?Trax? Trax you alright?!? Nim started to shout, her voice going up an octave and her visor scanning everyone as she neared. Though she made a bee line for the bounty hunter she mouthed a thank you to Ch?lana.

The Jedi?s blood was already a mushy mess of meds and she was actually fearful anything else just might kill him. Collan took off though, and it sounded like there was hope of another way to aid him. If not, she was gonna need Trax, and fast. If he was okay.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 10, 2016, 07:20:16 PM

Niil watched his comrades briefly, then turned to the barrier. Igniting Ch'lana's lightsaber, he carried on where Collan left off. As he strained to bring down the last of the barrier, he said as encouragement, "You might be able to heal him yourself, Collan. You've already performed telekinesis without any training by trusting in the Force and opening yourself up to it. Don't try to heal him; know that you can."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 11, 2016, 08:43:13 AM

Trax gave his head a bit of a shake as he began to pick himself up. He barely had time to take in the carnage before Keshani called out in a panic and Nim was calling out over the comm. Getting to one knee he looked in the young girl's direction. He didn't see any wounds on her from here but she was obviously scared.

Getting to his feet he turned back down the hall to see Nim almost on him. Just beyond her he saw Ch'lana bloodied, on his knees but still conscious. The man was definitely capable of taking a beating. But how much more could he endure? Seeing Collan close with the jedi Trax turned his attention to others.

He took a few steps towards Nim to close the distance. Switching off his comm with his left hand he wrapped his right arm around her waist, squeezing her against him tightly for a few seconds as he looked the woman over for injuries...and because she was very nice to look over.

"I'm good, I'm good." he reassured her. "Keshani is freaked, but doesn't look hurt otherwise." He looked into the woman's eyes and though he didn't say anything, his thoughts were so clear to her he might as well have. I need to go to her. And yeah, I know what I said, and I know...she isn't but... even in his thoughts he couldn't fully explain himself, and what the girl represented to him. What he did understand was that she called for him and he needed to go to the girl.

Moving his arm from her waist he took Nim's hand and started walking with her towards Keshani. When they reached the girl he let go of Nim's hand and placed his right hand gently on the girl's upper arm.

"Hey, it's okay." he said to her. "You're okay but we need to move. Can you stand?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 11, 2016, 09:23:56 AM

She jumped slightly at Trax's touch, not having heard the two approach.

She looked at him as he spoke, seeing his lips move but not hearing anything other than the ringing in her ears.

A fresh wave of panic threatened to overtake her.

What if she couldn't hear ever again?

And what an awful time to lose her hearing in the middle of all of....THIS. How could she protect herself if she couldn't hear anything?

She forced herself to take a slow breath.

She didn't want them to know she couldn't hear. She would just be a hindrance and a worry to them. Yet another instance of them having to worry about her instead of what they were actually trying to do.

So slowly, intentionally, she forced her gaze to turn to the direction of the explosions. She schooled her expression into something as close to one of utter amazement and awe as she could manage.

"Dude!! That worked out pretty awesome!" she exclaimed, pushing herself off the wall and taking a few steps toward the others at the barrier - not because she had heard them ask her to do so, but because she assumed that's what they would have wanted her to do....

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 11, 2016, 12:38:16 PM

[OOC: Keshani's voice is louder than normal.]

Ch'lana gets slowly to his feet and turns to Collan. "I can heal, but we need to move first. It will not be long until reinforcements arrive."

A few moments later, there is a loud clang and a large piece of the barricade falls out and hits the deck, edges still glowing from being cut.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 11, 2016, 12:55:35 PM

"Then let's go," he replied to the old Jedi, "Trax? Keshani? Good to go?" He asked aloud and into the com.

"By the way," Collan noted to Ch'lana, "I had to borrow your saber. I was going to be stupidly heroic."

"Nim...Niil, I'd appreciate a medpac too. Took a little shrapnel from those rockets."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 11, 2016, 02:26:31 PM

Niil turned to look at Ch'lana with no small amount of concern. Ch'lana's going to drive himself to his bloody death, Niil thought to himself. He almost voiced his concern, but instead shook his head and muttered with a faint grin, "True enough, but once we get off this damn station we're grabbing you and cramming you into a bacta tank. No frakking arguments. Sir." He took a few moments and used Ch'lana's lightsaber to render the two repeaters useless, then shut the blade off. He handed the lightsaber to Ch'lana hilt-first, then handed his medpack to Collan.

Glancing over Ch'lana's shoulder, he said, "Trax? Nim? Keshani? You all right to go, or do you need a few secs to patch up?" Trax didn't seem to look so bad even though the explosion had knocked him clean on his arse, and he guessed by the volume of Keshani's voice that the concussion from the explosion had deafened her. Hope to hell that's only temporary . . .

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 11, 2016, 04:04:25 PM

Collan looked at the medpac in Niil's hand.

"Um...I'm gonna need a hand with that."

[umm. I'm at -3d to self administer here :P]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 11, 2016, 04:15:03 PM

"No prob. Just hold on to it a sec while I grab what I need out of it . . ."

OOC: Pfft. I knew I forgot something in my last post. ::)

Using a medpack on Collan. Niil's First Aid skill is 3D+2

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on February 12, 2016, 01:03:41 PM

Nightshade joined the rest of the group, checking over his gear to make sure it was all in working order.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 15, 2016, 12:36:29 PM

Ch'lana looks agitated as you take a few moments to work a medpack. Obviously impatient, he turns his attention to the sealed blast door. He closes his eyes and extends a hand towards the doors. There is a growing rumbling feeling, more felt than heard, and Ch'lana's face creases with concentration. Then, you hear the sound of groaning metal, followed by a series of loud, metallic snaps. Then, the blast door creeps open a meter.

Ch'lanan drops his hands, closes his eyes and takes a steadying breath before he says, "We must hurry. Reinforcements will be on us in moments."

[Actions?]

Name	Notes	Target	Status
Buzz	open	-	-
Nim Naja	open	-	-
Niil Spaar	open	-	-
Keshani	open	-	-
Trax	open	-	-
Nightshade	open	-	wound
Ch'lana	open	-	- (incapaciated)
Collan Rostiern	open	-	-

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 15, 2016, 01:28:24 PM

Collan hefted his pistol with the rifle slung over shoulder, pancho-villa-style.

"Let's move then..."

[get thru blast door with all due caution]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nightshade on February 15, 2016, 05:09:03 PM

Nightshade, out of habit, ghosts forward to scout out the way for the rest of the group.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 15, 2016, 11:20:23 PM

Niil brought his blaster rifle to bear and waved Trax, Nim and Keshani forward. "Go! I'll watch our six."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 16, 2016, 09:34:17 AM

It was still totally disorienting to not be able to hear. The incessant ringing in her ears was starting to annoy her and to give her a headache. She was fighting to keep her panic down and at least look outwardly calm.

But her moment of introspectiveness was interrupted by a growing rumbling that she could FEEL in the direction of the others.

Turning her head to look she could see the blast doors behind where the barricade was creeping open very very slowly.

"Holy...."

She could see Collan moving in the direction of the now open door. She could see Niil waving toward herself, Trax and Nim.

Taking a deep, slow breath to try to calm her nerves Keshani did her best to shake her head clear and head in the direction of the others as quickly as she could.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 16, 2016, 10:43:38 AM

Trax looked at Kesh with concern when Nim told him the girl was deaf. That was definitely going to make things more interesting, and more dangerous.

The rebel stayed close to both woman as they moved through the barrier and towards the blast door. He was a little concerned about how it was opened, he'd preferred if they could close and lock it after passing through but what was done was done. As the trio got close to the blast door Trax stopped and looked at Ch'lana.

"I suppose I should thank you." he said with a slight nod, repeating the words the Jedi had said to Niil, Collan and himself after the dark jedi was defeated on the prison ship. The difference here however was it was obvious in the man's tone and body language he was in fact grateful.

Waiting only briefly for any response Trax continued on. With Niil indicating he'd watch their back, the man moved through the door in front of Nim and Kesh. He didn't know what waited on the other side, he just hoped that with the level of resistance on the outside, any forces on the inside would be minimal.

[OOC: Shots remaining, RB:8, LB:9]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 16, 2016, 11:31:08 AM

Niil kept his rifle trained down the corridor as Trax, Nim and Keshani passed through the opening in the blast doors. It was then that he realized that something had snapped loose inside the blast door mechanism when Ch'lana wrenched them open. Giving Ch'lana a curious look, he said, "You were planning on coming with us, right?" It was more a statement than a question.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 18, 2016, 12:31:35 PM

Ch'lana does not answer Niil's question, but moves to guard everyone as they enter the opening in the blast doors.

As you move through one after the other (Nightshade leading), platoon of twenty Stormtroopers comes around the far end of the corridor, backed up by another mech and two shield droids that provide an advancing barrier. By the time the troopers are halfway up the corridor, everyone is on the other side of the blast doors. Finally, Ch'lana douses his blade and steps through.

Niil and Ch'lana cover the rear as the rest of you move forward, but the troopers halt at the barricade, and make no move to advance. A moment later, the blast door slams shut, sealing the passage.

The corridor you are in is 10m tall and 10m wide. It goes about twenty meters before entering an octagonal room. The whole area is dark, the only light provided by self-contained emergency lighting and flashing red alert indicators in the walls.

The room appears to be some sort of control room - two banks of consoles line either side of the main passage, and large displays line the walls. All the consoles appear to be powered down, and the displays are dark.

Seeing no threats, Nightshade starts down the corridor, vanishing easily in the gloom and dim red flashing lights.

Ch'lana looks around and frowns. "I was expecting resistance here."

[Actions?]

You can see farther down the corridor several doorways branching off on either side of the main corridor. At the far end, about a hundred meters away, lies another blast door.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 18, 2016, 12:35:25 PM

[OOC: Addendum: this whole section appears to have main power shut down. Only emergency lighting appears to be active.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 12:38:09 PM

Collan said it first, "I have a bad feeling about this..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 18, 2016, 12:47:07 PM

Niil looked around the area suspiciously, and then nodded grimly to Ch'lana and muttered, "After that firefight back there, I was, too. I've got a bad feeling about this, too. Almost like we're being herded. I can imagine that we've sent some fairly strong ripples through the Force."

He whispered, "What's your take, Keshani? Was the power here cut by that explosion, or by someone else? Nim . . . can you call up your map and see what route options we have from here?"

OOC: Damn, thunder stolen with the "bad feeling" comment! ;D

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 01:33:07 PM

Collan noted, "How long before they get the blast doors open? We really need to keep moving. And where are the prisoners? Nim...can Buzz project where they are? And what's down the corridors?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 18, 2016, 02:01:55 PM

Buzz throws up a display on Nim's wristcomp. He reports several lifesigns within range, down the side passages off the main corridor.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 02:07:39 PM

Collan looked at the map. He frowned. This really seemed to essy right now. What was the catch here? Granted...they had taken a hell of a hit out in the corridor...and that direction was closed off.

"That might be our objective," he mused, "and we probably don't want our friends back there," he used his right hand to point a thumb over his shoulder, "ruining our alone time with them. Keshani...can you lock them out? Maybe just enough that they can't get in but we could get out that way?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 18, 2016, 02:14:26 PM

Ch'lana says, in a quiet, distracted voice, "The enemies behind us are not trying to advance. They are here to stop us from leaving..."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 02:32:50 PM

Collan's stomach sank. The Dark Side reared its head, going from a buzz to shriek. Black dread fell over him. What was down here? Was there another way out? Who waited beyond those doors?

"I don't suppose there's another way out is there?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 18, 2016, 02:55:52 PM

Keshani shook her head as her hearing suddenly returned. It is an almost overwhelming feeling when all of the sounds around you suddenly crash in around you again...

"No....this isn't caused by the explosion. This is a different compartment. It almost feels like this is....intentional....but I don't know for sure. We weren't allowed down here.

There ARE some ways out of here, though. I'm not sure how much you'll like them though"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 02:57:59 PM

Collan cocked an eyebrow.

"How do you mean?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 18, 2016, 03:07:40 PM

"Blast doors like the one we just came through and 4 external docking ports...."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 03:27:25 PM

Collan's face lit up like it was a lightsaber and a sly knowing grin played across it. Keshani could tell Collan knew something.

"External? As in a ship can dock there?" There was a strong undercurrent of hopeful triumph in his voice.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 18, 2016, 03:33:45 PM

"I think so....why?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 03:35:09 PM

Collan gave Kesh a huge smile, "I could kiss you right now! Because that's our exit! We need to grab the Senators and call the Captain."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 18, 2016, 03:40:05 PM

"And Danny?" She asked with a hint of nervousness in her voice. She was really afraid with all that had happened they would refuse to help her rescue the former Imperial Officer who had saved her life...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 18, 2016, 05:46:32 PM

And back to down to the ground...

"I'm not going to lie. She has to be here...we can't go back the other way...but if she's here, we're getting Danny too."

[ooc: was she?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 18, 2016, 06:43:17 PM

Ooc: she

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 19, 2016, 09:43:52 AM

Trax only half listened to the flurry of conversation as he himself considered the situation. And it was good to see that Keshani's hearing was returning, or had returned in full. If her hearing loss was more permanent, or longer lasting it would make a very bad situation even worse.

Like the others, he had expected some measure of resistance, and there still might be. They had yet to determine what the life signs buzz showed were, and there was a lot of ground to cover before the area was considered secure. And there might be automated defenses to make up for the lack of armed personnel.

He also agreed with Ch'lana, the troopers were now setting up to keep them in, or at the very least, to unleash a vicious onslaught if they had to leave the way they came in. The troopers didn't know their shuttle wasn't docked, securing the exits was the smart move. And at first he thought the concept of having docking bays in the detention area was odd, but if the throne room was directly above, then it made some sense. The Emperor could come and go without having to move through half the station and high value prisoners could be off loaded directly into their cells.

"Let's keep moving and secure the area. Be mindful, there might be automated defenses.

Nim, can you cloak Buzz and get him to start making a sweep and then start on seeing if you can get access at one of the consoles. I'd like to make sure we have control over the docking bay doors before we need them because we have to high tail it out of here.

A prisoner manifest would be nice too. Just because some of the people that will be in the cells are prisoners of the Empire it doesn't mean they'll be friends of ours. I don't want to go opening doors to more trouble. Kesh, once we know where Danny is you and I will go get her.

And someone see if they can do anything more about Ch'lana's injuries and then see to Nightshade when he's done scouting. I want everyone with a clear head and be able to focus fully on what's to come."

With that Trax moved forward, staying ahead of the others to make sure anything they encountered would target him.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 19, 2016, 03:16:49 PM

Niil nodded to Trax and hefted his blaster rifle, especially mindful of the doorways. Each and every one of them could be concealing a pack of troopers - or worse. If the throne room was directly above them, then Vader and the Emperor could be close - and he had little illusions about their chances if they encountered either of them - let alone both. They were far from out of the woods yet, and they needed at least some power restored if they hoped to cycle an airlock for a dustoff. The silence made it even more tense than the firefight they'd just left. Calm, Niil, calm. We have a good team here, and the Force is with us. Muffling his comm, he whispered to Ch'lana, "I know I'm flogging a dead womp rat, but would you let Collan try to heal you? The Force has already let him use telekinesis without any training, so it might succeed."

OOC: How many doorways are we looking at down this stretch of corridor?

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 19, 2016, 04:29:51 PM

8 doorways, four per side.

Also, the Force continues to be with you. Anyone with less than 5 Force Points receives a bonus Force point that expires at the end of this mission.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 21, 2016, 01:28:20 AM

Quote from: Trax on February 19, 2016, 09:43:52 AM

Nim, can you cloak Buzz and get him to start making a sweep and then start on seeing if you can get access at one of the consoles. I'd like to make sure we have control over the docking bay doors before we need them because we have to high tail it out of here.

A prisoner manifest would be nice too. Just because some of the people that will be in the cells are prisoners of the Empire it doesn't mean they'll be friends of ours. I don't want to go opening doors to more trouble. Kesh, once we know where Danny is you and I will go get her.

"Copy, though it looks like we'll need a power source for all that." (unless I missed something there's no power to the consoles)

Nim had buzz cloak and sent him in for the sweep.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 21, 2016, 05:58:09 AM

"I might be able to rig something to power it. ...let me look around".

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 22, 2016, 05:31:11 AM

"Ch'lana...can you feel anything?" Collan asked of the old Jedi.

"We should move out and get into position to see who's here. I fear that waiting for power would delay us and bring unholy hell down."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 22, 2016, 01:20:31 PM

Keshani glances at Collan, but pulls out her tools. In seconds, she has an emergency light open, and has popped the power cell out of it.

As Ch'lana, Niil, Trax and Collan stand there watchful and alert, Buzz zooms off down the corridor. With this stealth generator up, he's only visible as a distortion of the things he passes in front of, and you quickly loose sight of him.

There is no sign of Nighshade, but that's not surprising.

A moment later, there is a "Zzot" sound, and one of the consoles lights up. Keshani slides out from under the console, sucking a burn on her hand. "You got a couple minutes, not much more.

Smiling, Nim goes to work, and in moments she's got into the console diagnostics and dumped a memory scrape from the console into her wristcomp. A few touches later, a list of names is scrolling by. The list stops when a name pops up and starts flashing. Second Lieutenant Danny Webster, Imperial officer. She's being held in cell 1132. Fourth door on the right leads to that bay.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 22, 2016, 01:51:37 PM

"I know it's just a scrape, but this list isn't all inclusive," Nim said, her brows furrowing. "It shows Danny is in that bay on the right, along with 11 other prisoners and the rest of the cells empty. But Buzz says just about all 50 cells show lifesigns. So this could be old data, a glitch, or maybe they're setting up an ambush."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 22, 2016, 02:17:48 PM

Collan blew out some air...tough choices.

"Trax...how many did Vader capture?"

"Ch'lana would you be able to get a sense of what beings on the other side of the doors are thinking or feeling? Or if they've turned to the dark side?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 22, 2016, 03:00:57 PM

Ch'lana shakes his head. "I can sense nothing. The Dark Side clouds everything."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 22, 2016, 03:10:11 PM

"That's just one bay. There's 8 bays, 50 cells each, and nearly if not all 400 show lifesigns although only 12 were supposed to be occupied. So if she's not in the one listed, then we're in a lot of osik. I don't think it's feasible to pop our heads into each cell and politely ask for names."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 23, 2016, 08:03:27 AM

Trax couldn't help the small smile that crossed his face as he saw Keshani work. How could this girl and Mariah not be the same person? The way she worked, how she reacted...take the edge off her attitude and it was Mariah. He forced the smile from his face.

"There were only 3, a woman and 2 men." he replied to Collan.

"And even if we wanted to, we can't open every door for a distraction during our escape, when they notice the shuttle that'll be the first place they'll go for."

The man tried to determine the best course of action. If there were cameras in the rooms they could scroll through the images but that would require finding a way to power up the entire area.

"Nim, see if you can spot Organa on that list. If we can spring him, he can give us the names of the other two.

Kesh, let's go get your friend."

[OOC: Craig, please correct me if there were more, or less, than 3 senators taken. And how many people could fit on the Rogue Shadow?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 23, 2016, 08:32:53 AM

Niil piped up. "Bail Organa, Garm Bel Iblis and Mon Mothma. You, uhh, may have forgotten that Galen mentioned their names when he docked with us."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 23, 2016, 08:46:43 AM

Collan looked around. The Force had been with them a lot today. And well...even if the Dark Side was clouding Ch'lana maybe Collan could still do something. It was a desperate long shot but today had been all about that.

"You know...we found Horuz because the Force guided us when we looked at a big list of star systems. Maybe it would do it now too." Collan was hopeful...he hated to leave anyone behind but the galaxy was at stake...

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 23, 2016, 10:48:54 AM

"Kesh, let's go get your friend".

The teenage girl's stomach fluttered a bit at the statement. Friend. It was a foreign term to her. Friend.

She had never had a real friend ever in her life.

Had she?

She pushed back the emotions and images before they even had a chance to surface.

She wasn't sure she would classify Danny as a "friend", but they HAD saved each others lives, and things like that kinda created a....bond...between people.

Taking a slow breath to try to steady her nerves the girl nodded.

"Thanks", she replied.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 23, 2016, 10:57:25 AM

Niil nodded to Collan. Hell, it worked before back on Ch'lana's ship. Walking over to Nim, he said, "Don't mind me. Keep scrolling for the senators' names, but let me have a look at the display as you do it." He took a deep breath, and shut out all the distractions around him, focusing intently on the names and faces of the senators.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Nim Naja on February 24, 2016, 02:13:20 AM

Nim raised a brow at Niil and slowly leaned away slightly, kind of creeped out but mostly to jest.

"None of the other names on the list are familiar, but knock yourself out."

Ooc: there's only 12 names, one being danny

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 24, 2016, 08:42:47 AM

Collan said, "Niil...gimme a second here to focus. We need to go through the list and see what we feel like we did with system list."

He then closed his eyes and spent a little time delving into himself. He smoothed the rough patches of his psyche out, calming the storm of worry that this was a very elaborate trap. The Dark Side was always trying to grab a hold of him and right now he was basically telling it to cut it out. It took effort to push it away but a few seconds was all he needed.

Hopefully he could focus just enough. A part of him knew that if the Force showed him something it could be not quite what he thought it was, but it was a risk worth taking. Once he felt himself slip into the heightened senses motioned for Niil to start.

[take a minute to get the extra D, then Concentration on Sense]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 24, 2016, 08:49:15 AM

Niil replied, "We've gotta make this quick, though. Trax and Keshani are already moving for cell eleven thirty-two."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 25, 2016, 05:22:44 AM

Niil, Collan and Ch'lana stand guard, alert and tense, searching through the Force, as Trax and Keshani start up the main corridor. Trax and Keshani are about halfway to the last bay when, over them comlink, you all hear Nim's voice whisper harshly, "Incoming!"

The main blast door at the far end opens. Standing there are 20 guards in gleaming red armour, force pikes at the ready. And among them, a figure wearing the same style of armour, except his is black with a red view plate.

Before anyone can react, the other cell bay doors open and red armoured troops pout out of the cell bays.

[Actions?]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 25, 2016, 08:13:23 AM

Softly into the com Collan said (hoping they weren't tapped), "Juno knows where we are...she's tracking...rescue them and get to the airlock. Juno...if you're on this channel acknowledge with long-short-long beeps."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 25, 2016, 09:15:46 AM

"Frak....."

In all respect to the girl, she did not scream, did not outwardly freak out, or go dashing off without thinking. Instead, her face admittedly very pale, she calmly looked around for anything around them that she could use to their advantage.

In her mind she was already dead. But she wouldn't go down without at least trying to take a few of them with her. And they're were some things worse than death. ...

<actions: look around for something she can blow up, electrify or otherwise use to their advantage to kill Imps....>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 25, 2016, 09:37:54 AM

Niil flicked his comm off and sighed. Well, this is a steaming cauldron of crap stew. To Collan and Ch'lana, he muttered, "Any options here? I'm not leaving without the senators, and I'm not letting them take me alive. Ch'lana, can you speak to Galen through the Force, or should I try? We'll likely need his help if we want to get out of this one."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 25, 2016, 12:32:09 PM

Ch'lana pauses a moment, his face grim.

"We will help no one by dying here. This is not a fight we can win."

He then shuts down his sabre and raises his hands.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 25, 2016, 03:58:41 PM

Niil stared intently at Ch'lana for several seconds, then back at the Imperial Guards. Against a half-dozen they might have stood a decent chance, but sixty? And with more filing it with each passing second?

There wasn't even a window to blast out, or an airlock nearby to override to attempt spacing them.

Niil's fists tightened until the knuckles cracked. Ch'lana was right. There wasn't a drek-load of anything they could do here except get cut into strips and accomplish . . . what? Kill about four or five of them? If that? This wasn't the time or the place for resistance.

Letting his breath out in a frustrated hiss, Niil slowly unbuckled his weapons belt and let it fall to the deck. "Trax, Damaria . . . we're not gonna get anywhere here with a 'Blaze of Glory' battle plan." Niil almost . . . almost . . . let his thoughts drift to Nightshade and Nim, but he instantly and brutally clamped his thoughts down and fought to clear his mind.

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 25, 2016, 04:16:34 PM

Collan focused on the power of the Force within himself and pulled it. He let its strength and peace fill him, maintaining the center as he focused on his words and smoothing to persuade, obfuscate, and obscure the truth.

Slowly...ever so slowly he set down his weapons as he said in the most business-like tone he could manage, "Excellent. You are here and now I can drop this ridiculous charade. You will contact Inigo Rostiern and inform him that his son, Collan, has completed his deep cover mission to Karvis. I've managed to cover its most effective cell to accept me and now have delivered them into the Emperor's hand with a bonus."

Collan clasped his hands and let an air of dark glee fall upon him.

"I will need to report to Lord Vader of course," Collan hoped that the guards would never believe anyone would ever suggest needing to go see him unless they were really 'part of the team,' "Your men should escort these rebels to the appropriate cells. He will be most pleased with this outcome. As will His Imperial Majesty."

He really needed to buy them a few minutes. By the Force, let Juno be ready to pull something. Let Nightshade be ready...let Nim. Hell...let him see a better course.

"And the dark in here rather bores me. I want these rebels to fully see the futility of their resistance. Restore power so they can fully see the depths of their failure. I want taste their despair," again a nasty grin was offered to Ch'lana and Niil. Collan played the part of perfect betrayal. By the Force, he hoped they believed he was a traitor too. he could only hope others could take an opportunity to act.

"And I want to make sure there is no way they can escape. This bunch has been far too slippery for my tastes."

[FP. Concentration on Con: Fast Talk. Try to convince them I'm a bad guy. And that I want to see them suffer so we need lights and power.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Niil Spaar on February 25, 2016, 06:34:31 PM

Niil's head whipped around to gape at Collan, and his face drained of color. "WHAT the FRAK?"

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Collan on February 25, 2016, 06:39:10 PM

Collan smiled evilly, "Is that too much for you, old friend?" He sneered at Niil, "You rebels...so gullible."

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 26, 2016, 05:31:43 AM

[OOC: I want actions from Trax before I post. As for you guys, everyone hears truth in Collan's words. Up to you how your characters react, but he seems utterly convincing.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Trax on February 26, 2016, 08:45:43 AM

Trax's hands whipped to his blasters but for the moment, he didn't draw. Hearing Collan speak had brought a nearly uncontrollable rage to the surface and his hands were wrapped around the pistol grips so tightly his knuckles were white.

Oh how he wanted to...no, needed to, fill the man with plasma until his remains were all but unidentifiable. He could do it, of that he had no doubt. And had he known for certain that doing so would have meant Nim and Kesh would be safe he would have. But if he was killed by the troopers in response, there was no way he could help the them. Blaster fire he could evade, even the force pikes to an extent. But there were just far too many of them. His left hand remained on his pistol grip but his right, relaxed and shaking slightly with fury, he placed it on Keshani's shoulder.

"We don't have a choice." he said quietly, both anger and resignation in his voice. "My promise still holds, I will do everything I can to get you out of here. And then I'll find a way to kill that bastard."

[OOC: This was a little rushed but I wanted to get something up.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 26, 2016, 09:04:09 AM

[OOC: Just waiting on Keshani - she's cooking something up.]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: Keshani on February 26, 2016, 09:23:20 AM

Her heart was pounding, fight or flight response massively kicking in as one after another of the Royal Guard poured into the room. Kesh was looking around fervently trying to find SOMETHING she could use to fight, when two things happened that totally stopped her in her tracks like a dolana in the headlights of an airspeeder.

First, were the words that came out of Chalana's mouth: "We will help no one by dying here. This is not a fight we can win". Her face paled as he raised his hands into the air in a sign of universal surrender.

But Collan's next works were like a pit of fire suddenly flairing up in her belly and quickly extending outward to set all of her blood on fire.

Who the FRAK did he think he was?!! The words he had spoken to her back when they had first met ran back through her mind in a flash; his attempts to calm her and make her feel more at ease. His talk of the right path and not killing....All LIES!!!

Her eyes flashed, and if looks could kill....

But there it was again, that feeling like something was holding her back, muting her fury and preventing her from the full blown rage that she sincerely wanted to build up right now. She wanted to run full-tilt at the frelling bastard, the traitor that he was now proclaiming to be and bleed off some of her anger onto him.

But she couldnt. It was like waiting for a storm to come but it never did.

She stood, seething.

And then she felt a hand on her shoulder and she almost visibly started at the new sensation.

Trax.

"We don't have a choice."

She could hear the anger and resignation in his voice. The resignation was more scary to her and caused the hottly burning anger smoldering her blood to a cold gel.

"My promise still holds. I will do everything I can to get you out of here. And then I'll find a way to kill that bastard"

And suddenly through all the anger and fear there was a tinge of warmth spreading through her, as well. Why did he seem to care so much??

And then suddenly there were tears in her eyes. Not many, but enough to be noticeable, and she slowly shook her head as her hand, still clutching her pistol, moved up to aim the pistol under her chin.

"I'm sorry," she said, and her voice was calm tinged with what sounded like genuine pain and regret.

"I can`t go back. You...can`t understand."

Then, as almost an afterthought as she stood there, her finger resting against the trigger, ready to pull it the moment any of the Imps even looked like they were moving toward her, she added, "It`s not your fault."

<actions: pull trigger if any Imp moves toward her looking to threaten her in any way>

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 26, 2016, 09:48:10 AM

As Keshani's pistol rises. The moment it does, several guards move into action, but before they can reach her, the blaster goes off.

Keshani's head flies back, but there is no reek of burning flesh. Instead, blue lightning flashes over her head, and she spasms for a few moments before falling to the deck.

[OOC:

Quote from: GM Craig on November 23, 2015, 02:34:37 PM

"Uh, guys," she whispered, her eyes totally on the droid and her blaster aimed in front of her,

"I need you to make some noice. Like uh Now."

Action: set blaster to stun and aim at droid

... she never changed it off stun.]

Everyone else is quickly grabbed and bound, though the guards stay a pace or two away from Collan.

The shadowy figure in the black armour steps over to Keshani. The guard checking her over says, "She's alive."

Without another word, the shadowy figure in the dark armour steps up to stand before Collan. He looks him over carefully. He stares into Collan's face for a moment before he speaks, his voice altered by the helmet. The voice is cold, the cadence of the speech slow and menacing.

"I see the resemblance. You have your father's eyes." He pauses.

"Darth Banen will be pleased to see you." Something about his tone sends a chill down Collan's spine.

The figure in the black armour nods at two troopers, who grab Collan's arms and place him in binders.

The black armoured figure calls out. "Secure Commander Daelin, and his apprentice. Bring them to Alpha Confinement. Secure the others in maximum security. Kill them if they give you the slightest trouble." He turns to Collan.

"I shall take you before the Emperor myself."

A thorough search is conducted, and all weapons and power packs are stripped from you. Any resistance is met with instant, merciless force. They definitely treat Trax and Keshani rougher than Ch'lana and Niil. Collan, while thoroughly searched, is treated with more care. It seems his ruse has worked to a certain extent. You are conveyed through the far blast door, and there you part ways. Trax and the unconscious Keshani are taken to the left. Ch'lana and Niil are taken to the right. The black figure, twenty guards, and Collan proceed forward. Each group is in the company of twenty guards.

[to be continued...]

Title: Re: Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz
Post by: GM Craig on February 26, 2016, 09:50:41 AM

As each of you sees the others for the last time, your thoughts are drawn to the two members of the team not currently in binders - Nightshade and Nim Naja.