Collan and Niil: Seekers

[Collan]

Collan pointed towards the lift while he moved into position to offer covering fire if the snipper popped up.

[Niil Spaar]

Niil gave Collan a quick nod and sprinted off toward the lift and ladder, taking as erratic a course as he was able to.


OOC:  Heading for the sniper's perch, and definitely not running in a beeline if it's possible.  If Niil sees anyone drawing a bead on him, he'll fire a shot.  Yup, still stun shots for now.

[GM Craig]

The sniper recovers enough from his wound to wiggle back into position. Collan gets a shot off first though. The shot pings off the railing the sniper is hiding behind, but forces him to duck back. He risks a quick shot at Niil, but the shot goes wide. Niil reaches the lift, and is not out of the line of sight for the sniper.

You hear the sniper call out, "Vimell, we've got company!" The voice is muffled by the full helmet, so he must be yelling into the comlink.

The lift starts up. Niil will need to be careful - as the lift reaches the level of the sniper, he'll come into sight of the sniper again.

[Actions?]

[Niil Spaar]

What in malfing hell possessed me to take an open-air lift?  Niil fumed mentally as he drew his second blaster and dropped prone to the floor so he'd hopefully present a smaller target.  The lift seemed to take forever to grind it's way to the sniper's floor, and he half-expected to see several grenades arcing through the air towards him.  Sighing, he flicked his left-hand blaster's setting to stun, and kept his eyes peeled for movement.

[Collan]

Collan took aim at the power conduit above the sniper's last known position. There was a decent chance it had no power running through it, but it might force the sniper to keep his head down and that made Niil's chances better.

[GM Craig]

Collan takes another shot at the sniper, and scores a hit square on the sniper's helmet. Niil's lift reaches the top just in time for him to see the sniper's limbs jerking around uncontrollably as blue lightning arcs over his body. Moving quickly to his side, Niil confirms - the sniper is out cold.

Sounds of a struggle can be heard from deeper in the dugout, down the corridor where the sniper had emerged from. Glancing quick down, Niil can see two figures. One wears gear similar to the two hunters you just brought down. One is a scruffy looking human male who hasn't shaved (or bathed by the look of him) in days. He is being held by the hunter with an arm around his neck, and a heavy blaster pistol is set against the male's head. He's already been shot at least once, if the blaster burns are any indication. He is awake and conscious, but terrified.

The hunter calls out, "Weapons down, or I waste him!"

[Collan can hear the female hunter call out, but cannot see (or be seen by) her from where he is by the main gate to the dugout.]

[Niil Spaar]

Niil shook his head in exasperation, but dropped his blasters.  He held himself ready to dive out of the way if the woman decided to take a shot at him.  "You waste him, Vimell, and you get no bounty.  There's only one thing I want from that bantha tick you're holding, and that's information.  I don't give a womp rat's ass about whatever he might be worth; I'm a merc, not a bounty hunter.  If he was a comrade of mine, we wouldn't have been shooting at you and your people with stun bolts."


OOC:  Ready to dive for my blasters.

[Collan]

Collan put his weapon down on the ground and took a step back. He stayed silent, but was of two minds regarding letting Niil do the talking. Maybe he would apologize and try to make amends. She was probably going to hire them to help get this Jeremy. Not that they needed the money but it was fairly obvious Niil and he were capable and smart...or maybe Collan overestimated themselves since here they were in a standoff.

[GM Craig]

When she hears about the stun bolts, she seems to relax a little.

So they're alive?"

Niil nods. "Yeah."

She relaxes a little, but keeps a grip on the male, and keeps the gun to his head.

"So what happens now? Some big players have a big bounty on this guy."

Then, something odd happens. A strange short of shimmering shadow drops from from an access hatch in the ceiling. You hear a strike, and the woman's arm holding the gun goes limp, the gun slipping from her nerveless fingers. Before she can react, there is a thump and she collapses. The shimmering figure catches her, and lowers her gently to the ground.