Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz

[Trax]

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: ??]

[Nightshade]

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

[GM Craig]

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.

[Collan]

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

[GM Craig]

[Edited my post to include a map.]

[Nim Naja]

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.

[Trax]

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: ??]

[Niil Spaar]

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.

[Nightshade]

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?"

[GM Craig]

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.]

[Nightshade]

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

[Collan]

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!!!]

[Trax]

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.

[GM Craig]

[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?]

[Collan]

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]