Collan, Niil, Nightshade: And then there were four

[GM Craig]

[Taking a couple of liberties]

Collan struggles to control his muscles as he reaches for the neural inducer probe strapped to his head. One of the techs calls out, "The prisoner is conscious!"

Before anyone can react, the main door opens and all the techs have much more important things on their mind. Afraid, they all start firing.

As the door opens, a hail of light blaster fire, poorly-aimed and sporadic, pours out. Nightshade, light on his feet, rolls into the line of fire, executes a flip over a console and lands a back-handed stab that easily skewers a pair of techs that had been shooting at the new arrivals.

Niil peeks around the door frame and nails one tech dead centre in the forehead. His second gun catches a third tech in the upper chest. Both go down hard.

Ch'lana, wielding the Force Pike, does a side roll over one console, swings his legs the other way to slide off a second console and executes two quick strikes at the surprised techs hiding there. They both go down.

Niil and Nightshade see Collan, lying on a raised medical table. He is soaked with sweat, and bleeding from where he ripped out an IV that dangles nearby. He has five probes strapped to his body, and is slowly trying to remove the one around his head. He is trembling, and moving slowly as if it takes great concentration for him to move at all. His eyes look strange - unfocused - and he has obviously been drugged.

Collan witnessed the short and intense burst of violence in a kind of fog, but he can recognize Niil and Ch'lana.

[PM sent to Collan.]

[Niil Spaar]

Niil rushed forward, and grabbed Collan's hands.  "Easy, Collan, easy!  Let us take care of those.  You're looped with drugs, but you're not seeing things.  It's Niil, Ch'lana and Nightshade."  To Nightshade and Ch'lana, he said, "I'll get these damned probes off of him.  Have a look around and check these bastard torturers to see if there's an antidote for the sludge they've been pumping through him.  We need to move as soon as we can."


OOC:  Remove the probes, and slap some gauze over the IV site to stop the bleeding.  If I can spot anything nearby that can counteract the drugs in Collan's system, I'll administer them.  Failing that, I'll have to hit Collan with a stim (if I can find one).

[Nightshade]

Nightshade went to cover the door and ensure that their friends at the end of the hall hadn't broken through yet as he spoke to Ch'lana, "You will have a better chance than me of finding what Niil needs, yujin, I will go and cover the hallway.

Actions: provide overwatch

[GM Craig]

Nightshade can hear sounds of activity at the door to this area. It seems someone has been locked out, but are trying to force the door.

[Collan]

"Stim..." Collan croaked..."Can barely move."

He looked at Nightshade, "Nim?"

[Nightshade]

"She is presumably safe...hiding in the cell with the officer the slave girl wanted to free.  We need to be quick about deciding what our next course of action is, hostiles are trying to break through the far door.  Nim warned me that there were at least six of them."

Risking a conversation over the air, "Nim, I have found three of our party, what is your status?  Any ideas on a rendezvous?"

[Collan]

"Senators. Trax," Collan croaked, "Off the throne room. Need them."

"Need stim...or help me," he noted, he offered Niil a smile, "Remind me to never try to run that con again."

[GM Craig]

Nightshade [only] hears Nim on the comlink.

"Three? Mmm kay.. Sensor shows four in the large chamber at the end and one in the second cell by the door. The 6 Reds are knockin' at your door now. My lockout might hold them a bit but they might just cut through it. Sounds like that's going to be a tough fight and Buzz can't really help."

"Danny and I are still in her cell. Once you somehow get through the door I guess we would meet up at 'Max?"

[Nightshade]

Nightshade relays to the others, "There is someone else in a cell here.  I suggest someone go free them and the rest of us take up defensive positions and prepare for a fight.  We will have company very soon."

[Niil Spaar]

Niil chuckled at Collan's comment as he tended to his friend.  "Hey, it was worth a shot given the circumstances."  Just then Nightshade got off the comm with Nim and gave them the grim news.  Six of them?  Well, that's frakking great . . . "Yes, I felt that other person's fear and pain through the Force.  Getting to him . . . or her . . . might be a problem."


OOC:  My ability to envision a floor plan is abysmal.     Is there a way to get to that other prisoner's cell (ie. the second cell by the door) without having to go through the six reds hammering on our door?

[Collan]

Frak! More Royal Guard!

Collan was in no condition to fight.

"Weapons," he asked, his mind fuzzy and muscles crapped out.

[Niil Spaar]

Niil shrugged.  "Plenty to go around.  The scum that were torturing you all have blaster pistols, and I have a spare heavy blaster pistol and blaster rifle."


OOC:  Just waiting to see if Niil found anything to deal with the drugs going through Collan.

[Collan]

Collan was definitely swaying on his feet. Focusing was extremely difficult right now, but Collan was looking around for ways to boobytrap the room.

[GM Craig]

Niil rummages through a medical cabinet. Turns out there are stimulants and analgesics stored here. Niil tries to make sense out of the labels, but it's frankly a little beyond him. It looks safe enough, but Niil is not sure how it might interact with the drugs already in Collan's system.

By the door to the torture chamber, Nightshade stands ready. He can hear the guards on the other side of the door, but so far nothing is coming through. Nightshade can see the cell they had been discussing - second from the door, close to where the guards are trying to get in. From the outside panels, it's the only other occupied cell in this area.

Ch'lana does a quick search of the bodies and returns with six blaster pistols, and some hand-held comlinks.

[You are now all linked in with Nim via Comlink. Anything you post here on Comlink I will copy to her private board.]

[Actions?]

Is Niil going to risk the drugs to Collan? It's a risky move, and he's not really sure how hard it will be, but it's beyond standard first aid.

[Niil Spaar]

Niil kept a blaster pistol trained on the door, but spoke to Collan.  "I, ahh . . . they've got a lot of stimulants and analgesics here, Collan, but I have no idea how they'll react to whatever these bastards have been pumping into your system.  It will be a roll of the dice if I pick one.  Or you could try to use the Force and detoxify?  Up to you, buddy, but I'll need a decision quickly."


OOC:  Hmmm . . . what about Concentrate combined with First Aid?  Would that work?