Collan and Niil: Assemble the Militia

[GM Craig]

Collan, without the benefit of cover, is much more exposed than Niil had been. Still, he grips his pistol and makes a break for it, leaping into the air. He is already airborn when he realizes the shimmering was in a slightly different position. He lands hard, but keeps his feet by rolling into a crouch, coming to a stop less than a meter from the edge of the ship.

"Juno! Go!" says General Kota.

"Hang on!" she responds, and it is all you can do to keep from being thrown off as the ship starts to move. It's not a moment too soon - a moment later a turbolaser shot passed through the space you had recently occupied.

Collan goes to the edge of the ship where Niil is barely hanging on, and helps his fellow apprentice up to relatively safer ground. Glancing up, Collan can see the techs, pistols raised, scanning the air, but apparently unable to see you.

The top hatch opens, and PROXY is there. Moments later you are back inside.

General Kota looks grim. "These Imperials are reacting faster than I anticipated. The good news is you are taking a lot of pressure off the men on the station. The bad news is that the Imperials have directed assault shuttles to reinforce the remaining platforms. If you are quick, you might get one more before they are guarded by stormtroopers."

He strokes his beard. "I think it is time we called in the fighters. We could use them as escort on the way to orbit, but that doesn't matter of we can't bring down the cannons."

[Collan]

Collan gave a glance to Niil.

"Whaddya think? One more time? It'll give the fighters a better shot at taking the platforms down."

[Niil Spaar]

Niil nodded as he absently rubbed at the spot where the tech had tagged him.  "Yeah, still too many turbolasers to threaten the transport, fighters or no fighters.  Let's try to nail another one of those gun platforms before it's swarming with bucket-heads.  Juno, pick one of the emplacements for us to hit and burn sky.  We've gotta do this one quickly.  PROXY, please stand by to assist us back in the ship once we're ready.  Everyone, grab a stanchion and hang on." 

With that being said, Niil secured his weapons and braced himself for some high-gee maneuvering.

[GM Craig]

Juno was already en-route, and a moment later you hear her voice on the intercom. "Drop in three!"

Three seconds later, you see the edge of a gun platform swoop by. You both leap and manage the landing, with Collan taking a bit of a tumble (stun). You make your way to the nearest door. A tech takes a shot at you, but you duck inside.

The ramp leads down - the repulsor coils. It will take time to move to the power generator.

Outside, you hear the thrusters of a heavy shuttle approaching.

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[Niil Spaar]

Niil checked a sigh; he wasn't too fond of being tossed around like a demented top again, but there probably wasn't time to make a run for the power generator or the bridge.  "Collan, We're either gonna have to do the same thing we did on the first one, or I'll have to try a computer slice and see if I can buy us some time before the repulsors go wonky.  Let's get to the repulsor coils quickly; we don't have much time here."

[Collan]

"I don't think we have time," Collan noted over the whine of thrusters approaching, "We've only a few seconds before stormies get here."

[Niil Spaar]

Niil shot a glance back at the door, and shook his head.  "Yeah, this is gonna get rough.  We might have to blast the coils from a distance and then run like hell."

[Collan]

"I think we're going to have to trust the Force on this one," Collan said, "and brace ourselves better than last time."

[Niil Spaar]

Niil chuckled despite the gravity of the situation.  "Oh, yes.  Most of the Imps might be coming in from this door anyway, so let's mad dash toward the other exit first and pot-shot the generators as we're headed out.  Ready?"


OOC:  So, here's what I was thinking . . . run for the other exit and get ourselves a wee bit closer to the door this time before we blast the hell out of the generators.

[Collan]

"Sounds like a plan to me! Let's do it!"

Collan had his modified blaster unholstered...it might be worth it to hijack the shuttle too...

[GM Craig]

You enter the space and cross the open grating. You reach the control cluster.

[Actions?]

You guys continuing on, or doing something here?

[Niil Spaar]

Niil pointed to a place on the ramp headed for the other door and waved Collan on.  "Let's get to that point before we blast the controls.  Less distance to have to cover when this bucket starts spinning like a top."


OOC:  The plan is to get to roughly the 3/4 - way point, cling like a leech to the guard rail, and blast one of the panels. As I recall, that should take out two of the 4 generators.   Then, if we can,  one of the surviving generators can be targeted directly.  If the panel shot doesn't work, then we'll have to blast the 3 generators directly.

[Collan]

Collan shuddered as he remembered the up close and personal way they'd taken out the first platform.

"Yeah...I'd rather be close to out of here when we blow these generators."

[ooc: follow Niil's lead and blow some generators]

[GM Craig]

You come to the indicated point, grab on to a railing, and Niil lines up a shot. He nails it, and the panel bursts into a shower of sparks and smoke. Immediately two of the repulsor generators wind down, and the station starts a slow but accelerating roll. Braced and prepared, you keep your places easily. A few moments later, the crew compensate, and the station slows the roll, and begins to right itself.

Then silhouettes of Stormtroopers appear in the doorway on the far side of the chamber. [+1D to hit].

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[Niil Spaar]

Making sure that he had a good grip on the railing, Niil said, "I'll keep their heads down; let me know when you're about to blast the genny!"  Raising his blaster, he fired off two shots at the troopers.