Mission #15 - Prison Break, Part II

[Niil Spaar]

Hearing the triple beep of the bomb's activation galvanized Niil despite his pain.  Trusting Trax and the other troopers to know what was expected of them, Niil bolted to his feet.  Seeing the Imperial guard on the other side, of the bomb, Niil jabbed his blaster towards the guard's head and squeezed off two shots.

2 shots at Mr. Bomb Dude.  I'll use 2 CP for each shot.

[Trax]

Apparently the reprieve Trax had managed to buy them was even more temporary than he'd hoped.  How long did they have, could the device be disarmed, and how long would it take, were the questions that began to surface in his thoughts.  Time, if they were going to disarm the device they needed time.  Geneva was going to need time.  And she would get every second he could buy her. 

"Get to bomb!" he yelled to her as he raised both his blasters and squeezed the triggers, over, and over, and over, a flurry of plasma bolts flying from the barrels.

[OOC:Another force point.  8 shots, starting with bomb guy, but then focusing on any that target Geneva on her run.  Even if they don't drop, if they're wounded/stunned so they can't take a shot at her, move to the next target.]

[GM Craig]

[OOC: Waiting for actions from Corey.]

[Collan]

Collan swallowed. Reinforcements ad the bomb was going to go off.

Panic threatened but the calm voice he'd been hearing in the quiet times, when he was all alone in his head, spoke to him. It spoke of trusting the Force, like Ch'lana had spoken of the Force being with them.

For the first time, Collan tried to reach for that place of peace he'd felt a couple other times when he'd ultimately done something amazing...or crazy...in retrospect.

He reached for the flow of peace and calm he'd felt during those times, hoping that his need now could help him get there.

Collan released a breath, aimed for the guard at the bomb and fired. He shifted his aim, fired again at one of the further guards [ooc: preferably the LT or an NCO], and then finally at another far guard.

[fp, 3 shots]

[GM Craig]

[PM sent to Collan.]

Juna gets a good whack in with his vibroblade, and the lieutenant falls to one knee before falling over. Collan, leaning out of the hatch, opens fire, shooting three times, and hitting each target. he doesn't do a lot of damage with his shots, but he certainly shakes up the Lieutenant and two other guardsmen.

Niil pushes himself up over the bomb and fires two shots into the guardmen there. Even as he pulls the trigger, the sergeant levels his own blaster ... at the control panel on the bomb. Blaster bolts rip through the air, Niil firing two to the sergeant's one. The first hit on the sergeant is minor, but the second one punches through armour and scores a hit. The sergeant grunts and falls over, but the control panel on the bomb explodes in a shower of sparks.

Simultaneously, Trax, with something like a bellowed roar, unloads a rapid series of shots, switching targets as they fall. When the smoke clears, only one guardsman is left standing, the others are either out of it completely, or recovering from wounds. Aboveth fires at the remaining trooper and puts him down.

Geneva breaks from cover with a cry, and skids to a stop beside the bomb. With a note of panic in her voice, she says, "This is going to be a lot tougher now, and I have no idea how long we have! Standard is a minute, but who knows?! Keep them busy!" She pulls out her toolkit and gets to work.

Rhaekoth, Thadric and Severran all try to bring down the last guardsman, but all their shots go wide. Then, Jerauwren squeezes in beside Collan and fires, scoring a solid hit. The last guardsman stands there for a moment before he topples over to the deck, incapacitated.

At that moment, four royal guards charge into the room, two from each corridor.

[Actions?]

The extra 4 royal guards are not listed below. The new arrivals are nicely clustered for grenade attacks to buy you time. Each of your guys have two.

Surname	First Name	Rank	Notes	Status
Juna	Zalbar	Volunteer	Kothe	Wounded
Rostiern	Collan	Specialist	-
Spaar	Niil	Warrant Officer	-	Wounded
Trax		Specialist
Royal Guard		Sergeant		Incapacitated
Royal Guard		Private		Stun 1 round, wounded
Aboveth	Tirien	Corporal	Veteran of Altiris
Gond'Akao	Geneva	Specialist	Imperial Defector	Wounded
Rhaekoth	Waetlan	Private	Veteran of Altiris
Royal Guard		First Lieutenant		Stunnedx2, wounded
Royal Guard		Private		Stunned, wounded x2
Thadric	Kaalia	Corporal	Veteran of Altiris
Severran	Etheri	Private	Veteran of Altiris
Royal Guard		Private		Wounded
Royal Guard		Corporal		Stunned 1 rounds
Royal Guard		Private		Wounded
Jerauwren	Friada	Private	Veteran of Altiris
Royal Guard		Private		Wounded
Royal Guard		Private		Incapacitated
Royal Guard		Private		Incapacitated
Royal Guard		Corporal		Incapacitated
Royal Guard		Private		Incapacitated
Royal Guard		Private		Incapacitated
Thaelith	Kairadan	Private	Veteran of Altiris	Mortally wounded
Royal Guard		Private		Incapacitated, stunned

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[Niil Spaar]

Niil ripped off a grenade from his belt and tossed it at the nearest pair of incoming troopers.  "Form a defensive ring around Geneva and bring these red-eyes down!"

OOC:  I think I had two grenades on my belt - one I used when we first charged into this room, and the second I'll use now.

[Collan]

Collan yelled, "We have more coming! Maybe 10 seconds! [2 rounds guys]."

Collan took a shot at one of the new guards.

[Trax]

Trax couldn't believe what he heard, more of them?!  Didn't they have enough of them already!

"No!" he yelled out countermanding Niil's order to move around Geneva.  "Stay on your targets or use your grenades on the newcomers!" he yelled out.

Already breathing heavily from the exertion the spec continued to pour everything he had into the battle.  Not only did they need to find a way to get the numbers under control, they had to buy Geneva the time to disarm the bomb.  If that was even possible.  But until it was either disarmed or went off he would continue to push himself to the limits of his abilities.

[OOC: Force point #3.  10 shots this time, 2 shots at the corporal, 2 shots at the lieutenant, and then 2 shots at the 3 wounded once privates.]

[GM Craig]

A lot happens in the next few seconds.

Juna hits the lieutenant with a solid hit, and the lieutenant drops to his hands and knees. Trax then pours both barrels into the lieutenant, and he drops like a sack of flour, quite dead. From up in the crawlspace, Collan takes a shot at one of the new troopers, and hits him full in the helmet. The trooper falls backwards and lies on the deck unmoving. Niil tosses a grenade at one of the passages. it goes off, and the remaining guardsman there dances in the ion blast for a moment before falling to the deck.

Trax then levels both barrels at a royal guard corporal, and he flies backwards to hit the bulkhead and slide to the deck, also quite dead.

Aboveth throws a grenade at the other passage, and hits the target. One of the guardsmen there does the electric dance and falls to the deck, while his partner staggers a bit and takes a knee. Then a second grenade goes off, thrown by Rhaekoth, and the last of the new arrivals slumps to the floor unconscious.

Then one of the guardsmen pops a head up and manages to tag Geneva int he shoulder. It is the last action the guardsman takes. Trax whirls on the trooper, and fires both guns into him. He goes down, quite dead. She grunts in pain, but the damage is superficial and she keeps working.

One of the few remaining guardsmen takes a shot at Niil that goes wide. Trax spins on him next, and both heavy blasters go off. The guardsman slumps back, alive for the moment, but not for very much longer.

Thadric takes a shot at one of the remaining guardmen, and manages to bring him down. Then Severran throws a grenade three guardssmen clustered behind cover. it goes off, and all three guardsmen slump to the deck unconscious.

Up in the crawlspace, Jerauwren takes a shot at the last guardsman. She hits, but the armour absorbs the damage. The guardsman takes a shot at Trax, but misses. Traxc whirls on him and fires again with both barrels. The trooper goes down, badly injured but still alive.

Then the blaster bolts stop. Through the smoky air, you finally have a moment to breathe. All the royal guards are down, though you can hear more booted feet coming down both passages.

[Actions?]

Surname	First Name	Rank	Notes	Status
Juna	Zalbar	Volunteer	Kothe	Wounded
Rostiern	Collan	Specialist	-
Spaar	Niil	Warrant Officer	-	Wounded
Trax		Specialist
Aboveth	Tirien	Corporal	Veteran of Altiris
Gond'Akao	Geneva	Specialist	Imperial Defector	Wounded, stun 1 round
Royal Guard	Wave 2	Private		Unconscious
Rhaekoth	Waetlan	Private	Veteran of Altiris
Thadric	Kaalia	Corporal	Veteran of Altiris
Severran	Etheri	Private	Veteran of Altiris
Royal Guard	Wave 2	Private		Unconscious
Royal Guard		Private		Wounded, unconscious
Royal Guard		Private		Wounded, unconscious
Royal Guard	Wave 2	Private		Unconscious
Jerauwren	Friada	Private	Veteran of Altiris
Thaelith	Kairadan	Private	Veteran of Altiris	Mortally wounded

In addition, you have 5 dead guardsmen and 9 incapacitated guardsmen.

Unconscious individuals will be out for 2d minutes.

[Trax]

"Take up positions to cover the doors." Trax called out to the team as he rushed towards Geneva and the bomb.

Kneeling beside her he put his smoking pistols down beside him and pulled out a medkit.

"Sorry about the hit," he said as he began to work on her.  "Guess I was a little slow."

[OOC: Use 2cp on the first aid roll if necessary.]

[Niil Spaar]

Niil ground his teeth together at Trax's usurpation of his orders, but there was time enough to address that later.  "Collan, go over and help Geneva with her wounds.  Then get to Kairadan and see if you can do anything for him.  The rest of you, get to the passage openings and set up firing positions.  Tirien, Woetlan, you're with me.  Kaalia, Zalbar, Etheri, Friada, take the other passage opening.  Use grenades for the first hit.  If they get past us, we're torqued."

OOC:  My team goes to the left corridor opening, and Kaalia's team to the other.  Use the doorway and cover, and use grenades (those of us that have any left) for the first assault.

[Trax]

"I've got Geneva." Trax said, hearing Niil's orders.  "Collan can focus on Thaelith."

[OOC: Looking forward to getting addressed. ]

[Collan]

It was a strange feeling...someone or something...reaching out? Looking for something? Collan tried to replicate the sense of and reach back out? <Hello?> He sent echoing through the corridors of his mind.

At that point, Collan dropped down to stabilize Thaelith.

As he worked, Collan called out to Niil, "Niil...there's something you should know..."

[OOC: first aid, CP if needed

[Niil Spaar]

Niil was racing over with his team to take a firing position when he heard Collan's voice.  Without turning around, Niil said, "Better make it quick, Collan, we're gonna be up to our eyeballs in troopers right away."

[GM Craig]

[PM sent to Collan.]

Thaelith's injury is bad - Collan can't do much to heal him here, but he might be able to stabilize him. Cracking open the medkit, Collan gets to work, and in rewarded when his vital signs start to stabilize. Thaelith is still in serious condition, but Collan has bought her some time.

Trax opens up a medkit, applies some bandaging and injects an analgesic. When he is finishes, Geneva glances away from her work for a moment. "Thanks." She pops open an access hatch on top of the device and starts to poke around inside. She glances at Trax. "Automated defences!" is all she can say before her concentration is required and she -carefully- lifts someone out of the bomb casing and tosses it aside.

Your troopers take up positions around the doorways. [OOC: Open passages at the moment, though it does look like they can be closed, the doors are open]. The moment they arrive, they start taking blaster fire from down the corridor. Niil, ducking out of the way of a shot, glances down the corridor and spots something odd. Farther down, near the next chamber are the expected red-armoured stormtroopers. But marching down the corridor towards him is a humanoid figure in a long red cape, carrying a long melee weapon of some kind, and wearing a smooth red helmet.

[Actions?]

The red guy will be at Niil next round. The next batch of troopers should be near you in three rounds.

The guy coming looks something like this image: